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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, 3IAIICII 17. 1916- 15,000-TOII DUTCH LINER GOES DQWfj SOCIETY LADIES HOLD FASHION PARADE FOR CHARITY. LAND-GRANT BILL. TO BE EXPEDITED 03BI1I laaBBHHBH on H n a M a n n n n H II B n Store Opens Daily at 8:30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A. M. Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P. M. Saturdaj-s at 6 P. M. Tubantia Sunk by Mine or Tor pedo Off Coast of Holland as She Anchors. Sub-Committee Appointed to Consider Testimony and Prepare Measure. Pacific Phone : Marshall 50S0 Home Phone : A 2112 The Most in Value, the Best in Quality H H B OUE 801st BAKeAII ALL ON BOARD ARE SAVED FERRIS TO URGE VOTE 3 Captain Sajs iris Vessel Was At tacked Without Warning by Sub- marine Americans Said to Be Among: Passengers. 1DXDOX, March 16. The Holland Lloyd passenger steamer Tubantia sank early today off the Noordhinder light ship as the result of striking a mine or an attack by a submarine. All the pas sengers, among whom are said to have been several Americans, and the mem bers of the crew are believed to have been rescued. The steamer carried be tween 80 and 90 passengers and a crew of 300. iSlie was a vessel of 15,000 tons. The Tubantia left Amsterdam Wednes lay for the River Plate nd was to have stopped at Falmouth for addi tional passengers and freight. lOarly today wireless distress signals from the steamer w?re received at the Hook of Holland ami torpedo boats and other craft rushed to her assistance. Some of these I cats reached the steamer be fore she sank and took off passengers and members of the crew, while others picked up survivors from the ship's boats, in which they had taken refuge after the explosion. MesMlKes Are Conflicting. The first flashes from the liner said the had been torpedoed and was in a sinking condition near the ISioordhtn- der Lightship. Later messages credited the disaster to the vessel s coming in contact with a mine. Until full details of the sinking of the steamer are at hand it will be impossible to say defi nitely what was the cause of the sinking. Among the American passengers said to be oh board the Tubantia was Rich ard Schilling, described as an Amer ican Consul, and his wife and daughter. Seventy survivors of the disaster were taken into Flushing, Holland, by two torpedo-boats. Others took refuge on board the lightship, while still oth ers were picked up by Dutch and Swed ish steamers. Those arriving at Flush ing said the explosion occurred at 2:30 o'clock this morning, just as the Tuban tia was about to drop anchor. Survivors' Opinions Vary. Opinions among them vary as to whether the vessel had struck a mine or had been torpedoed by a submarine. A wireless dispatch from the cap tain of the Tubantia declared that the vessel had been attacked without warn ing, according to a dispatch to the Cen tral News from Amsterdam. The tor pedo, the dispatch says, struck the stern of the steamer. Among the passengers on board was Dr. Luis Salinas Vega, Bolivian Minis ter to Germany, with his wife and three daughters, bound for Buenos Aires. The London office of the com pany says the Tubantia normally car ried a vew of 300. BERLIN. March 16. (By wireless to Payville. N. Y.) The Overseas Newj Agency says the Dutch newspaper, Nieuwe Rotterdamshe Courant, pub lishes a telegram dated Ymuiden, March 16, saying that the steamer Tu bantia was not sunk by a torpedo, but by a mine, and that all the passengers were rescued in boats. .No Americana, Saya Amsterdam. The news agency adds that, accord ing to the Amsterdam Handelsblad a torpedo-boat . with 65 survivors on hoard arrived at Amsterdam at 12:30 o'clock today. The same newspaper has received reports from Ymuiden that, ac cording to the declaration of port of ficers, no American citizens were on board the Tubantia. Other telegrams say that the steamer was anchoring when it was struck by a drifting mine. AMSTERDAM, via London, March IS. The Royal Holland Lloyd officials in form the Associated Press that "Con sul Schilling, his wife and daughter" were American passengers aboard the Tubantia. The American consular records do not contain the name of "Consul Schilling." v $ il r . A v . .