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PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1916.
rillCE . FIVE CENTS.
BURNING VESSEL'S
JAPAN UNABLE TO
OLD JACK
EVEN PINS ARE
DARING PRISON
PASSENGERS SAFE
CHOOSE CABINET
AFFECTED BY WAR
TORPEDOED VESSEL
IS HOPE OF
COAST GUARD CUTTER PICKS IIP
PARTISAN DISCUSSION OF IS
FLORISTS PARTICULARLY I'KEL
AXTIIXA'S BOATS.
SUES AT HIGH PITCH.
SHORTAGE OF SUPPLY.
U-BOATS IK ill
HEAR (I. S. COAST
AMERICANS ABOARD
COOMBS
ROBINS
V
4 Victims British Ships;
3 Not Designated.
ONE IS DUTCH, 1 NORWEGIAN
American Torpedo Craft As
sist in Rescuing Crews
From Open Boats.
3. SUBMARINES OPERATING
News of Presumed Activity of
U-53 Causes Panic in
Shipping Circles.
KEAVrORT, It. I., Oct. 9 The ex
ecutive officer of the destroyer Eli-lesson
returning early today from the scene
of the German nbmarlne activities off
lVantacket, reported that nine ships
had been sunk and that three sub
marines are operating off the coast.
This Information, lie said, he had on
the authority of the captain of the Nan
tucket Shoals lightship.
BOSTON, Oct. 8. The submarine
arm of the Imperial German navy rav
aged shipping off the Eastern coast of
the United States today.
Four British, one Dutch and one
Norwegian steamers were sent to the
bottom or left crippled derelicts off
Nantucket Shoals.
Tonight the destroyer flotilla of the
United States Atlantic fleet was pick
ing up passengers and crews of -the
destroyed vessels and bringing them
into Newport, R. I. "
. So far as known there was no loss
: of life, though the crew of the British
steamer Kingston had not been ac
counted .for. ;
American Steamer Held Up.
A submarine held up the American
6teamer Kansan, bound from New
York for .Genoa with steel for the
Italian Government, but later, on es
tablishment of her identity, allowed
the American to proceed. 'The Kan
san came into Boston harbor late to
night for her usual call here.
The hostile submarine is believed to
be the U-53, which paid a call to New
port yesterday, and disappeared at
sunset. Some naval men, however,
declared that at least two submarines
are operating close to the American
shore, though outside the three-mile
limit.
Record Shown by Wireless.
The record of submarine warfare,
as brought to land by wireless dis
patches, follows:
Strathdene, British freighter, tor
pedoed and sunk off Nantucket, crew
taken aboard Nantucket Shoals light
ship and later removed to Newport by
American torpedo boat destroyers.
The Strathdene left New York yester
day for Bordeaux, and was attacked
at 6. A. M.
West Point, British freighter, tor
pedoed and sunk off Nantucket. Crew
abandoned the ship in small boats
after a warning shot from the sub
marine's gun. Officers and men were
taken aboard a destroyer..
Stephano Reported Still Afloat.
Stephano, British passenger liner,
plying regularly between New York,
Halifax and St. Johns, N. F., torpe
doed southeast of Nantucket, bound
for New York. Reported still afloat
late tonight. Passengers and crew,
numbering about 140, were picked up
by the destroyer Balch and brought
to Newport. The attack was made
at 4:30 P. M.
Kingston, British freighter, tor
pedoed and ' sunk southeast of Nan
tucket. Crew missing and destroyer
searching for them. This vessel is
not accounted for in maritime regis
ters, and may be the Kingstonian. The
attack occurred at 6 P. M.
Two of Vessels Neutral.
Bloomersdijk, Dutch freighter, tor
pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard a destroyer. The
steamer was bound for Rotterdam
from New York, having sailed last
night.
Christian Knudsen, Norwegian
freighter, torpedoed and sunk near
where- the Bloomersdijk went down.
Crew picked up by destroyers. The
vessel sailed from New York Satur
day for London.
