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,J1ammlm.mu Jjjj iitaw, VOL,. LVI. XO. 1 7,29.1. 1'OIiTI.AXD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL. 27, 191G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 KILLED; 2 HURT 111 STORM'S WAKE 50,000 TELEGRAMS DELUGE CONGRESS REVOLT IN IRELAND AGGIE SOPHS SWIFT TO AVENGE DUCKING NEW ISSOE WITH GERMANY CREATED MILLS TO ADVANCE FIR LUMBER PRICES CONFERENCE WILL EXCLUDE GAfJNERIES I.NQIIKV INTO SOUISCi: 1TXDS IS rnOMISED. or VIGILANCE COMMITTEE HOBS Elir.IXG FliESHMEX OF HAUL TACOMA MEETING REVEALS TRADE IS NEARLY NORMAL. KNOWN IN AMERICA Lightning; Wind, Rain Strike City. BOLTS STRIXE TWO HOUSES Roland Doucette, Aged 5, Is Crushed by Falling Bricks. GIRL INJURED IN CRASH Mrs. .lolui Holiness Hares licatli in Vain Attempt to Cheek I'all of Swaying Structure I)ama;e I'rom Thunderbolts Small. Roland Pouwtte, sstl 5. was kilied almo.n Instantly, and his cousin. Leota, Bonnes?, almost 4 years old. was injured at S o'clock last night by fireplace mantel, which had been loosened by the wind of yesterday aft ernoon's storm and fell on the children s they were r inning by the fireplace to dinner in their homes at 507 Clay j-treet. Ronald Doucette. Lenta Eonness and I.orna Poucctte, Ronald's sister, stood in the front of their home and watched the storm until it was almost over. Ronald's parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. T'oueette. arc at Odell. 12 miles from Hood River, and the children are In the care of their aunt. Mrs. John Bonners. npporti Loosened by Storm. At 6 o clock Mrs. Bonncsa called the children to dinner. They were to eat In the kitchen, and to reach that room they had to pass through the dining room, where the fireplace is located. The fireplace is a high structure, of, the old-fashioned type, with a wide mantel on top. It is believed that the supports were shaken y the storm, although the structure stood tottering until the children jarred the floor rain with their footsteps. Mrs. Bonness saw the pile of bricks A they swung away from the wall, and rushej forward to support them. She caught one corner of the fire place, ready to sacrifice herself if she could save her children. She was too late to stay the fall of the mantel. Child Pinned I nder Bricks. Ronald was caught directly under the pile. His skull was fractured, and it is believed that his neck was broken. Leota was struck by flying bricks, and her face was bruised badly. Lorna was not injured. Neighbors were attracted by Mrs. Bonness' cries, and turned in a fire alarm when she told them that the fireplace had fallen. There was no fire in the grate, however, and the presence of the apparatus was unneces ary. Motorcycle Tatrolmen Gouldstone and Crane were dispatched to the scene. Ronald still was alive when they reached the house. They called police headquarters for Assistant City Physi cian Lewis and the Ambulance Service Company. The boy died, the officers say, about a minute before medical id arrived. Deputy Coroner Smith was notified and the body was removed to the morgue. Leota was not injured severely enough to necessitate her re moval to a hospital. Thunderbolt Strike. Chimney. The chimney on the Ohio Hotel at Front and Madison streets was struck by a thunderbolt at :45 o'clock, and T. Pumida. who was stoking- the fur race in the basement, was shocked severely. The hotel guests were thrown into a panic, but no serious injuries were reported. The lightning struck the chimney at the top. five stories above the ground. Fifty or a hundred bricks were torn looi-e by the bolt, and the clatter on the roof alarmed the residents, chiefly Jap anese. Patrolman Maxwell was sent to the building, and he succeeded in quiet ing the frightened men and women. JapMfw Shocked hr Bolt. The lightning had run down the chimney to the basement, where it tore off a quantity of asbestos packing around the furnace. Sumida was bom barded with the fragments and shocked severely, although he was not injured badly. The upper four stories of the build in arc occupied by the hotel. A store is on the ground floor. Lightning hit the roof of the West fall Apartment, at Fifth and Hall streets, and ran down the elevator shaft. The elevator was put out of ommission, but nobody was hurt. A small fire, starting on the roof, wad quickly extinguished. A-ASKAN TROOPS READY Secretary Lane Admits Soldiers in Strike