Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 18, 1916, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIA MOXDAT, DECEMBER 18, 191G. CONGRESS AT WITS' FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF WRECKED SUBMARINE H-3 IN BREAKERS NEAR EUREKA, CAL. A Ei FOR REVENUES uon t duv a Trouble Encountered Finding Sources of Fundsto Fi nance Government. Musical Instrument W. A. MeDOrOALL, Mottles! Instrument xpert. R. S. McDOrCAlL. Moslcal Instrument Expert. 2 f - '4: ! RECESS TO BRING DELAY "I. District of Columbia Prohibition Slay Be Disposed Of Tills Week. Minimum Wage Bill to Be Discussed In Detroit. 4 A y 3 "Washington, Dec. 17. "With a hoi iday recess planned to ,, begin next Saturday and extend until January 2, Congressional leaders do not hope to accomplish anything before adjourn ment except the passage of a lew ap propriation bills In the House, ana pos sibly the disposition of the Sheppard prohibition bill for the District of Co lumbia in the Senate. Prohibition for the District of Co lumbia will be before the Senate again tomorrow, with amendments providing for a referendum, and Senator Smoot's substitute, which would not only bar manufacture and sale of liquors for bevera-ge purposes, but also prohibit importation of liquor for personal use Administration leaders expect the Issue to be disposed of before Friday at the latest. ', Wage Bill Up for Discussion. Democratic" Leader Kitchin will di rect his efforts in the House this week to obtaining passage of the third ap propriation measure, before the Christ mas recess. , Resuming consideration of the legis lation bill tomorrow, the House prob ably will pass it not later than Tues day. Discussion of the Nolan 3-a-day minimum wage bill for all Federal em ployee. which will be offered as an amendment, will require several hours, it is predicted. Proposed amendments seeking general' raises for Goverment clerks also will be offered in large numbers. Having disposed of this measure, th District of Columbia appropriation measure will be taken up. Considera tion of the diplomatic and consular ap propriation bill mav begin If the Dls trict measure Is passed before Friday. Revenue Source Hard to Find. The judiciary committee's favorable ' report on the Webb Nation-wide prohi bition measure probably will be eub mltted at the end of this week. A rule for consideration of the resolution will not be asked until after the recess. T7" nil ai-nl enffrava BmonHttiAnt resolution has been received by the VESSEL SWINGS ON PIVOT tiouse, ana & ruin prauuuiy win asked on It early in January also. The House ways and means commit tee la working hard In an endeavor to find funds to finance the Government next year, and it has its hands full. Chairman- Kitchin says he is at hto wits' end "to discover new sources of revenue. 9 -x -. .,:.-,.v.-i,v-4.,.r. h.-w-s.-.-.-.-S : v.v Si.-". ,-"t. T V l-i Photo by Freeman. VESSEL IN DISTANCE IS CHEYENNE, WHICH MADE FtTILP EFFORT TO AID STRANDED CRAFT SHflWJi IN FOREGROUND. FOG ENDANGERS H-3 Delayed .Salvage Operations Make Situation Serious. AUTOS SUPERSEDE STAGES' Ilorse-Drawn Vehicles to P"ass From Yellowstone National Park.' Sandbank Forms Under Submarine Amidships Attempts to Drift Xjine From Navy Tug Arap ahoe Is "Unsuccessful. EUREKA, Cal.. Dec. 17. (Special.) Heavy fog hanging over the vicinity of the wreck of the United States sub WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Completion I marine H-3 today seriously hampered of long-talked-of plans for substituting salvage operations, with the result that automobiles for the picturesque horse- I tonight the situation is even more drawn stages in Yellowstone National I serious than at any time. The sub- l'ark was announced tonight by faecro- I marine has been washed some 50 feet tary Lane. '' I higher on the beach since Thursday Next Summer there will bo 10 pas- I and has turned around, so that she now leneer motor cars to speed visitors is stern on shore. A sandbank which through the long stretches of forest, I has formed under her amidships forms giving them time to linger at points I a pivot on which the vessel swings. of special Interest. 