Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 15, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textam VOL.. Li VII. NO. 17,546. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OREGON TROOPS GET BIG WELCOME HOME WEBFEET PECULIAR TO OREGON STATE SCIENTIST PROVES RELATION ACTUALLY EXISTS. Family Reunions Take Place at Depot. WILSON PREPARING TO ACT DEFINITELY MEN' GO ON TO VANCOUVER Returned Soldiers Will Parade j iiere This Afternoon. PUBLIC RECEPTION TONIGHT Members of Troop and Battery Greeted All Along Line After Entering State Muster-Out Will Soon Take Place. HOW PORTLAND WILL WEL COME RETURNED TROOPS FROM BORDER TODAY. Parado this afternoon starting from Armory at 2:15. Patriotic organizations and civic bodies will serve as escort. State, county and city officials will review pa rade from stand on Central Li brary steps. Line of march South on Elev enth to Alder, east on Alder to ' Broadway, south on Broadway to Yamhill, east on Yamhill to Sixth, north on Sixth to Washington, east on Washington to Third, north on Third to Pine, west on Pine to Broadway, south on Broadway to Washington, west on Washington to Tenth, south on Tenth to Taylor, west on Tay lor to Eleventh. Between close of parade and 6:30 visiting with relatives and friends will be enjoyed by troops. Banquet at Multnomah Hotel at 6:30, followed by reception. Dance at Multnomah Hotel at 9 o'clock. Theory Demonstrated by Difference in size of Feet of Frogs of South and North. BERKELET, Cal.. Feb. 12. (Special.) That there actually Is a relation be tween webfootedness and life In Ore gon has been scientifically demonstrat ed by the University of California, Here is the way It was proved: Three hundred and seventy toads of one species from the University of Cal ifornia museum of vertebrate zoology were examined by Charles Lewis Camp. Of the hundreds of species which came from the region Deiween m Juana on the south and Orvllle and the Cualala. River in Sonoma. County on the north, all were found to have com paratively email hind feet, the spread from the end of the first toe to the tip of the fifth toe being usually less than 36 per cent of th total body length. But toads of this same species from Oregon. Washington and Vancouver Island, and also those from the region between Sulsun and Eureka and the northern boundary of California were found to have a remarkably greater development of webfootedness, the hind feet being larger, and when ex panded etretchlng out for a distance of more than one-third as great as the total body length. So marked is the difference that for more than half a century these toads of a relatively greater webfootedness had been regarded by scientists ad a perfectly distinct species. Now, however, Mr. Camp has demon strated that all of these toads are of single species, with the webfooted amphibians domineering the north. Shocking Disaster May Not Be Awaited. B. L. STEEVES HEADS WILLAMETTE BOARD UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES FIND BEQUEST MAY BE $100,000. ROADS LEGISLATION RUSHED IN SENATE MOVE WILL BE DELIBERATE Congress to Be Asked for Au thority to Protect Lives. DEFENSE COUNCIL ACTIVE Action as to Arming of Merchant Vessels Not Decided On, Desire SU11 Being to Give Ger many No Excuse. POTATO BOYCOTT BEGUN Wisconsin Women Will Eat No bcrs Until Price Declines. Tu- MONROE, Wis., Feb. 14. Women of this city who conferred on the high cost of living decided today that they will Institute a potato fast unless the price of tubers declined by the end of this week. It is proposed to abstain from potatoes until the price recedes. The women declare that in blockaded Germany 60 pounds of Potatoes can be of goods de8tlned for export to Euro pean ports. No serious effect from this WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. The steady accumulation of violations of American rights by Germany made It appear pos sible today that President Wilson would go before Congress to ask au thority for further protecting lives and property without waiting for a serious disaster which might shock the coun try. . There were no indications, however, that he believed the time for such a step had come, and It again was said authoritatively that he would move de liberately and with full appreciation of all the consequences Involved. Tenxlon Only Slightly Increased. Official reports of the sinking of the American schooner