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Section One 76 Pages Pages 1 to 18 Six Sections - . ' ' v SsE, ; . " . . ' . Z TTrTfT. a vti nnrinv sttvti av MnRVTfi FKRRTIAUV 28. 1915- PKICK FIVE CEXTS. YOIj. . U. I'. uniunui, -c, ... - , , 28 T T! Constantinople to Be Taken at All Risk. MINESWEEPERS PREPARE WAY Heaviest Part of Greaf War Task Is Now Begun. CAMP -ALSO IS" ATTACKED Demolishing Parties landed and Bridge Is Partly Destroyed New Guns Concealed Near Tomb of . Achilles Made Treeless. LONDOK. Feb. 28. Twenty-eight warships of the allied fteet entered the Dardanelles at noon Saturday and bom barded the Inner forts, according; to a dispatch from the Athens correspond ent of the Exchange Telegraph Com-, pany; The message adds that a battle ship bombarded a Turkish camp on the Gulf of Saros. After having completed the destruc tion of tho forts at the entrance of the Dardanelles, the allied fleet of British and French warships, the greatest which has ever been in action, is now attacking the chief forts, which here tofore have stood between Turkey and invasion by the sea. , More Serioua Work Ahead. Apparently the outer forts could not withstand a great bombardment, and when they had been leveled and de serted by their defenders, men. were landed from tho ships to complete the work of demolition, while mine-sweepers cleared a passage for ships in the straits. More serious work is now ahead, for the all-important fortifications are at Kllid Balir and Chanak, which guard the narrowest part of the straits, which the fleet is now appraaching. There is no doubt, however, that the" allied commanders have instructions to make their way to Constantinople In spite of -'obstacles and have been supplied with the best means of carrying out these orders. l-arge Fleet la Encaged. A complete list of the ships engaged Is not available, but reports from Athens and other points . say that at least SO large vessels are taking part, and the report Issued tonight by the British Admiralty up to Friday night mentions no fewer than ten of these. Previous reports mentioned others that were not engaged on Thursday or Fri day, the period covered by the Ad miralty statement. At the head of the fleet is the Queen Elizabeth. . one of England's latest super-dreadnoughts, which has been commissioned since the war began and which mounts eight 15-inch guns. The Queen Elizabeth took part in the bom . bardment, so that for the first time these monster weapons had been used and, according to the Admiralty report they did their work "with great ac curacy." Heavy Gau Are Carried. Other ships which assisted in silenc ing the outer forts were the British battlcshp Agamemnon,- which was struck by a Turkish shell and had three men killed and five wounded, the British battleships Irresistible, C-yn-wallls. Vengeance, Albion and Ma'eatic, each of which carries four 12-lnr guns and the Triumph, which has four 10 inch guns, and the French battleships Gaulois. Suffren and Charlemagne each of which carries four 13-inch guns. Other vessels. Including the French battleship Bouvet and one or two British battle cruisers, are In the vi- i"oncliided on Psko 4.) SHIPS BOMBARD IMS INNER FOR "PANTALET" DRESS MAKES CITY GASP QVAIXT CREATION" TAKES PORT' IiAXD BY SURPRISE. Philadelphia Traffic Halts Agape When High Step to Trolley Car Tells Modiste's Tale. Gasps of wonder and surprise and eyes wide with disbelief not unmixed with shocked modesty, greeted the first "nan t H let" dress that made Its appearance in one of Portland's ball- innc- n eto. The srown was tne quaintest, most grandmotherfied crea tion Imaginable. Its stiff skirt 01 rhltA stood straicrht out from the girl's slim body and from beneath it peered three stiffly starched ruittes 01 won. petticoats. Then underneath it all the pantalets shyly made their appearance. They were ruffled trimmed arouna me ankles with lace and black velvet bows and streamers that flirted "with the hljLAir laced sandals. The dress was nlinrt.wa.ij ted and trimmed with Mr- .Am hinf-Ir velvet ribbon which hung down in fascinating streamers behind. The girl's arms were bare almost to her shoulders. -AitA(ith. t no nnftlnt dress, which. by the way, is scheduled to be- worn thia Summer, and the girl made a de cided hit with the girls as well as the men at the party. -v PHiT.iiiET.PHlA. Pa.. Feb. 27. (Spe cial.) The trouser skirt made its pub lic appearance here today. iramc .