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life Sllltfclt : iB . iilMttii ML 86 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 18 Seven Sections YOL. XXX IY. NO. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 3. N. PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1915. HEW EARTHQUAKE ADDS TO ANXIETY Walls of Ruins Tumble About Rescuers. SUPPLIES ARE INSUFFICIENT Many Who Might Have Been : Saved Die in Debris. DEATH ESTIMATE ' 30,000 Refugees Begin to Reach Rome and Are Well Cared For, Pope Be j Ing Among; targe Contribu- tors to Fund for Relief. ROME, Jan. 1-Fear is felt through out the earthquake (devastated dis trict that additional shocks may add to the work of destruction, according to reports brought to Rome by refu gees. Basis for this anxiety is found in dispatch from Sora, which says another strong earthquake occurred there last night, demolishing the walls of partly ruined buildings and menac-J lng surrlvors and those engaged in rescue work. Scant reports of death" and damage in the more remote places which suf fered from the disaster have been re ceived at the capital and information from Jthe larger places still is incom plete, but there is no reason to doubt that when the death roll is made up it will contain fully 30.000 names. Probably twice that number were in jured. ... . . Sevres of Homelessi Strlekea. The places which apparently suffered most were Avesiano, witn bdoui i,v. killed! Pesclna. 5000; Celano. 4000: -en rhln. 2400:.Marsi. 1000: Paterno, 1000; t, niinn S50. and Fralturo. 100. It Is reported that Kassa d'Albe lost one eighth of Its population, while Pasoaa- seroll was completely ouriea. In the devastated area, there -are scores of hamlets where probably only a small percentage of the population scaped. The same Is believed to be true In the rural districts. "All Italy has turned its attention to the work of resoue and relief. Thou sands of soldiers and volunteers are digging frantically In the ruins in the hope that they may release a tew who are still alive. ' . Haadreda of Bodies Recovered. . Hundreds of bodies are being recov ered, but first attention is being given where it Is believed there Is a possi bility the occupants of ruined dwellings may not yet have perished. Vigorous efforts are being made by the authorities to dispatch - doctors, nurses, medicine and food to the ruined cities and villages. Criticisms have been voiced because of delay in sending medicine to some of the places de stroyed, but it Is pointed out that the difficulties - of transportation made greater speed impossible. The injured are being cared for in makeshift hos pitals established in the ruined towns or in the hospitals of Rome and other Cities. Referees Well Care Fair. Trains filled with survivors are ar riving here constantly, and the refugees are receiving the best of care. Large sums are being subscribed for the re lief of suffering, and Pope Benedict is one of the large contributors. King Victor Emmanuel has returned to Rome 'after visiting many of the places In the earthquake zone, where he directed the work of rescue and per sonally distributed relief. The Messagero says that the King halted a detachment of soldiers, asking where it was going. On being told t Concluded on Pane . y v rv-iF SJ G-G-JES T BA HIGHWAYMEN PUT 2 MEN IN ICE-CHEST BCRGLARS ESCAPE BY ' GFUICH AFTER ROBBING TILL- Broken Lock on Refrigerator Per mits Victims at East Side Mar ket - to Release Selves. - - Forcing the proprietor and a delivery boy into an Ice chest, last night, two highwaymen robbed the Quality Mar ket. ' at 245 East Twenty-first street North," of J 60 and escaped .under tne Twentv-flrst-street bridge Into Bull! van's Gulch. . . ' . W. H Terry. : the proprietor. was weeping the market - preparatory to closinir shortly after 9 o'clock, when the men entered. Both were unmasked and one carried a revolver. "We're getting tired of eating soup, said the man with the gun. "Stick "em up!".' ' He forced Terry and Charles Hecht, 17-year-old delivery boy, into the back of the room, where he locked them In large Ice chest. Meanwhile the other robber rifled the till. The Ice chest Is large, being built in the wall. One of the locks of the re frlgerator being broken, Terry, after the burglars had departed, opened the broken door and crawled out. He notified the police immediately and in a few minutes a patrol wagon full of detectives, under command ot Detective Sergeants John Moloney, Vaughn and Hellyer, arrived. They deployed over tire adjacent section ot Sullivan's Gulch, while Motorcycle P' trolmen Tully and Morris patroled the streets above, halting all suspicious characters, but no atrace of the high waymen was found.' GERMAN BONDS TOUCH PAR War Loan Advances and Trading In General Responds Quickly. BERLIN. Jan. 1, via The Hague and London. The German war . loan of 4,500,000,000 marks 125, 000,000) is sued at 97 H. reached par on the Berlin Boutbo yesterday. The tendency of these war-loan bonds had been upward for some time, but it l)ad not been ex pected that par would be reached so soon. " Ii,' some cases the quotation was higher than 100. . The effect of this rise was felt gen erally. Trading among foreign stocks nsnoniled. Dartlcularly Baltimore & Ohio. ; . v BOMBS. DROP AT 0STEND British, French and Belgian Avia- tors Make Successful Kaid.