Zone. Wait Orders. WASHINGTON. April 26. Secretary T-Tne said today that while the War Department has placed a small number of troops now in Alaska at the dis-1-ofal of the I'nited Plates Marshal id the Jurisdiction affected by the strike on the Government railway at Anchor age, he did not believe it would prove necessary to use them. The Secretary expressed the belief that the wage commission appointed by Secretary of Labor Wilson and now in Alaska, would be able to settle the dispute. Members of Congress Hire Extra Clerks to Take Care of Hush and Companies Arc Overwhelmed. WASHINGTON. April 26. The or ganized propaganda of telegraphic pro tects against a break with Germany continued to pour into the Capitol to day and the telegrapli companies were overwhclme.1. Senators and Repre sentatives, particularly from the Mid dle Western states, had extra forces of clerks at work sorting the mesages. One Senator today received a printed sheet on which were printed the va rious form of messages being received. At the top was printed a note (ur? ing the recipient of the circuiar to pick out anyone or all of the form messages and telegraph them to mem bers of Congress. It is estimated that more than 50.000 telegrams have come in so far. Senator Hasting announced tonight that he wnuUl discuss the propaganda in the Senate tomorrow and waa con isdering proposing an investigation either by Congress or by the Depart ment of Justice. The Senator made public a letter he had received from 13. von Mach, exec utive chairman of a committee in New York City, warning him that in ad vising German sympathizers to address their telegrams to the German Ambas sador he had made, himself criminally liable. OLDEST PIONEER PASSES Walla AValla Loses Woman, Resident There Since 1863. IT.KKWATKR, Or.. April 26. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Helen Wellman, a pioneer of 186.T. died at her home near here last night. She was the oldest pioneer woman in the Walla Walla Valley. Mrs. Wellman was born in Ralls County. Missouri, in 1S36. She married A. C. Wellman when 18 years of age and crossed the plains with an ox team In the Spring of 1863 and arrived in the Walla Walla Valley in the same Au tumn. Since then she has been a con tinual resident of the valley. She is survived by the following children: C. B. Wellman, of Alberta. Canada; Mrs. William Kelley, of Walla Walla; R. H. Wellman, of Umapine, Or.; O. Percy Wellman, of Kalispeli. Mont.; Mrs. D. C. Holbrook. of Fruitvale. Or.; M. A. Wellman. of Augusta. Mont, and Al Wellman, of Walla Walla. MODEL SCHOOL DISCOVERED Clackamas County Palm Goes to Mountain District. SANDY, Or., April 26. (Special.) County School Superintendent Calavan has discovered the model school in Greenwood district, in the mountains seven miles from this place. It is the smallest school in Clackamas County, and yet it is the model, according to the superintendent. It has nine pupils and one teacher, Miss Esther Krupke. Superintendent Calavan discovered last . week that the acre of school ground had been plowed, all stumps had been removed, and there was not a stick or twig on the ground. The nine pupils, under the direction of Miss Krupke, had worked on the ground until nothing more could be done. In side the school the same neatness and order prevailed. AMERICANS QUIT GERMANY Paris Hears Foreigners Arc to Be Detained for 20 Days. GF.NEVA. via Paris. April 26. An exodus of Americans from Germany has begun. Several already have arrived at Basel. They are convinced that a rupture between Germany and the i-nited States is inevitable. PARIS. April 26. The German-Swiss frontier has been closed since Monday, even to mails, says a dispatch to the Matin from Berne. Foreigners now in Germany have been informed that none will be allowed to leave the country before 20 days have elapsed, the dis patch adds. HETTY GREEN IS BETTER Cold, ot Paralysis, Caused Illness of Wealthiest Woman. NEW YORK. April 26. Published reports that Mrs. Hetty Green, con sidered the wealthiest woman in the world, had been stricken with paraly sis and was seriously ill, were denied by her son. Colonel Edward H. R. Green, who said that his mother con tracted a slight cold while out riding on Sunday. "She was up yesterday attending to her usual heavy routine of business." Colonel Green declared. GOVERNMENT DRUG STOLEN Cocaine Sold to Illicit Vendors, Says Hospital Apprentice. SAN