VOL. Li VII. NO. 17,543.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1917.
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PORTLAND DOCTOR
OfJ TORPEDOED SHIP
Earle M. Rice Gives Ac
count of Sinking.
U-BOAT FIRES 47 SHELLS
Bombardment Is Answer to
Wireless Call for Help.
BRITISH SLOOP TO RESCUE
Shrapnel Falls Around Survivors In
Boats German Submerges as
Aiding1 Vessel Begins to
Loom on Horizon.
BURGLAR PLUNGES
THROUGH WINDOW
PROFESSOR II. II. HERD3UX
SURPRISES IXTRUDEB.
LONDON. Feb. 11. Earle M. Rice, of
Portland. Or., ship's surgeon of the
Mantola and the only American on
board her. was among the survivors
of th torpedoed steamer who arrived
In London today. He rave the Asoso
clated Press the following: account of
the sinking::
"The first we knew was the sound
of a violent explosion which shook the
ship from end to end at 1:40 P. M. on
Thursday. The sea was fairly rough,
but the ship maintained an even keel
and excellent order was preserved.
Captain Chavaa Immediately ordered the
boats launched.
Snbmarln Answer With Gnu.
"Seven lascars were killed by the
explosion. The remainder of those on
board were unhurt. Everybody got
safely into the boats with the excep
tion of the captain, the chief engineer
and the wireless operator, "who were to
follow us later.
"Nobody had yet seen the subma
rine and everybody in the, boats were
peering into me haze in a vain, effort
to catch a glimpse of the tell-tale
periscope. An hour and a half after
the torpedoing the captain, the engi
neer and the wireless man got the
wireless working and began sending out
5. O. S. calls giving details of the po
sition. "The reply came almost Instantly.
but from an unexepected quarter. The
submarine, which evidently was lying
off in the haze two miles or' so away,
picked up the wireless and began shell
ing the Mantola from four thousand
yards distance, meanwhile approach
ing at full speed, so that the range
rapidly decreased.
Shrapnel Bursts) Around Boat.
"Some of the shells were loaded with
shrapnel, which burst about the Man
tola and around the lifeboats. The
latter had returned close to the Man
tola, but the sailors now put all their
muscle Into the oars to Increase their
distance from the submarine's target.
Fortunately, nobody was hurt by the
shells.
"By this time the submarine was
plainly visible to everybody. A cool
headed passenger on my boat took out
a notebook and carefully marked down
a cross every time the submarine
fired. His record shows that 47 shells
were fired.
Submarine Avoids Encounter.
"The submarine was within two or
three hundred yards of the Mantola
when an unidentified vessel began to
loom on the hazy horizon. The sub
' marine's commander decided discretion
was the better part of valor, closed
his hatches quickly, submerged and
disappeared, to the unspeakable relief
of us alL
"The new arrival proved to be a
British sloop, which gradually picked
up the survivors.
"We were In our boat about six
hours. The Mantola sank In the evening."
DR. RICE PORTTjAXD GRADUATE
War Adventures Begun With Voyage
to This Port,
Dr. Earle M. Rice was a graduate of
the medical department of the Uni
versity of Oregon with the class of
1915. He came here from New Tork
State about five years ago.
He was an Interne at the Police
Emergency Hospital for a year during
his medical study and. at the conclu
slon of his course, went to New Tork,
where he studied during the Summer
with Dr. Gregory Cole. In the Fall of
1915 he returned to Portland and went
Into the office of Dr. Sam C Slocum,
ex-Multnomah County Coroner.
January 1, 1916. Dr. Rice shipped on
the British training ship Medway that
dropped Into port here to take on
cargo of wheat. He went to London
and endeavored to get Into the British
army, but was unsuccessful. He was
then placed on a passenger ship steam
lng between London and Calcutta as
hip surgeon.
On one of the trips between these
two ports the ship struck what Is
thought to have been a mine and was
damaged but not sunk. Dr. Rice wrote
a. letter telling of the disaster to Mrs.
M. C II. Turner, of this city. He also
wrote of the affair to Dr. Black, tin
intimate friend now an Interne at St.
Vincent's Hospital.
