Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 11, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

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    THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1916.
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BRITISH SKIPPERS
U-BOAT PRISONERS
ALLEGED NIGHT RIDERS ON TRIAL IN TACOMA AND CABIN THEY ARE ACCUSED OF BURNING.
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ATTEMPT MADE TO RAM
Fate of Captain Fryatt, Who Was
- Executed by Germans, Recalled,
and Demand for Reprisals
at that Time Made.
BERLIN, via London, Dec. 10. The
British steamer Caledonia was sunk by
. German submarine December 4, it
was officially announced today. Her
captain was taken prisoner. The offi
cial statement reads:
. "The British passenger ship Cale
donia attempted on December 4 to ram
a. Germrn submarine. The submarine
fired a torpedo which sank the steamer.
The commander of the steamer, Cap
tain Elaikle, was made prisoner."
LONDON, Deo. 10. The German an
nouncement that the British steamer
Caledonia attempted to ram a subma
rine, and that Captain Blaikle was
made prisoner, may furnish an oppor
tunity to test the temper ol the new
government.
The Germans executed Captain
Charles Fryatt, of the Merchant steam
er Brussels, last July for. a similar ac
tion, and many demands were heard in
England that the government should
have notified the Germans of reprisals
in such an event.
: LISBON, Dec 9. via Paris, Dec 10.
The British steamer Britannic has been
sunk by a submarine. The captain
was made prisoner.- Twenty-three sur
vivors of the crew have arrived here,
while 15 are missing.
Two Norwegian Vessels Sank.
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10. The Norwegian steamers Modum
and Falk have been torpedoed. Their
crews were saved.
Spanish Steamship Torpedoed.
LONDON. Dec. 10. Lloyd's shipping
agency announces that the Spanish
Steamer Bravo, of 1214 tons gross, has
ben torpedoed. The crew was landed.
HATHAWAY NOW OFFICER
ARMY LI EUTEX ANT'S COMMISSION
RECEIVED BY PORTLAND BOY.
Assignment la to Infantry, and Ex
- Sergeant-Instructor of Guard Goes
to Fort Leavenworth. .
Paul Hathaway, until recently ser
geant in the Twenty-first United States
infantry, and for the past three years
eergeant-lnetructor of-, the Third In
fantry, Oregon National Guard, received
his commission as Second Lieutenant
in the regular Army last week.
Lieutenant Hathaway is one of 450
men throughout the United States and
Insular possessions who successfully
passed the required examinations last
August for Second Lieutenant's com
missions in the United States Army,
under the new Army defense act. His
commission is dated November 25, and
he is assigned to the infantry branch
of the service and will be sent to Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., along with several
men in this vicinity who also passed
the examinations, for a four months'
course of special instruction.
Lieutenant Hathaway is a Portland
boy. He Is a graduate of the Allen
Preparatory School. He is a son of
the late Brigadier-General Forrest H.
Hathaway, United States Army, who
was stationed here from 1904 until his
retirement in 1908, being Assistant
Quartermaster-General, and chief quar
termaster of the Department of the
Columbia. General Hathaway was re
siding here at the time of his death in
1912. Lieutenant Hathaway's mother
and sister live here now.
CAMPAIGN GAINS FORCE
"Workers to Be Added for Christie
Home Canvass.
In the second week of the campaign
to raise a $100,000 fund for the Christie
Orphans' Home various special devices
have been arranged, one of which will
be the big benefit planned by the
Catholic Order of Foresters, Immacu
late Heart Court No. 1046, for Thursday
night at the Hibernian Hall, 340 Rus
sell street.
The committee In charge of this
benefit consists of R. Flanigan, Thomas
Woran, D. W. Lane, D. McCabe and Her
man Goetz. John Deschner will be the
chairman. A musical programme will
be given featuring the Musical Soos
Company in vaudeville specialties.
The donations to the fund now
amount to a total of more than $30,000.
and efforts ai e to be made to throw
a larger number of workers into the
field for the coming week than have
been active heretofore.
The rally lunches in the Portland Ho
tel are proving to be the greatest fea
tures of the movement. More than 300
workers, men and women, gather in the
grill-room every day at 12:15 as guests
of the general committee. Addresses
by distinguished speakers and other
forms of entertainment are provided
daily. Immediately following the lunch
eon each day the reports of the vari
ous teams are taken. Friendly but
keen rivalry for first place is growing
dally among the teams.