(nnntj miH fliowtniit street gasped when a bewitching young woman hailed a trolley car at Broad street, mteu. her abbreviated oversklrt, displayed b"er elongated "panties" and negotiated the high step or tne venicie wnn eao and grace. Department store officials and modistes here were surprised at the commotion mane Dy me appear ance of the "pantie" costume. "It s "simply the new lasnion, ana there will be dozens On the streets be fore Easter." they ventured. HORSE MISSING LINK FOUND Fossil Form Discovered Showing 3- Tocd Animal, Says Student. BERKELEY, Cal.,Feb. 27. A mis- Bing link' in the evolution of the horse has been discovered in the miocene- strata of the Southern Sierra Moun tains, near the Tehachapi Mountains, by John P. Buwalda, a graduate stu dent in the paleontological department of the University of California. Bu walda made known his recent find In an address before the Pacific Coast division of the Paleontological Society of America, assembled in convention here today. s The fossil form discovered by Bu walda Is that of a three-toe! horse -A the merychippus type, long sought tor by scientists to fill the gap in the his tory of the horse. - According to its discoverer, the fos sil fits precisely the description of a hypothetical animal which scientists maintained must have existed in horse history. GERMAN CRUISER GETS 2 British and French Barks Sunk and Crews Refuse to Be Aided. LONDON. Fob. 27. Lloyd's corre- pondent at Lr Concepcion, Chile, sends the following dispatch: The sterjner Skerries reports that the Britis" bark Kldalmon and the1 French iirk Jean were sunk by the Germar converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Frede-ch in December. The crews are at Fster Island and have refused to be taken off." VACCINATION COSTS POST Naval I.ieutenant Quits Rather Than Submit ,to Operation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Lieutenant Samuel Peacbck, of the coast guard ship Miami, has sent in his resignation because he refuses to be vaccinated against smallpox. ' I do not desire to submit again to what I consider an infringement upon individual constitutional rights." wrote the Lieutenant. SOME OUTSTANDING EVENTS IN THE PAST WEEK'S NEWS ARE TREATED LIGHTSOMELY BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. T" ' pfjfWA'fr I i . ? . . .. TP?T . I IL wah AGAINST 1 URGEDBYH.RWF' A I l o-NO Proponents of Peace Told to, Organize. OTHER SIDE MUST BE SEEN Battle Horrors Rob Warrior of Mantle of Glory. . TOLERANCE COMES FIRST Sedulous Propaganda of .Truth of War, and Ridicule of High Sil liness of Militarist Sug gested as Remedies. BT H. G. WELLS. -fCooyriKht. 1915. by the New Tork Times Company. Printed by arrangement with the,Tlmes.) Probably there has never been be fore in the whole past of manklnd'ao many people convinced of the dread fulness of war, nor so large a propor tion anxious to end war, to rearrange the world's affairs so that this huge hideousness of hardship, suffering, de struction and killing that still con tlnues in Europe may never again be repeated. The present writer Is "one of this great majority. He want, as far as passible, to end war altogether, and contrive things so that when any un avoidable outbreak does occur it may be as little cruel and mischievous as it can be. Problem Fall of Difficulties. But it is one thing to desire a thing and another thing to get it. It does ot follow because this aspiration for world peace ly almost universal that it will be realized. There may be faults in ou selves, unsuspected influ ences within us and without, that may be working to defeat our superficial sentiments. There must be not only a desire for peace but a will for peace, if per.ee is to be established forever. . If - out of 100 men OS desire peace and trouble no further, the one man oyer will arm himself and set up op pression and war again. Peace must be organized and maintained. War Outcome of Armament. This present monstrous catastrophe is the outcome of 42 years. of skillful, industrious, systematic world arma ment. Only by a disarmament as sys tematic, as skillful and as devoted may we hope to achieve centuries of peace. No apology is needed, therefore, for a discussion of the way In which peace may be organized and established out of the settlement of this war. I am going to set out and estimate as care fully as I can the forces that make for a peace organization and the forces that make for war. I am going to do my best to diagnose the war disorder. I want to find out first for my own guidance, and then with a view to my co-operation with other people, what has to be done to prevent the continuation and recrudes cence of warfare. i Research Must Come First. Such an inquiry is manifestly the necessary first stage In any world paci fication. So manifestly that, of course, countless others are also setting to work upon it. It is a research. It is a research exactly Iikev a scientific ex ploration. Each of us will probably get out a lot of truth and a considerable amount of error; the truth will be the same and the errors will confute and dis perse each other. But it Is clear that there is no simple panacea in this matter, and that only by intentness and persistence shall we disentangle a general conception of the road the peace-desiring, multitude must follow. Now, first be It noted that there is (.Concluded- on Pa$e 7.) sycs .yy 1 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS I - - The Weather. TTBRAT'S Maximum temperature, 49.2 'Vgrees; minimum. 