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It. VOL. VLL-NO. 17,368. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 32, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PATROLMAN IN AUTO IS KILLED BY CAR HOUSE 1000 YEARS BRITISH ASKED TO REIVE BLACKLIST SUBMARINE'S MEN FETED BY CITIZENS HOTEL RANSACKED 5-STORY BUILDING WILL RISE AT ONCE GRANT LANDS ARE TO BE OPENED DP OLD IS UNEARTHED BY LIQUOR RAIDERS CnEAT SACRIFICIAL AITAK IS CAP" Flit II KM LEASES PROPOSED STRCCTCRE ON BROADWAY. V' , FOUND AMONG RCIXS. J. J. McCarthy Dies on Way to Hospital. C. B. M'CLELLAN BADLY HURT Lou Billups, Driving, Tries to Pass Streetcar, It Is Said. AUTOMOBILE SHUNTED FAR Examiner Believes Machine Crossed Streetcar's Right of 'Way and Was 1 2 Feet From Curb as Collision Occurred. " J. J. McCarthy. 720 Corbett street, traffic patrolman at Broadway and Washington street, was killed in a collision between a "Woodstock street car and an automobile driven by Lou Klllups, at East Eighth street and DIawthorne avenue. last night at 9:15 o'clock. C. B. McClelland. Clifford Hotel, pro prietor of the McClelland Feed Stables sit. East Eighth and Belmont streets, uas badly cut about the head and bruised. Mr. Billups chauffeur es caped without serious injury, and a fourth passenger of the automobile, al though thrown to the pavement, walked sway apparently unhurt. His name could not be learned. Auto Is Hit Squarely. According to F. W. Amick. 1774 East TCinth Btreet, motorman of the Wood stock streetcar. Mr. Billups attempted to drive the automobile ahead of the ptreetcar. which was going about 12 miles an hour, and two automobiles coming in different directions. The streetcar hit the automobile in the cen ter, throwing Mr. McCarthy and Mr. McClelland and the third unknown pas senger to the street. Mr. McCarthy j.p Tiarently alighted on his head. His tkull was fractured and he died while the ambulance in which he was being rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital was crossing the Harrlman bridge. Mr. Xiillups remained at hi3 seat. Machine Ene'Ked for Trip. The automobile was owned by C. M. Harrison, who lives at the Jaeger apart ments. King and Washington streets. Mr. McCarthy and Mr. McClelland had engaged the automobile for a drive about the city. According to Motor man Amick. who made a statement to JDeputy District Attorney IMech shortly after the accident, the Woodstock streetcar was going east on Hawthorne. Two automobiles were coming from the east on Hawthorne. Mr. Billups' Buto was going south on East Eighth Btreet. In the jam, when Mr. Billups was at' tempting to get in front of the street car and out of the way of the ap proaching automoDiies, his car was whirled around and shunted some dis tance, toppling over. Later the auto left on its own power, however. Mr. Billups declined to make a state went last night. He figured recently In the temporary arrests at the apart ment-house in which Mrs. Josephine Mills committed suicide. D. S. Gore, a passenger on the Wood stock streetcar, who lives at 612 East Harrison street, and O. J. Davles. .612 ?ehalem street, conductor on the car, nsslsted the injured men out of' the wreckage. Right of Way r.lvrn Car. Motorman Amick has been with the Portland Railway, Light &. Power ompany for about three years. He formerly drove a streetcar at South J3end. Ind. Mr. McCarthy Joined the Portland Tolic Bureau in 1911. Although the accident occurred about r:lo. it was not until 9:30 that the police bureau was notified. The am bulance had been called, and F. S. Kasch. examiner for the Public Serv lee Commission of Oregon, was notified and he commandeered a neighbor's au tomobile and hurried to the scene. The Injured had been removed before he arrived, about five minutes after being notified. Mr. Rasch made an investigation of the accident and found' that the auto mobile was about 12 feet from the curb v-hen hit. He believed It had the right cf way over the other automobiles, but also believed the streetcar had the light of way over Billups" automobile FIRE DEPARTMENT FORMS .Hidgefield Fighters Organize. Forces and Will Give Ball. TUDGKKIELD. Wash.. July 21,' (Sne cial.) The complete plans and organi sation of the