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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LV-XO. 17,213. DIPLOMATS DINED AT WHITE HOUSE VILLA IS REPOBTED STILL AT LIBERTY B(' SECRET FRIENDS DRAG HURT PASTOR'S- SACRIFICE REVEALED BY DEATH SUBMARINE H-3 IS LEFT HIGH AND DRY MYSTERIOUS 'JIB DOE' IS IDENTIFIED MINER 28 MILES , HARBORS SPY KXTEXTE REPRESENTATIVES 4XD XECTRALS GCESTS. QCAKTET STRUGGLE 3 DATS IX AMERICAN CRAFT STRAXDED OX SAX DIEGO MUD BAXK. SXOW UP TO ARMPITS. GROUP ORDER Marriage, Not Capture, Now Asserted. . PARTISANS ARE CONFIDENT Only Treachery, Says One, Can Take Leader Alive. NEW MASSACRE REPORTED Traveler Reaching; Border Say 22 Persons Were Killed on Train Xear Pneblu by Zapatistas. Cars Are Blown Up. KAMOX. Chihuahua. Jam. SL Franrlae Villa, according to military reports. ru at EI Rucio, IS mllea from here, aarronnded by Carranaa troopa. Hla eaptnre km expected at any mo nrat, military erfic-lals declared. JUAREZ. Jan. 51. Although sup posed to be the object of a determined search by three Carranza columns, sent out to bring him in. dead or alive, Francisco Villa, the proscribed Mexican chieftain, has found time to e mar ried, and has forsaken his cavalry sad dle to ride in a coach with his bride, according to Ignacio Enriquez, one of Villa's former officers, who arrived home today. At leavst two women, one now In Cuba and the other In Los Angeles, are said to claim Villa as husband, but Enriquez auld he had authentic infor mation that Villa had tarried at Bach Ineva. In the mountains of Western Chihuahua, long enough to be married. Few Men With Rebel Leader. The man who gave Inform-n tnat Villa had married, Enriquez said, saw Villa only four days ago. He said he was one of Villa's "dorados," and con firmed previous reports that Villa was boasting that ho would force interven tion by the United States Inside of 30 days, but declared that Villa had only a few men. witti' him. Enrique as serted that the m.an .who made the re port, and -10 other Villa followers, had sought amnesty. . 'We have three columns after Villa,' Enriquez added. "SLnd I expect to hear any time that he has been killed or captured." Carranza Leader Aenle Capture, Denial of Villa's capture was made today .by Luis Herrpra, Carranza com mander at Chihuahua City. Mexican officials are engaged in an effort to oMain further information as to Villa's w hereabouts. Partisans of Villa here say that he is in the mountains awaiting the de velopment of the movement started against Carranza by General Benjamin Argumedo. the Arrieta brothers, and others. He would he next 3ieard from, they asserted, when he struck a blow at the Carranza forces now being con centrated at Torreon to take the field against the rebel movement which has become fairly well developed. Captnre Declared ImpoaaJMc. The only way In which Villa could he captured, said Perezrul. hia former eretary. "would be through the treachery of some of his followers and while he was asleep. That is improb able. No man in Mexico commands more the loyalty of his men. no one sleeps less, and no man would be quicker than he to take his own life rather than surrender." EL, PASO, Tex, Jan. 21. Twenty three persons were killed near Puebla recently when a passenger train was blown up, supposedly by Zapata ad herents, according to A. J. Trumbo. wealthy mine owner of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, who arrived here to il ay. Only one passenger survived, it was reported. The train which was blown up, Mr. Trumbo said, was immediately ihead of the one on which he was traveling from Mexico City. Vollcya Fired Into Train. "Several volleys were fired Into our train." added Mr. Trumbo, who, with Ins wife, left tonight for Los Angeles. With them when they arrived was H. I. Tanner, of Mexico City, who is con valescing from a bulli-f wound ln llioted. ho said, by a military officer, when Tanner resented insulting refer ences to the United States. Mr. Trumbo reported typhus fever nmpant throucnont Southern and Cen tra! Mexico. Conditions as to filth and destitution were indescribable, he said. The party had only dry tortillas to eat during the Journey and at every stop officers demanded money. One officer took Mr. Trumoo's coat. Mr. Trumbo's story of the Wowing tip of a passenger train near Puebla with 23 casualties Is the first intima tion of such a tragedy to reach the border. SUBMARINE SINKS WARSHIP Austrian Torpedo-Boat and Hydro aeroplane Destroyed by British. LONDON. Jan. ST. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Rome says a British submarine has sunk in the Upper Adriatic an Austrian hydro-aeroplane and also an Austrian torpedo-boat which went to the rescue. The crews of both crafts were made First Function of Kind Since War Is Brilliant Affair Germans and Their Allies Follow. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Diplomats representing the entente allies and 28 neutral nations gathered at the White House tonight for the first of two formal dinners arranged by the Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson in honor of the numbers of the diplomatic corps. The second dinner to be given next Tues day night will be attended by the Am bassador of Germany, the charges d'affaires of Austria-Hungary and Turkey, the Minister of Bulgaria and the same neutral diplomats present to night. With the diplomats in their court uniforms, the state dining-room of the White House presented a . brilliant scene. In addition to the diplomats and their wives, the guests included the Secretary of State and Mrs. Lansing, the counselor for the State Depart ment and Mrs. Polk, the Assistant Sec retary of State and Mrs. Osborne, Sen ators Stone, of Missouri, and Suther land, of Utah, and Representatives Flood, of Virginia, and Cooper, of Wis consin, ranking majority and minority members of the Senate and House foreign relations committees, with their wives and several personal friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. J. J. Jusserand, the French Ambassa dor, dean of the Washington diplo matic corps, and Mme. Jusserand oc cupied the seats of honor. Particular interest attached to the dinner because it was the first affair of its kind given in Washington since the outbreak of the European war. ALBANIANS TO AID ALLIES Essad Pasha Said to Be Planning to Defend Scutari. LONDON, Jan. 21. A wireless ' dis patch from Rome says that Essad Pasha, Provisional President of Al bania, has arrived at Scutari with Al banian forces to join the Montenegrin troops, which are retiring to that point. The dispatch says these measures are being taken with a view to defending Scutari. It was reported from Paris last month that Essad Pasha had declared war on Austria and Bulgaria. He was said to have 20,000 armed men who would assist the allies. FLEET TO SEEK WOMAN American Passenger in Small Open Boat Is Lost at Sea. SAN JUAN, Jan, 21. Admiral Fletcher, comznandingthe Atlantic fleet maneuvering at Calubera, has in structed ships of the fleet to search for an American woman, name not given, who was a passenger in a small open boat that sailed, from St. Thomas for the neighboring- island of Tortola late Saturday night. The boat, which carried a crew of four, ho provisions, only a small supply of water and only one life belt, has not been heard from since. POTATO STOCKS SMALLER Growers in Principal Producing Slates Short of Supplies. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Unusually small stocks of potatoes ' remained in the hands of growers in the important producing states January 1, compared with unusually large stocks a year ago. Figures made public tonight by the Department of Agriculture show Jan uary 1 stocks in 19 Northern, states, which produced 66 per cent of the crop, were 105.345,000 bushels. 3S per cent smaller than last year and 15 per cent smaller than two years ago. "BOOZE" SHIPMENTS FEW o Arrests for Drunkenness Made at The Dulles This Month. THE DALLKS, Or., Jan. 21. (Spe cial.) Only four shipments .of booze have been received at the local express office since January 1. It shows that local citizens can fret along- without liquor or that they had a g-ood supply stored away when the state went dry. Not a single arrest has been made for drunkenness. HENRY JAMES GRAVELY ILL Antlior's Malady Complicated by Strokes of Apoplexy. LONDON, Jan. 21. Henry James, the American author, who took the oath of allegiance as a British subject last year, has been seriously ill for several months, and his physicians say that his condition is not Improving. The chronic disease from which he