The smallest amount thus far con
tributed to the fund is 11 cents. This
was given by a little child." "Mother,"
she said when the solicitor called for
her mother's liberal donation, "I have
eleven pennies. Let me give them to
the orphans. I will get more some
time and maybe they won't."
"SNOW BOW" IS VISIBLE
Hood River Residents See Peculiar
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HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) Residents of this city yesterday
were attracted .by the peculiar phe
nomenon of a "snow bow." Refractions
and reflections of the sun's rays on
a mist of snow made a perfect arch
over the Columbia River Gorge west
of the city.
The phenomenon was all the more
peculiar in that the sun was not shin
ing in the city. The rays making the
tinted aro seemed to break through
a minute rift in the clouds and to
shine on a restricted area over the
great canyon. ,
LIFE STORY IS ASKED
'Night Rider's" Attorney Ex
amines Earl Ross at Length.
CASE RESUMES TOMORROW
United States Land Office Records
at Seattle Extensively Used as
Evidence Jurors Are Kept
Together in Intervals.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 10. (Special.)
Continuance of the trial until Tues
day morning ended the cross-examination
of Earl Ross, one of the two sons
of Mrs. Margaret M. Ross, accuser of
13 defendants in Federal Court charged
with being the "night riders" who
ousted her and her boys from their
home, burned it and after threatening
to hang them left them with a warning
not to return at a farmhouse eight
miles down the North River Valley of
Pacific County.
Earl's brother, Frank, and Mrs. Ross
will probably be the Government's next
witnesses against the men indicted a
year ago by the Federal grand jury.
Everything is being done, the attor
neys say, to expedite the trial of the
case, which promises to drag out over
probably 10 days or two weeks.
The cross-examination of Earl Ross
went into many details not brought out
by District Attorney Clay Allen's ex
amination. The .defense wanted to
know where Ross was born, where he
moved to, where lie lived next, where
he worked, how long he was in the
Navy, what warships he served on,
when he came ashore, where dis
charged, what he did after that, where
he was employed, and so on, from his
arrival in this world to the night of
the "little buggy ride on the moonlit
evening" of January 10. 1914. when his
mother, brother and self were driven
out of the North River country.
United States Land Office records
and Judge G. A. C. Richardson, reg
istrar at Seattle, are being extensively
used in the case, and it was indicated
Saturday that one of the big issues of
the case will be the rights of the van-
derpools or Rosses to the land that was
in dispute between them. The oppos
ing counsel had agreed on a stipulated
set of facts covering some of the points
in land-office records, but others are
still in question.
On account of other court business
the trial will not be resumed tomor
row. The jurors are being kept to
gether, however, in charge of the court
bailiffs.
HIGHER SALARIES URGED
LABOR BODY WOULD INCLUDE
PRESIDENT IN LIST.
Advances From lO to S3 1-3 Per Cent
Proposed for All Employes in
Federal Service.
WASHINGTON. Dec 10. An effort
by the American Federation of Labor
to induce Congress to grant wage and
salary increases to all employes of the
United States Government, from Presi
dent down, was planned at a meeting
today.
Resolutions were adopted setting
forth that Government salaries have
not kept pace with the cost of necessi
ties of life and directing that Congress
be earnestly petitioned to grant in
creases ranging from 10 -to 38 1-3 per
cent to all Government employes.
The proposals are as follows:
Employes receiving salaries of less
than $1000 er annum, an increase of
33 1-3 per cent, provided that no em
ploye shall receive compensation at a
rate of less than $3 a day, if paid by
the day: $90 a month, if paid by the
month, or $1080 a year, if paid by the
year.
Employes receiving salaries of looo
or more but less than isuu per annum,
an increase of 25 per cent.
Employes receiving salaries of $1500
or more but less than $2000 per annum,
an increase of 20 per cent.
Employes. receiving salaries of $2000
or more but less than $2500 per annum.
an increase of 15 per cent.
Employes receiving salaries of $2500
or more, 10 per cent.
Should the plan be accepted by Con
gress without any reservation, the
President, Cabinet officers and National
legislators would be included in the
class to receive a 10 per cent increase.
The labor committees, however,, will
confine their efforts chiefly to pro
curing increases In the lower-paid
grades.
The question of Increasing wages Is
already before the House and will be
taken up this week. Heads of several
departments have' recommended in
creases in numerous instances.
Towan Loses Libel Snlt.
