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ffsmfM, f U K. VOL. IVT. XO. 17,208. PORTLAND, OREGON, .MONDAY, 3IARCII 27, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRITISH FLOODS IN MIDDLE WEST TAKE TOLL 6-DIE III EXCLUSIVE BRITISH LINER IS SUNK; AID IS LATE CALL FROM MIXXEAPOLIS RE CEIVED BY ANOTHER. STEAMER HITS LUG, RIPS HOLE, SINKS 121,141 REGISTER; TIME UP APRIL 18 PASTOR AND SCHOOL BOARD it! DEBATE Ofl AIRSHIP SHEDS CLUB FIRE MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED AND TRAFFIC BLOCKED. REPUBLICANS IX LEAD, WITH 80,2 7 4 OF TOTAL. w'.-s- - - jo AKE raid COUNTRY Germans Bring Down 3 of Fleet of Five. 2 OF GONYOY IN COLLISION tondon Admits Dstroyer Lost; German Patrols Sunk. BERLIN DENIES DAMAGE British Admiralty, However, De clares Danish Advices Indicate That Expedition Into Enemy . AYaters "Was Successful. BERLIN, via wireless to Sayville. N. T., March 25. Not fewer than three British hydroplanes, among them a lighting aeroplane, were brought down today by German guns on and about the island of Sylt. during an air raid en Northern Schleswig. according to a German official communication issued tonight. The crews were taken prisoner. Bombs dropped in the drstrict of the Iloyer water gate did no damage, says the statement, which follows: "From two ships, which were accom panied by a cruiser squadron and a flotilla of destroyers, five English ihydroaeroplanee started yesterday morning for an attack against the Ger man aeronautic establishments In tVorthern Schleswig. Three Rlder Brought Down. "Not fewer than three of them, among which was a fighting aeroplane, were forced down by the defensive ser vice on and about the island of Sylt. The occupants of the machines, who were made prisoner, are four English officers and one non-commissioned offi cer. "Bombs were thrown only in the dis trict of the Iloyer water gate. No 3amage was done." ; LOXDOX, March 26. Three British aeroplanes which J,ookjjart in a raid on German airships in iichles wig-llolstein yesterday are missing. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Company from Copenhagen says tliat two German armed trawlers acting ps patrols were sunk by the British out side Sylt harbor. They were the Braunschweig and the Otto Rudolf. .German Patrol Boats Sunk. The Admiralty also reports that a torpedo-boat may have been in collision with another of its own fleet in the venture. No fears for the crew are en tertained. . The following official statement was issued tonight: "An attack by British seaplanes was delivered yesterday morning on Ger man airship sheds In Schleswlg-Hol-stein eastward of the Island of 6ylt. The seaplanes were conveyed to their rendezvous close to the German coast by an escorting force of light cruisers and destroyers under Commodore Ty r whitt. Destroyer Lout in Collision. "Three of the seaplanes which took part in the attack are missing. The destroyer Medusa was in collision with the destroyer Lavrock and it is feared that in the stormy weather which pre vailed last night the Medusa may have been lost, but no misgivings are felt as to the safety of the crew. Two Ger man armed patrol vessels were sunk by our destroyers. "No detailed report has yet been re ceived, but from Danish press dis patches it would appear that this opera- stlon, which was carried out within the enemy's waters, achieved its object." The Lavrock, 260 feet long, was built in 1914 and displaced 965 tons. -She was armed with three four-inch guns and two torpedo tubes. Her normal comple ment was 100 men. The latest available official navy records give no destroyer Medusa. FORTUNE GOES TO WORKER Seattle Youth Is Notified of Legacy of $3,000,000. SEATTLE, Wash., March 26. Harold Richard Clements, 19, who has been working in a department store at a small salary, has been notified by Ar thur Payne, attorney, of Louisville, Ky, that he has inherited the $3,000,000 es tate of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Cle ments, who died there last Wednesday. Young Clements is the son of Harrv Curtis Clements, formerly president of t.'.e Uenver Traction Company. who died nine years ago. When Mr. Clements died he left the bulk of his estate to his mother, only a small allowance going to his son. young Clements said tonight. BRIDGE WORK SUSPENDED High Water in Columbia Interferes With Span Construction. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 26. '(Special.) All records for March since 1S59 have been dissolved by the rain fall of the present month, which to date has totaled 8.23 Inches. The Columbia River was 14 feet Fri day. 15 feet yesterday, and today is ebout 16 feet and is still rising. Work on the Columbia River Inter state bridge has stopped until the Co lumbia drops vv to about 10 feet pbov zero. Abnormally Warm Weather, With Rain Following Blizzard, Wreaking Havoc. CHICAGO, March 26. (Special.) Blizzards, abnormally warm weather, rain and snow, and now much colder weather, all crowded into a few days, have combined to cause much sickness and distress In Middle Western states. Floods also are now taking a toll in human life and destroying property. Northern Illinois cities tonight re port many streets submerged and light and power stations out of commission. Warnings are issued in Chicago and all the Northern Illinois territory of imminent peril of typhoid. Eastern Iowa and Southern Michigan. Northern Indiana and Ohio are also facing ty phoid conditions. Dispatches from Southwestern Wis consin tonight accentuate last night's reports of flood damage. Seven have been drowned, with many districts en tirely inaccessible. Almost one-eighth of the state is affected. Reports tell of one drowned in Rock County, one in Richland County and one In Grant County. Two perished when a bridge gave way. Others were drowned try ing to get through flooded streams by fording. One in Grant County died trying to lead his cattle from the stables to the hills, when they became so fright ened that they trampled him to death. The floods are due to the sudden thaw and rains, following the blizzard early in the week. Losses of the Chi cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad alone are enormous, for there is a 30 mile break, much of which is entirely gone, and practically no trains are moving In the entire southwestern cor ner of Wisconsin. ARMY BARS BALD HEADS Heat Along Border Demands Protec tive Mop of Hair. CHICAGO, March 26. Baldheadcd men are not wanted in the pursuit of Villa- It is warm along the border and they might become affected by the heat. So announced Lieutenant Ken ney yesterday in refusing to enlist Stanley Twooney of Syracuse. Twooney sought enlistment and was rejected because of his baldness. n He returned wearing a wig and was ac cepted. While he was awaiting trans portation to Jefferson Barracks tne dtfoeption wr: discovered and again he was rejected. Lieutenant Kenney said Army regu lations would not permit his accept ance of baldheaded men. BASKETBALL IN QUESTION Yakima Teachers Oppose Girls' In terscholastic Games. NORTH TAKIMA, Wash., March 26. (Special.) Resolutions which were defeated by the narrow margin of 11 votes to 10 at a meeting of the men teachers of the Yakima Valley yester day afternoon, opposed military train ing in elementary and high schools, though not In colleges and universities, and condemned basketball as not a proper game for girle,, particularly In interscholastic games. Tennis was advocated as more suit able. The Takima Valley Athletic Associa tion was formed, to take general charge of interscholastic athletics. BOY OUTSPELLS TEXTBOOK Dictionary Resorted to Before Prize Is Given Harold Todd. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 26. (Special.) Harold Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Todd, of Dodd Hollow, about 30 miles southeast of this city, Friday night proved himself the best speller in Klamath County. He won this distinction by correctly spelling "accessible." Christian Murdock, of Plevna School, won second prize, and Audrey Howell, of Merrill School, was third prize winner. All the words in the school spelling book were exhausted and resort to the dictionary was necessary. WILL PROVIDES FREE RENT Apartment-House to Rise for Un married Working Women. NEW YORK, March 26. A rent-free apartment-house for unmarried women is provided for In the will of Charles B. Webster, a factory goods merchant. who died March 16 leaving an estate exceeding $1,000,000. The will, which was admitted to probate here yesterday, directs that the apartment-house be built out of the residuary estate, which totals $400,000. The establishment will contain a res taurant and library and be conducted without profit. TILLAMOOK IS WET PLACE Previous Rainfall and Snowfall Records Go to Smash. TILLAMOOK. Or., March 26. (Spe cial.) Tillamook is believed to be one of the wettest places in the world. In six months and 20 days of the present weather year there has been 101.75 inches of precipitation here. February 1 and 2. 