VOL. LiVII NO. 17,659.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 28, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FRENCH ARE WILD
OVER U. S, ARMY
WOMEN MILITANTS
HUNTERS' ERRORS
CAUSE 2 DEATHS
SPOKANE TO SELL limCC UIC Pin IICC
TWO KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO
FOOD TO CITIZENS " ,,u uul"
JAILED AT CAPITA',
FOR ASTRAL LOVE
TROOPS ARE EAGER TO GO TO
BATTUE FROM.
MUNICIPAL STORES PLAXXED
TO PRETEXT EXTORTIOX.
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VNTT BOY AND MEDFORD MAX
r MISTAKEN FOR GAME.
Hi ARMY
UK III FRANCE
Germany Soon to Feel Ef
fect of Mighty Blow. .
SUBMARINES DEFIED ON TRIP
Vast Armada Is Prepared,
Departs and Crosses Sea
v Without Publicity.
RECORD FOR HASTE MADE
Force Is Advance Guard of
. Possibly Millions; General
Sibert Commands.
WASHINGTON, June 27. The ad
' Vance guard of the mighty army the
United States is preparing to send
against Germany is on French soil
tonight.
In defiance of the German sub
marines, thousands of seasoned reg
ulars and marines, trained fighting
men with the tan of long service on
the Mexican border or in Haiti or San
Domingo, still on their faces, have
been hastened overseas to fight be
side the French, the British, the Bel
gian, the Russian, the Portuguese, and
the Italian troops on the western
front.
Washington Is Thrilled.
News of the safe arrival of the
troops sent a new thrill through
Washington.
No formal announcement came from
the War Department. None will
come probably until Major-General
Pershing's official report has been re
ceived. Then there may be a state
ment as to the numbers and composi
tion of the advance guard.
Press dispatches from France, pre
sumably sent forward with the ap
proval of General Pershing's staff,
show that Major-General Sibert, one
of the new Major-Generals of the
army, has been given command of
the first force sent abroad, under
General Pershing as Commander-in-Chief.
New Record Is Set.
One thing stands out sharply. This
is that American enterprise has set a
tiew record for the transportation of
troops.
Considering the distance to be cov
ered and the fact that all prepara
tions had to be made after the order
came from the White House the night
of May 18, it is practically certain
that never before has a military ex
pedition of this size been assembled,
conveyed and landed without mishap
In so short a time by any nation.
His is a good augury of future
achievements.
Force Is Net Gain.
The only rival in magnitude is the
movement of British troops to South
Africa in the Boer war, and that was
made over seas that were unham
pered by submarines, mines, or other
obstacles.
The American forces will be a net
gain to the allies,' It will throw no
single burden of supply or equip
ment upon them. The troops will be
fed, clothed, armed and equipped by
the United States. Around them at
the camp on French soil tonight are
being stored supplies that will keep
them going for months and more will
follow.
Men From Mexican Border.
General Pershing and his staff
have been busy for days preparing for
the arrival of the men. Despite the
enormous difficulties of prepared
ness and submarine dangers that
faced them the plans of the Army
General Staff have gone through with
clocklike precision.
When the order came to prepare
immediately an expeditionary force
for France, virtually all of the men
now across the seas were on the Mex
ican border.
General Pershing himself was at his
headquarters in San Antonio.
There were no army transports
available in the Atlantic. The ves
sels that carried the troops were
scattered on their usual routes. Army
reserve stores were still depleted
from the border mobilization.
Word Starts Activity.
Regiments were below war
strength. That was the condition
when President Wilson decided that
the plea of the French high commis-
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Arrival of First Contingent Takes
France by Surprise Harbor
Dotted by Convoys.
A FRENCH SEAPORT, Juno 27. The
second contingent of American troops
arrived and disembarked this morning.
The troops landed amid the wildly
Joyous cheers of the people, who had
gathered for hours before in anticipa
tion of duplicating: yesterday's sur
prise. Enthusiasm rose to fever pitch when
It was learned that the transports and
convoy had successfully passed the
submarine zone. The port was speedily
beflagged In honor of the occasion.
