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VOL. LVXQ. 17,216. ' rOKTLAXD, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. - . I I 1 LEAGUE FOR BIRTH CONTROL FOUNDED LOS ANGELES COCNCILWOM.YN SOINDS ITS KEYNOTE. VESSEL AT MERCY OF GALE 16 HOURS LANSING REJECTS DIPLOMATS AGAIN AT WILSON TABLE PEACE EXPEDITION LIKE BIG JOYRIDE CKNTKALIA CAPTAIN SAYS TIUP HIS WORST "KAPEniEXCE. PRESIDENT DINES TECTONIC ALLIES AND NEUTRALS. AUTO HAS OREGON IN HYPNOTIC GRASP MANN MAKES PLEA FOR PREPAREDNESS GERMAN PROPOSAL Republican Urges Non partisan Move. IMMEDIATE ACTION ADYISED "Better Millions Now Than . Billions Later," Is Call. BOTH PARTIES APPLAUD Minority Leader Delivers Signifi cant AddressWar With England More l'carcd Than War Willi k Germany, He Declares. WASHINGTON". Jan. 23. Unqualified, non-partisan support of military pre paredness was urged today by Mi nority Leader Mann in a ringing speech on the floor of the House. He was heartily and repeatedly applauded by both sides of the chamber. While it has been understood that most of the Republicans favored Army and Navy increases, until today none of their leaders had spoken on the subject. Consequently, coining as it did on the eve of the Presidents departure on a preparedness speaking tour. Mr. Mann's address was regarded as par ticularly significant. He remarked him self that he always has been known as a "small" Army and Navy man. Peril ot to Be Disregarded. Representative Mann based his plea on the ground that it behooves the United States now to prepare for any eventualities that may come as a result of the European war. He declared that he saw no immediate danger of the war and hoped that peace might prevail, but that the danger of the United States being drawn into the present conflict or one that might result from it was too great to be disregarded. "I have much more fear In the end of war with England than I have of war with Germany." he said. That was hla only comment on thia phase of his sub Jcct. Later he declined to elaborate on his remark. "ton-Partlaan Support Ursed. Mr. Mann urged no particular pre paredness plan. He said he favored a standing Army of :30.000 or 300,000 or even 500. 000 men. better coast defenses and "a Navy which will be able to de fend us on the sea." "I think we ought to provide these great forces." said he in pleading for a non-partisan view of the question, "and that it ought to be considered an emergency matter, entirely apart from the ordinary routine or expense of gov ernment, without regard to partisan fhii or party lines." Touching on the cost. Mr. Mann said it would be millions now, but better that than billions later. Stone Tklnka Dancer Keaaote. The subject of preparedness was in jected into the Senate debate on the Philippines independence bill, and 'Sen ator Stone said he believed the United Mates would be safer from' attack from abroad at the close of the European war than it had been at any time in the past .".0 years. "The close of the war," said Sen ator Stone, "will bring greater likeli hood of lasting peace with the Euro pean nations than has existed at any time during the last century. I do not want it understood that I am opposed to a reasonable preparedness, but I think there Is much less occasion for alarm now than there was before the war." Senator Sheppard asserted that fail ure to prepare for any eventualities would be to court humiliation and de feat. ealee i levred a. Folly. "The Monroe Doctrine arouses in creasing antagenirm and opposition In Europe." he said. "Some state land laws have brought us to the verge of war with Japan. Our Mexican border is !n a turmoil. Last Fall, it was gen erally recognized that we did not have a force strong enough to cope with the situation on our Southern border. Our economic existence demands that we insist on fair treatment on the seas and In the ports of the world. In view of these facts, it is folly to say we are Immune from war and folly not to put our land and sea forces on a fctrong basis." Senator Vardaman said he could see no need of great expenditures for mili tary purposes. Senator Robinson de clared the public had a well-founded rx-litf that the retention of the Philip pines would involve the United States in war and their control by this coun try had not added to the cordiality of this 'country's relations with any foreign power. SNOW BOUND CAMP IS 'WET' Colorado Storm Keeps Out News Thai Prohibition Law. Passed. DENVER. Jan. 25 Reports were brought to District Attorney Johnson, of the Kirst Judicial District Court, to day that a saloon is being operated at Baltimore. Col., a lumber camp In the mountains. In violation of the new prohibi'lon law. effective January 1. last. The snow is paid to be so deep that It may be some time before the author ities can reach the place. It was not definitely known In the camp, it was said, that the state had gone diy. Steamer Drifts Helplessly Broad side to rounding Sea for S5 Mile. