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VOL. LV NO. 17,215. . PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. F GOETHALS CLASHES WITH ARMY CHIEF BIG INCQIVIES MAY PAY FOR DEFENSE CAMPS AND MILLS THOUSANDS FLOCK INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS ARE ACTIVE AGAIN GRANTED BY KAISER 10 OOKME IIOIDAS POSSIBLE GHllfl MOTOR EXHIBIT . ' The Weather. TESTS RD ATS Maximum temperature, 38 degrees; minimum, SI decrees. TODAY'S Rain or snow; southeasterly . . winds. War. Scutari, chief town of Albania, occupied by Austrian!. Page 5. House of Commons passes military- service bill. Page 1. GOVERNOR AND MILITARY COM MANDER CALLED OS CARPET. HUM : OP INDUSTRY. HEARD . VANCOUVER DISTRICT. IN Root, Borah, M'Call and Osborne Discussed. CONVENTION TO SEAT 11,595 Republican Leaders Say T. R. Only Is Not Acceptable. VICTORY IS PREDICTED Mr. Hi lies Expresses View or AU in Saying No One Knows Who Will B Nominee, Who May Be "Born in Convention." CHICAGO. Jan. It. Preliminary plans for the Republican National convention, to be held In Chicago at the Coliseum June' 7. were approved today by mem bers' of the sub-committee on arrange ments of the National committee after a series of conferences with Fred W. I'jiham. chairman of the local com mittee. I'nder the seating plan prepared by Julius Kioto, an architect, seats for 11,595 will be provided in the conven tlon hall. Seven hundred more seats than were available four years ago will be provided by the erection of mezzanine floor around two walls of th building. Four Mentioned fr Chairman. The sub-committee adjourned with out discussing; the selection of a tem porary chairman for the convention, although four names were mentioned as possible candidates. They were Elih Root, of New York; Senator Borah, of Idaho; Governor McCall. of Massachu setts, and Chase Osborne, ex-Governor of Michigan. It is believed that the selection of the temporary chairman may be deferred as a matter of polltl cal expediency until April or May, al though the sub-committee adjourned to meet again in Chicago March 15, when' the subject may be taken up. Republican National leaders who at tended the meeting expressed the opln ion that the conrvntton wool be open minded and deliberative In the matter of naming a candidate for President. They indicated that they would favor any available compromise candidate excepting Colonel Roosevelt, and said they believed the delegates would be able to select a leader who would be satisfactory to every element of the party. Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the Republican National committee, ex pressed the sentiment of the party leaders when he said nobody knew who would be nominated, but that the can dldate would be "born in the conven' tlon." At noon the committee was enter tained by the Hamilton Club at i luncheon at which Chairman Hilles de livered an address in which he criti cised the Administration of President Wilson, outlined features and Issues of the Republican National campaign and predicted victory for the party next November. The members of the sub-committee en arrangements who attended the meeting today were: Charles D. Hilles. of New Tork; Franklin Murphy, of New Jersey; F. W Kstabrook. of New Hampshire; John T. Adams, of Iowa: James P. Goodrich, of Indiana; George K. Sheldon, of New Tork: F. S. Stanley, of Kansas; Charles B. Warren, of Michigan; K. C Duncan. of North Carolina, and James B. Rey nolds, of Washington. . C The sub-committee organized by electing Charles P. Hilles chairman. James R Reynolds secretary, and George II. Sheldon treasurer. GOVERNOR'S SON TO WED KxccutUe and Family Arf at TTnlon for Today's Orrmonjr. rxrON. Or.. Jan. CI. (Special.) r.overnor James Wttbycon.be. with Mr. VhhycPinbe and their n, Karl, ar rtvrd In this city from Salem today to attetiu the ivddimr of their' son. Uohert Withycombe. superintendent of ih; Eastern Oresron Stale tMer. mental ftHttnn at this, place, to Miss Mabel ll!ir hlnfon. She is the daughter of W. T:. Hutchinson, a wealthy and promt it nt plorfrr Mtockman of thl section and president of the First National I'.ink of this city. Th event will take place at the home of the bride' parents in this city to morrow afternoon and will be attended only by the relatives and intimate frfends of the families. MERCURY DROPS 70 POINTS Rapid Decline Made in Two Hours to 20 Minns at Great Falls. HELENA. Mont.. Jan. 24. After a Chinook of three days temperatures in Montana dropped suddenly today. At fireat Falls the temperature dropped 70 degrees in two hours, from SO above Jiero to 20 degrees below. At noon, with the heaviest snow storm of the reason raging, the temperature was -4 drrees below. - In Helena the temperature declined from 42 to 10 below zero. Sliver, nine miles from here, reported temperature of 40 decrees below aero. General Edwards' Criticism