Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 02, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE arORXIXG OKEGOXIAJT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1917. LEAK TESTIMONY TAKES GRAVER TURN Statement by Partner of Wil son's Brother-in-Law Dis V. puted by Operator. HEARING IS PROLONGED "LEAK" INQUIRERS IN ACTION. Chief Operator Who Forecast Note 11 Hours In Advance Is TJnable to Xame Anyone on Whose V Information He Acted. TTEVT TORK, Feb. 1. Contradictory testimony, regarded by the Congres sional committee as of grave Impor tance, was "given in the "leak" Inquiry late today. So seriqus was the unex pected development considered it re sulted in the abandonment of a plan J to discontinue the hearings tn New X 1. 1 ' . . . ... I wevausB me international situa tion demanded the Representatives to return to Washington. Formal an nouncement was made tonight the In quiry will be continued here tomorrow The point on which testimony dif-1 fers Is whether F. A. Contolly, the , Washington broker and partner of N. . "W. Boiling, a brother-in-law of Presl-1 dent WJlson. sent his forecast of the. President's recent peace note over his private wire to E. F. Hutton & Co, New York brokers, or by some other route. ! Discrepancy Stirs Committee. Connolly has testified that he sent the information in a message now missing-, between 12:45 and 1:30 o'clock on the afternoon of December 20 over the private wire. Joseph W. Becker, Hutton's operator on the Washington wire, swore today that no such mes sage as Connolly described ever came to him. Becker's statement stirred the com mittee to great activity. Impressed, as several committeemen said, with Becker's apparent sincerity and keen recollection of events of December 20, they insisted on following up his dec laration without delay. Sherman L. Whipple, counsel to the committee, declared every telegraph operator of the Hutton firm should be called at once. Becker suggested , that there was another wire, the "southern" circuit, over which the message might have come, despite Mr. Connolly's dec laration that he used the private wire, fcut he hardly thought such was the case. Witness Is Unshaken. Chairman Henry then announced that the unusual importance of the contra dictory testimony could not be over estimated and he, therefore, called the committee into executive session to consider prolonging the local hearing. Mr. Connolly again submitted, to a grilling examination for almost three hours today without deviating from his original declaration that he could not recall the exact source of the. "gossip and rumor" on which he based his fore cast of the note. , tike Connolly, W. G. Toomey. chief operator for the Hutton firm, who, on December 20, sent a "flash" on his own responsibility forecasting the Presi dent's note 11 hours before it was re leased and before he had the Connolly resume, could name positively no one from whom he had obtained the infor mation on which he acted. He sug gested that a young man named "Peter eon" in the Hutton office, or any one of a half dozen telegraph operators, might have told him a note was ex pected. Broker Anxlonsly Awaited. The committee tonight is anxiously awaiting the appearance of George A. Kills, Jr.. one of the Hutton firm. who. According to testimony, drafted the firm's warning from Connolly's mes sage. E. F. Hutton, head of the firm, advised the committee today that Ellis probably would not reach Washington from a Georgia hunting lodge, where he is shooting, before Sunday. The inquiry veered off the Hutton leak angle" today long enough to trace the rumor thai led to a hint of a comjng note's being carried by the How Jones ticker at 2:05 o'clock on the Afternoon of December 20. Three wit nesses. James B. Reilly, managing e ltor of the ticker service, and the Wall Street Journal; Harold T. Johnson, a reporter, and Louis V. Sterling, or Logan & Bryan, brokers, ran the 'rumor back to a message Donald MCMinen, of Chicago, an investor, sent from New Tork to Chicago over Logan & Bryan's private wire on December 20. The message said that the President had called a confeance of prominent newspapermen for Christmas day In Washington to aid In furthering peace propaganda. The committee did not take the rumor seriously. Reilly said he had heard rumors of the peace note as early as December 12. s '. u t t"' "t iJtv .-'. - - ' , v J i " 4 ' tf v -t, ) " -1 . '.i ; if I "V C , .." ' '''' -If XD '- . jvAZgzr?