The sensation created yesterday,
. Coicluuovi nil Ft 4. Coluiua
Steamer In Tow of Tags Is Headed
for Port and Captain Believes
Blaze Slay Be Put Out.
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va. Oct. 8.
Radio messages received here tonight
from the Coast Guard cutter Onondaga
said that two tugs are towing the
burning Ward line steamer Antllla to
Hampton Roads, and that passengers
and crew, which took to the small
boats 120 miles off Cass Henry last
night, are aboard the cutter, which Is
convoying the tow.
The message also asked that another
tug be sent out to assist in fighting
the fire.
The Onondaga reached the Antllla at
8:30 this morning in response to radio
distress signals early last night. The
passengers and crew in small boats
were picked up and transferred to the
cutter.
The Antllla should arrive at Cape
Henry about noon tomorrow. The ex
tent of the fire is not known here.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Captain J. E.
Blackadder, of the Antllla, reported by
wireless late today to the Ward line
officials here that he and his 13-year-
old daughter and the crew had taken
to the lifeboats and that the Onondaga
and the Morro Castle, of the Ward line.
were standing by the burning ship.
The Antilla's commander said he be
lieved there was a good chance of sav
ing the ship. .
SCIENTIFIC FUND PROVIDED
Newest Discoveries to Be Placed at
Disposal of Industries.
'NEW' YORK. Oct. 8. Application of
the newest discoveries in science to the
Industries of . the country as planned
by the four leading engineering so
cieties of the United States working
under the auspices of. the National Re
search Council received additional im
petus today with announcement that
the resources of the Engineering Foun
dation, which provides, an annual in
come of $200,000.. will be placed at the
disposal of the council.
Further financial aid will be fur
nished, it was announced, by an an
nual gift of $5000' from Ambrose Bwa
sey, of Cleveland, and by funds raised
by Cleveland H. Dodge.
CHURCH. EXTENDS SALUTE
Pastor Waves Plag and Congregation
Sings In Honor of Mr. Fairbanks.
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SEATTLE'. Oct. 8. Charles W. Fair
banks, Republican candidate for Vice-President,-
left late today for Spokane,
where he will arrive tomorrow morn
ing. Mr. Fairbanks attended the First
Methodist Church this morning. The
pastor- called attention to the presence
of the ex-Vlce-Presldent and suggested
that the congregation sing America,
which the pastor conducted, waving an
American flag while the members of
the congregation kept time waving
white handkerchiefs.
- After the service Mr. Fairbanks went
to the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
house at the University of Washington.
HUGHES TO SPEAK TODAY
Addresses at Newark, X. J., and
Philadelphia Scheduled.
NEW YORK. Oct. sJlcharlea E.
Hughes, Republican Presidential nom
inee, motored to this city late from
Montclalr, N. J., where he has been
resting for several days.
Mr. Hughes will go to Newark, N. J.,
tomorrow to make an open-air address
at Military Park. He will return to
New York later to register. He will
leave New York at 6 P. M. for Phila
delphia, where he will speak in the
evening.
Tomorrow marks the opening of the
candidate's third Presidential campaign
trip, which will take him as far west
as Nebraska and North Dakota.
MRS. BOISSEVAIN MAY FLY
Ad - Club Arranging for- Aeroplane
Trip to Seattle.
Inez Milholland Boissevain may make
an aeroplane flight from Portland to
Seattle Wednesday, if plana of the
Portland Ad Club materialize.
Mrs. Boissevain will speak in Port
.land Tuesday night in the interest c"
the Women's party at a large public
banquet at Hotel Multnomah. The Ad
Club wants her to remain over and
speak again Wednesday at noon. In that
case it -would be impossible for Mrs.
Boissevain to- reach Seattle by train
In time for a Wednesday night address.
John Evans, of Seattle, has been
asKed by telegraph to . undertake to
transport Mrs. Boissevain by aeroplane.
TEUTONS TAKE KRONSTADT
Roumanians Admit Withdrawal ' of
Forces From Transylvania.
