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VOL,. LVII NO. 17,569.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
STRANGER WED BY
GERMANS RETIRE ON
4000-YARD FRONT
YEAR'S WAR COST
RAIDER SAYS CHIEF
GOT RING'S PAPERS
CENTRAL WEST IS
SWEPT BY STORM
SNOW, RAIN, SLEET AND HIGH
WIXDS MINGLE.
1ILU III
GIRL; FORTUNE WON
IS $10,000,000,000
IN UPON MR. LISTER
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SICKLY BRIDEGROOM AGREES
$250,000,000 TO BE ASKED
TO
XEVER to SEE WIFE.
CLOSE FISCAL YEAR.
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PLAN COMPLETE
ARID 111 BREAKS
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Men to Go Out Saturday
if Demand Is Refused.
ORDERS ARE ISSUED TO MEN
Details of Nation-Wide Sus
pension, Already Prepared,
w Are Ratified.
WILSON WILL TAKE HAND
Appeal Probably to Be Made
to Both Sides to Agree
v as Patriotic Duty.
PROPOSED STRIKE PRO
GRAMME GIVEJT OCT IN
SEW YORK.
NEW YORK. March 13. The
proposed strike programme, giv
en out here today. Is:
Saturday. March 17, 6 P. M.
Call out all trainmen In freight
service on the New York Central.
Baltimore & Ohio, Erie, Atlantic
Coast Line, Southern Railway,
Louisville & Nashville and Sea
board Air Line. Such an order
would Involve 40,000 men.
Monday, March 19, ' 6 P. M.
Call out the freight trainmen on
the Lehigh Valley, Lackawanna,
Jersey Central, Pennsylvania,
Long Island, Maine Central, Del
aware & Hudson. Reading and
all other roads in the southeast
ern territory or extending to New
York.
Tuesday, March 20, 6 P. M.
Call out all the freight trainmen
In the Northwestern group. In
cluding . the Hill roads and all
those centering at Chicago.
Wednesday, March 21, 6 P. M.
If the railroads still refuse to
grant the men's terms, extend the
strike to all other freight train
men and call out the passenger
trainmen on every road In the
country.
"WASHINGTON, March 13. Com
plete plans of the ' four railroad
brotherhoods for a Nation-wide strike
to be inaugurated next Saturday
night unless the railroads grant their
eight-hour day demands were rati'
field here today by local union leaders
from southeastern territory and by a
similar conference of representatives
of the southwest, held at St. Louis
The brotherhood heads will tell the
railroad conference committee in New
York Thursday that if an agreement
is not reached this week for the es
tablishment of an eight-hour basic
day, with time and a half for over
time, strike orders, already issued to
local organizations, will become ef
fective.
Demands Same as Last FalL
The demands are just what they
were last Fall, when President Wilson
averted a strike after the call was
out by inducing Congress to pass the
Adamson law, which never has been
put into effect, pending a decision on
its constitutionality by the Supreme
Court.
There is every indication that the
President is prepared to move again
if it becomes apparent that the Na
tion, facing the gravest international
crisis of its history, is about to . have
its transportation facilities paralyzed.
Although still confined to his bed by
a cold, the President heard reports
during the day from Secretary Wil
son on the plans of the brotherhoods.
There was no statement as to what
action he was contemplating, but it
is understood to be probable that his
first step may be an appeal to the
employers and employes to reach an
agreement as a patriotic duty. "
Co-operation Promised in War.
It became known today that jon
March 7 the brotherhood chiefs wrote
to the President advising him of the
meeting to be held with the railroad
committee March 15 and assuring him
that if the country should become in
volved in war they would co-operate
with the Government in every pos
sible way.
The southeastern union officials
were told by the brotherhood chiefs
that the strike orders had been ar
ranged so as to have the walkout
begin on a certain group of roads at
7 P. M. (Eastern standard time) Sat
urday and gradually extend to all
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Miss Fhilippa Hartley Complies
W ith Terms of Wealthy TJncle'a
Will at Last Moment.
CHICAGO. March IS. According: to
story told tonight by Dr. Gilbert H.