FRANCISCO. April 26. Boley H. Caldwell, a 21-year-old apprentice in the Federal hospital service at Mare Island. Is in jail here today, following a confession he made last night to Secretary Louis Zeh and Inspector Jones, of the State Board of Pharmacy, that he had stolen approximately 48 ounces of cocaine and heroin from Gov ernment stores in the course of the past three months. Caldwell said he sold his booty to illicit drug vendors here for iZi and i 10 an ounce. Evidence Found in Von Papen's Office. HOME RULERS' NAMES SIGNED Sir Roger Casement Partly Fi nanced in United States. TROOPS HOLDING DUBLIN Large Number of Arrests .Made and Severe Treatment Awaits Of fenders; Casement May Pe Itclieutlrd for Treason. NEW YORK, April 26! Papers which show that prominent Irishmen and Ger mans in the I'nited States exhibited a keen interest in plans for a revolt in Ireland, were found by Federal agents in their raid on the former offices here of Captain Franz von Papen, with drawn German military attache, ac cording to a statement made tonight by high Government officials. Whether the Government will under take an investigation rests with the Department of Justice at Washington which has the question under advise ment, it was said. Telltale Signatures Found. Some of the letters and other docu ments, it was asserted, bear the signa tures of men who have been leaders in the home rule propaganda in this country. Methods of raising funds for the equipment of Irish revolutionists were discussed freely and in some of the letters appeals were made for financial aid. United States Attorney Marshall refused to comnient on the status of the controversy over the arrest of Wolfe von Igel. ex-secretary to Von Papen. He doubted, however, whether Attorney John B. Stanchfield would carry out his announced Intention of having- Von Igel identify tomorrow from among the papers seized in Von Papen's former office, those which have been characterized by the German ambassador as "official." ev Indictments Expected. It was learned from a responsible source that the Federal grand jury investigating the "Welland canal plot" will return, before the end of the week, superseding indictments based on in formation obtained in Von Igel's office. The new indictments, it is understood, will strengthen the Government's case. That the activities of Sir Roger Casement were partly financed by Irish-Americans, who contributed more than $100,000 to the cause was the assertion made here today by Jeremiah A. O'Leary, director of the United Irish Societies of this city and president of the American Truth Society. "Sir Roger." said Mr. O'Leary, "col lected some $12,000 during his tour of the United States In 19H." Mr. Leary and other prominent Irish Americans here who favor Irish inde- 'oncl ixid on rase :i. Column l. APPARENTLY THE Reprisal Leads to Furious Rattle i n Cor va His Honsc Peace. Treaty Finally Drawn. OREGON" AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, April 26. (Special.) Nine O. A. C. freshmen, believing themselves qualified to assert their independence, ducked a sqphomore in a near-by stream Monday night. Later that night the sophomore vigilance committee cut the hair of several freshmen. v Last night the freshmen enticed t-ie chairman of the sophomore vigilance committee. W. D. Pine, of Berkeley, Cal., and a companion to a house on the outskirts of the city. Pine lost his hair, but his companion escaped and called together the entire membership of the sophomore class and a general assault was led against all freshmen. The freshmen took, refuge in a house occupied by 12 of their number, and the battle waxed hot. The sophomores van quished the first-yea men and then paraded the streets of the city until Chief of Police Wells and Major Mc Alexander, commandant of cadets, ap peared and persuaded the victors to re turn to more peaceful college pursuits. ' Both factions got together this morn ing and made peace terms, which in cluded the division of the expense of damage to the assaulted house. "Dark horse" Newman, of Portland, was prom inent in the organization of the vic torious class, and John Casey, also of Portland, a member of the track team, captained the freshmen forces. WILSON URGES PATIENCE Reference Made to "ccd lit Letter to Californian. , SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. Presi dent Wilson, under date of April 17, wrote