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TST-. JBT. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LVL XO. 17,233. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1916. INTERNED GERMANS PREPARE FOR RAID OLD OPERA E NEW YORK STRIKES HOME WRECKERS GET NO DIVORCE ALL NORTHWEST FOR PRISON BARS DIVIDE MOTHER AND BABE NAVY BASE TO AID MISSIONS FALLS, KILLING JUDGE TELLS WIFE SHE REAPEll AYHEREOF SHE SOWED. FIVE OF IDAHO FAMILY GET PENITENTIARY TERMS. ELEVEN STEAMERS IN CANARY ISLANDS SECRETLY ARMED. ous LAYMEN AROUSED CAMPAIGN KEYNOTE ASTORIA Republicans Stand.for American Rights. PREPAREDNESS IS DEMANDED Instructions as to Choice for President Omitted. WAY IS OPEN FOR HUGHES Indorsement or Root Kerused and Whitman Is Beaten by Barnes as Head of Delegation State 1 Administration 'Commended. I rOlXTS I KEYNOTE PLAT FORM OF' KEPl'BLICAXS. The platform adopted by the Republican state convention to day Advocates "complete prepared ness" for the economic. Indus trial and financial, as well as military, defense of the Nation. Demands that the United States insist on -universal ob servance of the principles and rules of international law. Denounces the Wilson policy' toward Mexico as one of "incon sistent and irresponsible inter ference." and demands the pro tection of American rights in Mexico, either by a responsible Mexican government or through co-operation with other Ameri can Republics. Denounces the bill to grant independence to the Filipinos as an abandonment of the duties of the Nation and a breach of trust. Demands "the restoration of the Republican policy of a tariff commission," and for "adequate measures for the quick upbuild ing of an American merchant marine." Measures advocated by the platform Include development of farm credits and amendments to the Federal Reserve act to avoid possibility of inflation in cur rency. In its discussion of prepared nets, support is pledged "for the full rights and privileges of American citizenship against any attack from any quarter what soever NEW YORK. Feb. IS. The Republi can National campaign will be waged as a fight for adequate military pre paredness and' tariff reform, opposi tion to franting early independence to the Philippines and insistence on vigorous stand for American rights, both in Mexico and in relation to the European war. according to the key note platform adopted today by the Republican state convention. The outlines of the platform, which wss approved unanimously, were pre sented last night in the speech of ex- enator Root. Delegation Xot Instructed. There was no difference of opinion apparent among the 832 delegates in regard to the platform, but a fight was precipitated by the attempt of the sup porters of Governor Whitman to ob tain an unqualified indorsement of his Administration and to force his nomi nation as chairman of the delegation to the National convention in Chicago. The net result was that New York .State will send an untnstructed dele gation to the National convention if the action of the convention is upheld by the voters at the primary election In April. ' Mr. Root 1 adorned. A determined fight, led by Henry L. f-timson, to obtain a resolution recom mending Mr. Root as New York's favorite son for the Presidency was defeated in the committee on resolu tions and a counter-resolution that no Presidential candidate be .indorsed was passed unanimously. The principal ground on which the opponents of the Root resolution fought was that an Indorsement of Mr. Root would preclude the possibility of New York's putting forward Justice Hughes as the state's candidate for the Presi dency. Nicholas Murray Butler, chair man of the committee, issued a formal statement in which he said Mr. Root himself was opposed to the use of his name. Barnes Mea Make FiKht. The big battle in the convention was fought out betwen the "old line" or ganization Republicans under the lead ership of William Barnes and the sup porters of Governor Whitman. The Barnes men entered the convention with the avowed purpose of refusing an indorsement of the Whitman admin istration and preventing the Governor from heading the New York delegation to the National convention. The question of "indorsement ended in a compromise by which two resolu tions were presented, one dealing ex clusively with National affairs and the other "commending" Governor Whitman's conduct of the state ad ministration. This partial victory of the Governor was offset by & complete defeat on the question of the National delegates. The Whitman forces had united all Former Co-Respondent in Action Weds Divorced Man. Imt Gets No Relief When Tables Turn. "Home-wreckers and heart-breakers should not look to the law for assist ance in thejr work"' Circuit Judge W. N. Gatens thus scored both partlea to the divorce suit of Robert W. Simpson against Theresa M. Simpson, when, after hearing evi dence, he threw the case out of court yesterday. "Tne present Mrs. Simpson was co