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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1917. v15 OR MORE SHIPS VICTIMS OF RAIDER German in South Atlantic Waters Plays Havoc With L Allied Shipping. CREWS ARE PUT ASHORE Acliierements Off South American Coast Rival Those of Moewe. British, French and Japa nese Vessels Are Sank. (Continued- From First Page.) received from Pernambuco confirming this assumption. "On the evening of Monday the Japanese steamer Hudson Mara ar rived off Pernambuco, having on board the masters and 237 men of the crews of some of the lost vessels which were sunk on .various dates between Decem ber 12 and January 12. "In addition the steamer St. Theo dore was captured and a prize crew put on board, and the steamer Yarrow dale was captured and sent away with about 400 men, the crews of others of the sunk vessels, who were to be landed. "o further news has yet been re ceived of theia whereabouts." construction seems to fit this latter supposition. The exact position of the Hudson Maru when it lost sight of the raider on January 10 was longitude 25:16 west, latitude 7 south. According to .telegraphic reports from Peranambuco f Vi 11 man fvem fha cliirta Ennlr by the raider report that they were brutally treated.. The correspondent of the Jornal Do Brazil reports sail ors he interviewed claim to have been kept for two days without food. The commander of the French steamer Nantes ' is said to have declared the raider approached his ship under the British flag. Among the vessels reported sunk are: British Radnorshire, Saint Theo dore, Dramatist, Minieh, Tredegar Hall, King George, Mount Temple, Georgic, Voltaire, Yarrowdale. French Nantes and Asnieres. Japanese Hudson Maru. , All these vessels were sunk or cap tured between December 12 and Jan uary 10 on the route between the Azores and Pernambuco, in longitudes varying between 40 and 32 east, lati tude between 30 north and 7 south. The crews of the steamships sunk were placed on the Hudson Maru. Vessel Permitted to Go. This vessel was compelled to accom- pany the raider to a point seven de grees south latitude, where she ar rived January 12. She then received permission to go to Pernambuco, where she arrived on Monday evening with 237 men from the crews of the vessels which-were sunk. No informa tion has been received in regard to : the crews of the captured vessels. The raider is said to be a ship of the Moewe type. The vessel referred to in the fore going as the Tredegar Hall probably is the Netherby Hall, whose sinking by the German raider was announced by the British Admiralty. There is, how ever, a Tredegar Hall, which was last reported at Cardiff, Wales, on De cember 2. She is a vessel of 3764 tons gross, 342 feet long, built in 1906 and owned in Cardiff. RAIDS ARE LONG SUSPECTED Victims of German Are of All Types In South Atlantic. Most of the boats mentioned by Lon don as sunk when last reported were in the South Atlantic indicating that the German raider has been at work off the South American Coast. At Norfolk Tuesday night there was Dlcked uo a wireiess warning tnat a uerman raider was orr tne .Brazilian coast near Per nambuco last Friday. The message, ad dressed "To all ships," placed the raider in latitude 7 degrees south and longi tude 25 degrees west. The German vessel was described as a ship of about 4000 tons, well armed and with torpedo tubes. She had one black funnel and two masts. The Voltaire and Georgic, long over due, had been virtually given up for lost. The Voltaire left Liverpool No vember 28 for New York and was not heard from again. She was believed to have been sunk by a mine or a subma rine. The Voltaire was a vessel of S618 tons gross. She was 485 feet long, 58 feet beam and built at Glasgow in 1907. She was owned by the Liverpool, Hrazil & Kiver Plate Steam Navigation Company. The White Star freighter Georgic sailed from Philadelphia Decomber 2 for Liverpool with a general cargo. The White Star agents said some time ago that her destruction must be conceded; SLAYER OF 2 GOILTY William Doyle Convicted Klamath Falls. at n a front of 700 yards and penetrated the positions to a depth of 500 yards to the German second line. The Ger man dugouts were completely wrecked nd 100 men were made prisoners. The Germans suffered heavy casualties. At Beaucourt Sur Ancre another drive y the British gave them German po- itions over a front of 600 yards, which they held despite a counter-attack in which the Germans lost heavily under the British barrage fire. MANSLAUGHTER IS VERDICT lucli. 