suiters has been complicated by two light strokes of apoplexy. NEW CHURCH DYNAMITED Latter-Day Saints' Edifice in Penn sylania Blown TTp. CUMBERLAND, Md., Jan. 21. A new church being erected by the congrega tion of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints at Buck Valley. Fulton County. Pennsylvania, was blown up by dyna mite early today. Bloodhounds were put on the trail of the men believed to have committed Powerful Organization Active in America. MEMBERS EUROPEAN EXILES German Agent Who Escaped Boasts Walking Streets. OFFER TO GIVE UP IS MADE Icnatius Lincoln. ' ex-Member of British House of Commons, Stip ulates Immunity From Ki - tradition to England. NEW YORK. Jan. 21. Federal secret service agents received information to day which convinced them that Igna tius T. Lincoln, self-confessed German spy, and ex-member of the British House of Commons, was aided in his escape from the United States Deputy Marshal last Saturday by "Group B. a powerful organization of European political refugees. The Government agents also, were satisfied that Lincoln never has left New York City and that his boast that he has walked the streets of Manhat tan since his escape is not an idle one. Conditional Offer Made. Following two boastful communica tions to a morning newspaper, defying the Government to recapture him, Lincoln sent a letter today to Superin tendent Offley, head of the local bureau of investigation of the Department of Justice. In his letter he offered to surrender if immunity were promised him. This was taken to mean that he wanted a pledge from the United States Government that he would not be turned over to the British authorities. Before his escape an- order was is sued for his extradition as a forger. but Lincoln has always insisted that the English government- Intended to shoot him as a spy. "Group B Org-anlsed in 1872. , "Group B," the organization which the Federal agents believe arranged Lincoln's escape and is oow harboring him, is a body that was formed in this country in 1872. It is said to include in its membership several well-known European political exiles. "Group B" came prominently into public notice some years ago when it went to the aid of Jan Pouren, a Rus sian political exile, whose extradition was demanded by the Russian govern ment on the ground that he was a murderer. Pouren had attempted to start a revolution in the Baltic prov inces in Russia. Theodore Roosevelt then was President, and "Group B" succeeded in obtaining an order from him for Pouren's release. Members Visit Lincoln In Jail. Secret service men said today that they had learned that several mem bers of "Group B" had visited Lincoln when he was held in Raymond-street (Concluded on Page 2, Column 5.) i Victim of Accident Taken to Near est Town on Sled Made of Ski ;Leg Amputated. CLE ELUM. Wash.. Jan. 21. (Spe cial.) By almost superhuman efforts of four men who pulled him on an im provised sled made of two ski through snow 10 to 12 feet deep for 28 miles, Robert Nelson, of Seattle, was saved from death. Nelson, who was working at a mine near King Solomon Mountain, severed. the great artery near the anklei Janu ary 5, and suffered several hem orrhages. No doctor was called until last Sunday, when Dr. F. W. McKnight, of this city, went to the camp with Rudolph Eisner, who had made the trip for help. The doctor and his companion were two days getting to the camp, and it took two days for four men Rudolph and Adolph Eisner, M. Lutklns and an unidentified woodsman to pull the young man to Roslyn. where a sleigh was obtained to bring him to the hos- pltal here, where it was necessary to amputate the injured leg below the knee. The four men, in snow to their arm pits, pulled the heavy load 14 miles each of the two days they were on the road. This was done with little food until L. F. Chartrand and his forest rangers supplied them and helped them on their way. Nelson reached the hospital in bet ter condition than when he left the camp and rallied after the operation. POISON CAMPAIGN MAY END Rabbit Crusaders Warned Aot to Endanger Game Birds. BAKER. Or., Jan. 21. (Special.) Possibility that the great co-operative extermination of the rabbit pest may be halted was shown today when word from Deputy Game Warden Hazeltlne notified the campaigners