I II. IS', via Londo,n. Oct. 8. Kron
stadt, . leading industrial and commer
cial center of Transylvania, which was
occupied by. Roumanians on their entry
into the war,- has been recaptured by
the Austro-German .'forces, the War
Office announced today. ; -
BUCHAREST, via London, Oct. 8.
Roumanian troops from Hermannstadt
to Brasso have been withdrawn to the
Carpathian frontier, according to the
n rf i i n T f,nmmt!nlg(Tnn -..- T .
nian headquarters, to insure better de-
"jfense of the frontier passed.
Home-ComingTourists
on Stephano.
ATTACKER PROBABLY U-53
Passengers and Crew All Are
Safe on Destroyer.
SOCIETY FOLK OFFER AID
Members of Newport Set Would
Care for Refugees Vessel Lost
Because It Took Outside
Course Rounding Lightship.
STEW YORK, Oct. S The steamship
Bloomersdijk carried m crew of SO m
and a cargo of grain valued at $500,000,
consigned to the government of The
Netherlands, according to W. Van
Doom, an official here of the Holland
American line. x
lie Intimated that International com
plications might arise.
NEWPORT, Tl. I Oct. 8. The
British steamer Stephano, carrying 44
first-cabin and 39 second-cabin passen
gers. Including many American tour
ists and a crew of 75, was sunk off
Nantucket Lightship at 4:30 P. M. to
day, presumably by the1 German sub
marine U-C3. The United States tor
pedo-boat destroyer Balch reported .the
loss of the liner by radio to the naval
station here, saying that the ship had
been torpedoed. The message from the
destroyer said that the crew and pas
sengers were safe aboard the Balch.
Confirmation of the rescue was con
tained in a later message sent by the
destroyer to the Naval station here. It
was said that she had picked up the
passengers and later had transferred
the Americans to the destroyer Jenkins.
Passengers Remain on Warship.
Rear-Admiral Knight, commandant
of the Narragansett naval district, said
that the passengers who so desired
would be allowed to remain on the
warship until morning. At the same
time, he said, if any of those , picked
up wanted to be set on shore their
wishes would be complied with a,
promptly as possible.
Members of the so-called Newport
society set were prompt to extend
proffers of help to the shipwrecked
passengers through Admiral Knight.
Mrs. Robert L. Beekman, wife of Gov
ernor Beekman, and Mrs. French Van-
derbilt volunteered to take care of as
many refugees as possible.
Many Residents of Sew Trk.
Many of the passengers on the Steph
ano are residents of New York.
Tbe Stephano carried 3000 tons of
general cargo. The vessel was in the
regular service of the Red Cross line
and was bound from St. Johns, N. f.
to New York.
Tho sale of the Stephano to the Rus
sian government, which had planned to
(Concluded on Page 4. Column C.
Oktima's Retirement Attributed by
Opponents to Failure of His
Policies in China.
TOKIO. Oct. 8. Conferences be
tween Lleutenant-General Count Te
rauchi. party leaders and others re
tard the formation of a cabinet, which
the Emperor designated Count Terau-
chl to organize earlier this week.
The rejection of recommendations
made by ex-Premier Okuma baa awak
ened a passionate discussion. The press
generally considers the circumstances
of the selection of Count Terauchl i
contravention of the spirit of the con
stltutlon and a return to clan govern
ment. The opponents of the Okuma
ministry Insist that its mismanagement
of Chinese policies was the real cause
of its retirement, contending that it
failed to establish relations of trust
and friendliness with China.
The Herald applauds the designation
of Count Terauchl on the ground that
he is in imperative need "when Japan
is facing a situation in the Far East
fraught with eventualities of far-
reaching consequences. " The news
paper thinks Count Terauchi's author
ity in the army will permit unity in
the departments of diplomacy and na
tional defense.
TRADERS WILL CO-OPERATE
John Barrett Finds No Desire lor
Ruinous Competition.
