Jffo wfatog Jjjj y VOL.. Li VI. NO. 17,511. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 1917. riUCE FIVE CENTS. WEALTHY SUSPECT INNOCENT CONVICT BEARS NO MALICE KNIFE IS WIELDED AT CLUB MEETING AMATEUR RADIO IS: TESTED BY RELAYS JO JO SAVES ZOO MONKEY HOUSE POPE ACTS TOWARD E IJIGHT YEARS IJf PRISON ARE STRUGGLE TO FORGIVE. MESSAGE SENT FROM HART FORD, CONN., TO HOQCLUI. MELODRAMATIC HERO DISCOV ERS BLAZE, SOUNDS ALARM. CAR CRUSHES AUTO; I DEAD, 1 INJURED - - Luscher Girls, of Fair view, Are Victims. COMMITS SUCD CHRISTIAN REUNION 7 K V Secret of Murder of Model Not Told. DETECTIVES ARE TOO JJE Fatal Shot Fired as'PoIice Rap for Admittance. FULL PREPARATIONS MADE 5"oung Pittsburgcr Had Expected At rest and Provided Himself With i New Rifle No Written Ei 'V planation ' Is Found. r ATLANTIC CITT. N. J., Jan. 4. Bernard "Wesley Lewis, scion of wealthy Pittsburg family, wanted in connection with the murder of Mazie Colbert, a model, in Philadelphia last Sunday, committed suicide tonight as detectives rapped for admittance on the door of his apartment to arrest him. Young Lewis braced his feet against the bathtub adjoining his bedroom in V. ...... 1.... - L . 1 TT11 I ounce, vuja on sum avenue and pulled the trigger of a 22-caliber rifle. The detectives, hear ing the shot, forced their way into the apartment, but they were too late. Lewis was dead when they reached his side. Death Is Instantaneous. The shot entered the man's temple and death is believed to have been in stantaneous. That Lewis anticipated arrest and made preparations to kill uui8ii is inuicaiea oy tne iact mat the rifle was new. Captain of Detectives Malseed yes terday received a communication from Captain of Detectives Tate, of Phila delphia, asking him to endeavor -to find Lewis. Detectives Farley and Totten were assigned to the case. They succeeded in ascertaining that the father of . Lewis, "Wen man Lewis. a retired coal operator, resided 1 house near the States Villi about four I Scrapers, snow plows and large num years ago. I bers of men are needed to keep the On inquiry they learned that- Ber-1 Bard Lewis was known at States Villa, I but up to 9 o'clock last night he had I not arrived at the house, an there was then no indication that he would I do so. Shot Heard . Door Is Tried. uuui o o ciock tonignt word came lo captain jviai- the description of Lewis had entered! States Villa and was then partaking i nis evening meal, jrariey and Totten hastened to the house on States ave- Hue. On inquiry from a maid at the door they learned Lewis had gone to ms room on tne tnira rioor. They nasienea up tne stairs and rapped at the door of the bedroom. wno is there? Lewis called out. we nave a message for you." Farley answerea. us in." All right, was the reply. A moment later the detectives heard a, door bang inside the room. Their tempting to make his escape through window. They hastened to an ad' Joining room from which there was a communicating door to the bathroom or Lewis' apartment. As they tried the door the rifle shot was heard. Keyhole Is Plugged. They tried to Insert a key in the yfloor, but found that the keyhole had been plugged. They then went to the door leading to Lewis' bedroom. There tliey effected an entrance. They found the door to the bathroom locked and Were forced to break it open. Lewis was found half reclining in the bathtub, with his foot braced against the head. The .trigger of the . 22-caliber rifle was still clasped in his hand and the end of the barrel rested against his temple. Lewis had removed his coat. He was attired in blue striped shirt, black trousers and black shoes. His fingers showed several scratches. On the bureau were several copies of today's Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New York newspapers. i One contained the flaring headline across the front page, "Girl May Solve Model Mystery." Underneath this was a cut of Malzie Colbert. Lewis was positively identified by xne owners oi me noiei. ie was a man apparently about 38 years old, dark complexion and extremely high fore head, rather prepossessing in appear. ance. He had little luggage and only $8 and some change in money. According to persons at the hotel, he arrived there at 10 o'clock Wednesday sight. He appeared rather morose and uncommunicative. He had been ab sent from the house much of the day. but his movements between the time he arrived at the house Wednesday night and the time of the suicide had not been traced. Lewis had pinned a towel over the transom of his bedroom door. On the bureau was a box of 22- caliber cartridges and an extra car tridge lay; on a ledge within his reach in the bathroom. KNOWLEDGE OF CRIME DENIED Young Man Said to Have Talked With Teachers Over Telephone. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 4. The death by his own hand in an Atlantic City notei lonigui oi nernara w. J-ewls. a wealthy young Pfttsburger. as he was .Concluded oa Peg 2, Column . "I Hate No Man," Says Victim of Perjured Testimony, Preparing to Begin Life Over Again. CHICAGO. Jan. 4. Bent, -white- haired, although only 60 years old. Cleveland to begrin life anew. Billik was freed after serving eight years in the State Prison at Joliet following his conviction for murder on testimony which now is admitted to have toeen perjured. He bore no malice, he said, toward Jerry Vrzal. who confessed he had per jured himself to convict Billik of the murder of one of five members of the Vrzal family, who died by poison. In fact, commenting on reports that his daughter Edna, 19 years old, is en gaged to Vrzal, he said: Jf she loves him I shall be satisfied to see them -married. Every day of the eight years I was in prison I struggled to forgive those whose falsehoods sent me there. I have conquered. I for give them all. I hate no man." Billik says he expects, with the financial assistance of a sister, to es tablish a grocery business in Cleve land. TARDY CONVICT REPORTS "Square Deal" Editor on Way Back to Kansas Prison. LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Jan. 4. Tex" Schapper, editor of "Square Da, I tVia nrlann rrcar at triA Kf nT H Penitentiary here and one of 17 con- - virt. iMrnl.H fnr rThristmna. Tenorted from Fort Worth. Tei, today that he was on his way back to prison. eBe cause of being 36 hours late be will lose his honor standing. ,- Schapper is serving an indeterminate term of from 10 to 21 yeans for bank robbery. All of the convicts who re ceived honor paroles, except Schapper, have returned to prison. SNOW FALLS FOUR DAYS Railroads and Cities Are Facing Problem With Plows. LA GRANDE, Or.. Jan. 4. (Special:) -Union County people are beginning to worry about snow. Snow has been falling for four days nearly continu oualy, and streets are already present' lng problems to city authorities. thoroughfares open. Railroads have trouble with the mountain lines and rotaries are going all the time. Fortunately, the weather la moderate. VIFNNA Ffll K STFA! FOOD Burgomaster Threatens to Resign "Unless Hungary Sends Provisions. reneva. via Paris. Jan. 4. The Bur- gomaster of Vienna threatens to resign i tt., food to Vienna, according to reports received here. I He is quoted as saying that the nrlsnm .r filled chleflv with women hind -hnnrn mnvid of bavins- atnlnn food, while housewives are afraid to go shonnlne- for food even in the nrin clpal streets, owing to robberies and assaults, DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGUN Clocks Set Ahead One Soar In New South Wales. ., SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. All clocks in New south waies were set ahead one hour January 1 to save daylight. according to a cablegram received to day by the Australian Trade Commis sion here. A daylight saving act has also been passed in the state of Victoria, it was said. POSTMEN'S RISE FAVORED House Committee Agrees on Pro posed Pay Increase. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 Postal clerks and carriers, both urban and rural, would receive increases of from 5 to 10 per cent in their salaries by a bill agreed on by the Houfie postal commit tee today. The increase would affect about 200,- 000 carriers and cost $10,000,000 year. DUMA MEMBER IS MISSING Assassination of 31. Jollos in Russia Is Suspected. BERLIN. Jan. 4 (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) The assassination of M. Jollos, an influential member of the Russian Duma, is reported by the Overseas News Agency. According to this report. M. Jollos I disappeared mysteriously a short time ago. and it is believed he was the vic tim of a political murder. SPRING HARBINGER HERE With Snows Passing Robins Come ; and Stanfield Exults. STANflELD. Or., Jan. 4. (Special.) I