that they should heed the state law prohibiting the scattering of poisoned grain, where there is any possibility of game birds eating it. Secretary Walter Meacham, of the Baker Commercial Club, in -charge of the campaign said that so far no game has been known to be affected, but efforts will be made to continue the campaign and protect the birds. Word from Ironside today .says that hundreds of rabbits have been killed in drives there. , FAMILY FIGHTS OVER EGG Italian Husband Tells German Wife Food Is Too Costly for Child. OREGON CITY, Jan. 21. (Special.) Ambros Gestra. an Italian, and his German wife are alleged to have en gaged in a general rough and tumble ight today, following a discussion over an egg. Mrs. Gestra put a boiled egg in the lunch of their 9-year-old daughter this morning and her husband protested, as serting that eggs in the Winter time are too expensive to feed children. Later in the argument he is said to have made an attack on his wife. She came to Oregon City and swore to a warrant charging assault. He n the County Jail in default of $500 bail to appear Monday. THE MELODRAMATIC SEASON IS ON AT Knute Nelson Passes in Portland Commons. . .-a -t0 JV;.ntR WEALTHY Domestic Trouble Alters Suc cessful Church Career. LOCAL PULPIT ONCE HELD Norwegian Retired Minister Devotes Declining- Days to Service of Unfortunate Men and Spreading of Gospel. A mad who cast aside wealth to work at $10 a month as janitor In a refuge house for the express purpose of spreading the gospel of manhood among the down-and-outs of Portland as he met them in their rooms, died yesterday. He was Knute Nelson, aged 65, room man on the upper floor at the Port land Commons, Front and Burnslde streets, found dead in his bed from heart trouble just before breakfast time. Few knew him as a retired minister and the owner of 1000 shares of min ing stock, for which he had paid $'.0, OC0 two years ago, but he was known as the old man who talked to the men quietly, placed inspiration for good in their hearts and went on with his worn Story Is Unfolded. The story of a remarkable life, partly shrouded in mystery, unfolded Itself yesterday after the death of this mod ern Francis Assl3l. At one time he was a very success ful Baptist pastor among the Danish and Norwegian people. He had a church in Portland years ago, it is said, and up to eight years ago he was pastor of the large and prosperous Norwegian Baptist Church in Seattle. He resigned when domestic troubles were followed by a divorce. Five years ago he appeared in Port land, apparently seeking employment. An Injured hand prevented "him from doing manual labor. Business Is Success. Next he was heard from as a suc cessful real estate and insurance man in Vancouver, B. C. Two years ago le came to the Port land Commons and asked to be put to work. All thought he Was joking, ac cording to Secretary Jehu, of that or ganization. He stayed several months, but. left in the Spring for the north. He came back three months ago, and had since been working at his former job, caring for the rooms of the men. giving quiet words of man-to-man help and taking an active part In the religious exercises held for the benefit of these victims of poverty and unfor tunate individuals. He is said to have hundreds of friends all over the city who have known of (Concluded on Page 2. Column 5.) SEATTLE. Boat Traveling at High Speed When It Grounds Monitor Will At tempt Salvage Today. , SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 21. The sub marine H-3 ran afoul of a mudbank in the harbor here today while rising to the surface from a run under water. Despite the efforts of steamers sum moned to the scene, she was left high and dry when the tide went out. The H-3 was traveling at a fast rate when it struck the mud bank and con tinued to slide for more than 100 feet. Failure of the lighthouse service to replace a lost buoy is blamed for the H-3's mishap. Only five feet of the periscope showed above water when the vessel struck. As there was no beacon to tell where the edge of the deep-water channel was, Lieutenant William F. Newton, commanding, thought he had plenty of time to change his course after the H-f rose to the surface. The monitor Cheyenne will attempt to drag the submarine into deep wa ter tomorrow. CONSULS