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Newspaper Page Text:,:-:.T--wl'-r:?- -,v..- 'Jllirrililll' t .i- VOL. LiVII NO. 17,578. PORTLAND, OREGON.. SATURDAY. MARCH 24, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SALEM TO OBSERVE "PATRIOTIC WEEK" OREGON TROOPS ARE GUARDING BRIDGES VAST NUMBER FACE ARREST AS SPIES nrinr WOMEN PLAN T,0 FILL MEN'S PLACES 15,000 ASK NEW! YORK MER CHANTS TO PERMIT TRAINING PREPARES -BLOWN TREE IIHK rCHUC I? EXPECTED r -. -. FOR VIGOROUS WAR HITS TRAIN; 8 DIE SEVERAL SUSPECTS ARE HIGH IX AMERICAN AFFAIRS. PROGRAMME PREPARED WITH EVENTS EACH DAY. nnunrnr.mi NATION WIND m ueni MOVE -'' "'.1 ', j 'r , Portland Artillerymen Called Out at Night. RAILWAY SPANS WATCHED Governor Jssues Order General White' Acts- and SENTRIES' RIFLES LOADED Eighth Company Has One Platoon at Armory and Two In Vancou- l Ter Captain - Wright's Men V Hold Gunnery Record. Oregon National Guard troops nave" received their first call to war duty. Acting: under orders from Governor Withycombe. the Eighth Company, Coast Artillery .Corps, Oregon National Guard, of Portland, was called out last night by Adjutant-General George A. White to guard the North Bank Rail road bridge across the Columbia River, connecting Oregon and '. Washington, and the Harriman Railroad bridge, in Portland. No other troops are to be called out for the present, but the National Guard !b ready for any emergency. . It was 5:30 o'clock- when General White sent out the order -for mobili zation at the Armory at 8 o'clock of the Bighth Company, wnich is sta tioned In Portland. - Company Assembles Promptly. When Uhat hour arrived Captain Frank W. Wright and almost the full strength of 63 men In the command were at Jhe Armory with full field equipment, ready to move. Two platoons In command of Cap tain Wright boarded-the electric cars for Vancouver shortly after 9 o'clock. They will guard both the Oregon and Washington ends of the bridge, as well as the long approaches on the Oregon 6ide, which Included the sep arate bridge across Oregon Slough. A third platoon, under First Lieuten ant E. T. Stretches, was --detailed to guard the Harriman railroad bridge, often called the O.-W. R. & .'bridge. The men were posted there : shortly after 10 o'clock.' - v ' ' . Troops Leave In Storm. When ' the troops moved away through the driving rain last Ihght. they were fully equipped for the most arduous field service. Each man had his overcoat and his blankets and rain proofs. By arrangements made by General White with Captain Ernbach, United states Army, in command at Vancou ver Barracks, the two platoons of the Eighth Company will be quartered in the barracks there. Arrangements also have been made for their sub sistence at the Army post. Armory to Be Used. The one platoon guarding the Harri man bridge In Portland will be quar tered in the Armory. The men not on guard will sleep there and they will get their meals there. The instructions received by General White from Governor Withycombe, which resulted in the Immediate call ing out of the Eighth Company, were for him to take such measures and call euch troops as he considered necessary properly to guard Important connect ing links between Oregon and the outr siae. : As in time of war the North Bank 'Railway brdige and the Harriman Railway bridge would be of the great est Importance, General White issued his orders for their guarding at once. Both the North Bank bridge and ma narnraan Driage nave Tor some time been under guard by watchmen and private detectives. In the present critical period, however, it was felt that these two traffic art ies Were c. to0 great importance to be sub Jected to any danger of damage, and so troops will protect them indef Jnitely. This step . is in line with similar ac tion taken in almost every state. The Federal authorities, also, are placing dams and similar important works un der .close guard. The orders issued to Captain Wright and his conjmand by (General White were brief and to the point. They were. In short, to protect the bridges from any. damage. Sentrien Rifles Loaded. The troops will permit no trespass ing or loitering about the bridges. The rifles of the men on patrol are - loaded with ball cartridge, and they carry 100 additional rounds, in their belts. An armed guard patrolled the Arm ory last night. ' . Quantities of military stores. In eluding arms, munitions and