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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1915)
78 Pages Seven Sections VOX. XXXIV. NO PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORNING, JANUARY 24, 1913. PRICK FIVE CENTS. . 4. " THAW CHEERED BY in Surrendered Fugitive Beams on People. POLICEMEN, SWEPT OFF FEETj Prisoner Shows Emotion on Leaving New Hampshire. TRIP MARKED BY OVATIONS Jerome Travels In Same Car, but Xo Sign of Eecosnition Passes Be tween Prosecutor and Man on Way to Prison. BOSTON, Jan. 23. Harry K. Thaw, n route to New York aa a surrendered fugitive from justice, met a cheering -.i,.tii from ten of thousands of I commuters here early tonight His train entered .the North Terminal Sta tion when multitudes of workers were acurryng home, and apparently most ef them paused to greet him. When the beaming face of the man who killed Stanford 'White was seen, there was tremendous cheering, and the crowd swept aa extra detail of police off Its feet. C hrerlnaj Crowd Chokes I'latform, Thaw, who was surrendered to New Tork authorities today at Concord, N. H., was bustled through the surging cheering crowd that choked the plat forms and filled the upper part of the trainshed. After reaching an exit he and his attendants entered a taxi-cab and were driven to a hotel. William Travers Jerome, Special Deputy Attorney-General of New York, who was in charge of the arrange ments. decided to remain in Boston until 1 A. SI, arriving in. New York at 7:05 A. M. Thaw made no attempt to conceal bis disappointment over the oelay ana CROWDS In BOSTON some of his friends suggested ,that ifjture continue it may rain or snow in he arrived in New York on Sunday It would be more difficult for him to make application for bail. Prosecutors Travel im Sine Car. The trip from Concord to Boston was uneventful. . A crowd of 300 it at her ed at the station in the New Hampshire capital, waved and shouted their farewells as the train started. Thaw responded to the demonstration by waving his hand, smiling and bowing. He was attended by Sheriff Hornbeck and two detectives. Mr. Jerome and Franklin Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General of New York, made the trip In another part of the same car, but there was no sign of recognition be tween Thaw and the two prosecutors. Sheriff Hoi mat A. Drew, of Berlin, and Policeman Clark D. Stevens, of Concord, who have been Thaw's custo- ! i .j hi. 1C .mnntV.tt unfnt, rn In New Hampshire, rode with the prisoner I from Concord to Manchester. Just be fore his former guardians left the train. Thaw showed deep feeling over the parting. Sympathizer Ware Farewell. A small crowd gathered at the Man chester station to wave their fare wells. Other little bands of sympa thizers were on the station platform at all stations where the train stopped. While on the train Thaw gave a statement in which he said:" "On leaving New Hampshire I wish to thank its people for their extreme kindness and consideration for my mother and myself in our troubles. We had expected that the decision might have allowed me to return with her to our home in Pittsburgh. But we tnust all submit to the decree of the Supreme Court." fir 3'' I JAPAN PRESENTS DEMAND ON CHINA POLICY HAS ENTHUSIASTIC SUP PORT AT HOME. Document of Unprecedented Import Said to Deal Chiefly With Mob. golia and Manchuria. TOKIO, Japan. Jan. 23. (Special.) Japan's demands upon China have been presented by Teka Aoki. the Minister of this country in Pekin. They are embodied in 21 articles and are said to be of unprecedented importance. The document deals with the general policy of China in Mongolia and Manchuria, The Japanese are enthusiastic in sup port of the move by the Foreign MIn ister. Baron Kato, and if it is success ful the country will express its ap proval at the coming; general election, thus averting a change in the Cabinet. Th Jlli Shimno. a leading newspaper of Japan, says editorially that the government's move to settle, the lunaa mental questions of the relations De tween China and Japan at this time is opportune. The problem is understood to have as lis Dasis preservaitwn u. integrity of China, a policy which will have the hearty approval of all nations that hitherto have been interested In the republic. The editorial closes by asserting that the present negotiations are also cat cuiated to obtain China's consent to the AamanA irhlch JlLD&n will make OI Germany after the war. The princi pa! points in the negotiations, however, relate- not to Tsine-Tau. but to the general policy In the Far East. QUIT? YES, WHEN HE'S 100 Bailiff Humphrey, at 82, Says He Feels About 40 Years Old. "I'm going to resign my position as bailiff of this court the day I am 100 years old," said "Uncle" George Hum phrey. court crier of the United States District Court of Oregon, to Federal Judira Wolverton yesterday, the 83d 'anniversary of his birth. How do you feel?" was asked of the oldest employe in the