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76 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 18 Six Sections VOL. XXXIV. NO. 10. PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 47 RESCUED AFTER 06 HOURS lit MINE Hasty Barricades Save Lives of Many. WOMEN DEPUTIES ARE 'MAKING GOOD' SAX FKAXCISCO ASSESSOR SAYS HE IS SURPRISED. TWO BIG FORTS IN harrows mmm III II II IU I I u u, I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, rt-N7rVl minimum. 44 degrees. t o Lirw 66 During Week 32 Field 'Wjorkers Ac complish More Tlian 3Lrn and As sessment Labor Further Along- DEADLY DUMP IS KEPT BACK Men Prepare for Death While Waiting for Help to Come. British ReportProgress in Dardanelles. MAGAZINE ALSO BLOWN UP SAN FRANCISCO. March 6. (Spe cial.! The 32 women who were ap pointed as field deputies by Assessor! fiintv a week aa-o are more than "makinir mod." Their success is a pleasant surprise to the Assessor. During the week they have accom- to their industry iH attributed the fact that the Fjre Of 15-InCll GliflS IS Dl" work of assessing personal property is farther advanced now than it week of March in was in I former 30 STILL ARE MISSING Fnrvltors or Ordeal in Wwl Virginia rollirry Suffer Severely From llnnirr and Thirst, but llccorerj- F.jpected. HI.NTON. W. Va.. March 6. Forty pwn miners were resound alive today from the workings of the I-ayland mines of the New River & Focahontas onsolldatod foal Company, wrecked by an explosion Tuesday. As from a tomb the men, who had been four days and four nishts uithoiit food or drink, came again into the light of day to be greeted by joyous relatives and friends. Recurr., headed by .1. W. Paul, of the bureau of mines: Earl Henry, ohief of the State Department of mines, and H. if. Ecrtelot. general manager of the company, entered mine No. 3. Tearing down a brattice work to let in fresh a!r. they found five nun who seized and kissed them. The men were able to walk to the mine entrance unaided. They had barricaded themselves under the direction of one of their number, Sam Sloricl. Forty-Tito Found In One Entry. Continuing the search, the rescuers encountered another brattice about 500 yards beyond. Here, in entry No. 10, they found 42 men alive. The miners were so weak the rescuers had to carry them to the entrance. As Sam Morici was the hero who compelled his little party to barricade ihemselevs. so did H-.igb VcMillar and John Whalen prac-tb-rlly force the larger party to build a rude barricade to shut out the nox ious afterdamp. Realizing that their only hope for rescue lay in keeping; out the gas and afterdamp. McMillan and Whalen made their companions, mostly of foreign birth, collect planks for a barricade. Behind this barricade the 42 waited in the darkness Pfi hours until the res cuers came. Thirty Mill Are Mialns. The rescued men suffered severely from lack of food and drink. Medical aid was given them promptly and they were taken to their homes. All. it Is believed, will recover. Fifty-three men, including those found today, had been rescued alive to night: S". bodies had been recovered and "0 or more were unaccounted for. All but 11 of the dead have been brought out. T!ie rescue parties worked feverishly following the rescue of the 47, but found no more alive. They entertain little hope that the 30 or more yet missing- are a:ive. Neither of the rescued parties knew of the presence of the others In the nearby workings. lien Prepare- for Death. That some of the men had prepared to meet death was evinced by a note1 written by Hugh McMillan, which said: "All hoping that the rescuers wiH reach us in time and all praying to our Savior that such will happen, trusting to God that the air will last until they reach us. I am writing to my wife Mary to bring up the kiddies loving their Savior as I am now. How the first years. Never before were women employed as Deputy Assessors. On account of tie difficulty of going about from house tu house in all sections of the city at this season to obtain personal prop erty statements. It was believed at the Assessor's office that women would L-andin unequal to the task. They declared that. on the contrary, not only could tney do the work, but that they could beat the men at it and they have proved that thev were not making an idle boast. WEYERHAEUSER TAX FIXED rected by Aeroplanes. MARINES SUFFER LOSSES Farty Strongly Resisted by Force of Turks Coast of Asia Minor Bombarded to Ham per Reinforcements. Minnesota to Get $30,000 mm Ea tate Valued at Only $1,342,405 ST. PAUL, Slarch LONDON, Starch 6. The British bat tleships Queen Elizabeth and Prince Georgo and the battle cruiser Inflex ible with their eight 15-inch guns and an even dozen 12-Inch guns opened an Frederick I attack yesterday on the principal forts Weyerhaeuser, the reputed multi-mil-1 on the. European side of the narrows In tho Dardanelles." Two of the forts were damaged and the magazine of a third blown up.