TIIK. 3IORMXG OR EG ONI AX, "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 191S.
ENGLAND IS AGAIN
BOMBED FROM SKY
FIKST CONSIGNMENT OF "EYES" FOR THE NAVY IS SENT FROM THE LOCAL RECRUITING STATION
1 You Save Without Effort When You Take
Your S. 6? H. Green Trading Stamps
German Agents and Sympathizers Are Trying to Overhear You Don't Talk!
r-r v-sEwr;:-TNr',"r --' " " """" ?rrw'?Ti I I I I 'M' 'tWi
Attack on Yorkshire Coast
f.!ade by Fleet of Ger
man Airplanes.
PARIS VICTIMS NUMBER 34
Sc-rnty-Mne Fcr-on Injurrd la
Jlcvent Attack Made by Tru
tons Foar .i-army Ia
tlilnc nroufhl Down.
Lt'MDX. March I!. Hostile almhipj
ItUrkt'l the York-hire cimiI tonight.
acror'llng ! so official statement- The
-aid I t:It In prgr.
r'lId Marshal Lord French, rom
frandr of the borne forces, rrports that
on of tvo boetil airship attacked
th 1ork"hlr coul UK this avenlnr.
A f w bomb ar reported I have
fallen a hrt Hi-tance Inland. No r--prta
of mtuAttirs or damage nave yet
b ' 1 received.
PARIS. March II Thirty-four persona
were killed and 7 other were Injured
In Pans and He suburbs aa a reaull of
ial cxhl i (itrnua air raid.
la auUllion la th bomb victims.
pr-rs were euffocTited through
crowding In a panic Into a metropolitan
railway entrance to lake refua-e from
the raiders. Ttiese wera for tbe mual
far! womta and children.
lee aejatadrea FaaaseeU
Of the bomb victims I wr killed
and S Injured la Pan and five killed
and -J Injured In the euburba.
Tim G-rmana lost four airplanes In
laet nicht'a attack on Tarts. Nine
uia-irons took part In the raid.
A tirrmin airplane waa hit by Franrh
anti-aircraft gun laet night and felt
r.urth of ?.li)ii. the- War Office re-
prt. Thrre lunwucri, two of them
fficers. were captured.
5in le nrar the bend in the bat-
ll line northeast of Pari. The ma
china bronchi dowa there may have
been one i( th-s taking part la Ibe
ri'l on the French capital.
The raiding Jot ha brought dowa In
flames fell on a spot three mile from
hatea. Thierry. A (German Captain,
wito was on board and waa taken pris
oner with the crew, belong to the
Third :-'iuaJrun cf the German Sev
enth arm.
The fug which bad covered the rlty
Monday momma n'ltlrd down again
in the early iitnlm. It was tnl. k
enough to cauie the general belief thai
there waa little rhaoce that the lr
pane wnald attempt ad air raid. This
b'lief. howeter. waa ahattered at
o'clock: when the warning waa sounded
of the approach of botil aircraft.
Tae raid ended shortly after midnight.
tartala af Ire Malalalaedw
The official report of the raid says:
"Accfrdmc to It first aewa. nearly
ft enemy atr;lanea succeeded la er-s-trg
Our lines.' Tiianks to Ibe curtain
fire a hi-a our artillery niatalnd
Ihr-oushoul the raid with great In
t'a.icy. a certain number of tha m -rMnes
taiU-t l reah Ibetr objective.
Ne crtfcelee numerou bombs were
dropped in i'aria and lie auberba tV
rr; build n w.r ucmoUehrd and
to a fire.'
-
Clean Ud the Old Shoes
You still have weeks of wear in
them. Shoe White Tan and
Black, in all the bes.t brands.
Get our prices on the
Torrington Vacuum Cleaner
It's the best at the price.
Small payments if desired.
Protect your hands from spray with
heavy, acid-proof
Rubber Gloves $2.75 to $3.50 Pr.
Heavy Rubber Gloves for Garden Work
S1.75 and S2.00 Pair.
roLLECTtO.X til" BIMirl LAR LOAMID BT PATRIOTIC CITI7.ES FOR USE OX INCLE SAM'S WARSHIPS.