BORDEAUX. Oct. 8. John Barrett.
director-general of the Pan-American
Union, who has been discussing Latin-
American trade matters with manufac
turers and financiers In France and
England, said before sailing on the
liner Lafayette for New York today
that he had found them in both coun
tries planning to make greater ef
forts to improve commercial and fi
nancial relations with all America.
Mr. Barrett's inquiry showed, how
ever, he indicated, that their desire was
to co-operate along this line with in
terests In the United States, rather
than engage in ruinous competition.
REGISTRATION MARK HIGH
102,170 Republicans and 36
110
. Democrats at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8. Registra
tion for the November Presidential
election closed at midnight last night
with what Registrar of Voters Harry
Zemanskl said would be the largest en
rollment In the history of San Fran
cisco. Indications, he said, were that
at least 18E.000 voters had qualified
as electors.
Of these. 102.179 registered as Re
publicans and 36.210 as Democrats.
r
DOCTOR DIES IN EPIDEMIC
Infant Paralysis Claims Man AVbo
Aided in Its Control.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 Dr. Arthur
L. Hunt, who assisted tbe local health
department in observing persons com
ing from communities Infected with in
fantile paralysis, died here last night
of that-disease.
Dr. Hunt, who was 39 years old, was
stricken last week.
HORSE SENSE.
Today's Battle One of
Veteran vs. Youth.
RUTH IS BOSTON'S CHOICE
Young Southpaw to Pit Speed
Against Old-Timers' Skill.
RED SOX RELY ON DEFENSE
Grantland Rice Says Nothing Other
Tli an Air-Tight Play Behind Col
by Jack Can Keep Boston
From Winning Second.
BT GRANTLAND RICE:
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LINES TO YVKSLKT COOMBS.
Ten years ago I saw a kid.
fUep otit to work tits first big game;
I saw htm make his first strong bid.
To take a healthy whack at fame;
Since then the olive's wreathed his brow.
With those who ruled the game for Mack.
Win or lose, old bird, here's how.
To Colby Jack.
Some guy you said It s you spoke.
Your tongue's entitled to a hit.
clean old, good old-fashioned bloke.
That doesn't know the way to quit.
An entry broken at the crest.
Who fell below, but fought on back.
And so. here's luck and all the rest.
To Colby Jack.
BOSTON. Mass., Oct. 8. (Special.)
Unless the cards are shifted and re
shuffled before the fashionable hour of
tail noon on Monday, the second game
of the current or fiscal world series
will bring together two widely different
pitching types. One will very likely
be John Wesley Coombs, officially
carded as Babe Ruth. Coombs smashed
his way into world series glory six
years ago when he rumpled up th
Cubs three times in one series. Ruth
has yet to pitch his first post-season
contest, so there is the game's old
story of the young star tossed 1
against the veteran In a battle that for
Brooklyn stands as the most decisive
section of the series.
There are those who believe th
Robby will start Larry Cheney against
the renowned Babe and his whistling
shoots, but knowing the Importance
Monday's melee and the September ef
fectiveness of Colby Jack, also his ex
perlence in world series affairs. It
looks now to be a certainty that Brook
lyn will shoot her veteran against the
Red Sox charge.
Jack's rre la 5s Danger.
Coombs not only carries most of the
ammunition of former campaigns, but
with Brooklyn's uncertain and erratic
defensive play he looks to be the bes
bet Just at this stage. Jack knows the
highway from long traveling and many
Journeys, and all tbe errors in the game
will not be enough to shatter his nerve
or break his spirit. And nothing but
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Germany Source of Dainty Little
Corsage Holders and Also of
Short Hat fasteners.
ino wonder some of the girls are
wearing chin straps and elastic bands
to hold their hats on these days
There is a dearth of hatpins. If things
Keep on at the rate they are going, it
is rumored there will be none on sale
in a little while.
True there are plenty of the old-
fashioned long pins, and women who
know good values buy these and have
them cut shorter, but the short pins of
recent make, the kind demanded by
law. are scarce. The florists are feel
ing the pressure more than anyone
Before the war they thought nothing
of the little handy violet pin that went
with a corsage bouquet. Now they
have greal difficulty in getting these
pins and the cost Is much greater.