- Theso forts, which guard the nar rowest part of the straits from th European side, are believed to bo the strongest along the entire waterway, i.,)irlt.rw tax wan received bv Attor-1 although those on the onDosite side of Golden spike of Willametto Valley Soutii- I ' I Am u. Klnnt A ni.nl Ur.(nn 1 the state will receive about $30,000. AerODlnne. Direct r.unner.. rr-i- 1. c.M Xffr I J. lie CACtuiura Ul mo I On- f th- fr.ri tyi a rlt aH n tha lionaire lumberman, who died a-t rasa dena. Cal.. AdtII 4. 191. held only $1,342,405 of Minnesota property at the time of his death. This became known today when copy of the Inventory or me estate iur the purpose of determining- the state air; northerly winds. War. British damage two greatvt forts in nar rows of Dardanelles, bombard coast of Apia. Minor; marines suffer loss in laud attack. Section, 1. page 1. James O'Donnell Bennett describes Field Marshall Von Hindenberg. - Section 1, page 1. Italy's attitude causes concern, in Berlin Section 1, page 2. Petrogrrad reports Austrian army in flight in Eastern Galacia. Section 1, page 5. Germans capture British trench in Belgium. Section 3. page 5. Belgium refugees well treated but unions in Holland and England ojfpoee giving mem worn, section 1, page b. Mexico. Carranza shows signs of permitting relief to be acnt to Mexico City. Section 1, page 8. .Domestic. Prominent citizen of Georgia town kills five, wounds score, in insane fury. Sec tion 1, page 1, Railroad receiver pleads that Innocent suf fer in crusades against roads. .Section 1, page A. Six hundred reported killed In railroad acci dent in Mexico in January. Section 1, page 5. California tries out women Deputy Assessors and they arc making good. Section J, page 1. Anne Shannon Monroe declares Oregon oiit- r. rimes other states in exhibits. Section 1 page S. Sport. Bra vein defeat St. Mary's College team lit jirsL practice game or season, eecuon t. pas:c 1. D. Resta, Italian driver, wins Vanderbilt cup race. Section 2, page 1. City league begins lo take form with four teams out today. Section 1!, page Many freak athletes make or break world records. Section 3. page 4. Stumpf plays position according to Me tered ie's idea as to how K should be played. Section 2, page 2. Motor-boat Club director outline racing and cruising policy for season. Section 2, pago & M. Ij. Klines carry off city bowling title. Section 2, page A. J. R. Straight advocates strict record of work on greens. Section 2, page 5. Seattle expected to have strong boxing rep resentation at title bouts. Section 2, page 3. All-Star interscholastic basketball team Is chosen. Section 2, page 4. Facffie Northwest. MAD CITIZEN KILLS G IM mmDPIIL Tfl! u uLunum Ml 1UV.I1 Saturday's War Moves H Shotgun Is Turned on Everyone in Sight. CROWD IS PANIC STRICKEN Policeman Among Dead; Law . yer Brings Maniac Down. BATTLE LASTS HALF HOUR Weyerhaeuser gave most of his prop erty to his children about ten years ago. ARKANSANS FEAR FLOOD Planters Arc Icsertinjr Their Homes for High Lands and Send Appeals. Admiralty maps as L, is armed with two 14-inch guns that could hardly reach the Queen Elizabeth, which fired 29 rounds from her 15-inch weapons by Indirect fire and had the advantage of aeroplanes to direct her gunners. The other two forts are armed with three 11-inch guns and some smaller cannon. Meantime lighter cruisers continue attacks on the fortifications along: the coast of Asia Minor from Besika, which page 0. Bookmen are in convention at Mountain View, CaL Section 1, page 9. Advertising compared to electricity by Port land man. addressing University class. Section i, page 0. Automobiles and Roads. Columbia Highway graded, but closed till M ay l. Section 4, page 6, Guard pleasure by preventing accidents is auto advice, section 4, page 6. Fords head list In tags, wi.th Studebakers totaling 1067. Section 4, page 6. Boom for autos In Oregon. Is bigger. Sec tion 4, page 8. Auto routes held insult to state. Section 4. page 0. Portland and Vicinity. Mr. Yeon tells how $1,250,000 road bond is sue would give great asset to city ana county. Section 1. page 14. Christie Homo expects $3000 from sale of shamrocks St, .Patrick's day Section. 