$m$l f " ' V ' l nx&&r - 3 . i :::.::::: i "4 mm X t i :::' 1 i M- L. JONES REAPPOINTED Governor Names President of State l air Board for Another Term. BALEM. Or., March 16. (Special.) (Governor Withycombe today reap pointed M. L. Jones, of Brooks, a mem ber of the Oregon State Fair Board. Mr. Jones is now president of the Board, succeeding W. II. Booth, of Rose burg, when the latter resigned a short time ago.. He was first appointed to fhe Board last April in place of W. AI Jones, who resigned to become secre tary. MILITARY TRAINING BEATEN Is'cw Jersey Senate, However, Calls For National Preparedness. TRENTON. N. J., March 16. The bill designed to provide military training in the public schools of New Jersey was defeated by the Senate, 13 to 6, to il a . The Senators went on record in favor cf preparedness, but differed as to a solution of the problem. After the de. I"at of the bill a resolution was adopt ed urging the New Jersey Representa tives in Congress to support a pre paredness programme. MEDiCINEUIKE MEN, Hate Character .Appearance, Quality, Merit. Results. The first favorable impression made "by Hood's Sarsaparilla is confirmed by continued use. It is a harmonious com bination of compatible ingredients, per fect pharmaceutical that is, ft is the finest product of most skillful phar macy. And in therapeutic value or rower to cure it is one of the best medicines America has ever produced. On the practical side, which of couse is the most important to you. Hood's Sarsaparilla for forty years has been demonstrating its curative power in re lieving complaints arising from impure blood, low state of health, poor diges tion, inactive kidneys and liver. For your humors, or for rheumatism, weak utomach, loss of appetite, that tired feeling take HooVs Sarsaparilla. ..It will do you eood. f 1 1 M' A1?' J t - A MISS FRAXC Miss Frances Judson (Social Regist given by the Junior Anti-Suffrage Lea Judson wore an evening gown. The m gold lace hand decorations of peacoc proceeds of the fete are to be divide anti-suffrage. This gown was but o The affair was a grand success, as so and other young ladies gowned in t famed designers. Photo Copyright by Underwood. ES JUDSOX. er) participated fri the fashion parade sue at the Plaza Hotel, New York. Miss aterial was Persian bouquet with dull k blue worn on head and bodice. The d between National preparedness and ne of many exhibited in the parade. ciety turned out to view its debutantes he latest creations of America's most CONSUL UP 111 ARMS Greek Representative Says Office Is Outraged. PROTEST SENT MINISTER San Francisco Police and Deputies Declared to Have Violated Treaty by Removing Prop erty From Consulate. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. Cle- anthe Vassardakis, Consul-General of Greece at Wan Francisco, announced to day that he had made a formal pro test to the Greek Minister at Wash ington against treatment at . the hands of local courts and Sheriff's deputies. Mr. Vasrardakis is confined to bed at his hotel under the care of a physi cian as a result of his efforts to pre vent the execution of a Judgment against him. "The treaty between the United States and Greece has been violated; consular papers and consular property have been removed from my office; my consular dignity has been outraged and my constitutional rights have been violated," he declared. A legal firm recently obtained judg ment against the Consul for t22 for legal services, when he did not appear in the Superior Court in answer to this suit a warrant for his arrest was is sued charging contempt. A stay of his arrest was granted by the State Supreme Court on the contention that he was not subject to the jurisdiction of the local courts. A Deputy Sheriff and a policeman appeared yesterday at the consulate to satisfy the Judgment by seizing a quantity of small Greek statuary belonging to Mr. Vassardakis, which had. been on exhibition at the Panama-Pacif io Exposition. Mr. Vassardakis was convinced that the officers were trying to arrest him in -violation of the Supreme Court's or der and resisted. He says that ho was knocked down and stamped on. VILLA'S WOUNDED FOUND AMERICANS SEXIJ 30 TO COLIJIBIS FOB TREATMOK.NT. Carranza Representative Killed in Ac. lion After Capture and Snipers Fire ob I'usarnsrr Train. EL PASO, Tex.. March 16. (Sne. cial.) When the .American troops n- terea xvas .raiomag, across the border, yesterday, more than 30 Villa bandits were found in hiding in homes, where they had gone after being wounded h the United States troops in Columbus. They nvere Buffering terribly from their wounds, which had not been treated. They were sent to Columbus for treatment. The body of Jose Pereyrs, Carranza's personal representative sent to Colum bus to watch Villa's movements, was also found by the invading column across the border in Mexico. Pereyra was captured by Villa in the Commer cial Hotel and waa being; led away when an American bullet ended his life. He was Identified by his hatband. Villa's bodyguard and his paymaster were arrested here tonight, the, latter being wounded. Villa snipers were at work again today. One fired on a Texas & Pacific train within five miles of the city and the bullet hit three inches above the head of Engineer .Witholder. Tue snipers are believed to have though;. the passenger train was a troop train carrying the Eleventh Cavalry to Co lumbus. A part of this command crossed today into Mexico ana. the re