1 At low tide today children wading The passing of the horse- is a feature I into the surf were able to approach of a general reorganization of living within a few feet of the H-3. Although and transportation facilities in the 1 attempts to drift a line in from the park, under which better hotel and I Navy tug Arapahoe were made- today. camp service is promised. they were not successful. While the sea still is calm, it Is iaali7d that o fltArm mnv firUo fat o n V WRECK SURVIVORS ARRIVE "me. owing to weather conditions at mis time ox year, ana mat every day Steamship Safe In Port. NEW YORK, Deo. 17. Eleven sur vivors of the Spanish steamship Pio IX, wrecked in a storm and sunk several hundred miles off the Canary Islands GERMA?S ADMIT LOSS OF VILLAGE steamship Buenos Aires. Eleven others I ' AND WOOD. were reported to have been saved by a French tornedo-boat. Forty of the crew. Including the General Aivene ueciares -rest i west the War Department with sespect to the much discussed weapon and direct ing that controversy among Army, offi cers over it cease. . The sttatement shows that the inspector-general ' was directed to In vestigate the treatment of the Lewis gun, named after Its Inventor, a former Army officer. " A board of officers al ready had agreed with previous boards that the gun was not suitable for ex tensive purchase for the Army. The inspector-general's conclusions are reported in today's statement. The Secretary, says that he finds no offi cial record that Colonel Lewis ever offered his gun In any way to the United States Government: that the American Arms Company In 1913 made the only offer, 100 guns at $1000 each, with privilege for Government manu facture on a royalty basis; that tests of 'the gun were conducted by regularly constituted boards; that the Savage Arms Company in April of this year wrote General Crozier, chief of ord nance, expressing entire satisfaction with the work of the last board; that the nun's failure to oats its endurance test caused its exclusion from fieldi tests; aad! finally, that the records do not show any hostility on the part of General Crozier or the ordnance de partment toward the Lewis gun, but do show that the Department, by direction of its chief, offered the owners of the gun every possible facility in placing it before the tesking ihoard. GAS KILLS LAWYER Jacob M. Blake Is Asphyxiated ' in San Francisco. Until You See Our Wonderful Stock Buy Musical Instruments From Musical Instrument Experts Vc SllggCSt ur Prices Are the Lowest Ukuleles Violins Hula Dolls Steel Guitars Mandolins Cornets VegaJ5anjos Accordions Trombones Vega Banjo Mandolins Violin Cases Clarinets Vega Tenor Banjos Music Bags Autoharps Drums, All Prices Music Stands Fifes Free Course of Instruction on Every Instrument Sold Authorized Agents for C. G. Conn Band Instruments McDougall Music Co. UNTIL H.MAS 325 Alder Street, Oregonian Bldg. Phone Marshall 95 Musical Instruments Repaired Special Attention to Mail Orders "When Looking for Anything Musical, See McDougall First." Michaels. Azores, to Lloyd's. The dis patch adds that three of the crew have been landed at St. Michaels; the re mainder were drowned. The Marcus L. Urann. 'a five-masted schooner of 1S99 tons gross registry, was built in 1904 and was owned by the Coastwise Transportation Com pany, of Boston. MARSHF1ELD ONCE HOME RADIUM' FAILS IN CANCER Head of Research Fund Reports on Experiments. NEW YORK. Dec 17 After ex haustive tests the use of radium as a cure for- cancer and tumors has been found to be a failure, according to the annual report of Dr. Francis Carter Wood, head of the Crocker Cancer Research Fund of Columbia University made public tonight. For cases on which operation is not possible, radium is successful as a palliative only, the report says: " j "It Is unquestionably possible to pro long life in a few instances. Dr. Wood says, "and to make the patients more comfortable by the employment of large quantities of radium. 