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VOL,. 1 VI. NO. 17.2G2. PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IOXDAT, MARCH 20. , 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FRENCH DESTROYER SUNK BY TORPEDO BIG MILL BIDS ABE ASKED IN PORTLAND CARRANZA PATROLS DRIVE OFF BANDITS BABY IS FOUND ON PORCH OF HOME SEAPLANE LOST IN RAID OVER ENGLAND SECRET FORGE HOT Oil TRAIL OF VILLA FIVE SKIRMISHES OCCUR NEAR DERAILED TRAIN. THREE MEN, ONE WOMAN, FIVE CHILDREN ARE KILLED. THREE OFFICERS ASD 4 4 OF CHEW ARE DROWSED. L16HTN1NGAND HIGH WIND WREAK HAVGG Rancher of Lents Dis trict Is Killed. BOLT STRIKES CHURCH SPIRE Shingles Torn From St. Fran ces Roof; Fire Averted. SUDDEN DOWNPOUR HEAVY mall Buildings Upset at Clackamas Station Damage in District Is Widespread, but Is Xot Especially Severe. FEATURES OF STORM IX CITY AND ELSEWHERE. William Marks, Happy Hollow, dead; tree crashed through house. Spire St. Francis Church, on East Side, struck by lightning. Eastmoreland streetcar struck by lightning; other cars halted in various parts of town. Birdhouse wrecked in fantastic manner at East Fifty-sixth and Sherman streets. Trees, poles and flimsy struc tures about city torn by wind. Brockman, Roots and Cramer houses, on farms near Clacka mas station fantastically swept; wind performs freak stunts. Road from Milwaukie to Clack amas obstructed by trees and poles. Downpour .20 inch in 15 min utes between 5:45 and 6 o'clock last night. Electric power wires at Mel drum on O. W. P. line down for time. Poles down on Oregon Elec tric; trains delayed hours. Cloudburst near Stanfield. Or. An electrical storm, accompanied by Ugh wind, swept through Portland and adjoining districts at 5:45 o'clock last right and left a death toll of one. William Marks, a rancher In Happy Hollow, three and a half miles south east of Lents, and beyond the Mount Scott district, was killed when a huge tree fell across the kitchen of his house, pinning him to the floor. His skull was fractured and he died before Dr. J. H. McSloy and Dr. O. A. Hess, of Lents, could reach the place. Mrs. Marks and a daughter were bruised and severely shocked. They were in the house at the time, but escaped the falling tree. Lightning Hit Chnrch Spire. At Clackamas station, about eight rniles southeast of Portland, the high wind played fantastic tricks with the landscape. In the "Willamette Valley trains were held up on the Oregon Elec tric line by fallen poles, and in Port land one of the tall spires on St. Fran cis Catholic Church. East Twelfth and Kast Pine, was struck by lightning and shingles rolled to the ground with the crash. Other places in Portland werr. affected by the elements. The crash could be heard for miles when the lightning struck the church's outh spire. It was the first electrical ftorm of the season, and jarred the whole neighborhood as the bolt ripped eh ingles from the roof. Rev. J. II. Black, pastor of St. Fran cis church, felt the jar of the lightning while working 100 feet away in St. Francis rectory. Father Black be lieves that the crash could have been heard for 10 miles. The priest called the Fire Bureau, and. Lieutenant C F. Hughes, of Engine No. 7, went to the top of the steeple to search for fire. The building had not been Ignited. Shingles Torn From Roof. The fireman found, that a patch of Fhlngles 30 feet long and. four feet wide had been ripped from the roof. The lightning struck the top of the metal cross surmounting the steeple, ran through the shingles to a drain pipe and thence to the ground. Father Black estimated the damage at J150. Services were held, as usual in the church last night. The steeple is one of a pair 228 feet high, each ending in a gilded metal cross 25 feet high. The steeples form one of the most prominent landmarks In the city, towering far above the ad Jacent buildings. The north steeple is heavily wired, for electric lights. The electric" storm was accompanied by a shower of unusual violence. Rec ords In the United States Weather Bureau show a precipitation of .20 inch in 15 minutes. The precipi tation before the thunder shower yes terday, from 5 A. M. to 5 P. M., was .42 inch. Street Car Is Disabled. An Eastmoreland street car at Twentieth and