TTTE 3IOKXTXG OKEGOXTAX, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917.
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ATLANTIC RAIDERS
USE AMERICAN FLAG
Report Is Confirmed at Rio
Janeiro and Brazil Adds
to Precautions.
STEAMERS PLAN ESCAPE
Vessels in Rio Janeiro Harbor Have
Stcr.m Up and Are Taking on
Provisions Germans Are
Cheered on Spaniard.
TRIO JANEIRO. Jan. 21. The Minis
ter of Marine has received a telegram
from the captain of the Port of Per
ziambuco confirming the previously re
ported declaration of the commander
of the Brazilian steamer Maranhao that
he had encountered two cargo vessels,
accompanied by two auxiliary ships,
believed to be Germans, all flying the
American nag.
The Brazilian government, in add!
tlon to sending out the coast defense
eblp Deodoro to guard the northern
coast of Brazil, has decided to dispatch
the scout cruiser Rio Grande de Sul,
which will cruise between Port Natal
and Fernando da Noronona Island,
keeping close watch on the coast in
these waters.
Interned Sailors Eacape.
The two vessels will leave for the
north Tuesday.
The Rio Janeiro newspaper A Notlcia
Bays about 100 sailors from the Oer
man gunboat Eber, interned at Bahla.
are reported to have embarked on the
bwedish steamer St. Croix, which left
Rio Janeiro four days ago, and is said
to have met the German raider on the
high seas for the purpose of putting
these men aboard.
The sailors had been Interned on
Cobras Island in the Bay of Rio
Janeiro for more than a year.
German Vessel Has Steam TJn.
A representative of this newspaper
Inspected the German steamer Hohen
staufen in Rio Janeiro harbor, and de
clares the vessel was taking on pro
visions and water and had steam up.
The Hohenstaufen and another Ger
man steamer, the Caproca, according to
A Notlcia. have made preparations to
put to sea.
Reports have been received here that
manifestations in favor of the Ger
mans took place on board the Spanish
steamer Leo XIII when the work of
the raider became known. Several
passengers aboard protested.
Brazil May Capture Raiders.
The Minister of Marine declared to
day that the Brazilian warships which
are watching the coasts have had the
strictest Instructions to capture any
raiders operating in any manner that
might injure Brazil's neutrality. With
out attaching any credence to the re
ports that German steamers were plan
ning to escape from the ports where
they are interned, the Minister said
captains of the ports had been ordered
to prevent any secret departures.
The British auxiliary cruiser Edin
burgh Castle entered Rio Janiero har
bor today. The German steamer Ahrich,
which has been interned here, is filled
with war material.
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ON PROMOTING AIDE
Democratic Members of Sen
ate Committee Expected
to Report Favorably.
ADVANCE IS "114- NUMBERS
over a captain, commander or any other
official of the line, not excluding an
ensign.
Sea Duty TSot Required.
His rank of Rear-Admiral is relative
and does not carry with it the right
to perform military duties or to assume
command over a vessel or force of men
If no officer senior to him is present.
At the same time the rank of Rear
Admiral in the medical corps carries
many advantages, including immunity
from sea duty for all time.
Naval officers today pointed to stat
ute 1506 of the Navy, which says:
"Any officer of the Navy may, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, be advanced not exceeding SO
numbers in rank for eminent and con
spicuous conduct in battle or extraordi
nary heroism."
Hence, they say, legally SO numbers
are the maximum of advancement
which the Nation can bestow as a re
ward for the greatest possible service.
Dr. Grayson is being advanced 114.
Naval Authorities Say SO Numbers
Is Maximum That Can Be Be
stowed legally as Reward
for Greatest Service.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. President
Wilson will Insist on the promotion in
the Navy he has given Dr. Cary T.
Grayson. White House physician and
the President's military aide.
When the Senate committee on naval
affairs meets in its next regular session
Tuesday, the nomination of Passed
Assistant Surgeon Grayson to be
medical director in the Navy with the
rank of Rear-Admiral, will be called i p
for action. At the same time the com
mittee will have before it the nomina
tion of other staff officers of the Navy
whom President Wilson seeks to pro
mote to the newly created rank of
Rear-Admiral in the several corps to
which they belong.
Most of the Democratic members
have shown in the past their desire to
conform to the wishes of President
Wilson, and it is the expectation that a
favorable report on all these nomina
tions, including that of Dr. Grayson,
will be ordered.
PASSENGER STEAMER IS SAFE
Lamport & Holt Liner, for Which
Fear Was Felt, Reaches Fort.
RIO JANEIRO, Brazil. Jan. 21. The
British steamer Vauman has arrived
safely at Bahla.