He is between 25 and 30 years old.
He Is six feet tall, or a soldierly ap
pearance and had experience in .the
army.
Hr has a wife in Salem, where she 1
employed In the state laboratory. No
Home of Dr. Ralph A. Fenton, in
Same Fashionable Cornell Road
District, Is Ransacked.
Professor H. H. Herdman, principal
of Washington High School, returned
to his home at 275 Cornell Road at
about midnight last night and sur
prised a burglar in the act of ran
sacking the house. The intruder be
came alarmed and tried to get out of
a window, but couldn't open It. Step
ping back, he ran the full length of a
hallway and plunged headlong at the
window, carrying sash and glass with
him and falling about 10 or 12 feet
to the ground. He escaped.
Mr. Herdman could find nothing of
value missing.
The burglar was evidently the same
who earlier in the night had ransacked
the home of Dr. Ralph A. Fenton, 283
Cornell road, adjoining the Herdman
residence. Dr. Fenton came home late
and found bureau drawers open, phono
graph records scattered around and
everything topsy turvy. As Mrs. Fen
ton is visiting in California, all Jewelry
had been put away. Dr. Fenton said
he missed nothing of value.
The burglar didn't touch a small sum
of money left on a bureau which he
ransacked, and the police believe he
was looking for "bigger game."
A man giving his name as Arthur
Marshal was arrested In the neighbor
hood by Patrolman Long. There was
nothing to connect him with the case
and he was booked on a general charge
of vagrancy and held for investigation.
DUKE OF NORFOLK DEAD
Heir, Now Eight Years Old Comes
Into $1,500,000 a Vear.
LONDON. Feb. 11. The Duke of Nor
folk, ranking member of the English
nobility and the foremost Bnglksh
Catholic, died in London today. The
first announcement of his Illness was
made on Saturday.
The heir to the dukedom, the Earl
of Arundel and Surrey, who Is eight
years old. comes Into an estate esti
mated at 300.000 ($1,500,000) annually.
Henry Fltzalan-Howand. fifteenth
Duke of Norfolk, was born December
27, 1817. He was Earl Marshal and
hereditary marshal and chief butler of
England.
American Party Safely
Out of Germany.
LEAVE-TAKING IS CORDIAL
200 REMAIN IN BERLIN
DEUTSCHLAND NOT COMING
Merchant Submarine Still In Home
. Port" on January 31.
NEW LONDON. Conn., Feb. 11. Up to
January 31 the German merchant sub
marine Deutschland had not left her
home port, according to a statement
made to the Associated Press tonight
by Paul G. L. Hilken, vice-president of
the Eastern Forwarding Company.
While Mr. Hilken declined to discuss
the probability of another voyage to
this country by the Deutschland. it was
learned . from reliable sources that
neither the Deutschland nor a sister
submarine would leave Germany for
America until after the present crisis
had passed.
SINKING OF U-BOATS HINTED
British Vice-Admlral Mentions Suc
cess in Plea for "War loan.
LONDON. Feb. 11. In a letter read at
the war-loan meeting Saturday Vice
Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, com
mander of the Dover Patrol, is quoted
as saying:
"If you will try as hard to do your
duty ashore by raising a loan as we
are doing at sea by sinking sub
marines and frustrating other evil de
vices you will make the loan such a
success that it will be a knockout blow
to the enemy."
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GERMAN WARCRAFT SAILS
Dutch Flotilla Escorts Vessel
Through Territorial Waters.
LONDON, Feb. 12. The German tor
pedo boat destroyer V-69 left Tmniden.
Holland, at 6:45 o'clock last night, as
sisted by a German tug, says a Reuter
dispatch from that port.
The Dutch cruiser Noord-Brabant
and six Dutch torpedo boats escorted
the German through territorial waters.
The V-9 at first steered south.
The destroyer was badly battered In
a battle with British destroyers in the
North Sea late in January.
GERARD ARRIVES
IN SWITZERLAND
Members of Foreign Office
See Travelers Off.
T.
MINNEAPOLIS HOTEL
BURNS; MANY DEAD
SCORE, TRAPPED BY FLAMES
MAY HAVE PERISHED.
