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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, 3IARCII 3, 191G.
PIUCE FIVE CENTS.
281,000 ESTIMATE
OF CITY DWELLERS
ONSLAUGHTS NORTH
OFVERDUN REVIVED
DANIELS PREDICTS
NAVY VINDICATION
LADDS TO SELL ALL
UNIMPROVED LAND
SPRING FEVER IS
AN INHERITANCE
i nnrn in
man. Luocn m
ft
3iEW DIRECTORY CONTAINS
SECRETARY ANSWERS MANY
ARMOR-PLATE CRITICISMS.
DISEASF, THEORY SCOUTED BY
HEALTH AUTHORITY.
ABOUT 125,000 NAMES.
SENATORS WILL
UPHOLD WILSON
Pledges Obtained to Kill
Gore Resolution.
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DISSENSION USED IN BERLIN
Germans Receive Report That
Congress Is Five to One
4c Against President.
DAY HAS NEW SENSATION
Tale That Wilson Regarded
War as Not Necessarily Evil
Is Related and Denied.
WASHINGTON, March 2. Out of
a day's developments in the Presi
dent's fight with Congress, crowded
to the utmost with elements of the
sensational and dramatic, the Admin
istration forces in the Senate tonight
emerged with pledges of enough votes
to kill, once and for all, Senator Gore's
resolution to warn Americans off
armed ships of the European bellig
erents and demonstrate that Congress
stands behind the President in his ne
gotiations with Germany.
Action in the Senate, it is believed,
will be followed promptly by stifling
of sentiment in the House against the
President's foreign policy.
'Debate Is Non-Partisan.
In one of the greatest non-partisan
debates the Senate has seen in years,
Chairman Stone, of the foreign rela
tions committee, declared he was not
in accord with the President; Senator
Lodge, ranking Republican, pledged
his support to the President's deter
mination to secure to Americans their
rights on the high seas, and Senator
John Sharp Williams, just from a sick
bed, delivered a withering denuncia
tion of the President's opponents.
The Senate adjourned until tomor
row at 11 o'clock, when the Adminis
tration leaders plan to bring up the
Gore resolution and table it, disposing
of it finally as an embarrassment to
the President in his conduct of dip
lomatic negotiations with Germany.
They have found that not more than
23 votes can be mustered against
them.
Dissension Used in Berlin.
In the House, where the President
was faced with further delay, the
promise of Administration victory in
the Senate gave signs of breaking up
the opposition, and the leaders were
confident tonight of similar action
there.
While the Senate debated .there
came news to the State Department
from Berlin which convinced officials
that the dissension in Congress was
being used deliberately to weaken the
President's hands in Germany.
Confidential advices say that re
ports circulated in the German capital
as having come from Washington de
clared that Congress stood five to one
against the President.
Story by Gore Amazes.
Out of the Senate debate came a
turn which for the moment threatened
to overshadow the real features of the
contest and probably disclose the basis
for the agitation at the Capitol.
Senator Gore, while the Senate sat
. rapt in amazement, related a story
that President Wilson, at his 'confer
ence with Congressional leaders a
week ago, had declared that Ger
many';! insistence on her position in
the submarine controversy probably
would result in a breach of diplo
matic relations; that a breach prob
ably would be followed by war, and
that "a state of war might not be of
itself and of necessity an evil to this
republic, but that the United States,
by entering upon war, might be able
to bring it to a conclusion by mid
summer and thus render a great serv
ice to civilization."
Senator Gore assented he did not say
I no story was true, but that it came
to him with such a concurrence of tes
timony and such marks of truth that
I'.e did not feel that he could discharge
his duty as a Senator and withhold it.
Denial Made by White House.
Chairman Stone, of the foreign rela
tiojis committee, at once replied that
the President never had said to him
nor in his hearing that be believed
or in any way entertained the thought,
tiiat war between the United States and
t.ormany would be desirable or would
mult In cood to the United States.
tCoucluded uu lJuge a, Culumu 3-
Compilation, However, Includes
Milwaukee, but by Comparison
Shows Gain in Population.