of Canal Administration Causes Summons or - Both to Washington. PANAMA. Jan. 4. Serious differ ences of an official nature that have arisen daring the last few months be tween Major-General George W. Goe thals, Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, and Brigadier-General Clarence R. Edwards, commanding the United States troops in the Zone, are to come to a head in Washington, when these two officials reach the capital, according- to Governor Goethals. They sailed today. Governor Goethals said before his departure that criticisms alleged to have been made by General Edwards had reached the Secretary of War and that the Secretary had requested in formation on the subject. The Gov ernor replied with an official com munlcatlon. Governor Goethals declared that Gen eral Edwards had had much to say re garding the administration of affairs on the Isthmus, especially with refer ence to the methods and cost of con structlon of buildings under military Jurisdiction. It is said that Governor Goethals also resents many of the-crlt- iclsms General Edwards is alleged to have made relative to the form of Canal government. General Edwards believing. It Is said, that the military and civil authority should be vested in one person instead of separated, as at present. General Edwards said that Governor Goethals had been misinformed, but otherwise he declined to discuss the subject. Governor Goethals announced that he intends to give General Edwards ample opportunity to make whatever state ments he thinks necessary before the Secretary of War and the Congression al committee. 1 HURT AS STOVE BURSTS Kitchen of Canby Home Demolished and Housekeeper Injured. CANBY, Or.. Jan. 24. (Special.) The kitchen of the home of Al Fellows was demolished Sunday when a frozen pipe in the stove exploded. The celling of the room was torn to pieces. The housekeeper, who was standing near, was struck in the back and neck by flying stove lids, and seriously In Jured. Guy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fel- lows, was thrown through the door. but not hurt. Mr. and Mrs. Fellows were In Portland at the time. WATER RENTALS GROWING Survey of City Adds $7753 to In- come for 1915. Revenue of the City Water Bureau was increased $7753 in 1915 by a sur vey conducted to find water fixtures in houses and water connections upon which owners were paying no water rental. The survey has covered half of the city and will be continued. A total of 57 services were found which were not recorded in the water bureau and on which the owners were paying no revenue. Finding of addi tional fixtures and increase of rates accounts for the remainder. $2200 VANISHES; COIN LEFT Package of Currency Disappears in Transit at Mount Pleasant, la. MOUNT PLEASANT. Ia Jan. 24. A package of currency containing $2200 disappeared today, somewhere between the Burlington depot and the Adams Express Company office here. Another package containing $500 in silver was undisturbed. '-4,,- -rT!Vi 'K 'V-'H' ' j- v I )h, , .--rc lff- . ' , -Mrs A MUST RBHAKKABLIt AAD HKSTOHI' Al. IKTIRE. The pathetic figure of Peter, the King of Serbia, is seen seated on the ox-drawn cart, which Is conveying the sorrowful old man into exile. The royal coach for Hia llajeaty. Bad been in use as an ammunition wagon Ln the Serb army. It is said that the King will make his home in Italy. New Lusitania Offer Is Thought Acceptable. HINT GIYEN TERMS ARE FINA 'Superfluous Discussions' Are Eliminated, as Requested. NOTE MARKED BY BREVITY Document Written by Ambassador von Bernstorff and Covers Less Than Two Sheets of Ietter Paper Austria Is . Next.' "WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Germany has submitted to the United States, through Ambassador Von Bernstorff, another written proposal designed to bring about a settlement of the con troversy over the sinking of the steam ship Lusitania, with a loss of : than 100 American lives. There were indications tonight that the document might bring to a satis factory termination negotiations which have been in progress for eight months. Meatiaa sf Warntas Left Out. Although the greatest secrecy rar rounds the negotiations, it was said to night on excellent authority that Ger many finally had agreed to eliminate from the text of the agreement any mention of the warning issued ty the German Embassy the day the Lusi tania sailed on her last trip from New Tork. Mention of this warning is un derstood to have been contained in the last proposal, which was rejected after President Wilson had considered it. It is understood also that Germany has left out of her proposal general reservation of admission of wrong doing on the part of the submarine commander, to which United States ob jected. ' Mention of the warning is believed to have been most objectionable to the Administration. It effect it was re garded as conveying the idea that