TO BE SET FREE American Agent Prevails in Behalf of Central Powers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Through the good offices of the United States, the German, Austrian, Turkish and Bulga rian Consuls at Salonikl, who have been held under arrest by th6 allies on board a French warship in the harbor, are to be released. George Einstein, head of the Amer ican Legation at Sofia, has been in structed by cable to surrender if Bul garia insists on it, the British Vice Consul there who took refuge in his quarters when Bulgaria, ordered the arrest of enemy consular officers in retaliation for the seizure of the Con suls at Salonikl. ICE JAM IN RIVER BREAKS Passenger Service to Is Resumed. Vancouver VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 21. (Spe cial.) The ice jam above the piers of the interstate bridge at this point broke at 11 A. M. today and filled the Co lumbia River below this point with Ice, The river has been practically free of Ice for several days, as the Jam held all ice there. It may be several days before the ferry will be able to resume, but it is probable that the Jessie Harklns will make trips for passengers and meet streetcars running from Portland to Hayden Island. $500 Awarded for Bite by Dog. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 21. (Spe cial.) A Judgment of $500 and costs was awarded L. E. Fahy, of Camas, Wash., against Paul Hinz, also of Camas, bu a Jury today. Fahy alleged that Mr. Hinz' dog. Prince, was vicious and bit Mrs. Fahy in the side last Summer. He sued for J1500 damages and about -00 extras. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 46 degrees; minimum, 3Sdegrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds. War. Austria renews campaign in Montenegro. Page 2. British mak no apology for attitude toward Greece. Page 2. Mexico. Villa's captnre denied by Carranza general. Page 1. Mexican rebels determine to kill all Amer icans and carry on war. Page 1. National. President completes plans for his speaking1 tour. Page S. Government brings suit to test county's right to tax reclamation homesteads, Fage a. Entente and neutral diplomats dine at White House. Page 1. Washington department heads confer on land-grant legislation. Page 4. Domestic. Illinois has disastrous floods. Page 3. "Group B," -powerful secret order of exiles, harbors German spy In America. Page 1. Girl reporter tells of negroes' message to Mrs. Monr. Fage- 8. Lack of foreign policy and conduct of Navy criticised by Security league speakers. Page 6. Crowd sees robber with woman companion kill policeman. Page 2. Federal agents uncover widespread con spiracy to blackmail Italians. Page 4. Progressive Republican Senators agree on plan to avoid diffusion of strength in state primaries. Page 7. Sports. McCredle bopes to sign Vaughn or Gardner for second basV Page 16. Columbia quintet beats Lincoln, 3.1 to 25; Washington trims Benson Tecb, 6 to 17. Page IS. Rehearsal of Farmer-Sommers draw not known to Rose City Club. Page 16. Jack Coombs declares he changes delivery it decisions shade batter. Page 16. Pacific Northwest. Hurt man dragged 28 miles on crude sled to hospital. Page 1. Prosecutor at Seattle curbs raids of homes. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Northwestern wheat market follows Chicago advance closely. Page 17. Brisk foreign demand lifts w4ieat at Chi cago. Page 17. Irregular recoveries In Wall-street market. Page 17. No cessation of progress In general trade. Page 17. Steam schooner Dorr Is libeled. Page 13. Big hop deal may he declared off. Fage 13. Portland and Vicinity. Pastor's sacrifice is revealed by death of Knute Nelson. Page 1. City enlists In relief of Jews. Page 7. Amos Underwood, pioneer, aged 82. witness in Indian fishing case. Page 12. One thousand railroad men march to mail box. Page 12. Alien youngsters write of Festival. Page 12 'ndlan- physician ay race Is on Increase. Page a Weather report, data and forecast, page 17. Nice test case spoiled when beer buyer goes pt-rscnally after shipment. Page 12. Myat-r;ous "John Doe" identified by brother - as Percy Campbell. Page 1. Percy Campbell Meets Brother in Jail. CRIME KEPT FROM MOTHER Prisoner's Life Haunted by Fear of Insanity. PHOTO REVEALS IDENTITY Byron A. Campbell, Merchant, Re siding at 