Lyman M. Law In the Mediterranean by an Austrian sub marine added only slightly to the tension, for while the act is believed to have been illegal, no lives were lost and the vessel apparently was warned. The Incident was not looked upon as one Itself sufficient to hurry the de velopment of the situation. Preliminary reports began coming to Government departments showing the piling up p.bout the Atlantic seaboard All Members of Faculty Are Re elected for Another Tear G. F. Johnson Is Vice-President. Dr. B. L Steeves. of Salem, was elected president of the board of trus tees of Willamette University to suc ceed the late T. S. McDaniel at a meet ing of the board held in Portland Tues day at the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Steeves has been vice president of the board. w A member to fill the vacancy was not chosen. G. F. Johnson, of Portland, for sev eral years a mer-r of the bo-rd. was elevated to the -rice-presidency to suc ceed Dr. Steevens. A preliminary canvass of the bequest to Willamette University as residuary legatee of the late A. E. Eaton, of Union. Or., indicates that Willamette University will receive probably as high as 100.000 Instead of $33,000, as originally estimated. The only other business of Impor tance transacted was the election for another vear of all members of the Willamette faculty. Among those present were Dr. Steeves. Dr. J. W. McDougall, of Spo kane, formerly of Portland; Dr. Wal lace Sk'ipworth. of Hillsboro; Rev. A. R McLean, of Portland; Rev. Walter Lee Airhart. of Portland; Rev. Robert Brum blay, of Spokane; R. A. Booth, of Eu gene; A. B. Lee. Dr. Moore, of Eugene: Burgess Ford and Rev. Nathan Evans, of The Dalles. Emergency Bond Issue Bill Passed. AUTOMOBILE TAX IS DOUBLED Sentiment for $7,900,000 Bond Issue Crystalizes. OBJECTIONS WIPED OUT Study of Olson's Constructive High way Programme Leads Legis lators to Turn to It as Means of Aiding State. CHINA IS EXPECTED TO JOIN ENTENTE PROTEST REGARDED AS- PRE LUDE TO PART IN WAR. COLUMBIA SPAN IS FORMALLY OPENED Japan Promises Support, Including Maintenance of Order .Where German Influence Prevails. TOKIO. Tuesday, Feb. 13. In con nection with the Japanese approval, now confirmed, of China's action In supporting the attitude of the United States toward Germany on the sub marine question, it is further stated that Japan has promised China all pos sible support. Including the mainte nance of order In China, where German influence is considerable. China's protest to Germany, says the Japan Times, may be taken as a pre lude to China's eventual participation in the war An the side of the entente. Japan's special rights and interests in the Far East, add3 the newspaper, have been affirmed by the entente. KIDNAPED GIRL IS HUNTED bought, if any -are available for 72 cents, while In Wisconsin, on..t the greatest potato-raising states In the Union, consumers are paying four times 1 that price. Fit as fiddlers, sun-burned and sturdy, the last Oregon troops to leave SUFFRAGE BILL IS PASSED ioq mexican Doraer, xroop a. ana I'm- 1 Measure Giving Vote for President Is Up to Ohio Governor. RUSSIANS DIE OF PLAGUE Epidemic Sweeps One Province, Says Berlin Report. BERLIN, Feb. 14. (By wlrelese to Sayvllle. N. Y.) Reports of an epi demic in Rostov-on-the-Don have been published in Russian newspapers, ac cording to information received in Co penhagen, says the Overseas News Agency. "Despite the deletions of the censor. It Is evident that the epidemic has spread through the whole government of Tekaterinoslav and has caused the death of a tremendous nirtnber of vic tims." says the agenoy. "Physicians are unable -AO Identify the plague. The bodies of Its victims, are covered with bolls." tery A. reached Portland from the South yesterday morning. At the Union Depot wives, mothers and sweethearts opened wide their arms and hugged the returned troops to their bosoms. Many a fervent kiss' resounded beneath the gloomy old train sheds, and the usually dull place was enlivened as seldom before. Men rela tives and friends gripped the hands of the returned soldiers hard, and made their greetings warm. Soldiers Get Dainties. Sandwiches, coffee, doughnuts, ap pies and other dainties were served to the soldiers In the train yards, and packages of good things were given the soldiers, so that when the troop trains pulled out for Vancouver Bar racks the men were well