Willis, of Bombay. India, Miss Phlllppa
Hartley, of New York, was marrlel to-
ay to John Colfax, a Chlcagoan, whom
she had never before met, In order to
insure title to the estate of Carleton
Hannan. of Bombay, who Is said to be
worth several million dollars.
Dr. "Willis said he Induced Colfax to
wed Miss Hartley and accept a speci
fied amount with the understanding;
that he never again would see his wife.
Dr. Willis said Colfax did not expect
to live long; on account of heart dis
ease. A marriage license Issued to the pair
today grave the brMe's age as 25 and
the bridegroom's as 23. Dr. Willis said
that Mr. Hannan had requested that
his niece. Miss Hartley, marry before
is death or within three months there
after, in order to satisfy a trust agree
ment which he drew up In order to
make sure the bulk of the estate should
go to Hiss Hartley without danger of
legal contest by other relatives. A
trust agreement, in accordance with
this arrangement, was filed for record
in Chicago today.
Mrs. Colfax returned to New York a
few hours after Dr. Willis said the
ceremony had been performed.
MAN IN POOR FARM HEIR
Christian Good to Get $7 000 Cash
and 8 0-Acre Tract in East.
HILLSBORO, Or.. March IS. (Spe-
lal.) Christian Good, for the past
year an Inmate of the Washington
County Farm, Is the sole heir of the
estate of his brother, Joseph Good, who
recently died in Livingston County, 111.
The estate Includes an 80-acre farm
and $7000 in cash and at the expira
tion of the period within which con
tests may be filed Good will return to
Illinois and claim It. Good had been
laborer in and about Hillsboro for
many years.
Mr. Good has requested the Judge to
figure what expense he has been to the
county, explaining that he wishes to
pay It.
POLICE HONOR BENEDICT
Patrolman Teeters and 'Bride -Are
Recipients of Gifts.
Patrolmen of the day and first night
reliefs last night presented ' a chair
and a footstool to George E. Teeters,
a policeman. Mr. Teeters was married
last week in Seattle to Mrs. Katharine
Shaver.
The presentation was made at the
Hotel Arthur, where the presents were
taken in the police patrol wagon. By
standers greeted the "Black Maria" at
the hotel with cheers, thinking a raid
was impending. A considerable crowd
collected while the police were inside
making speeches, but dispersed later.
GOVERNOR RULES BRONCHO
Texas Executive Thrown, but Again
Mounts and Rides Around Ring.
FORT WORTH. Texas., March 13.
Governor James E. Ferguson by mis
take mounted a broncho used In the
Wild West exhibitions at the Stock
Show here today and was thrown and
pinned under the horse, but escaped
without serious Injury.
After the Governor was extricated he
again mounted the animal and rods It
around the ring.
NEW MALADY BESETS CITY
Four Die, Scores Are 111 at Gales-
ville, WTis.; Doctors Baffled.
GALESVILLE. Wis.. March 13. Four
persons have died here and scores are
111, some critically, from a disease
which has baffled physicians.
Today city officials appealed to phy
sicians in other cities for assistance.
Little difficulty is experienced in de
tecting the symptoms, swollen glands
and high temperature, but the proper
treatment has not been developed.
MINE EXPLOSION KILLS 8
Five Others Missins in Wrecked
Pennsylvania Works.
CANONSBTJRG. Pa.. March 13. Eight
miners are known to have been killed
their bodUs having been recovered, and
five others are missing as a result of
two explosions which early today
wrecKea the interior of Hendersonvill
mine No. 1, of the Henderson Coal Com
pany, three miles north of here.
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined.
M'CORMICK JDENIES RUMOR
"Xothlng In" Story of Appointment
to Succeed Guthrie.
HARRISBTJRG. Pa.. March 13. Vance
iciormicic today denied a rumor
that he would be named to succeed the
late Ambassador Guthrie at Tokio.
"There is nothing in it," he said.
Senator Lane's Mail Falls Off.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. March lb. Senator Lane's mall
fell off materially today, only 100 let.
ters-having been received relative to
his stand on the armed neutrality bill.