4oi UCOH Ut.tlUU 111UDL LI'S WUVCUCU, - as she had never taken more than 15 lv,lnf n the loor ln h.e lttin? "rtm days to cross the Atlantic in Winter. f the ranch house. Nothing was dls- Her gross tonnage was 10.077. She was T i , j .5, -Jf Women Ranchers, Each Married Five Times, Killed After Quarrel Over Payment for Seeding. Crop Last Fall. KLAMATH FALLS; Or.. Jan. 47. (Special.) William Doyle, who last February killed Mrs. Mary A. Wilcox and her daughter, Maggie' Jones, today was convicted of manslaughter. He will be sentenced Friday. Doyle al leged the killing was an accident. On the morning of February 8, 1916 Mrs. Maggie Jones-Deal and her moth er, Mrs. Mary Wilcox, were shot to death at their ranch home in Langell Valley in the southeastern corner of K-lamath County, about 50 miles irom here. William Doyle had been living in the neighborhood and a part of the time with the women. He had, under some agreement with the women, seed ed their ranch the Fall before, but they and he had been known to quarrel over the farm proposition about the time of the shooting. No Straggle Indicated. Sheriff G. C. Low and son Lloyd deputy, and Coroner Earl Whitlock found the bodies of the two women The Russians, in a vigorous attack. ave recaptured the village of Vadeni, six miles southwest of the important Danubian town of Galatz, according to Petrograd. and repulsed with heavy casualties a Teutonic allied counter attack. The Teutonic allies also were driven out of the village of Gerleschl, near the mouth of the Rimnlk River, but later the Russians were compelled to withdraw in the face of superior forces. The Berlin War Office ad mits that Field Marshal von Macken- en's Turkish advance posts near Va deni were withdrawn, but -makes no mention of the evacuation of the village. LONDON, Jan. 18. No definite news of the operations of the German raider in the South Atlantic is published here this morning beyond the official an nouncement in regard to the loss of ships. The statements of the Admir alty and Lloyd's are given a prominent place in the morning papers, which otherwise print nothing but comment and speculation. Cargoes Badly Needed. It is generaly admitted the raider may possibly enjoy a long immunity as it is recognized it is easier to find a needle in a haystack than a ship bent on eluding capture in the Atlantic. Anxiety is expressed over the fate of cargoes of grain and meat from Ar gentine and steel from the United States. It is admitted the loss of such cargoes may be severely felt coming on top of the depredations of the sub marines. A number of steamers, distinct from the victims of the raiders are posted at Lloyd's as missing. The raider is assumed to be identical with the ves sel reported on December 4, but there is nothing to indicate whether it dodged the British cordon in the North .Sea or started its career from some neutral port. The ships sunk by the German raider are: British Dramatist, Radnorshire, Minieh, Netherbyhall, Mount Temple, King George, Georgic, Voltaire. French Nantes and Asnieres. The steamships St. Theodore and Tarrowdale were captured. Their whereabouts is unknown. . The following announcement was given out here officially today: "For some time past it had been as aumed that the following British and French merchant ships which had long been overdue, had been sunk by a German raider: "British Dramatist. Radnorshire, Minieh. Netherbyhall. Mount Temple, King George, Georgic, Voltaire. French Nantes and Asnieres. "Definite information has now been 557 feet long, 60 feet of beam and was built in 1895. The Dramatist, 5421 tons gross and 410 feet long, was built in Glasgow In 1913. She sailed from Seattle Novem ber 9 and San Francisco November 18, arriving at Colon December 3 and St. Lucia December 10, the last report of her movements. The recent