7.66 Inches of rain fell in 48 hours. In a nrotraetert stni-m January 30 to February 11, 17.78 Inches fell. The January snowfall was 13.25 inches, a record here. Rainfall to date In March Is 21.54 inches, a record precipitation. Prominent Texans Vic tims at San Antonio. WOMAN GIVES LIFE IN RESCUE Hero Companion Also .Burns to Death Aiding Man. MANY LEAP OUT WINDOWS Five Guests and Maid Servant Arc Dead and Building Is Destroyed. Ex-Attorney - General and Wife Among Victims. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. March 26. Six persons lost their lives early today in the burning- of the fashionable San An tonio Country Club. Five of the victims were guests at the club, which was the scene last night of several week-end parties, bringing together a large number of persons prominent ir social and business cir cles of the Southwest. Fire Starts In Paint. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Waltham. San Antonio. Judge J. E. Webb, San Antonio. Homer Jones, San Antonio. Mrs. Maco Stewart, Galveston. Helen Cockrell. maid at the club. The fire had its origin in a collection of paint stored In the basement of the three-story frame clubhouse. It spread quickly to a stairway leading to the first floor and rapidly communicated to the other two floors above. About 15 guests asleep In the build ing had narrow escapes, many Jumping from the second-story windows, so quick was the spread of the flames. Woman Dies Heroine. Mrs. Stewart, who was spending her first nifeht at the club as the guest of Mrs. Cora Ogden. had escaped from the burning building, but with ' Homer" Jones started back to rescue Judge Webb, whose hearing was affected, and who, they feared, would not hear the alarm. The three were caught In the dense smoke, and went to their death together. James Waltham, 45 years old, was formerly Attorney-General of Texas. His -wife was a bride of 12 months, formerly Miss Mary Carson, of Indian apolis, Ind. Judge Webb was a prominent mem ber of the bar. Guests KlKht Fire. Mrs. Stewart was the wife of Maco Stewart, president of the Title Guar anty Company of Texas, whose home was in Galveston. She came here for a week's visit with friends. The flames were discovered by the steward of the club, -who went into the grill shortly after a number of guests had left the first floor for their apart ments upstairs. The steward attempted to quench the flames with fire extin guishers. This proved insufficient, so he summoned the guests who were still awake and who aided in alarming the others in the building. A number of the guests at the club 'Concluded on Page 3. Column 4. ) Attack by Submarine in Mediterra nean Reported Two Other Brit ish Steamers Were Lost. MARSEILLES, Franch, March 26. The British liner Minneapolis was sunk in the Mediterranean last Wednesday by a submarine, according to Captain Bibhy, of the British steamer Leicester shire, which has arrived here from Rangoon. Captain Bibby reports that while In the Mediterranean last Wednesday he received a wireless call for help from the Minneapolis, which said that the steamer had just been torpedoed and was sinking. The Leicestershire went at full speed to the assistance of the Minneapolis, but arrived too late, the vessel having sunk. The fate of the crew was not known to Captain Bibby. The Minneapolis was a steamer of 13,543 tons gross. She was built in 1900 at Belfast. LONDON. March 26. Lloyds reports that the British steamship Fenay Bridge has been sunk. The crew has been landed. The Fenay Bridge, 3836 tons, 356 feet long, was built in Sunderland in 1910. The British steamer St. Cecelia, from Portland, Me., March 11, for London, has been sunk, according to a dispatch to Lloyds from Dover. The crew was saved. WATER POISONS SOLDIERS Several Hundred Carranza Troops Declared to Have Died. DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 26. Em ployes of the Nacozari Railroad brought a report from Cabullona today that several hundred Carranza soldiers had been killed recently in the Yaqul River Valley in Western Sonora by drinking water that had been poisoned by the Yaqul Indians. They said that Mexi can employes of the railroad had re ceived the information in letters from Hermosillo that those poisoned were men of the Fifth Brigade of the Sonora troops. The detachment numbers 900 men. Mexican officials at Agua Prieta said that they had received no such infor mation. GIRL IS BORN TO SAYRES President's Second granddaughter to Be Named Eleanor Axson. PHILADELPHIA, March 26. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre here today. She is the second granddaughter of Presi dent Wilson, and will be named Eleanor Axson Sayre, for Mrs. Sayre's mother. Mother and child were reported tonight as doing well. Mrs. Sayre has been in. this city for several weeks visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. W. Howe, a sister of the President. The President telegraphed his congrat ulations. NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED Denmark Has Report of Great En gagement in North Sea. LONDON, March 26. 'Dispatches from Esbjerg, Denmark, to the Tidende says Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent re ports a great naval battle between the German and British fleets some three miles off the Graady lightship at mid day today. WAKE UP AND REGISTER! Twin Cities WrPdO All Har..c-': BIG WHEAT CARGO PART LOSS Vessel Lies Near South Bank in North Portland. Harbor. SALVING TO START TODAY Submerged 30-Foot Timber Tears Away Hull and Deck at Port Bow; Prompt Beaching Saves Passengers and Stock. After striking a 30-foot sunken log, which tore a huge hole in her hull at the'port bow, the steamer Twin Cities, of The Dalles-Columbia line, began to sink near the mouth of North Port land harbor Saturday night. She was successfully beached after a struggle. Quick work on the part of the officers in charge, and the coolness of the mem bers of the crew, prevented loss of life. Craft Rent on Bottom. The 10 passengers aboard, and the livestock which formed part t the cargo, were landed in safety before the vessel settled in the shallower water near the bank. The steamer last night wae lying partially submerged at the south bank, near the mouth of the North Portland harbor. A portion of the rail around the upper deck was awash and the water, which was ris ing rapidly, was expected to flood the passenger cabins. Principal Corto Wheat. The Twin Cities was on her way from Lewiston to Portland carrying a heavy cargo which included about 1800 sacks of wheat and 30 hogs. The hogs were consigned to the Union Stock Yards, and the vessel turned into the North Portland harbor with the inten tion of unloading the hogs before con tinuing on the last lap of the trip to Portland. - The accident occurred" at 9:45 P. M., and It was unusually dark at the time, according to the members of the crew. Captain Fred II. Lundy, master of the steamer. Captain Isaac Gray, pilot, and John Herzig. who was acting as look out, were all in the pilot house at the time of the accident. Lookout Tells Story. Mr. Herzig, in describing the acci dent yesterday, said: "The vessel was proceeding up the slough when she suddenly received a blow on the port bow which staggered her. There was a great crash of tear ing timbers. ' and It seemed as though the entire end of the vessel must have been ripped out. I immediately ran down the companionway to the lower deck and, opening a hatchway, saw the end of a huge hemlock log two feet in diameter thrust through the side of the vessel below the waterline and Into the hull of the steamer. "The water was pouring In, and the captain immediately swung the vessel around and made for shore. As the steamer neared the bank, the end of the log struck the bottom, causing the (Concluded on Page 4. Column 4.) V1 cretarv of State Renorf That Tinn. ing Week Ending March 18 17,25 1 in State Signed. SALEM, Or., March 26. (Special.) Registrations for the Oregon primary election show a decided gain as the time for the books to close April 18 draws near. During the week end ing March 18, reports received at the office of Secretary of State Olcott show that 17,251 persons were listed in the state, bringing the total up to 121,141. Of the total number registered, 80, 274 or 66.27 per cent are Republicans and 30,680 are Democrats. Progres sives number only 750; Prohibitionists, 2849; Socialists, 2948, and miscellane ous registrations, 3640. The number of persons who have reg istered for the primaries each week throughout, the state since the books opened January. 1 are as follows: To January 15. 