a letter, made public here today, to Sidney M. Van Dyck, chairman of the executive committee of the Califor nia Democratic State Central Commit tee, in which he said: "The country at this juncture re quires but patient thought and stead fast purpose on the part of the people to serve its highest interest, and I am glad to have your assurances of the loyal support of Californians." TWO HOMES BURN IN GALE Itoeidencos of Chief of Police and Neighbor at Hillsboro Destroyed. HILLSBORO. Or., April 26. (Spe cial.) The adjoining residences of Chief of Police George Pate and C. R. Hodgson burned during a gale at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The high wind caused the fire to spread rapidly and little of the con tents could be saved. A heavy shower saved nearby houses from the flying embers. The total loss is about $4000. partially insured. DRY PARKS PROVIDED FOR Bill Wottld I'rcvent Liquor Sales on l'etleral Reservations. WASHINGTON, April 2G. National narks and forest reserves would be made "dry" by a bili 'today favorably reported to the Senate by the public lands committee. It would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from granting permission to any hoe's or any one to sell liquors. ELEPHANT IS NOT IN A HEROIC Answer in Armed Ship Question Made. 'EXPEprlc' REQUIRED Effect May Be to Stiffen Op position in Berlin. NEUTRAL RIGHTS CRUCIAL Important Phase Is Lansing's Con tention That Right to Sink Neu tral Ship Under Any Cir cunislanccs Is Doubtful. BY JOHN CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN. WASHINGTON, April 26. (Special.) Another direct issue between the United States and Germany has been created as a result of publication to day by direction of President Wilson of a memorandum covering the entire question of armed merchantmen. This memorandum, prepared by Sec retary of State Lansing, is the result of a thorough study of the principles of international law. It may be regarded as an answer to the Ger man note of February 10 last, declar ing that "enemy merchantmen armed with guns no longer have any right to be considered as peaceable vessels of commerce" and announcing that Ger man -naval forces would receive in structions to treat such vessels as bel ligerents. Urrnan Contention Denied. The Government of the United States categorically declines to consent to the German contention. Indeed, it goes back conclusively upon the memorandum, which, by direction of the President, Secretary Lansing submitted to the al lied powers last January announcing that consideration was being given to the advisability of treating armed mer chantmen as auxiliary cruisers. The memorandum issued today not only recognizes the right of men hant men to arm for defense, but specifically Imposes on an enemy warship the duty of testing "by actual experience" the purpose of an armament on an enemy merchant vessel and so determine "by direct evidence" the status of the vessel. Effect May Be to Stiffen Berlin. Further there is laid down this doc trine: If the merchantman finally surren ders, the belligerent warship may re lease it or take it into custody. In the case of an enemy merchantman, it may be sunk, but only if it is impos sible to take it into port, and provided always that the persons on board are put in a place of safety. In the case of a neutral merchantman, the right to eink it in any circumstances is doubtful. Published at the moment when Ger many has been seeking a way to make, sufficient concessions to the United States to prevent a rupture of rela tions, it is realized that the memoran dum may have the effect in Berlin of Com-luded on Page Column MOOD THIS SPRING. Log Scarcity and Higher Labor Are Reported, as Well as Danger of Shutdown by Water. TACOMA, Wash., April 26. (Special.) Seventy-eight mills of Washington and Oregon were represented at an informal meeting of lumbermen, held in Tacoma today to consider general manufacturing and marketing condi tions. The situation, as canvassed, reveals increases showing strongly in ali monthly cost .shec,ts, short stocks at mills, and selling values anywhere from 90 cents to $2 under the prices prevail ing in April. 