clothing, are stored in the building, and General White Is taking no; chances. The guard at the Armory Is also from the Eighth Company. . , The two platoons of the Eighth Com pany detailed to guard the North Bank bridge over the Columbia River left the Armory at. 8:45 o'clock. There were 43 men and two officers. Captain Wright and Second Lieutenant Verne Walton. The command boarded a special, elec tric car at Second and Burnside streets at 9:05 o'clock. In the meantime First Lieutenant E. T. Stretcher remained to take com mand of the men arriving after the Expose of Plot With $50,000,000 to Finance Disturbances Awaits . - - Declaration of War. CHICAGO, March . 23. (Special.) Wholesale arrests will .follow war with Germany, according to a report which gained credence 1n the Federal building today. 'Among' the men who will be ar rested. It Is believed. " are several of German blood who have attained some prominence In American affairs. Declaration of war will rtsult In the Immediate exposure. of a vast plot, Nation-wide in extent, - for- which. It is said, a fund of $50,000,000 has been subscribed to create internal disturb ances In the United States. The "sus pects," who have , been watched by Government detectives for days, will be found to be - involved In these operas tlons and thei- arrests will follow at once. ' That ten of these, aliens of foreign sympathy are closely watched In Chi cago was the statement of one veteran operative. Aside from these ten. who are known to be"actlv there are 250 more who it seems have been reported by Federal officers as "unneutral" per sons and persons of "enemy affiliation." . One man familiar with -the situation declared, that if war comes "the Gov ernment will be ready to arrest 60 Ger man and Austrian propagandists, re move 1000 more to guarded camps and place many, more under close surveil lance." "Every superintendent of the investi gation division," he said, "knows that German espionage Is rampant. But the data now on file will break the back of the German spy system in America in a month." TAFT WOULD SHOOT FIRST Merchantmen Should " Not .Await Warning, Says ex-President. ATLANTA, Ga., March 23. Ex-President Taft. speaking to a large audience today, .wh'ch wildly cheered hls'utter ances, . declared -that armed American merchantmen should await no warnings from submarines,- but should "sink them en the spot." He said that for a -commercial vessel not to shoot a submarine on , sight would be 'like ,awaitlirg a Coroner's inquest when a -man points a pistol at you." : "National conscience Is void . of of fense In respect to the seeking of war," he continued. "We only take up our sword because, honor - and- respect for our rights have compelled us to do so. Now we ought to bear ourselves so that our enemy will regret having made us fight." . . DEPORTATIONS TO RESUME Germans Prepare to- Remove Boys and Girls From France. HAZEBKOUCK. France. March 23. It is reported here that deportations from "the invaded districts of Northern France are about to be resumed. The Germans for some time are said to have been - distributing blanks to. be filled out to organize the deportation of young men and women with a view to employing them for Spring farming. Tfc.3 Gsrman- continue to requisition metal, having taken from most of the churches in Lille their bells and or gan pipes and from other places quan tities of sheet steel. CHEAPER BREAD OFFERED One' Part of Cornmeal to Three of Flour Good Mixture. WASHINGTON. March 23. One solu tion for the high, cost of food problem may be found in the Department of Agriculture's announcement today th'at after many experiments it has found excellent bread can be made of a mix ture of one part of cornmeal, which is comparatively cheap, with three parts of wheat flour. Raw meal may be mixed with the flour, but jj. better method recommended is to cook the meal into a mush and use this as a yeast medium or "sponge.' to which the flour Is added last. FELLOWSHIP IS MEMORIAL Harvard Accepts Gift Honoring man Killed in France. Air- t CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 23. The Harvard corporation announced last night the acceptance of a gift of $24, 782, to establish a fellowship as a memorial to Victor Chapman, the avia tor killed in action near Verdun, while a. member of the flying corps of' the French, army. The fund, which was raised by 74 persons, will be