& V' 1 - "--Ct fO-Sl i mm 1 MUSICIAN WEDS MERCHANT Sirs. Elsie Bond Bischoft and O. SI. Moore Are Slarrled. i Mrs. Elsie Bond BIschoff, widow of the celebrated American music com poser of that name, and Oliver M, Moore, a produce merchant on Front Mret, were married last night at their residence. 280 Park street, by Rev. R. JT. Sawyer, pastor of the East Side Christian Church, where the new Mrs. Moore is director of music. The brides maid was Miss Marie Rosslter, and tlio best man, J. W. Moore, a brother of the bridegroom. The guests Included n. few intimate friends of the contract ing oartles. Mrs. Moore formerly lived In Wash ington, D. C, and came to Portland seven years ago. She was formerly nmtlo director at Atkinson Memorial Church. Spanish-American Society Sleets. The Spanish-American Society of Oregon will have its monthly meeting tonight at 8 o'clock In the Central Library story-hour room. Gueets are velromft. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Sn Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of New Perkins Hotel Fifth and Washlnarton Sts Portland. Oregoi. MOST CESTBAU aEDUCEO RATES. - Upper Photo by Underwood; Two Lower Ones by Bain. Top (Left) Samnel 8. Strelt, Chairman of IVew York Clearlns-House. and Henry C. 9. Noble. President of Stock Ex change, Both of Whom Testified. Below House Rules Committee at Xevr York. At Left Representative R. 1 Henry. - IRE ISLES ADVISED Purchase of AH West Indies by America Proposed. TRADE MUSEUM FAVORED Establishment In Paris Is Recom mended to National Chamber of Commerce Pacific STeutral - ization Treaties Desired. WASHINGTON. . Feb. 1. Acquisition by the United States of the other West Indies, in addition to the Danish Islands, was recommended to . the Chamber of Commerce of the United States by a committee on foreign 're lations at the annual meeting here today on the grounds of security to American and Latin-American com merce. Purchase of the Danish Islands, the committee, declared, "eliminates one possibility of our being drawn into European political difficulties." The committee also recommended es tablishment of an American commer cial museum in Paris to help develop trade with Prance and the negotiation by the Government of commercial trea ties containing the "most favored na tion clause." Referring to trade agree ments between Kuiopean allies after the war, the committee observed that it will take our best business brains to safeguard our interests." "In view of certain present phases of the Pacific Ocean question. It is ex pedient," said the report, "to request the chamber to submit to its members a referendum ' on the question of whether. It should urge upon our State Department early and aggressive ac tion in an effort to make and establish neutralization treaties with all other nations of the world." Immediate measures to safeguard American business in the economic struggle expected to follow the Euro pean war were urged tonight by the Chamber in the unanimous adoption of a-report from its foreign relations com mittee. The report declared for "most favored nation" claunes in all trade treaties between the United States and foreign countries. "We etringly deprecate tho long- continued failure of our Government, while negotiating commercial treaties, to seek and employ the advice of our business -men engaged in foreign trade," the report continued. "At no time in our history has this question been more important than now, con fronted as we are by the difficult and novel problems arising out of the un precedented European conflict.' The Chamber went on record against a literacy test in immigration meas ures, indorsing the President's veto of the immigration bill. Committee reports were adapted ad vocating a great American merchant marine, approving the daylight-saving movement and urging commercial ar bitration between the United States and other countries. most part engaged in business re quiring them to voyage to and from America. Only one route from France indi rectly unmenaced by submarines re ma ns open, that is by a long and ex pensive journey to Spanish portB. Frederick Hale. United States Senator-elect from Maine, sent the follow ing cablegram to President Wilaon today: "It Is impossible to secure passage to America under the terms of the lime limit in the German warning. Many Americans in Europe like my self, depending upon the pledge of the German government. following- the Sustex case, desire to return in safety to America. Please cable advice as to course for us to pursue." 