.RED OAK, la., Dec. 10. The Jury In
the suit of ex-State Senator Jones
against J. N. "Wllkerson. a Kansas City
detective, for $60,000 for libel in the
circulation of alleged rumors connect
ing Jones with ax murders at Cillisen,
Iowa, in 1914, returned a verdict for
the defendant at 12:15 o'clock, tonight.
The case was given to thet Jury at
11:35 o'clock Saturday night.
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From Left to Right (Top Rott) Earl Ttmmone, Joseph Axford. Vlrsrll Dolan,
Homer F. Blaine, John N. Howard, Clande Vandernool. Lower Row (Left
to Right) Enoch Dillard, Trenton Tldwell, Ernest Burke, AY a Iter Burke-,
Ralph N. Howard.
In addition to the men whose portraits are here shown, Mike Hanrahan
and James G. Simmons, a deputy Sheriff, are on trial also. The 13 cases are
being tried Jqlntly before Judge E. E. Cushman.
W. A. Watters' cabin was burned December 3. 1914. This was one of the
alleged acts of the ranchmen, known as North River night-riders, who are on
trial in the Federal Court in Tacoma on the charge of interfering with Gov
ernment procedure in land cases. Conspiracy is the specific allegation most
prominently brought out by the grand Jury which Indicted the 13 men.
PLAY IS MYSTIFYING
'The Miracle Man" Ably Pre
sented at Baker.
HAPPY PHILOSOPHY GIVEN
Drama Is Distinguished as Only Play
of Its Kind Ever Produced by
George 31. Cohan, of Musical
Comedy and Farce Fame.
CAST OF "THE MIRACLE MAN."
The Patriarch. . ..George P. Webster
Doc Madison Albert McGovern
Helena Ruth Gates
Harry Evans Charles Compton
Michael Coogan Will LJoyd
Hiram Higglns George R. Taylor
Martha Hlgglns Lor a Rogers
Betty Higgins Ruth Lechler
Tom Holmes Henry Norman
Mar Holmes Florence Darling
Eddie Holmes Corry Jones
David Harold Holland
Bobby . Raymond Johnson
BT LEONE CASS BAER.
A door to happiness Is set ajar in the
philosophy of "The Miracle Man." The
Alcazar Players are putting on this
play, which George M. Cohan drama
tized from the novel by Frank L. Pack
ard. It is the only instance on record
in which George M. Cohan has been
identified with the dramatization of
any play other than farce comedy or
musical comedy. So for that one thing
alone the play would hold a certain
interest.
But more than this, the interest lies
in the fact that it is difficult to recall
any drama fashioned along the same
lines with such marked success in ex
citing curiosity, arousing thrills and
preventing even the most astute on
lookers from guessing the solution until
the playwright is ready for its disclos
ure in the last few moments of the
final act.
The play has a certain appeal due to
the heart interest which the author
and dramatist have developed, and to
the homely, splendid philosophy of
many of its lines. And )f one under
stands its preachment there is no tax
on credulity, nor is there anything il
logical in its situations.
Briefly, the big idea back of the piay
is the denying of error, the seeking of
truth and an expounding of self-help.
It is a shutting of doors to worry, dis
ease and sickness and an opening of
the portals to happiness.
"Seek the trath and learn happi
ness," falls from the lips of the aged
patriarch, the "Miracle Man." It is
launched as the theme of the play like
a orelude in music.
The Miracle Man is an old man who
lives in a little village In Needley, Me.,
and by his teachings and healings keeps
love end truth and health abiding in
the community.
Three men and a woman crook come
to the village, the men posing as
health-seekers, the girl assuming to be
the patriarch a long-lost greatniece.
Their object is to turn the old man's
gift into a money-making venture. But
these who came to scoff remain to pray.
and this is carried into the attitude of
the audience, too.
Much of the play's effectiveness is
due to the excellent casting of the
players, and to Walter Gilbert's cap!
tal stage direction. George P. Web
ster plays the patriarchal miracle man
with impressive powers; Albert Mc
Govern played a strongly emotional
role as the leader of the men crooks,
while Ruth Gates achieved a triumph
by her personal grace and intelligent
grasp of the significance or the some
what contradictory elements of the rol
of the girl impostor.
Charles Compton gave a strikingly
sincere portrayal of a "dope fiend," and
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Will Lloyd, as his pal. and the third
man In the trio of crooks, played a dif
ficult role with admirable tact and
repression.
Two high lights of comedy were the
natural-as-life portraits of the gar
rulous old hotel keeper (George Tay
lor) and his busy wife (Lor a Rogers).
