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K VOL. LVL-XO. 17,513. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MtruC DUHTn DDIMPO I GRAYS HARBOR CUT 800,000,000 FEET SHIXGL.E BULLS DISPOSE OF 550,000,000. HAILED AS WARM DAYS BRING OUT BEAR AT ZOO PARESIS ARRESTED BY NEW TREATMENT JOY TO MOURNERS KILLS E. K. JONES STANFIELDS FAVOR E' BY GERMANS BELGIAN WOMAN RECOGNIZES SONS THOUGHT DEAD. BRUINS LITERALLY ARE WALK ING IN THEIR SLEEP. GARAGE EXPLOSON BEAN WITHDRAWS IN GERARD DQV K Son and Visitorat Jones Home Burned. TANK OF AUTO BEING FILLED Retired Lumber Manufacturer Awakes to Meet Death. CAUSE REMAINS MYSTERY Harvey V. Jones In Serious Con dition and A. B. Worth, of Ho quiam, Is Severely Burned. Blast Wrecks Building. Elihu K. Jones, 63 years old, 1306 Macadam street, was killed, and a eon, Harvey W. Jones, and A. B. Wroth, a visitor at the Jones home, were badly burned in an explosion of an acetylene tank in the garage at the Jones home at 8 o'clock last night. The cause of the accident is un known. The three went into the garage to work on an automobile, and in a few moments there was a terriflc explosion that was heard throughout that part of the city. Victim Was Lumberman. The Ambulance Service Company took the Injured men to St. Vincent Hospital, where their hurts were dressed. Mr. Jones died en route to the hos pltal. He was one of the founders of the Jones Lumber Company, which has a plant in South Portland. He had re tired from business and lived at the address where he met his death. He suffered severe burns in the explosion. and both legs were broken. H. C. Schettler, step-son of Mr. Wroth, said that Mr. Jones had been reading earlier in the evening and that he had fallen asleep in his chair. Other members of the family were also at the Jones home. Police Quickly Notified. "I guess I'll go out in the garage and wake up." Bald the elder Mr. Jones. Hardly had he had time to get to the garage, said Mr. Schettler, than the explosion occurred. Mr. Schettler im mediately ran outside and seeing the gravity of the situation, telephoned to police headquarters and sent for a physician. The condition of the injured men late last night was very favorable to recov ery. The injuries of Mr. Wroth were mostly to his arms. A. B, Wroth lives in Hoquiam, and had. been visiting the Jones home for the past week. He Is 47 years of age. Son's Condition Serious. Harvey W. Jones, the son. is in a serious condition at the hospital with turns on the body and head. His wife, Hettle Jones, is now on a visit in the Coos Bay country. The north and south sides of the garage were blown out y the force of the explosion, and the three men were hurled 50 feet. The garage contained two automobiles, one in a dismantled condition. The explosion blew tools and pieces of iron and steel against the Jones residence, some feet away, with such force that door panels were broken and windows were smashed. Mr. Schettler was sitting in the Jones hqme when he heard the explosion that seemed to rock that part of the city and was of much violence. He cannot account for the accident, and says the three went to the garage to fill an acetylene tank. Mr. Jones Son of Pioneer. Elihu K Jones was the son of Justus Jones, venerable lumber mill operator In Oregon, one of the first lumbermen and logging operators in the state, and a brother of John H. Jones, of the Jones Lumber Company, one of the pioneer enterprises of the state. Mr. Jones came to Oregon In 1853 with his father. They settled Clatskanle, Columbia County, eventu ally, and later established the Jones sawmill in Portland, where in 1893 Mr. Jones" father died while at work The family is related to the famous Bacon family, of England, and repre sents an unbroken line of Puritan stock. Mr. Klihu Jones' father established the Jones sawmill at Cedar Mills. Washington County, seven miles from Portland, in 1855. In 1870 the father and son opened their mill in Portland. This was the beginning of what in 1871 took the form of the first steam mill, which was erected on Macadam road. That mill was burned in 1873 and again in 1889 was destroyed by fire through sparks from a locomotive. Mills Start of Big Plant. The Jones Lumber Company, incor porated in 1891 in Oregon, grew out of these