court. "About 40 years old," he replied promptly. "I have never in all my life been sick enough to be off my feet" PORTLAND MAY SEE SNOW Forecawter Says Conditions Are F' rorabie if Cold Continue". It tho cast wln1 and low tempera- Portland today, according to District Weather Forecaster Beals.. Early yes terday the mercury dropped to 29 de grees ' above zero, the lowest point reached during the present cold snap. In commenting on the weather yes terday .Mr. Beals remarked that tern Peratures over the United States ranged from 22 degrees below zero to 64 de grees above. FATHERS CONFER DEGREES Unusual Ceremonies Take Place in Masonic Lodge in Albany. ALBANY. Or., Jan. 23. (Special.) Probably the most unusual ceremony which ever occurred in a Masonic lodge in this state took place in St. John's Lodge here last night, when two brothers conferred the degree of Master Mason upon their two sons each father conferring the degree upon his own boy. E. L. Wteder presided when his son. David V. Wieder, received the degree, and Charles H. Wieder conferred the degree upon his son, Harold L. Wieder. AIRSHIP IS LOST AT SEA Fishermen Unable to Aid Craft Be lieved to Be Zeppelin. LONDON, Jan. 23. Fishermen arriv ing at Noordwijk today assert accord ing to a dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Company from Leyden, that they saw an airship founder in the North Sea on Friday night The fishermen, the message adds, were unable to assist the aircraft. The description of the vessel given by the men indicates that it was a Zeppelin. HIGH SPOTS IN THVGS D V. io.a.l rTilLflUlllO T Capture Held by Wash ington as Certain. RIGHT OF INQUIRY CGNOEDED Burden of Proof Is on chaser of Vessel. Pur SECOND VENTURE UNLIKELY United States Xot Bound to Accept Findings of British Tribunal and Diplomatic Exchanges Probably Will Follow! " WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. The cotton ship Dacia,. which cleared yesterday from Galveston for Rotterdam but has not sailed because of bad weather. really is heading fairly straight for British prize court, Administration officials conceded today. If she sails, the situation apparently Is unavoidable, it was pointed out. In that the State Department, after re ceiving evidence of the Dacia s sale from & German company to an Amer ican citizen could not refuse her reg istry as an American ship. Neither can it be disputed, officials say, that J the British government has a perfect right to test the genuineness of the transfer, and the proper authority to pass . upon this question is a British prize court . Birdca la on Purchaser. The burden of proof apparently is on the purchaser of the vessel, in view of the fact that she was purchased from J a German company by a German American, and is carrying cargo des tined for Germany. A prize court is governed by well- established rules of evidence, and the United States Government is not bound to' accept its findings. If it does not. the case may be treated diplomati cally. In the long time which naturally will be consumed In these proceedings It Is believed unlikely that fur'her ventures of the same character will be under taken. Wllhelmtna Attracts Most Attention. The case of the food-laden steamer WlJhelmina, which cleared from New York todaly for Germany, is attracting much more interest at the State De partment than that of the Dacia. Though the exporters of the cargo ap pear to feel confident that neither the ship nor the food can be detained by the British, owing to the admissions in the British note replying to the Amer ican protest against interference with shipping, their confidence is not shared by all officials here. The British . government, having in mind Lord Salisbury's declaration in regard to the exemption from seizure of food cargoes destined for the civil population of belligerent countries, In dicated an intention of living up to this view, but certain reservations were made under which the cargo might be seized. " Reservations Hot Made Clear. It is not clearly Indicated in the British note just what these reserva tions areV The State Department declines to make public its action in the case of the steamer Farn, which has been or- ered either to intern or to leave San uan. Porto Rico. It is regarded as unneutral for the department even to admit that such an order has been is- ucd. much less to reveal th. time llowed for the German Lieutenant commanding the Farn to obey the order the. American Collector, in view of the fact that British cruisers are known to be pn the watch for the ship. STRAIGHT TO COUR ' LAST WEEK'S NEWS MAESHALED BY CARTOONIST EEYNOLDS IN PICTORIAL REYIEW. 