9360; January 22. 7885; Jan uary 29, 7687; February 5. 8499; Febru ary 12, 13,032. February 19, 14.717; Feb ruary 26. 12,720; March 4, 13,317; March 11. 16,673; March 18, 17,251. Total, 121,141. SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED San Francisco Police Say Italian at Seattle Wanted for 3Iurdcr. SEATTLE, Wash., March 26. James Mariano .arrested in Seattle a week ago. was positively identified todnv bv t Sergeant Conlon and Detective Evatt. of the San Francisco police department, as Pietro Torturici, who is wanted in that city for the murder of B. Vilardo and the dismemberment of his body in April, 1905. Mariano denies that he is the ma wanted and will fight extradition. The San Francisco officers obtained an affidavit from a laborer who for merly worked with Torturici in San Francisco in which the affiant de scribed a pronounced scar on the sua pect's knee. The detectives said they found the scar on Mariano. COTTON FIRE DISATR0US Flames at Houston, Tex., Jump Street; Loss Is $530,000. HOUSTON, Tex., March 26. Loss es ttmated at 1 530,000 was caused here today "by fire which started in the cot ton sheds of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway and spread to nearly a dozen other buildings and 40 freight cars. Residents of the North Side were thrown into a panic when the flames jumped across Main street and set fire to several houses. The flames were brought under control after two hours. VILLA GENERAL IS KILLED Government Forces Report Execu tion of Prisoners Taken in Battle. QUERETARO, Mexico, March 26.- General Pedro Gozman and 22 others. all members of Villa's band, were killed in battle today in the neighborhood of Laguna and Dinamlta. In this action between Government forces and bandits 10 prisoners also were taken and sum marily executed. This information came in a message to the Minister of War, General Obre gon, who was informed that the cam paign against the "Villlstas was being waged with the utmost vigor. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YKSTKRDAY'S Maximum temperature, 54 degrees; minimum, 48 degrees. TODAY'S Showers; southwest to west winds. Mexico. Pershing not sanguine of early capture of v Ula. rage a. American troops 250 miles into Mexico. Page 3. War. British lose three aircraet In raid on German- airships in Schleswig. Page 1. British liner Minneapolis torpedoed in Med iterranean. Page 1. German prisoners of war well treated. Page 4. Americans on board Channel steamer Sus sex Bay she' was torpedoed. Page 4. -National. John IJnd profits by "iniquitous" scrip sys tem lie denounced. Page 2. Domestic. Bloodhounds trail Oregon Short Line train robber. Page ii. Wheat pit without leader on either side of market. Page 2. Political parties moving slowly in conven tion preliminaries. Page 6. War orders show no signs of abatement. Page 3. Floods take toll in Middle West. Page 1. Six burn to death in fashionable San An tonio Country Club. Page 1. Artist's wife sues woman, whose portrait lie painted, for. $100,000 lor alienation. Page 2. , sport. Higg and Noyes hold Winter Leaguers to one hit. Page 11. Hockey teams play fourth game tonight. Page 10. World's records likely to be broken at Cor- vallls meet. Page 10. J. W. Seavey is high gun at trap. Page 10. Jess Willard. laden with money, leaves for Chicago, possibly never to fight again. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Mall service to be transferred to Coos Bay Railroad soon after April 1. Page 4. Addison Bennett describes Keedsport. Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Style display glistens like rainbow. Page 3. Superintendent Alderman would require parents to decide on school dances. Page 14. Orpheum Road Show unusually good. Page 14. Mrs. Mundt's last -wish for no funeral Is observed. Page T. Rev. Father Flinn Memorial Association Is formed. Page 9, State-wide Festival Queen contest opens to day. Page 8. T. M. C. A. campaign begins today. Page 14. Flood in Willamette threatened. Page 11. Steamer Twin Cities hits log and sinks In North Portland harbor. Page 1. Dr. Boyd and School Board In debate. Page 1. Spirits talk to women. Page 9. Home on brink of earth slide. Page fl. Co-ed toot census shows up an evil. Page 6. Dr. Boyd Raps System He Calls Vicious. RED TAPE HINDERS, HE SAYS Unwillingness to Vest Authori ty Is Condemned. MR. ALDERMAN REPLIES Mr. Plummer Also Says