Portland's new city directory, which
will be issued next week, will report
a population for the city of approxi
mately 281,000.
This is an unofficial statement, based
o.i the number of names that probably
will appear in the book. The compila
tion of names will not be completed
for several days.
It is predicted, however, that the
new directory will carry nearly 125,000
names.
The multiple of 2'A, to provide for
wives and unmarried minors not listed.
Is usual.
As the directory compilations include
residents of Milwaukie and other sub
urbs not contained with the arbitrary
boundaries of the city, the estimate of
281,000 covers the population of those
places, as well as of the city proper.
Last year the directory publishers' es
timate for the population at large was
275,735.
Portland's population, according to
the official Federal census of 1910, was
207,214.
It is well understood that the growth
of Portland has been slow but steady
since the last census was taken. Its
greatest growth was in the five-year
period immediately preceding the last
official census. Many will-Informed
business men believe that the next four
or five years will witness another
steady and substantial growth.
WAR QUARANTINE WANTED
Ambassador Morgenthau Would
Treat l'ever as Infectious Disease.
NEW YORK, March 2. "Quarantine
the war fever," Henry Morgenthau,
Ambassador to Turkey, now home on
leave of absence, said in an address to
day before the Merchants' Association
of New York.
"There is one thing I want to bring
home to you," said Mr. Morgenthau.
"In this country, we take active steps
to prevent yellow fever and other in
fectious diseases from spreading. We
keep them out, but this war fever that
is traveling now in Europe is one thing
that we are in danger of being infected
with. '
"We ought to do the same with re
spect to that fever as wo have done
against other infectious diseases. We
ought to inoculate ourselves with the
serum of sanity and sobriety."
MEN IN TRENCHES AIDED
Hot Coffee to Be Served by Portland
to City Laborers.
Hot coffee as a means of getting more
work out of city laborers is to be tried.
The City Council yesterday authorized
Commissioner Dieck to put in a stock
of coffee, sugar and cream, to serve
to the men working on the Thurman
street fill.
The men, Mr. Dieck said, get chilled
through in their work. Hot coffee,
he said, would give them new life and
increase their efficiency. The coffee
will be cooked and served in the base
ment of Mrs. A. J. Walters, near the
scene of the work. Furthermore, the
men are to be furnished rubber boots
at the expense of the city.
CHICAGO CRIME ON WANE
Half of Decrease Credited to Tak
ing Police Out of Politics.
CHICAGO. March 2. The number of
crimes committed in Chicago In. Feb
ruary was 1544, a reduction of 27 per
cent, compared with those in the same
month last year, according to the re
port of Chief of Police Healey, made
to Mayor Thompson today.
The chief was asked by the Mayor
what percentage of the showing was
attributable to cutting out politics
from the police department.
"No less than SO per cent." the chief
answered. "We have followed your in
structions that no assessments or col
lections be allowed the first time this
policy has been in force in my recot
lection of 30 years in the department.'
CONSCIENCE MONEY SENT
Retired Forest Grove Merchant Gets
$63 Anonymdusly.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. March 2.
(Special.) S. G. Hughes, who was in
the hardware business here a number
of years ago, but is now manager of
the local telephone system, has received
the following letter, undated and un
signed:
"I owe you the inclosed money. Sev
eral years ago I got a receipt in full
but you made a mistake. I let it
on too long, but hope it will be all
right,"
Currency amounting to $63 was in
closed, but Mr. Hughes cannot recall
the transaction.
MILLERS LAY IN WHEAT
Minneapolis Figures 5,000,000
Bushels Are Bought for East.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 2. Five mil
lion bushels of May wheat have been
bought by milling interests in the las
week as prices tumbled, according to
estimates of Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce traders today. This, they
say, would represent sales of one mil
lion barrels of flour. Most of this
product is said to be for Eastern bak
era.
Local millers also said that they had
been buying on a large scale.