local fire department were about perfected at its second spe cial meeting Wednesday night in the commercial clubrooms. H. J. Potter . as elected trustee for three years, John L. Bratlle. two years, and Lee eber. one year. Assistant Fire Chief James E. Keith appointed as a finance committee John L. Rose. George Zaln and Bert C. Hoyt. The regular meeting night will be on th rlrw Wednesday night of each month The annual meeting will be held on July 27. Fire Chief H. J. Bratlie appointed i.corge i-. runttnouser and Pave Brice as temporary fire captains. It was de- ciaea mat trie organization hld the , first annual, fireman's ball in the near j future, the proceeds going to the fire department Woman Kngagcd In Search An nounces Further Important Dis coveries in Archaeology. SANTA FE, N. M.. July 21. The dis covery of a hitherto unknown commun ity house, estimated to be 1000 years old, at Otowi, the prehistoric settle ment 30 miles west of Santa Fe( was announced today by Mrs. L. IX Wilson, of Philadelphia, in charge of an ar chaeological expedition of the Phila delphia Commercial Museum. Pottery of an unknown design and an Immense sacrificial altar are among the relics found in the newly-unearthed ruins. This makes a total of nine great ruined communal dwellings found at Otowi, which is in the Area covered by the Bandelier National Monument. $251,000 RAILROAD DEEDED Southern Pacific Takes Over Sub sidiary Clackamas Line. OREGON CITY, Or.. July 21. (Spe cial.) Deeds transferring the Beaver- ton & Willsburg Railroad Company to the Southern Pacific Company have been filed with Recorder Dedman. The transfer of the property is In line- with the policy of the parent company to put all subsidiary roads in the state un der one management. The consideration is given as $251,000 and $251 in Federal revenue stamps were attached to the document. The Beaverton & Willsburg branch runs from Milwaukie across the Wil lamette. It is about five miles long. BANK GETS JON OF SILVER Salem Shipment of $33,000 to Pro vide District With "Change." SALEM, Or., July 21. (Special.) Nearly a ton of silver dollars and half dollars to' be exact, 1782 pounds was received by a Salem bank today from the mint at San Francisco. The ship ment was valued at $33,000 and bank officials said it was made to relieve the scarcity of small change in this section. Although the coins for the greater part were minted in 1879. they were bright as on the day they were coined. having been in the Federal vaults ever since. CONDEMND PRIEST SPARED Germans Commute Sentence of Bel gian Connected With Newspaper. AMSTERDAM, via London, July 21. The sentence of a Jesuit priest who was condemned to die by the German authorities in Belgium on account of his connection with the newspaper Libe Belgique. says the correspondent of the Tyd Dubar, has been commuted to 12 years at hard labor and deportation to Germany. The secret publication of the Libe Belgique, the correspondent adds, con tinues, notwithstanding German efforts to discover the editors and publishers. WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO Mrs. Oscar Tonneson, of Aberdeen, Is Victim of Accident. ABERDEEN", Wash., July 21. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Oscar Tonneson, aged about 50. and mother of six children, was almost instantly killed late tocfay, when she was struck by an automo bile driven by George Miller. She stepped in front of the machine and was dragged about 20 feet. The acci dent happened on F street near Heron, within two blocks of the center of town. The woman's husband is a flagman for the Northern Pacific Railroad. TURKISH TOWN CAPTURED Gumnskiianch Is Taken by Rus- sians in Armenia. PET ROG RAD, via London, July 21. The capture by Russian troops of the town of Gumuskhaneh. 