early mills operated by Mr. Jones' father, his brother and his uncle. H. II. Jones, now president of the Jones Lumber Company, is a nephew. Elihu Jones had been inactive in the lumber business since 1893. He had Invested in country "and city real es tate and since the death of his wife bad lived with bis daughter. Miss Grace Jones, at 1306 Macadam street. Mr. Jones had lived in Fulton Park ever since coming hers more than 40 years ago. He la survived by three daughters and three sons. They are Mrs. Arthur Viggers. Mrs. Cleve Zimmerman. Miss Grace Jones, Paul. Harvey, and Arthur Concluded on Page 6. Column 2.) Rail Business, Developed When Snips Are Scarce, Suffers From Car Shortage. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Mills of the Grays Harbor dis trict shipped more than 28,000 cars of forest products In 1916, which is 7000 more cars than were ever sent out of this district in a previous year. The shipments contained more than 500,000. 000 feet of lumber and 550,000,000 shin gles, besides many carloads of sashes, doors, spars, piano sounding boards. boxshooks and other wood products. The 1916 cargo business amounted to 98.334.000, so that the total out of all Grays Harbor mills. lying between Cen- tralia and Moclips amounted to about 800.000,000 feet in 1916. Shipments by rail would have been much heavier had It not been for the car shortage which has been prevalent for the past four or five months. Or ders for rail shipments are plentiful now exceeding considerably the num ber of cars available to handle the business. Due to the cargo shortage, the mill men have sought during the past 18 months to develop rail business and many mills which formerly shipped al most entirely by boat now have a good rail business, which they probably will hold even after ships become plentiful again. OUTLAWS FIGHT TO DEATH No Quarter to Be Shown Robbers Who Repulsed Posse. NOWATA, Okla.. Jan. 7. Outlaws who repulsed an attack by a posse of superior numbers near here last night, killing two and wounding a third, are not expected to be taken alive. Offi cers who today directed a new pursuit of the desperadoes said there would be "no quarter" when the outlaws are met again. Posses today found the camp of the robber gang in a wild ravine where many hiding places had been prepared, but the men had fled. The gang Is held responsible for Several bank rob beries and numerous lesser thefts in the last three months. Farmers living in the vicinity said at least a dozen men were in the gang of outlaws. GOLD REACHES NEW YORK -e Another Shipment of $25,000,000 Arrives From Europe. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Gold amounting to $25,000,000, one of the largest ship ments received in a single day since the present movement from abroad began. arrived here today from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was deposited at the Sub Treasury. , Twenty automobile trucks, each with armed guards, were required to trans port the gold, which was packed In 800 boxes, from the railroad station to the Sub-Treasury. A force of 35 clerks was kept on duty today to receive the shipment. Unusual secrecy was ob served, it was said, regarding the route of the gold, which came on heavily guarded express cars through Canada. CODY'S CONDITION GRAVE Nothing in Developments Gives Rel atives Any Rope. DENVER. Jan. 7. Colonel William F. Codv ("Buffalo Bill") continued in a serious condition tonight, his physician, Dr. J. H. East, announced. The Colonel made the railroad ' Journey from Glen- wood Springs last night better than had been expected, but developments during the last 24 hours brought noth ing to give Colonel Cody's relatives hope of recovery. The Colonel's wife and daughter are hastening here from the family home in Cody, Wyo. CARS CRUSHED BY BOULDER Train on Southern Pacific Is Hit by Rock Prom Mountainside. KENNETT, Cal.. Jan. 7. Five cars of a moving freight train were knocked off the Southern Paciflo track at Smithson, near here, today by a great boulder that suddenly released its grip on the mountainside and shot like a comet to the valley below. Two of the cars were almost entirely destroyed, and traffic was delayed 12 hours. No one was injured. GREEKS ANGRY FRENCH GO Demonstration Regarded in