Germans Attack Again
' With Violence.
PARIS SAYS FRENCH HOLD
Defenders Declared to Have
Decimated Enemy's Ranks.
PARIS STILL TEUTON GOAL
Crown Prince's Troops Said to He
Inspired With Belief Fall of
Portress 'Will Spell Doom
of Frencli Capital.
PARIS, March 2. German attacks of
great violence, both artillery and in
fantry, have been resumed today north
of Verdun. The official statement is
sued by the French War Office to
night says that furious infantry as
saults have been repulsed by the
French troops, "whose fire decimated
the ranks of the enemy."
BY FRED B. PITNEY.
(War correspondent of the New York
Tribune. By special cable.)
PARIS. March 2. "If the French are
victorious, it will be the end of Ger
many." With that epigram ringing in their
minds, thousands of German troops
threw away their lives In the repeated
assaults on Verdun. From captives
taken in the last week, the French
military authorities have learned the
importance attached by the German
officers to the battle.
Soldiers Look for Turning Point.
French wounded brought into Paris
from the battlefront declare that their
captured foemen look on the drive on
Verdun as the probable turning point
of the war. If successful, according to
the German viewpoint, nothing can
keep the Crown Prince out of Paris.
If defeated, then Germany's chance of
forcing a satisfactory peace are much
damaged.
Already, according to the captives.
the Germans' hope for success have
dwindled and many admit that the
Kaiser's plan for penetrating the
French front has been upset.
'What an ordeal," declared one
youthful member of, a German regiment
that was cut to pieces in one of the
numerous assaults on the forts at the
village of Douaumont Then he added:
We shall never be able to take Ver
dun."
YoutliM Found In Rank.
The depressed spirits of other cap
tives reflect his attitude. Many of the
German prisoners taken at Verdun are
exceedingly young, hardly past the
military age, which indicates, French
military crtics declare, that Germany
has called upon every available soldier
to aid in the assault on Verdun. One
military critics declare, that Germany
"Most of the soldiers of my regiment
are of the same age that I am. Many
of us were in school together when the
war. began, but already we have seen
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Baker Jurist Gets Letter Express
ing Confidence in Public Judg
ment When Pacts Are Known.
BAKER, Or, March 2. (Special.)
That secret work now being undertaken
by the Navy Department will silence
criticism over the proposed - armor
plate works purchase and other mat
ters when the results are made public,
is the prediction made by Secretary of
the Navy Josephus Daniels in a letter
written by Mr. Daniels to former Cir
cuit Judge William Smith, of this city,
an extract from which Judge Smith
consented to allow publication.
"The facts are so diametrically op
posed to most of the criticisms which
have been published Secretary Daniels
wrote, "that the latter have failed be
cause of their Inherent weakness and
the obvious partisanship and selfish
ness with which they are inspired.
Possessed of the facts as it ultimately
shall be. I have confidence that the
country will approve of what has been
done for the Navy during my incum
bency." The letter wajs written to Judge
Smith in answer to one of protest
against the methods employed by the
National Security League in combatting
the plan of the Government for taking
over privately owned armor plate worke.
FEBRUARY SNOW 8.2 INCHES
Average Temperature and Precipita
tion Both Above Normal.
The total snowfall at Portland dur
ing the month of February was 8.2
inches, according to the monthly mete
orological summary issued yesterday
by Edward A. Beals. weather fore
caster.
The avrage temperature for the
month was 42.2 degrees and the total
precipitation 7.79 inches. The normal
mean temperature for February is 41.3
degrees and the. normal precipitation
5.73 inches.
The greatest precipitation for any 24
hour period during- the month occurred
February 1, when a total of 1.93 inches
fell.
HOUSE KEEPS ITS MILEAGE
Usual Debate Precedes Usual Defeat
of Reduction Move.
WASHINGTON, March 2. Crowded
galleries that gathered today to hear
the international situation discussed
saw the House take its annual vote,
this time 150 to 46, not to reduce mem
bers' mileage from 20 to 5 cents a mile.