1313, which market was considered normal. Apothcr feature of the meeting was the unanimous report of a log scarcity in all districts labor was reported higher. A number of mills represented ad vised of having listed the trade, or in tending to list the trade, at what is equivalent to a horizontal advance of iuc on all fir items. Columbia River and Willamette Val ley mills were facing a prospective shutdown .on account of high water, it was reported. L. J. Wentworth. ot Portland, and E. D. Kingsley and Wil son Clark, of Linnton, spoke of the seriousness of the water situation. The weekly trade barometer of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association issued yesterday shows shipments ex ceeding cut by about 19 per cent and orders exceeding cut by 17 per cent. The barometer is made up from reports from 27 mills. Apprehension was expressed over the outlook of a railroad tie-up should a strike develop. Tidewater mills are feeling the scarcity of bottoms more keenly than ever, it was reported. RANCH BRINGS $185,000 Robert N. Stan field Buys Sheep and Land Near Caldwell. PENDLETON. Or., April 26. (Spe cial.) Robert N. Stanfield, prominent Umatilla County sheepman, has closed a deal at Caldwell, Idaho, for the pur chase of the McLeod & Hodgson hold ings. Included in the deal, which repre sents a. purchase price of $185,000, are 30,000 sheep, 1260 acres of patented land and 3000 acres of leasehold. The ranch and leasehold is about 20 by 60 miles in area. TEEL B0NDSARE SOLD Henry J. Kaiser Secures $1,100,000 Irrigation Issue. ECHO, Or., April 26. (Special.) Fi nancing of the Teel irrigation project was completed here yesterday when directors of the district awarded $1. 100,000 6 per cent construction bonds to Henry J. Kaiser, the highest bidder. The Teel project embraces 20,000 acres adjacent to Echo. Water will be taken from John Day watershed. Mr. Kaiser is president of the Kaiser Con struction Company, Vancouver, B. C, with a. Portland office at 1118 North western Bank building. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 72 degrees; minimum, 4U degrees. TODAY'S Showers; cooler; winds mostly . southerly. War. Experts believe German raid covered Irish rebel operations. Page 3. Many influential Germans against break with Unittd States. Page 'J. National. United States defines attitude toward armed merchant vessels. Page 2, Representative McArthur makes caustic reply to Anti-Saloon League. Page x Great quantity of apples In storage causes concern. Page 3. Congress deluged with telegrams pursuant to propaganda, against break with Ger many. Page 1. New issue with Germany precipitated by American declaration of position as to armed merchantmen. Pag 1. Arguments in irtermountain rale case fin ished. Pago ir. Iometic. Papers seized in Von Papen's office show pre-kncwledge of Irish uprising. Page 1. Mother who poisoned children found not guilty. Pae "Shipping trust" acquired by $50,000,000 corporation. Page Sport. Pacific Coast League results: Vernon 4. Portland - (seven innings, rain) ; Salt Lake 5. San Francisco '2; Oakland 6, Los Angeles 3. Page 14. Yankee recruit pitcher ehuta out Red Sox. Page 14. Phils, with Alexander pitching", lose to Brooklyn. Page 13. Pacific Northwest. Merchants' convention has busy day at As toria. Page 7- Portland excursionists sec wealth of Yaki ma Valley. Page 4. Arson defendant tells of her loss. Page 7. Mills lo advance fir lumber prices. Page 1. Washington Republican convention lineup seems to favor Roosevelt. Page 4. Big bridge span Is saved from dangerous predicament In storm. Page 4. Aggie freshmen and sophomores wage class Lattle Pao 1. Commercial and Marine. Wool shearing starts in Eastern Oregon. Page 1. Chicago wheat higher on adverse crop con ditions. Page 10. Professional selling of stocks carries prices downward. Page 1!. Tort seeks to run vessels to Alaska. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Empress lease kept but movies will supplant vaudeville. Page 4. Two big realty deals are announced. Pago 9. Installation of water meters goes on mer rily. Page 11. Eugene boy loses chance of being tor pedoed. Page 12. Child killed by fall of fireplace weakened by storm. Page I. Canneries may get special ruling on women. Page 1. Mr. Malarkey fined in court dispute in murder trial. Pago 6. Weather report, data and forecast. Page lfl. Big company formed for manufacture of nitrates In Iake County. Page 8. Latent Oregon political news. Page 5. Chai es against J. L. Kcrchen aired by School 13 yard. Fae 5, Welfare Revision Body Makes Concession. TENTATIVE PLANS ADOPTED Commission Itself to Decide Packing-House