All the troops now arrived were
transferred today to a ramp not far dis
tant from this point, where Major-General
"William L- Sibert is installed.
Thence they probably will go soon to
a point near the front. All the troops
are in excellent shape, enthusiastic
over the successful trip and their re
ception and eagrer for action.
Major-General Pershing, the Ameri
can commander. Is expected tomorrow.
The harbor is dotted with convoys.
The streets are filled with soldiers in
khaki and with bluejackets. Great
numbers of trucks are transporting
immense supplies to the camp in which
the troops are concentrating.
HESSIAN BALKS AT PICTURE
Scripture Is Quoted in Effort to
Avoid Camera Man.
ETJGEXE, Or.. June 27. Charles Gun
ter, a native of Hesse, Germany, pro
tested today when informed that he
must provide a photograph of himself
to be submitted In connection with his
application for a permit to approach
within one-half mile of the Eugene
Armory.
"The Bible says that we shall have no
graven inmge," he told District Attor
ney Ray.
Gunter must obtain a permit or re
main outside of the business district
of the city.
AIRCRAFT EXPERTS ARRIVE
American Party of 125 to Study
Methods of Allies.
WASHINGTON. June 27. Safe ar
rival at a British port of a party of
about 115 aircraft experts, sent from
this country to investigate European
methods of aircraft designing: and
manufacture, was announced late today
by the aircraft production board.
Included in the delegation are men
representing legal, manufacturing, de
signing, engineering, military and
naval experiences training.
SENTENCE GIVEN GERMAN
Dynamiter Sent to Prison for 18
Mdnths and Fined $1000.
BOSTON, June 27. Federal Judge
Morton today sentenced Werner Horn,
a German reservist, to the Atlanta
Penitentiary for 18 months for ille
gally transporting dynamite on a pas
senger train from New York to Vance-
boro. Me., to be used -in an attempt to
destroy the International bridge across
the St. Croix River.
He also was ordered to pay a fine
of J1000.
DAYLIGHT SAVING PASSES
Senate Amends Bill to Become Effec
tive Next Year.
WASHINGTON. June 27. The day
light saving bill, amended to take ef
fect next year, passed the Senate to
day without discussion or record vote
and was sent to the House.
Under the bill all timepieces would
be turned forward one hour beginning
the last Sunday in April and continu
ing until the last Sunday in September.
WOODPILE OF OLD ADVISED
Forest Service Urges Precaution
Against Fuel Shortage.
WASHINGTON, June 27. Restora
tion of the back-yard woodpile as a
precautionary measure against a pos
sible coal shortage next Winter is
urged by the Government forest serv
ice.
Facilities will be furnished to those
who desire to remove timber from Na
tional forests for use as fuel.
WIFE KILLS DRUNKEN MATE
Man's Hands Are Tied to Bed and
Three Shots Fired.
CUMBERLAND, Md., June 27. Mrs.
Minnie Carter tied the hands of her
husband to a bed while he slept off a
debauch last night and then fired three
shots into him, killing him instantly.
After the shooting, Mrs. Carter ran
two miles to a neighbor and announced
the tragedy. She was lodged in jalL
POTATO PRICES GO DOWN
Chicago Market Is at $2.40 to $2.63,
lowest of Year.
CHICAGO. June 27. Wholesale prices
of potatoes here dropped 40 to 65 cents
a bushel today, to the lowest level of
this year.
Sales were made at $2.40 and J2.65.
6 vt'
Sentence h Weired to
Payment of Fines.
OTHER PRISONERS HEAR PLEA
Six to Serve Three Days for
Activities at White House.
SEPARATE CELLS PROVIDED
Xegresses Are Prison. Mates and
Are "Having Good Time for
Once" Beef Stew Will Be
' Principal Food for Today. -
"WASHINGTON, June 27. Behind Jail
bars tonight six women suffragists,
convicted in police court today of ob
structing the sidewalk by displaying
propaganda banners before the White
House, held a song service and suffrage
meeting for the other 40 women in
mates of the prison.