Bybee streets, was struck by lightning and the motor dis abled. No one was injured. The car was towed to the barns. Portland Railway, Light & Power Company of ficials said that the flash was not no ticeable on the car. The power on the Sixteenth-street line was weakened by the electricity in the air, but the cars kept running. At each flash of light ning the telephone and telegraph in struments In the central offices of the railway company were disturbed. A bolt of lightning during the storm iCojiCluded ea i'aiecT"Colunia 4.) Two Officers and 34 Seamen Res cuded by Torpedo-Boat At tack Made in Adriatic. PARIS. March 19. The French tor pedo boat destroyer Renaudin has been sunk in the Adriatic by a submarine. Three officers and 44 of the crew were lost. Two officers and 34 of the crew were saved. The Ministry of Marine made the fol lowing official announcement tonight regarding the loss of the destroyer: "The squadron torpedo boat Renau din was sunk in the Adriatic by an enemy submarine on the morning of March 18. Three officers, among whom were the commandant and second of ficer, and 44 seamen were lost. Two officers and 34 seamen were rescued by & French torpedo boat which ac companied the Renaudin." The destroyer Renaudin was built in 1913. She weighed 756 tons an! was 256 feet in length. She was a 30-knot boat, but in her trials had developed 32 knots. HOSPITAL SHIP IS SUNK Berlin Says Vessel Was Torpedoed by Entente Submarine. ! : : R I -T.V. March 19, via wireless to Sayville, N. T. The Austro-Hungarian hospital ship Elektra was torpedoed Saturday in the Adriatic Sea by an entente allied submarine, according to the Overseas News Agency. v One sailor was drowned and two Red Cross nurses were seriously wounded. The statement of the news agency fol lows: "Vienna reports that the hospital ship Elektra, of the Austro-Hungarian Red Cross, bound from the North Adri atic to Southern Dalmatia, was torpe doed March 18 by an enemy submarine. The steamer stranded. "The Elektra was not unknown to the enemy as a hospital ship, and was provided with visible marks." BLAME DENIED BY BERLIN Tubantia Declared Sunk. Outside of German Submarine Zone. BERLIN. March 19, via wireless to Sayville, N. Y. No German submarine could have been in the vicinity of the spot where the Dutch liner Tubantia was sunk, and no German mines had been laid in this region, the German Admiralty announce. The official statement said: "A German submarine is out of the question in connection with the sink ing of the Tubantia, as the place where the accident took place IB less than 30 miles from the Dutch coast, which means that this place is within the territory declared to be not dangerous for shipping by the manifesto of Feb ruary 4, 1915. No German mines were laid there." 2 IN COUNTERFEITING NET Plates Used for Making Federal Re serve N'otes Also Found. SEATTLE. Wash., March 19. John Ryan, alias J. E. Murphy, and a man giving his name as Jim Ryan were ar rested by the police today and held for investigation by Federal officers in connection with the circulation of coun terfeit Federal reserve bank notes in Pacific Coast cities. Captain Thomas B. Foster, of the United States Secret Service, said that John Eyan had served a sentence at Walla Walla. The local office of the Secret Service received word tonight that the plates with which the counterfeit notes had been printed have been found there. AUTO KILLS BRIDAL PAIR Machine Leaves Road and Falls. Down J 0 -Foot Embankment. DUBUQUE, Iowa. March 19. T. J. Fitzpatrick, an attorney, and his bride of two months, were killed, and Mrs. Margaret Morrison, mother of the young woman, and Mrs. David Hack, daughter of President Gorman of the Rock Island Railroad, were injured when their automobile left the road and fell down a 10-foot embankment near here today. The occupants were pinned under the car, which turned over. Mr. Fitz patrick is believed to have lost con trol of the machine. POSTMASTERS ARE NAMED Xew Offices Established in Oregon and Filled in Washington. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 19. Three new post offices .have been established in Ore gon, as follows: Althouse. Josephine County, George W. Dart, postmaster; Golden, Josephine County, Earl E. Loban, postmaster; Umapine, Umatilla County, Otis IL Griswold, postmaster. Washington postmasters have been appointed as follows: Charles G. Bar net, Govan, vice B. M. Evans, resigned; Guy N. Bartlett, Rocklyn, vice Fred Grob, deceased; Perry L. Sargent, Tu lalip, vice Nina F. Sargent, resigned. LAWYER DIESIN PULPIT Talk Was to Have Been First of Series by Attorneys lit Church. CHICAGO, March 13. Louis J. Pier son, lawyer and member of the Illinois Legislature, dropped dead in the pulpit of the Methodist Church at Wilmette. a suburb, today. Mr. Plerson's was to have been the first of a series of talks by lawyers to the congregation. ( Allies Want $100,000 of Trench Posts. ' RAILROADS ALSO IN MARKET Car Builders Buying 2,000.000 Feet of Douglas Fir. EARLY DELIVERY PROMISED European Powers Said to Be Heavy Buyers cf High-Grade Spruce for Aircraft, " With Price $30 to $100 a. Thousand. LUMBER WDUSTRY EXPE RIENCES REVIVAL UXDER MOMENTUM OK BIO ORDERS. Portland mills have been asked to submit bids on an order for 8,000,000 feet of timber for trench posts in France. Two million feet of car lumber has been placed with the Doug las Fir Lumber Company. Between 60,000.000 and 75.000, 000 feet of lumber will be re quired to fill foreign orders in the United States for railway freight cars, according to Chi cago reports. Portland lumber mills have been asked to bid on an order for 8,000,000 feet of trench posts and pickets for use by the allied powers in the war zone. The posts are to be 2x4 inche: and four feet long, sharpened at one end, and will be used for stringing barbed wire along the trenches. They are to be used on the fighting front in France, and delivery will have to be made from Portland within, 90 days. This will insure .them reaching Europe, barring marine accidents, by September. The order may be for all or part of the 8,000,000 feet. It is presumed by local lumbermen that Portland can handle easily an order for about 4.000.000 feet. A large domestic prder for lumber for railroad cars has been placed with the Douglas a ir Lumber Company, of Tort land. The order calls for 2,000.000 feet of fir. The European governments nre also in the Portland market for as much high-grade spruce as can be obtained, it was learned on' good authority yes terday. This spruce brings $30 to $100 a thousand, and is for building aero planes. The allies' agents for trench posts have been authorized to ask for bids in Portland and In British Columbia. It is presumed by local lumbermen. ship owners and agents in Portland that about 4,000.000 feet will be taken from Portland. The posts would be cut .Concluded on Pasrft .1. Column 2.) WELL Villa Forces Make Concerted Move on Towns About Torreon, but Each Effort Is Failure. TORREON", Mexico. March 19. Fight ing took place between Carranza forces and small bands of Villistas at five dif ferent points in the neighborhood of Torreon yes-day, apparently with a view to reaching the Monterey train, which was derailed near Pomona two days ago. The attacks were concerted against Villlsca, Matamoros. Coyote, San Ignacio and Canon Chorrltos, where the government patrols successfully held their ground, with but a small loss in killed and wounded. The train reached here today, reporting that four Mexi cans had been killed in the wreck, which was due to bad conditions of the roadbed. The Americans, who number about 100 men. women and children, including those in Durango, are undecided about leaving for the frontier, as the train journeys are slow, apart from risks of derailment. It is me belief here that there is ab solutely no business at present here for Americans, Und it might be better for them to go at least to Monterey. SNOW MELTS WITH RUSH Powder River Rises Two Feet in 2 1 Hours and Damage Is. Feared. BAKER, Or., March 19. (Special.) "Warm Spring weather today started the snow in the mountains to melt faster than ever and there is fear of flood. The Powder River rose two feet during the last 24 hours, reaching the highest point of the year. Tonight it was still rising. Reports from the high mountain countries are that there is still from six to 12 feet of snow there and when this begins to melt there will be one of the worst floods