3500 SEEK REFUGE SUPPORT OF" ADMINISTRATION PLEDGED BEFORE ALU MM. IS Exigency of Jfo Nation Can Fix Ameri can Rights Honr of Test to Show What Nation la Made Of. NEW TORK, Feb. 1. Charles Evans Hughes, who was guest of honor at the annual dinner of the New York alumni of Brown University here to night, declared every loyal American would stand behind the Administration "in this solemn hour" without a partisan thought. His declaration brought the diners to their feet singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." "We are all Americans tonight stand ing behind our President, on whom this great -responsibility rests," said Mr. Hughes. "It is not a time to embarrass in any degree with private uttera'nees those- charged with this responsibility. They have the facts: they have the duty to perform. They have the sin cere, loyal co-ope rtition of every true American. The exigency of no nation can fix the limits of American rights. "My friends, in this sober hour we stand loyal sons of Brown, realizing the privileges of our American citizen ship. It Lb an hour of test that will show what America is made of. We are desirous that whatever is done shall be done coolly and deliberately and in a manner that will give every Ameri can a sense of profound satisfaction by reason of the wisdom with which the honor and the rights of our coun try shall be maintained." AMERICANS ABROAD WORRY Embassy in Paris Asks Washington How Persons Can Cross Ocean. PARIS. Feb. 1. The American Em bassy has sent a message to the State Department at Washington for instruc tions respecting Americans in Francs, who may ask counsel as to how they are to return home. About 2500 j Americans now are in' Paris for the j terday. GRAVITY OF CRISIS SEEN President's Brothcr-in-Law Says German Policy Is Menacing. BERKELEY. Cal.. Feb. I. That the United States was closer to war now than at any time since the beginning of the European conflict was the opin ion expressed today by President Wil son's brother-in-law, Edward Elliott, lecturer in political science and inter national law, in an address on the pres ent crisis before his class at the Uni versity of California. "Germany," he said, "has placed a blockade which, if she chooses, may force the United States to break off trade relations with England or go to war to protect our rights. I firmly believe that the policy of Germany, as announced, if it be carried out, would make it hard for us to keep out of war." $323 Diamond Stolen; Negro Held. A negro porter named Curtis was ar rested in Seattle last night by request or tne fortiand police, who are inves tigating the theft of a (325 diamond ring front John Lowe, chauffeur for Dr. J. w; Morrow. The diamond was stolen from Mr. Lowe's necktie while he was being shaved in a barber shop at Broadway and Flanders street yes- Army of Mexican Natives Are Leaving With Pershing. PROTECTION IS PROMISED Others Heartbroken Over Prospect of Facing Former Conditions After 10 Slontlis Peace With United .States Troops. III r. i' M m-k- FYTi? A WITH YOUR PUR Ei A 1 Sl CHASES TODAY STAMPS AND SATURDAY1 BRING THIS COUPON AND GET 20-EXTRA-20 S. & H. Trad Ing Stamps on your first SI cash pur- WfciiJ ) chase, and double itn m t nn thA Kn 1. ance of purchase. Good on first three floors today and Saturday. February 2 and 3. mi A CAMERA Mfi lj rnotograpny Interests Ton Saonld Have These - Books, Jut fnbllskad. TT to Photo the Children n. to Make Color Prints Oto Choose a Lena to Make Enlargements. TIT to Remedy Def ective wr Negatives. 25c Each SCISSORS With an Edge That Stays 'Stirege o AT A FAIR PRICE , iitXCeiient r a o r oieei, wen forged, finely finished. 50c slse. 414- 07 o c 6ilft- I ta-in-. C"7 special at tnch. special at.. isc size, b-incn, aDa . . . - nfvfhrlal m t . HUU Rner.ial at .00 mze, eignt-incn. uenuine nencsei v u Left-Hand Shears, special at. w ttU ftnedal at sue size, i-in, coo www THE 1917 Welcome Diary 50c J1.25 Metal Atomiser, continuous spray, oil or water, special. 