movements of the Radnor shire have not been recorded. She was Royal Mail steam packet . steamship of 4302 tons gross. She was 38,5 feet long and was built in Sunderland in 1913. The Netherby Hall, 4461 tons gross. was 381 feet long and was built in 1905 at Newcastle. She belonged to the Hall Line, of London. When last reported she was on her way from India to Cuba, The King George sailed from Phila delphia on November 24 and Wilming ton November 29 for Manchester, being booked for a return trip to Philadel phia, Her gross tonnage was 3852. She was 350 feet long, was -built in 1906 and owned in Glasgow. The Minieh's recent movements are not recorded. She was owned in Lon don, was built in 1876 and was 351 feet long and of 2890 tons rross. The Mount Temple sailed from Mont real orevious to December 3 for Lon don. She was owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company of London and was built in 1901 at Newcastle. Her gross tonnage was 8790. She was 4 feet long. The Asnieres was a French four masted bark of 3103 tons gross, built in 1902 at Havre. She sailed from Bahia Rlnnca. on November 29 for Pauillac, The three-masted French Bark Nantes. 2679 tons gross, was built ln 1909 at Rouen and owned in Nantes, tone sailed on October 9 from Iquique, Chile, for London. The St. Theodore, which has been captured, is a British steamship of 4992 tons gross, 405 feet long, built in 1913. She was owned in Liverpool. She sailed from Norfolk December 5 for Savona, Italy. The other captured steamship, the Yarrowdale. 4652 tons gross and 390 feet long, was built in 1S-12 and owned in Glasgow. The last report from her was her arrival at Havre from New York previous to January 3. The achievements of the German raider rival the exploits of the raid er Moewe, which, after cruising ln the Atlantic for several weeks, returned safely to a German port early in March of 1916. Accoraing io na nouncement at the time she had. on board 199 prisoners and 1.000.000 marks strusrele had taken place. Doyle s statement betore tne -or oner s jury was that there naa Deen a disagreement among them about pay lng him for putting in the crop on the ranch the Fall before, and that Maggie Jones had ordered him off the place. He said that he caught hold of the woman and the gun was discharged, the bullet passing through a doorway and imbedding itself In the wall of an adloininer room. Then the elder woman entered the room with a shotgun, both hammers raised, and, still holding the rifle in one hand, he grabbed the muzzle of th shotgun with his free hand. Both women engaged in a struggle to take the weapon from him. He says that h dropped the rifle on. the lloor and stood on it, and that about then tne snotgun went off. both barrels at once, or close together that he could not say but that it made one report. Women Married Five Times, Th shot which killed the mothe was probably fired with the muzzle of the gun within about 15 Inches of her face. That which killed the daughter was fired from the gun a little further away. The mother is thought to have been in a kneeling position, for there were gunpowder marks on the msiae o the door Jamb about three and a half feet from the floor, showing that tn gun had probably been held at the hip when discharged. There was a bullet imbedded ln th wall of the adjoining room at the height of about nine feet from th floor, which tallied with Doyle's story of its discharge while in the hands of Maggie Jones. The two women had been entangled in a number of affairs, and had been often seen in court. Maggie Jones name was mentioned in connection with the burning of the Shook barn ln this county a few years ago. Both women had been married five times, aid each owned a ranch they lived on part of the time. Mrs. Wilcox was about 65 years of age, and her daughter about 39. Temple of the motion Picture and Shrine of music ana JHHcd Arts The Theater Beautiful, Sixth at Washington Thursday In Kasino and Suchltza valleys the Russians still are vigorously on the offensive and at one point have suc ceeded in gaining a footing on a peak. everywhere else they were repulsed with sanguinary losses. Berlin reports that near Smorgon. which lies on