no American lives would have been lost had the warning been heeded. Freedom of Seas Asked. It was also said authoritatively' that : its latest communication Germany makes some reference to a desire to see the United States take action in re gard to the questions involving the freedom of the seas. The German Ambassador and Secre tary Lansing probably will confer re garding the proposal in the immediate future. Germany reiterates clearly, it is said. that the 1 torpedoing of the Lusitania was an act of reprisal for the British blockade of the German coast. Extreme regret is again expressed that Americans lost their lives in the commission of the reprisal and Ger many freely offers reparation in the form of indemnity. Attention of the United States is called to the fact that such forms of eprisals have been discontinued as the result of negotiations with this Gov- rnment and to the fact that broad assurances for the future have been given. All discussions considered su perfluous have been stricken from the proposal. Public Opinion Considered. Consideration of public opinion in this country and in Germany were said to have played an important part in the (Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.) TBAGF.1)T OF SERBIA PETER. Mexico. Mexico asks punishment of American sol dier." Page 3.x ... 1-ore ten. Ford party said to lack men of big minds. i age 4. National. Big incomes may be t forced to pay. cost oi fliuDuu .aexense. r age J. Navy paymaster says American sailors are best-red body or. men on earth. Fage -Philippine liquor law permits only Chris tians to drink. Page 5. President may favor Philippine independ ence in four years, page 5. Supreme Court upholds state right to pass laws tor condemning water-power site. fage a. President Wilson to urge Congress to hasten legislation, rage 4. Domestic. Four killed in explosion destroying plant at uurralo. page Four possible candidates for Republican convention. temporary chairman discussed. rage 1. Negro and white wifo of San Diego hotel man surrender at Salt Lake. Page a. Sport. Maseott will meet Benjamin at Rose City -luo Friday. rage Jo. Uncle Sams play Victoria here tonight. rsge Taeoraa may be dropped by Northwestern Jeague. Page 10. McCredie objects to any plan to lift salary limit, page is, - Pacific Northwest. Snow storm again visits Northwest. Page 7. Washington blamed for delay in school lieu land selections. page t. Camps and millc In Vancouver district re suming. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Two grain ships leave ller and three more to go soon. Page 13. Commander Blair drafts course of study preceding Mablehead's arrival. Page 13. Wheat buying on large scale in club belt. page 17. Record export trading advances wheat at Chicago. Page IT. Stocks decline on general selling and rally on covering, page 17. Brisk trade at steady prices at local stock yarns, page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Jewish relief fund campaign begins Thurs day. Page 18. Motor car exhibit attracts large attendance. Page 1. Governor Withycombe urges Oregon delega tion to back school land MIL Page a Scots will honor Burns tonight. Page 9. State Labor Federation opens sessions to day, page 12. Club women champion birth control advo cate. Page 12. Woman is sued for $50,000 In breach of promise case. Fage 6. Weather report, data and forecast. Page IT. BURLINGTON TO ADD SHOPS Million Dollars Is to Be Spent In Iowa Town. . BURLINGTON, la., Jan.' 24. An nouncement is made that the Burling ton route intends enlarging its shops at West Burlington to twice their present size by additions of new erecting and machine shops at a cost of $ 1,000,000. The new shops mean that about 600 more employes will be placed at work here. EVIL SPIRIT' COSTS $6300 Clairvoyant's Charge Is High for Cleansing Farmer's Soul. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24. Three San ' Francisco clairvoyants charged $6300 to drive the "evil spirit" from the person of Antone spaletta, according to the story he told today to District Attorney Fikert. Spaletta is a Paloma farmer with a wife and four children. EMPEROR'S JLLNESS GRAVE Alarming Report Issued on Condi tion of Franz Josef. LONDON, Jan. 25. Advices received by the Vatican are to the effect that the condition of Emperor Franz Joseph is grave. This report was sent out by the Daily Telegraph Rome correspondent. ITS SORROWING KING, GOING Supreme Court Finds Tax-Is Valii .4 CONGRESS Ik.frHEETQ ACT Decision - Paves Way for In creased Levy on Wealth. v NEW LAW BEING FRAMED Incomes of More Than $1,000,000 May Be Required to Fay as High as SO Per Cent, With View of Meeting Preparedness Cost. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The income tax was declared constitutional today by the Supreme Court in an unanimous decision which swept aside every ob jection raised against It, and in the opin'ion of Congressional leaders opened the way for increasing the tax rate on great fortunes to help pay for Na tional defense. Proposals are pending in Congress to tax incomes of more than $1,000,000 as high as 50 per cent. Leaders on all sides agree that out of the impetus which the decision today will give such proposals is likely to come a definite movement to levy on the revenues from great private fortunes for some of the millions the Government must raise to carry out the Army and Navy increases. Congress Preparing; to Act. "The Supreme Court's decision has absolutely unfettered the income tax as a source of revenue," said Repre sentative Hull, of Tennessee, author of the law. "All doubt is removed and Congress is left much freer to act. I believe Congress will take advantage of the opportunity to amend the law materially. Without any unusual or unjust charges it can be made to yield J185.000.000 to $195,000,000 a year as against $85,000,00) or S95.000.000 at present." Representative Hull is preparing amendments to carry the tax to in comes below $3000. and make graded increases in the sur-taxes on incomes exceeding- $20,000 a year. So far the problem of raising the revenue for National defense, although approached from many angles, has not been carried toward any definite solu tion, because, "with the constitutionality of the income tax. undecided. Adminis tration leaders were reluctant to place too much dependence on it. Broad Interpretation Given. In its declaration the Supreme Court construed for the first time the 16th amendment to the Constitu tion, under which the tax is levied, and gave it the broadest interpreta tion possible, rejecting suggestions to confine its scope to narrow limits. The decision was announced by Chief Jus tice White and was unanimous. It was rendered in the appeal of Frank R. Brushaber from the action of the New York Federal Court in refusing to enjoin the Southern Pacific, of which Brushaber was a stockholder, from paying the tax. The case raised substantially every point involved in all the five income tax cases before the court, with the exception of the effect of the provision allowing mining corporations to make 5 per cent deduction annually from gross income tor depletion of mines. This provision is regarded as being Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.) TO HIS EXILE IN AN OX CART. Preparations Being Made for Other Woods Operators to Start With March 1 Date Set. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) The DuBois Lumber' Company's mill, in this city, resumed operations today after having been closed for sev eral 'weeks on account of the weather. The Murphy Timber cennpany, oper ating near Yacolt, today opened its camps, which also had been closed on account of the weather. The shops of the Twin Falls Logging Company at Yacolt are busy getting equipment ready for active operations in the near future, and it is said that this company, controlled by the Weyer hauser interests, will start logging about March L The Harvey Milling Company, with head offices in this city, expects to start two sawmills about March 1, and the logging camps will open in advance of that. There seems to be a bright future for the lumber market, and all of the millmen running have orders in hand and are receiving many Inquiries. The big mills of the Bridal Veil Lum ber Company, at Bridal Veil. Or., were reported to have resumed today, .after several weeks" idleness, during which repairs were made. OFFICIALS LIKE TORPED Hammond Explains Aerial-Con trolled Device at War Department. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Adoption of the aerial-controlled torpedo invented by John Hays Hammond. Jr., was urged General Scott and Brlaradler'-General Weaver at an executive session of the House fortifications sub-committee, Mr. Hammond also was present and ex- plained the workings of the torpedo. . The War Department estimates con tain a proposed appropriation of $945,- 000 for putting the torpedo into use. 7f)f) KIN SURV VE SQUAW Oldest Pdnca Indian Passes Away PONCA CITY, Okla.. Jan. 24. Mrs. UTonn Poor .M in b fh nlrieKt PnnM Indian, died here today, aged 105 years. She was a devoted Christian and had a! great: influence over her race. . There are more than 700 persons ln her im- mediate family. ' She leaves two sons. Chief Big Goose and Max Black Hair Horse; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Little Dance. Ray, and one brother. 1 6-STORY PLUNGE SURVIVED Girl Probably Will Recover, Al though Many Bones Broken. CHICAGO, Jan. 24. Miss Minnie E. Werner, a stenographer- who jumped away from the kindergarten, congratu from a 16th-story window today, prob- iated Joseph M. Rleg and the show corn- ably will recover, it was said at the hospital tonight.