4 degrees. War. Germans spray French trench wlth liquid tire and capture it. . Section 1, page 4. Trenches in Belgium 'made shamble In fur ious battles to. gain- ground. Section 1 page 2. Allies' shins begin heavy bombardment of Inner torts of Dardanelles. - Section page 1. Dad a seized by French warship and tc-ken into Brest. Section 1, page 1. Domestic. Plntes may be captured by strategy. Sec tlon 1. page 6. Home folk to number of 1932 sign at Oregon building on opening day. Section 1, page 14. Anne shannon Monroe says Oregon lurks In all nooks at Fair, section 1, page 7. Pacific Northwest. Carle Adams, of Salem, appointed to place held by Miss Fern Hobba. Section 1, Faae 8. Idaho Lejlslatare hurries work of session. Section 1, page 9. One of robber trio killed by citizen at St. Paul. Section 1. page 6. Idaho to have most drastic liquor law on record. Section 1, page 9. Advertise continuously, Phil S. Bates tells class at Oregon University. Section 1, page 6. Property worth $2500. changes hands at Albany sales day gatnenng. section , page 9. Clarence Russell and wife arrested for mur der of Albert Russell at Myrtle i-oini. Section 1, page z. Olympia economy programme to be carried out with 1,50,000 loppea oil in esti mates. Section 1, page 6. John C. Lewis announces candidacy for Gov ernorship of Washington. section i, page 15. . Sport. Aggies begin early baseball practice. Seo tlon 2. pae 2. Baseball practice at Oregon begins tomor row. - Section 2. page 2. 'Aggie coach Is doubtful of showing against ore:oa traca men. ejection z, page o. Matty sees chance at last' for Lajole to get wislied lor cnance to piay in wona . rles. Section 2, page 3. Wizard at chess prefers simultaneous game. Section 2, page 3. . Bx-Wlllamette coach writes impressions of - Eastern football games, section page . Oregon begins last week of basketball play. Section 2, page 8. Coast I-eague has 30 players, once with Northwestern. Section 2, page 1. . Bill Hayward says secret of developing champion track teams is picking his men. Section 2. page 4. D. Resta wins Grand Prix at San Francisco. Section 2. page 5, Johnny Bender's career on athletic - field scintillating. Section 2, page 4. Beavers ready to leave tonight for training ciimD at Fresno. Section 2, uage 1. Coast League- teams rounding to shape In training camps. section page 4. Washington . defeats . Pullman basketball team. Section 2, page 1. Automobiles and Roads. Boosters plan election for $1,000,000 bond . Issue for roads, section 4. page T. George W. Joseph finds ownership of gift toll ri.ad irksome. Section 4. page o. Licenses paid for 12.608 cars In Oregon to date this year. Section 4, page 7. Automobile Association offers $23 prize for best letter on attraction lor tourists, sec. tion 4, page IS. Auto Trade Association discusses best routes arsoss continent. ' .Section 4, page 8. Uniform price for gasoline demanded of dealers. Section 4, page 0. Real "Estate and fcutldlng. Two important realty deals' mark week's trading. Section 4, page 8. . . Bridge construction expected to ' spur sales of materials. Section 4, page 8. ' Commercial and Marine. . Local wheat prices rise with change in mar ket sentiment. Section 2. page )S. Buyers rule Chicago pit and substantial ad vances are scored. Section 2. page lo. Coppers are strong feature of Wall street stock market. Section 2, page 15. Many tttend funeral services of Marcus Tal bot. Section 1, page IT. Oregon City locks in Willamette may be opened to tree navigation neea leiuu Canal opening is celebrated. Section 1. page 17. Wheat cargo shipments far exceed shipments during February, 1914. Section lpage 17. Portland and Vicinity. . Y. M. C A. has added 34 members in rive days. Section 1. page lu. Senator Day says -investigation to recom mend consolidations will be exhaustive. Section 1, page 16. Changes in game laws trivial Section 1. page 10. Maccabees' convention here March 5-0 to be monster affair, section J, page 11. 'Portland plans big excursion to greet steamer Great Northern. . Section 1, page 10. Abuse of foreigners by Turks Is decried. Section 1. page 11. , W. P. Grandborg becomes director of pub licity for trolley company. Section 1, page 10. Second half of taxes may be paid without penalty between May 22 and September 30, County Treasurer says. Section X, page 10. Jitneys figure in two-thirds auto adcidents of month. Section 1, page. 13. Contracts on Interstate bridge awarded to lowest bidders without preference. Section 1, page 12. Jitney routes are being made out.' Section 1. page 13. Frank E. Alley and Carlos L. Byron in dicted by Federal grand Jury. Section 1, page 14. More then 30 neophytes now in Mystic Shrine. Section 1, page 15. Officers of Cashier Company indicted by Federal grand jury. Section 1. page 12. ' ' 1 DACIA IS CAPTURED Vessel With Cotton Is Taken Into Brest. SEIZURE MADE