Problem. REASONABLE WAGE ISSUE Kffcrts I pun Industry oT liaising Salaries of Girl Apprentices Xlirec Times in Year Sub ject of Long Ucbatc. Fruit and vegetable canneries oper ating in Oregon are to have special consideration at the hands of the re vision conference of the Industrial Welfare Commission, which now is aiming to recodify the regulations gov erning the employment of women. This conclusion was reached at a. meeting of the conference yesterday afternoon, when tentative plans worn adopted for each of the several divi sions into which women workers have been classified. Canning Spawn Short. Cannery operators previously had requested the Welfare Commission itself to consider the specialized na tures of tlieirindustry. The canning season is short, the raw material i.-t extremely perishable and women some times must be employed longer than nine or ten hours a day if the busi ness is to be operated successfully. The Commission already has held a number of conferences with cannery people. This subject also was debated in various committees of the laft Leg islature. At the conference meeting yesterday, it was reported that a num ber .f Oregon canneries have planned to itmain idle, this Summer on ac count of severe regulations of the Commission. Canneries Arc Excluded. So the conference determined to ex clude canneries from their present recommendations, with the expectation that the Commission itself will estab lish new regulations in lime to accc-'n-modate the work of the coming Spring and Summer. Regulations governing employment of apprentices in mercantile establish ments were the subjects of chief con sideration yesterday. The conference, at a previous meeting, had ruled ten tatively that the present apprentice ship period of one year be broken into three periods of four months each, with a graduated advance in wages at the end of each four months. Thus, an apprentice would work the first tour months for ?6 a week, as at present; the second four months for $7. and the third four months for JS. At the end of the year she would get tP.2." a week, the present minimum wage for adult workers. Retail store proprietors were advised of this plan, and were requested to b present yesterday. George W. Joseph appeared as the representative of sev eral of the large department stors. Mr. Joseph said that the department stores did not propose to enter objec tion to the new schedule; first, because they did not oppose the advance on its own merits, and. second, becau.se they realized it would do no good anyway. But they wanted to object informally, he said, and these informal objections he proceeded to state. Attitude It Stated. "The stores take it." began Air. Joseph, "that they can make no show ing that will affect this case. It is a matter in which the evidence that might change the opinion of this body cannot be produced. If I were a mem ber of this Commission I would not change my mind, and I don't expect you to." He insisted, however, that the rec ommendations of the conference will have a lasting effect on the future de velopments o the whole state, yet he did not urge a withdrawal of the sug gested, recommendations. "If we were to bring the books of all concerns affected by this ruling and show that they are losing money," he continued. "I would not expect it to have an effect. The rulings would be made all the same. "But so far as the stores are con cerned, any advance that is made for the benefit of the inexperienced or the inefficient help must be made at the expense of the efficient and the experi enced help. "1 know that you are getting ready to suggest that we charge this increase to the general public, but the stores that are in competition with places em ploying men can't increase their price?. Under present conditions no store can afford to pay higher salaries." Lower IlentM Cited. Mr. Joseph answered the argument gf members of the conference that the cost of living has advanced since for mer rulings were made by declaring that in one important item rents tho cost of living has been reduced from 30 to 50 per cent. He explained that he was a member of the Legislature that enacted the law creating the Industrial Welfare Com mission and that he voted for it. "But," he asserted, "the object of the law was not to give the Commission power to regulate the whole scale of wages. It was only to fix a minimum (.concluded on rage 1, Culumu S.) r