Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 20, 1917, Page 5, Image 5

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    THE 3IORXIXG OREGON"! AN. SATURDAY. JANUARY 20, 1917.
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RAIDER, CONVERTED
AT SEA, OH WARPATH
Germans Arm Captive British
Ship Which Is Now Terror
1, izing Atlantic Lanes.
year, and June 16 was cleared with a
load of lumber for Hankow. She is
ons of the modern tramp type, and
had been built at Glasgow a. compara
tively short time before being used
in the Pacific trade. The vessel Is
19 feet Ions, has a beam of 52 feet
and depth of 30 feet.
The Japanese steamer Hudson Mara,
which landed crews of some of the
ships sunk, as well as the men who
were on the St. Theodore, had been in
the harbor, as well as the Royal Mail
liner Radnorshire, one of the victims,
also the squareriggers Nantes and
Asnieres.
NAVAL CREW PUT ABOARD
XTnited States Refuses to Recog
nize Legality and if American
Snips Were Sank Damages
. " Would Be Claimed.
BRITISH CRUISERS IX PURSUIT
Warships Leave Falkland Islands to
Protect Shipping Lanes.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 19. According
to newspapers here, two British cruis
ers have left the Falkland Islands in
search of the German raider and to pro
tect the shipping lane.
The raider is believed here to be re
ceiving wireless information from a
Brazilian station.
RIO JANEIRO Jan. 19. The British
authorities have Issued a warning to
ehlpplnir companies that the captured
British steamer St. Theodore has been
converted Into a German commerce
raider and la cruising: alons the Allan
tie steamship routes. Secret untrue
tlons have been given to the companies
regarding; routes to be followed.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. Dispatches
to the State Department late today
from Rio de Janeiro said it was stated
there that the steamer St. Theodore,
captured by the German raider in the
South Atlantic, armed with two guns
and manned by a German crew, was
cruising as an auxiliary to the raider.
The department announced the ad
Tlces in this statement:
"The department is advised by tele-
gram from Rio de Janeiro that it is
tttated there tnat the captured steamer
St. Theodore has been armed with two
guns and a German crew put on board
and that the vessel is now operating
as an auxiliary cruiser in the Atlantic.
No Americans on Either Ship.
Earlier in the day a cablegram from
Consul Stewart at Pernambuco an
nounced the landing there of the St.
Theodore's crew, including nine Amer
icans, by the Japanese steamer Hud
son filar u, another of the raiders prizes,
The Consul said the other ships cap
tured were believed to have had no
Americans aboard.
The report of the arming of the St.
Theodore, a British vessel, was given
out with the explanation the depart
ment had no means of determining its
accuracy. Officials were inclined to
credit the story, though, and to look
for word that other captured ships
would be similarly used.
Rights Not Yet Violated.
Despite the intense interest with
which the raider's work is being fol
lowed here official dispatches do not
as yet indicate American rights have
been violated In any way or that the
cruiser has exceeded her privileges un
der international law.
Moot questions of international law
are involved, however, in the conver
sion of a merchantman into a com
merce destroyer on the high seas. The
United States as well as Great Britain
has refused to recognize the legality
of such conversion. If American ships
are sunk by such converted vessels or
American cargo on other ships is los
it is expected this country would press
claims against Germany for damages.
Germany, however, together with the
other continental nations, has main
tained the legality of conversion at sea.
An attempt was made at the second
Hague conference to reach an agree
ment on the subject, but the small-navy
nations refused to accept the Anglo
American contention.
The attitude of the South American
nations is being watched with par
tlcular interest here, as it is recog
nized the raider's exploits has stirred
public opinion there to as great a de
gree as the exploits of the U-53 stirred
public opinion here. A practical block
ade of many ports, a jump in insurance
rates, and crippling of a highly pros
perous foreign trade are the results
facing the South Americans.