the railroad between the Vilna and Minsk, the Russians, after heavy artillery preparation, attacked and penetrated the German lines on a narrow front, but later were driven out eaving the battlefield covered with Russian dead. In Galicia. near the Zborow-Zlochoff railway, the Germans are carrying out an intensive infantry fire against the Russians. In the other theaters there have been no big battles, the operations still consisting of artillery duels and en gagements between small parties. mi MARRIAGE CAUSES SUIT MOTHER-IN-LAW ASKS CASH WIDOWER WHO WEDS. OF Mr. Margarethe Ilk Brines Action Against Michael Jenny for Pay for Care of Hla Children. The unexpected marriage last Sat urday.of Michael Jenny to an Elizabeth Ilk. an attractive widow, broke up the arrangement by which Mrs. Margarethe Ilk, his mothertin-law. took care of Mr, Jenny's three minor children and his household. Mrs. Ilk filed suit in the Circuit Court yesterday to collect S15 a month for the four years she has kept house ror Mr. Jenny. At the death of his first wife, Mr. Jenny asked his mother-in-law to come to Portland from La Porte, Ind., to take care of his home and children. He sent her transportation and she Came This was ln 1912. She continued to keep house for him at 611 Twenty fourth and One-Half street, and still has the three children there with her, according to Charles J. Schnabel, who filed the complaint. Mr. Schnabel asserted yesterday that Mr. Jenny and his second wife are llv lng near his old home and that, as yet, no arrangements for the- care of the children have been made and they have been left with the. mother-in-law. During the time Mrs. Ilk has lived with her son-in-law she has never re celved any money from him, she al leges, though she has loaned him $150, which was never repaid. She split wood, and did many arduous chores, it is maintained. She is 66 years old. Mr. Jenny is a machinist in the em ploy of the O.-W. R. & N. Company. U. S. TAKES OVER ISLES NEGOTIATIONS FOR DANISH WEST INDIES CONCLUDED. i m aurr" ' nun) nm am m ni'im I m going to prescribe Kesinol for that eczema ' I might give you a formal prescrip tion, but what's the use I It would cost you more than a jar of Resinol and T shouldn't be nearly as sure o) 'the results You see, I have been using' Resinol Ointment for over twenty years. During that time I have tried out dozens of new ways of treating skin-troubles, but I have always come back to Resinol I knom that it stops itching at once, generally heals the erup tion, and that it contains nothing which could irri tate the skin. You can get a ar at any drug store. i ,rrA hnrs una naa buhk o o"'" ships in addition to laying mines which destroyed, among other vessels, ino British battlesmp js-ing r-uwaju in. Successful raids also were the German cruisers nmoen ruhe. the converted merchantman Prinz Eitel Friedrich and the submarine U-53, which last octoDer sarin ai. men off Nantucket 63 AMERICANS OX LOST SHIP 6 0 on Georgic, Carrying Cargo of 12 00 Horses for France. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 17. The Brit ish rnnsiil-General here said today that at least 63 Americans were aboard the British steamers Georgic and King George, which sailed Irom here ana which are reported sunk by a German raider. Sixtv of the Americans were aboard the Georgic, having shipped as horse men, foremen or assistant foremen. Most of thm came from New York. Among those aboard were Dr. J. E. Davis, a surgeon, of ew jorK, ana Dr. O. E. McKim, of Watertown. N. Y veterinarian. The steamer Georgic. Philadelphia for Brest, had in her cargo 1200 horses for France. A large quantity of cattle feed. 98.000 bushels of wheat. 