A blar packlnsr case will bo sent to Pan FranclKco within a few days with the compliments of the marine recrultlnr
station. J Fanarna Bulldma;. and of patriotic people of the Norlhwwl. It contains 62 pairs of binoculars, all of which
have been 'oanrd for the duration of the war lit response to calls Issued through the press by the Navy Department for
Instruments for use In the Navy.
All kinds and makes of classes are to he found In the collection.' which accutnulafc-d In exactly one week. Olasges
wera sent In from all points of Ureaon. Washington. California and Idaho, which statea comprise the Northwest district.
Twelve pairs came In from Portland people, and one pair from K. F. Boyle, of 28 Madison street, t-pokane Wash., bore
tha postscript. "If the user of theae glaaees will writ to their owner, he will be supplied with tobacco for the duration
of the war."
The Joke of the thine; I" that most of the ajlasca are of Herman make." said Lieutenant E. H. Hammond, In charge
of Ibe marine recrujtina station, yesterday. "We are using; tierman ships to send our men over and we'll use German
glasses to a moke the Huns nut. These 2 palra are worth fiiuuo, and many of them are worth over 1100 apiece.
"This la our first consignment, but It won't tie the last. The more we get the better. Telescopes and good opera
Slass"a are acceptable as well aa binoculars.
The binoculars w III go to Sao Francisco and from there to Washington. . C. subsequently seeing active service
with Ibe ships In battle ((ray.
STRIKE CAUSE CITED
High Prices and Low Wages
Found Chief Fault.
EMPLOYERS ARE BLAMED
Conference- Conclude That la Many
Caar-s Kmplojcra Hate I "ailed lo
Aatk'latc Increased Cot of
Lit log by liaising Pay.
r.VRM. lUrrt, 11-rifty maternity
ea.,a in a Xany boepttal were re
moved from Ibe hospital by tho Amer
ican K4 l-'roaa In q licit time after a
l,r.gl air raid on Nancy. tna bomb
rtr.jptied en the roof of tha maternity
ri'l and frl between two occa-
(iid bda. tt failed to explode.
The 'renrh hospital authorities then
made r'i lo tne American Ited
Cross hoepital at Toul. I 1 mil- away.
remove ail the patients. I'r. Maynard
I- ! l. in rharsre of the American he
p:tl. provt-ld faclllttee and received
ail the patlats wlthla 21 hours.
vn.r Pstleata la periled.
Tr. Kobert G. fharp rrmalned on
duty for 31 hours and all the nuraes
worked overtime to meet the em r-
lenr of the maternity patlenla were
In a critxal slate when they reached
the hopllL doe lo the excitement
th-uh which they ha-l passed.
The K'4 from boepttal where the pa -
II- nta were taken la occupied by evil
refugee children and their mothers.
BKRLIV. vta London. March IS.
An official announcement heads:
"In retalla:lon for enemy aerial at
tacks ea March and le on eituttaart.
Hexilnco. L'fnterturkhetm and Mains.
ar aviators last Btcht copiously and
aucceaafuliy bombed I'aria.
AMSTERDAM. March 1!. A tele
criFBi from Krankfort-on-the-Maln as
e'rte that aa a result of a British day
Iiht raid on Mains last Saturday three
s:dicrv. four women and one child
were killed and many other persons
were Injured.
No military damage was done. It la
declared.
r.rillic. Monday. March 11. No dem
t.tratlnn of a national nature was
c.ned by the attack on Naples early
iMi by enemy aviators. It la an
nounced officially.
Tweatv Boaaba Drops!.
Th raid was mad at 1 o'clock this
mornlnc. About 24 bombs were
iroppr-d. almost alt cf them strlkina; j SI.
p-tva.ee houeea In ad4 lion to the
eevn victim In the hoepit-J of the
Utt: Slaters, several othrr civilians
were klUed or wounded.
POSTOX. March IS. Increased cost
of li v Ins; and.fx::jr of employers In
many rases lo anticipate this Influence
i been ona of the Important con
tributory causes of recent strikes, ac
cord Ins; lo the report Isaued today by
he National Industrial conference
board on strikes In American Industries
war time.