ENTENTE ISLES FEAR ATTACK
British and French West Indies Pre
pare for Defense.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Possibility of
an attack on the ports of the British
and French West Indies by a German
raider has created alarm among offi
cials and residents of the islands and
every possible precaution for defense
is being taken by the authorities, ac
cording to Rev. J. Henry Cartwright,
of London, who arrived here today on
the British steamship Parima from
"West Indian ports. Mr. Cartwright has
just completed a tour of the islands as
representative of the English Wesley
an missions board.
He said reports of the raider in
southern trade routes were received
there just before Christmas. At that
time there was at Trinidad the British
transport Magdalena, loaded with West
Indian recruits ready to sail for Eng
land. On receipt of the news of the
raider the troops were disembarked
and scattered throughout the islands
to strengthen the defense of the ports.
The Magdalena, he added, left Trini-
did under cruiser escort and it was re
ported to him she had taken refuge
in -Martinique.
"Lights in the towns and cities are
forbid," Mr. Cartwright said. "In addi
tion, lighthouses and light buoys along
the coast have been darkened and all
vessels leaving port are warned to
look out for hostile ships.
SHIPS STAY CLOSE TO PORT
Entente Vessels Not Venturing Out
AVhile Raiders Are Abroad
baijTuiukk, Jan. 19. Since news
of the operations of the German com
merce raider was received two days
ago. not a ship of the belligerent na-
ttons has passed out of the Virginia
Capes from this port for Europe.
In the meantime nearly 25 ships have
enterca nere during the last two days,
bringing the-total in port up to 71.
Many of the ships have been forced to
anchor in midstream because of the
lack of wharfage to accommodate all.
The majority of the vessels here fly
me uritisn iiag.
RAIDER REPORTED IN GULF
Effort to Intercept Oil Tankers From
Mexico Expected.
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 19. Insistent
rumors come from Vera Crus that the
German commerce raider now Is In the
Gulf of Mexico. It is expected in Vera
Cruz, the reports add, that the raider
will make an effort to cut off the oil
ships en route from the Tampico fields
for England.
There is no confirmation of the ru-
mora here.
Warning of Second Raider Given.
NEW YORK. Jan. 19. Warning to
shipping of the entente allies that the
captured British merchantman St. The'
odore had been armed by th Germans
and was scouting in the steamship lane
was flashed tonight by wireless by a
British cruiser off Sandy Hook.
DEUTSCHLAND DUE SOON
PREPARATIONS MADE TO RECEIVE
SUBMARINE CARGO SHIP.
Second Vessel, Larger Than First, Is
Also Expected Bremen No Longer
Regarded as Lost Vessel.
NEW LONDON. Conn.. Jan. 19.
James L. McGovern, of Bridgeport,
state collector of Customs, had
lengthy conference with officials of the
eastern forwarding Company here i
day, and while nothing was given out
tor puDiicatlon. It is understood that
arrangements were completed for the
arrival at this port of the German com
mercial submarine Deutschland. It
also was learned from unofficial sources
that another submarine, said to be
larger than the Deutschland, is ex
pected here soon.
Deputy Collectors Dillon and Com
stock were present with Mr. McGovern
at the meeting. A similar conference
was held here just before the Deutsch
land arrived last November.
The warehouses of the company at
the State Pier are stored with hun
dreds of tons of crude rubT jr. copper
and nickel. The same stevedores who
unloaded the Deutschland's cargo of
her two previous trips to this country
are now quartered aboard the North
German Lloyd liner Willehad.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Jan. 19. The
German merchant submarine Deutsch
land is expected to arrive in New Lon
don harbor within 48 hours, according
to James L. McGovern, collector of cus
toms for Connecticut. Mr. McGovern
also said he had heard "unofficially1
that the Bremen, sister ship of the
Deutschland, has not been lost at sea,
as has been supposed. The Bremen
sailed from a German port last August
for New London and since then nothing
has been heard from her. Mr. McGov
em would not amplify his statemen
other than to say "German naval offi-
clals no longer regard her as lost."
ERSHIHGTS TROOPS
BEGIN FflABGH NORTH
Men at Southern Outpost Are
Moving and Entire Column
Will Soon Start.
Sea. I decided to land for consultation.