The Vauban, a Lamport & Holt liner
of 10.660 tons gross, sailed from Ne
York January 7 for Rio, Janeiro with
passengers and freight. Although no
passenger steamers had been reported
interfered with by the German raider,
which has been operating in the At
lantic, some uneasiness was felt in
shipping circles regarding the Vauban
as her course was taking her into the
Bone of the raider's activities.
DIVORCE LAWS SCORED
MORMON POLYGAMY IS BETTER
CONDITION, SAYS PASTOR.
Public Is Confused.
A good deal of confusion exists
in
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CAPTAIN REGINALD BERTRAM AND BRIDE.
There is a romance of the war in the marriage of Captain Reginald
Bertram now in New York on his honeymoon. When he was wound
ed and sent to hospital he fell in love with his nurse. After she
had nursed him back to life twice, he married her.
P1TGA1RN LIFE TOLD
Inhabitants of Isolated Island
Happy, Says Lecturer.
PEOPLE ARE STUDIOUS, TOO
History of Colony's Founding by 9
Mutineers From British Ship 150
Years Ago Is Given in Lec
ture by Dan Ronald.
Pitcatrn Island, the history of its set
tlement and the lessons to be found in
the manner of life of its inhabitants
formed the theme of a lecture last night
shown the list last night. As comman
der of the Oregon cavalry he has been
on the border for the past seven months
and is home on a brief leave looking
after the budget of the National Guard
in the Legislature. f
"It is true that the Oregon troops
were the first on the border," he said
last night. "Most of the troops now be
ing relieved, as well as those previously
relieved arrived on tine border long af
ter the Oregon cavalry and field ar
tillery went into camp on the inter
national boundary.
"But they have been in large camps
wnere considerable rorces were left be
hind when they were returned home.
while relief of the Oregon and Wash
ington troops evidently is- regarded as
impracticable for the reason that the
force at Calexico would be smaller than
the Mexican garrison at Mexican if the
Oregon and Washington men should be
sent home.
"Furthermore, the troops at Calexico
are in the western department rather
than under General Funston in the
southern department, and consequently
would not be withdrawn until the local
military authorities In the Southern
California border district indicated that
withdrawal could be made with safety
the public mind as to the exact charac
ter and significance of the nominations
of Dr. Grayson and other officers of
naval staff corps. No staff officer has
the actual rank of Rear-Admiral or
any other military rank.
Should Dr. Grayson be promoted to
be a medical director with the rank of
-admiral. It would not be proper to
address him as "Admiral. The mill
tary rank merely determines where
his place shall be in order of precedence
among other naval officers, line as well
as staff, the insignia he may wear on
his uniform and the pay he receives.
His proper title of address will be
Medical Director.
Dr. Grayson was not nominated by
the President to be a Rear-Admiral in
the Navy, but to be a medical director
with the rank of Rear-Admiral. He
would not take precedence aboard ship
BOGUS COINS ARE FOUND
SECRET SERVICE UNEARTHS COCN-
TERF1ET DOLLARS IN SEATTLE.
Arrest Followed by Finding Complete
Outfit for Making Hour and
Well-Filled Chest.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 21. Frank
E. Nichols, E3 years old, formerly of
Oakland. CaL. was arrested on the
street here today on the charge of
having counterfeit money in his pos
session. According: to Captain Thomas
B. Foster, of the United States Secret
Service office here, who made the ar
rest, five counterfeit sliver dollars
were found on the prisoner when he
was searched at police headquarters.
Afterwards, at his home, a two-room
cottage on Fourteenth avenue, where
he lived alone, 10 spurious dollar coins
were discovered wrapped in a hand
kerchief hanging in the ivy vines on
the front porch. Plaster of paris
moulds on wood bases f or making
bogus dollars and imitation silver
metal were found in the rooms of the
cottage and a metal chest filled with
counterfeit dollars, untrimmed around
the edges, was unearthed from beneath
the house. The spurious coins are of
the 1879. 1890 and 1894 series.
Secret service operatives believe
Nichols, since coming here last No
vember from California, has circulated
about $300 of the worthless money.
Letters found on the prisoner indi
cate he was in the chicken-raising busi
ness when he lived in Oakland.
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DIVORCES ARE FRAUDULENT
Negro Accused of Issuing Forged
Decrees by Wholesale.
LITTLE POCK. Ark., Jan. 21. Offi
cers who arreste 1 W. M. White, a negro
stenographer, here yesterday, say that
he had issued 1000 counterfeit divorce
decrees to Arkansas negroes within
the last year. They say that White,
who is educated and familiar with
legal forms, forged the decrees even
to the signatures of the chancellors.
and that he has defrauded negroes of
the state out of several thousand dollars.
Rev. W. IL Alford. a negro preacher.
was arrested as an accomplice. The
officers say he solicited business for
White. The officers also say that they
suspect several white men are implicated.