45 miles south west of Trebizond In Turkish Armenia, was announced today by the War Office. Gumuskhaneh is 40 miles northwest of Baiburt, the capture of which was reported by the Petrograd War Office July 6. It is about 60 miles directly north of Krzignan, the objective of the Russian army which recently- took Mamakhtun, 50 miles to the west. WOMAN AIDS BANK RAID Kansas State Institution Is Robbed of $1500 in Daylight. BONNER SPRINGS. Kan., July SI. Three men robbed the Linwood State Bank of $1500 today and escaped in an automobile. Aiier leaving me Dank they were Joined by another car. one of the occu pants of which was a woman. VITAPATH JS ARRESTED Dr. Florence McCandliss'Acc .sed of Practicing Medicine Illegauy. Dr. Florence McCandliss. a vitapath, was arrested yesterday at her room in the Portland Hotel on a warrant charg ing her with practicing medicine with out a license. The warrant was ob tained by Dr. Harry McKay, president of the State Board of Medical Exami ners, who says that Dr. McCandliss has been practicing a year la this city. Wilson and Cabi - cide on Actioii. BRITISH ASSERT PRECEDENT American Position in Civil War Time Set Forth. LEADERS URGE PRESIDENT Suggestion Made That in Midst of Political Campaign It Is Good Time to Show That He Is Strictly Xeutral. BY JOHN CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN. WASHINGTON. July 21. (Special.) President Wilson and his Cabinet de termined today to insist that England remove American . firms from her "blacklist." The entire subject was considered at the Cabinet session held today. The conclusion was reachel that action should be taken to terminate this method of interference with American trade. In accordance with this decision Mr. Polk sent instructions to Am bassador Page in London directing him to make emphatic representations to the British Foreign Office, not only against the blacklisting of the firms whose names have been made public. but against the continuance of a praC' tice described as in violation of inter national law. Action Expected by Eiiland. There is reason to believe that Eng land expected some such action by the Washington Government. The firms blacklisted were selected from a long list in the possession of the British authorities. Against those placed under the ban it is asserted the evidence is conclusive and when made public will convince the American Government of the propriety of the measure adopted. - TKe London Board of Trade did not act against any firms m srely under suspicion or against who.n the evi dence was not complete. These firms. as a matter of fact, retain their free dom of trading status and will not be disturbed, provided they do not con tinue practices which are helpful to the enemies of the allies. American Precedents Found. Moreover, the British government has not only American precedents tor its action, but American law as well. An act of Congress, passed on May 26 1862, empowered the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse a clearance of any vessel loaded with goods for a foreign or domestic port whenever he had rea son to believe that such goods or any (Concluded on Paxe 2. Column 5.) ; -lx5 n f lAS'&' &Sfi II "V"i . L '.X p - " - - -v- f, ' i-r rx: - - TEITOH MACHINE GTJST IJf ACTION I'.NDER BOMB-PROOF SHELTER, Thi gun crew is operating machine gun from a bomb-proof shelter of earth, grass and timber. The gun firfs 00 bul- lets a minute and is raking the ene of i. anks and filled with earth, an GO' -i-lmiun Gets Notice to Quit, but Is Told He Will Be Needed Soon When Bremen Arrives. BALTIMORE. July Sl.-Captain Paul Kocnig and 14 members of the crew of the submarine Deutschland were feted tonight by thousands of Balti moreans of German extraction at a celebration at Canstatter Park.' under the auspices of the local branch of the German and Austrian Red Cross. They remained at the park until a late hour. Captain Koenig made a brief address. which he said: "I shall see you again within a few weeks." Announcement from an authoritative source was made tonight that Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassa dor, and Prince Hatzfeld. of the Em bassy staff, would come to Baltimore ne"xt Wednesday to make another in spection of the Deutschland. Representative G. Edmunds, of Phila delphia, visited the Deutschland's pier late today and asked Captain Hlnsch, of the North German Lloyd steamer Neckar, to - permit him to board the Neckar for a view of the submarine. He was told that no more passes were being Issued to the Neckar. but Cap tain Hinsch invited him back on Mon day, "when another submarine Just like the Deutschland will be in," he said. The