Ex-Ambassador Smiles as He Takes
Departure and Expresses Him
self Optimistically as to
Future Relations.
ZURICH. Switzerland, via Paris, Feb.
11. The American Ambassador. James
W. Gerard, arrived at the Swiss boun
dary at Schaffhausen, at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. .He was met by the Ameri
can minister to Switzerland. Pleasant
A. Stovall. and representatives of the
Swiss army.
Swiss military guard of honor was
also In waiting, and a big delegation of
citizens greeted the ex-American Am
bassador.
The trip from Berlin was made with
out Incident, although some curiosity
was displayed by those who gathered
along the route through Germany.
Trip Continued to Berne.
Mr. Gerard disembarked at Zurich
with about 120 other Americans, who
expected at first to remain there, but
when, assured of accommodations at
Berne, he left Immediately for that
city. He will remain in Berne two or
three days arranging for his trip to
Paris.
BERLIN. Saturday. Feb. 10. (Wire
less to the Associated Press, via Say-
ville. Feb. 11.) James W. Gerard, the
American Ambassador, and his staff,
left Berlin at 8:10 o'clock tonight for
Switzerland. - Besides the Embassy
staff, 110 other Americans accompanied
him.
Leave-taking la Cordial.
The leave-taking was cordial, mem
bers of the Foreign Office. seeing the
Ambassador off.
Mr. Gerard will await Instructions
In Berne before proceeding.
The train on which the Ambassador
left Berlin consisted of 10 coaches. Ful
ly 200 Americans who are remaining in
Berlin were on hand to take leave re
gretfully of their countrymen, who af
ter a week of tension, due to strenu
ous preparations for leaving, were
somewhat distraught.
Mr. Gerard Is Optimistic.
"Good bye. Judge," some one shouted
as the train started, and Mr. Gerard,
leaning far out of the window of his
car, replied: " Auf wiedersehen on
Broadway."
The ex-Ambassador's face wore a
smile as he waited for the rtain to de-
Some Meet Death by Jumping
and Others Are Injured Icy
Weather Adds to Suffering.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 12. Several
lives, possibly as many as 15, were
lost early today when fire destroyed
the . Kenwood Hotel, -a three-story
brick structure at Twelfth street and
Hennepin . avenue, according to police
reports.
More than a dozen Injured persons
were rushed to hospitals, while others
were taken to private homes. Several
of the Injured probably will die.
Although only two bodies had been
recovered early this morning, the Po
lice and Fire Departments insisted that
nearly a score of persons on the top
floor of the building were trapped by
the flames which suddenly enveloped
the building and were urja"ble to es
cape. ;
One man who leaped to the Icy
ground, was dead when placed in an
ambulance. A woman who leaped with
her flimsy night clothing aflame was
reported to have crushed her skull
on the pavement.
A group of five persons, preparing
to Jump Into a net from the second
floor, suddenly fell back Into the
flames when a ledge on which they
were standing gave way. They are be
lieved to have perished.
The Are, which apparently broke out
In the basement of the hotel, a second
class rooming-house, shot up the front
and back stairways and the building
almost instantly was a seething fur
nace.
Dozens of persons crowded at win
dows on the second and third floors,
Some leaped and others were forced
out by those behind. A man and wom
an appeared at a side window on the
top floor, called for help and
then, pausing a moment on the window
sill, leaped together while .the crowd
cheered them. Both were seriously in
jured. Others, clad only in night clothing,
suffered greatly from exposure In the
10-below-zero temperature.
There were, about 100 guests In the
62 rooms when the re broke out. Ac
cording to the police, there was only
one fire escape on the building.
One woman, Mrs. Lucile Squire, died
of Injuries received when she leaped
from the top floor.
$ WOOD BONDS
FOR ROADS DRGED
Increased Motor Li
cense Part of Plan.
LAW TO BE DRAFTED AT ONCE
Programme Discussed at Port
land Meeting and Approved.
FEDERAL GRANT $1,900,000
Belief Expressed That Additional
Cars Due to Improvement ot
Highways Would-" Enable
Work to Be Increased.