ADAMS0N DISCUSSES LAW
Decision on Eight-Hour Bill Is De
clared to Involve Others.
BOSTON. Jan. 21. Belief that the
Supreme Court, if it should declare the
Adamson eight-hour law unconstitu
tional, would And it necessary also to
declare unconstitutional similar legis
lation, such as the 16-hour law for
railroad men and the 13-hour law for
towboat employes, was expressed in an
address here today by Representative
Adamson, of Virginia, father of the
Adamson bill.
"If the bill regulating the Interstate
shipment of goods in violation, of the
child labor law is constitutional, then
there will be nothing to prevent Con
gress from enacting a law to prevent
Interstate shipment of goods by men
who have been forced to wo-k more
than eight hours," he continued.
DENTAL OFFICES ROBBED
GOLD VAXX'ED AT NEARLY SSOtt
STOLEN AT PENDLETON.
Read The Orironin classified ads.
Almost S10O Also Obtained From The
ater) Orsanlxed Gang ot Burglars
Suspected by Pelice.
PENDLETON, Or Jan. 21. (Spe
cial.) Four Pendleton dentists were
robbed of almost $200 worth of sheet
gold early today and between $90 and
$100 was taken from the Temple The
ater. Doctors F. D. Ingram and L. D.
Idleman report. a loss of sheet gold
valued at between $75 and $100 from
their offices In the Schmidt building.
Dr. F. E. Farnsworth, in the Temple
building, lost $15 worth of the material
and the office of Dr. C. F. Woods, in.
the Commercial Club, building was
robbed of considerable sheet gold.
The work is thought to be that of
an organized band of dental thieves
who have been committing robberies
in Southeastern Washington and East
ern Oregon.
Entrance to each place was gained
by use ot a small half-inch jimmy. So
quietly was the work done that nothing
was known of the affair until late to
day, when the dentists notified the
police. No trace was left by the
robbers.
Chief of Police Tom Gurdane has
notified adjacent cities of their presence.
by Dan Ronald, who addressed several (to the districts affected.
Court Ot Conciliation Is One Remedy
Suggested by Rev. Thomas Jenkins,
at St. David's Church.
A fierce arraignment of the divorce
laws and a few remedies were included
in a sermon by Rev. Thomas Jenkins
at St. Davids Episcopal Church last
night.
The sermon last night was a sequel to
the one delivered last Sunday on "Mar
riage and Divorce."
In answering the self-imposed ques
tion, "How can the divorce evil be
cured?" Rev. Mr. Jenkins suggested
that "Christianity stand on Christian
law," that a strict adherence to Chris
tian doctrine would create a moral in
fluence that would cut In half the num
ber of divorces, and that the grounds on
which divorces are granted should be
narrowed.
He also suggested that a court of con
ciliation might be established where
complainants might be given a "pre
liminary interview."
"The ideals in married life must be
ennobled," he said. "The boys and girls
must get education for home-making.
They get their ideals of marriage from
the movie, which has a yellow streak
running through it either too much
glamor or too much gloom.
"The parents are largely to blame
for the conditions that exist. They in
dulse their children and get them Into
the habit of thinking that married life
as they have lived It Is not quite the
proper thing.
Rev. Mr. Jenkins said "every child is
entitled to two parents" and that civil
laws, "worse than pagan doctrines."
made outcasts of many children. He
asserted that the polygamy of the Utah
Mormon was Christian In comparison
with a condttion that allowed a man
or woman to have one mate after another.
hundred persons in Turn Hall. Fourth
and Yamhill streets.
Do not get a false impression that I
am trying to tell you that all we have
to do to be happy and successful is to
go away to an island," said Mr. Ron
ald, "but I do say that given good en
vironment, man will have a chance te
be happy. Pitcairn was founded - on
discontent. Those who are intellectu
ally dissatisfied are bound to progress.
Science would never have gotten any
where had we always been content to
believe and do just as our grandfath
ers did.
"Pitcairn is situated." explained Mr.
Ronald, "in latitude 25 degrees 3 min
utes and 50 seconds South and in longi
tude 130 degrees 18 minutes and 30 sec
onds West. 1500 miles from the Equator
and 3000 miles from Chile. It was dis
covered 150 years ago. Its fame came
from the fact that it was settled by
men who were mutineers from the Brit
ish ship Bounty.
"On a voyage from Tahiti to Jamaica,
the ship's captain, William Bligh, be
came so tyrannical that his men re
volted, forced the officer and 18 of his
men into a boat and cast them adrift.
They finally arrived at the island ot
Timor. Twenty-five mutineers returned
to Tahiti and later nine of them escaped
the vigilance of the British govern
ment and sailed for Pitcatrn. led by
Fletcher Christian. Six native men and
12 native women accompanied them.