Board Is Rapidly Following Suggestions of Survey and Superintendent Has More of Free Hand. Dr. John II. Boyd, pastor of the First rresbyterian Church, discussed and analyzed the school system of Portland from his pulpit yesterday at noon be fore 1000 attendants at the current events class. School Board Members O. M. Plummer and S. P. Lockwood. Super intendent Alderman and several hun dred teachers and principals were there. After he had finished his argument, which included criticism of the Board for clinging to the old methods of ad ministering school affairs, in the face of the survey made three years ago. which denounced such methods, Mr. riummer. one of the School Directors, and Superintendent Alderman answered the argument, agreeing in the main with the minister with reference to th strictures made by the survey, but pointing out the progress in the school management along the lines, in large measure, of the survey recommenda tions. Speakers Are Applauded. It became an impromptu debate with the minister. When Dr. Boyd had end ed his discourse he was greeted with general applause right there in church. And similar expression of feeling was manifest towards Mr. Plummer and Superintendent Alderman, when they completed their . answer. Mr. Lock- . wood did not speak. The survey was the product of five experts, of which E. P. Cubberly. one of the big educational minds on the Pacific Coast, was chairman. It char acterized the administration of th Portland school system at that time three years ao, as "cumbersome, in efficient, even vicious." Dt. Boyd read the salient featuret of the report and pointed out what he said were the shortcomings of the board and Its conduct of the schools, assuming that what the survey said was all true, and he knew, of his own experience, he said, that it was true to some extent. Authorities Declared to Be Asleep. He found fault -with the board's method of not placing more responsi bility on the superintendent, principals and even teachers. Instead of holding the superintendent in subjection and fear of his tenure, which is only one year and by election, should he exceed his authority. He pointed out the weakness of this system as applied to the principal and teachers, whose ten ure was for life. "The superintendent and principals are not to be blamed and criticised,' declared Dr. Boyd. "There is good ma terial in the schools, but they are all asleep." The survey report characterized the "uniformity" in the schools as admin istered by the Board was appalling. The conclusion of Dr. Boyd was that the Board was at fault for such a con dition. He maintained that the survey had been made three years ago, but It had not been heeded as it should have been by the Board by a reorganization, mobilization and co-ordination of pow ers for efficiency. Red Tape Found Hindrance. "I suppose that this is hurting," di gressed the minister, "but I want to say I stand for everything I have said, and my address Is on Alder street, and my telephone number is in the book. And I can be found either at one or the other." This sally sent a smile over the audience. Dr. Boyd declared some of the "red tape" and the rules and regulations were useless, yet tended to clog admin istration and efficiency. He pointed out how the survey had made strictures on these. Yet there had been no radi cal changes, so far as he knew, apd that was three years ago. He declared that they ought to be revised and made workable and efficient to meet the needs of the schools. He said the highest pedig'oglcal act is the appointment of principals and teachers. That is in the hands of the board. He argued that this was im practical and that the superintendent should present the names and the board elect. Politics Indicated, He Said. He then told about seeking a place in the schools for a young lady, who had applied to him for aid in that di rection. He said ha would write to the superintendent. The young lady told him he must write to the board. for the superintendent is not in au thority. So he wrote to two members of the board and received two replies. Dr. .Boyd then cited a case that he said looked as if the board was play ing a little politics in appointments. It had to do with a Swedish girl, whose name was selected out of the usual way and elected. 'And by golly, she made good," he said, repeating the words of a board Concluded on Page 4, Column 1.) I)