stalwart negro guard at the en trance to the Neckar's pier was told that his services would not be needed after today, but that he would be wanted next week when the Bremen arrived. SHAKESPEARE WINS SUIT Final Chapter Written In Contro versy In Chicago Courts. y CHICAGO. July 21. The closing chap ter of the Bacon-Shakespeare contro versy in the courts here was entered today when Judge Frederick A. Smith dismissed the suit of Colonel George Fabyan and dissolved the injunction granted him by Judge Tuthill, who de elded that the works credited to Shake speare were in reality written by Ba con. To prevent Colonel Fabyan from pub lishing a code which he contended would show Bacon was the authpr of the Shakespearean plays, William N Selig .'brought injunction- proceedings and Colonel Fabyan filed a,,crQss.-bJU ROTARIANS PICK ATLANTA New and Retiring Officers Select 1917 Convention City.. CINCINNATI, July 21. Atlanta, Ga was selected as the convention city in 1917 of the International Association of Rotary Clubs here late today by the new and retiring officers, who are em powered to make the selection. Kansas City and Salt Lake were also in the field for the next convention. C. R. Perry, of Chicago, was re-elected sec retary. This concluded the work of the in ternational convention, which had been in session here since last Monday. GERMANS IN ACTION ON WESTERN FRONT. nrie pits. 200 metres away. The d 1 .Jeered with a bomb-proof shelter. Spokane Hostelry Un der Guard of Police. DETECTIYES REPLACE CLERKS Consignees Arrested as They Appear for Packages. UNLABELED GOODS SEIZED Owner of Place Admits Agency for Liquor, but Says Law Has Been Observed Carefully; Patrons Contribute Needed ata. SPOKANE. Wash;. July 21. (Special.). A score of policemen swooped down on the Spokane Hotel at 4:30 P. M. to day and began a systematic search of the premises for liquor. All entrances to the hotel were guarded ty one or more policemen while others ransacked the building from roof to cellar. A squad of policemen discovered quantity of liquor on the first floor of the hotel. It was in packages similar to those shipped upon permits and many of the packages had permits pasted on them. Officers were stationed at the "liquor room" and questioned all inquirers as to whether they had permits for liquor. A detective was stationed at the tele phone exchange and permitted no con versation between the office and hotel rooms. FIlKk t Inquirers Arrested. Eight men. all of whom called at the hotel to get packages of liquor said to be consigned to them, were arrested as they entered the "liquor room" in hallway at-the rear of the hotel office. . The officers, in plain clothes, took possession of the room .and a detective stood behind the counter, pretending to dole out the packages and all the time getting names and information from the unsuspecting patrons. The Hotel Spokane was guarded in every room on the lower floor by po lice officers numbering 15. The base ment was guarded and searched by sev eral other officers. The hotel recently was placed in a receiver's hands by United States Judge Rudkin, and Hal Cole, prominent Re publican politician, is receiver In Acta as Ageat far Liquor. "We feel that we are acting within the law and that there is no justifica tion Tor this raid," said W. S. Norman, owner of the hotel. "We have been acting simply as agents t expedite the importation of liquor, and every pack- (Concluded on Page Column 4.) Photo by Underwood. gun is mounted on an elevation made Lieles & Co. to Occupy All Floors and Old Houses on Site to Be ICazed at Once. J. P. Plagemann. manager of the Portland firm of Licbes & Co.. con firmed last night the report that his firm had signed a lease agreement for a five-story reinforced concrete build ing that is to rise at once- on the BO by 100-foot lot immediately north of the Broadway building, which stands on the northwest corner of Morrison and Broadway. The proposed new building is to cost between 1120,000 and tHO.OOO. Mr. Plagemann said last night, and will be devoted exclusively, to the uses of the big zurrier house, being five times as large as its present quarters. The plans for the new building are being drawn by John V. Bennes, a Portland