The landing was almost completed !
when the aircraft struck soft ground !
and the plane tipped up. This was at
12:30 P. M. and I still thought we were
on Sal ton Sea and was only convinced
of error after close examination of the
surrounding country. Wo then decid
ed on walking back to Imperial Valley.
We put one gallon of water from
the radiator in an extra oil can and
with a light lunch started northwest.
That was at 4:30 P. M.. January 10.
"We kept a northeast course, travel
ing by night and day. Our water gave
out Sunday. January 14. By that time
Colonel Bishop was so weak our prog
ress was alow. Wa agreed it would
be wise to separate when we could
travel no further and take the only
available course, I to continue on and
send back aid if possible.
"This I did at daybreak Wednesday
MOTOR TRAINS GO SOUTH Ak'p ,t?,ih? ?h.wf".t,a
one of the rescuing parties. Following
this trail. I caught the party about 9
A. M. Thursday. They immediately set
out to find Colonel Bishop and by fol
lowing my directions and back trail
found him about 9 P. M. January 18.
He was too weak to move, but still
conscious. It was necessary to leave
him quiet for a few hours until ha
could recover his strength. I was
brought out by automobile this after
noon, leaving Colonel Bishop in the I
care of the rescue parties, which had
consolidated."
Continuous rains probably saved the
lives of the two Army aviators, accord
ing to S. Hovatter, a member of the
searching party which rescued the men.
Had it been clear and warm they could
not have survived after their water
supply was exhausted, he said.
Robertson Walked Into the camp of
E. L. Gamble. W. Proebestl and S.
Hovatter yesterday morning as they
were preparing to renew the search
begun Wednesday. This party was
joined soon after Robertson appeared
by a second rescue party from A Jo,
Ariz., composed of W. E. Freeman, J.
Cameron and a Mexican guide. The
two parties consolidated and began the
search for Lieutenant-Colonel Bishop.
Arrangements Also Made for Send
ing Railway Cars After Surplus
Supplies Men Will Be Dis
posed Along the Border.
EL PASO. Tex Jan. 19. Predic
tions that the American punitive ex
pedition will begin its long march
across the deserts of Northwestern
Chihuahua toward Columbus. N. M.
within the next 72 hours were made
here today by Army officers, who are
in close touch with the movements of
the expeditionary forces.
It was unofficially reported by Army
officers that actual withdrawal oper
ations were under way at El Valle, the
southern outpost of the punitive ex
pedition, and at San Joaquin, between
El Valle and the field headquarters
at Colon la Dublan.
Supplies Held at Juarca.
All supplies billed to Americans in
the Casas Grandes-Colonia Dublan dis
trict and sent to Juarez for transpor
tation over the Mexico Northwestern
railroad have been ordered held at
Juarez and no further shipments of I Army Authorities Notify Friends and
Buypiim win pa iiinuu over nna l u&u
AVIATORS LOST 216 HOURS
for the punitive expedition.
Arrangements were also being made
in Juarez today for sending all avail
able freight cars to Casas Grandes to
bring out the stocks of goods and
surplus supplies from the stores of the
American Mormons and others who
have been supplying the American
troops in Mexico.
Empty Motor Trains on Way.
The dispatching of four empty motor
truck trains of 30 trucks each from
Columbus in the past 24 hours was
taken here to mean early withdrawal.
The pitching of & number of large
tents at Columbus for housing equip-
ment. ordnance, merchandise and other
Army stores was also considered an
indication of the early withdrawal and
arrival of the expeditionary column at
the field base.
General Pershing's troops will be
disposed along the border with head
quarters at El l'aso and San Antonio,
according to reports here and in Co
lumbus today.
WASHINGTON APPROVES PLAN
Beginning of Pershing's Withdrawal
Is Not Doubted.
Relatives of Rescue.
SAN DIEGO. Cal, Jan. 19. "Bishop
and I found by searching party. Bishop
weak and unable to be moved now.
Both uninjured." Will be in San Diego
tomorrow. ROBERTSON."