From April ( to October t. 117. there
were strikes at 2521 establishments, the
existence of which waa definitely
verified by the board. Kach establlnh
men! waa aked to report upon causea.
but complete information was received
from only US. These plants showed
Ht.tOi men Idle and .2SS.I days of
production lost, opinions also were
asked of labor commissioners and
mediators. IHrect conference appeared
lo have been the most satisfactory
method of settling- thee disputes.
Caaae Art ". vew.
The conclusions of the board as lo
the causes of the unsettled conditions
of labor ar that tha following Influ
ences were of primary Importance:
"Increased coat of living and failure
of employera In many caaea to antic
Ipate this Influence.
"Widespread discontent due lo a
belief thai undue profits bad been
made by employers out of war busi
ness "Increased Independence of the work
er, due In part to a labor shortage
and In part to a feeling that the situa
tion constituted labor s opportunMy for
forclnc union recognition or closed shop
conditions.
"Inequality between wages paid In
planta engaged on private work and
Oovrrnment or private plants engaged
on war work.
"The unsettled Influence of the 'cost
plua profit' feature of many war con
tracts.
"The Federal department's virtual
Indorsement of tha eight-hour work
day.-
Oatlssk eeeee laapravew.
Tha report concludes:
"Indications of Improvement In the
labor situation In recent months are
apparent, but only a cursory reading
of the dally press Is needed to see that
the war Industrtea of this country still
are heavily handicapped by labor dis
putes. Co-operation In efforts for the
establishment of some workable pro
gramme which shall minimise these
disturbances, at least for tha duration
of the war. Is the patriotic duty of both
employers and employee. "
Missouri. Thompson finished work in
electrical enirlneerlna; for a degree last
June. Ilia home Is West Plain-. Mo.
Thompson was maklns; his first flight
over the German linen when he brought
down the enemy craft, accord Inn: to the
dispatches. He had never before oper
a ted a machine gun.
Thompson left the university last
Sprlnsr to enter the flrst training; camp
at rorl Riley. He waa commissioned
and transferreU to Fort Sumpter for
special training In aeronautics. lie
sailed for France at Thanksiclvlna; time.
I nlverslty teachers remember Thomp
son as a shy, but capable, student. lie
gained membership In the school's hon
orary engineering societies and was
one of the organisers of the Wireless
Club.
2 BUE6LARS PICKED OP
SOLDIEHS OP STATE Cl'ABD MAKE
RECORD CATCH.
Oaod Taken FTraaa Residence afL.lv.
Mo. re Are Recovered and Re
stored lo Their Owner.
When soldiers of the State Ouard
picked up Jake Boehm. alias Ed
tiavtn. and John Wilson at the foot of
Hoiladay avenue late Monday nitclit and
turned them over to the police they
made one of the best catches recorded
here In aeveral months. Both men yes
terday confessed to burglarising the
home of U K. Moore. 281 East Four
teenth street North, when they took
clothing and 'Jewelry, later recovered
and returned lo the owner by In
spectors Snow and Leonard.
Boehm, alias Gaven, admits he is an
escaped convict from Cleveland, O. and
aaya he has yet several yeara to serve
there for "cracking a safe He savs
ha escaped from prison last December.
Both men were turned over to Police
men Kekdahl. Coulter and Tuliy bv the
eoldiera, whoa namea the police did
not obtain.
Boehm is only 24 yeara old and Wil
son Is but 1. They met in Chicago.
they told the officers, and beat their
way to California, later eomlnsr north.
They were arraigned in Municipal
Court yesterday afternoon, md Jud
Kossman held them to the grand Jury.
r.l uavtn. cigar merchant at lit Sec
ond street, whose residence Is 769 How
street, yesterday aaked that :t be made
plain that he was not the Ed Gavin
arrested.
SLAYER GETS LIFE
William Voight, Jr., Sentenced
to Washington Penitentiary.
If you are not already using
ikk-Marr Toilet Requisites
call and let our demonstrator
explain this method to you.
You judge a man by his
surroundings- You can
not afford to let your
home run down self-respect
demands protection.