in years. Ranch ers in the lowland have moved live stock, hay and all other movable things to the hillsides and are delay ing their plowing and seeding until the onrush of waters is over. TAGGART TO BE SENATOR Indiana Governor Decides on Suc cessor to Mr. Shively. INDIANAPOLIS. March 19. Thomas Taggart, National committeeman from Indiana of the Democratic party, it be came known here tonight, is to be named successor of the late Benjamin F. Shively in the United States Senate. Governor Ralston and Mr. Taggart would not discuss the appointment for publication tonight, but the commission probably will be issued tomorrow or Tuesday. CARDINAL G0TTI IS DEAD Prefect ot Propaganda Passes After Continued Illness. ROME, via Paris, March 19. Cardinal Jerome Mary Gotti, prefect of the propaganda, died today. Cardinal Gotti was Born in 1834 at Genoa and was made a cardinal in 1895. He had been ill for some time. The office of prefect of the propaganda is one of the most influential in the Catholic church. HERE WE ARE AGAIN ON OUR o r rJ Co m Co -ii emu I am- vr. 6V.t X)V- e .iy Get Visitor. MESSAGE IS LEFT WITH IT Recipients Pleased and Will Keep the Stranger. WAIF IS WELL DRESSED Note Accompanying It Declares Babe Is Healthy and of Good Fam ily and Will Appreciate Home if Given. PLEA OP WAIF FOUND ON DOORSTEP FOR. A HOME. "Mi. and Mrs. L. Therkelsen, 3 25 East Sixteenth street North. "Greetings. "I arrived Sunday evening, March 12. I am well and strong and of good parents, but I have no home in these parts. Take me, love and keep me, and I will bring joy and comfort to your hearts." A week-old baby girl, left on the doorstep of L. Therkelsen, 2a East Sixteenth street North, by its unknown mother Saturday night, won its way into the hearts of the household in quick time, and the family decided at once to adopt the child. Yesterday the Therkelsens were hold ing a reception to the people of that part of Irvington, who came in num bers to see the waif as the news spread. Mrs. Therkelsen estimated that by mid- afternoon over 60 callers had been In to see the child. Many wanted to adopt it themselves, and expressed regrets that it had not been left on their doorstep. The baby is a splendid child, pretty and con tented in its new home. Dr. H. M. Patton, a neighbor, examined the waif and said she is a perfect baby. Margaret Therkelsen. the 14-year-old daughter of the house, was particu larly enthusiastic about her new sister. She it was who found it, and she de cided yesterday the baby will be named Jane Therkelsen, with either Geraldine or Elizabeth, in honor of girl friends, for its middle name. "We wouldn't part with the baby for anything," she declared yesterday. "I think it is great, and we are certainly going to keep it. "The child was left on our doorstep about 10 o'clock Saturday night. I heard the bell ring and wondered if anyone could be calling at that hour. Then I thought perhaps some boys were playing a Joke on us, as they did once before, and I looked out the window first. Then I opened the door, but did (t'oncluded on Page 2, Column 4.) WAY. i Defending Aeroplane Chases One of Invaders 3 0 Miles to Sea and Destroys It in Fight. LONTDON. March 19. Nine persons were killed and 31 wounded in. a raid t of four German aeroplanes over the East Coast of Kent today, it was an nounced officially tonight. A. British airman brought down one raider over the sea, the German observer being killed. The official statement on the raid reads: "Four German seaplanes flew over East Kent today. The fir6t pair ap peared over Dover at a height of 5000 to 6000 feet, one at 1:57 P. M. the sec ond at 2:02 P. M. "The first dropped six bombs in the harbor; then went northwest, dropping bombs on the town. The other raider, after passing over Dover, appeared over Deal. "The second pair appeared over Ramsgate at 2:10. They dropped bombs on the town. One of this pair went west, the other north, pursued by a British aeroplane. One bomb is re ported to have been dropped, on Mar gate. "The second machine appeared over Westgate at 2:20. Here several of our aeroplanes went up in pursuit. No bombs were dropped on Westgate. The total casualties so far are reported: Killed, three men, one woman, and five