- LONDON, Jan. 17. Nine British French and Belgian aviators dropped bombs on the railroad station and bar. racks at Ostend. causing considerable damage, according to - a dispatch to Llody's News from its correspondent on the Franco-Belgian border. The aviators escaped safely to the allies' lines. s 170,880 ix building permits tangible: evidence of progress at . pen- - DLETON. PENDLETON, Or, Jan. 16. (Special.) Building permits to the value of $170,880 were Issued in Pendleton during 1914. In ad . dltlon to this, more than 890,000 was expended in the pavement of streets, and building of bridges within the city. Pendleton now has a total of six and one-half miles of paved streets. The new gravity water system, at a cost of $250,000, was constructed dur ing the year. ' The city's bonded indebtedness is 8250,000 with .$23,027.70 in the sinking fund for the purpose of retiring the bonds at maturity. Outstanding . street-improvement bonds amount to $110,694.10. The city's total receipts for the year were $103,712, while the total expenses were $95,014.86. CARTOONIST REYNOLDS TAKES PEN IN HAND TO YYX. H HAN TOLD ABOUT ACTS OF D!PL s'oiR1 Engineer Says Secre tary Fully Informed. LOAN IS CALLED "RAKE-OFF" Cousin Timothy on. Ground to Attend to Details. DEAL MANAGED BY BANK Witness Against Minister to Santo Iomlngo Says Americans In Is land Republic Have Been Dishonored by Conduct. NEW TORK. Jan. 16. Testimony that secretary of state Bryan was informed that James M. Sullivan. American Min. Ister to the Dominican Republic, figured in an alleged conspiracy to exploit DUb lie contracts In that republic was heard today at the inquiry by Senator-elect Phelan into the Minister's fitness. - James L. Bryne. of Boston, a con struction engineer, testified that be had told Mr. Bryan that the Minister's cousin, Timothy J. Sullivan, had told him that the MinisterTiad arranged that me Banco Naclonal, of Santo Domingo. should . get government contracts and that he, Timothy J., was down in Santo Domingo to manage the construction work and see that Minister Sullivan 'got his bit." Secretary Doesn't Want Record. Mr. Bryan, the witness said, asked him to write .it. out and then said, "Per haps you don't care to do this." Bryne said he would be glad to. and the Secretary replied that it would not be necessary. - . "I got the impression," said the wit-1 ness, "that the Secretary didn't want the matter on the records of the -State Department." . An affidavit by Bryne further said that Timothy J. Sullivan had said there would bo no trouble in carryinn the contracts through, as the Banco Nacional. the concern which worked up tills scheme and was to finance it. was solid with Secretary Bryan." .' Was Part of "Rukeoff." Sullivan also told the witness, ac cording to the affidavit, that "Minister fculllvan had used his Influence to ob tain a $1000 loan for him from the National Bank of Santo Domingo, and that it would never have to be paid oft as that was eventually a part of the Minister's rakeoff. 'I told all these things In substance as set "forth in this affidavit to Secre tary Bryan," the affidavit continues. X know all the officials of the State Department have been advised of the true condition in Santo -Domingo by many other Americans whose standing and integrity cannot be questioned. Americana Declared Discredited. 'The American people, the President of the United States and the Democratic party have been discredited and dis- onored in Santo Domingo by the con- uct of Minister Sullivan. The' net re- ult in Santo Domingo is that sincere and honest American business men who have invested their money in legitimate enterprises for the development of the Dominican Republic have suffered great losses." Wasliougal Commercial YJlub Elects. Jy-ASHOUGAI Wash., Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) At the Washougal Commercial Club's annual meeting: this week offi cers and governors were elected lor the ensuing- year and plans outlined for the year's work. George Dibble was -elected president; I. S. Geer, vice president: J. O. Wins;, secretary, and George T. Moody treasurer. ' Last year's board of governors was re elected. ' IlTTODAfSKEWS CO Via-1 e Weather. . Co' iAY8 : Maximum temperature, S degrees: minimum, 32 degrees. TODAT'S Fair, easterly winds. Legislature. . Legislators first week Is active, several big steps having been taken. Section 1. page 8. Clashes in Washington Legislature are be tween Republicans who covet Guberna torial nomination. Section 1. page 9. Idaho House receives bill introduced to abolish Senate. Section 1, page 6. Earthquake. Second - quake adds to difficulty of rescuing . Italian victims. Section 1, page 1. War. ' Germans hold victories near Solssons show Joffre's offensive has broken down. Sec tion 1, page 4. Britain taking vigorous steps to facilitate early release of detained vessels, tac tion 1, page 6. - . Observer on Aisne declares "war is mud." Section X, page 1. Girl with revolVer frustrates plans of bank .robbers.