They ran, he salu, about six to one in
hia favor. .... . .
Strong Positions Are
Taken by British.
MOVEMENT'S EXTENT HIDDEN
Von Hindenburg Now in Charge
of Forces in West.
GERMANS PLAN OFFENSIVE
Withdrawal Intended to Hide Other
Movements of Troops, Military
Expert TliInks--Von Falken
hayn Goes to Inlanders.
LONDON. March 13. A further re
tirement of the Germans on a front of
between 4000 and 5000 yards and to an
unknown depth is reported by a Reuter
dispatch from the British front In
France. The movement was still In
progress when the dispatch was sent.
The British have gone right through
strong German positions in Loupart
wood and seized the village of Gre-
villers (west of Bapaume). The retire
ment of the Germans was made under
cover of hazy weather.
A German withdrawal on a gTeat
scale on the western front is fore
shadowed by Major Moraht In an artU
cle in the Berliner Tageblatt, which is
quoted in a Rotterdam dispatch to the
Daily News.
Von Hlndenbnrs Now In Wet
Major Moraht recalls Field Marshal
von Hindenburgs strategy against the
Russians at Tanneberg, when he
caused parts of his army to retire
from fighting to gain ample space for
strategical movements.
The military critic reminds his read
ers that Field Marshal von Hindenburg
is now operating In the west and says
that by shortening their present front
the Germans are giving their enemies
'a desert to fight over a ground as
bad -as fighting ground ever -was."
The foregoing dispatch contains the
first Intimation received here that
Field Marshal von Hindenburg is per
sonally conducting German operations
on the western front.
AMSTERDAM, via London," March 13.
A Berlin telegram quotes an official
statement Issued there as saying:
A'Havas Agency report speaks of
events on the western front which are
awaited in France with the greatest
confidence. We also look forward to
these events with the reatest confi
dence."
LONDON, March 13. Special dis
patches received here from Holland
contain current reports of German
preparations for an expected great of
fensive on the western front. The lat
est rumor, which Is attributed to Bel
gian sources. Is that the Germans in-
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House of Cornmons Amazed by Re
port of Need in View of Great
Grant Early Last Month.
LONDON, March 14. It Is understood
hat the supplementary vote of credit
which will be moved Thursday will be
for 50.000.000 ($250,000,000). The an
nouncement created a mild sensation
in the House of Commons, in view of
the granting of the huge sum of 550,
000,000 as recently as February 12.
An explanation unofficially offered is
that the new government departments
have been spending more largely than
was anticipated in connection with war
work.
Of the February appropriation, 200,-
000,000 were for winding up the fiscal
year which ends March 31 and the re
mainder was to lay the foundation for
the new fiscal year beginning April 1.
It Is stated that the former estimate
proved short by about 50,000,000, due
chiefly to the great shipbuilding pro
gramme. Assuming that a. new vote of
50.000,000 is granted, it will bring the
total amount voted for the fiscal year
ending March 31 to exactly 2,000,000,-
000 ($10,000,000,000).
RAIDER IS IN INDIAN OCEAN
Japanese Ship Is Sunk; War
scls Are in Pursuit.
Ves-
VANCOUVER. B. C. March 13. Cable
advices from Japan received here to
ri - by the Canadian News, a Japa
nese newspaper, said that a Japanese
steamship of about 3115 tons had been
sunk In the Indian Ocean by a German
commerce raider. No details were given.
TOKIO, March 12. It is officially an
nounced that a converted German
cruiser has been sighted in the Indian
Ocean and that it now is being chased
by Japanese and British warships.
The German has sunk a Japanese
freighter.
GERMAN U-BOAT STRANDED
Submarine Strikes on Butch Coast;
Crew Disembarks.
LONDON, March 13. A German sub
marine Is reported stranded in the
neighborhood of Hellevoetsluls. on the
Dutch coast, says a Reuter dispatch
from The Hague.
AMSTERDAM, via London. March 13.