10.000 barrels of lubricating oil and 430 cases of rifles was destined for Liverpool. MOXEY IiOSS XEAR $20,000,000 Marine Insurance Hates Advance on News of Raider's Activity. NEW YORK. Jan. 17 Estimates made here today by steamship brokers familiar with the present market price of ocean tonnage place the monetary loss of the 12 vessels reported by the British Admiralty as having been cap tured or sunk by the German raider at approximately 610.000.000. The total cargo loss was roughly estimated at between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. News of the German raider was fol lowed by an advance on marine in surance rates here today from iVk to 10 per cent for West Indian and South American ports. Although underwriters awaited of ficial confirmation, persistent rumors were still current today that the Ger man sea raider had been either sunk "or captured. It was pointed out that the steamers Yarrowdale and St. Theodore were still at large and that the British Admiralty, for naval reasons, might withhold announcement of the sinking of the German war vessel until these two ships had been recaptured. Fears Felt for Rocbejaquelln. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17. Fears were felt in maritime circles here today that the French bark La Rochelaquelin was another victim of a German sea raider reported to have sunk eight British and two French vessels. The bark left here June 23 for Ipswich with barley, and has never been heard from. She was commanded by Captain Rib illiard. Present Governor to Continue in Of fice Until America Pays Twenty five Million and Assumes Rale. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. The Danish West Indies passed today under the sovereignty jt the United States. Ne gotiations continued for over half century came to a conclusion with the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of cession by Secretary Lansing and Danish Minister Brun. Formal transfer of the islands, with the raising of the American flag, will take place as soon as the $25,000,000 purchase price is paid over, some time within the next 90 days. The treaty provides that meanwhile the Danish Governor shall continue his Jurisdic tion, and that a committee of one Dane and one American- shall be appointed to arrange for further details. The form of government of the islands and their name is now in the hands of Congress, with some doubt as to whether they will have a civil gov ernment or be administered as a naval base, for which they was bought. Head The Oregonian classified ads. MRS. MARIE VELGUTH DIES Funeral of Early Irvington Resi dent to Be Held Tomororw. Mrs. Marie Welguth, widow of Adolph Velguth, a well-known resident of Port land, died yesterday at her home. East Fifteenth and Tillamook streets. She was 75 years old. The Velguth family came to Portland in 1891 an" built a residence ln Irving ton. when that section of the city was sparsely settled. Mrs. Velguth lived ln this home to the time of her death. Mrs. Velguth was a native of Ger many, where she was born April 3, 1842. Her husband served in the Civil War, holding the rank of Captain at the con clusion of the war. Mrs. Velguth is survived by six children. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock ln the Dominican Catholic Church. , IV 1 Imjt Friday Saturday" 1 I C - III r Z ; . I ADDITT05AI FEATURES. r COMEDY j 'THE PLniBEBS" . ! BISY DAY," AND A SCENIC OF EICEP. ' TIOXAL MERIT. ' . Columbia Prestige We aim in all our pictures in all our service to have that attention to detail that makes perfection. Today's bill a real expression of artistic photoplay. T O TT TX 1 n r Z i.' Jensen v: v tin irertierir. iia.iia.irers -n'iv 0, 0 BsSyU Vv - v V 8 1 Xl5 B n - I - i A vvi '.'lVi,'..-' I tint i The Weaker Sex STORY STARS "On artistry and charm of vtAiiallKa- tlon alone. The akei- Sei la entitled to aljrh pralne. bat the story by Alice C Rrowa proves to be a moat entertalnina; presentment of a vital subject, and the entire east Is so strona that the play naa a eits;atrm balance. Mick m east! 10 very role of Importance la so well filled that It hardly seems fair to dis criminate in favor of the leads Dorothy Daltoa. Louise Olanm and Charles Kay. It la enoujeh to say that they make ns live la the story. Moving lictnre k World. CHARLES RAY Star la "The Wolf W.maa." "Home" an4 Hoaor Thy Aaaae." LOUISE GLAUM Star la "The Wolf W.maa. "Honor Thy IS a me." Dorothy Dalton Star t. "Female of Ike Speeles." Kim ble la Soula" and "H Cap tire Ood." unanimous in their approval of plans staged by the entertainment commit tor a cheese factory. Th association authorized its board CHEESE FACTORY 0RDZ7.ED the factory. The members of the board