supplied. Two special troop trains, bringing the men, their horses and equipment, and 160 Washington troops, reached the Union Depot Just before 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The scheduled atop of one hour was lengthened to two, to give the men a chance to visit with the home folks. It was 10 o'clock before the buglers sounded "assembly and the train pulled out for Vancouver. Parade This Afternoon. This afternoon the Oregon and Wash ington troops will return to the city and will parade through, the principal streets at 2:15. Tonight they will be guests of honor at a big banquet spread for them at the Multnomah Hotel. This will be followed by a public reception and dance. When tne two mixed trains bringing home the bronzed guardsmen pulled in to the Depot yards yesterday morning, It was a welcome sight to hundreds of waiting relatives and friends. Many an eye was moist as loved ones were greeted. There were many expressions of thankfulness that the soldiers reached home safe and sound, with everyone of them probably better off physically than when they left, and all agree that the training has been a decided benefit. Big milk cans full of steaming cof fee, great quantities of sandwiches and doughnuts and boxes of prime Ore gon apples were taken to meet the troop trains by the Joint committee of the troop and battery auxiliaries. and complete Justice was done to the spread by the soldiers. But every fam ily that boasted a member of either of those two organizations was not con tent to allow their boy to take a chance on the rations running short, so they brought additional dainties, and there was more than sufficient for all. Reception Is Happy One. The morning greeting of the guards COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 14. The Ohio State Senate today passed a bill giving women the privilege of voting for President. The bill already has passed the House and Governor Cox has Intimated he will sign it. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 47 degrees; minimum, s aegreeg, TODAY'S Fair: northerly winds. Legislatures. Orton'a teachers' bill passes House, rase 7. BUI Is passed placing grant lands on tax rolls, Pago 0. Insurance cods now ready tor Governors signature. Pag. 7, Senate passes bill to stop petition fraud. Paso 6- Olympla Senate passes bone-dry bill, S3 to S. Page 6. Fishing fight breaks out again In House. Page 7. Senate rushes highway legislation. Page 1. Submarines. Submarine sinks American ship. Page 3. Ex-Ambassador von Bernstorff satis. Page 8. China expected to Join entente. Page 1. Wilson preparing to ask Congress for au thority to protect Americans Dexore shocking tragedy occurs. Page 1. British officials say submarine terror Is phantom. Page Z. War. British Minister pays tribute to Americans of Belgian Relief Commission. Page 3. Mexico. Four Americans held for ransom by Villa bandits. Page . National. Cuban revolt spreads: Lansing sends another warning. Page J. Domestic. AH women evicted from San Francisco red- light district. Page . Science proves webfeet are peculiar to Ore gon. Page 1. 6 port a. Beavers sail for Honolulu. Page 14. Baseball strike definitely called off. Page 14. Denny Wille wants one more trial with majors, page J.-. - Pacific Northwest. Four officers of trading company guilty of fraud. Page s. B. L. Steeves elected president of board of regents of Willamette university, page 1. Commercial and Marine. Good demand from East for wheat for prompt shipment. Page la. Traffic demoralization In East weakens Chicago, wheat market. Page IS. Stock trading professional with last prices lowest. Page la. Harbor at Municipal Dock No. 3 being deepened. Page is. Portland and Vicinity, Columbia Interstate bridge formally opened. Page l. men was a remarkably big and happy I Speakers at Laymen's Missionary Movement reception. Mayor Albee and the Po- condltlon will be felt, however, until lapse of sufficient time for ships re maining in American ports to have gone to Europe and return. ItiduMtrlal Life Threatened. While only approximately 10 per cent of American comrrterce with Europe Is carried on American ships, the sailings of vessels of other nationalities in many instances have either been cancelled or postponed, and therefore the result ot the ruthless submarine campaign In time will result in far-reaching dis turbance of the industrial life of the United States. Preparations by the Government for any eventuality still are going forward without interruption. Much import ance is attached to the work of the Council of National Defense, which is holding daily sessions for the purpose of obtaining at first hand from Amer icans of experience Information as to what provision must be made to co ordinate American resources. E. S. Stettlnlus, of J. P. Morgan & Co., New York, was again before the Council to day furnishing Information gained Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.) FARM LOAN WARNING OUT Federal' Board Unfavorable to Bodies Organized for Profit. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 The Fed eral Farm Loan Board today issued a warning to farmers against persons re ported to be organising farm loan as sociations for the sake of private profits. "Any association which gives evi dence of having been organized for purposes of private profit will be given very careful scrutiny before a charter is granted." said the Board's state ment, , Pope plans new move Appeal to Be Made to Neutrals to Act Jointly for Peace. LONDON, Feb. 14. According to an Exchange Telegraph message from The Hague, it is reported from Munich that the Vatican has informed the Nuncio at Munich that the Pope contemplates an appeal to all neutral governments to take Joint action in favor of peace SALEM, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Good roads legislation went through with a rush In the Senate today when House bills 21. by Bean and Barrett. and 509, by the House highway com mittee, passed the upper body. House bill 509 provides for doubling the auto mobile tax after August 1. this year, and converting the funds so raised into a state fund to be used in matching the Federal aid In the Shackleford act House bill 21 provides for an emergency bond Issue of $1,800,000, the funds to be raised to match the Federal road fund only in event money Is available from no other sources. It is noticeable that the two bills dovetail in well wttn the programme outlined for the larger bond issue of 17.900.000. which Is proposed in the bills of Senator Olson, which also will be introduced In the House. Bond lute Precedent Set. No conflict Is found in the proposals and in addition, by the passage of the Bean-Barrett measure, the Legislature, for the first time in Its history, has committed Itself to a programme ot bonding the state. By the passage of that act It seems apparent from the talk heard that few legislators will object to the larger bond issue on the broad ground that they are unconsti tutionally opposed to bond Issues, when the body already Is committed to such programme. The necessity for the use of a por tion of such bond issue also seems to arise on the face of the figures pre sented under the terms of the Shackle- ford act. The state, on July 1. 1918, will need to raise $491,650 If it meets the Federal aid provisions, and with $220,000 raised from the mlllage tax will be $271,000 shy of the amount This arises largely from the fact that the provisions of House bill No. 609 relative to the automobile tax do not become effective until August 1, and as a result the $150,000 net to be raised on vehicle taxes for this year before August 1 will go back. the counties under the present law. Opponent Are Appeased. House bill 509 passed by a vote of 23 to 5. Senators Olson. Hawley and Lewis championed the measure, and but little opposition developed. House bill No. 21, by Bean and Bar- White Child Disappears From Home After Being Found Once. DETROIT, Feb. 14. Private detec tlves Were today searching negro boarding-houses In detrolt for ? '-year old Marjorle Delbrldge, a white girl from Chicago, who has been missing since January 26. She was found here yesterday at the home of Enoch Taylor, a negro, t-.ie disappeared las', night from the Taylor house, and. according to Mrs. Taylor, was taken to Canada. Tho Delbrldge girl, daughter of an actress, was reared in Chicago by negro woman named Mrs. Camilla Jack son. Mrs. Taylor denied that she knew Mrs. Jackson or the Delbridere child and said that a white woman brought the girl to her house, after "a friend" had called up and arranged frr a room. Dream of Half Century Is Realized. PORTLAND-YANOQUYER LINKED Traffic Starts With Brilliant Ceremony on Bridge. THOUSANDS ATTEND AFFAIR MINES TO BE TAKEN OVER British Board of Trade to New