Representative Cox, of Indiana, of
fered the ' motion, ' and, as usual, its
defeat was preceded by a lively debate,
in which the 20-cent mileage was de
nounced as graft and defended as a
just allowance.
$1000 RECEIVED BY HERO
Dufur Man Also Gets Carnegie
Medal for Trying to Save Life.
Dl'FUR. Or., March 2. (Special.)
Fred G. Buskuhl. of Friend, has Just
received the bronze medal awarded to
him by the Carnegie hero fund com
mission for attempting to save the life
of Joseph I. Tarke at Friend. August 3,
1912.
The commission also awarded 11000 .to
Mr. Buskuhl.
UP WITH THE WHITE FEATHER
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Aggressive Campaign
Is Planned.
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SUV-5'
First Offerings rteady to
Put on Market.
F. N. CLARK & CO. AGENTS
Committee 'Will Handle Plans and
Arrangements Are Being Made to
Assist Purchasers in Mak
ing Desired Improvements.
BA.Mv READY TO BUILD.
Official announcement was
made last night that the United
States National Bank will build,
as soon as plans can be com
pleted, on the quarter block that
it Just bought at the northwest
corner of Sixth and Stark streets.
The building will cost between
(250,000 and J300.000 and will be
a typical banking structure. The
first story will be 32 feet high
and there will be two floors
above for offices. Huge stone
pillars will rise the full height of
the building. A. E. Doyle, archi
tect, will have plans ready for
excavation to begin as soon as
present leases on the property
expire, about July 1.
BY CHESTER. A. MOORES.
Confident that Portland is about to
enter upon an era of growth and pros
perity such as it has not. seen in many
a year and thoroughly convinced that
the time is now ripe for the develop
ment and sale of real estate, the offi
cers of the Ladd Estate Company an
nounced officially yesterday that they
had decided to place their immense
Multnomah County holdings of unim
proved real estate, valued conserva
tively at $10,000,000 on the market in
an aggressive campaign that will con
tinue perhaps for several years.
Coming, as it does, on the eve of a
certain revival In the lumber business
and at a time when general prosperity
is about to arrive on the Pacific Coast
after an extended visit in the East,
pioneer real estate men and veteran
financial authorities were quick yes
terday to interpret the Ladd announce
ment as the most significant business
event that has blessed Portland in
years. '
Other Property to Be Offered.
The Westover Terrace and Industrial
Center properties; which are owned by
the Lewis-Wiley Hydraulic Company,
of which W. H. Lewis is president, will
also be opened.
The Ladd properties include large
tracts In Dunthorpe, liastmoreland.
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Desire to Bask in bun of First
Warm Days Handed Down by
Adam oc Monk, Is View.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., March 2. Spring
fever is not a disease, but an expres
sion of a desire to drop work and an-
be call of the wild, according to
ment today by Dr. W. A. Saw-
AV'
?retary of the State Board of
ith.
"Whether man is descended from a
monkey or from Adam and Eve. who
roamed about the Garden of Eden,"
said Dr. Sawyer, "there is that inher
ent longing to play and bask in the
sun when Spring first appears.
"It is certain that our forefathers,
whether man or monk, used to cele
brate the opening of Spring by lazily
basking in the sun. and it is that long
ing on our part to do likewise which
we call Spring fever."
LOGGERS DESERT CAMPS
Many Leave Marshf icld for South
America and Pupet Sound.
MARSH FIELD. Or., March 2. (Spe
cial.) Cold weather has brought more
snow in the mountains and many log
gers in the higher altitudes are quit
ting work until the conditions are im
proved. At Blue Ridge the snow is IS
inches deep and near Powers about
six to 12 Incftes.
Loggers at Powers are quitting in
some instances to go to Washington
and some are headed for South Amer
ica to work on irrigation projects in
Argentine. Somo loggers at Camp Six
complained of the cooking and a num
ber quit on account of what they termed
poor service. The Smith-Powers Log
ging Company never had similar com
plaints in its nine years of operation
here.