- Her escape from death was due to falling onto a truck loaded with card- board boxes. As it was, her skull was ractured. arms broken and several ribs fractured. DOVER SEES AERIAL FOE German Over British City Is En- gaged and Pursued. LONDON, Jan. 24. A German aero- plane passed over Dover at 4 o'clock and there with potted plants and flow today, ers of variegated color. The cars were A British official announcement is- sued tonight says it was engaged by all the anti-aircraft guns and pursued by two British machines. cart, which is being; utilized as a Types of Pleasure Cars on View. FIRST SALON ALSO ATTRACTS Numerous . 8 and 12-Cyiin- dered Vehicles Displayed. FRILLS PUT ON ARMORY showroom Crowded With Stripped and Equipped Product and Lut est Accessories Also Are Pre sented Outsiders Take Part. BY CHESTER A. MOOKES. Thousands of visitors paid homage to the automobile last night at the ex hibit rooms of the Armory, where 18 automobile firms displayed 91 differ ent pleasure cars, in addition to a long array of motor trucks and the wares of 20 accessory firms. Meanwhile the opening signal for the first "salon" exhibition was fired jn tn lobby of the Multnomah Hotel. where 15 pleasure cars were placed on exhibition by the Frank C. Rlggs and -ovey Motor car companies. marKing the fix.rt time that Portland has had a two-ring show. Show This Year Beat Ever. Any old time Boreas figures he can put the damper on' automobile show time in Portland he has another think a-comlng, for apparently every fellow in town, his sweetheart and her folks as well Dravea me snow siorm lassi. nleht to ln the,bi Armory Pavilion IVVF an . " -1 a I' wi. - seventh annual display of King motor car and his royal attaches of automo- bile court, large. crowas aieo attenoea the RiKKS-COVey "Salon" ShOW at the Multnomah Hotel. There wasn t any count or heads at the gates, but the visitors were there. literally by the hundreds and they all stopped to study the architecture of every car, inspecting every stripped chassis and tinkering with, each acces- sory and specialty In the dancing room on the upper floor of the Armory. An elbow to elbow canvass revealed the fact that the assemblage voted this year's Armory show the biggest, the prettiest and the most Interesting that has ever been staged in Portland. Staid representatives from Eastern automo bile factories, who have been sluppinir in and out of automobile shows since hefore the automobile was weened mittee on the beauty of the show navlllon and the completeness of the .xnibit. Drop lights, painted with names dc- pjCting the respective makes of car In tne reapective booths, threw a restful ,i.h, nvfiI. the different aisles and tho closeness of the purple and gold can opy gave the big room an atmosphere of snugness. Many of the booths car ried special displays of automobile parts and floral decorations. Booths All Prize Winners. All of the booths were set apart with pure white trellis fences adorned here slick and sleek, the carpeted floors were clean and the atmosphere was comfortably warm. The entire congress of 91 pleasure cars were tupked away handily on tho main drill floor of the building. leav ing all of the upstairs for the acces sories and specialties and the entrance hall of the lower floor for the motor trucks. McElroy's band was housed in the balcony bandstand. No judge could pick the prise-wining; booth on the lower floor, beemingly every exhibitor has outdone himself to present his cars In an effective manner. No star twinkles'brighter than its as sociates. But upstairs it is a different etory to tell. Here Fred Dundee takes the cake and blue ribbons besides for a display of machine shop specialties that must have cost him several hundred dollars. The trump cards or the Dun dee showing are a miniature Zeppelin and an honest-to-SImon arlship pro pelled by Its own motor. As these two vehicles sail through the air at break neck speed, one flies the British fla?. while the colors o Germany are flaunted from the rigging of the other craft. Both are driven by electrical power sent to the rod that supports the horizontal framework, and all the time the two crafts are, on opposite ends of the equator, but the miniatures are so faithful to life that the race actually excites the spectators. In the accessory line the Meier Frank booth, depicting the Smith Safety Signal, the Invention of a Portland man. attracted favorable comment. Credit for closing the first sale at the ehow is claimed by A. B. Manley, president of the Dulmage-Manley Auto Company, for one of his star salesman. J. A. Randall, who early last night parted F. C. Barnard, of the Crown Flouring Mills Company, from a con siderable bundle of actual yellow gold that was forfeited as part payment toward the purchase price of an Allen automobile. With Mr. Barnard at last night's show was his sweetheart, Miss Carrie Dun can, of Hillsboro. and right there Is (Concluded on Page 12, Column 1.) 91 m 108.0