The suffragists had their choice of
$25 fines or three days In Jail, and
decided to go to jail. They did not
attempt a hunger strike, and will be
released Friday morning, part of today
and a few hours of Friday being
counted as full days.
Prisoner Sins Hymns.
The district prison house woman's
section presented an extraordinary
scene tonight. At a little organ In
the carpeted corridor sat Miss Mabel
Vernon, of Reno, Nev.. playing "God
Be With Tou Till We Meet Again" and
other hymns while about her stood the
little group of singers. Miss Katherine
Morey, of Boston: Miss Virginia Arnold,
of Ashville, N. C. : Miss Lavina Dock,
of Philadelphia; Miss Maud Jamison,
of Norfolk. Va.. and Miss Annie R.
Arnold, of Wilmington, Del.
Huddled on a stairway beyond a par
tition were 30 negro women and a few
white women who joined in the refrain.
Plea Made to Jail Mates.
The jail matron gave the suffragists
permission to address their fellow
prisoners, and the meeting which fol
lowed developed fervent pleas for the
cause of "votes for women."
Bach suffragist has been assigned
to a separate cell on the lowest tier of
the cell block, wtih individual bertns,
toilet facilities and towels. The berths
are clean, the walls are white, and in
the corridor windows overlooking a
green courtyard and the eastern branch
of the Potomac potted geraniums
bloom.
"Considering that It is a jail, we are
very cosnfortably fixed," said Miss
Vernon to a newspaper man who was
permitted to call. ,
Afjcrrnt "Having Good Time."
Bessie Jones, a negro woman charged
with larceny, interrupted at this point,
shouting through the bars:
And don't . you forget that we've
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IDOLS OF THE HOUR
Dave Cotterell Is Killed by Clium
While on Range and Gray Cap
of Roy McCrary Draws Shot.
ALBANY, Or.. June 27. (Special.)
Roy McCrary, 9-year-old son of James
McCrary, of Albany, was accidentally
shot and killed today by Curtis Oden
bolg, 18-year-old son of Chris Oden
bolg, of this city.
The accident occurred in the woods
north of Albany, where Odenbolg and
a companion were hunting squirrels
with a 22-caliber rifle. The McCrary
boy and two other lads had been pick
ing wild strawberries and sat down on
the ground, the former with his back
against a log.
The top of his head just showing
above the log and his gray cap made
Odenbolg think it was a gray squirrel.
When the boy moved his head, Oden
bolg thought surely it was a squirrel
and fired; the bullet entering the boy's
brain.
' MEDFORD. Or., June 27. Dave Cot
terell was shot and almost instantly
killed by Lane Wyland at Meadows
this morning. The shooting was be
lieved to have been accidental.
The men were together with cattle on
the range in the hills near Beagle.
Cotterell probably was mistaken for a
beast of prey.
The men had been chums and neigh
bors for years. Wyland is grief
stricken and begs to be shot.
DESTROYER MAKES RECORD
New American Vessel Goes From
Pacific to Atlantic in 14 Days.
WASHINGTON, June 27. The de
stroyer Shaw has captured a record
from a Pacific port to an Atlantic
port appl oxlmately SS58 miles in 14
days, 10 hours and 20 minutes.
The Shaw is a new destroyer whose
keel was laid down in February, 1918.
Besides making a record run the vessel
also broke all records in passing
through the Panama Canal, requiring
only five hours and 45 minutes, as
compared with the previous best of six
hours and ten minutes.
OIL RISES TWICE IN MONTH
Xcw Advance of 10 Cents Per Bar
rel Is Announced.
SAN FRAnV;isCO, June 27. Effec
tive tomorrow, all grades of crude oil
In all fields owned or operated by the
Standard Oil Company will advance
10 cents a barrel over prices announced
June 7, according to an announcement
by the "company late today.