re-oiecieci tre: sr. aiurKcnsea, preai- Eugene Association Decides Agrainst Olson, "secretary; Andrew Baker and M-ilk-Cnndrnsino- Plant. Frank. Needham. I 1 I TMnmfwra Pnfrtnln. EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 17. (SDeciaL) Eugrene will have a cheese, factory if I The Master Plumbers Association a sufficient quantity of milk is avail- I held high Jinks in connection with the aDie. accoraing; 10 me eugrene farmers I regular weekly business raeettns at Creamery Association tonight, follow- their hall In the Builders Exchange mg- a meeting; or dairymen in the Eu- I Tuesday night. After the regular busl- g-en Chamber of Commerce today. I ness had been disposed of refreshments The dairymen adopted a resolution I and cigars were served. A programme disapproving, of the - establishment of I of music, songs, athletic stunts and a milk condensing slant here, and were I several spirited boxing contests was tee. ent. About 25 men were present at the Seamen's Institute Tuesday at a con cert and sociable for the crew of the Wesrwood. a British grain ship in port. fc.. K. Strong, of the Oregon Life In- Progress of the War A German commerce raider has been working havoc in the Atlantic Ocean on entente allied shipping. Be tween the Azores Islands and the South American Coast during the period from December 12 to January 10 at least 13 vessels 10 British steamers, a Japan ese steamer and two r re.ncn sailing craft were captured by the' raider, and it is presumed that most of them were sunk. The British Admiralty assumed that eight of the British steamers and the two French sailing ships, all of them long overdue and some of them known to have been loaded with arms, am munition, horses and other war sup plies for the entente allies, have been sunk by the raider. The Japanese steamer was released by the raider off the coast of Brazil and permitted to land at Pernambuco 237 men of crews of vessels destroyed. One of the British steamers is said to have been sent away by the raider with 400 additional men to be landed. The whereabouts of the raider is . not known. Why Pay $325 Elsewhere? A FEW MORE OF THESE PIANOS THIS WEEK. DURING OFF SALE. $243.75 N $5 Cash S1.23 Weekly, The British troops in France have hit the German line hard at two places tor gopd gains, according to the latest Britishrf;ommunlcatlon. ' Northeast of Cite Calonne the Canadians carried out brilliant raid of German trenches THERE ARE TWO THINGS in every suit you year YOTJ and YOUR MONET. But when I make your clothes you get a third thing SNAP or DASH in the make-up that bears the earmarks of artistic tailoring.- If you want the very latest style, best workmanship and individuality for only $18 or so. select an exclusive woolen pattern from the goods that I bought before the mills raised prices and have me take your measure. Ray Barkhurst, Sixth at Stark street. Interest. Afford to Pay ! "i5"'V f? Cub, S Moataly. 4K Tea Cam, TIerewr, Afford to Bay Tata Plaao. : i. v. !' At a Saving of $12430 if You Buy Now COME, HEAR ITS FILL, RICH TOSE. USED PIANOS S45. S95. SllO. 135 PLAYER PIANOS 8365. S395. S402.56. S450 Maaafaetarera Coaat IMatrl btrtora, 111 fr'oart St. fa a Ta al nirrulH Backed by ochwan riano to. $12,000,000 Beventy-flve members were pres. Crew Is Entertained. surance Company, added much to the pleasure of the evening with his tenor solos, and other part and chorus sing ing was enjoyed by the seamen. Games were played and refreshments served and the social time ended by all singing "America" and "Auld Lang Syne" and bidding the sailor lads bon voyage. Read The Oregonian clasyjfled ads. The Double Daily Service Route East Chicago $72.50 tLouis$70.00 St Paul $6.00 Direct Routes. Liberal Stopovers Fares Apply From PORTLAND AND ALL POINTS ON THE NORTH BANK ROAD, AND CENTRAL ORE GON POINTS, ON THE OREGON TRUNK RY. Return Limit Ticket Sale Jan. 20 and 21 February 18 NEW ORLEANS $88.75 "OPEN GAP" CIRCLE TRIP TICKET TO Go to Chicago, Return from New Orleans : or the Reverse. Ask for details of routings. This allows chance to see the Inauguration. Ticket Sale Jan. 22-23. Return Limit March 23. NORTH BANK ROAD TICKET OFFICE Fifth and Stark Phones Bdwy. 920, A 6671