3 'Y 7W t ? INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 34 degrees; minimum, 2 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; easterly -winds. Legislatures. Benewah County in Idaho created by Gov ernofs signature, section 1, page 10. Representative Huston is champion bill flier with 18 to bis credit in Mouse. Section 1, page 10. Washington Legislature shows disposition to consider seriously Mr. Lister's chief sug gestion. Section 1, page 10. Legislature In first fortnight of session holds' firm to economy programme. Section 1, . page 1. War. Washington admits Dacia is heading fairly straight for British prize court Sec tion 1. page L All-night battle rag-es in Argonne and Ger mans continue attacks in daytime British fight hard at La Bassee Sec- tion 1, page 6. British authorities engage ship for trans fer of Dacia cargo, section i, page Japanese professor argues Japan would not do wrone in keeping Kiau-cnau. . &ec tion 1, page tt. Woman makes clea. ior aid for 700,000 Ser bians. Section 1, page 1. German airmen raid Dunkirk; British drop bombs on Zeebrugge ana unent. oecuou 1. Datn 7. Active campaign in east changing in direc tion of Hungary, section J, page o. Mexico. General Obregon remains loyal to Car rani. bee tion l, page . Foreign. Japan presents Important demands on China. section 1, page 1. National Minority leader Mann says President Wil son is building up personal ponucai ma chine. Section 1, page o. Democratic Senate caucus adopts ship pur chase bill as party measure, bee tion page 1. . Domestic Boston crowds cheer Harry Thaw. Sec tion 1. page L Governor Johnson of California says he will oppose all attempts to change present anti-alien law. Section 1. page 3, Louis D. Bramleis says certain amount oi unrest la desirable. Section 1, page .. Sports. Two more good pitchers would make Salt Lake pennant conienaer. is opinion. o. tion 2. page 1. Mike Gibbons and Jimmy Clabby. two of greatest fighters, look like pnysicaiiy ineffective youths. Section 2, page 4. Pacific Association declares war on doj s who appear In four-round bouts at oan Francisco, section Ji, page . Oregon Quintet begins to show old dash in play. Section page . In 1914 drop-kicks exceed those from place ment. Section a, page 4. Orecon has track material aplenty for championship team, section . page . Court takes under advisement Federal League's prayer for Injunction. 11, page 2. Pacific Northwest. Section The Dalles fetes O.-W. R. X. officials Section for retention of carshops there. 1, page 8. Experts to gather at Corvallis February to consider state proDiems. section ' page 5. - Ex-Judge French, convicted from Wallowa County, never serves minute of term be hind bars.- Section 1, page o. Commercial and Marine, Wheat trading In local market rherked by scarcity ot tonnage. Section page i Peace rumors are Ignored in Chicago wheat market. Section page id. Stocks close firm, after early selling move menu Section 2, page 13. How Canal is closed to Oregon lumber shown in argument for new navigation laws. Section 2, page 5. Cranley to sail with relief tomorrow oi Tuesdas'. Section 2, page 5. Real Estate and Building. More than $1,000,000 in new building- projected. Section 4, page 8. Blake-McFall Company to erect four-story building on East Side. Section 4, page 8. Three Important real estate deals are closed in week. Section 4, page 8. Automobiles and Roads. Crowds flock to ee auto show. Section 7, page 2. New highway bill proposed. Section 7, page 2. Franklin pleasure car sale not hit by big war. Section 7. page 5. rortland and Vicinity. New and exclusive service for National The ater beginning today is described. Sec tion 3, page 7. Falls chalet on Columbia Hignway nurns at loss of SJ3.UUU. section i, page 10. James P. Moffett makes plea for Oregon to have sole use of state's building at San Francisco fair. Section 2, page 7. J. C. Cooper, G. A. R. veteran, of McMInn ville, wins Rose Festival slogan prize. Section 1, page 11. Experts to help in campaign for rose plant ing. Section J, page 11. j Musical programme for 191 5 Rose Festival is practically complete. Section 1, page 11. Harmony Improvement Society celebrates 10th anniversary- Section i, page 12. End "persecution" of Jitney, plead petition ers to court. Section 1, page 12. Early election on 81.000,000 road bond issue decided on. Section 1, page 14. Dean of Oregon medical Echool makes plea for new buildings. Section 1, page 14. "City beautiful" committee districts city to . make garden of entire city for Rose Fes tival. Section 2, page 16. Development of Central Oregon's vast tim ber resources expected to start this year. SectioT 1, page 15. City directory canvas Bhows growth in Port land s population. Section page 6. Louie Hing. tongman. is found guilty of manslaughter. Section 2, page 16. LED loao r WOMAN PLEADS FOR' 700,000 SERBIANS People Without Seed for Planting. GREAT DISTRICT DESOLATED Nation Unprepared for War, Supplies Exhausted. HOMES FOUND IN RUINS Conditions in Hospitals Appalling. In One There Are Only 1 3 Xnrses to Care for J 300 Wounded. Medicine Is Xeeded. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Madame Slavko Grouitch. wife of the permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, arrived from England on board the steamship Lusitanla today to seek American aid for 700,000 Serbians who, she said, were driven from their homes by the war and most of whom are now in concentration camps in Southern and Central Serbia. , The Serbian government, Madame Orouitch taid, cannot re-establish these refugees on their farms until after the war. Consequently the Ser bian agricultural department, she said sent her to America to obtain funds to provide the peasants with livestock. farming implements and seed and grain to be planted in March and April. Country AVholly Unprepared. She said she had visited the Shabatz region, one of the districts devastated by the war, and that it was a scene of desolation. She had served as a nurse in Serbian hospitals for five months. 'Serbia was utterly unprepared for the war," she added. "Its army was unequipped, its supplies exhausted; it had no uniforms, not enough rifles and little or no ammunition for Its big guns. Its medical supplies had been ordered from Germany and, Austria and were undelivered. 'The first Austrian invasion crossed the plain of Shabatz and culminated In the battle of the Tzer Mountains. When, after a Serbian victory, the Aus- trians were driven from that district 200.000 persons had been rendered homeless In that rich plain. 700,000 Driven From Homes. Many of the inhabitants of this aeC' tion bad remained to gather their har vests, but when the second Invasion took place in the latter part of Oc tober and the early part of November, in all 700,000 persons were driven out and took refuge In the southern part of Serbia and Macedonia, "The Matchvia and Shumadla dis tricts, the garden spot of Serbia, were devastated during the second Invasion. 'Refugees who are now creeping back find their homes in ruin. They are camping near the gallery posts so as to obtain a little bread from the authorities and are digging caves and making huts of boughs to live in. They need food to live until they can till the soil again. There is nothing eatable left in the devastated sections." Seeds for Planting Needed. "I hope the United States Govern ment or the Rockefeller Foundation will help us. They might send a ship load of seeds for planting.' I have left committees in London to organize this movement and I hope committees for that purpose will be formed in Amer ica. I would not divert one dollar in tended for the relief of the Belgians." Conditions in the Serbian hospitals, crowded with the wounded after the battles, were described by Madame Grouitch as appalling, owing to the great lack of anesthetics, all kinds of medical supplies and of trained nurses. (Concluded on Page 7.) ,TH SPIRif 0$r J Mortal B 7 o n if J A no 8 A J H Saturday's War Moves T HE most important of the day' martial development in Europe, it the report Is based on facts, is th announcement from Petrograd printed in Paris that Germany has Informed Roumania that thelatter country's mil itary measures and its encouragemer. of a revolutionary movement in Tran sylvanla constitute hostile acts. Rou mania has made no secret of the fact that her army is virtually on a war footing, and there have been reports for weeks that she was about to enter the conflict on the side of the allies. Official confirmation of Germany's stand is not obtainable, however. Although official descriptions of fighting on the western front con tinue to be brief there Is evidence that it is growing fiercer at many points. The Germans are showing renewed ac tivity In the neighborhood of Tpres and heavy bombardments ot the left wing of the allies are almost Incessant. "It Is from the center eastward, how ever, that the battles are most bitter, In the Argonne around Verdun and in Alsace, heavy engagements are la progress, apparently without any de cislon having been reached. But these are merely local affairs compared to what is expected when the ground be' comes more suitable for moving troops. Along the Belgian coast every move of the Germans is th signal for renewed bombardment by the British ships, while the aviators of both forces are continually dropping bombs behind the hostile lines. Dunkirk has been singled out for German air attack, doubtless because It is believed it is being used by the British as a base of supplies from Eng land, while Ostend, Bruges and Zee- brugge are receiving attention from the allies for a similar reason. There is no confirmation from official sources of the reported visit of the allies' air men to Essen and Dusseldorf early in the week. A remarkable situation has arisen in Poland. The Russian troops north ofJ the lower Vistula are now SO miles farther west than the Germans in the direction of Warsaw, so that a success ful crossing of the Vistula would make a flank attack by either army possible. The Germans are keeping careful guard over a possible passage of the river above Plock, evidently for this reason, but the Russian objective appears to lie to the north, rather than to the o i:. th. On the