mainder is expected to cross o Join General Pershing tomorrow. General George Bell, Jr., is rapidly whipping, his tentative expeditionary force of the second line into ehape and it will be ready to mfeve into Mexico by Sunday, if it is needed. ALMOND TREE IN BLOOM Advent of Spring Is Heralded by Blossoms. Spring is here. The Weather man and groundhog and all the legendary signs need no longer deny it. A flowering almond tree growing on the Corbett estate at the southeast corner of Sixth and Yamhill streets, which for many years has been the first to proclaim with its masses of blossoms the coming of Spring, is in bloom. The flowers are not eo numer ous or luxuriant this year, owing to the fact that many of the buds were killed by the unusually cold weather in January and February, but there are sufficient remaining to proclaim the coming of, the Spring. CASHIER ROBS RAILROAD Trusted Employe of ' Wabash Ad mits Embezzlement of $18,000. ' ST. LOUIS, March 16. (Special.) Robert E. Rigby, assistant cashier of the office of the treasurer of the Wa bash Railroad, today confessed to a shortage of J18.000. He has been ar rested. F. M. Myers, superintendent of a surety company, said a discrepancy in Rigby's accounts led to an investiga tion and that Rigby, who had been in the AVabash employ 17 j-ears. confessed to peculations extending over seven years. He said Rigby declared he .had spent the money ,ln gambling. STEEL GAINS 27 PER CENT Keport Shows $106,123,011 In. crease Is Greatest on Record. NEW YORK, March 16. The four teenth annual report of the United States Steel .Corporation, covering operations for 1915, issued today, dis closes the remarkable recovery of the steel and iron industry from its low state of the preceding year and the first quarter of 1915 to the highest level of activity and prosperity ever known. The corporation's total volume of business is recorded at $488,352,054, against $380,228,143 in 1514. This in crease of $106,128,911 represents a gain of 27.9 per cent. HEIR TO TITLE ENLISTS Lord Sliauglinessy's Eldest Son Jo jus for Overseas Service. MONTREAL. March 16. (Special.) Captain the Hon. W. J. Shaughnessy, eldest son of Lord Shaughnessy, en listed today for overseas service with the One Hundred and Nicety-Ninth battalion. He will go as an adjutant, an office he has filled for more than a year Jn the Fifty-fifth Irish-Canadian rangers. Lord Shaughnessy's second son. Cap tain the Hon. Fred Shaughnessy. and his son-in-law. Captain Rene Redmond, are somewhere in France with the Sixth. Canadian battalion. ' Klamath Falls Has Traffic Law. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. March 18. (Special.) Klamath Falls' new traffic ordinance, which was enacted recently, hecania effective yesterday- It prohib its the parking of vehicles on certain portions of Main and Sixth streets for more than 20 minutes at one. time. The penalty tor violations is arrest of the owners. Amendment Permitting Homestead lug of Lund With Some Timber and Omitting Cultivation Clause Seems Probable. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 16 To expedite action on the Oregon & California land grant bill the House public lands committee to day named a sub-committee consist ing of Representatives Kinnott of Ore gon, La Folfette of Washington. Raker of California, Lenroot of Wisconsin and Mays of Utah, and instructed them to take the Chamberlain-Ferris bill, to gether with all reports and testimony before the committee, make such amendments as they deemed expedient and report the amended bill to the full committee with as much expedition as possible. When the sub-committee report is formulated it will be considered promptly by the full committee. If the report of the sub-committee is approved the bill as amended will be promptly laid before the House with a favorable recommendation, but pome changes may be made in the sub-committee report by tho full public lands committee. Ferris to AsIc Early Vote. Chairman Ferris said today that he would ask for speedy consideration of the bill by the House after it is re ported. He thinks the bill is of a priv ileged character and may be called up at any time, but if the Speaker should hold otherwise he will ask for a spe cial rule. The probabilities are that the sub committee will report a bill embodying the main features of the Chamberlain bill and most of the amendments rec ommended by the Attorney-General. The personnel indicates that the sub committee will not favor placing any of the grant lands in forest reserves unless it be lands necessary for the protection of the water supply of Port land and other valley cities. It also is a reasonably fair guess the sub-committee will favor an amend ment permitting the homesteadlng of land carrying not more than a million feet to the quarter section. Represen tative Sinnott will urge that