Athens as III Omen of Puture. LONDON. Jan. 7. Telegraphing from Athens under date of Friday, January 5, Reuter's correspondent says: "Boisterous scenes at Piraeus yester day evening resulted in the withdrawal of the French . naval detachment sta tioned in the town hall there. This is regarded in Athens as an ill omen of future developments." GIBBONS HOLDS RECEPTION Cardinal Shows His 83 Years Rest Lightly Upon Him. BALTIMORE. Jan. 7. Cardinal Gib bons held a reception today at his resi dence after the solemn high mass at which he delivered a sermon. As he sat on his throne in the cathe dral, standing in the pulpit and shak ing hands with many visitors in his own parlor, the cardinal showed that bis 83 years rested lightly upon Speakership Agree ment Harmonious: REPUBLICANS ARE UNITED Organization of House to Be Mere Formality. RIVALS MAKE STATEMENTS Chief Clerk Drager Will Call Body to Order Dr. J. E. Anderson, of The Dalles, to Be Temporary Speaker Others Named.' SALEM, Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) Louis E. Bean, of Eugene, late tonight withdrew from the Speakership race, leaving the field open to Robert N. Stanfield. of Stanfleld, his only op ponent. Mr. Bean himself will nominate Mr. Stanfield. who doubtless will be elected unanimously. Mrs. Alexander Thomp son, of The Dalles, a Democrat, and the only woman member of the Legislature, will second Mr. Stanfleld's nomination. Withdrawal Follows Conference. Mr. Bean's withdrawal came after a conference with a group of some of his supporters at the Marion Hotel. His conference first sent an emissary to the Stanfield camp asking for a caucus of both groups. This the Stanfield men refused. Confident that they had more than enough votes to elect their man, the Stanfield managers were determined to carry the contest to the floor of the House tomorrow morning if necessary. It was Mr. Bean's own suggestion to his supporters that he be permitted to withdraw and allow Mr. Stanfield to become Speaker without opposition. After a brief parley the. conference unanimously agreed to this plan. . . Bean Congratulates Stanfield. Mr. Bean sought out Mr. Stanfield in the hotel lobby and personally congrat ulated him on his Impending election to the .Speakership. "I am very grateful to Mr. Bean and his supporters for the sacrifice they have made," said Mr. Stanfield. "It'was a fine thing for them to do. I want to say right now that throughout this campaign Mr. Bean has played fair. "His withdrawal enables us to start the session without friction and with out delay. I am sure that he, was actu ated solely in the Interests of good legislation. Absence of a contest will preclude a factional division of the House membership and allow every measure to be considered solely on its merits." Mr. Bean threw a corresponding verbal bouquet toward Mr. Stanfield. "I want to compliment him for the honor able contest that he has waged." he said. "While I had reason to believe that I would have enough votes to elect, I was desirous of avoiding a fight on (Concluded on Page 8, Column 1.) TRAMP! TRAMP! . e b e I f m&k 1 Lads Among Refugees Brought to America. Two Years After Arrival of Parents. MOLINE, 111., Jan 7. A Chicago newspaper reaching here today brought Joy to Mrs. Edmund Van Pe Kerchove, a Belgian immigrant. It informed her that her two small sons, mourned as dead for two years, were alive and In the United States. The paper contained photographs of two bright-eyed boys caught by the camera on the docks at rew xorK a few days ago. The children were among the 221 Belgian refugees sent over on the Nieuw Amsterdam by Fa ther John de Ville. Mr. and Mrs. Van De Kerchove came to Moline a month before the war was declared, leaving Albert, aged 4, and Michael, aged 6, in an orphanage at Liege. In the bombardment of that city the Institution was destroyed by lire and a large number of the nuns and their charges lost their lives. The mother considered it a provi dential coincidence that of all the chil dren photographed, these two children should have been singled out in the first photographs published in the Middle West. WOMAN TO ARGUE CASE Mrs. Annette Adams to Open for Prosecution in Bopp Trial. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. Mrs. An nette Adams, Assistant United States District Attorney here, was scheduled to begin tomorrow the arguments of the prosecution for the conviction of Francis Bopp. German Consul-General In this city, and others indicted for al leged conspiracy to destroy entente munitions, a breach of the neutrality of the United States. Mrs. Adams will be preceded by At torney Samuel Piatt, for the defense, after a final witness has been placed on the stand by the defense to clear up what is said to be a minor point. EXPLOSION ROCKS BUTTE Dynamite Set Off Twice In Six Weeks in Restricted District. BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 7. For the sec ond time within six weeks, a charge of dynamite was exploded in the local re stricted district about midnight last night." when a Greek restaurant cater ing to the inmates of the district was the scene of a sharp explosion, which shook the center of the city. Glass was broken for a distance of a block from the explosion, but nobody was injured and the property damage was confined to shattered glass. BRITISH SHIP IN PACIFIC Auxiliary Cruiser Is Reported Off California Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. The pres ence in the Pacific of a British auxil iary cruiser, presumably a former Pen insular &. Oriental liner, was reported here today by officers of the Norwegian steamer Cuzco, which arrived from Mexican porta The vessel encountered by the Cuzco was off Cape San Lucas. Lower Califor nia. After coming close enough . to identify the Cuzco, the auxiliary pro ceeded soutn. - TRAMP! THE BOYS ARE MARCHING Ambassador Guest at Noteworthy Dinner. HIGH GOOD FEELING PREVAILS Friendship Between Two Na tions Is Emphasized. 'RAINBOW COLORS" SEEN American Diplomat Calls Message Prom Wilson "Olive Branch," and Dr. Zimmerman Speaks of Mutual Confidence. BERLIN. Jan. 7. CBy wlreles to the Associated Press by Sayvllle, N. Y.) The dinner g"lven tonight by the Ameri can Association of Commerce and Trade, of Berlinln honor of James W. Gerard, American Ambassador to Ger many, who has Just returned to the German capital from a visit to the United States, developed into a denv onstration of the good feeling enter tained in the higher government cir cles and banking and business sphere toward the United States. The guests included three ministers, at least two ex-ministers, the vice- president of the Reichstag, the heads of Germany's big financial institu tions and other leaders in German pub lic life. Many Notables There. David Wolf, president of the Amerl can - Association, who presided, wa flanked on the right by Ambassador Gerard.'- and on the left by Relnhold Sydow, Prussian Minister of Commerce. Next to Mr. Gerard sat Dr. Karl Helf- ferlch. Imperial Chancellor, and then came Arthur von Gwlnner. director of the Deutsche Bank; Dr. Rernhard Dern- burg, ex-Secretary for the Colonies, and Dr. Hermann Paasche, Vice-Presl dent of the Reichstag; while, beyond Minister Sydow were Joseph CU. Grew. secretary of the American Embassy Dr. W. S. Wolf, Secretary for the Col onies; John B. Jackson, former Ameri can minister to the Balkan states, and Adolf Wermuth, Lord Mayor of Berlin. In all 175 guests, about equally di vided between Americans and Ger mans, were present. Toasts to Holers Dr.sk. The usual toasts to Emperor Wit liam and President Wilson were drunk standing. President Wolf introduced the speakers of the evening, who were Vice-Chancellor Helfferich, Director Von Gwlnner and Mr. Gerard. The Ambassador mentioned the large contributions now being received from America for the relief of German wid ows and orphans and for other non partisan works of mercy. Ambassador Gerard, who was likened iby Arthur von Gwlnnsr, director of the Deutsche Bank, to the "peace dove of Noah's ark," Is quoted by the Overseas News Agency as saying that "never since the beginning of the war have (Concluded on Page 4. Column 2.) IN SALEM TODAY. Winter Hibernation Is Broken Vp, for Time at Least Alliga tors Also Affected. Bears at the Washington Park zoo are walking in their sleep. The mild weather Is the cause, and the balmy days have undone the work of Jack Frost and the Sandman who early contrive to send bruin to sev- ral months . of slumber. Yesterday one brown bear and seven black ones. that more