Thev burned the ship Bounty and set
tled on the Island. Their colony was
not discovered until 1808."
On the island, which is visited infre
quently by .ships, the people live in
happiness and content and are studious
and industrious, according to Mr. Ron
ald, who has visited there and knows
the people.
Occasionally supplies are sent to the
Pitcairn Islanders and recently a ship
starting for that locality took dona
tions from interested Portlanders.
GUARDSMEN TO COME HOME
(Continued From First Page.)
It Is possible. If not probable, that I
the Oregon and Washington troops will I
be among the last to leave the border.
as they must be replaced by regular
troops. Whether one of the two bat
talions at San Diego will be sent over I
to Calexico for that purpose, or whether!
the Oregon men must await arrival!
of Pershing's cavalry and artillery front
Mexico, is something that remains to
be seen."
General White is leaving shortly fori
,the border to continue as troop com
mander until the Oregon men are mus
tered out. He hopes to leave on the I
late train tonight following a hearing!
on the naval militia budget before the!
ways and means committee of the Leg
islattire at Salem.
AS
g of Swords,
RUSSIA BUYS ICE PLANTS
Purchase of $30,000,000 Worth of
Refrigerators Planned.
NEW YORK; Jan. 21. The purchase
In the United States of refrigerating
equipment to the value of $30,000,000
to conserve and develop along economic
lines the fresh beef and dairy Indus
try of Russia has been authorized by
the Russian-American conservation and
industrial stock company, backed by
the Russian government, according to
J. H. Oultak, of Moscow, who arrived
here today from Bergen.
Part of his purchase here, he added.
win be 10,000 modern refrigerator-cars
in addition to heavy machinery for
cold storage and freezing operations.
Maryland Fifth Infantry. ;
Massachusetts Ambulance Company
No. 2, Field Hospital No. 2.
Minnesota First Infantry, First
Field Artillery.
Missouri Fourth Infantry.
Montana Troop A Cavalry.
Nebraska Field Hospital No. 1.
Company A.
New Hampehlre -irst mraniry.
New York Seventy-fourth Infantry,
Field Battery Company, supply train.
Ambulance Company No. 4.
North Carolina First Infantry.
Ohio Fourth Infantry, Fifth In
fantry, Third Brigade Headquarters,
First Sauadron Cavalry.
Oklahoma First Infantry, Troops
A and B, Cavalry, Field Hospital Com
pany, Company A Engineers.
Pennsylvania Second Field Artil
lery, Company C Engineers, Sixth In
fantry. Eighth Infantry, Third Brigade
Headquarters.
South Carolina Troop A Cavalry,
Company A Engineers. Field Hospital
Company.
South Dakota Fourth Infantry.
Utah Second Squadron Cavalry.
Tennessee Ambulance Company No.
1. Field Hospital No. 1.
Virginia Second Infantry.
Wisconsin Second Infantry.
OREGON MEN KOI INCLUDED
General White Says Move May De
pend on Western Army Heads.
Failure of the War Department to in
clude any Oregon troops in the latest
order for return of the National Guard
from the border caused no surprise to
Adjutant-General White when he was
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AT SIXTH.
instead of Peace
a stiffening of the resolve to fight on to victory or the bitter end, would seem to be the chief
result of President Wilson's efforts to hasten the end of the war in Europe.
This conclusion is reached after reading the Entente Allies' reply to President Wilson's
proposal for peace negotiations, although in some quarters it may be felt that there is
still a loophole for a continuance of peace discussion. Lloyd George, the British Premier,
supplements the stiffness of the allies' answer by saying, in his Guildhall speech, that
"the allies are still convinced that even war is better than peace at the price of Prussian
domination over Europe," and that before anyone can "attempt to rebuild the temple of
peace, they must see that the foundations are solid." ,
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public opinion on the subject.
Among other articles of unusual interest in this week's issue are:
Bone-Dry " States Are Now Possible Under
U. S. Supreme Court Decision
Canada Swept by Prohibition
Why Socialists Left the Party-
Church and Corporation "Soul
Why We Eat
To Save Niagara's "Horse Shoe" Fall
North Dakota's Farmer Revolt
A Modern Spanish Painter of Primi
tive Vigor
Phillip Gibbs A War Correspondent
With a "Naturalistic Vision"
Mr. Gerard's "Olive-Branch" Speech
The New German War Plan
Is Germany Starving?
Why Russian Shrapnel Is Polished
Is Railway-Building to Be Revived?
College Cookery
Editing Mark Twain
Country Girls in the Y. W. C. A. -
The Problem of the City's Edge
A Fine Collection of Illustrations, Including Humorous Cartoons
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of our whole social and governmental system
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