used to award a fel lowship annually to a student from France. Chapman was a member of the Har vard class of 1913. LABOR TO BE . REPLACED . - Federal Employment Service to Aid Defense Council. WASHINGTON, March 23. Commls sioner-General Caminetti, of the Immi gration Service, announced today that the United States, employment service. with Its more than 80 branches, was prepared to unity the labor resources of the country. Plans 'are being made for. locating, ready for call, persons to replace men taken into the "active service of the Army and Navy. The " employment service is co-operating with ttie Na tional Defense Council's committee on labor. - Hope Is to Delay Action by Congress. BETTER- OFFER IS PROBABLE Administration Steps W?rily, Suspecting Pitfalls. DUAL MOTIVE CONSIDERED German Retrc-.t May Have - Been Part of Plan, With View of Modi . lying Views of Entente Home Politics Also Figures. BT JOHN CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN. WASHINGTON, March 23. (Special.) No surprise would.be expressed in of ficial and diplomatic Washington should Germany make a proffer of peace terms to her enemies before Congress assem bles on April 2. These terms will be essentially1 dif ferent from those last announced by the German Chancellor. They will con stitute an abandonment of the extreme position hitherto taken, by the Kaiser and his government. Their character has not been revealed, but a great deal of guessing is going on in Washington. That the allies will accept them or con sider them as a basis of negotiations is extremely doubtful. - Dual Motive Detected. Two motives are regarded as respon sible for the consideration which Kaiser Wilhelra and Chancellor von Bethmann- Hollweg. are reported to be giving to this' momentous subject. In the first place, it is realized -in Berlin that a step must be takers to check the en trance of the United States into the war. The , first move in this direction was the intimation of an offer of mediation between the United States and Germany received - from an "Eu ropean neutral." Appreciating the intention back of this move was to embarrass the Presi dent and to divide counsel in Congress, the State Department promptly gave publicity to the intimation. Retreat May Be Part Game. Thus the first move in the German diplomatic ga a was beaten before made. The second move that of a public declaration of willingness to enter into peace negotiations on cer tain moderate terms may follow. Whether Germany will act with sin cerity will -e a matter of determination after the German Chancellor reveals the results of hi conferencei vith the Emperor at grand headquarters. It is possible one of th motives lor the German retreat at this time v as to permit Great Britain and France to gain a little prestige and thereby make them less set in the entertainment of peace proposals. Germany stands to win In several ways in making public nother peace profession. First, there is a chance a slight chance to be sure that negotia- (Concluded on Pace 2.-Column 3.) ' S 7 l - l ' J? V SREATeKAMOFATHeR :. i t . " A v "mP " 1 UtiDEFZSTOOD HfS ' t P yV FLINTLOCK j YOUR: c?Ari?FATHek WAS efficieht p. WITH'THf OLD SPeiNCrFlLD---. . iMtliL t t ooV (fm r fH'N THE USE- OF A I t .W! M i.,, I iJL fe J : - - .... . ' I Others at Denver Petition for Military Training; Girls Volunteer for Naval Radio Service. , NEW YORK. ; March ; 23.r-More than 15,000 members , of - the Long Island Council of Women's ' Clubs petitioned the Merchants' - Association today to provide an opportunity to learn them how to take , the places of men. work ers if the men are called; .to .the colors. . A letter sent to the association by the executive committee of the council asked If .women could - daily visit the merchants' 'establishments while their employes are still In their , positions and learn' under the direction of these employes such work . as women .could do, so that if the men should be called out business could go - on; without serious interruption., DENVER, March 23. At a meeting here, today of local "branches of the Women's Naval -League . and the Na tional League for Woman's Service it was decided to ask "permission of the Government to establish here a military training camp for -women. -.Colonel Getty,, of 'Fort Logan, - at tended and offered the women use of such buildings at - the fort aa. are not being used for Government service. The women plan, in the event of war, to establish a camp .near the city. .. BOSTON, March 23. The use of women radio operators . to man - shore stations that will be operated by the Navy Department in connection with the power-boat and submarine-chasing squadrons, is contemplated by naval officials. Captain H.