Ruth Lechler was winsome as their
daughter and Raymond Johnson puts
real comedy into hie role of a country
hotel "bellhop."
Corry Jones plays with capital effect
a bit of a little hurt lad. who is helped
by the miracle man. and Henry Nor
man a blustery role as his unbelieving
father.
Florence leaning, as a sweet mtl
lass, and Harold Holland, as a man of
work in the patriarch's home, complete
Whether you do or do not hsii.
in what the miracle man days, the
play can't hurt your views, and it may
do you some good.
RUSSIAN RAILWAY FINISHED
Petrograd and Romanoff Connected
by New Line.
PETROGRAD, via London. Dec. 10.
Completion of the Murran railway was
celebrated by the singing of a Te Deum
at the point where the tracks connect
in the presence of General Prince Con
stantino Bagratlon - Muchransky. the
Emperor's representative, who made the
Journey over the new line from Petro
grad to Romanoff.
In a telegram to the Emperor, Prince
sagratlon-Muchransky declared that
the construction of the most northerly
railroad would be completed success
fully, despite the difficulties of work
ing in the country of Polar nights.
Two Philadelphia policemen have de
signed a motorcycle to carry 'five men.
two fire extinguishers, a pulmotor, a
stretcher, a rubber pillow and a first
aid outfit at a speed of 60 miles an
hour.
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Fof Xmas or any other time
there's nothing more pleasing
or useful than a good oil heater.
Nine hours of solid comfort from
a gallon of PEARL OIL. Good
looking, dependable, durable.
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MRS. HANLEY FAVORED
R. R. BUTLER WOULD SEXD ELEC
TORAL VOTE BY WOMAX.
Republican of The Dalles Resents
Aperlon in Portland Paper.
Reasserts Party Loyalty.
THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 10. To the
Editor.) I have never heretofore
"broken into print" through the col
umns of a metropolitan paper, but I
noticed an article in the Portland
Evening Journal, under date of Satur
day, December t, on page 3 thereof,
stating that I was "brooding" over the
question as to wno would carry the
Presidential vote of ?on to Wash
ington, D. C. This "brooding" and
"heart-burning" is news to me. In fact,
I would not accept the honor if chosen,
as I am rather a busy man, and have
had the honor previously of carrying
and delivering the vote for Willfem
Howard Taft in 1908. I further have to
say that I have from my youth up
battled for Republicanism, and have
done more for the Republican party
than the Republican party has ever
done for me, except in a general way;
still I do not feel that the party owes
me anything, and am not asking any
thing at its hands, but I do feel that
I worked as loyally and faithfully in
the recent campaign for our defeated
leader as any one of my fellow electors.
So far as the selection of a mes
senger is concerned, I hereby announce
that I intend to cast my vote for Mrs.
Ed B. Hanley, of Medford. She does
not know of my intention, and will
probably be surprised, but she did more,
by far. than I to save Oregon for our
Republican ticket, and at least as much
as my fellow electors. Our candidate
for President in the recent election.
having stoutly championed the cause of
equal suffrage, would it not be meet
and proper to send a woman to cast
the vote of the state which stands out
as the great Republican oasis In a
Western desert of Democracy?
Incidentally I mifrht state that I did
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For Men
Gifts that appeal to the practical
side, both of those who give them
and of those who receive them.
Gifts appropriate - useful - eco
nomical. Here they are, gifts
galore, for you to choose from:
Neckwear at 50c and $1.
Gloves $1, $1.50 and $2.
Shirts Silk, madras, cam
bric, flannel $1.50, $2.00,
$2.50 or tip to $5.00.
Collars 15c each, 6 for
90c
Handkerchiefs Three for
25c, two for 25c, one for
25c.
Half Hoss Silk, lisle, cot
ton 25c and 50c.
Suit Cases and Bags $5
to $15.
Underwear 50c, $1.00,
$1.50 and up.
Umbrellas $1.00 to $5.00.
Pajamas $1.00, $1.50 and
$2.00.
LADIES! Let us make it clear that while this is a store
of men's things, it is not a store for men alone particu
larly at holiday time.v The tasteful selections of merchan
dise, the large values, the spirit of courtesy and willing
ness these make this store worthy of a place on your
shopping list. . '
Phegley & Cavender
At the Sign of the Cherry Tree.
Corner Fourth and Alder Streets.
not "trail" the ticket very badly In
either the primary or final election.