Sherwin-Williams'
Paints and Varnishes
do protect no adulteration,
the largest retail stock in
We have
the city.
Toilet Goods Department.
ONE CAKE FREE with every purchase
I of 3 cakes of this soap for 25c.
siiavsaisisavavavavaiaiaiavavaiaiaisaaiies p
1 case Fels' Naptha Soap, 100 bars. $6.00
Fompeian Night Cream, jar. . .35tr-75r
50c Pompeian Massage Cream 472
50c Stillman Freckle Cream. . . . .' 452
$1.50 Oriental Cream. S1.25
50c Cameline 40
50c Arabolene 403
50c Robertine 43-
Nonspi 50
50c Odorono .452
25c Sykes' Comfort Powder 222
25c Hamburg Breast Tea 222
60c Walnutta Hair Dye 50t2
30c Bromo-Seltzer 252
50c Lysol 45
50c Lilly's Milk Magnesia 452
16-oz. Clawod Beef, Iron & Wine. .1.00
50c Foley's Honey and Tar 452
50c Sloan's Liniment 452
35c Castoria -292
35c Pape's Cold Compound 202
?1.00 Wampole's Extract Cod Liver
Oil, special 902
75c Scott's Emulsion 692
16-oz. Albanol, for constipation 502
25c Carter's Liver Pills 19
30c Bromo-Quinine 25
50c Cascarets 43
2 doz. genuine Boyer's Aspirin Tab
lets, special 352
6-oz. Cold-Well Cough Balsam 502
' MAE SHALL 700-rlOME A6I7I
v UH3 STKE7-T AT VjTEST PABK
.Alway S. ft IW Stamp First Three Floors-
PROPERTY GIVEN WIDOW
Man Wlio Killed Earl Potruff While
Tlu-y Were Hunting ltecauso He
Loved Wife C6n fosse. Deeds
roabeeslous to Woman.
LONDON'. March 1Z. British aviators
hv dropped a ton of bombs on the
town of Coblena. capital of th Khln
province of ITusaia. according to an
official communication issu.d tonight.
("oMens. which la situated on on of
th f'.neat section of the Koine, baa a
(oputstion of nesrly Se.ea.
ll la a strongly fortified town, and
on the oppoait bank of th Khlu. on
a lf'T. rocky eminence. Is th fortress
of Ehrnbrett..teir. which has been con-ai-l.rd
almoei rr pregnable. Th town
lo a large trade by vater and ralL
lis msnufactorts Include pianos, paper
jto-k's an. I inarbtnery. There also la
some shipbuilding don there.
ATROCITIES ARE RECOUNTED
Louis Soldier In France Says
German Crimea I'nbrllevablc.
iy.vtOV. March i:. Thirteen Ger
. ...... . n . I ,K. K . ' 1. .. I
" . f r Knme ntiline out rmerea i
by the Krtti.h um - ,r
pit oil of action by the Hrtn
r'dty. It la announced officially.
?T. WVXZ. March 7. Mr. It. C. Wer
ents. iltl West Belle Terrace, has re
ceived a letter from hrr son. 1'rlvste
K. H. Khrhardt. who has been in Krane
sine Pepiember 1. 117. An extract
from this letter follows:
"It la a common thing to see women
plowinr and doing other farm work
here. There Is a littla boy living near
her whose right arm was severed at
tha elbow. ml hla sister's arms also
were cut oft. This la all the work of
the Germans. Sonnds unreasonable, but
it la ail gospel truth.
H fore he enlisted In the Armr here
fThrhardt did not have much faith in
the atorlea which had been circulated
throughout the country dealing with
the tale of German f rightfulness and
attributed them to propaganda to make
the people realise the serious side of
tha war. fine hla arrival on the west
ern front, though, he has written let
which sur-
ed aa far-
TWO OFFICERS ARE TRIED
Camp Lewis Lieutenants Charged
With Disobeying Orders.