- Section 1, .page 2. ... , , ; Xattonal. Government begin effort to find out why . prices of food are .join up. Section 1, page 8. Bryan fully Informed as to acts of Minister Sullivan In Santo Eromln.ro. Section 1, ' page 1 . Secretary Garrison pleads for better prep aration for war. Section 1, page 1. . Middle West In grip of billiard. Section 1, - page 1. - - . ..-Pacific Xorthwettt. President of Oregon Normal. School says rural needs must.be frnportant part of course. Section 1.. page 7. War makes trip of missionary from . Africa to Albany long one. Section 1, page 7. Roseburg police nil two Jails with X. W. TV, after street rioting following ' arrest of soapbox orator. Section 1, page 16. Washington state newspapermen get Ideas and teachers of Journalism In Northwest organise. section 1, page 7. Fruit men in mass meeting -at Hood River express dissatisfaction over sales plan and price received this season. Section page 2. Sport. . Multnomah Club boxers ready for city cham pionships February 18, 19. Section page 4. - ' War to the knife." is Coast Hockey League cry. Section t, page 4. ';'. Walter- McCredie In . disfavor with Coast League president. Section 2. page 2. Bout with Welsh may convince Willie Ritchie it Js time tor him to .retire, section page .4.. Portland Golf Club orders two tennis courts. Section 2. page 5.' . ' Several changes In football ' rules favored. bee turn 2, page a. Edward Oattnan, captain of Portland hockey team, writes about science oi game, sec tion 2, page 4. - " -V Oregon-basketball team' fast but light. Sec tion 2. page w . .. i , La. K. Richardson and Mrs. W. I'NorthUD chosen as Portland best tennis players in 1914 season. Section 2 page. 1. Old leagues - deny Federals charges ana aver accusers wanted to Join alleged iruai. Section 3. page a. - - Beavers of 115 must rely n youth and speed alone. Section a, pas 3. Portland Gun Club gets .Northwest shoot and plans are being mads for suacessiui year. Uaoln. 9 nun n , Section 2. page 8. Bonds almost forced to boxTom Cowler. Section 2, page 5. Oregon University soccer squad likely to meet some of Portland teams. Sectloa S, - . page 5. Naval etiquette to be observed by Motorboat Club berealter. . section z, page o. ' Commercial and Marine. Grain holders In Northwest not affected by break in Bast.: Section 2, page 15. Five-cent slump -at- Chicago on wheat em bargo rumors. . Section 2, page lo. Bonds are ' Strong at New Tork and stocks - are more active. - section 2, page J.o. . Wheat export from Portland rapidly push ing toward 1.000,000 nushels. mark, tiec-(- tion 1, page 17. ., Real Estate and Building. War stamps many on Nortonia deed. ' Sec tion 4, page 8. Lot sales in Laurelhurst brlskv Section 4. page 8. Westover Terraces to have elaborate com m unity club. Section 4, page S. rortland and Vicinity. President Griffith, of traction company, con damns "Jitney" service for taking profit able part of streetcar business without sharing in expense, section l, page la. Reed men'value benefit of debate to public higher than victory. Section 1, page 34. Late Judge Seneca Smith eulogized by former associates, section i. page.i: High tribute paid to 'memory of late Hiss Dimick. Section 1. page. 33. ' City buys, sewer cleaning device to save many miles of reconstruction. Section 1, page 14. T. M. Hurlburt gains. votes in recount de . manded by Tom Word. Section 1, page 18. '". ." ' Bureau of Mines and Geology asks 225,000 annually for two years to carry on work. Section 1, page 9. .... Mrs. Rosamond Emery, 101 today, has de cided views on modern methods. Section 1, page 13. Marcus Loew, 'vaudeville magnate, declares changes needed on his -theater circuit have been made. Section 1, page 12. New traffic laws : provide for pedestrians obeying officers' : signals. Section 1, page 11. -Dean Collins describes fairylike appearance of exposition at night. Section 1, page 10. Paul Pfendner receives letter from German soldier telling of spirit of troops. Section 3, page 31. - Railroad end club officials to aid in selec tion of festival slogan. Section 1. page 11. SHOW WHAT HE THINKS VAR IS MUD SAYS OBSERVER GNAISNE Deadlock Tremendous Thrills Lacking.; FOES ALMOST OUT OF SIGH Terrible Price' Involved Breaking Through Line. in SHELL FIRE IS DESULTORY Combatants Make Best of Situation In Trenches and Variety Is Given by Occasional Desper ate Attacks at Xlght. (By a Staff Correspondent of the New York Times'. Published by Arrangement With the Times.) . OX THE GERMAN FRONT. France, 'Dec. 8.