Many robins have appeared around I Stanfield. Old settlers here say this I is a sure sign of an early Spring. Whether or not this is true remains to be see, but the weather is likel balmy Spring today. The sun is shin-1 lag and. .the snow. Is nearly, all gone, to FORTY-FIVE CLUB ORGANIZED Nation-Wide Attack to Be Made on Age Embargo. J. D. MANN IS PRESIDENT Speakers Point Out That Man Past 4 5.1s in His Prime and That 'Capabilities Tor Service Great. Young Men Are Criticised. After E. L. McClure. fanatic, with open pocketknife" and a shout for blood if ' his efforts to seize the meeting were physically resented, had been dis posed of with police aid. about ' 200 representative Portland men past 45 years of age reassembled at the Pub lic Library last night and organized a serious, purposeful Forty-five Ef ficiency Club, designed to fight the National and local age-limit civil serv ice rules, promote happiness and hope among matured men and to spread the gospel far and wide that a man of 45 and over has just reached his best faculties. By a subterfuge, which had caused a misunderstanding in the reservation for a meeting place at the Library. Mr. McClure proclaimed that he had called the meeting and demanded that he be recognized as the self-appointed chairman of the meeting. Attempt Made to Rttua. Fred Spoeri, manager of the Pacific Telephone Sc. Telegraph Company, had, two weeks before, been named . tem porary chairman and with sveral others, including Attorney Jehn ' D. Mann, sought to argue Mr. McClure out of his stand. They were met with open resistance and all the vigor of Mr. McClure's 68-years until the -police arrived. The meeting was for a few minutes demoralized and some actually left the meeting. But there still remained 200 who had come there last night and some two weeks ago determined. Cries Reaoand Throsgh Hall. Mr. McClure had arranged for Library Hall. The regular Forty-five Club members had arranged for Room H. Mr. McClure, seizing his opportunity, took possession of Room H, and before the regular faction could realize their right to the hall. Mr. McClure had threatened bis violence and made the library halls and corridors resound with his shouts "I have licked the plu tocrats." McClure was taken to the station by Patrolmen Irvin and Tully, and Mr. Spoeri, Mr. Mann and others will ap pear against him today in Municipal Court. Mr. McClure was held and his E. L. McClure Tries Capture Chair. mmm . e . a . a a . a t LA WSON HAS THEM GUESSING AT WASHINGTON. ' t t v 1 i ' . : 1 : : fl. ' n .SK'Wt i j . i x 4 I, . L If I .1 . r I T i r 'fs' -ziy- -s ' iu i 1 - I i I 1 vow &4r c5S?r rWV3 C2 I II l I y x-c o OAVV i rial W I i I I Ss Zm, VtWVVf r-' KJJ I t it x .... jw r J) s it 1 1 r: m 1 1 s ' N.r 1 1 1 I I y 5r v--v II I I nn . ex vy JT' T II 11 - - . i 1 Albany, N. Y., St. Mary's O., Chi cago, Grand s Forks, X. D., and La Grande, Or., Participate. HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 4. Amateur wireless operators in eight cities early today participated in a test, under the auspices of the American Radio Relay League, of relaying a message from Hartford. to Hoquiam, Wash., and re turn. Hiram Percy Maxim, of this city, president of the league, said if the test proved successful it would be the first time such a feat was accomplished by amateurs in this country. The message was sent from a local newspaper at 12:30 o'clock and it was expected it would be caught and re layed from the following cities: Al bany. St. Mary's, Ohio, Chicago, Grand Forks. N. D., Lewlstown, Mont.. La Grande. Or., and thence to a Hoquiam newspaper. The message would be relayed bsck by the same route. MEN'S STYLES UNCHANGED Next Winter's Popular Colors to Bo Blue, Gray and Brown. CINCINNATI. Jan. 4. No great changes in the fashion of garments worn at present will be made in men's clothing during the Fall and Winter of 1917-18. If the styles exhibited at the annual convention of the National Association of Clothing Designers. which 'opened here today, are observed. The most popular shades worn by the models were blue, gray and brown. TAR SENTENCED FOR THEFT Navy Pay Too Small to Support Family, Yeoman's Excnse. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. "A man can't stay in the United States Navy and support his family on S14 month," F. J. Hill, a yeoman aboard the United States steamer destroyer Hull. said in the United States District Court today in pleading guilty to stealing 25 money order at the Mare Island Navy-yard. He was sent to Jail. 60,000 ARE DRUG ADDICTS Habit. Not Confined to. Any. Class in Massachusetts. BOSTON. Jan. 4. An - estimate that 60.000 persons in this state are addicted to the drug habit was included in the report today of a commission appointed by Governor McCall to investigate the drug evil. The habit, it was said, is not con fined to any particular class of people. LOAN STOCK DATE IS SET Farm Bank Subscription Books Open January 10. to WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. January 10 has been tentatively agreed upon by the Federal Farm Loan Board as the day for opening stock subscription books to the 12 farm loan banks. The books will be opened in each city where there is a farm loan bank. ?per : ' ACCIDENT AT GRADE GROSSING Linnemann Junction, on Esta- cada Line, Is Scene. CARS SLIDE AFTER STRIKING Wrecked Machine Carried 200 Feet, Although Train Is Checked at Once Sisters, Unaccompa nied, Driving to Funeral. Miss Lily Luscher, 18 years, o.f age. was instantly killed, and " her sister. Rosalind. 21, was '.terribly Injured when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by an inbound Estacada electric train at Linnemann Junction. 11 miles southeast of Port. land, yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock The father, Jacob Luscher. is a pros- perous rancher of the Fairview district. The sisters were on their way to sing at the funeral of Mrs. Hattle Sten- burg, a friend of the family. The accident occurred about 700 feet east of Linnemann Junction, where a grade crossing is established on the line of the Portland. Railway. Light as Power Company. An Estacada electric train, with Motormaa L Smith In charge, was approaching the station at a speed estimated by railway men to have been between 20 and 25 miles an hour. The automobile in whlrh the two sisters were driving unac companled approached the track, trav eling south. Machine Carried 20O Feet. The automobile shot out from behind a large signboard (which screens the approach, witnesses say, and rolled onto the track when the train was but a raw feet away. The train struck It fairly in the middle and for a distance of 200 feet bore St ahead, a rolling. rending mass of Wood and metal, in which the young vAmen were trapped. When the train wa stopped the body of Lily Luscher was found in the mid dle of the track noma distance back, battered and broken and blackened with oil from the wrecked automobile. Her sister. Rosalind, was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken by automobile to Gresham, where she was attended by Dr. S. .P. Blttner. A short time later she was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital by the Ambulance Service Company. , She has a broken rib, a fractured wrist and may be In jured Internally. Tragedy Has Two "Witnesses. Deputy Coroner Smith was summoned at once and convoyed the body of the dead girl to the public morgue, after making a thorough investigation of the accident and contributory causes. He discovered two witnesses of the trag - i (Concluded on Pats 3. Column 2.) I On Sight of Flames From Chimney Shaft Monkey Starts Riot to At tract Help Damage $5. Jo Jo, the big monkey at the Wash ington Park Zoo, was the melodramatic hero yesterday in a fire that threatened for a time to destroy the monkey house and all its inmates and possibly a big part of the zoo. Jo Jo discovered the blaze In its ln- clplency, sounded a wild alarm and saved the day after not more than a damage had been done. The fire started from sparks from the chimney shaft of the heating plant. Jo Jo saw the flames when they first be gan to eat through the roof and at once started a riot to attract help. He screeched wildly and tore with all his might at his cage, making a general up roar that brought Zookeeper Charles Herman to the scene. Running into the monkey house Mr. Herman saw at once what was up and calling help, grabbed buckets and be gan fighting the flames. Jo Jo after getting the help he desired Quieted down and watched the fight anxiously. A dozen or so buckets of water put the fire out. Had the fire got a start of a few minutes more It probably would have wiped out the greater part of the zoo. so Jo Jo is