children. Injured, 15 men, five women, nine children. As far as ascertained 48 bombs were dropped altogether. "One bomb fell on the Canadian Hos pital at Ramsgate, causing damage but no casualties. Several houses the homes of artisans and cottagers, were wrecked. "Flight Commander Bone, royal naval air service, in a single-seater aeroplane, pursued one German sea plane 30 miles out to sea, where, after an action lasting a quarter of an hour, he forced it to descend. The German machine was hit many times and the observer was killed." According to a dispatch from Rams gate, the two German aeroplanes which carried out a raid on that place were attacked at sea by a French machine before reaching the coast. The sea planes, however, arrived over the town and dropped several bombs, one of which killed a man and four children As far as can be ascertained, the other Ramsgate casualties total one woman and eight children slightly wounded. - - CAD0RNA TO MEET ALLIES Unity of Political and Military Views Expected to Follow. PARIS. March 19. Lieutenant-Gen- eral Count Cadorna, commander-in- chief of the Italian army, who will ar rive in Paris Monday, will leave the next day, said the Petit Parisien's Turin correspondent, for the headquar ters or General jorrre. The same evening General Cadorna will start for London, where he will meet Earl Kitch ener, the British Minister of War. Returning to the Continent March 25 General Cadorna will visit King Albert, of Belgium, and will be in Paris with Premier Salandra and Foreign Minister Sonnino for the political conference of the entente allies arranged .. for March 27. It is confidently expected here that a unity of political and military views will result from the conferences now in progress and great importance, there fore, is attached to them. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 6 2 degrees ; minimum, -48 deftrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds. Mexico. Villa abandons his wounded. Page 4. Much ammunition being smuggled across border to Mexicans. Page 4. Mexican bandits murder prominent Italian. Page 4. Carmnza patrols battle with bandits. Page 1. Washing-ton believes Villa's only chance of escape lies in abandoning his followers. Page 5. War. French destroyer sunk in Adriatic. Page 1. German raiding seaplane brought down by Briton. Pago 1. Carolyn Wilson says Germans ar deeply vexed, by American attitude. Page IS. National. Kail roads ask for rehearing of Astoria rate case. Page 6. Domestic. Mr. Williams, of Oregon, says Republicans will unite on candidate who can win. Page 7. Railroads reserving possible dividends to spend for betterments. Page 3. Sports. Beavers, with only four hits, defeat St. Mary's. Page 12. Women's swimming championship race is ordered, res w u m. Page 1 2. Frank Kndall predicts Moran's success. Page 12. Mile automobile record shattered. Page 13. Willard aays he Is fit now to defent title. Pago 13. Pacific Northwest. Youth arrested for attempted blackmail of August Paulsen, Spokane millionaire. Page 3. Marine. Steamer King Malcolm, coming for grain, ' brings burlap. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Little Theater to stage productions of local dramatic writers. Page 10. Great tenor heard at Orpheum. Page 16. Small railroads combine in seeking relief from present mail-carrying condition. Page 16. Former Reed College girl Is heroine In Florida, Page H. Guardsmen do Sunday drill . voluntarily. Page 18. Miss Dorothy Sharp hurries wedding to accompany husband to new field. Page lO. Oregon mills may provide allies with 8, 000.000 trench posts. Page 1. Lightning and wind storm cause loss of one iife and w re ate navoc. rage . Brush clearing near Ockley Green school is half -accomplished. Page 3. New "Peace Hat" causes commotion wherever shown. Page 10. Strand Theater opens with splendid blena o vaudeville and movies. Pago 16K Troopers Maneuver for Quick Capture. ENCIRCLING MOVEMENT BEGUN Pershing's Column Makes 110 Miles in 42 Hours. FEW HORSES ARE LOST Bandit Leader Is Reported Continu ing Outrages Against Americans. Yliereabouts Said to Be on Mrs. Hearst's Ranch. BY FLOYD P. GIBBON'S. (By special wireless to the Chicago Tribune. Published by arrangement.