The above message, received late
this afternoon from Wellton. Ariz.,
conveyed the glad tidings that Lieutenant-Colonel
Harry Bishop and Lieu
tenant V. A. Robertson, Army avia
tors who have been- missing from
North Island since 8:30 A. M- January
10, were alive. The message waa ad
dressed to Colonel William Glassford,
commander of the North Island avia
tion school here.
Colonel Glassford immediately com
municated the news to the War De
partment, to General Bell, commander
of the Western Department with head
quarters at San Francisco; to Colonel
Bishop's father at Normal. 111.; to Lieu
tenant Robertson's brother and moth
er at Salt Lake City, and father at
Albuquerque; to the airplane squadron
at Calexlco, and to friends of the offi
cers here.
The flight of Colonel Bishop and
Lieutenant Robertson has attracted
Nation-wide attention. Leaving North
Island at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning. January 10, bound for Calex
ico, they veered from their course while
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. Formal an
nouncement of orders for withdrawal I over the Jacumba Mountains and dis-
TEACHERS MEET TODAY
Protest Expected Over Number of
Higli School Teachers Selected.
Special committees from all of th
teachers' organizations in the city wi
at 10:30 o'clock meet this morning al
the Multnomah Hotel to discuss plans
for the entertainment of visitors to
the National Education Association
convention next Summer.
It is understood that a number of
the organizations are not pleased with
the number of high school teachers
that have been named on the entertain
ment committee and it is probable that
some protest will arise out of today's
meeting.
of the American expedition in Mexico
was still lacking tonight, though there
was no disposition in official quarters
to doubt dispatches from the border in
dicating the movement of Pershing's
men northward already was under way.
President Wilson has approved the plan
to bring the troops out and there have
been plain intimations action would
precede any further statement on the
subject.
All details of the withdrawal are un
derstood to have been left to General
Pershing, and General Funston already
has worked out his plans for distrib
uting the 10.000 or 12,000 men in the
expedition among strategic points
along the border.
As soon as these regulars are avail
able, the homeward movement of Na
tional Guardsmen still doing border
patrol service will begin.
PRIZE OF GERMANS IS SAFE
(Continued From Pirat Page.)
VICTIMS KXOIYX IX PORTLAND
St. Theodore, Hudson Mara and
Radnorshire Had Been Here.
Portlanders having to do with th
waterfront remember the British
steamer St. Theodore, aa she was here
in 1914. she having Drought a cargo
of Japaneaa oaJt here In Way of that
as been kept secret up to this time
for military reasons, which. In view of
the British Admiralty statement of Jan
uary 17, are no longer operative.
'It is notewortny tnat me Britisn
Admiralty resolved to announce to the
British public these losses, which date
from some considerable time back, only
when the losses were made known to
the neutral world by the arrival of the
Japanese prize, Hudson Maru, in a
Brazilian harbor."
The British steamer Tarrowdale was
last reported in shipping registers as
having sailed from New York Decem
ber 4 and arriving at Havre "prior to
January 3.
Capture Previously Announced.
The steamer has been mentioned in
the reports from the British Admiralty
as among overdue vessels captured by
the German raider In the South Atlan
tic and as having been sent away by
the raider with 400 men of the crews
of sunken vessels, who were to be
landed. Unofficial dispatches from Rio
Janeiro also said the Tarrowdale had
been used by the raider to land mem
bers of crews of ships sunk by the
raider.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro Thurs
day night said a report had been re
ceived there that the Tarrowdale ar
rived January 16 at Sao Vicenti (St.
Vincent), Cape Verde Islands, a Portu
guese possession off the v est African
coast.
Port Probably German One.
While the Berlin dispatch does not
mention the port into which the Tar
rowdale was taken by the prize crew.
it seems probable it was a German
port, as the official statement says
that the 469 captives on board, includ
ing 103 neutrals, "who had taken pay
on armed enemy vessels," were removed
as prisoners of war. In a neutral port
such action would be impossible.
The British official announcement
concerning the operations of the raider
said eight British steamers, two French
ships and one Japanese steamer had
been captured between December 12
and January 12.