the hero of Animal Row at the park. TEXTILE $5 BILL SEIZED Replica Woven in Form of Towel Violates Counterfeiting Law. CHICAGO. Jen. 4. A Turkish towel. a replica of a 15 bill, which had been on exhibition in a local saloon, was confiscated by Government secret serv ice operatives today. The towel, three feet nine Jnches long and one foot 10 Inches wide, contains all the coloring, figures and. serial numbers of a piece of currency, all woven into it In vari colored materials, and Is, according to Governmnet agents, the only thing of its kind they ever saw. There will be no prosecution. It was announced, although it was confiscated under the counterfeiting act. OSWEGO EDITOR ASPIRANT E. James Jones Would Be Calendar Clerk of Lower House. To the list of candidates for desk positions in the organization of the House in the coming Legislature should be added the name of E. James Jone. editor and publisher of the Os wego Times, who is a candidate for calendar clerk. Mr. Jones is one of three candidates for this position, the two others being Charles W. Erskine, of Bend, who was calendar clerk at the 1519 session, and Fred J. Meindl, of Portland. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 52 degreea; minimum. 46 decrees. TODAY'S Rain; moderate southerly vlnda War. Belgians say Germans starve those who re fuse to work, i'ago 5. Mexico. Interest In Mexican policy centera oa what Wilson -will do next, rasa 2. Foreign. Pope Initiates movement toward Christian reunion, raiti 1. National. Senator Worka calls Wilson despot. Pace 2. Senate declines to permit forced action on peace resolution, rago o. Employers disagree over proposed arbitra tion laws. Fags 6. Domestic. Rich youns- Flttaburser. wanted In model murder mystery, commits suicide. Fas i Man. 33 years old. Inaugurated Governor or Nebraska. Fag z. Authority on "missing- link" Is visiting America. Page 2. Innocent man. tree after eight years in prison, bears no malice. Fage 1. Wireless amateurs rlaying- message across continent. Fage 1. Eleven pupil killed when tornado wrecks schoolhouse. Fage 3. pacific Northwest. Naval base commission inspects Columbia River. Paie 18. Many flla applications at The Dalles under 6-acre homestead act. Pag e. Professor Otis speaks on dairy farming at Corvallla. Page tt. ! Scramble on tor Jobs at Legislative session. Pass 6. Seattle railway brotherhood officials think strike danger Is growing less, r-sge i. Land BoaM says It cannot frame rural credit legislation. Fage lo. Sports. Seals may go to Sacramento lor training camp. Paga 14. Hunt Club course In shape for paper chase tomorrow. Page 14. Two hockey games, to be played tonight. Page IS. r Winged "M" unable to arrange games. Fage 14. Commercial and Marine. Eastern wheat demand continues In splta of break at Chicago. Fage IS. Rumors of another peace note atart wheat selling at Chicago, page ja. Investigation of Port Commission Indicated by demand 'or vouchers. Page. lb. Portland and Vicinity. Irrigation Congress outlines plans to reclaim arid landa, page . Concession msde to ex-employes by President Ball. Page 18. Northwest Tourist Association to meet in Portland tomorrow. Page 8. Head of Pyrene Manufacturing Company saya tourist la big factor. Fage 8. Bartholomew may lake stand today in own defense in murder trial. Page 8. Road conference discusses code. Page 9. Relief for Armenlana and Syrians yet de clared greatly needed, page 11. Jitneys use rata card. Page 13. White Temple calla Rex-. Calvin B. Waller, of Ashevllie. page 1. Estacada car crushes auto, killing girl and injuring sister. Faga 1. Jo Jo saves Washington Park Zoo's monkey- house. Fage l. Legislature to act on Nation-dry xnemoiiala. Paso 1-. Fanatic with knife tries to capture club nuetlng. Fage 1. Legislators In Portland to get acquainted. Fage 4. Moralt-.y play. "Experience" at Hellig teaches poweirui lesson, page 3. 1 Woaihsr. (port, data and forecast. Fage 18, Movement Begun by Leo XIII Renewed. SLAY INFLUENCE RECOGNIZED Validity of Episcopal Ordina tions Also Reopened. FULL FRIENDSHIP DESIRED rontifr Would Forestall Kvils of Re ligious Intolerance After War. Scientist Cardinal to Pre side Over Inquiry. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. Private let ters from the Vatican received by Dr. A. Palmlerl, of the Library of Congress, announce that Pope Benedict XV is about to appoint a commission of four cardinals to renew a movement begun by Pope Leo XIII and abandoned by Pope Plus X, looking to a reunion of Christianity and the cultivation of friendly relations with the Anglican Church. A public announcement from Rome on the subject Is expected soon. , Dr. Palmierl said tonight that the new movement will be directed particu larly toward the establishment of a re union of the Russian church and the papacy and to a thorough re-examina tion into the validity of Anglican or Episcopal ordinations, which was set tled in the negative in a papal bull 'apostolical sedls" by Pope Leo X. Neted Scientist to Preside. The honor of presiding over the com mission of cardinals. Dr. Palmierl has been informed, will be bestowed on Cardinal Nicola Marlnl. who has de voted many years to scientific research and to the cause of a reunion of Chris tianity. The interest of the FopeaIn the problem of Christian unity Is said to have been intensified by the recent progress of the world congress initiated by the American Episcopal Church. "The aew Pope," said Dr. Palmierl. summarizing the information received from Rome, "has taken a considerably part in the efforts of neutral nations tt establish peace among nations and th Vatican's efforts have been suggested not only by a humanitarian spirit, but by a longing for Christian unity. Policy of Leo XIII Renewed. Efforts of. Leo XIII for carrying out the reunion of Christianity were abrupt ly stopped by Plus X. who aimed at an inner reform of the Catholic clergy and turned all his energies to a crushing ot modernism. Benedict XV thinks it is time to re new the policy of Leo XIII and also that the re-establishment of a political peace would be the first step toward renewed attempts to stop the splitting of Chris tianity Into a great number of sects. It seems to the Vatican that the orthdox Slavs will be soon called to take a more active part in the life of western nations, either Protestant or Catholic, and that it is necessary to come to an 'understanding with them In order to avoid evils produced by re ligious intolerance." Anajllcan Krlendsfclp Valued. One of the most important tasks of the new commission will be a thorough reorganisation of the arguments on the validity of Anglican ordinations. The bull "apostolical sedis" by Leo X. has settled in the negative the problem of that validity, but generally theological schools assume a more favorable atti tude toward acknowledgment of the validity of Anglican orders and the new commission of cardinals will carefully ponder the reasons set forth by Russian and Anglican divines against the de cision ot Pope Leo X. The friendship of the Anglican church Is appreciated by Home. The interest of the Vatican in the problem of Christian unty has been aroused by the recent progress of the world conference, the well known Initiative movement of the American Episcopal Church. World Csalerenre A rouses Sympathy. "The movement toward Christian unity started by the world conference excited Interest and sympathies in Rome and Cardinal Uasparri, in the name ot the Pope wrote to the secretary of the world conference, Robert H. Gardiner, several letters which seemed to repro duce the style "and the feelings of Leo XIII. But that correspondence would not have had any tangible results if the conference had not met with a treat success in Russia. The official organ of the Holy . Synod has praised the Initiative of the world conference and exhorted the Russian hierarchy to give their co-operation to It." Dr. Palmlerl made public a letter he had just received from Professor W. Ekzempliarskl. editor of the Christian Thought, In Russia, in which the Rus sian writer said: ' "It is with a feeling of joy Russians see their American orotners take in hand the initiative of Christian unity with energy ana assiduity." America's Mlaaioa Providential. "In this field it is felt in Rome that the United States have a providential mission to fulfill." added Dr. Palmlerl." "America's Immense reserve of Chris tian energies cannot now exert their whole influence for they are scattered. "Therefore, the fact that divided branches of Christians may meet ana discuss in the spirit of tolerance the controverted points among the Chris tian churches, is already a great victory over th spirit of Intolerance and division" I.