NEW COMET DISCOVERED
Celestial Wanderer Found on Photo
graph Taken in Russia.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., March 2. The
discovery of a small comet by Neujmin
was announced today in a cablegram to
the Harvard observatory from Profes
sor Backlund, of the Imperial observa
tory at Pulkowa. Russia.
The message said that the comet,
which was found in a photograph, had
a slow motion south and- was of the
11th magnitude. Its position on Feb
ruary 24 was: Right ascension, 8 hours
58 minutes 40 seconds; declination, 16
degrees 24 minutes north.
NEW ROADMASTER NAMED
K. A. Sinclair, of Portland. Appoint
ed in Douglas County.
ROSEBt'RG, Or., March 2. K. A. Sin
clair, of Portland, was today appointed
roadmaster by the Douglas County
Court
Mr. Sinclair began his career as
roadbuuder in Massachusetts and later
worked in Illinois. Montana and other
Middle Western states. Since coming
to Orepon he has been employed by the
State Highway Engineer as well as on
the Columbia. Highway. He will assume
his duties on March 5.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weatner.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 45
degrees; minimum, 6 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Eliznbeth. Queen Mother of Houmania. dead.
i'age 3.
Mar.
German renew assaults on Verdun. Paso t.
National.
Administration forces in Senate obtain
pledges assuring death of Gore resolution
warning Americans. Page 1.
Admiral of Navy says individual perform
ances of our Nivy are good. Page 2.
Senator Stone would regard armed mer
chantmen carrying- war materials as war
ships. Page 6.
Mexico.
General Argumedo. Mexican rebel leader,
executed. Page 2.
lomestic.
Spring fever is inheritance,
not disease,
says
physician, i'age i.
Father asks police to kill
formed baby. Page 3.
hopelessly de-
A. C. Frost and two others Indicted on
charges oi bribery In Alaska coal cases.
Page 4. ,
Sport.
Columbia five defeats Franklin and ties
Washington tor league leadership.
Page 1.
McCredies announce batting order In day
filled with baseball activity. Page U.
Track athletes disregard distance in seek
ing laurels. Page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Secretary Daniels answers armor-plate
critics. Page 1.
Ardenwald maniac goes to Insane asylum.
Page 7.
Car shortage is laid to changes in ship
ping routes. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine,
Indian government Imposes export duty on
grain bags. Page 19.
Washington developments have bearish ef
fect on wheat at Chicago. Page It).
Stock pricea decline on light offering.
Page VI.
Cocoanut oil industry seeks Chamber In
dorsement. Page IS.
Builder reports wrecked Fifield can be re
paired. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
City Directory estimate of population 281.-
OOO. Page 1.
Mrs. Nadlne Nichols Velguth kills self In
office builolng. Page 1.
Ladd estate to sell all unimproved realty
in county. Page 1.
Weath - report, data and forecast. Page ltt.
Beer-powder barred: February liquor Imports
gain OOv per cent over January. Page a.
Papers in recent school examination not
passed on by committee. Page .
ContraMr decides to build Auditorium.
PagT S.
Twelve, nearly all In Forest Service here,
become Cupid's victims. Page 4.
United States National Bank to spend ap
proximately SoOO, uOO in new home,
rage 4.
Chamber of Commerce to join rail celebra
tion to Coos Bay. Page 8.
Apron 'day set for Tuesday. Page 0.
Portland Democrats divided on warning
issue. page Jo.
Organized vice revealed by probe, rage 15.
Young people's rally at Palestine Pageant
w" be tonign. Page 11.
.Welfare i. v noed. Li.
LOVE, KILLS SELF
Pretty IMadine Velguth
Ends Vampire Life.
CAREER OF SENSATIONS OVER
Divorcee Finds Lover Is Mar
ried; Hopes Gone.
DEATH PLOT WELL LAID
ith' Dreams of Wedlock Shattered,
Woman Once Known as "Cali
fornia Beauty" Mukcs bure ot
End With Automatic rifelol.