LOST AVIATORS ARE FOUND
(Continued From First Page.)
appeared from sight. Two hundred
and sixteen hours passed before it was
definitely known that the two airmen
had not perished.
Colonel Bishop's Father Weeps.
BLOOMINGTON. 111.. Jan. 19. Louis
H. Bishop, of Normal. 111., father of
Colonel Harry G. Bishop, broke down
and wept at receipt of the news of his
sons safety given him tonight by tne
correspondent of the Associated Press.
No personal message has been received
from Lieutenant-Colonel Bishop.
Eider Robertson Reassured.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Jan. 19. A.
B. Robertson, father of Lieutenant W.
A. Robertson, tonight received a mes
sage signed by his son from Wellton.
Ariz., which said:
"Here; welL"
if
SATURDAY
300 Norfolk Spits
Heavy Weights
With Extra Knickers
A special purchase just
received from Eastern
makers; stout, service
able suits for boys of 6
to 18 years grays,
browns, tans, herring
bone stripes, diagonals.
The best wearing suits
in town at the price.
Second Floor
Sell
en
Morrison at fourth
if
tJ
American ownership, according to pas
sengers on the British steamer Parima,
which arrived here today from St.
Thomas.
The date of the formal transfer and
the replacing of the American flag for
that of Denmark is awaited with great
interest, the passengers said. Plans
for a monster celebration are already
under way. The name "United State
West Indies." the passengers said, ap
pears to be the one favored there.
Polnder.ter Amend Constitution.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. Senator
Poindexter Introduced a resolution to
day proposing to change the 14th
amendment to the Constitution so that
any state which does not permit wom
en to vote shall have its representation
in Congress reduced. Another resolo
tlon would Include th word 'sex" In
FEDERAL JURY INDICTS 11
Seattle Residents Accused of Rot
Paving Liquor Taxes.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 19. Eleven
after they had started on their flight indictments, all charging violation of
o -n: I the Federal law because of the failure
He believed it was about 250 miles
south of the border. They landed, he
said, when the airplane tipped and
broke the propeller. This was about
12:30 P. M., January 10. four hour3
from San Diego.
Compass Readinsi Depended On.
Lieutenant Robertson gave his story
in full tonight to a representative of
the Associated Press, as follows:
I left San Diego at 8:30 A. M. Janu
ary 10, intending to go across the
mountains east to Calexlco. Insuffi
cient maps made it necessary to rely
largely on compass readings. For this
reason, to keep north of the Mexican
border. I sailed a course 25 degrees
north of east. I counted on this course
putting me into Imperial Valley well
north of the border and then having to
sail feouth for about oO miles.
"In order to cross the high mountains
It was necessary to travel high, aver- ,
aging more than 7000 feet. From this
altitude it was impossible to detect a
very strong north wind which I en
countered in the mountains.
"I then turned southeast. After go
ing about 30 miles on this course I
could see indistinctly through the haze
a large body of water. I thought it
Salton Sea. The only map of this sec
tion that I had showed Salton Sea
much too far south, ao this confirmed
my belief that it was right. As my
gas was running low my only recourse
was to keep going further south In or
der to strike Calexlco. Colonel Bishop
thought this body of water to be Salton
Sea, so we both were satisfied of the
correct course. .
"Neither Colonel Bishop nor myself
could possibly figure on the drift of
the machine. As it was hazy it was
impossible to see clearly enough to
pick out objects. The strong north
wind also made our rate of travel much
faster than was figured on.
Error Is Discovered.
When, after about 30 minutes" of
search for the Southern Pacific Rail
hich I knew to be near Salton
to pay Government taxes on liquor,
were returned here today by the United
States grand Jury. The names of seven
of the alleged offenders were made
public. These had been prosecuted in
the state courts. The names of the
other persons indicted will be kept
secret until they are arrested.
The grand Jury, with Clarence L.