'On the other hand It is equally cer tain that the use of small quantities, say 20 to 60 milligrams of radium element, often results In a rapid ex tension of the tumor, so that the patient's condition is worse than if he had been left alone. FUEL FAMINE IS 'SERIOUS CIENTISTS PLAN TRIP IMPORTANT EXPEDITION INTO FRENCH CONGO OUTLINED. FRENCH G0NTINUEDR1VE captain, were drowned. Nine of the men on the Buenos Aires were picked up from an Improvised raft and two of them from a lad-der. Is Conclusive of Superiority Over Enemy's Forces. Grant County Man Boys Stock, CANYON CITY. Or., Dec. 17. (Spe- BERLIN, Dec. 17. (By wireless to ISayville, N. Y.) French forces con tinued their attack east of the Meuse rial.) While attending the annual live- says today's official statement, and stock show recently hete in Portland I captured Bezonvaux and the wood to William Byram. of this city, purchased the west of that village. The French a 2-year-old registered Shorthorn I advance was checked in front of Ger- heifer. paying J500 for it. He owns a man positions on heights north, of valuable herd of thoroughbreds of thta I Bezonvaux. breed. His stock farm is located 12 I Attempts of British detachments to miles from here on Upper Canyon I enter German trenches near Hannes- Creek. - Mr. Byram attends the show I camps were repuisea. each year and always makes a pur chase to add to his herd, besides dla-1 PARIS, via London, Deo. 17. Gen posing of some of his registered stock. I eral Nlvelle, recently appointed com mander-in-chief of the armies in the north and northeast, was Present in D) I the successful operations on Decem ber 15 north of Verdun. On leaving for his new headquarters General Ni- velle spoke as follows: "The test is conclusive; our method has proved sound. Once more the Sec ond army has Just asserted in the, high est degree its morale and material as cendency over the enemy. Victory is certain, I give you assurance. Germany will learn to her cost. A Gamble in Souls spectacular and dramatic story of a preacher and a dance-hall girl on a desert island, WITH William Desmond AND Dorothy Dalton "Black Eyes and Blue" A ripping Keystone, with' pretty JUANITA HANSEN as the star. ARGENTINA SENDS CONSUL Country to Be Represented for First Time In West. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. The Ar gentine republic is to be represented in the Western United States for the first time by a Consul-General, who. In the person of Horaclo Bossl caceras, ar rived here today. Mr. Caceras will make ala headquar ters here, but his consular Jurisdiction, he said, will extend over 10 other Western states. He said today he was desirous of promoting trade between the Southern republic ana tne unitea estates. LEWIS GUN IS CONDEMNED Secretary Baker .Orders End Army Controversy. to Columbia Sixth at Washington WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Official condemnation of the Lewis machine gun. extensively purchased for th British and Canadian armies, is ex pressed in a formal statement issued tonight by Secretary Baker, assuming full responsibility for the action of Former Wife Was Daughter of Spo - kane Millionaire and Brother Now on Bench at Spokane -Also Survives Him. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17. (Special.) Acob Moore Blake, member of the law firm of Blake & De Vail, was ac- European Cities Surfer lor Lack ol cldentally asphyxiated today in nis i , t apartments at 2152 Pine street. He . Transportation. was found lying on the floor of the bathroom by Robert W. FjAnk. with whom Mr. Blake made his home. tn.A f ffh.rnT.r,', becoming more serious throughout i0 Europe, according to Swiss news- papers. The output of German mines is said to be normal, but the principal towns and factories, especially at Ber lin. are said to be thort of fuel be cause of lack of transportation facili ties The Germans have cut down ship- Advance Guard of Professors to Take Supplies for 18 Months' Sojourn la Search of Specimens. NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Plans were made public here tonight for what ex perts representing the Smithsonian Institution declare will be the most important scientific expedition ever launched from this country to the French Congo. Professor R. L. Garner. of this e,Ity, and F. Aschmeier. of Washington, who form the advance guard of the expedition, will sail from this city on the return voyage of the French line steamship Chicago. They will carry several tons of supplies, preparatory to an 18 months' sojourn in the Congo. The object of the ex pedition is to obtain zoological spec! mens for the Smithsonian Institution and to make ethnological collections. They will be followed in March by Alfred H. Collins,of Philadelphia, and Professor Charles Wellington Furlong of Boston. Mr. Collins is a big game hunter and explorer. Mr. Aschmeier for five years