The report that a German submarine
has been stranded near Hellevoetsluls,
on the Dutch coast, is confirmed by the
Hotvolk. Fifteen members of the crew,
says' the newspaper, have disembarked.
T0NG ARSENAL DISCOVERED
President of Rip Sings Arrested in
San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. The
police raided a Chinese jtong war ar.
senal here today and arrested Jew
Box Lin, president of the Hip Sing
tong, and two other members of the
organization, which has been engaged
for a week in a battle royal, with five
other tongs participating.
Ammunition and provisions sufficient
to withstand a. siege of more than
month were found, the police said.
ITS THE BELT, NOT THE GUNS, THAT COUNTS
Sergeant Putnam Tes
tifies in Gill Case.
EVIDENCE IS NOT SAVED
Officer Says That Billingsley
Procured Documents.
OTHERS TELL' OF BRIBES
Prosecutor Declares Case for For
gery Was Lost Through Return
of Liquor Orders by Major
on Date of Bribe.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 13. Ser
geant Victor L. Putnam, head of the
dry squad of the Seattle police force,
and described by Logan Billingsley as a
"man who could not be bribed," was
called as witness for the prosecution in
the so-called whisky graft case in the
United States District Court today.
The defendants in this case are Mayor
Hiram C. Gill, Chief of Police Charles
L. Beckingham. ex-Sheriff Robert T.
Hodge and City Detectives Peyser, Pool
man. Doom and McLennan.
Putman told of his wrecking the
Billingsley Night and Day drug store
on July 26, 1916. and his seizing there
150 documents showing transactions be
tween Logan Billingsley and the Jesse
Moore Hunt Liquor Company, of San
Francisco. .
Liquor Orders Captured.
The papers showed that Billingsley
had ordered liquor and that the com
pany had shipped it, the witness said.
The papers were turned over to the
proper clerk at police headquarters.
Captain Sullivan, he said, and when he
had leisure, a week or so after the
seizure, he looked over the papers and
then realized their full Importance, for
they appeared to show forgery of
county permits to import liquor.
Witness ald ha called at the office
of Prosecuting Attorney Lundin and
told him of the nature of the evidence
he had discovered, and as a result of
this conference and others. In which
Frank P. Helsell. Deputy Prosecutor,
also participated, charges of forgery
were filed in the state courts against
Logan Billingsley.
Captain's Demand Refused.
The cases were set for hearing Au
gust 30, Putnam testified.
"About a week before this date
heard that there were negotiations
afoot to return the papers to Billings
ley. Captain Sullivan came to me on
August 29 and asked for the papers.
I declined to give them up, saying
had been sulpenaed to produce them
In the state court.
The next day Sullivan came up
again at 11 in the morning and asked
for the papers, and again I protested
that they could not be given up. After
2 o'clock that afternoon Sullivan called
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MOST NOW I
Telegraph Wires Are Put Out of
Commission in Iowa, Minne
sota and Indiana.
CHICAGO, March 13. Snow. rain.
sleet and high winds disturbed com
munication and transportation today
throughout the Central West and
North.
The Western Union and Postal Tele
graph companies were without wires
In many directions, and reported the
most serious conditions in that respect
in Iowa, Minnesota and Indiana. The
torm had been In progress for 36 "hours
at midnight tonight.
Reports late tonight to the """eather
Bureau said the shifting winds had
begun to take a steady movement
northeastward and that in most of the
districts affected for the last 36 hours
there would be Improved conditions
Wednesday.
VON BERNST0RFF IN BERLIN
Welcome Is Tearful and Many Re
mark on Count's Seeming Older,
BERLIN, via London, March 14. A
special train from Copenhagen carrying
Count and Countess von BernstorfX and
the embassy and consular corps from
the United States arrived in Berlin to
night.
Tearful welcomes marked the home
coming.
Count von Bernstorff refused to make
any statement.
It was generally remarked at the sta
tion that the returning Ambassador
had aged considerably since his last
visit here.
DIPLOMATS TO SAIL SOON
Americans to laxa rassajre on
Armed United States Vessels.