974 tl.oO White Enamel Douche Can...97c Shaving & Toilet Articles for Men We Don't Sell the Cheapest Candies There's) No Need. , The Bext and Purest at "1 teae races Are in unci 01 everyone -s Cinnamon Drops OQn at. the pound Horehound DropeOOn at. the pound.... uw Chocolate Drops OQn at. the pound. ... COl virvMt -. - Licorice Drops O On at. the pound...." Gum Drops at, 7r the pound I u Jelly Beans at, 17. the round I'm Valiant's LllacCn Vegetal at.... "JVi Pond's Extract V a n 1 a h i ng OPr Cream at.....U C o 1 g a t e's. Men n e n's and Will I a m's Talcum I C. Powder at. ... C o 1 g a t e's Cash mere Bouquet I On Soap, small I Ub Colgate's Cash mere Bouquet O Art Soap, large... Aru Mennen's Shaving Cream on Ofin sale at UC Euxesls ShaT-CHp Ing Cream atJUw Colgate's Shaving Cream, Pow. f)Q der or Stick.4uU Johnson's Shaving Cream on sale Q fin now t. U Colgate's Barbers' Shaving Soap, the 35c Williams' Barber's Shaving Soap, the rk?.r..t.W.l5C 25c Williams' Shaving l. i q u i a. the, bottle at Mlolena Face nr. Lotion at..... 3l Ptnaud Lilac 7 C ft Vegetal at... I 31 Hind's Honey and Almond cream I on sale at... 4711 Lilac Vegetal at.. . Plnaud Bril-OC. .iantine at-...3Jl M a r c e 1 1 es OC. Brilliantine.. . 3U Peer less Almond Cream on sale D C n it 25c. soe.... 03b ir- Wood-Lark" Hand-Rolled Mixed Choco- QQ latea. special, the pound.. ............... www '40c 50c DRUGS AND PATENTS 9 m8c . . . . 25c Com n. LIcorlea Powder oqIQm sale at.-. .....I 3b 1 HerplcldeTC oo sale at.... wb $1 Pierce's O old en M e d 1 e al CQn Discovery at 00 b 75c A r b o len CQn Tablets at. .. 35b 10c Sodium BI-Om carbonate at... Ob !0c Coo oanut II. Oil at I'rb 25c Formalde-IQn hyde at I 3b 25c Sweet Oil I Oft now at....... tub 50c S 1 o a n's Liniment al i?::36c 10o B p a Salts at... I 5c Rose Water rt.w.i7c 25c Cam p h o rated Oil on aiV.tis-c FIRE PREVENTION In the Home Means That Von Have or Will Have a Pyrene Extinguisher C-ne-quart size that may be han dled by a 10-year-old child. Its ef fectiveness testified to by Public Safety Commission and recommend ed by Portland and other Fire De partments. Non - poiaonou ltqutd. Injuring nothing but fire itself. Re duces auto Insurance 15 per cent. Complete with bracket and filled ready for Instant use !- S7.50 t T-Z rr j v:Ji,. FVU5K MARSHALL 700 -HOME A 6171 J K prV STEEETAT WEST PAEK Etta G. Greer. SIsco, vice Mary XL FarrelU resigned. Idaho Rufus L. Cheney. Aceauia. vice C. F. Wise, resigned: George B. i Alien, bpencer, vice N. P. Christian' sen. resigned. TEMPORARY FIKLD HEADQUAR TERS AMERICAN PUNITIVE EXFEDI TION..Ojo Feaenco, Chihuahua. Feb. 1. (By airplane to Columbus, fl. M.) The punitive expedition today entered on the last lap of its withdrawal from Mexico. Wnen the main column re crosses the border February 5, there will have passed 327 days since the first troops left the United States in pursuit of Francisco Villa. surpassing in interest the secrecy that has cloaked the troop movements, has been the exodus of about 3000 Mexi cans along the American line of com munications. On foot, in rickety wagons, on burros and scrawny ponies, they are proceeding and flanking the long columns of marching troops. "It is an exceedingly sad commentary on conditions in Mexico." said Major General J. J. Pershtng today, "when 3000 natives will leave their homes to follow to an alien land an invading army they had been taught to hate and fear. Before we came, they believed we would burn their homes, ravish their women and execute those who pro tested. But after ten months' experi ence with American Army methods, they are heartbroken over being forced to face former living- conditions and those who can are accompanying the troops." ' Figures compiled before the evacua tion of Colonla Duban, UTitil recently the permanent field headquarters of the expedition, show that nearly "000 Mexi cans and S00 Chinese, most of the lat ter having been employed by the troops, bad packed their entire scanty belongings and taken advantage of the American offer of protection to migrate to the border. When the last stragglers, which the rear guard of cavalry is urging for ward, arrive at the border and are taken in charge by the immigration authorities, ltIs estimated by the Army intelllerervpe department that there will be 3000 Mexicans and 500 Chinese tn be cared for by the United States. This compilation does not include the hun dreds who have fled to Juarez by rail over the Mexico Northwestern.. TEN POSTMASTERS NAMED Six Offices of Fonrtii Class Are Filled in Washington, Two in Idaho. OIEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 1. (Special.) Fourth class postmasters have been appointed as follows: Oregon Mrs. Anna Nys, Kingsley, vice Otto Busknhl, resigned; Ananias J. Stahl. Whiteson, vice Mrs. Nellie De Graft, resigned. Washington Charles T. LeWarne. Bellevue, vice W. T. Ivey. removed: Fank L. Bias, Diamond, vice William M. Stipe, resigned: Charles T. Brehm. Fairfax, vice S. E. Atherton. removed;' William I. Dimmock, Mesa, vice