past has been .associated with ttie Smithsonian Institution as a taxider mist and naturalist. Professor Fur long, who is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an explorer, writer and painter, previously has been in Africa. Professor Garner also has been in Africa, having lived among the na tives in the French Congo and learned their language. office, who lives near by, was caused by a leaking gas heater in the base ment of the house, used for heating water. Gas fumes filled the entire ouse when he arrived. Dr. Stafford said. Mr. Blake formerly . practiced law In De Vail In 1910. His former wife Uvea f,ent " th", situation is not re in Spokane. A brother, who is a Su perior Court judge in Washington, also survives him. SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. 17. (Spe clal.) Judge Jacob Moore Blake was the son of the late Judge R. o. Blake, of Spokane, and a brother of Superior Judge Bruce Blake, of Spokane County, He was educated in the schools of Spo kane, was graduated from the Univer sity of Michigan and practiced law for several years In Spokane. He married Helen Peyton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Peyton, and the wedding was a society event. Mr. Peyton Is a mil llonaire, ROBBER SUSPECTS HELD Sheriff at Salem Says One Answers Description of Eugene Fugitive. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) Sheriff Esch. of Marion County, today arrested two men on the Southern Pa cific Railroad track near the State School for the Feeble Minded, to hold pending developments, one of the men answering the description of a man who held up the Southern Pacific ticket office at Eugene. They gave their names as C. Henderson and Joseph Mc Gee, and are members of the Industrial Workers of the World, the Sheriff said. Henderson was dressed like the man described as the robber and sIbo had a blue and white bandana, similar to the one worn by the man wanted at Eugene. Neither of the men had fire arms or money. INDIAN LANDS TO BE SOLD Public Auction to Be Held on Crow Reservation In Januay. BILLINGS, Mont., Dec. 17. Approxl mately 110.000 acres of land in the Big Horn and Little Big Horn valleys, within the Crow Indian Reservation will be sold by the Government at public auction at Crow Agency on January 2 next. All bids must equal or exceed th appraised value of the land, which averages $20 an acre. The proceed will be divided between SOO Indian beneficiaries. GENEVA. Switzerland. via Paris Dec. 17. The question of a fuel supply lieved, train service on Swiss railroads must be reduced one-half. It Is believed here that the situation In Italy is worse. MARSHALL NOT CANDIDATE Federal District Attorney Will Not Seek Another Term. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. H. Snowden Marshall. United States District Attor ney for the Seventh District of New York, announced tonight that he will ARMY SURGEON DIES Chief of Western Department Passes Suddenly. HEART DISEASE IS CAUSE ties when the steamship arrived here from Falmouth today. By 'whom the order was Issued and the reason for the detention were not disclosed. The immigration officers merely said the passenger was to go to Ellis Island for "further examination." Oppenheim's comment on the occur rence was "it's only a trifle, which win b ndlnstod." Colonel Henry S. T. Harris In Serv ice Since 18S6 and Had Been Surgeon of Volunteers In Spanish-American War. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) Colonel Henry S. T. Harris. Chief Surgeon of the Medical Corps of the Western Department. U. S. A., was found dead In bed today In his apart ments at the Family Club. Death is presumed to have been caused by heart disease. The Army officer's body was found by a fellow club member, A. R. Mc Cracken. who occupies apartments di rectly opposite Colonel Harris room. McCracken opened the door when he received no response to his knock. Colonel Harris came to San Fran cisco from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyom ing, a year ago. He was born In Vir ginia November 25, 1863. From Vir ginia he wax appointed an assistant surgeon In the Army January 5, 1888. He became Captain and assistant sur geon of the Medical Corps June 6, 1891. He was appointed Major and' surgeon February . 1801; Lieutenant-Colonel February 28. 