WASHINGTON. March 13. American
diplomats at home waiting an oppor
tunlty to return to posts In Europe will
travel on armed American liners.
Among them is Hugh Gibson, first
secretary of the embassy at London,
who expects to sail on the first Amer
ican liner that starts across the At
lantic
SHIP SUNK OUTSIDE ZONE
Belgian Relief Vessel From America
Destroyed Without Warning.
LONDON. March 14. The Norwegian
steamer Lars Fostenes, bound from
America for Rotterdam with grain for
the American Relief Commission, has
been sunk without warning outside the
blockade zone, according to the Nor
wegian Mercantile Shipping Gazette.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 4S
degrees; minimum. 37 degree.
TODAY'S Showers; southwesterly winds.
Submarines.
War with America depends on U-boats, says
Von Bernstorff. Pass
War.
British advance beyond Bagdad. Face
Germans retire on 4000-yard front. Page
War for year costs Britain $10,000,000,000.
Page 1.
Hoover returns to Europe to continue work
for relief of -Belgians. Pace .
National.
Trade commission warns anthracite pro
ducers. Page 4.
Milder rtolomblan treatv la framed. Page 4.
House members to be lined up lor speaker
ship fight. Page 2.
Drastic revision of Paclfle Coast freight
rates proposed by Commerce Commission.
Page 8.
Supreme Court sustains Washington com
pensatlon act. Page 7.
Domestic.
Brotherhoods complete all plans for rail
road strike. Page I.
Harry Thaw adjudged Insane. Page 2.
Storm sweeps Central West. Page 1.
Girl weds stranger to gain fortune. Page 1.
Registry of . Amerlcan-bullt Norwegian
freighters Is In dispute. Page A.
Sport.
McCredle hopes he can get one good twlrler
out ot bunch at Honolulu, page a.
Franklin basketball team to play Forest
Grove Saturday. Page s.
Jimmy Duffy outboxes Frankle Sander.
mage .
Zwelfel and Schatzleln pitch Beavers to
9-1 victory over Chinese. Page .
First Baseeman Swaclna. of Mobile, asks for
Job with leavers. Page a.
Pacific Northwest.
Chinese slain and white woman hit in street
assault at JLu. Grande, page e.
Cattle and sheep starve In snow. Page S.
Everett men show reason for expectln
I. W. W. Invaders to use violence. Page
Armed man breaks into Governor Lister'
private office. Page 1.
Hlirhway Commissioner indorses road bond
proposal at Ashland mass meeting.
Page 6.
Dry squad leader says Chief Beckingham
surrendered Billingsley papers. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Columbia River salmon brings high prices
In British markets. Page 17.
Chicago wheat higher on rumors of change
In German submarine campaign. Pace IT.
Threatened railway strike halts advance In
stock market. Page 17.
Yards expect rush on submarine chasers.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Licenses of three Jitneurs revoked. Page 133
Plaintiff goes In trances and refuses to pros
ecute ax-wlelder. Page 11.
Jitneys reported to plan holding up Carver
franchises. Page 13.
City Auditor proposes plan to save on bond
Interest. Page 13.
Railway strike. If called, expected to reach
Coast Wednesday, March 21. Page S.
Home bookkeeping advised. Page 9.
Chorus ot protest against Lane swells.
, Page 8.
War-shattereed socialism will be restored
at peace, says speaker. Page 14.
Honor Guard now believed to have 1400
girls. Page 5.
A. J. Bertonneau. Knight of the Rose, of
Pasadena, is visitor. Page 5.
Keynote of teachers' convention to be pa
triotism. Page S.
Oregon to benefit under Shackelford act
as Government extends time. Page 9.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pace IT.
'rivate Office Invaded
by Demented Logger.
ESCAPE MADE BY SIDE DOOR
Three in Ante-Room Held at
Bay With Weapon.
VANCOUVER MAN IS HERO
Prisoner, Who Gives Names of Wag-
ner and Lenz, Says He Worked at
Same Camp as Van Bell, on
Trial for Killing Mr. Olson.