W. T. Powell, resigned; Leo Rothschild, Mes kUl, vice C M. Zufelt, resigned; Mrs., TURKS GIVE PEACE HINT Statesman in Geneva With View to Meeting Entente Representatives. PARIS. Feb. I. DJavid Bey. Turkish ex-Minister of Finance, has arrived at Geneva, according to the Matin, as a delegate from the Turkish Ministry, commissioned to get In touch with the entente powers. DJavid Bey was se lected, the Matin says, because he was the only Ottoman Minister who refused to sign the Irade proclaiming the open ing of hostilities. Another Turkish politician, foury Bey, is at St. Morltz and is said to have declared openly that the partisans of Talaat Bey, one of the triumvirate in charge at Constantinople, are na tionalists before everything else and do not Intend to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for Germany. VANCOUVER ELK IN CHARGE Cornerstone of Postoffice Will Jte Iald Sunday. VANCOUVER, Wish, Feb. 1, (Spe cial.) The cornerstone of Vancouver's new $120,000 Federal building will be laid Sunday afternoon with appropriate ceremonies by the Elks' lodge. A programme of music and speeches has been arranged and the Elks' Band will be on duty. An out-of-town ora tor, whose name has not been an nounced, will deliver the Principal ad dress. The committte in charge of the arrangements includes ex-Mayor Ir win, A. M. Blaker, Dr. A. B. Eastham, Dr. N. J. Taylor and Lloyd Dubois. Slayer of Two Surrenders. BOZEMAN. Mont.. Feb. 1. Andrew Levinski, accused of killing George S. Miller and Galdstone Stevens on his Tnining claim In West Gallatin Canyon last Monday, surrendered, to the Sher iff at Karst's camp. 40 miles up the car.ycn from here, today, and Is being brought to Bozeman. Levinski. who was waiting for the Sheriff, said he had telephoned an attorney in Boze man to send an officer for him. Levinski had lived in the canyon 30 years, and the bodies of Miller and Stevens, prospectors. who formerly lived in Portland, Or., were found near his cabin. ' ,I,M ' '.W.'.'V.VV.'.W A Savings Account Thrift jg, . 1 z-. , , .s One Dollar Opens a Savings Account First National Bank of Portland, Or. Fifth and Stark Streets Savings Department, First Floor To the left as you enter. PHTSICIAXS HEAR OF CONDITION OF SEBJJIA-N HOSPITALS. Expressions of Esteem Follow Talk an Sufferings of People of War. Afflicted Country. A demonstration of warm regard and appreciation was extended by 0 rep resentative members of the local medi cal fraternity last night to Dr. Spiro Sargent ich. the occasion being a dinner at the Hotel Portland with Dr. Sar gentlch as guest of honor. The principal event of the evening was an account by Dr. Sargentich of the experiences which he went through during his recent service as a surgeon with the Serbian army. During the height of his activity In surgical work among the Serbian wounded Dr. Sargentich was overtaken by he epidemic of typhus which swept the region. "There was not time for me even to walk through the hospital and say good morning to my patients." he said. "To give them adequate treatment was utterly Impossible. In addition, there were all of my . townspeople, who begged and Implored, even conspired to have me come into homes, if only for a glance at some sick person. This I could not do. They made every of fer their means allowed, but I could not accept any payment. To buy sup piles for the hospital I had to go early In the morning to the market before, the people of the town could find me." Dr. Williamson, acting as toast master, gave a fine expression of the esteem In which Dr. Sargentich is held by his fellow practitioners. Dr. Andrew S. Smith responded to Dr. Sargentich on the part of the physicians present. Seattle Firm Gets Contract. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 1. Contract for erecting; the publio building at Wenatchee, Wash., was awarded today to the Sound Construction Company, of Seat tie, at 7J.O0O. Boys' Suits $8.50 FOR SATURDAY I show boys' fine Nor folk Suits, with extra knickers and three piece belts, in a pleasing" variety of de sirable, stylish fabrics'. These suits are of the usual excellence of the juvenile apparel sold by this store. The tailoring is first class, and the fabrics have been selected for their durability, as well as for their style and harmony of color. Fathers and mothers of boys are invited to choose here. I guarantee satisfaction with each and every purchase. Boys' Fine Blouse Waists 50c and $1 ' The Second Floor for Boys Morrison at Rwrtfr ill Or ii mm Wis- 1 !