than three weeks ago hlber nated for the Winter, yawned, stretched their several legs, and wobbled into the unshine and the park pantry. Just how long they will remain awake depends largely on the weather. If Jack Frost soon reappears the bears will all go back and sleep until the uds begin to stir and the first whisper of Spring is heard. - There are other animals in the zoo that have Winter habits that have been somewhat disturbed by the mild weather of the past few days. Two alligators, that usually fall Into a state of coma for a couple of months every Winter, have revived sufficiently to partake of their hearty repast of fresh liver. They, however usually awaken enough every week or two in the Winter time to take one hearty meal before again becoming semi-conscious. There are no caged squirrels in the zoo. but the wild ones have found many refuges in the trees about the park. TRANSPORT LOSS DENIED Berlin Reports Destruction by U- Boat; London Disputes Claim. BERLIN, via London, Jan. 7. "One of our submarines," says an official statement issued today by the German Admiralty, "torpedoed and sank, De cember 23, In the Eastern Mediterra nean an enemy transport of more than 5000 tons. The vessel was accompa nied by warships." LONDON, Jan. 7. Commenting on the German Admiralty report of the sink ing of an entente transport, the Lon don Press Bureau says: 'No transport. British or French, was sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean De cember 23." YACHT TQ COST MILLION San Francisco Man Places Order for x Palatial Vessel. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. Daniel C. Jackling. millionaire copper magnate. announced tqday that he ordered a new steam yacht which will cost, irrespec tive of interior furnishing and decora tion, more than $1,000,000. Jackllng's steam yacht, Cyprus, the most palatial on this coast, has made frequent trips to Alaska ana recently made the voyage from San Francisco to New York around Cape Horn. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS , The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 46.6 degrees; minimum. 4U.S decrees. TODAY'S Partly cloudy; southeasterly winds. War. Berlin says battle for possession of Central Roumanla has been won by Teutons. Page 4. Mexico. Everything In readiness on border for Per shing; s return. mm u. Foreign. Gers-d hailed In Berlin as returning- peace dove. . Pace 1. - Fekin acclaims Dr. Wu as new Foreign Min uter, fag. . National. Leak inquiry leads in Interest before Con gress. Page Fight for psassge of railway bill to be pushed 'lgorously. Page 2. Bickerings likely to cost Republicans Speak ership. Page 5. Domestic. Salvarsan found efficacious la arresting paresis. Pago 1. Belgian woman recognizes own children. long thought dead, in newspaper pic tare. Page 1. Cleone has narrow escape In effort to help salve steamer Bear. Page 3. "Prettiest young artist In America" wins prize poster contest. Page 5. . Sport. Speas roes East to try to get Job with Toledo. Pago 1 Pacific Coast handicap shoot to be held lata In May. Pago 12. Amateur Ice hockey season opens tonight. Page 13. Hockey Is revelation to novice fans. Pago 13. Pacific Northwest. Grays Harbor mills cut 800.000.000 feet of lumber In Ittlo. Page 1. Governor -wants legislature to locate trunk highways. . Page 11. Mystery surrounds death of child burned In stove. Page 8. Mr. Bean withdraws from contest for Speak ershlp. Page 1. State Senate ready to go to work today. Page 11. Mayor GUI denies liquor craft charge. Pago 6. Marine. Two eariroes of fir to go to Bombay. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Warm days cauae bears at Zoo to walk in sleep. Page 1. Women dispel old myth about long time for dressing. page is. Discoverer of "lent" will lecture tonight on Indian an. age o. Plain food eaten slowly la recommended to beat nigh living; cost. Pic. 16, Largs congregation greets Dr. Pence a Westminster Church. Page 10. Conference with strikers to be resumed to day. Page 7. Legislators desert Portland In exodus to alem. Page 11. Moy Bow Wing, son of Chinese Consul, dies. page ill. William F. Woodward elected president of Portland jtusio Festival Association. Paso 16. Underwriters report 50 per cent of Oregon tires are preventable. page V. Ferris land law defined. Page 10. Explosion In gsrage kills K. K. Jones. In jures son and visitor. . Page 1. Chinese murdered: police mystified. Page 13. "Rolling Stones" ably presented by Alcazar players, page k Weather, report, data and forecast, fit 13, Hospital Experiment Is Proved Success. INJECTION MADE INTO BRAIN Salvarsan Declared Used by Means of Hollow Needle. THREE OPERATIONS MADE Patients Only Short Time In Hospi tal Pour Out of 14 nave Been Able to Resume Their Reg ular Occupations. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Salvarsan. ad ministered directly into the inner cav ity of the brain, may be regarded as one of the most advanced and hopeful methods of arresting the destructive process of paresis, officials of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital announced tonight. Their conclusion. they said. was based on experiments made at the hos pital. $nba(orp Injected Into Brain. By the method used at the hospital, it was said. an opening is made through the skull and the dura of the brain, and then, with a blunt, hollow needle that is passed directly through, the tissue of the brain to the main central cavity, salvarsan is conveyed directly to the cerebo-spinal fluid in the main cavity of the brain. From there it is carried by the circu lation of the cerebo-spinal fluid throughout the entire cerebo-spinal system. By thus reaching every cell of the brain with the salvarsan prepara tion, a uniform effect is produced. No Serious Symptoms Noticed. No symptoms of any serious nature have been noted after any of the oper ations, of which several dozen have been performed at the hospital, it was declared. Each patient is operated on three times. The second operation la performed 10 days after the first and the third a month after the second. None of the patients into whose brain cavities the salvarsan has been admin istered directly has remained in the hospital more than four days after the operations, it was said. Out of 14 patients who have under gone the operation, four have been able to resume their occupations, according to the hospital authorities. Salvarsan Is administered in a serum made from the blood of the patient. DOG BITES DR. STEINER Secretary Olcott's Iet Hurt, Retali ates, Then Is Contrite. SALEM. Or, Jan. 7. (Special.) "Puppo," Secretary Olcott s pet hunt ing dog. took a nip out of one of Su perintendent Steiner's legs yesterday after the head of the State Hospital had completed a short morning call on the Secretary at his office. Dr. Steiner had his chair tilted buck and "Ptippo" was reposing underneath. As the su perintendent lowered his seat to' leave the room, a leg dropped on one of Puppo's" paws and "Puppo" quickly retaliated. tearing the physician a trousers and piercing the flesh. When he realized what he had done the dog endeavored to show his con trition and was accorded a speedy for giveness. The wound was promptly cauterized to prevent any serious conse quences. SNAKE FOUND IN BANANAS Serpent Two Feet long Believed to. Be Young Boa Constrictor. A snake almost two feet In length and believed to be a boa constrictor, was found concealed in a bunch of ba nanas bought by Joseph Oeren. a grocer, 723 Kast Yamhill street, Satur day. The snake was not discovered until Mr. Geren got the bananas to his place of business. If the snake is a boa constrictor it is a very young one. Mr. Geren bought the bananas from a Front-street commission house Satur day. He took the snake yesterday to the Washington Park Zoo. where the keeper said It uppeared to be a boa constrictor. Because the weather was cold the snake was asleep and offered no resist ance to capture. PEACE NOTE IS RESPECTED British Minister of Tensions Advises V l'riendly Attitnde. LONDON. Jan. 7. G. N. Barnes, Min ister of Pensions, in a speech in Lon don today Bald President Wilson's sug gestion that the belligerents state their terms for peace was entitled to all pos sible respect. The American people, the minister added, on the whole wanted to be on friendly ' terms with England and. therefore, "wo ought to cultivate that friendship." "The President," Mr. Barnes said, "should be assured that this country is not out to smash Germany, or anybody, or anything, except military power and prltla," V