653 Xehalem Avenue, Recognizes His KinsmanMan Does Not Deny Holdup. "John Doe" Is "John Doe" no longer, for a man who for 15 years had not known the whereabouts of his elder brother found him yesterday In the person of the highwayman who was shot by the station agent in an at tempted holdup at Multnomah Station on December 21. Percy Campbell is the "man of mys tery" and his brother is Byron A. Camp bell, a merchant of 1563 East Thirteenth street, whose home Is at 653 Nehalem avenue. The mother, sister and younger brother, because of whom "John Doe" steadfastly refused to reveal his Iden tity since his injury and arrest, all live In Portland, though he had not seen them since he left Ontario, Canada, 15 years ago to seek gold in British Co lumbia. Mother Not Told News. With the knowledge that his mother must Inevitably know of his error, Percy Campbell greeted his brother yesterday with mingled despair and delight. The mother was not told last night that it is her son who is in the County Jail awaiting trial for bur glary. Not an hour before he found the relative he had not known for so many years Campbell, seated on his bed in a cell of the County Jail, told the story of a life haunted by the fear of impending -insanity. But for his name, which he would not reveal, and for dates and places by which he might have been traced, he spoke halt ingly of a life not misspent, but a failure. Throughout the tale the dominating fear that hia mind was failing was ever present. Stories he had read of normal persons who had bean impris oned for life behind the wills of asy lums contributed to a yuiet terror which had been enhanced by frequent lapses of memory and his Inability to recall reasons for many actions of his life. Incidents In Life Blank. It could scarcely have been a pose, with the aim of making an "insanity" defense at his coming trial, for he maintained it even during the shock of meeting with his brother. He hat' not forgotten his own name, but many incidents of his life are a blank, he said, particularly the years following an accident which befell him in a mine near Fernie, B. C. I don't even know whether or not I am married," he said, brushing a hand across his eyes. "I don't think so. I have wanted to make good for the sake, of my mother, and thoughts of her always have been uppermost In my . mind." Told that his air of mystery would now mean more publicity to his identi ty than if he had told his true name when first coming into the hands of the authorities, he winced. Mother Uppermost in Mind. I know." he asserted. "I suppose it was a mistake. but. somenow i aiwaja hoped that maybe she would not learn that I had not been a credit to her. Why, It would have been easy for me to have said that my name was Fred Morrow, or any name that I might choose, and that I had lived In this or that city. The Sheriff might never have known the difference. But couldn't do that They would have asked me, 'Is that your true name?' and I could not have lied. I thought it best Just to say nothing." Campbell will have a preliminary hearing before Circuit Judge Dayton next week. Sheriff Hurlburt has placed much confidence In the -straightforwardness of the man's tale, and Dis trict Attorney Evans is inclined to ad vise leniency. If convicted, Campbell may hope for a parole. Brothers to .Render AH Aid. If paroled, Campbell declared that he certainly would not care to leave Port land and the family he has Just found, unless he saw that he was unwelcome. Byron Campbell appeared anxious to do all possible to help his brother. Campbell did not deny the holdup at Multnomah Station, but asserted that it was done for money with which might buy a job. For months he had walked the streets of the city seeking work, he said yesterday, but had found but a few odd Jobs. He had promise of one, so he said, in a mill, but it would cost him 15, and he had no friends. Though he knew that his folks were somewhere In the Northwest, Campbell swore yesterday that he had no knowl edge that they were in Portland. Photograph Reveala Story. The brothers met in the office oi District Attorney Evans at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A serious man with a worried look Introduced himself to Mr. Kvan., hy iConcIuded on Pae 4, Column l. Prisoner a. ' the crime.