TACOMA. Wash.. March . (Ppe
ciai. iwo ofiioers whose names are
withheld were tried by court-martial
at Camp Lewis yesterday on the charge
or disobeying orders. Both are Second
Lieutenants and are th first officers
to com up for court-martial here. They
nave been in the) service since August
... .ud nave oeea at vamp iewis since
September 1. Specifically Just what the
nature or the charge waa against the
men was not disclosed and both
through counsel, entered pleas of not
guilty.
While tha penalty for disobedience
might be a prison sentence if they are
found guilty it is intimated that if
such a verdict Is returned they will
be dismissed from the service, that
much leniency being jhown. In ac
cordance with orders from Washing
ton they were given the psychiatric
test before the trial and were found
to be of aound mind. The findings of
the board will be sent to the War De
partment to be confirmed by the Preai
dcut before being published.
ROME. March 1?. flea enemy sir.
rVanea wen brought dowa yesterday,
it is aanounced officially.
Vof I'd r. a a M arderere. -
frztJjTf'K. Arts. March C An armed
I -se of arlv ! mn Is pursuing
She two rweee brother, and Tom fits
m. draft eader. who killed Sheriff
M-'UnJe and two deputies near Olob.
r"jn l reported lo have bn wound
ed and li nw being carried on a
'rcner by lb TPowera brothers. In
trie r-esf ar a band of Apache In
dian and seven troope of Cnrted rotates
cavalre. who have been ordered out
to prevent f.ia thr men f
II, the beet. Uu aia !
fetched before coming In contact with
actual occurrences.
SHY STUDENT BAGS HUN
Missouri I'nlvcrslty Man Develops
Into Daring Aviator.
mLfMPrs, Mo.. March 7. "Mar.
under careful training, gel rid of bis
girlish action, fo modest that a cur
rent would shock him.' Such is the
characterisation of (Stephen Thompson,
th young American aviation Lieuten
ant who wrecked German airplane In
a recent raid over gaarburg. In last
year's annual publication of the engi
neering students oltb Tt'nlveralty of
Klotir Drop In Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash, March II. A re
duction of 40 cenla a barrel In the
wholesale price of flour, from IJ.SO to
f 40. waa announced today by local
millers. It is made possible, they ex
plained, by the new Government regu
lations requiring that a higher per
centage of the wheat be uaed in flour
making and permitting only one grade
of flour.
Army Orders.
PAX FRANCI8CO. March IS. The follow
Ing orders were Uaued bv the Western De
partment of the Armv tier to4-r:
captain Jams L. Hatcher. Coast Artillery
Corps; Robert R. Jonea and James Mult
head. Coaet Artillery. National Guard, ere
hereby relieved aa members of the geuersl
ceun martial at Camp Walter R- Tallaf-rro.
Sea titesn. CaL
Klrst Lleatenanta Francis M. Flits. Medi
cal rrpa. sanitary detachment, and Gnre
V. MrKeever. Enalneer Corpe, are relleve-t
from further duty In thta city and will pro
eeo to Camp Fremont. Palo Alto, Cal., to
Join thetr re si me ma.
Klret "ulent-nant Elmer P. Kayaer. Coaet
Artillery. National Army. Is d-tailed ss
Ji1e edv-vat of the general courtmartlal
at Camp Walter R. Txllarerro.
K A LA MA, Wah.. March 12. fSpo-
cial.) In the Miipeplor Court in
Kalama yesterday William Voight. Jr.,
Pleade-d guilty to the charge of mur
derlng Karl Potruff on November 28,
lUli. and was sentenced to the peni
tentinry for life by Judge Darch.
Karly on the morning of March 5
after an all-night queatitfning by
Sheriff Studebaker and Deputy Pros
ecuting Attorney Imus, Voight broke
down and confessed that he murdered
Potruff. a fellow homesteader on the
L'pper Kalama River, while hunting
with him November IS.
He raid he had been Infatuated with
Mrs. Potruff -ever since the Potruffa
had taken up a homestead near him
about four years ago. Potruff had
been working in Astoria for about
five weeks be f one the tragedy, and
during that time Voight bad been liv
Ing with Mrs. Potruff.
Husband la Aseasslaated.