res'pondent in the first divorce suit of Simpson, then brought by Ida Simpson, and paid marked attentions to him while he was getting his divorce." went on the jurist.. "She wrecked a home. Why should the court help her when her home is wrecked? It is evi dent that 'she reaped whereof she sowed. "They owe it to their own loose construction of the marriage laws that they find themselves in this 'condition. The court intends to leave them where they are." The euit was brought by Simpson against Mrs. Theresa Simpson, who, as Miss Theresa M. O'Connell, -was CO respondent in the suit of his forme wife, Ida, in February, 1912. The second Mrs. Simpson filed a cross-com plaint, naming a third woman, Mrs. Ole Boylan, of 451 East Everett street, as co-respondent. VENUS' RIVAL MUCH SOUGHT Stage and Marriage Offers Swamp Girl, Physically Perfect. . PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) Vaudeville managers, motion picture promoters, autograph-seekers and would-be husbands have deluged Miss Margaret WilloU-v i Swarthmore Junior, whose physicd measurements are nearly identical with those of the Venus de Milo, with a multitude o telegrams, letters and messages. These contain offers to appear be fore the footlights and pose in the movies, and resulted from the wide publication of her distinction in news papers. She is the daughter of S. E. R. Willetts, of Trenton, N. J., promi nent in the pottery industry. WORM IS DIVORCE PLAINT Husband Also Insisted on Reversing Baby's Name, Avers Wife. If your husband dropped angle wornts on you because he knew you were deadly afraid of snakes and worms. and insisted on calling your 2-months old child Frances Lucille, when he knew that her name was Lucille Frances, would you sue for divorce? Mrs. Lucille Taylor alleges these as grounds on which she is suing A. F. Taylor, a teamster, for an absolute de cree and the custody of the child. She also maintains that on one occasion her husband fought forcibly with her to remove a diamond ring from her finger, which he wanted to pawn. They were married in Vancouver, February 11 1914. LA GRANDE CHIEF QUITS Dispute Over Pocket Flashlight ' Leads to Resignation. LA GRANDE. Or., Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) Fire Chief W. A. Benham has tendered his resignation as chief of the La Grande fire department. A pocket flashlight prompted a mis understanding between him and ad ministration officials, and until Ben ham can prove his claims, he says, he has posted his personal check for $2, the amount Involved, with the city. Claude Maokey, president of the volun teer department, temporarily is chief BULGARIAN TOWN IS RAIDED 13 French Airmen Drop 158 Bombs at Strumitsa. LONDON, Feb. 16. Thirteen French aeroplanes carried out a raid on the town and ramps . of Strumitsa. Bul garia, yesterday, according to a Reuter dispatch today from Saloniki. The machines dropped 158 bombs, causing- several tires, it is added. The dispatch says the machines, al though subjected to a severe bombard ment, returned to thetr base untouched. DEFENSE BILL IS, SIGNED Annapolis Class Increased, Navy- Yards to Be Enlarged. WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. President Wilson today signed the first or the National defense bills. One increases the entrance class at the Naval Academy by 300 cadets and the other makes immediately avail able $500,000 for facilities for building warships at the Mare Island Navy-yard and J100.000 for like improvements at the New York Navy-yard. $400 IN DYE NETS $11,800 Price of Barrel of Product In- -' creases 3000 Ter Cent. BOSTON, Feb. 16. The shortage In dyestuffs and the demand by texttle manufacturers for this product was pointed out today by dealers, who re ported that a barrel of violet dye bought' 14 months ago for 1100 had been sold here for 12,000. This was an Increase of 3000 per Mass Meeting Reflects Determined Support. SECOND GIBRALTAR IS WANTED Safety of Oregon and Nation Declared at Stake. SEA TRUSTED NO. LONGER Additional Funds Pledged by Per sons Present and Committee Is Spurred On to Continue Ag gressive Campaign. ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 16. (Special.) This was naval-base day in Astoria and tonight a mass meeting that filled the Astoria Theater to overflowing was held to show the enthusiasm of the people of the Lower Columbia River district in support of the campaign for the establishment of a mammoth naval station on the Columbia. It was also to demonstrate their an: nounced determination to carry that campaign to a successful Issue, and continue the fight until the Govern ment makes the entrance of this great waterway as impregnable as Gibraltar and transforms the harbor into the greatest naval headquarters on the Pa cific Coast. All Pledge Support. Able speakers addressed the assem blage, the enthusiasm of the people was intense, and at the close of the meeting the entire audience, by a ris ing vote, pledged their fealty and sup port