- C. Gawter, Federal radio Inspector, said today. - For this purpose 35 women operators already have volunteered. JAJVIES F. CLARKSON HURT Car Skids on Broadway Bridge and . M. F. Sandstrom Also Injured. James F. Clarkson. of the Standifer- Clarkson Company, - shipbuilders and railroad contractors, -and M. F. Sand Strom, shipbuilder, of 115 Humboldt street, were injured yesterday" after op on, when fhejr automobile skidded on the Broadway . bridge and crashed Into' a post. The accident was due to the wet. and slippery pavement. Both were taken to St. Vincent's Hos pital, where it was found that Mr. Clarkson has suffered a fractured knee cap and cuts about the head. Mr Sandstrom sustained a broken nose and lost several teeth. :, The car . was wrecked. AUSTRIANS ARE RESIGNED People Expect War With America but ShowIiittle Concern. GENEVA, via Paris, March 23. Two American engineers who have Just-ar rived from Vienna, after being delayed for a fortnight at the frontier, say that United States Ambassador Penfield, his staff and many American families, have packed their belongings and are ready to leave the Austrian .capital at any moment. The travelers say that Austriahs gen erally believe that war with America is inevitable, but are not much concerned at the prospect. They added that food was extremely dear, but could be Ob talned at the hotels, the poorer classes. however, suffering horribly. IT'S UP TO YOU, MB. CITIZEN. " No Half-Way Meas ures Contemplated. NOTHING TAKEN FOR GRANTED Government Provides Against v Every. Contingency.. . - , WJLSON OUTLINES MESSAGE Fact to Bo Made - Clear That No Quarrel Exists With the German k People, but Action -of Gov ernment Is Intolerable. WASHINGTON, March 23. The American Government has decided on sweeping measures to be put into effect- following the expected declaration by Congress soon after it meets April 2 that a state of war exists between the United States and Germany. Fully appreciating Germany's policy of acting In war first and talking after wards, the Government has, determined to provide against every . possible emergency. , Far-Reaching Steps Outlined. Broad questions involved were dis cussed today at a long Cabinet meeting, to which heads of departments carried reports on preparations already, made and others contemplated. Details are being taken up between Presfdent Wil son and the individual Cabinet mem bers. Regretfully the Government appar ently has decided that since Germany is making, war upon the United States, through ruthless killing of Anferlcans and destruction of their ships,-the is sue must be met with steps much more far-reaching than mere attempts to protect individual merchant craft. If anything is ahead to prevent this it is not now foreseen. Once .a state of war Is declared to exist, aggressive measures are expected to be taken. Nothing; Taken tT Granted. As outlined ' after today's Cabinet meeting, the preparations of the Gov ernment are not to be for a short war, or a war marked by half way measures, Nothing Is to be taken for granted. A complete programme has been prepared so that everything done will be carried out in a systematic and orderly manner. The exact measure of American par ticipation in the war Is not expected to be revealed until after the President addresses the Congress and until public sentiment crystallizes. So far as is known, no political alliance with the entente allies is contemplated, although military as well as naval co-operation is prstble and the Government will be unsparing in both money and supplies for the allies. .Message Will Be Specific;. The President has not yet written his address to Congress. He Is expected (Concluded on Pace C Column 1.) Young Women Will Aid in Recruiting Company SI Various Public - Features Planned. ' SALEM. Or, March 23. (Special) Details for observing "Patriotic week" in ''Salem during the coming week have been perfected, and Mayor W. E. Keyes haa issued a proclamation calling at tention to the Governor's recent proc lamation and calling upon the young men of the. city to enlist. The programme