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KAISER TALKS ON U-BOATS
High Officials ' Are Summoned to
Discuss Situation J
LONDON. Feb. 11. An Important
conference at headquarters has been
called by Emperor William, presum
ably to discuss the submarine question,
says the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany's Amsterdam correspondent today.
Dr. von Bethmann-Holwegg, the Im
perial Chancellor, and high army and
navy officials will attend and It Is re
ported, adds the correspondent, that
the possibility of negotiations with
neutrals for modifying the terms of
the recent German memorandum will
be discussed.
Italian Bark Goes Aground.
LONDON. Feb. 11. Lloyd's shipping
agency reports the Italian bark Luigl
nag, of 1700 tons, aground and a total
loss. The captain and 10 men were
lost. Five men were saved.
LEADERS OF LEGISLATURES
COMMENT ON NEW
ROADS PLAN.
Gus C Moser, President of the
Senate "I have been greatly In-"
terested In good-roads legisla
tion. I believe this is the best
plan I've heard suggested. It
eliminates the serious objection
of Increasing general taxation
and Imposes the cost on those
who use the roads and those who
cause the damage to roads."
Robert N. Stanfleld. Speaker of
the House "This bill appeals to
me. I believe'' the Legislature
will stay In session If necessary
If It feels that so doing means the
getting of a satisfactory good
roads bllL I believe this plan
will be seriously considered."
AID FOR STARVING
'BELGIANS SOUGHT
OREGON CAMPAIGN" FOR FUNDS
STARTS TODAY.
Personal Interest Is Taken Here Be
cause Secretary Herbert Hoover
Is Former Salem Schoolboy.
Portland today starts the renewed
campaign to snatch 1.250.000 starving
Belgian children from dismal death and
extinction.
Under the leadership of the Pro
gressive Business Men's Club a five
months' campaign that will cover Ore
gon Is expected to 'provide a und for
the children who are innocent victims
of the European war. J. E. Werleln,
acting chairman of a general commit
tee, will organize 43 sub-committees to
include the entire club's membership,
The members will, seek to get at least
$1 from every member first, and then
carry the campaign Into every highway
and byway of the state. v
Herbert Hoover, field secretary of
the Belgian Relief Committee, stationed
in London, formerly went to school In
Salem. Or., and the Oregon campaign
has a personal interest for that an'.
other reasons. Mr. Hoover writes that
it is proposed to have every American
community undertake to care for
speciflo village of starving children In
Belgium. The small sum of $1 will
care for one child for one month, on
the system of rations worked out.
At present the Belgian Relief fund is
so low that the Belgian children are
receiving only one-third of the average
portion provided for the childdren In
the poorhouses of England. Mental de
generacy and physical decay are re
sulting from the extremely sad con
dltions thej-e in the ravaged country.
and the need Is vital.
While the Progressive Business Men's
club Is handling the arrangement, the
Oregon campaign ls not limited to any
organization. Contributions will be re
ceived by S. L. Eddy, of Ladd & Tilton
Bank, or they may . be addressed to
Belgian Relief, care of The Morning
Oregonian.
A comprehensive system by which
autoists of the state would pay for the
construction of an extensive system of
highways throughout the state without
the need of Increasing the present rate
of general taxation, was outlined to
members of the Legislature at a lunch
eon at the Benson Hotel yesterday by
good roads enthusiasts. The legisla
tors expressed themselves favorably
and asked that the plan be placed be
fore the Legislature not later than to
morrow morning.
After going Into the details of the
plan it was the consensus of opinion
that It is the only comprehensive sys
tem yet presented or proposed to the
Legislature, that takes care of every
part of the state. Both Gus C. Moser,
President of the Senate and Robert
N. Stanfleld. Speaker of the House,
expressed themselves as favoring the
plan and It will receive their support
when taken before the session.
Federal Aid Included.
The plan as outlined would Involve
the Issuance of $7,900,000 In 25-year
bonds. Of the money derived, $1,900,
000 would be used to obtain a similar
appropriation from the Federal Gov-
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TWO STEAMERS ARE SUNK
British and Greek Vessels Are Vie
tims of Submarines.