to the project, which they believe means much, not alone to. Oregon, but to the safety of the Nation as well. Mayor Johnson presided at the gath ering, and at the opening of the ses sion the secretary read a number of letters and telegrams from the Gov ernors of Oregon. wasningian ana Montana, as well as from chambers of commerce and commercial clubs of all sections of the three states and from newspapers indorsing the movement and offering their assistance in every possible way. - . Sectional Line Obliterated. The principal speaker of the even ing was Frank B. Riley, of the Port land Chamber of Commerce. He said he brought cordial greetings .from the people of the metropolis, who are with Astoria, heart and soul. In this project. "The time has come," said Mr. Riley, when county and sectional lines have been obliterated. Portland and Astoria stand side by side here at the end of the West. The glory of one Is the glory of the other; the sorrow of one the distress of the other. We are with you in this fight for recognition and to secure adequate protection for this avenue of commerce. 'The whole Nation is becoming aroused to the fact of the country s unpreparedness for defense and we of (Continued on Page 6. Column 2.) V fiv- lfK Infant, Three Weeks Old, and Four Other Children Are to Be Cared For by State. TWIN FALLS. Idaho, Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) A mother, with her three-weeks-old baby in arms, her husband, their two sons and a stepson, were to day sentenced in District Court to in determinate terms in the Penitentiary. Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Roes, the parents, were sentenced to serve from Six months to five years and one son six months to one year for receiving stolen goods. , The other son and stepson, Orville Duncan, are to. serve one to 15 years for burglary, committed in the mercan tile store of Judd & Anderson, in Marshfield, 40 miles east of Twin "alls. Four smaller children are left and, with the three-weeks-ord baby, will be taken to the Children's Home in Boise while their parents serve out their Pen itentiary terms. PIPE-PHONE LATEST PLAN Bull Run Superintendent Would Not Depend on Wires In Storing Richard Maupin, superintendent of the Bull Run pipe line, wants permis sion to use one of the pipes from Port land to the headworks for his tele phone. He believes that one of the pipes could be used instead of a wire, which usually goes down in such a storm as recently prevailed. It would cost him about $150 to make the exper iment. Mr. Maupin's plan is to use the one pipe and place insulators where they touch each other. Heavier batteries will be necessary, he says, to overcome the greater resistance. His other plan Is to place the wire or cable under ground along or inside one of the pipes. In either case, the telephone wires would be out of reach of another sil ver thaw. MILLIONS PUT IN NEW CARS Southern Pacific Increases Pacific Coast Facilities. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16. New equipment, mostly rolling stock, to cost between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, has been ordered by the Southern Pacific Company, according to announcement made here tonight by company of ficials. The n'ew equipment is for use on the company's Pacific system, and will in clude 475 flatcars, 200 gondolas, 25 flat- car bodies and 450 stock cars. The orders were placed to provide more nearly adequate facilities for the movement of Pacific Coast products. ALBANIAN STRUGGLE ON Austrians and Bulgars Form Junc tion for Final Campaign. LONDON, Feb. 16. The final strug gle for the mastery of Albania has be gun, according to aispaicnes receiveu in London. The Austrians and Bulgarians have ucceeded in forming a junction and their combined armies now are in con tact with Kssad Pasha's army of Al banians, Montenegrins and berbians which is defending Durazzo, IT'S JUST THE SAME OLD JACKASS! Portland Convention Is Record in Success. MEN GIVE VL fO FEELINGS Attendance and Interest Be yond Those of Other Cities. STIRRING ADDRESSES MADE Filial Session Arouses Greatest At tention and Participants Declare Barrier of Denominationalism Is Being Broken Down. BY EDITH KNIGHT HOLMES. The great Laymen's Missionary Con vention of Oregon has gone ,lnto his tory. Closing last night with a most enthusiastic session, with speakers at their best and the audience keenly sympathetic, the big meeting was pro nounced by the local committee to have reached a degree of success far beyond the fondest hopes of the most san guine. Four records were smashed in Port land's convention. The registration in comparison with the size of the city and the attendance were both greater than in any place so far visited by the missionaries. The sale of literature and the number of subscriptions taken to the magazine. Men and Missions, far exceeded those of other cities. The publication is the official organ of the laymen's movement. Closing