Reames, Federal District Attorney of
Oregon in charge of the proceedings, is
continuing its investigation of alleged
widespread liquor traffic in violation
of interstate commerce laws and postal
regulations.
the 15th amendment
s train ts on suffrage.
forbidding re-
EDITORS OPPOSE SCHEME
Plan for State-Owned Paper Mills
Disapproved In Minnesota.
BRAINERD. Minn., Jan. 19. Opposi
tion to state-owned print paper mills
waa expressed in a resolution adopted
by the Northern Mlm.esota Editorial
Association here today. The resolution
also disapproved of publishers' enter
ing the paper manufacturing business.
This action followed agitation by
several editors for an investigation of
the feasibility of itate-owned mills for
the manufacture of print paper at the
state prison.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. A final re
port to Congress on the news-print"
paper investigation virtually was com
pleted today by the Federal Trade Com
mission and will be prepared tomorrow
for submission. The Commission al
ready has turned over to the Depart
ment ot Justice for use in possible
prosecutions much of the information
gathered.
Myrlclr. to Be Arraigned.
Edward J. Myrtck. the Portland
theatrical manager who was indicted
Thursday for an alleged attack on a
girl employe, furnished bonds of 11000
yesterday and will be arraigned before
Presiding Judge Gantenbcin today at
2 o'clock.
Store Robbed to Pay Tor Home.
Eugene Shaffer, a laborer, was ar
rested last night by Motorcycle Patrol
men Tully and Ervin. and charged
with breaking into a feed store at
Vnion avenue and East Alder street.
Shaffer told the police that he was
hunting money to make payments -on
his home in North Irvington. lie was
charged with burglary.
One Hurt When Car Hits Truck.
Sam Plunkett, a helper on a Meier &
Frank delivery truck, was thrown from
his seat and cut about the f: "e last
night in a collision between the truck
and an Irvington streetcar at Fifth and
Everett streets. Glen Wolfe. 491 Mad
den avenue, was the driver of the truck.
Seven Arrested at Chinese Game.
Ah Wah. Chinese, was arrested last
night on a charge of conducting & lot
tery game at 31 ti North Sixth street.
Six white men were arrested on
coarse of visiting the resort.
EDITORS MEET AT SALEM
Proposed Legislation Discussed and
Bills Are Indorsed.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 19. (Special.) The
State Editorial Association and the
Willamette Valley Editorial Associa
tion held a joint session here today.
After a lunch at the Commercial
Club rooms the visiting editors dis
cussed proposed legislation and in
dorsed two bills defining a legal news
paper and fixing a rate for publication
of legal notices. They also appeared
before the printing committee tonight.
WEST INDIES TO CELEBRATE
United States' Possession Is Await
ed With Interest.
NEW TORK. Jan. 19. The most ab
sorbing topic of interest in the Danish
West Indies at this time is the trans
fer of the Islands from Danish t
Like a Foe in the Night
Impurities Creep Into the Blood
Important That the Life-Giving
Blood Supply Be Kept in
Perfect Condition.
In this day of keep competition, you
cannot afford to overlook the slight
est advantage. Tou must keep in per
fect physical condition, and ever on
the alert to tackle the day's problems.
Tou cannot afford to permit any
impairment of your health. Anything
that affects your physical well-being
is a handicap that will prove serious.
The most Important part of your
physical makeup is the blood supply,
and upon its condition depends the
proper action of every vital organ of
the body. If the blood has become
Impoverished by. - Impurities creeping:
In. if the circulation is poor and In
auequaie. me xirst enecte are a gen
eral run-down and "good for nothing"
feeling that renders you unfit for the
performance of your ordinary tasks.
This condition robs you of your use
fulness. But worse than that, it ren
ders the system unable to resist dis
ease.1 and almost any serious sickness
may prove fatal. Take no chances
keep the blood absolutely free from all
Impurities. S. S. S. is one blood
remedy, guaranteed purely vegetable.
It baa been on the market for more
than fifty years, and its use will make
the blood pure and rich. S. S. S. Is
sold by druggists everywhere. Write
for booklets and free medical advice
to Swift Specific Cov 82 Swift Lab
oratory, Atlanta, Ga,
ill t eelepho j
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