MINNESOTA BARS MR. DEBS
Cancellation of Speaking Date Or
dered by State Officials.
ST. PETER. Minn., June 27. The
Minnesota Public Safety Commission
has directed that the speaking engage
ment of Kugene V. Debs, a leader in
the Socialist party, for July 4 here
be cancelled. It was announced today.
Mr. Debs once was a Socialist can
didate for President.
IN FRANCE THE YANKEE SOLDIER AND HIS FLAG.
Dead Are Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Lindsey.
MISS HELEN METZGER HURT
Victims Are Buried Beneath
Mass of Wreckage.
ELECTRIC MAIL CAR BURNS
Girl, Just Learning to Drive, Is
' Believed to Havo Become Con
fused at Approach of Train
and to Have Lost Control.
E. C. Lindsey. aged 62, was almost
instantly killed, and Mrs. Lindsey sua
talned Injuries from which she died
two hours later, when the automobile
in which they were riding with their
granddaughter. Miss Helen Metzger. 18,
was struck by a Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company mall train at
Hogan station, just east of Gresham.
late yetserday.
Mr. Lindsey suffered a fractured
skull and a fracture of both legs. Mrs.
Llndsey's injuries consisted of a frac
ture of the skull and a fracture of the
left leg.
Mrs. Uadsey Die After Race.
Miss Metzger also has a fracture of
the skull and her condition is consid
ered serious.
Mrs. Lindsey and Miss Metzger were
rushed to Portland by the Ambulance
Service Company in an unconscious
condition, and Mrs. Lindsey died with
out regaining consciousness.
The party were returning from Miss
Metzger's home where they had been
visiting Mrs. Grace Quick, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey. They had crossed
a bridge across Johnson Creek, where
there is a slight grade.
Mail Car Set Afire.
Miss Metzger was at the wheel of
the machine and it is thought that
she became confused when she saw the
train bearing down upon them and lost
control of the car.
The automobile was struck squarely
on Its left side and literally rolled and
shunted about 400 feet. The automobile
was completely wrecked and the gaso
line tank was torn open, spreading the
oil over the mail car. Before any at
tempt could be made to quench it the
electric car was a mass of flames.
The victims were buried beneath the
wreckage, but were not Injured by the
flames. Motorman Van Ham. in charge
of the car, was nearly suffocated by
the fumes and is in a critical condi
tion at his home in Milwaukie. The
trail car was cut off and backed to a
point of safety, but the front car was
burned to the trucks.
'Dr. H. II. Hughes, of Gresham. was
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Coal, Wood, Potatoes, Garden Prod
ucts to Be Bought In Quan
tities If Law Permits.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Juno 27. (Spe
cial.) Elaborate plans for the purchase
by the city of enormous food and fuel
supplies and the retailing of these to
citizens at cost were set in motion by
the City Council today.'
Fears of a food and coal shortage in
Spokane next Winter, with extortionate
prices, were the determining factors in
the Council's decision.
Two resolutions, each of which passed
unanimously, set the machinery for the
city's big venture In motion.
If the corporation counsel's report is
favorable and it is possible to buy food
stuffs and fuel In large quantities at
reasonable prices, the Commissioners
are determined to make the plunge into
the business with all possible speed.
The commodities In which the city
will deal probably will be coal. wood,
potatoes, garden products and possibly
eggs, meat and poultry.
FAKE INVITATION ACCEPTED
Telegram From Secretary Lansing
Surprises Chicago.
CHICAGO. June 27. A hoax of a
serious nature was discovered here to
day when Mayor Thompson received a
telegram from Secretary of State
Lansing accepting an invitation to the
Belgian Mission to visit Chicago.
In the midst of excitement over the
School Board row, neither the Mayor
nor the City Council extended such an
invitation, although it is expected one
will be sent at once.
WOOL BRINGS 722 CENTS
Total or 65,000 Ponnds or Willam
ette Valley Product Sold.