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23. (Special.) Drifting helplessly for 16 hours broadside to the sea, during which the vessel covered 75 miles while her steer ing gear was broken, her engines us ing their power to pump water from her fireroom and holds, the steam schooner Centralia had the worst ex perience of any vessel which waa off the Oregon Coast last Saturday. With her main rigging; carried away, her wireless crippled and 200.000 feet of her lumber cargo gone, the Centralia made port here thla afternoon from Grays Harbor and Captain Omund Svendsen told of the voyage. "I never saw anything like It." he said. "The wind blew 90 miles an hour. We lost our deckload and our steam had to be used to pump water from tho hull. "We left Grays Harbor Thursday morning and struck a southeast and then a southwest gale as soon as we got to sea. Saturday we had our trouble when we were 120 miles south of the Columbia River and the wind was southeast." According to H. A. Langley. of Caro line, Alberta, a passenger on the steamer, the crew worked like Trojans to repair the broken steering gear and pump out the hull while the vessel was drifting broadside to the sea. Be sides Langley. other passengers were Mrs. C. .Burkhart and two children. Marguerite and Charles, of Hoquiam. and Mrs. H. Reynolds, of Oakland. The Eurana stood by after the S. O. S. was sent out, but was lost after three hours in the storm. No other vessels were sighted by the Centralia. MILL CLEARING IS BEGUN Haw ley Company Makes Room for Big Oregon City Plant. OREGON CITT. Or., Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) Preparatory to the actual con struction of the 1750.000 addition to the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company's plant, the work of preparing the ground and clearing away buildings was begun Monday. A score or- more of buildings will be moved or destroyed to make room for the giant mill. Tearing down of the old barn next to the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company's freight shed has been prac tically completed. SULTAN'S YACHT ATTACKED French Submarine Damages Craft Wltli Torjicdo. LONDON. Jan. 25. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Athens says that the Sultan's yacht. Erthogroal. was torpedoed in the Bos phorus by a French submarine in the latter part of December. The vessel was seriously damaged but is still afloat. The Erthogroal was built at Elswick in 1903. is 206 feet long and has a displacement of 900 tons and an arma ment of eight three-pounders. CADET INCREASE FAVORED House Committee Orders Midship men Bill Reported. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Admin istration bill to increase the number of midshipmen at the naval academy today was brdered favorably reported by the House military committee. The bill increases appointments allotted annually to each Senator. Rep resentative and delegate In Congress from two to three. It is estimated that under this plan 500 more appointments will be made annually. CHICKEN SUPPLY CORNERED Chicago Packers Said lo Have Con trol of All In Cold Storage. NEW YORK. Jan. 23. The New York department of food and markets issued a. statement today saying it had Infor mation from Chicago that a combina tion of Chicago packers had "cornered" the cold storage poultry market by the purchase of 40.000.000 pounds of poul try. The highest prices paid are said to have been 23 cents a pound for roast ing chickens and 28 cents a pound for broilers. CRATER LAKE PARK DRY Secretary Lane Says Rules Will Con form to Oregon Law. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 25. Crater Lake National Park went dry when the state of Ore gon went dry. The Secretary of the Interior so ad vised Representative Hawley today and assured him that the park regulations would be modified to prohibit the sale of liquor within the park. DUEL FOUGHT BY GREEKS Naval Officers Settle Disagreement Over Political Issue. ATHENS. Jan. 24. via Taris. Jan. 23. A duel took place today between two naval officers. M. Courmoulis and M. Melas. M. Courmoulis was wounded. The disagreement grew out of the forced resignation of M. Melas' brother as secretary to King Constantine on account of his political opinions. Lusitania Affair Re mains Unsettled. BERNSTORFF TO TRY AGAIN Ambassador Expected to Sub mit New Offer Today. DETAILS KEPT SECRET United States Said to Insist on Holding German Government to "Strict Accountability" . for American Lives Lost. WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. The United States is understood to have rejected as being partially unsatisfactory Ger many's latest proposal in the Lusi tania negotiations. Secretary Lansing, with the approval of President Wilson, is said td have so informed Count von Bernstorff the German Ambassador, during a conference late today at the State Department. The Ambassador will confer again with the Secretary tomorrow. It is un derstood he will then submit another confidential tentative proposal for a settlement, having embodied in it the requirements of the United " States. After being considered by the Presi dent and Secretary Lansing, the mat ter, unless present plans miscarry, will be transmitted to Berlin for the- ap proval or disapproval -of the German government. ? Accountability Insisted On. Five or six days may lapse before It is known whether the Berlin Foreign Office will assume a view which coin cides with the Administration. It is considered probable thi tne Ambassador may forward some recom mendations with the tentative form of settlement, which, it is said, will con tain every point for which the- United