Meeting Enthusiastic. Last night's meeting was a men-only affair. Ministers, bishops, ordinary lay men, deacons, religious men and men who had heretofore taken but little in terest in missions thronged the White Temple, and by their close attention, their appreciative applause, their earn estness and hearty manner of Joining in the hymns of praise demonstrated that the big movement impressed them with its mighty significance. The outstanding events of the fourth and closing day of. the convention were: The brilliant and eloquent ad dress of Bishop Bell, of Los Angeles. who urged the breaking down of the barriers created by provincialism and denominationalism and the awakening of a new religious consciousness; the stirring addresses of H. F. Swartz, of New York; Fred B. Fisher, of India A. R. Kepler, of China, and Herbert S, Johnson, whom Oregon claims, al though he now is of Boston. Flea Made for Preparedness. A stir was created when Mr. Kepler said, irt speaking of the impact of Christianity and civilization on China That great" country realizes now what this Western land should realize, that If she is to preserve her integrity she must make the pendulum swing back and take up militarism. She is wiser than the West." "Can America Keep Christ?" This (Concluded on. Page l.". Column 1.) Captain of American Schooner Ar riving at Mobile Says He Sup plied Cargo of Coal. . MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 16. Eleven Ger man steamers laid up in the Canary Island ports have been secretly armed for commerce raiding, and are prepar ing to make a dash for the open sea, according to a statement made here today by Captain F. E.Odagune, of the American 6chooner Edgar W. Murdock. , Captain Magune said he delivered 2100 tons of coal to German agents in Teneriffe and saw it loaded into the bunkers of the interned German ves sels. The Murdock is in port here. The Canary Islands' belong to Spain. Teneriffe. where the German vessels were interned at the beginning of the war, is the largest island of the group and has only one good harbor, that of Santa Cruz.' The port is poorly fortified. It is presumed that Spain has few or no war vessels there, and that armed ves sels would stand a good chance of escaping. FLOOD SITUATION SERIOUS Train Scrioe Tied Up at Eltopia and Roads Stall Autos. ELTOPIA. Wash. Feb. 16. (Special.) i The flood situation here is assuming alarming proportions. The Northern Pacific bridges both east and west have been washed out, together with three county bridges. Bad washouts in both directions probably will tie up traffic for at least a week. There have been no trains now for two days. Three automobiles from here that took passengers to Pasco this morning to attend the funeral of Henry Tuy tens, the Snake River rancher, lost in the storm two weeks ago, are a mile out of town in ruts in the road four feet deep. Mesa, nine miles north of here, is Inundated. The crest has not been reached yet. as higher water is reported north of us. VICTORIA TAKES BIG LEAD Uncle Sams Hockey Team Surprised by 3-0 Dash in First Period. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) Victoria gave Portland the sur prise of the season when they scored three goals in the first period tonight Victoria not only played a rushing game, but had all the breaks. Portland could not score. Oatman Dunderdale, Harris and Tobin played strong, but Lester Patrick was a whole team on defense and McCulloch stopped no less than six true shots at close range. JAMES' ILLNESS CRITICAL Even Temporary Improvement in Condition Not Expected. LONDON, Feb. 16. The illness of Henry James, the author, is so serious that even a temporary improvement in his condition Is not expected. Because of the nature of his malady however, it cannot be said to be im mediately critical. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTFTK DAY'S Maximum temperature, degrees: minimum, 43 degree. 50 TODAY'S Probably fair; winds mostly northerly. War. German steamers in Canary Islands secretly armed for raid. Page I. Allies renew pledge to Belgium, rage 3 Russians rupture Erzerum. Page 0. British admit error in fallura to provide airships. Page ti. National. Armv increase bills to be ready In three weeks. Page 8. Daniels modifies censorship rules, after pro test by Germans. Page 'i Lusitanla negotiations unexpectedly com- plicated, Pago 5. Secretary Lane proposes sale of land tn Western states to provide road ana ir rigation funds. Page 7. National Guard defends Its place In defense system. Page 6. Rivers and harbors bill carries appropria tion of $-'9,6US.410 as perfected In com mittee. Page 11. Mother of :j-wceks-old babe and four others of ramuy sentenced to peniieimarj. Taga 1, Domes! If. New York Republicans In "Keynote piauorm demand preparedness; reiusc to ihbiiuu delegation. Page 1. Detective engaged to hunt for poison bottle as evidence against student, page . Miss Anne Pennoyer Russell, of Portland, is bride In . oronano. rage t.. Ten hilled In collapse, or old. opera-nouse at Moxla, Tex. Page I. Second poison found In banquet Kitcnen. rage 2. f port 8. Fight promoters convinced that Jess Wll lard Is really in. page J. Portland Beavers affiliation with Cleveland ends. Pago 14. Fog In Seattle rink so heavy even piayeri cannot follow puck, page it. Pacific Northwest. Holland wants peace, but is ready for war. savs Lamar I ooze. page . Governor opposes conservation in speech to Assessors, page Commercial and Marine. Eastern buyers advance bids lor pacinc Coast wheat. Pago iv. Chicago wheat higher on strong i-ngiuso demand, page r.i. Canadian stocks sell lower on fear of war tax. Page iv. Port schooner Joseph Pulitzer to carry four pilots at COlumDia oar. page jo. Portlnnd and Vicinity. Laymen display extraordinary enthusiasm in causo or missions. rip i- Judge Gatens refuses divorce to nome- wreckers." page i. Percy Campbell, mystery roiuer, ;.cis one year in prison. page Three important realty sales closed and buildlnt: promised. page Statue of Thomas Jefferson to adorn Jeffer son High scnooi. page n. Pupils add to Visia House fund. Page 20. Episcopal diocese flics friendly suit to per- In other work. Page Weather report, t'.ata and forecast. Page 10. i Terrific Explosion of Gas Follows. FIRE SPREADS FROM RUINS Mexia, Tex., for Time Seems Doomed to Destruction. SCHOOL OFFICIAL VICTIM City Superintendent and and Child, Anionic Those Hi Willi Attend- ing Art Kxhibit, Lo.sc lAw Blaze Is I'mlcr Control. MEXIA, Tex., Feb. 10. Ten persons were killed here early tonight in the collapse of the old opera-house build ing, which was followed by an explo sion which threatened the entire busi ness section ot the town. Many v. ere injured. Three of the principal business buildings of the town have been de stroyed and the fire Is still burning. Search continued late into the night ror the other bodies which It was feared might be buried in the ruins, although it was believed all persons In the build ing hud been accounted for. Death Lint lm Announced. The list of. dead wuh announced its follows: Professor A. R Wlcsnrr, superintend ent of city schools. Mrs. Wlesner und one of their chil dren. Professor K. Bruton, W'inneboro. Tex. Oscar Johunson. Claude .lohanson. Paul Velilell. Hay Cox. Hay llltt. Charles Woniueh. a negro. The old hall, seldom used, had been opened for an art exhibit for the public schools, which gave promise of being: largely attended. The spectators had begun to assemble when, without warn ing, the structure gave way. Terrific Kxploalon Kollonx. The confusion caused by the accident was Intensified by a terrific gas explo sion which followed almost immediate ly. This caused fire in the wreckage. The flames spread to other building, including the Farmers State Hank, ami so rapid was the progress of the con flagration that it seemed certain t" consume the town. After four hours' work the fire was believed to he under control. SKIS BRING CITIZENSHIP Man Makes 100-Mile Trip to Out Papers at Boise. Take B01.SK. Idaho, Keb. 1. (Special.)--W. O. Moore. a former subject ot England, now a resident ot McCall. mado a 100-mile trip on skis from his home to Boise to become a naturalized citixOO. McCall Is on the shores of the Parotte lakes, north and west of heru. For almost a month now the. Idaho Northern Railroad, of which MeCall Is the terminal, lias been unowed in. Mr. Moore determined to reacn iioisc. n was a hard and tiresome trip through a wild country, but ho made it in uu days. SUGAR BEET SEED SHORT Fourth ol American l actones .ua Keiluce Their Output. LOS ASfiEI.KS, Kcb. 1 6. Fully 2i ocr cent or tne mum .. of the United States will be forced reduce their output from 10 to 21 to cent unless some means can no dis covered to supply the enormous deficit ot necessary seed according to state ment made during the closing session of the United States Beet Sugar Manu facturers' Association hero. It was also said some concerns would be compelled to close ineir lactone.-, because only about one-half enoush seed was in sisrht. FALLING MAN BLOWN UP fil.'p While Carrying ."Nitroglycerin Is Deadly. CHARLESTON. W. Va.. l eb. IK V. S. Rokerts, or Marictia. nippeu nu fell while carrying two tans of nitro- lycerin at St. Albans. 12 miles from here, late today. The detonation was heard in Charles ton. Rokerts waa Diown 10 riecen. one else was injured as far as can bo learned. Fruit Growers Postpone Meeting. GRKSIIAM. Or., Feb. 16. (Special.) The adjourned meeting of the tireshain Fruit tirowers' Association held Mon day, February 14, was again adjourned to Monday, March 6, because of an ev n smaller attendance than was at tin: first attempted meeting. Birth Control league JKk-ctn. Frank Anderson was elected scerc- arv of the Birth Control League at the regular monthly meeting In room II of the Public Library last night. Th meeting was well attended. H. C Uthoft and other spoke. tConciudcd on Page 3, Column L cent. ..