- The Times correspondent has just taken an active part in the battle of the Aisne and Is able to give the following eye-witness account of the longest battle in history. In search of the "thrill of battle' your correspondent pushed on through the mud to the firing line and saw several German soldiers. Most of them were smoking cigars. More sol dlers were founi in snug little caves dug into th sides of the trenches and with, which the premises were liter any noneycomDcd. Here were many of the comforts of home, including lamps, chairs, tables, straw mattresses and other furnishings. Some of the soldiers were playing pinochle, others writing letters home, others cleaning their guns . or doing much-needed mending; one was being shaved. "Safety First" Seems to Be Motto, ur me enemy nothing at all was seen. They, too, had presumably-be cdme cave-dwellers and were leading the simple life like their German friends. There seemed to be no hard feeling between the rival -"battle" lines; in fact, I found evidence that there were certain gentlemen's agree ments between the French and Ger man frenchmen to cover various con tingencies, and even a system of sig nanus. "baiety first ' appeared to be the motto of the combatants on both sides. There were well-appointed first-aid to-tne-injured. places, . but no one to patronize them, A young surgeon looked as if he had Just bung out bis shingle and was waiting for bis first patient. , "CertnlH Liveliness" Is Shewn. : I took a second shot at the battle ot the Aisne, with better' luck than the first time, thanks to the courteous commanding General of the th army, who had one of his staff officers tele phone up and down the line in advance to find out where there was the most doing." The answer came that there was "a certain liveliness" around X., but as there was no telling how long it would keep alive the motorcars were pushed to the limit to get there before it subsided. The German trenches here drive vfo nearly half a mile Into the French lines like a wedge, the apex being a high hill on which perch the pictur esque ruins of a village. German Jae gers took the hill and village by storm, and the French have been "shooting it up" from three sides ever since in a desperate effort to oust them, which accounts for its moth-eaten appearance. As the only official road to the village was and is still in the hands of the French, a company of those miracle- working German pioneers following In the wake of the storming Jaegers con structed a corduroy road under fire up the steep stope of they hill, so that (Concluded on Page 2.) OF SOME OF THE PAST WEEK'S NEWS EVENTS. THE Tj3 Trt JJjOI?- Saturdays War Moves THERE have been no new develop ments, so far as official reports disclose, as a result of the German suc cess in regaining the lost ground north of Solssons and the Russian advance between the East Russian frontier and the Vistula River. The French, who are strongly en trenched along the Aisne River on either side of Soissons, with the assist ance ot the floods, apparently have checked any further German advance and big guns have taken the place of rifles and bayonets In the fighting In that region. In fact artillery continues to play the leading role, although here and there along the line attacks and counter attacks have been made. . The Germans in one of these recap tured some trenches near Carency, but their attacks elsewhere, particularly near Flirey, south of Thjancourt. where they have been most violent, have not been so successful. The Germans have displayed much activity In their - effort to recover ground they lost during the offensive undertaken by the allies late in De cember. Their efforts are Interpreted In some quarters as an attempt to re sume a general offensive. With the ground In its present soft condition. military men in London do not believe the Germans will make any such ef fort, but as success may depend to a large extent on a surprise, they may attempt the unexpected. In Poland, north and south, the fight ing consists largely of artillery en gagements, btrt here, too, the Germans continue to attack the Russian armies which block the road to Warsaw, but apparently without making headway. Unless Field Marshal von Htndenburg has another army to meet the Russians who have advanced almost to the Ger man frontier on the right bank of the Lower Vistula, this hammering must soon cease, for, with the finishing freezing ot the river. It would be pos sible for the Russians to cross and at tack the Germans on the flank and rear. 1 The Austrians, like their allies, have brought forward heavy artillery and are trying to stop the Russian army. which. If it gets across the Dunajec River, again will threaten Cracow. The Russians have mounted guns on ' the crests of the Carpathians to ward oft the Austro-German forces which are reported to have been organized to