States has for so long ttended. Jn many particulars the suggested form of agreement designed to con clude the controversy, which was sub mitted through the Ambassador, is ac ceptable. It was said, by excellent authority, however, that the United States Insists on holding the German government ' to a "strict accountabil ity" for the loss of more than 100 American lives and desires that the Berlin government admit, in effect, that it is liable according to law for the lives of neutrals lost in the com mission of an act against a vessel of the enemy. Conference Is Confidential. Both Secretary Lansing and Count von Bernstorff have agreed that the subject of their conversation today should be held confidential. They al lowed it to become known that another conference would be held in the morn ing, but beyond that declined to dis cuss the case for publication. It was further explained that these negotiations, necessarily of an Informal (Concluded on -. Column 0. !! !! IL Von Bernstorff Has Scat Next to Mrs. Wilson Bulgarian Minister Is in Mourning for Son. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. President and Mrs. Wilson gave their second dip lomatic dinner at the White House to night, with the representatives of Ger many and ber allies and the neutral nations present. The entente) diplo mats and the neutrals attended the first dinner last week. Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, the ranking diplomat present tonight, occupied a seat next to Mrs. Wilson. Austria-Hungary and Turkey were represented by the charges d'affaires, in the absence of Ministers. The Bulgarian Minister. Stephen Panaretoff, is in mourning for a son killed in the war and did not at tend. All of the neutral representa tives were present except the Minis ters from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras and Peru. Other guests included Secretary and Mrs. Lansing. Senators Kern, of Indi ana, and Clarke, of Arkansas, Repre sentative and Mrs. Mann, John Barrett, director-general of the Pan-American Union, and several relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. COAST WILL MAKE STEEL Chinese Iron and California Oil Solve Problem. '1 S.iX FRANCISCO. Jan. 25. The im portation of pig iron from China and the use of California oil for fuel have made possible the manufacture ofi the Pacific Coast of structural steel on a large scale, according to announcement made today by the Pacific Coast Steel Company, which backed its judgment by letting contracts for a $500, J00 en largement of its plant here. Officials of the company said that four years, experimenting with pig iron from China and with oil for fuel had satisfied them that former handicaps to expansion of the industry no longer existed. FASTEST SEAPLANE READY First Warcraft for American Naval Airmen Shipped for Trial. MARBLEHEAD, Mass., Jan. 25. The first war seaplane purchased by the United States Navy, said by the build ers to be the fastest yet constructed for aero-marlne service here or abroad, was shipped today to the trial grounds at Pensacola, Fla. The machine, required by contract to speed 80 miles an hour in the air, will carry a 1000-pound load four hours If the specifications are met. FIERCE BLIZZARD RAGING" Fears Felt for Livestock In Colo rado's Record Storm. DURANGO, Colo.. Jan. 25. The worst blizzard in years is raginff in Cumbers Pass and fear is felt here for the safety of thousands of head of livestock in San Juan basin. Two feet of snow was added today to drifts already ranging from six to 18 feet in depth. The Silverton branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad has been block aded for a week. ALMOST READY FOR THE FIREWORKS. PCgFC "1 ! - Local Prosperity Fol lows in Wake. PEOPLE ARE LYING IN WAIT Doctor Cho- coOjaS o ,.-pT,-r . "0". CATERER RAISES PRICES Scores of Grafters Join Party at Mealtimes Sightseeing and Shopping Trips Interfere With Formal Meetings. BY CAROLYN WILSON. (Staff Correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. Published by arrangement) STOCKHOLM, Dec. 29. An air of pseudo activity covers what is turning out to be one of the biggest joy rides of history. To see this expedition pass ing through a town you might think it was accomplishing something. Im mediately on arrival signs are posted all over the main hotel which announce in letters of imposing height that this is the way to the pressroom, this to the business office, this to the recep tion room, etc. Stenographers rush around, pencil In hand, to take down the latest dicta tion, typewriters are hustled about, dic tating machines are put In place, out corns rows and rows of filing boxes, telephones are dotted about the rooms, and the business of running a peace delegation begins. There appear pasted on the glass of the salon door, like handkerchiefs dry ing' on a window pane, notices about 'everything from mass meetings to laundry. We learn when to eat, when to cheer, when to read the papers by these signs, which stare from nearly every door in the hotel. Whole Town Walts to Serve. There are rows. of -taxis and sleighs standing outside the hotel waiting for the momentary passengers who may come tearing through the revolving doors speeding on an important mis sion. The whole town is standing around waiting to serve us, praying that we may never leave, and trusting that Mr. Ford may decide on' this particular city as the site for the peace congress which shall sit Indefinitely and spend his money. A reign of prosperity has passed over the countries we have traversed, such as those lands have never seen. It is Jocularly predicted that there will be a general abatement of taxes for the current year. The doctor who was called in to prescribe for Mr. Ford took his temperature, looked al tongue, said the case was not serious and pre sented a bill for $600. We took a special train from Chris- tiania to Stockholm, and the train cost $2500. ' A restaurant caterer was en- Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) Right of Any Power to Dictate Time or Terms of Motherhood Denied In Outspoken Address. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 25. (Special.) The Birth Control League of Los An geles, fostered by prominent women of this city, came into being today with its formal organization and bids fair to enjoy a large membership. Council woman Estelle Lawton Llndsey made what is considered the keynote speech of the league. "I believe a woman's body is her own to do with as she pleases.' she aid. "I do not believe any power on earth, man, government or any other influ ence, has any right to dictate to a woman what she shall do with ber body. "Woman has a right to choose the father of her children. She has the right to say when the male shall be come the father of her children and no power less than God Almighty has a right to dictate to her in this matter. "Every woman has the right to avoid unwelcome motherhood. She has the right to refuse to bear children fath ered by an inebriate or a defective. "It is appalling that statistics should show that idiots propagate 25 per cent more rapidly than the normal person. We must stop this. "Woman has the right to say whether or not she shall be made the progenitor of children who shall be trained to obey the will of their rul ers, to fight when that ruler says fight, to grow up in ignorance and crime. "I think that such work as was done by Anthony Comstock is Inexpressibly condemnable. Let us have common sense, decency and an absence of prud ery in dealing with our sex questions. I am for thia movement." JOINT COMMITTEE CALLED Legislators to Ascertain Cost of Ore gon State Schools. ROSEBURG. Or., Jan. 25. (Special.) W. W. Cardwell, Rosebursr attorney and Legislator, announced today that the House and Senate committees ap pointed at the last Legislature to visit the state educational jnstitutionas and ascertain the cost of conducting them for two years dating from January 1, 1917, would meet at Eugene early in February. The schools Included In the investigation-are the University of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural College and Mon mouth. Normal. Germans Advance Potato Prices. BERLIN. Jan. 23, via London', Jan. 26. At a meeting today of the" National Potato-Growers' and Dealers' Associa tion It was announced that the gov ernment had agreed to raise the mini mum producers' price of potatoes to 4 marks a hundredweight. The present price is 2 marks and 75 pfeniss a hun dredweight, it was not announced what the new retailers' price would be. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. TESTE RDAY'S Maximum temperature. 35 degrees; minimum, -7 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain or snow; south westerly winds. XYur. Russians rout Turks near Erzerum. page 2. Sweden neutral, but policy may change, says Premier. Page 2. Kaiser at Nish reported greatly troubled by cougn.- .rage . Foreign. Ford expedition likened to joyride. Page 1. National. Germany's latest proposal in Lusitana case rejected by Lansing Page 1. Republican Leader - Mann pleads for non partisan preparedness, page i. United States will have 42-centimeter how itzers like those used by Germans. Page 3. War Department finds no evidence that Vancouver Barracks is being invaded by British recruiting agents. Page 3. Representative Hawley introduces land grant bill. Page 4. President is host at second diplomatic din ner, page 1- United States will protest wholesale sinking of esse Is in British blockade. Page fc. Domestic. Steam schooner Centralia safe after IS hours at mercy of gale, page 1. Returning travelers minimize rebellion In China. Page 4. Paderewskl says 12,000,000 Poles are starv ing. Page 2. League for binih control founded. Page l. Sport; Beavers buy three St. Louis American play ers. Page 15. MasL-ott and Benjamin agree to box at catch weights. Page 13. Victoria hockey manager regards Portland's pennant chances as good. Page 14. Special meeting of Coast League called for February 1 to discuss raising salary limit. Page lo. Pacific Northweat. Mrs. Mollie Bowes arrested In Aberdeen for kidnaping 5-year-old daughter in Port land. Page 7. Governor's son weds. Page 4. Snow storm in Grays Harbor district Is re newed. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Big buvin? boom in Coast bop markets. Page 111. Wheat touches highest point of season at Chicago. Page ID. Steel Is active feature of stock market trading. Page ID. French bark Bayard calls for help. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Auto holds all Oregon in hypnotic grasp. Page 1. Oregon Federation of Labor hears boom for Senator Cummins for President. Page 14. Revolver in pocket of high school boy dis charged, causing death. Page . Insurance agents let off with rebuke and warning. Page' 5. Fire squad trails woman and men seen near burned auto. Page 9. Mrs Temple Alexander's ex-valet loses f50. 000 breach of promise suit against former employer. Page 6. Detectives accused of "third degree" meth ods. Page 18. Humane Society takes over City Pound. Page 14. . Personal appeal for aid to stricken Jews cent to 20,000 Portland residents. Page H. Hardware dealers of state are in session, page tfc Attitude of Indian tribes over fishing places . subject of testimony. Page 7. Weather report, data and forecast, rage ID. Dealers Flock From Afar to See Models. SHOW LIKE 3-RING CIRCUS Cars Viewed at Armory, Mult nomah and Now Benson. BIG DEALS ARE EFFECTED Amazing Display of Modern Ma chines Attracts Business Icn, Salesmen, Prospective lluyers and Countless Auto 'Hugs.' BY CHESTER. A. MOOllEf". It became all the more apparent yes terday that that modern institution ot joy and travel called the automoblie has the people of Portland and Oregon hypnotized. Not only did hundreds of Boriously mindful business men circulate with their companions through tho aisles of the Armory and the lobby of the Mult nomah Hotel, where the seventh annual dealers' show and the first salon show aro in progress this week, but many out-of-town dealers and prospective purchasers dropped in to look over the new models before settling up their choices among the general array. ' out-of-Town VUltorK Many. J. P. Hart, manager of the Portland Garage Men's Association, reported that he had received word from 85 automobile men from the state at large saying that they would be In Portland this week for the show, and the records of SI. O. TVilktns, secretary of the Portland Dealers' Association, show that a total of 35 out-of-town visitors have already rlaced their tickets with him for validation at tho railroad office. On top of all this still a third ring in the amalgamated auto show circus was in session in the Hotel Benson yesterday for a short time. Not to ba outdono by the salon show at tha Multnomah Hotel, Nelson S. Gotshail, executive representative of the Jlolller "8" factory, decided that he would slide the latest birth of the Jackson, Mich., factory into the' Benson lobby and hitch It to one of the pillars near, the entrance. But It was found to be impossible, to get the car inside, much less to hitch it. and the task was given up for the time being, at least. Fever Slay strike Anywhere. This experience may forestall any future attempt to show in the Benson lobby, but from the way new sensa tions are springing up overnight there is no telling where the fever will strike next. The Hollier "8" is already rep resented among the 91 rigs at the Armory display, but Mr. tiotshall fig ured that he might as well have a car covenient to his lodgings so that he could sell cars all night, if necessary. Business was good yesterday at all of the show stores. For instance, K. M. Cox, who carted a new Grant Six down from Seattle to show it to the motor lovers of Oregon, closed an agency contract last night with YV. L. Bartlett and F. C. Hackney, of Portland, for the selling privileges on the car in tha State of Oregon. Otto J. Wilson, the Bulck agent at Salem, after walking around the Armory pavilion a few times on tho arm of H. C. Hays, of the Howard or ganization, put down his "John Henry" for 12 cars, and Jay Van Buren, the prominent La Grande dealer, and a host of other big dealers were nibbling right and left last night. Shew of 18l Rnted aa Brat. Mr. Wilson, by the way, has seen all the seven shows that have been staged in Portland, and he was readily con vinced last night that the current exhi bition is entitled to superlative rating. Others , to praise the Portland exhi bition yesterday were Don Pcake. Northwest representative for the Pa cific KisselKar branch, and Eugene Smith, president of the Monarch Oil Befining Company, of San Francisco. . Among the throngs of spectator were a great many who were prospects "nearly ripe enough to pick," and those who didn't conclude actual sales at least booked dozens of Interested parties for demonstration rides as soon as the show is ended. The first sales at the salon show were made by Ollie Hemphill and Claude Hubbard. Dr. Ralph Matson was the buyer in both instances. The Dodge coupe was purchased for Mrs. Matson, while the doctor bought a Cadillac Eight for himself. The 1 prize posted by th.e Covey organization for the first sale will be divided between Mr. Hemp hill and Mr. Hubbard, unless the two decide their chances in a little coin flipping contest. Booths Full of Interest. Those who visited the Armory yes terday afternoon and evening had plenty of time to inspect thoroughly all the booths. Interest in the space assigned to the J. C. Braly Company was divided be tween the fully equipped Franklin tour ing car and the cutaway Franklin mo tor, which illustrates the workings of the famous, air-cooling system. A lively crew of salesmen, augmented and abetted by the appearance of Jack Griffin, of the Mexwell headquarters at San Francisco, held forth early and late among the Maxwell and Hudson iCuni'ludcd on ti 8, Column 1.) )