SILVERTON', Or.. June 27. (Special)
The biggest wool deal ever made in
Silverton was consummated this after
noon when Earl Wood and Frank
Decker disposed of their lot comprising
65.000 pounds at 72 cents a pound to
William Brown & Co., Inc.
It is all medium Valley wool, bousht
up In the vicinity of Silverton, and is
said to be the highest price ever paid
in the Willamette Valley for wool.
EXTRACTS MAY BE BANNED
Flavorings Cannot Be Made ir Con
gress Bars Use of Alcohol.
CHICAGO, June 27. Pies, cakes, pud
dings and other desserts will have to
depend on fresh fruits for their flavor
ing if Congress enacts a law to pro
hibit alcohol in flavoring extracts, mem
bers of the Flavoring Extract Manu
facturers' Association declared today.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 85
degree ; minimum. 53 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; not so warm; northwest
erly winds.
TVar.
American Array lands In France. Pace 1.
French wild with Joy over arrival of Ameri
can Army, fa.gr 1.
Oregon Men In list with volunteers for
regular Army. Page 4.
Russian soldiers and workmen want world
peace only. Page 4.
Japan expects greatest difficulties after war
ends. Page 4.
Houio of Common eager to know If persons
causing; military failure are to be pun
lshea. Pare 6.
National.
Senate to extend power In food bill. Page 6.
Six women suffragists Jailed for demonstra
tions at White House. Page 1.
Each 'man to be appraised In Army draft.
Page 6.
Bel glan mission visits Bouse of Repre
sentatives. Page 2.
Xomst!c.
Mrs. El wood Matlack has no usef or astral
love and asks Government to separate
soulmates. Page 1.
Miss Luste formally accused of murder
Page 2.
Butte mines near complete shutdown. Page 5.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2.
Vernon 1; Salt Lake 3. Oakland 1: Los
Angeles 3, San Francisco 2. Page 14.
Irving ton tennis play fast and furious.
Page 13.
Eight men left In golf tourney. Page 14.
Team shoot at Northwest tournament won
by Portland team No. 2. Page 15.
Pacific Northwest.
Spokane plans municipal stores to prevent
exiomonaie iooa prices. iage l.
Two are mistaken for game by hunters and
killed. Page L
Thousand veterans and wives attend Forest
orove encampment. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Packers offer high price for Oregon prunes.
Page 19.
Wheat lower at Chicago on prospect of Gov
ernment regulation. Page 19.
Relaxation of money rates stimulates stock
speculation. Page 19.
Parr- McCorm 1 ck S team eh i p Com pan y w ll
renew ban ranclsco-Portland traffic
Page 10.
Ways for six wooden steamers building rap
idly tt Vancouver, .rage la.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lindsey killed and Miss
Helen Metxger hurt when auto and elec
tric train smash. Page 1.
Mrs. Oskar Iluber dies suddenly of heart
failure. Page 11.
Elks present "Sultan of Sulu tonight In
aid or aepenaenta or men at the front.
Page 13.
Prises valued at $600 to be given to winners
in military tournament on Fourth of
July. Page 9.
Mr. Baker will not make any deals in se
lection of appointees. Page 9.
Tongman found guilty of murder. Page H.
Advance guard of teachers Is registered.
Page 8.
Transportation Association declines to take
sides on carriers petition zor la per
cent Increase. Page 13.
State highway Commission allots $1,000,000
for road, projects. Page 2.
Episcopalian clergy school opens at St.
Helen's HalL Page 5.
Tentative programme for Auditorium dedi
cation announced. Page 13.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19,
Husband Will Not Be
Given to Soulmate.
SPIRITUAL RITES PERFORMED
Mrs. Elwood Matlack Appeals
for Government's Help.
JAIL MAY WRECK DREAM
Mr. Hamsley Says His Surrender
Is Prompted by Great Ixivo for
His Wife and Consideration "
for Her Happiness.
CHICAGO. June 27. (Special.) The.
love of Mrs. Charles Hamsley. of Chi
cago, and Elwood V. Matlack. of St.