pro tect Hungary from invasion, while In Bukowlna they are concentrating for an advance Into Transylvania. Thus any Austro-uerman army winen aq vanced in Hungary will be open to at tack from both north and east. The Turks are reported to have met further disaster at the hands of the Russians The Eleventh Army Corps, sent from Erzerum to help the broken Tenth Turkish Corps, which was making a stand at Kara-Urgan. according to Pet rograd advices, has met with a defeat which some correspondents describe as irretrievable, Bhould this reverse prove as serious as reported, the Turkish position would be extremely serious. for the Russian fleet Is In a position to prevent reinforcements from being sent from Europe, having already, sunk sailing vessels carrying troops. Enver Pasha, the Turkish War Min ister and leader of the Young Turks, as returned to Constantinople to put down a conspiracy discovered there against that organization and particu larly against Enver Pasha himself. The British foreign office and Ad miralty are bending thehr efforts to se cure an Immediate search of foreign esseis suspected of carrying contra band, and their release if the suspicions are not confirmed. Customs officials are working day and night to carry out this- policy. - King Gustave of Sweden, speaking with ' reference to the attitude of his country in the present crisis, said a careful regard for the neutrality of Sweden and for the right to decide her destiny necessarily involved personal sacrifices and required that her mil itary forces should be increasingly maintained. He expressed the hope that thei recent conference of the Scan dinavian Kings would result In the betterment of the relations between Sweden, Denmark and Norway in or der that the position of Sweden might be strengthened. WtAy CAAZGO SAX.S FAZOv GARRISOfi ADVISES -WAR PREPARATION Secretary Wants Truth Told in Schools. NATIONAL GUARD DEFICIENT Reserve of Trained Men in States Is Advocated. MORE OFFICERS NEEDED Ammunition In Hand for Coast Ar tillery Now Sufficient to Laxt lictween 3 0 and 4 0 Min utes of Actual llrlng. NEW TORK, Jan. 1 Preparation for the defense ot the United States In the event. of war was advocated by Secretary of War Garrison, Henry I. Stlmson ex-Secretary, and William C Sanger, ex-Assistant Secretary, "ho were speakers at a discussion on the military requirements of the country at the Republican Club here today. Secretary Garrison said there was no occasion for hysteria or fear of compulsory service. When the garri sons in Hawaii and at the Panama Canul were manned, he said, the mobile Army In the United State would num ber 25.000 men. Mere (lirlvn Waatrd. - Mr. Qnrrlxun said that In Ills opinion the regiments should bo Increased to their full strength of 1t63 tnrn each, thereby making a mobile army of sO.000 men, and that Congress should make provisions for 1000 additional officers. "The National Guard." the Secretary said "is still far. from what It should be. We must art a reserve of trainod men in the states, a reserve of Army officers to command the men. We should have the truth told In the pub lic schools. Scholars should bo told of our years of travail and be prepnred to deal with the problem of defense In later years." Discharged Mrs Valuable. Mr. Garrison asserted that It would be of infinite value to have Ihe thou sands of enlisted men annually dis charged from the 'Army and the re signed or retired officers where they could be found and recalled to service in the event of their being needed. Mr. Stlmson said Americans should be assured that the fate of the Bel gians never should become theirs He advocated that the standing army be Increased to 50,000 men, exclusive of the reserve and coast artillery, and to more than 100,000 men. Including the reserve, which he described as the foundation for a citizen army. Supplies for such an army also should bo pro vided for, Mr. Stlmson asserted. Asaasanltlea Will Last Half Hear. Congressional committees, he contin ued, had asserted that the United States had from 60 to (0 per cent of the nec essary ammunition ror the coast ar tillery. Upon application to General Crozli, he said, lio learned that this was enough to last for 30 or 40 min utes of actual firing. In 1912," he said, "we had ammuni tion enough to supply an army of 100, 000 men for half a day's battle at a rate equal to that with which ammuni tion was consumed In the battle of Mukden. Now, after great efforts. It has been increased to a supply suffi cient for a day and a quarter." Heavy British Losses Reported. BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville, N. Y., Jan. . The British lnsces in France and Flanders from January t to January 13, are estimated by the Nleuwe Rotterdaruache Courant to number 190 officers and 6200 men. ac cording to a dispatch from Rotterdam to the German Overseas Agency. OV cro , II tyyev II - . 7afv x ' i r' ' sl I I - fTsrjw I i 7L -77 ' M I