whole, however, the Austro-Germans, for political reasons, must- divert their attention to the southeast, where the Russians are pressing through the mountains toward Transylvania. According to Russian statements strong Austrian forces . Already have been- encountered and there is a sug gestion that the Russians are expected to meet serious opposition before long. The attacks in front of Warsaw have grown less frequent and apparently are not being pushed with the same de termination as previously. In the Car pathians the armies are snowbound. The presence of the Austrian heir. Archduke Charles Francis, and Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, at German head quarters, has also led to talk of dis sension among the German allies, but this is not seriously considered. " In Lloyd's, however, "peace risk" Insur ance written by the underwriters is be ing differentiated for the first time as between Germany and Austria. The insurance rate on peace between Germany and Great Britain before July 25 is 75 guineas per cent, while for the same "risk" respecting Austria it is 65 guineas per cent. MT. ANGEL LINE IS OPEN First Car Kun From Oregon City Over Willamette Valley Southern., OREGON CITT. Or., Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) The first electric car from Ore gon City to Mount Angel over the rails of the Willamette Valley Southern was run today. The party of 40 that made the trip was accompanied by all the officers of the new road: President Grant B. Dlm lck. Vice-President O. D. Eby. Secre tary Baker, Treasurer W. A. Huntley and Directors George A. Harding and O. W. Bobbins. A railway streetcar was used. The new road will have a voltage of 1200. The first electric locomotive was brought to. Oregon City today and other rolling stock is now In Portland. WA s TOY Tf IAASO S 5V OHV t OH WHY SHOULO , SHOFZT-SG'SSO'Y LEGISLATURE RENT UPON SAVINGMQNEY Economy Rules Fortnight. First BIG BILLS NOT YET FILED Commission to Begin Consoli dation Work This Week. EFFICIENCY IS OBJECTIVE Uouse Ixuds in I'und-Slalilng Pro gramme, but Senate, Too, Is Active All Continuing Appropriations May Co. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Ot., Jan. 23. (Special.) On completion of 19 second week ot their 1 0-day grind both houses of the Legislature have placed behind them many deeds of perform ances that indicate their Intention of remaining squarely on the track ot economy and efficiency. While the biz appropriation bills have not yet made their appearance those measures call ing for the expenditure of funds a.e being scrutinized In an effort to keep all disbursements to a minimum. Economy without loss of efficiency'' seems to be the motto ot the Legisla ture. The element ot efficiency is em phasized quite as much as that of econ omy. . Joint Commission Ai4. One of the most pronounced steps to. ward the end ot efficiency was taken by concurrence of both lloune and Senate in the Joint resolution tor tlie appointment of a joint cominisbion to receive and consider all bills propua- ng the consolidation of stale boards and commissions. This Is a movement that has been fostered by many mem bers of either house and fathered by Governor Wlthycomlie in his inauguial message. The appointments have been made lu each uuuse and the Joint com mission will get down to work befoie the end of the coming week. The Senate has gone on recoid for economy In more ways than one. it has voted to ubolish the state decen nial census, which would have cost tlie various counties of the state an ag gregate of $100,000. It has repealed the law carrying an appropriation for the Naval Militia, which cost the state approximately K5.000 annually, and has voted to abolish the State Ac countancy Board, which ia expected la save about $30,000 a year. Both Ileuses Have Funds, The House at the same time has passed a census repeal of Ita own. It expected that the two houses will concur on one of the two meanurea and ttuit the other will be withdrawn. Both houses have passed the bill bollshlng the State Immigration Cora- mlssluiK which haa been costing 135,000 nnualiy. However, officials ot the mmlgration department. In anticipa tion of the economy plana ot the Leg islature, had not asked for an appro priation fur the forthcoming blennium. The saving In this connection. It Is pointed out, is merely a paper savins, therefore, but Is taken to Indicate the trend of future legislative procedure. House l.ads In Krtritnr, Tlie House probably harj taken mots decisive action along the lines of econ omy and efficiency than the Senate. Il passed, Friday afternoon, the Schuebrl bill providing for consolidation ot all but an excepted few of the Mate funds In a general furtC. This, It Is expertod. will result In a considerable annual saving to the state. The House also lins Indicated Its willingness to puss tho bill repealing all continuing appropriations. The messure came up on Ita merits with a (Cnn,-ltiil.1 on raa H.