Department. Create LONDON. Feb. 14. The Board of Trade will take possession of the coal mines throughout the kingdom for the duration of the war, according to an announcement made today. It will create a new department for the administration of the mines, headed by Guy Calthrop, now general manager of the London & Northwest ern Railway, as controller. SWISS GO ON RATIONS Use of Illuminating Gas Curtailed to Save Coal. BERNE. Switzerland, via Paris. Feb. 4. Meatless days, sugar cards, rice cards and restricted hotel menus are being resorted to by the Swiss govern nient. Foodstuffs are becoming more scarce am a result of the new naval blockade, Measures are being taken to reduce everywhere the use of Illuminating gas save coal. (Concluded on Page 4, Column 8.) THEY'VE SPANNED THE MIGHTY COLUMBIA. lice Band were there, the former to welcome the boys to the city and the latter to supply music that gladdened the heart. Mrs. Eva Patterson was head of the Joint auxiliary committee of welcome that supplied the edibles. urge wider vision for church. Page 13. Oregon troops - warmly welcomed. Page 1. Frank D. Oxm&n. star witness against al- I leged bomb plotters, disputes woman's affidavit. Page 18. Stephen Carver gets franchise for four motor-bus routes. Page 13. Tong war baited pending settlement. Page 11. One of the happiest of the returning Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. soldiers yesterday was Sergeant P. E. Penman, of Troop A, who was greeted by a young baby he had never seen. Sergeant Penman pitched camp at Bal boa Park. San Diego, on July 3 last, and the stork arrived at his home in Portland on July 14. But every race yesterday was CConcluded on Page 9, Column 2.) Jobs of striking metal trades workers be ing filled. page 18. Vancouver rejoices at bridge opening. Page 8. All Portland will hall returned troops at parade today. Page . Portland Episcopalians indorse pension fund for clergy. Page 2u. Descendants of Oregon pioneers celebrate I state's "natal day. Page 15. Amy MitUng will have new horns. Page . I ' y-ggj f SHAKE ) IlYSP 1 neighbor I y&r Yesterday in the Legislature. THE Senate sustained Its reputation for putting freak bills to sleep without wasting time, paused Just long enough yesterday to laugh and then snuffed out the anti-snuff bill that had come over from the House. It was one of eight bills killed and 32 passed In the course of a busy day. Among the Important bills passed In the Senate were the House measure doubling automobile licenses so as to provide a fund to match the Shackleford Federal road fund, and the Bean-Barrett bill authorizing Issuance of bonds up to $1,800,000 necessary to match any portion of the Federal fund not other wise provided for. Old Ferryboat Toots Last Jlournful Salute as Gala Day Crowds Begin to Surge Across Big $1,700,000 Structure.' With brilliant formality, the Inter state bridge yesterday swung into Its niche in the great scheme of commer cial and Industrial development of the Northwest, Oregon extended a big, brotherly hand to Washington, and Portland wel comed with open arms her old neigh bor, Vancouver. They all fell into each other's ardent embrace, happy over the final realization of an improvement that had been a dream for a half cen tury or more. Thousands Enjoy Gala Day. Oregon was out thousands strong and Washington in equal thousands. Together they made a gala day of the opening. Pride and Joy abounded on every side except on board the old ferry-boat which has plied a trouble some course over the river, struggling for years to keep pace with the on ward march of development and growth. It tooted a mournful salute to the cheering thousands crowded on the bridge as two little girls pulled apart a ribbon bow that opened the bridge to traffic Ceremonies on Lift Span. The formal opening was on the lift span near the Vancouver side. Two . girls, the daughters of officials of Multnomah and Clarke counties, pulled the ribbon apart and dropped a rope that separated the surging crowds from Portland and Oregon on the one side and Vancouver and Washington on the other. At the same time Mayor Albee, of Portland, shook hands with Mayor Evans, of Vancouver, Governor Withy combe, of Oregon, shook hands with ex-Oovernor Moore, of Washington, and to the strains of "The Star-spangled Banner" by the Portland Police Band, flags were hoisted to the tops of the lift span. With the making