LONDON. Feb. 11. The British
steamer Sallagh has been sunk. Lloyd's
shipping agency announces today.
The Greek steamer Vasllissa Olga.
1400 tons, has been sunk. Her crew
of 20 men were landed, according to
the Central News. - .
The engineer of the Sallagh was
killed and two men were wounded by
gunfire. The crew were in boats for
nine hours before they were rescued.
Th i s may refer to the British steamer
Salaga, of 3811 tons gross, owned by
Elder Dempster & Co.. of Liverpool.
She has been in the British govern
ment service. No steamer Sallagh Is
listed In available records.
LAST GRAND RDSH
BEGINS AT SALEM
Legislature Has 6 Days
to Finish Business.
MASS OF WORK IS ON HAND
Most Important Measures
Have Passed One House.
APPROPRIATIONS ARE DUE
GREECE UNABLE TO JOIN
Invitation of United States De
clined, Owing to Situation.
LONDON, Feb. 11. The reply of
Greece to the Invitation of the United
States to Join It in Its attitude toward
Germany has been handed to the Ameri
can Minister at Athens, the correspond
ent of the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany at the Greek capital telegraphs.
In view of present conditions, how
ever, the dispatch says, Greece explains
she Is not In a position to contemplate
concerted action for the protection of
the National shipping.
BRITISH CAPTURE TRENCH
Gain of Three-Fourths Front of Mile
Made on Somme. .
LONDON, Feb. 11. British troops
last night captured German trenches
on a front of more than three-quarters
of a mile in the Somme line.
These constituted what is character
ized as a ' strong system," lying north
of Beaumont-.Hame.l,
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SWEDEN ACTS FOR BERLIN
German Interests in Russia and
Egypt Taken Over.
BERLIN, Feb. 8. (By wireless to
Sayville. N. T.. Feb. 10.) German In
terests in hostile countries which. In
most Instances, have been transferred
from American to Swiss representatives.
have been taken over In Russia and
Egypt by Sweden.
British Interests in Germany have
transferred to Holland and those of
Japan, Roumania and Serbia, as well
as the United States, to Spain.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 46.8
degrees; minimum. 42.2 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; variable winds,
mostly southerly.
Submarines.
Mr. Gerard arrives in Switzerland. Page 1.
Earle M. Rice. Portland doctor, tells story
of sinking of India liner Mantola. Page 1.
Berlin's attitude as to American hostages
due to alarmist dispatches from United
States. Page 2.
Kaiser calls conference on submarine ques
tion. Page 1.
Germany would avoid hostilities, but not
modify submarine policy. Page 8.
Government will find way to aid merchant
fleet in arming for defense. Page 2.
Legislature.
Rush of work Is on In last week et session.
Page 1.
University reduces appropriation request
$131,278. Page 6.
Women may lobby for drastle anti-cigarette
bill today. Page 6.
' National.
American admiral Invents device for launch
ing torpedo from airplane that may rev
olutionize sea' warfare. Page S.
Result of leak Investigation Is better than
expected. Page 8.
Congress to be busy with preparedness.
Page 4.
Domfstlf.
Grain trade halted by car shortage. Psge 4.
Many die In Minneapolis hotel fire. Page 1.
Sports.
Washington State Collire five seems to be
In class by Itself. Page 12.
Pendleton and Oakland. Or., girls basket
ball teams may contest. Page 12.
Dave Faults classed as real fighter. Page 18.
Six more Beavers arrive for Honolulu trip.
Page 12.
Bronson to face si am -bang mixer In Wyard
tomorrow. Page 12.
Marine.
Schooner Alumna soon due In river. Fags 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Plans for reception of Oregon troops take
shape. Page ill. ,
Vote to invite Billy Sunday to Portland Is
unanimous. Page ll.
Chinese post proclamations of neutrality In
tong war. Page is.
Mission plea made by Dr. Herbert Spencer
Johnson. Page lu. .
Chinese tong. shorn of mystery. Is merely
fraternal order. Page 19.
Death of Al Hayman recalls early theatrical
days here, page 11.