ROBERT R. BUTLER.
DR. H1NS0N IS INVITED
White Temple Asks ex-Pastor to Oc
cupy Pulpit Last Day of Year.
Dr. W. B. Hlnson Is expected to
return to Portland late this week, and
it is expected he will accept the in
vitation of the White "Temple pulpit
committee to preach the last sermon of
the year at the church at which he
gave his farewell sermon January 1.
1916. The invitation was telegraphed
to Dr. Hinson Saturday by A. L. Veazie,
of the pulpit committee, but an answer
will probably not be received until Dr.
Hinson arrives.
It will be Just a year since his de
parture from the pastorate of the
church, which has been filled by vari
ous visiting pastors since that time.
RATE CHANGE IS ORDERED
Washington Western Railway Not to
Continue Present System.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 10. The Interstate Com
merce Commission, in a decision today
held to be prejudicial the refusal of
the Washington Western Railway Com
pany to establish through routes and
Joint rates on lumber from points on
its lines, on the basis of group rates.
while maintaining such routes, and rates
from points on its propletary branches
from points on other roads and points
on the Columbia River in connection
with boat lines.
After Jauary 8 such refusal cannot
be persisted in.
EXCURSIONS TO WiMF U Atmi
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FROM
Portland, Eugene, Salem, Albany, Corvallis, For
est Grove, Hillsboro, St. Helens, Rainier, Astoria,
Ft, Stevens and Seaside and intermediate points.
LOS ANGELES
Round Trip $42.50
Selling dates: From S. P. S. stations December 23 and 28 and Oregon
Electric stations Dec. 22, 23, 27 and 28. Return limit on tickets sold
Dec. 22 and 23 will be Jan. 10, 1917, and for tickets sold Dec 27 and 28,
Jan. 14, 1917. Stopovers allowed.
Attractions in California U. of O. and U. of P. football and Tourna
ment of Roses in Pasadena Jan. 1; New Year's celebration in San
Francisco.
NORTH BANK TICKET OFFICE 5th and Stark.
Phones: Broadway 920, A 6671.
Lounging Robes Vicu
nas, flannels, etc. $5.00,
$7.50, $10.00.
Sweater Coats Ideal for
motoring and sport $4 to
$5.00.
Men's Hats Soft felt and
cloth hats, derbies, caps
50c to $5.00.
Jewelry Scarf Pins, Cuff
Links, Tie Fasteners,
Shirt Studs, Full Dress
Sets 25c to $1.00.
Kirschbaum Clothes
Suits and Overcoats from
these famous makers at
$15, $20, $25 and up.
Merchandise Orders For
any amount.
AVIATOR TO TRY AGAIN
SEATTLE-PORTLAND FLIGHT MAY
BE ATTEMPTED THIS WEEK.
orthwrtt Xon-Stop Aerial Record
Broken In Saturday's Trip; Favor-
ble Weather Awaited.
SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 10! (Special.)
Undeterred by yesterday's encounter
with a heavy fog near Tacoma, which
caused him fo abandon what was to
have been a non-stop flight from Se
attle to Portland, Aviator Herbert Mun
ter today announced he will make an
other trial this week if weather con
ditions are favorable. He made a new
Pacific Northwest flying record yes
terday remaining in the air two min
utes more-than an hour and traveling
90 miles. Munter was accompanied on
the flight by L. L. Locker, his mechan
ician and student aviator. The pre
vious non-stop record was made last
Spring by Floyd Smith, who flew to
Bremerton and back with W. E. Boeing
as a passenger.
Munter and Locker used the big
tractor seaplane, recently built for Mr.
Boeing, in their flight yesterday, leav
ing the Lake Union hangar of the Pa
cific Aero Products Company at 1:45
o'clock. On striking the fog at Ta
coma they mounted to aa altitude of
8000 feet in the vain hope of finding a
way through the bank.
Then they flew back down the Sound
to West Point, six miles north of Se
attle, and headed west to Bremerton at
a high altitude, hoping that a rift in
the fog might be discovered. Disap-'
pointed, they sailed back to the hangar.
Munter said the upper air was ex-
'tremely cold and "bumpy," making fly
llne' difficult snd hazardous.
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North Bank Rail
and Ocean Route.
Round Trip to
San Francisco, in
cluding Berth,
Meals and Extras
$26.70
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Pacific
Sails
Dec. 9, 14, 19. 23,
28. Lv. S. F. Jan.
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