Louis, may be all they say it la a ro
mance of the higher life t Mrs.
Matlack refuses to give up her hus
band, even though Mr. Hamsley may
feel that it is his duty to give up his
wife.
Not only does Mrs. Matlack refuse to
be stirred in the couple's belief in re
incarnated soul, but she is so incensed,
that she proposes to put both her hus
band and his soulmate behind the bars
as an object lesson to other husbands
and other wives who are Inclined to
wander into astral love spheres.
Wife Appeals to Government.
Mrs. Matlack has appealed to United
States Attorney Oliver, and as a result
it is said that ah investigation will be
made to determine whether Mrs. Hams
ley and Mr. Matlack are guilty of vio
lating the Mann act.
But what are man-made laws to Mrs.
Hamsley and Matlack? Nothing, ex
cept worldly bars to the higher life for
which they would have entire disregard
If it were not for convention.
So. while the law of the land says
that Mrs. Hamsley and Mr. Matlack are
not husband and wife, Mrs. Hamsley
and Mr. Matlack themselves know that -they
are. A bond has united them
which they believe Is more solemn than
any marriage ceremony that might bo
read by a parson in vestments. '
Spiritual IVeddlns; Performed.
Following its exclusive announce
ment of their romance, Tuesday, The,
Oregonlan Is enabled to reveal today
that Mrs. Hamsley and Mr. Matlack
were united In a spiritual marriage sev
eral weeks ago by Professor David
Seabury, a psychologist of Culver Mil
itary Academy, Culver. Ind.
The spiritual marriage is known to
Charles R. Hamsley. 3812 Park ave
nue, husband of the principal figure
in the case. In fact, he helped Mrs.
Hamsley and Mr. Matlack to Join by
solemn vows In their "higher love."
With the same spirit that prompted
him to announce that he intended to
sue for divorce as soon as possible
so that he could step out of his wife's
pathway to true happiness, he gave
both his physical and moral support
to their plans.
The three communicated with Pro
fessor Seabury. The professor came
to Chicago and held a conference with
Mr. and Mrs. Hamsley and Mr. Mat
lack. Story of Suffering Told.
Mr. Hamsley. told of the arrange
ments and the "marriage" in an im
passioned way today. With a colorless
face and compressed lips, he recited
a story which meant, if he did not
say it. that he was telling the story
of his own soul's d-eath. for Hamsley
confesses he loves his wife to distrac
tion. After 15 years, without a false
note in their lives, he was giving up
the one woman who made life worth
living.
"Shortly after my wife and Mr.
Matlack met by chance in a drug store
on Wabash avenue," ho said, "they
came to me and told me they loved
each other. Theirs was a true love,
an Ideal love, a pure love. The minute
my wife and Mr. Matlack looked Into
each others" eyes they knew they were
meant for each other and that their
souls had been calling to each other
for ages.
Great Love Described.
I was stunned. I loved my wife. I
love her yet. But no good husband will
stand in the way of his wife's happi
ness. But first I wanted to be sure
that they were soulmates. So I sug
gested that they call in a psychologist.
Acting upon my suggestion Mr. Mat
lack telegraphed Professor Seabury and
he came and passed a week with them.
He was to decide whether theirs really
was the higher love.
"I was much impressed with Professor
Seabury. I knew instantly that he wu
the man to decide. In the week that
he was here he passed nearly all his
time with Mrs. Hamsley and Mr. Mat
lack. Frequently I was present at their
meetings.' and if the professor could not
see that they loved each other. I could.
"At the end of a week Professor Sea
bury came to me and said: 'Mr. Haims
ley, I am sure that those two souls
were intended for each other and I am
going to unite them in spiritual mar
riage.' Happlaeaa la Only Dralre.
"I agreed and they were wed.
"I am glad that Estelle has found the
man who could make her happy. Mr.
Matlack can do more for her than I
could. He is wealthy and educated and
interested in sclen-e and charity, to
which Mrs. Hamsley has devoted a large
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