War picture by Portland artist to aid wound-
-ed Frenen soldiers, rage m.
Road plan proposes issue of $7,900,000 bonds
to be paid by motorists, rage .
Lincoln extolled by pulpit orators. Page 7.
Theodore Splering to appear In violin con
cert tonight. Page 0.
Funds to aid starving Belgians are sought.
Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 12.
Bills Totaling $3,000,000 Will Be
Brought In This Week Consol
idation May Dave to Go
Over to Next Session.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 11.
(Special.) There will be busy doings
in the Legislature this coming week.
which winds up the 29th session of th
Oregon Legislative Assembly. Into six
days must be crammed and Jammed all
the mass of unfinished business that
has piled up In the five weeks Just
ended.
A vast deal of such business is ac
cumulated. It will be the unhappy task
of the Legislature to sort this out, to
differentiate between the good and the
bad, the trivial and the unimportant
contained In a total of several hundred
bills, all In six short days.
Moat Big Measures Started.
At the same time, most of the really
big measures of this session have now
passed one House or the other. Before
the Legislature adjourns sine die next
Saturday night these bills must have
passed both houses or have been killed.
Chief among these measures are the
famous anti-picketing bill, which went
through the House last week with only
two votes to spare; the new road code
and the Irrigation code, which also
have passed the House and are now up
to the Senate to tackle; the Orton bill
amending the teachers' tenure in office
law; the rural credits bill, making
effective the rural credits constitu
tional amendment, passed by the people
last November, and the Insurance code,
all of which have passed the Senate
and are before the House.
Small Bills Take Much Time.
Most of the appropriation bills of
the session also are still to be passed.
Of course, there Is also a mass of
other bill. Most are of only local Im
portance, while many are not even
that. But these little dinky bills seem
to take up more time than the big ones
and they may be depended on to crowd
the work of the final week.
In this last week, public attention
will center in the action of the Senate.
Most of the bi bills containing po
tential "dynamite 'are before that
body.
There will be fireworks a-plenty
when the antl-plcket!ng bill comes on
the floor of the Senate. Both sides
are making a tremendous effort to In
fluence votes on this bill.
Some of the other "antl" bills. In the
passage of which the House has been
so prolific, are up to the Senate. On
of them is the celebrated antl-snuff
bill, which the House put through as
a sort of satire on its own action in
passing the "bone-dry" anti-cigarette
bill. But the anti-cigarette bill has
been recalled, and the House may
think over the anti-snuff bill and take
similar action there.
"Antl" Bills Vi'eary Senate.
Th Senate members are becoming
Just a' little tired of so much antl
legislation.
The House last week passed a new
road code, the measure being a sub
stitute for the Schimpff and Laurgaard
bills. As it comes to the Senate the
objectionable feature of th Schlmpff
bill that would have taken appoint
ment of th Highway Commission out
of the hands of the Governor is elim
inated.
The proposed code provides for a
highway commission of three, to be ap
pointed by the Governor. The only
restriction on his appointing power Is
that one commissioner shall be chosen
from each of the three Congressional
districts.
It is also worthy of note that th
State Engineer Is not to be a member
of the highway commission. One thing
that has delayed the road code to th
final week of the session has been th
desire of the State Engineer. Mr. Lewis,
to be a member of the commission, and
the determination of many persons with
whom Mr. Lewis does not Jibe, that he
shall not be on it.
Blgkwar Tax Retained.
The new code retains the present
quarter-mill state tax for highway pur
poses. The Irrigation code passed by th
House places certified Irrigation bonds
on a par with municipal bonds for in
vestment purposes.
Another bill of considerable interest
on which the Senate will act this week
is the'House measure authorizing hlfh
schools to conduct voluntary military
training.
It should not be forgotten that most
of the appropriation bills are still to
be passed. The Legislature has appro
priated to date approximately $1,100,000.
It can appropriate and still be within
the six per cent tax limitation amend
ment, a total of $1,500,000, In round
numbers.
Consequently appropriations bills to
taling more than $3,000,000 are still to
pass both houses. The Joint ways and
means committee of the two houses wfll
bring In these measures this week.
There will be a deal of heart burning
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