One of the florists said yesterday:
"We will give the pins, but they take
a lot out of our profits. Some of the
varieties we used to get before the war
are no longer to be obtained. That is
why a difference is noted in the style
and quality.
"Germany makes the hat and corsage
pins used so extensively and If the
war doesn't stop soon, what will the
women do about it? They will have to
pay extra if they want the florist to
provide hatpins, if present indications
have any meaning."
CARRANZA MAY NOT RUN
Feeling in 3Icsico Is That First Chief
Will Not B Candidate.
el PASO. Tex.. Oct. 8. "General
Carranza has made no formal state-
ment of his position," Consul Pesquelra
said today, "but there is a strong feel-
ing among the men who are close to
him In the national capital that he will
not be a candidate."
By a recent decree issued by General
Carranza the President will serve only
one' term of four years, as the decree
specifies that there shall be no re-elec-
tlon to the Presidency.
THREE IN DUEL ARE SHOT
Two Pomrroy, Wash., Officers and
Laborer Are Wounded.
POME ROY, Wash.. Oct. 8. (Special.)
During a duel with Joseph Kline, a
laborer. Marshal Dixon. last night was)
shot In the arm. Night Marshal Wh It-
taker received a bullet wound in the
foot ami Kline ws hit in the shoulder
ana luck py dsiis irom me orricer
guns.
Kline Is charged with previously
having threatened citizens with his re
volver while intoxicated. He is in tb
hoopital.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
Y ESTER D AT' S Maximum temperature.
decrees; minimum, 43 defcreea.
TODAY'S Fair: easterly wlnis.
War.
Submarines sink nin steamships near
American coast, fas 1.
Many Americans on torpedoed Stephano.
Pas 1.
Berlin says Ambassador Oerard brlnss no
letter of anjr kind from Kaiser. Pug 3.
Polities.
Tezsn's letter shows Democratic commit-
left .uinuriii u r,inj,iu ic tu WH
masters. Pas -.
Kentucky KHck predicts Wilson will carry
Oresou. Paso n.
Minnesota will civ Hushes large majority. I
page
Hughes Is bin favorlt on betting in Oreson
and elsewhere. Pass lO.
Farmers president demands repeal of Adam-
son law. Pag .
Foreign.
Japan unable t-i chooe cabinet, pending
tetter discussion oi issues, page l.
Mexico.
New submarine problem embarrassing
to
Administration. Pag 4.
New submarine situation worries Mr. Wil
son, rage 4.
people of chihuahua fleeing in fear of villa,
Pin 2 I
President urse observance of today as fir I
picvvuuuii ub). i ,n .
Domestic
Passengers and crew of burning steamship
Antllla savea. nia i.
Pport.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland .
Oakland S (10 innings); San Francisco
8-0. Los Angelea 3-1 (second game 11
innings, Vernon !, Salt Lake 04.
Pag 13.
Stanford not to lift ban on American foot.
ball. Page 12.
Aggies show marked Improvement In gam
with Idaho. Pag 12.
A. S. C'olrtsmlth Is elected president of Pa
cific .Northwest Association. Page 13.
Overtook football team defeats Portland
Athletic Club. 24 to 0. Page 12.
Brooklyn undaunted by first defeat. Page 12.
Old Jack coomba la Brooklyn bope today I
againsL loung eoumpaw itutn. page l. I .l
pacific Northwest.
Missing convict and girl prisoner caught
In darln; plot to escap at Salem.
Pag 1.
Bullet ends exciting chase after . Washing
ton auto tnifcvea. page o.
Lewlnton Republicans going after
every
vote. - Pag 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Trails Club hikes to Larch Mountain sum-
in ut page l. -
Orpheum bill equals previous wonder show.
Page 1 8.
Judge Norton! to speak tonight. Pago 14.
Bishop Hutrhes doubts If stingy man can
ntr Heaven. Pase lo.