Two daya before the shooting Pot
ruff came home on a visit, and it was
while they were hunting for deer to
gether that Voight, who wss walking
ahead, carrying Potruff" s rifle, on the
pretext that he was the better shot.
while Potruff carried Volght's shot
gun. wheeled suddenly and. snot
Potruff through the heart, killing him
Instantly. After arranging the body
and placing the rifle beside it, he
went hotiie and notified the neighbors
and Mrs. Potruff.
At the time of the shooting Voight
gm suspected because of hla known
relations with Mrs. Potruff, but no
direct evidence could be obtained be
cause the men were alone together
at the time. One circumstance that
aroused further suspicion was the fact
that the body and clothes of Potruff
showed no Dowden marks, and the
wound was a clean, round one, show
ing apparently that the bullet bad
coine from a distance.
Slayer la Bold.
The nerve of Voight is shown by
the fact that after the shooting he
circulated a petition among the cit
izens of Kalama in order to collect
funds so that Mrs. Potruff could hold
her homestead.
William Voight. Jr.. is, of German
parentage, the son of William voight,
one of the old settlers on the Kalama
River. He is one of six children, and
has lived most of his life on the
Kalama Riven. He is 35 years of age
He recently deeded his property to
Mrs. Potruff.
dustry, but the production of it in
Japan has increased in keeping. Its
import has also been limited. The lim
ited capacity of railways here has also
formed a powerful factor to prevent
the increase in supply. At present the
visible stock of machine oil here 1
markedly short. Therefore dealers are
quite Justilied to take the present attitude.
The present tendency in machine oil
waa especially enhanced toward the
close of last year, when some dealers
suspended their sales. At the advent
of the new year the market for the
goods wan further strained and this in
duced the Nippon Oil Company and the
Hoden Ooil Company to raise thetr
wholesale quotations by SO sen per "box.
Dealers' suspension of sales was abol
ished at the same time apparently un
der the impression that this raising of
prices might relax the tention of the
rrfarket.
However., the desired easing of the
situation has not been witnessed since.
Dealers accordingly have effected an
other raising of rices now. First-grade
machine oil (in old cans) Is quoted at
resent 8.80 yen, while white oil is
quoted at 9.S0 yen and engine oil at
9.90 yen per box.
Illuminating oil and gasoline now
keep immobile as the result of the re
cent advance in prices, but with the
Increase in demand they may soon re
sume their soaring tendency. Esecially
the latter is now reported to be in large
requirement from foreign buyers and
its users are quite anxious of its result
ing effect on prices.
Light oil is not positively booming
now owing to the limited demand, but
its visible stock is small and it is
feared that unless railways begin to
work beter It may run out soon. It is
held by dealers that an extraordinary
boom may be evidenced in the market
once the buying season sets in.
C0D
E
ti GUARD
Reported Flight of Von Luxburg
Denied by Officials.
the advisory
council.
board, was called into
SAFE CONDUCT IS DENIED
ORDNANCE GLASS FULL
EIGHTEEN PORTLAND HEX OFF TO
STATE UNIVERSITY.
T. SI. Moloney, . Formerly Connected
With The Oregonian, Takea Quota
. of City to Eugene School.
HOLSTEIN C0WG0ES WILD
Straw and Snowdrift Fare Too Much
for Dossy's Brain.
MARSIIFIELD. Wis.. March S. With
only, chance wisps of straw for food
and snowbanks to quench her thirst.
Theodore Kautser's Holstein cow went
wild.
It waa her own fault, however, for
Instead of remaining within the con
fines of the barnyard fences, as any
gentle cow should, she took to the
fields. '
For three Weeks she was missing
"Somewhere In Wood County," partak
ing of ber meager rations and inci
dentally losing her mind.
When roped and hauled in the cow
refused to return to her old rations
and tbe change in her disposition made
it necessary for her to be shot.
Timothy M. Maloney. former district
circulation manager for The Oregonian,
is among the Portland recruits who
have been selected to attend the ord
nance training school, at the univer
sity of Oregon, which opened on Mon
day of this week.
The class is limited to 90 students,
and there were 350 applications a cir
cumstance which speaks well ror the
character and ability of the young
men chosen to form It- From Portland
18 recruits Joined it yesterday, under
temporary command of Private Ma
loney.