land car rying as high as 2,000)00 feet to the quarter section be classified as home stead land. He also will urge an amendment reducing the residence re quired of homesteaders from five yeajs to three and will strive to keep out of the bill the cultivation clause rec ommended by the Secretaries of the In terior and Agricujture. Defeat of Purpose Feared. Several members of the sub-committee agree that the cultivation clause would operate to defeat the homestead lng of timbered land and particularly stump land from which the timber has been removed. Developments in tho public lands committee today indicate that section 7, recommended by the Attorney-General, proposing to confirm outstanding executory contracts, will be rejected. Attorney Williams, of the Department of Justice, who was at today'.s session, admitted that John Llnd had conferred with the Department of Justice and had recommended this amendment. It also .was reasonably well established that John Lind, by assignment from C. A. Smith, would get title to not less than 5000 acres affected by this amend ment if it should be incorporated. When C. A. Smith went into bankruptcy he assignee to una nis interest in this Oregon & California land in lieu of attorney's fees and Lind, in urging the amendment, was trying to make good his title. Llnd Chief Beneficiary. While the committee is aware that the Attorney-General's amendment would confirm titles of 93 individuals holding contracts with the railroad, most of them for 40 and 80-acre tracts, Lind as assignee of Smith would be the chief beneficiary, and there is a feel ing that if the amendment were incor porated in the bill it would lead to a bitter fight in the House, especially in view of the unwillingness of the Gov ernment to explain or Justify the pro vision. Chairman Ferris is one who thinks it better to eliminate this amendment and thus avoid an unnecessary fight in the House. If it later develops that the out standing contracts should be confirmed, that can be done by separate legislation. New Republican Paper Born. GOLD BEACH, Or.. March 16. (Spe cial.) The entire plant of the Curry County Leader, a weekly newspaper formerly published at Langlois, in Northern Curry County, has been transported overland in wagons to Gold Beach, where it will be used in the publication of the Gold Beach Re porter, a new Republican weokly. The transportation or the plant required 10 days. srsasw COJJTE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY! Ladles and Boys' CQn Boys' All SolldQ Op Tennis Slipper.. Lace Shoes. . .uuu ? I QD for Ladles' $3.50 Dress Shoes, all kinds. O 40 for Men's Union 'Made Shoes, lack and tans. WRIGHT'S, COR, FOURTH AND ALDER ELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists.- t Fmiday Interest Intensifies in This Wonderful Value-Giving" Sale Each suceeding Bargain Friday Sale has to eclipse the former in money - saving opportunities that's how it is these sales have become so popular that's why our Bargain Friday crowds are growing and growing. People have learned to expect that everything we offer is a bargain a genuine, bona fide bargain, coupling dependable merchandise with very, low prices. This sale will be no exception to the rule, and a list of bargains is offered that will loosen the purse strings of the most thrifty buyers. Come here tomorrow and investigate. iiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu iiiiiiiiiiiimiMiiimmiiiiMiimiiiiiiiimiiimiiiimmiiii;. Extra ! Special for Friday ! " "White and Ecru Lace C3Q,r Curtains, the Iair, atV E 42 to 50-inch "Widths. E A fine crisp new lot of Scotch Lace Curtains to EE ss close out at this important price reduction they come in a variety of neat styles in widths EE from 42 to 50 inches and in both white' and r All are full three yards long and regu- Extra! Special for Friday! Dress Shield -p Brassieres at v jl. M. J E Regular $1.00 Lines. H EE The OMO and Kleinerts. 2 E At our Notion Counter we place on sale a H E special lot of Dress Shield Brassieres, made of f E soft net and with dress shields attached to the B E sleeves; two styles the OMO and Klein- ert's T;upair. All sizes. Regular ?1 H E lines. Friday Only at, pair ecru 74c 1 1 larly sold at $1.25 a pair. Friday at, pair. Your choice 89c 1 amiiiiiiiiiiimiuiimmmimiiiiimmmmumimmiiiir: nmiiimiiiiiiuiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiimiuiiiimii- Radical Price Reductions Celebrated R.