IN CHANNEL Allies to Stop All Shipping To and From Germany. CONTRABAND LIST WIDE Everything to Be Included in Pro hibited Class, as Measure of Reprisal Against' Warfare Waged by Submarines. ' PARIS, Feb. 28. A French cruiser has arrested the American steamer Dacla in the Channel and taken her to Brest. This announcement is of cicially made. Th. .igmhln Dacia left Galveston tnt, wnttprrtam January 31 with 11.000 bales of cotton to be trans-shipped to Ttreman. It was fully expected at ma time that the ship would be seized oi her way to Rotterdam. - Validity of Transfer Questioned. r... nritatn nitestioned the validity of the recent transfer of the Dacla from German to American registry The Dacla touched at Norfolk Febru- orv n and proceeded. The Dacla was formerly a Hamburgr American freight steamship which had hn ,1 hp.fore the war In traoe wnn Bremen and New Orleans and other Gulf ports. At the outbreak or Hos tilities she was Interned ai ton thill TPT. Tk. nor-to mi bousht on December 2t by an American ana on January a m.ri.an rocriHtrv was obtained. It was then announced that she was to be ..h tr relieve the cotton congestion and loading was begun with a cargo ,.t nttnn to be taken to Kotteroam ana thence shipped to Bremen, where it was already sold. Selsure Not Unexpected. Representations were made Imme diately by the . British embassy at Washington, questioning the validity ,r v,a transfer of the Interned vessel and It was generally understood that If she. sailed she would be Beized by British or French warships and taken before a priae court. LONDON. Feb. - 27. Great Britain. France and their allies have advised neutraJ countries that they hold them selves at liberty to stop all shipping to and from Germany and the countries of her allies. Public announcement of this action will be made early next week, prob- ablyIonday. The text of the declara tion will set rortn tnat tnw oecision is eceasary because of German subma rine attacks, but that Great Britain and France will respect the lives of crews and passengers in any steps they may take. General Terms Used. The exact date carried by the dec laration has not been announced, but it is probably February 26 or 27. No special articles of commerce will be mentioned In the British-French declaration. Cotton and foodstuffs, for example, will not.be specified, but the terms will be general. The situation created will be entirely Justified, ac cording to the English view, because of Germany's unprecedented action in at tempting a submarine blockade, re gardless ot danger to the crews and passengers of ships. Shipping In the Baltic will not be affected except as Great Britain and her allies prevent supplies from en tering Norway, Sweden and Denmark (Concluded on Page 6. BT FRENCH WARSHIP , I 1 - Saturday's War Moves WITH Russian successes In the re gion of Frzasnyss, North Poland, and Kolom'ea, East Galicla; tho suc cessful progress of the operation the allied fleet in the Dardanelles and the decision of the allied governments to stop ail shipping to and from Ger many. Austria and Turkey, It Is be lieved htre that a new phaso of the war Is about to be entered upon. While tho success reported by Tetro grad covers only a small portion of the Ions front In North Poland and the Germans have been able to record a counter success near Kolno, the gen eral imptesslon among military men In London is that not enly has the Ger man offensive In the North exhausted itself, but the tide is turning In favor of the Russians, who, with railways at their back, have been ablo to bring up more reinforcements than the invading army whose communication, after German territory Is left, must cross a country of marshes and overflowing rivers. r Much more fighting, however, must bo waged before a finat decision Is reached and in the meantime the bat tle has been resumed In Central Poland where the Russians have made a slight advance, and the engagements In the" Carpathians. Eastern Galicla and Buko wlna continue with unabated fury. From what can be gathered from the official reports, the Russians, despite the onslaughts mde on them from all sides by Austrlans and Germans, have been able to maintain their strength at all points and to throw In new troops where they were necessary. As a result the Austro-German plan of compelling them to weaken their cen ter by attacking the two extreme wings has failed, and while the Russians have been forced from Ea.