which has been ar ranged rs as follows: Sunday Sermons in all churches, on the ' spirit of patriotism. Monday Decoration of streets and buildings; patriotic talks by citizens in schools, 'colleges, theaters and other places Tuesday Some time during the day or evening every patriotic organization in the city will meet, and fraternal and civic bodies also will gather. There will be a public drill in the evening. Wednesday Toung women of the city will open a recruiting office and receive applications for enlistments In Company M. In the evening a mass meeting will be held at the Armory, at which Governor James Withycombe will preside. The programme . will in elude addresses by leading citizens, mu slo and other features. - Thursday Teams made up of busi ness men and members of the National Guard will solicit recruits. Luncheon will be served at the Marion Hotel at noon. FridayTeams will solicit recruits. Saturday Company M will meet at the Armory to welcome the new mem bers and hold an Informal reception. 900 ; . BARRACKS OFFERED Salvation Army Turns Over All of Its Property to Government. NEW TORE, March Sa.--NIne hun dred Salvation Army barracks, in all the principal cities of the country, have been. offered to the War and Navy de partments as rec-uitlng stations, with the additional -promise of the assist ance - of the workers in each branch, it was announced here tonight. The army's 128 indu ial homes aad more than 100 hotels and other Insti tutions which it l aintains also . .vlll be -turned over to the Government as hospitals. Colonel William Peart, chler secretary of the organization In 'he United States, deda.ed. Only Two Classes Now. NEW YORK, March 23. Persons ap parently pacifists frequently inter rupted the speakers at a mass meeting here tonight under the auspices of the Friends of Russian Freedom. Mayor Mitchel was stopped" several times by voices from the gallery of: "We don't want war; we want peace." "Let me say to the gallery," Mayor Mitchel replied; "that the time has come whenthe people of this country are to be divided into two classes Amer icans and traitors." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS . The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 46 degrees; minimum. 43 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; moderate to Submarines. New German peace move expected before Congress meets. Page 1. Vast numbers of German spies, many high In American affairs, face arrest. Page 1. Captain of Illinois tells of shelling after ' a4araer bad surrendered. Page 2. Administration preparing to wage var vig orously. Page 1. Thousands of women prepare to fill men's positions. Page 1. Healdston in safety zone when attacked. Page 2. Big Federal . credit ' to entente advised by financiers to shorten war. Page 4. War. Joy of liberated French unbounded. Page 8. Siberia loyal to new Russian regime. Page 3. National. Railroads ask for freight increase to meet higher costs. Page 5. Domestic ManT killed by storm In New Albany, Ind. Page S. Sports. Absence of Southworth and Horton worries McCredler Page 14. Stoval banks on three pitchers to win. Page 14. Seattle hockey team defeats Montreal, 4 to 1. " Page 14. - . Rose City Athletic Club smoker is full of Interest. Page 14. . Commercial -and Marine. All cereals are higher In Northwestern markets. Page 19. Chicago ' wheat advances on crop damage reports. Page 19.. Rail 'shares lead sharp advance in New York stock market. Page 19. " t - Paclf ie Northwest. Salem to observe "patriotic week." Page 1. Sheriff Til Taylor fight pistol duel with yeggman. Page 6. Witness bribing Is charged to police In GUI trial. Page 6. . Gale sweeps Oregon and Washington coasts. . Page IS. I Tree masbes train; eight killed, eight In jured. Page 1. Oregon debaters defeat Stanford. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. State road work policy is laid down. Page IS. Mr. Wheelwright declares war Is now duty. Page 7. Girls' Honor Guard ready for flag day. Page 11.