architect, and it i.i understood that the present old frame buildings on the property will be razed at once and construction work started possib'y as early aa August 1. The present .tenants were notified to vacate three months ago. The owner of the property is Anthon Huth. of Ta coraa. . Mr. Plagemann said last night on his return from Tacoma that he hoped to be located in his new quarters soon after the first of the year. ' LIVING COSTLY IN IRELAND Increase of 4 1.2 Per Cent Since Onl break of AVar Is Noted. WASHINGTON July 21. Since the outbreak of the war the cost of living in Ireland has increased 41.2 per cent. A consular report, to the Department of Commerce today says bread is nine cents for a two-pound loaf, sugar nine cents a pound,' milk seven cent a quart and butter 32 cents a pound. These prices were 40 to 50 per cent higher than the normal. RACE BETTOR. IS FLEECED Nebraska Man Reports . Wire-Tapping Swindle in Chicago. CHICAGO. July 21. Local police to day are looking for wiretappers oper ating out of Chicago, as the result of a complaint of Charles Fertig, of Has tings, Neb. Fertig says he got en thusiastic when he won (60 and then 200 by betting on the races a tew days ago in Gary, Ind. As a result of his enthusiasm he lost 15400 to confidence men. he said. 40 KILLED JSY LIGHTNING Soldiers and "Women Among Victims of Storm in Mexico City. MEXICO CITY. July 21. Forty per sons, including several soldiers and women, were killed during a severe lightning and rain storm in the suburbs of Mexico City yesterday. Most of the deaths occurred at San Gregorlo. Acapulco and near Xochl milco. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 77 degrees; minimum. w8 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. 1Var. Britain exhibit captured German submarine minelayer. Piffe 4. Russians In sudden onslaught make gain of 15 miles In Slyr-Llps. region. Page 4. Allies' drive slackens In west. Pas 4. Mexieo. Oregon soldiers adjusting themselves to , Army discipline. Page 5. General Bliss reports camp conditions are good along border. Page it. National. Senate passes big Navy bill. Page -J. Administration to demand that Britain re call blacklist of American firms. Page 1. Mr. Sinnoil proudly wears his first rabbit fur hat. Pare Dnmrfttlr Hanly snd Lsndrith nominated by Prohibi tionists, rise 4. Myatery surrounds murder of Texas beauty and' Army .officer. Page ft. Late publisher's son fights to prevent read ing of sensational letters in will contest Page S. House 10OO years old unearthed by woman archaeologist. Page 1. Crew of German U-llner feted by Baltl- moreans. Page 1. Sport. Pacific Coast League results Portland ft. Salt Lake IS; Vernon 13. San Kranclsco 4; 'Oakland 5. L.oa Angeles 1. Page 14. Beavers lose and go to fifth place. Page 14. Matty's men lose to Philadelphia. Page 14. Matty draws talk. Page 14. Woodland francrtlee transferred to Camas. Page 15. - Pacific Northwest. Wealthy Indian woman, highly educated. dies In hotel from drink. Page 3. Colonel Gantenbeln advises his recruits to en'lst In Third Oregon. Pag 0. Spokane hotel ransacked by liquor raiders. Pag 1. Commercial and Marine. Belated demand for grain bags causes firmer market. Page 15. Peace rumors offset effect In Chicago market of crop damage reports. Page 15. Manipulation of specialties feature of Wall street market.. Page 15. Puget Sound - unions probably will be a?ked to yield at conference today, rage 11. Portland and Vkinfty. Poor need clothing gifts before charitable . picnic Page t. Dr. Harrison may face double charge. Page s. i Mr. Alderman home says Eut recognises progress of Oregon. rage 9. City votes $'J8.KK to buy delinquent prop erty. Page . Residents Divine metered service may sprinkle at will berealter. Page 16. Llebei se CO.. furriers, sign leaae for new building on Broadway. Page 1. Oregon at California grant lands to be opened for entry aa soon as classified. Page 1. Dealt, of William Llllls foretold la dream of brother. Page 2. Prosecutors suggest changes In defective laws. Page 10. Mt. Scott playground dedicated. Page 11. Victor MuMock speaks at Kansas Society picnic 1'age 5. United effort will be made for rehearing of rate cases, page lu: Weather report, data and forecast, page 11. Filings to Be Allowed on Some This Fall. LAND OFFICE ISSUES ORDER All Tracts Classed as Agricul tural Lands Affected. WORK TO START AT ONCE As Fast as Classification Is Accom plished Lands Will Be Made Available In Tracts of 160 Acres to Real Settlers. FACTS ABOVT OPF.NI.Nti OF" ORKGOV CALIFORNIA IAD GRANT TO KVTRT. Agricultural lands of Oregon & California land grant in this state to be opened for entry as fast as classified. Work of classification will be gin probably within the next week, and firrt lands may be ready for ent early this Kali. Kstimated that l.i . 