of the official link between the two states the bridge was opened to traffic. The Vancouver crowds, including about 200 automo biles and other vehicles, moved over the bridge into Oregon, and the Oregon contingent, with upwards of 300 auto mobiles, moved into Vancouver. Programme Follows Parade. Following a parade through the streets of Vancouver a dedicatory pro gramme was carried out in Vancouver Park. City, county and state officials of both states and officials and others who have had a part in the bridge building in one way and another were the speakers. Music was furnished by the Portland Police Band and by Mrs. The House bill Increasing salaries of Multnomah County Commissioners from $1800 to $3000 went through the Senate by a close shave, having Just the neces sary 16 votes. Senator Fan-ell's bill limiting the Portland School Board to a tax levy of 6 mills passed the Senate without op position. Still another Important measure passed by the Senate was the Gordon House bill amending the law to safe guard Initiative petitions against fraud. The House today passed some of the most Important measures proposed at this session. Principal among them were Representative Bean's bill au thorizing the County Assessors to re store the Oregon & California grant lands to the tax rolls regardless of the status of the pending legislation the military code, the trust company code, the certlfictae of convenience bill and the fire marshal bill. The House also passed Senator Orton's bill amending ti-3 teachers ten ure of office as it applies to Portland. Senator Gill's bill removing the dead line on commercial fishing in the Wil lamette River from the suspension bridge in Oregon City to Stony Rock near Oswego also went through the House after a little debate. The House engaged in another sen sational fight over fishing rights in the Rogue River. The fisheries committee presented a divided report on Senator Smith's bill extending the season for commercial operations at Grants Pass. Representative Thomas and Speaker Stanfield clashed. The Representative favored the bill unamended as adopted. Representative Gordon's bill creating a Public Revenue Commission for Multnomah County also was passed. It gives the Commission power to fix the tax rate and pass on appropriations. Fred L Olson, of Portland. The bridge opening ceremony was conducted promptly at the scheduled hour of 12:30. At 11:15 mora than 100 automobiles with Portland and Ore gon people assembled in Sixth street in front of the Portland Hotel. The cars were all lavishly decorated with American flags and the Police Band rendered several lively selections. Headed by the band a parade moved north on Sixth street. A special car was on band to take the band. The procession of automo biles headed by city, county and state officials moved over Broadway bridge to Broadway and Union avenue, where more than 100 other decorated automo biles Joined in. They went direct to the south end of the bridge, where they were met Dy several ounarca versvui who -had gone to the scene on street cars and by two companies of soldiers from Vancouver Barracks. Ceremony la Began. Waiting on the Vancouver end of the bridge was the North Bank Band, two companies from Vancouver BarracKs. and a crowd that lined all neighboring docks and streets. Headed by two street cars loaded with Fortlt nd Railway. Light & Power Company officials, mem bers of the Realty Board and other organizations, the Oregon contingent paraded to a march played by the Police Band to the scene of the cere mony. The Vancouver people moved from their side of the span. The old ferry chugged along toward the Washington shore a little ahead of the Oregon contingent. A temporary platform had been erected in the center of the lift span, on the Oregon-Washington line, and on and around this the ceremony took place. The bridge was elaborately decorated with flags. Miss Mary Helen Kiggins. daughter of J. P. Kiggins, took hold of one end of a ribbon tied In a bow and Miss Eleanor Holman. daughter of County Commissioner Holman. of Multnomah County, took the other and. on signal from County Commissioner Holman, made by pulling the bridge belL they pulled the knot apart. At the same time Miss Louise Miller, daughter of County Commissioner Abe Miller, and Enid Carson, daughter of County Com missioner M. E. Carson, of Vancouver, I (.Concluded on Page , Column S.