German-speaking societies celebrate coming
w iirst leuiun immigrants. Pas 13.
North Portland Republicans addressed hv
E. V. LltUefleld and c N. McArthur.
Pag 9.
Alaska woman brings furs worth thousands.
x-ag is.
Coos Bay trad excursion leaves Portland
Konig-nt. fag o.
Fir prevention topic for today. Pag 14.
Fire Department answers 14 calls in day.
War making pins scarce. Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pago 15.
m. McHride show vital necessity of ship I
tax amendment. Pag 11. I
Dr. Dyott preaches on theme of "Proao-r-
PLOT IS FOILED
Convict Tanner and Girl
Accomplice Caught.
MRS. KERSCH IS ATTACKED
i Woman Prisoner Gives Battls
to Supposed Escaped
Man at Salem.
SCREAMS BRING OFFICIALS
Tunnel Dug Through Thick
Wall of Penitentiary to
Liberate Sweetheart.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 8. .Special.,
Willard Tanner, slayer of Roy Wallace
in Portland in 1912, and Hazel Erwin,
his accomplice, made a sensational at
tempt to escape from the Oregon
Penitentiary early today. The break
was loiied Dy airs. Carrie r.erscn,
serving a term for manslaughter,
ir . . . ,
Mrs- Kersch broke frm Tan
ner, who was trying to choke her into
submission ud screamed for help,
Before attacking Mrs. Kersch, lanner,
with the aid of Hazel Erwin, bound
, , -T n,..
SS8ed " Williams, a negro
girl imprisoned for her part in a stab
bing affray in Portland a few months
ae
Brick all lunneled.
The affair took place in the wom
en's department of the penitentiary,
access to which Tanner gained by tun
neling through a heavy brick wall
from the Bertillon room on the second
floor of the prison.
The attempted break was the culmi-
I nation of a carefully laid plot by Tan
ner and the Erwin girl to gain their
liberty.
Tanner had been missing for 10
days. He disappeared the afternoon
of September 29, and it was generally
believed he had made his escape by
passing out of the prison with a crowd
of visitors who had been inspecting
the prison that day- Superintendent
Minto insisted that Tanner was hid
den within the prison walls. Careful
search failed to disclose any trace of
him, however.
Tanner Chokes Woman.
Shortly before 5 a. m. today Hazel
Erwin and Tanner entered the room
I where the Williams girl
slept and
bound and gagged her. Miss Erwin
then walked into Mrs. Kersch's room
and told her that the negro girl was
ill, asking her to come and see what
waa the trouble.
Unsuspectingly, Mrs. Kersch arose
to give assistance. As she entered the
Erwin girl's room, where she had been
told that Miss Williams was. Tanner
stepped from behind the door and
seized her by the throat. After a
desperate struggle Mrs. Kersch broke
awny and ran to the west window of
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dence of Superintendent
Minto, 25
yards distant.
Screams Attract Officials.
"Mr. Minto, Tanner's in here,"
screamed Mrs. Kersch.
The superintendent, prison matron
and guards heard Mrs. Kersch's cries,
and hastened to the scene. In the
meantime Tanner crawled back into
the Bertillon room and hid on top of a
large bookcase. The hole had been
covered up by- him and it was some
. v. .u : . ,
""" uciuIC oinciais couia
find how he had gained entrance into
women s dormitory. After the
hole was found the Bertillon room was
searched and Tanner discovered.
According to Superintendent Minto,
it was the plan of Tanner and his
companion to subdue Mrs. Kersch and
then overpower Matron- Pope, take her
keys away and unlock the door leading
from the dormitory into a hall. From
here a stairway leads to the first floor
hall by which they could have emerged
into the grounds in front of the prison
building.
Civilian Garb Worn.
Hazel Erwin, Mrs. Kersch, Mis3
Williams and Matron Pope are the
only occupants of the women's dormi
tory. In preparation for their escape.
ITo-tol tr.-,,-:.. t.n j J -
t-iotuea tirai-
ar to tnobe wo rn Dy Matron Jrope, and
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