0.000 acres of 2,:i00.000 in grant will come under agricultural clasf if ication. Entrants may take up 160-acre homesteads, on which they must maintain actual reMdemc. They can prove up In three years and must prove up In rive years. For these land? they must pay the Government 52.50 an acre, 50 cents an aero at time of entry and balance when they obtain patents. Any 40-acre tract containing more than' 300.000 tect of timber will be classified as timber land and-will not be open to entry. Just as fast as it can be classified. agricultural land in the Oregon & Cali fornia land grant In this state is to bo opened to entry by actual settlers. This official information was brought from Washington, yesterday by Louis L. Sharp, chief or the field division or the general land office, following his return to Portland from a three weeks' conference in Washington with Com missioner Clay Tallman relative to de tails of the classification and open ing to entry. Crew May Start ext Week. By the latter end of next week Mr. Sharp expects to be on his way with a crew of men. including expert timber cruisers, to begin the immense tapk of classifying the lands, a preliminary necessary before they can be opened to entry. He will start this work in Southern Oregon, in either Jackson or Josephine counties, which contain a greater pro portion of the grant lands than any other counties. The Oregon St California land grant In this state comprises a total of 2. 300,000 acres. Only those lands that are classified as agricultural will be opened to entry. Just what pi-oportion of the grant is classifiable as agricultural land no-' body knows at this time. The besL estimate can be no more than a guess.' And it was as a guess only. Ihouch one based on all the information at hand, that Mr. Sharp expressed the opinion that probably ono-half the land will fall under the classification of agricultural. lXtO.fMio Acres la estimate. Deducting to begin with from the 2.300,00 acres of the grant some 300.000 acres that are included in forest re serves leaves approximately 2.000.O0O acres to be classified. If the estimated ratio of one-half is maintained. 1.000. 000 acres of this 2.000.000 will even tually be classified as agricultural and opened to entry. Of course, it will not be possible to complete the classification of 2.000.000 acres, much of it comprising very rough and mountainous ground, in a few months. Mr. Sharp said yesterday, however, that the public will not be kept wait ing for the entire classification to be completed. Just as quickly as enough of the land can be classified to make it worth while, he explained, it will be thrown open to entry. This process will be continued until all the agri cultural land is opened to entry. "I do not wish to be understood as making any definite promise," said Mr. Sharp, "but we hope to open the first batch of land by early Fall. This land will be in Southern Oregon, In either Jackson or Josephine counties, for we shall begin work there first. Oregon Crvlsers soaght. "Commlssioher Tallman. who is a Westerner himself, desires to expedite the opening of this land to actual set tlers and also to enable the counties to get it on their taxrolis at the earliest date. Consequently, we shall make all possible haste. "I shall go out with the first crew myself and remain until the work is well under way. Later, several crews will be working In different localities at the same time. I intend to get Ore gon timber cruisers who are familiar with the country for me great amount of tiiia r cruising that will be necea ! tCoacludcd on l'ae 5. Column 2.) InJil 109.0