1909. and Colonel and Chief Surgeon of the Western Depart ment May 30, 1916. Colonel Harris served as Major and surgeon of volunteers In the Spanish American War. He was a bachelor. RICH BANKER DETAINED BARON ORDERED TO ELLIS ISLAND VFOR EXAMINATION. T v, m.v. 1,1, -n,ir -.. I not De a canaiaate lor reappointment Marshfleld, Or., about ten years ago when his term expires on May 7 next. h , nrnmlnnt there. The The United States Supreme Court Is couple went from there to San Fran- "till considering Marshall's appeal to Cisco and a little later Mrs. Blake was prevent the House of Representatives divorced from Blake. She married j""""'e v.....H. -- again. Mr. Blake was prominent, while in Spokane, in athletic circles, and popu lar In all quarters'. His mother lives in Spokane. m er his controversy with the committee of that body having Impeachment charges against him under considera tion. Cabin de Ldm Pnssensrer Is Not Per mitted to Land, but no Reason Is Revealed by Authorities. NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Baron R. B. Dppenhelm. a cabin de luxe passenger on the Holland-American line steam ship Noordam. said to be a member of a wealthy family of bankers with of fices In London and Paris, was pre vented from landing and ordered sent to Ellis Island by lmmigrtirn author!- "We Have with us Tonight" Politz Evening Clothes, snug, but easy, as befitting their less formal character, satin faced and satin piped on collar and pockets, tai lored with what the French call finesse, and cut with just enough curves to be THERE! And we can fit you, 'for we have assembled the most elastic range of sizes ever shown in ready-J:or-service dress clothes. Come In! MORGANS TAKE PARTNER MAN PENNLIE5S IS YEARS AGO ENTERS BANKING FIRM. Rise tn Financial Circles Rapid After I Capacity Has Been Shown ! Reorganising Trust Company. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. Thomas Coch ran. president of the Liberty National I Bank, of this' city, who came to New! York virtually penniless IS years ago, I will become a partner In the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. on January 1, It I was announced tonight. I Mr. Cochran was born In St. Paul I March 20, 1871. At the age of 29 he came to New York City in search, of fortune. His first employment here I was with a real estate company. He I attracted the attention of Henry P.I Davison, then vice-president of thol First National Bank, but now a. mem ber of J. P. Morgan & Co. In a search for "promising young men," Mr. Davison "discovered" Coch ran and selected him, together with Seward Prosser. now president of the Bankers Trust Company, to aid him in a plan to reorganize the Astor Trust I Company. Mr. Davison became chair-1 man of the executive committee of the! Astor Trust Company, and Mr. Cochran was made vice-president. His rise in financial circles was rapid after that. He will be the youngest of the li partners In the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. 5-MAST SCHOONER IS LOST Three of Crew of American Vessel Landed, Others Drowned. LONDON. Dec 17'.. Tho American schooner Marcus L. Urann has been abandoned in a. waterlogged condition. according to - a dispatch from .St. The eift that eliers For 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. - Prices: $3.75 to $7.75 e j. enecTion Clothes for Young Men and Their Fathers, Too WASHINGTON ST. AT SIXTH Oil Healer fiSSfv Dtalers Evtrjvjhtn STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) For best results use PEARL, OIL. SEE "MERRY CHRISTMAS" SAYS TUB Great Northern Railway1 CHRISTMAS A NEW TEAR HOLIDAY BATES. Tickets on Sale to Stations In Washlnerton and Idaho for the Holiday Season at Reduced Kates. Dates of Sale December ,21st to 25th Inclusive;. Final Return Limit January 3d. ROUND-TRIP FARES FROM POHTLA.Ui Kalama. l.ftrt Kelso 1$ 2.1 0 Chehalls. :J75 Everett. g S.KO Leavenworth. . .......... Wiri.lO Castle Rock. 2..; Wlnlock S a.2 Centralla. . S :S.OO Seattle ! 7.oO Bellingham S11.40 Wena tehee 811.10 And to Othwr Points In the Above Territory at Rate of Fare and One-Third for the Round Trip. Trains Leave Portland Iallr 10:00 A. CKMP.M, 12:30 Mld- niKbt. Tickets, Parlor and Sleeplng-Car Reservations at City Ticket Office, 34S Washington Street, or at Depot. Tenth and Hoyt Sts. raff 11 M. Dickson. C. P. T. A. Telephones Marshall 3071. A 22SS A