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN MEXICO, via Columbus. N. M. March 19. (Special.) We are hot on the trail of General Francisco Villa. Our troops are camped here (name deleted by censor) after two days of forced marches through waterless plains and mountain defiles. This is the column secretly maneuvered across the border at (name deleted). We ex pect to connect with the Columbus col umn here. Some horses and mules dropped dur ing the march, but the general condi tion of the men and animals is fine. Scouts Kind Trace of Villa. Scouts have come on traces of Villa in the mountains to the south of here and the Army will continue the pursuit tomorrow. I have knowledge that the Mormons at (name deleted) are safe. Through out the march the American troops have been received cordially by the Car ranzistas. General Pershing, commanding the combined American forces, has con ferred with Carranza commandants, and encompassing movements have been started by which it is hoped to surround Villa and make a. quick cap ture. Communication Is Controlled. Transportation and communication here are under American and Carranza control to prevent word reaching Villa. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, March 18, via wireless to Columbus, N. M. After marching' more, than 110 miles into Mexico in the remarkable marching time of 42 hours, the Ameri can punitive expedition today received information apparently fixing the whereabouts of Francisco Villa, the. object of the chase. Disposition of the troops Degan tonight for the task of hunting him down. Meanwhile Villa was reported to be continuing his out rages on Americans. Pershing Leads In Person. The expedition reached (name de leted by censor). The soldiers wers informed that the Mexican leader passed through this place only a few days ago. The latest information of Villa's present whereabouts placed him on the ranch of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, in the Babricona lake region. General John J. Pershing personally led the flying cavalry column in the 110-mile dash. Every man in his com mand was mounted. They pressed through a section of Mexican territory where water was scarce. For such a large body of men the speed main tained was remarkable, and the good condition in which they came through was inspiring. Few Animals lo. Only a few cavalry horses and pack mules were lost, the victims of a. hard riding trail. The men reached ths camp thirsty and hungry, but other wise in good condition, fit for action and eager for the pursuit of Villa to begin in earnest. Here they were met with reports that Villa had raided the American colonies in the vicinity of his mountain re treats, and that he had killed residents of these colonies. ELi PASO, March 19. Pancho Villa has been driven into a trap by the rap id advance of the American troops, ac cording to information received today in wireless dispatches from the froo . and in telegraphic messages to GenerJ?i Gabriel Gavira, the Carranza cofe mander at Juarez. f ' Muck Depends on Carranza's Men. Everything seems now to depend on the ability of the Carranza garrisons to hold their end of the net. On three sides of the bandit chief he is hemmed by strong Carranza columns, -while on the fourth the American soldiers are driving forward with amazing speed. Villa was reported in the Babricora Lake region tonight, on the ranch of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, -which he has rav aged several times In the past. Bab ricora is about 65 miles south of Ga learra, -where one section of the Amer ican expeditionary force has arrived and in pushing forward at the rate of 33 miles a day. A few miles to the west of the bandit's position is Nami quipa, -which is held by a powerful Car ranza garrison. On the east are the frowning barriers of the Sierra Madres mountains, barring the way to Sonora. In any vent, it Is unlikely that Villa would make a break for Sonora, as that is the native state of General Obregon, Carranza's Minister of War, and the natives are said to be almost fanatical followers of his. To the south Villa's way is blocked by the Carranza garrison at Madera, a (.Concluded on Page 0. 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