- Many greet new pastor of White Temple. Page 4. ' ' Lumbermen unite to tight for square deal. Page 18. Revised map of proposed highways under - bonding act drafted. Page 18. Seven apply for divorces and five marriage licenses issued. Page IS. Realty men expected to make war on Daly light plant measure. Page 9. Forest employes would be particularly use ful in case of war. Page 9. Shooting of Perley - B. Lent not entirely clear. Page 9. American ' munitions men's sales methods -criticised by visitor from Prance. Page 15. - Elimination of more - grade crossings agi tated. Page 8. Portlend artillerymen called out to guard railway bridges. Page 1. -1 Weather report,, data and forecast. Page 19. Eight Other Loggers Seriously Injured: . FIFTY ARE ON FATAL GAR Men, Brushed Off Train Like Flies, Fall Between Trucks. ALL ARE FROM PORTLAND Sv-Terat Are " Pinned Under Trunk or Debris 'While Rescuers Tork, After Accident on North Bank Logging Company's Line. ASTORIA, Or.. March 23. Eight were killed and eight injured when a great tree, uprooted ' by the wind, crashed down on a trainload of loggers coming into camp on the road of the North Bank Logging Company on Grays River at noon today. T.he train was made up of two cars. On the first car, across which the great tree fell, were 60 men The residence of all was given as Port land. 'The dead:' ' . Ande Jacobson. Axel Dahleen. Carl Bergj . L. B. Stevens. A. Fatrella. J. Dlsa'rlo. B. Vandellari. -One unidentified. The Injured: F. A. Toung, both legs and arms broken. . Ed Poulsl, Internal injuries. . Axel Arnlo, hurt internally. Fred Makt, badly bruised. Frank Forman. badly bruised. Lawrence Swanson, badly bruised. , Nick Diggensappe, leg broken. Martin Arcey, gash in head and arm smashed. Albert Hill, Henry OpperdahL John Gulni and a dozen others suffered slight bruises that will not prove serious. None of the loggers was married. The killed and Injured were crushed beneathv the tree, which measured 30 Inches In diameter. The dead and in jured were rushed to this city. Great Tree Crashes Men. The accdent occurred about 12:10 P. M. The logging train, with F. Niel sen, engineer, and Bert Richardson, brakeman, in charge, was en route from the woods to the camp, bringing the men to dinner. The men were on two flatcars, about 40 on each car. When about a mile from camp a tree 18 inches In diameter was blown down by the gale and crashed across one of the flatcars, crushing the men and sweeping some of them overboard. That any of the men escaped is a mivacle, but all except 16 escaped with minor bruises. Men Swept Inder Tracks. The tree swept men off the cars like files. Several were brushed from their seats and fell under the trucks where limbs were broken and their flesh hor ribly torn.. Others were thrown against the 15-foot embankment at the point and rolled away to safety, without more than slighj Injuries. F. A. Young, one of the most seriously injured, was picked out from between two bodies under the trucks of one of the cars. He was found to have both legs add arms broken. Three Pinned Under Tree. Pinned under the weight of the trunk of the tree were three men, all of the time that the rescuers were at work. They were held helpless until the work ers could raise the trunk with Jack screws and release the weight, after which they were .rushed to the hospi tal. Under the debris were found sev eral other survivors of the wreck' who were seriously injured but may live. To Fred Neilsen and Len Chetwood is given much of the credit for the speed with which the rescue work was con ducted. The train, running down a slippery grade, (was stopped, in a car's length. and the injured taken out. Crew Transferred to Steaner. The train with the dead and in jured was run to the river, whera oil were transferred to the steamer i Butte and brought to this city by N. A- Kent an' F. M. Potter superintendent and foremp.n, respectively, of the camp. Dr. Starkey, of Grays River, was sum moned and administered to the Injured while en route to Astoria. None of the injured men or those killed were married, and as the most of them had worked at the camp only a short time, little yls known about them. Dr. Starkey said tonight that he be lieves a the Injured ones will recover, although this cannot be definitely known until the seriousness of their internal hurts develops. Dr. Page, of Cathlamet, Coroner of Wahkiakum County, Washington, ar- ! rived tonight to take charge of the bodies d he will probably hold an In quest tomorrow. FEW OF INJURED KNOWN HERE 1 1 1 Manager of Logging Company Un able o Identify Names of Victims. R. C Bell, manager of the North Bank Logging Company, w'.o has of fices in the Corbett building, received .(.Concluded on Pag 2, Column 2.) -- r- . , 4 - ('-.' ,t i.. .(Concluded on Pt . Column 2.)