The course in ordnance will be under
Lieutenant Charles C Jeremiah, and
its student .members are from every
part of the Pacific Coast. Recruits
from Vancouver Barracks, who left for
the ordnance school the first or this
week, most of whom are Portland
bovs. are as follows:
Timothy M. Maloney, uaonei uejar-
din, Emery D. Lake. Edward J. Braze 11,
Charley C. Stewart, Milton M. Smith,
Walter E. Shepard, Howard C. Gildes,
Ernest W. Walter, Kenneth S. Jordan,
Charles Danish. Donald C. Roberts,
Alvln j F. Sersanous, Clinton h,. Os
trander. Thomas B. Wilson, Herbert
H. Sichel, Newton C. Bader, Arvo A,
Simola.
SNOWSHEDS CARRIED AWAY
Slide Demolishes Track Protector on
Main Llue at Truckec, Cal.
OIL BOOM STRIKES JAPAN
Increased Demand Is Factor
Present Development.
in
TRUCKEE, CaL. March 12. One hun
dred feet of snowsheds on the Southern
Pacific were carried away today by a
snowslide near Truckee, the main line
being blocked.
One man, a railroad worker, was re
ported missing. 'Two others were in
jured-
Venice has S'ipplled it fir depart
ment with steam-driven engines car
ried on pelroluum-propclltd motor
boa la.
TOKIO. March-. A strong hwom is
developing in the oil market in Japan.
T . I 1 .. 1 , . I . ...,lnn. A 1
ternately with their suspension of sales QjL0N CHOSEN CHAIRMAN
ana no one. Knuws now fiign in i-uei vi
fuel and other oil may soar.
A prominent oil man recently told an
Advertiser reporter aa th explanation
of dealers' position in this extraordi
nary oil boom that machine oil has cut
a very prominent figure in the oil boom
j for th past few weeks. Its sale being
suspended alternately with tha raising
of its prices. Demand for this descrip
tion of oil In Japan baa, indeed. In
creased at a rapid pace with the fast
J development of various branches of in-
T"
Xationalist Party Elects Successor
to tbe Late John Redmond.
LONDON. March 12. John Dillon,
member of Parliament for Last Mayo,
today unanimously was elected chair-
Iman of the Nationalist party, succeed
ing the late John Redmond.
The motion to elect Air. union was
I mad by Joseph Devlin.
Forehrn Office Declares Rumor of
Count's Sudden Departure Result
ed From Mistake In Identity
ol German Passengers.
BI'EXOS AIRES. March 12. Reports
were current here today that Count von
liuxourg, lormer uermau minister iu
Argentina, had fled. It was said he
had been missing for several days from
the house where he was supposed to
have been under strict surveillance,
and that last night he. the former Ger
man naval attache and a large group
of other Germans passed through
Puente del Inca, in the Andes, on the
international train for Chile.
After an investigation of these re
ports the Foreign Office said they
were untrue and that it had been as
sured by the police that the count was
still here under guard. The Foreign
Office said the reports were due to a
mistake as to the identity of the Ger
mans seen on the international train.
The British government, having de
clined to issue a safe conduct for a
German physician to accompany Count
von Luxburg on hl9 voyage home, the
Foreign Office is endeavoring to make
arrangements to have a neutral physi
cian go with him.
According to Buenos Aires dispatches
on Sunday, Count von Luxburg had been
granted a safe conduct by the British
government to sail for Sweden and was
expected to depart shortly on the
steamer Valparaiso.
Count von Luxburg was handed his
passports by the Argentina govern
ment last September, after Hhe dis
closure of his objectionable activities
in connection with the submarine war- J
fare as it affected Argentine shipping
notably his message suggesting that
Argentine steamers might be "sunk
without trace."
In October he was placed In a German
detention camp on the island of Mar
tin Garcia, but later was taken to the
German hospital at Buenos Aires,
where he has been under treatment
because of his reported unbalanced
mental condition.