&G-. Corsets Models, in $1.50 at. . . Values to 75c Models in Values to t 1 a j $3.50 at tpl.W Sixty-five Styles and Every Corset Guaranteed. Because we are overstocked on several of the most popular models of these cele brated Corsets and are in great need of additional room for other Spring goods just received, we have arranged this extraordinary sale. It is a saving event that few women will care to miss, coming, as it does, right at the beginning of the new season. First, you have choice from models N os. 100, 200 and 300 Regularly Sold to $1.50 at 75? Also Regular $3.00 and $3.50 Models at 1.47 a Pair About sixty-five popular models to select from in styles suitable for medium, stout and slender figures. They come in double-ply coutil, light guaranteed coutil and fancy brocades, and with rustproof steel and fine trimmings. Models that lace in front or back and all sizes. It is a sale worthy of your best attention. Come early. Models in Size 18 Only. Regularly Sold at $3.00 to $4.00 to Close at 2o S IMIIIIIIIIIIlIlllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIlllllllllllllimi; JIIIIIllIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlMIIIIIIIIIIIIIiriMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL2 5 E Extra! Special for Friday! h Stamped Heady- Qn Made Gowns at ' g An unusually great price reduction at tWs sale E H EE of Women's Stamped Semi-made Gowns of fine E E quality longcloth. They come in styles with E kimono sleeves and in all sizes various pat- terns to select from. Regular $1.00 2Qf grade Friday Only at. Each .VJUC j iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iimiiiiiiiiimiiMiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmr: Extra! Special for Friday! Guaranteed Fountain Pens 69c B Another special offering at the Notion Coun- E ter a sale of Diamond Point Fountain Pins E in plain and self-filling styles. They come E with gold point and are fully guaranteed E styles and sizes regularly sold at $1.00 fZQ E E and $1.50 Friday Only at, each OJC nriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirE With Unprecedented Underpricing "We An nounce Our Great Spring Sale Embroideries Thousands and thousands of yards at a third to a half less than real worth. Never before have we had the opportunity of offering such wonderful values in all sorts of fine Embroid eries such as this sale contains. It is the result of an importer's closing out of surplus stocks and even at these sensational prices only the very newest and most desired styles? are offered. The patterns, materials and qualities will compel admiration at first glance and the price savings will surprise you. For instance, you have choice from: Eleven Extensive Assortments o YARD for 18-inch Corset Cover and Flounc- OL jng Embroideries in qualities made to sell reg ularly from 15c to 20c yard. ASSORTMENT NO. TWO. VAT?!") fnr Irt arA 19-incVi Rnri'aa nnl film. C brie Skirting Embroideries in dainty pat terns. Regularly 25c and 30c grades. 4 ASSORTMENT NO. THREE. OQ YARD for 22-inch Allover Swiss Embroid JC eries in beautiful new patterns. Regularly 75c and 85c qualities. ASSORTMENT NO. FOUR. 15 rq YARD for 22-inch Allover Swiss and Cam OfC brie Embroideries in patterns and qualities regularly sold to $1.25. ASSORTMENT NO. FIVE. 1 C YARD for 27-inch Baby and Dress Em A O C broideries in tha most durable new patterns. Regular values to 39c. ASSORTMENT NO. SIX. CQ YARD for 27-inch Ruffled Baby Flouncing OtC Embroideries in a full variety of patterns. Regular $1.00 and $1.25 grades. ASSORTMENT NO. SEVEN. r YARD for crisp new Baby Edges and Seta A UC shown in an endless variety of choice pat terns. 15c and -20c grades. ASSORTMENT NO. EIGHT. OQ YARD for 45-inch Voile Flouncings, shown OtC in a splendid assortment of patterns. Qual ities regularly sold to $1.25. ASSORTMENT NO. NINE. ty gj' YARD for 18-inch Corset Cover and Flounc 4bOC ing Embroideries in both Swiss and cambric regularly sold to 48c. ASSORTMENT NO. TEN. rtg YARD for 12-inch dainty Swiss and Cam muC brie Skirtings in splendid new patterns. Regular values to 48c. ASSORTMENT NO. ELEVEN. J YARD for Wide Galloons and Bands in IOC Swiss and Planen; various styles and all new. Regular values to 4Sc. a n RB Two Unmatchable Ribbon Offerings Through a Very Fortunate Trade ments of Millinery Ribbons at Bar. Pass to You. . Choice at 15o Yd. From 25c and 35c Qualities. Gros Grain, Satin Edge and Georgette Satin Ribbons, full 2U inches wide and shown in a com plete assortment of the very lat est and most popular millinery shades; qualities sold regularly up to 25c and 35c a yard, IP Friday only at wC Event We Secured These Assort ;ain Prices. The Savings We Now Choice at 39oYd. From Values Up to $1.00. Taffeta Ribbons in 73 -inch width 6v2-inch Faille and Faille Moire ribbons in all wanted new and staple shades; also S1 to 76 -inch Novelties, plaid and stripe ribbons in qualities regularly sold up to $1.00. On sale for Friday Q Q Only at OI7C GiBaiBBiiBanaiEaaaiiaaainaaBnaiiiHDniixiiiHHfiBiiBEiiaaBaaiBaa B B H B n m is a H H ft B n H H H M M a a K m n n a n B M R B W H t! H El n M n B H B ta N n a H B H B B n H n B B B H B B B B B B B B a B R N B H H B m E B B H n b' H M m M ft B N B B B a H H n B H M B U B H H H B a H a H B B B H S3 B U SI a a