Driven to desperation by an unhappy
intrigue with a Portland business man
who she recently learned is married.
Nadine Nichols Velguth. onco known as
the California Beauty," shot and
killed herself yesterday afternoon at
2:15 in the hallway on the seventh
floor of the Journal building.
She fired one shot from a 32-caliber
automatic through her chest. Just to
the left of the exact center. The re
volver was held under her coat so that
the sound was muffled. That ehe took
deliberate aim was certain.
The bullet passed entirely through
her body and was caught in her cloth
ing. She fell within ten feet of the
door of the offices of the Warren Con
struction Company and close to the
elevator. Death was a matter of mo
ments. Coroner Dammasch said it was,
without question, a case of suicide.
Story Told to Krlcnd.
To Miss Gertrude Gerlinger, an ac
quaintance. .Mrs. v eigum iota tne secret
of her despondency half an hour before
her rash act. The two met in the
lobby of the Portland Hotel. Mrs.
Velguth appeared agitated and much
depressed.
She told Miss Gerlinger that she was
madly in love with a Portland man
who had been much with her for the
past two years. They had planned
marriage, she said, but only recently
ho had told her he already was mar
ried. "I urged her not to take the matter
into the courts." said Miss Gerlinger.
Court War Not Liked.
"No. I could never go through that."
she is reported to have replied. "There
are other ways out of it."
Within a few moments Mrs. Velguth
crossed the street from the hotel to the
Journal building and fired the shot that
ended her life.
On the third finger ot her left hand
when she died was a plain band ot
gold. It bore the inscription. "From
Allen to Grace." The wedding ring
was given her by her sweetheart. A
plain seal ring was the only other
jewelry she wore. tine has been known
for some time as Grace Nichols.
Acquaintances said she owned a
necklace formerly the property of a
woman who had committed suicide.
This was not found among her effects.
Diamonds she had once owned were
missing. Although neatly dressed, her
clothing was not elaborate and it is
said she was in debt.
Tragedy la Well "Planned.
The distracted woman apparently
had planned the tragedy carefully. tJho
had moved only this week to room 815
Congress Hotel from apartment 40."i,
Madison Park Apartments. In the
waste paper basket in her room was
found a note she had started to write
that bore the date of March 1.
"Dear Allen." it began, but there It
slopped. She had torn it in pieces and
thrown it away. Other than this, there
were no letters or anything that might
connect her with relatives or friends.
Her clothing was neatly packed and
locked in her trunk. In a locked suit
case were a white dress and a pair of
white satin pumps that she is thought
to have worn when she was married.
In her purse was found 65 cents In
change. She seemed to have no other
money in her possession. In her trunk
was a small savings bank belonging
to the Hibernla Savings Bank, in which
a few small coins rattled.
"I am now certain that Mrs. Velguth
had made up her mind to commit sui
cide." said Miss Gerlinger after the
tragedy, "although at the time 1
thought little of her remark. 1 told
her not to take the matter too seri
ously and that she soon would forget
her trouble.
"She appeared so sad that it weighed
upon jny mind after we parted. I recall
now that she refused an invitation ot
mine to call, and after she did so she
paused as if she) debated whether to
tell me something, but decided not to
and passed on. This was shortly be
fore 2 o'clock."
Some Brldgrea Not Burned.
Save a small address book in her
trunk, which evidently had been her
property for years, the woman left
nothing to link her with her unhappy
past. This book contained names and
addresses of people she had met here
and in California. "B. O. Velguth. gas
office. Portland." was one of the names
it held. She apparently had overlooked
this book in burning her bridges be
hind her. "Remind Allen" of various
things were noted in it on one page.
So far as is known, her only rela
tive on the Pacific Coast Is an aunt.
Mrs. C. E. Pitts, of Oakland, Cal. Her
mother and father are dead. She was
born in Sioux City, la., and came to
Portland in 1903. .She was about 33
years old.
Young, attractive, with the butterfly