-t Prussia and Bukowlna. they have been able to make a stand, and when reinforced, delivered counter-attacks, which upparcnlly un making some headway. The only activity of any Importance In the west Is In the Champagne dis trict, where the French continue their offensive and where the fighting, ac cording to the German report, has been spirited, and in tho country to the north of Verdun, where there have been heavy artillery engagements, in which the French say they have done damage to German guns and encampments. French airmen have been dropping bombs on Metz. General Louis Botha's army continues to make progress in Oerinan Southwest Africa, but this is hardly as interesting as the news that at the opening of the Parliament of th Union of South Africa the guard of honor for the new British Governor was composed en tirely of burghers in khaki. The duty heretofore has devolved on (Brltiah soldiers. In a letter to the Parliament, General Botha, who is at the front, said he ex pected a speedy conclusion of the opera tions and appealed for leniency for the rebels, especially tho rank and, file, who, he said, in most cases acted un der compulsion or were the victims of wrong leaders. The British government's peremptory demand that work should be resumed In the trades where work was being done for the army and navy seems to have had a salutary effect in connection with the, recent strike. The officials of the unions advised tho men to return to work immediately and the Liverpool dockers and other workmen have al ready followed the suggestion. WAR BUDGETJET GROWS Germany Declares It Needs $O,510,- 500,000 to Carry on Fight. BERLIN, via London. Feb. 27. The Federal Council adopted today the pre liminary budget estimates. Including 10,012.000,000 marks ($2,510,500,000) for extraordinary expenditures. This amount is for carrying on the war. The estimates of ordinary expendi tures is 3.323.000.000 marks J83O.7D0.- 000). Almost all of tho amount to be devoted to the war will be raised by loans. The Cologne Savings Bank has sub scribed 20.000,000 marks and the Vic toria Insurance Company to $30,000,000 of the new war loan, A special commit tee has been formed in Berlin to assist artists -who have given up their work to go to the front by purchasing pic tures and statues from them. QZ JL WASHINGTON BENT ON ELECTION CHANGE Bill Would Legalize Party "Assembly." MAY PRIMARY IS WANTED Senate Passes Substitute for Presidential Ballot. DISSATISFACTION IS SEEN After Five i;perlenrrs Willi ScvoimN C'liolcc Provision of IMrcllon l.r Opposition li Aroused but Repeal Is Dubious. PY RONAt.p O. CAt.t.VmT. OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 3 (Stsff Correspondence) The Washington Leg islature seems bent on putting throuli a programme of election Uw chsnnr which "never would do with us." to uso a favorite expression of Mr. Rugfle.-. of Red Gap. Outstanding In the list of inrssure Is ofte legalizing the psrty "sssrniMv." as It is politely called In Oregon. Rut tho Washington Lcgli-l.-itiiro d"t im'I mince words. The bill provides for party "conventions" to name candidal a for tho primary nominal ln. The changes In rlrrtlon lawa. If th entlro programme goes through, will not affect solely the dirwt primary. Already a universal four-year registra tion law hua been paxse.!. Heretofore registration baa been confined to cities. Other bills eliminate tho circulation of Initiative, referendum and rei-all pill lions by requiring that they bo stane'l voluntarily at registration offices. Washington In the original Inltlarlvn and referendum amendment prohibit paid petition circulating, but not volun tary solicitation of name... May Prlaaary Waaled. nother bill ha pxrd tho .Sens la which provide for a May primary to elect delegates to county conventions, which In turn shall cle.-l delegates lo a state convention and a member cf an advisory committee from earn county. This convention Is to declare party principles and elect National convention delegates. In general It Is the Wash ington substitute for the Presidential primary. SHU another measure la a constitu tional amendment hlch. If adopted by the people, would (fiike with the di rect Initiative and confine that law making Implement to the Introduction by people's petitions of bills fr enin't mcnt or rejection by the Legislature. The amendment makes provision f"r submitting to vote of the people Ini tiated bills rejected by the I-glslat ure and of alternative bills offered by that body. It raises the percentage from V) to 15 per cent of the number of voterr. At this tlmo this amendment seems to be the doubtful item In the programme, as under the Washington constitution an amendment nmy be submitted only by two-thirds vote of both house. Mate's ftentlment ' Differ. That a difference In sentiment con cerning the direct primary ami direct legislation exists between Oregon and Washington, cannot be doubted If the. present Legislature la representative. Having come straight to Olympia from the 28th Oregon Legislative Acxrmhty. this difference in the viewpoint la to nie particularly marked. It was only the other day that I listened to loud cries of anguish from certain Oregon House members over a tdmola proposal to dispense with the useless anJ often corrupt petition shover In the nomina tion bf candidates for office.. Thla purely corrective meusuro a as vd from defeat in Oregon only by 4 1 'onrturi'il en K. k a I GOV