OLTMPIA. Wash., March 13. (Spe
cial.) Charles Wagner, who also gives
his name as Lenz. declaring that he
would shoot if anyone came near him.
walked from a cafeteria on Main street .
two blocks to the Capitol today, fol
lowed by two policemen, and forced his
way into Governor Lister's private
office, with a 38-caliber revolver In his
hand.
Governor Lister, who was in confer
ence with Brigadier-General Maurice
Thompson, of the National Guard, at
the time, saw Wagner at the Inner door
and heard his threats to those in the
outer office. The Governor and Gen
eral, both unarmed, stepped out of the
office through a rear side door into a
corridor. The Governor went Into the
adjoining office of the State Auditor,
where Fred Jameson, Deputy Auditor.
urged him into the state vault and
closed the steel door. General Thomp
son ran along the corridor and began
a search of state offices for weapons.
Warning; Given Police.
Wagner rushed on Into the private
executive office after holding Secretary
I. W. Ziegaus, David Welty. account
ant, and Major W. B. Beals. of the Na
tional Guard, at bay with his revolver.
Finding no one there he slammed the
dqor and remained in possession. -
Chief of Police Cusack and Officer
Peck, of the Olympla police force had
previously been notified by Tony
Frisch over the telephone that' Wag
ner was acting strangely in a cafe
teria and Peck arrived there as Wag
ner was coming out on his way to the
Capitol. He had his revolver in a
paper bag at the time, but Peck did
not attempt to use his own weapon,
and Wagner kept on going, watching
the officer closely, as he went. Chief
Cusack came up as the pair neared the
Capitol and tried to argue Wagner
into abandoning his intention of going
into the Statehouse.
Secretary Is Threatened.
Chief Cusack says he could have shot
Wagner as the latter stood at the top
of the Capitol steps with the officers ,
on the parking strip below as Wagner
held his gun high at the time and had
the same opportunity later after the
Chief had gone around to a side en
trance and found the crazed intruder
at the door of the executive offices.
Here they parleyed until Wagner Burst
inside.
The intruder instantly covered the
secretary and two others In the room,
announcing that he wanted to talk his
troubles over with the Governor per
sonally. Ziegaus attempted to stop 1
him. but Wagner warned the secretary
under the muzzle of the gun not to
come another step and for the moment
commanded the situation.
Ziegaus notified the Sheriff's office
by telephone as soon as Wagner shut
himself in the private office and Sher
iff Gifford presently Joined the two
police officers in the outer office.
Vancouver Man Volunteers.
No move was made to take Wagner,
however, until Arthur W. Calder. of
Vancouver. Waeh.. heard of the affair
in the offices of the House, where aa
assistant chief clerk in the recent ses
sion he is helping finish the legisla
tive record. Mr. Calder and Chief Clerk
Charles Maybury seized golf clubs and
ran down to the Governor's office.
Finding that nothing was being done
to capture Wagner, Calder, who haa
an honor record for service In the reg
ular Army and the Navy, promptly vol
unteered to go into the private office
after Wagner if the Sheriff would dep- '
utlze him and lend him a revolver. Th
Sheriff was willing, but before this
could be done it was discovered ' that
Wagner was trying to climb out of a
window more than one story from the
ground. Mr. Calder went outside and
asked Wagner to come down. The lat
ter replied that his enemies would boll
him in oil or crucify him if they caught
him. Mr. Calder guaranteed protection
and otherwise assured the crazed man,
perched on the window ledge, until he
threw down his revolver, a box of cart
ridges and his coat and offered to come
down If they would furnush a ladder.
Mr. Calder had one brought and took
Wagner in charge as he reached the
ground.
Plea of Insanity Made.
The officers then arrested Wagner
and walked hirru unresisting, to the
County Jail, where Wagner said he had
previously been confined In an Insane
asylum In Wisconsin and pleaded In
sanity. Governor Lister returned Immedi
ately to his work of passing upon bills
left by the Legislature. He had little
to say of the' attempt to enter his of
fice, but was unable to understand
how an armed Insane man, of whom
the police had been forewarned, could
travel so far through the center of tha
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