According to the accounts from Ar
gentina, there has never been apparent
a strong desire on the part of the count
to leave South America, and he has
been openly accused in the Argentine
capital of trying to avoid returning to
Berlin by causing his condition to be
represented aa more -eerions than it
actually was.
NO BASE HERE DURING WAR
Secretary Daniels Holds Out Hopes
to Columbia River "Later."
ASTORIA, Or., March 12. (Special.)
Chairman Stone, of. the Port of As
toria Commission, received a letter to
day from Secretary of the Navy Daniels
with reference to the proposed Colum
bia River submarine base.
The Secretary said that his depart
ment could not recommend any addi
tions to the naval programme during
the period of the war. Only such mean
urea as directly affect the war move
ments would be considered, but later on
he would take up the Helm recommen
dations for an aviation field and sub
marine base on the Columbia and rec
ommend their construction.
Odessa, with a population of 700,000,
has 34 moving picture theaters. When
a programme has begun the patrons
coming late must wait in the ante
rtoml where music is provided, and
ctndy, tea, and sandwiches can be
bought.
ELECTION IS DELAYED
HONOR GUARD GIRLS ELATED OVER
' "RESULTS of organization.
Report Shown That Girls Realised More
Than SSSOO From Entrrtain
' meats of Past Season.
The Girls' Nation; Honor Guard,
Portland branch, at a. fleeting last
night In room H. Library, voted to
postpone their election of officers until
later date and appointed a commit
tee to consult with the advisory boand
with a view toward co-ordinating the
work of the state and city offices.
The action of th guard was made
after an extensive discus.'ion. Miss
Mamie Helen Flynn gave an excellent
report of the work of the social com
mittee, showing that more than 2200
had been realized 'from the vaudeville
last season, and of this sum $1700 had
been clear: that- the . committee had
given many concerts and programmes
for the soldiers, .had couducted com
munity sings and done other patriotic
work.
Mies Lillas Wight suggested that
the girls consult their advisory board
and then get busy and do the big and
tbe patriotic work for which they are
organized. Her advice was accepted
and the co-ordination committee, in
cluding the nominating comnuttec and
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TELEGRAPH wires were busy
pouring a mass of state, Na- 1
tional and international news
into the newsroom of The Ore-
gonian. Big stories were
"breaking" locally and copy boys
were rushing reams ' of type-
I written sheets to the composing- I
room. It was 6 o'clock on a Sat-
urday night and 13 of the big f
linotype machines were work-
ing on Want Ads.
What did it mean ? Simply
that Mr. and Mrs. Everybody
j were scheduled to miss a lot of
valuable news on Sunday morn- 1
I ing because art army of Some-
I bodies had swamped the busi-
I ness office with Want Ads. They
had taken advantage of that
technical 6 o'clock Want Ad
deadline, developed the habit of
last-hour activity, and were thus
robbing themselves of a guar- 1
antee of errorless ad copy, as-
sured classification, a certainty
of even ' appearing in the first
edition, and themselves, as well
as a huge public, of the maxi-
mum of news. I
The mechanical equipment of
every newspaper is necessarily 1
large enough to take care of
rush business a volume of
equipment far beyond normal
needs. But when, as is the case f
every Saturday night, Want Ad
business becomes so abnormal,
something must suffer. That
something, when ads have been
accepted, and thus guaranteed
a place in the big Sunday morn-
ing issue, is the news depart-
ment, the very life-blood of a
newspaper and its reason for ex-
istence.
Much time is required during
the route the Want Ad takes f
fce-aa telephone or counter to
the fefssrilast table. First it's
checked to correct errors in
spelling or classification, then it 1
goes to the c.vriposing-room and 1
is distributed to the linotype
operators. Printed proof goes
to the proofreader and if there
are any typographical errors,
back it goes for correction, and
then on to proofreader again.
The makeup man gets it for dis-
tribution into the forms under
proper classification. Then the
forms go to the stereotypers,
who cast the matter into a Eolid
plate. This plate makes a jour- 1
ney . from ninth floor, to . base- J
ment, is placed in the hands of
the pressmen and within a few 1
minutes carriers, newsboys, 1
newsdealers and Uncle Sam are
busy taking it to your home.
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