1. page 14. . - Il-3Iajor, Once 31 ember of Slate Legislature, Deranged by l-'Jnan clal Trouble, Kuiim Amuck. List of "Wounded Large. ger zones. Trees, housetops and caDin sections are seen in profusion in the Arkansas Uiver at this point today. FRENCH SENT TO AFRICA Expeditionary Force Held Ready to "Go Whenever Needed. PARIS, March 7. The ministry of war announces that on account of the situation In the Dardanelles and In order io meet every eventuality the I San Francisco warns women to be assured of position before seeking employment at fair. Section 3, page 7. Peninsula resident active In advocacy of using Columbia Slough for sewer out let. Section 1, page 12. Ground is broken for interstate bridge. Sec tion 1, page 10. Thomas Hislop. back from fair, thinks Fes tival is city's biggest asset. Section 1, page 11. Concluded on Pa 5.1 LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Slarch 6. Scores of appeals have been received in is near the entrance to the Dardanelles, Little Rock from planters along the to Smyrna, doubtless with a view to Arkansas River for aid In removing preventing reinforcements from bein their household goods and families from sent to the straits, where already there the reach of tbe flooded stream. The tare a large number of Turkish troops, Arkansas has passed flood stage at I with whom tbe marines who were several poluts because of heavy rain landed to complete the destrrf.-tion, of Father dies after rescuing daughter in Sun- L j . ." . . I away. Section 1, page la. and snow in ins watersnea. i mo iui l.i ai tut? ciuiani-t; iv 011.110 Planters are deserting their homes have been in contact for the hlgn lands, oiock ana iarm ma- British I.o.ura Ad- jltterf. cninery are oe.ng u.rr, xruiu , . ,hj . . ,.,,,, tllat the allies suffered casualties, according to the British report, of 19 killed wounded and three missing. The Turks, however, place the British casualties at a higher figure. Tonight's official dispatch from the Admiralty disclosed that the East Indies fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Peirse, who is flying his flag on the Euryalus, has joined the allied fleet and that he undertook the bom bardment of the fortifications of Smyrna, which were seriously damaged. On Wednesday the ships continued government has decided to concentrate the bombardment of Fort Dardanus on , vmsterdam says: in -North Airica an expeditionary iorce. tne ji31a.n1; hjvio i j.-w , ... corresDonjer,t This will be ready to put to sea at stroyers ana mine sweepers are pur the first sign that it is needed and be I suing the work of clearing the outer directed to the point where Its presence straits of mines. French ships are Is reauired. keeping up a bornbardment from the Gulf of Saros. Opposing Forts Leas Active. The official report of the British Ad- SEVEN SUBMARINES LOST Berlin Keport Says Blockade Cost Vessel for Vessel. Has LONDOJT, March 6. A dispatch .to the Exchange Telegraph Company from PUMPS FOR POOR PUZZLE ... tJ x- x.m. miralty. issued today, was as follows Terpsichorcan Equipment. I until 2 P. M.. when, although the weather was still unfavorable, the Ir KLAMATH FALLS, Or. March 6. resistible, Albion. Prince Oeorge ana (Special.) Klamath County is wonder- Triumph resumed tne attacK on ion Inr what use the inmates of its Countv Dardanelles and the concealed guns in inflrmarv have for dancinsr Dumps. The this neighborhood. These were less ac tive than before, and were dealt with by the ships with more certainty. "A useful aeroplane reconnoissance located several encampments and two permanent batteries. "On Slarch 4 the weather became fine, (Concludt-d on Page 5.) County Court, In session Thursday, considering certain bills, noticed an item of $7 for dancing pumps in one statement. Tho bill was laid on the table. Many others, covering purchases early last vear. shared tne same rate. of the Berliner Tageblatt declares that since the begin ning of tho blockade seven British mer chantmen have been sunk, but admits that according to news received ir. Ber lin from neutral countries more than seven German submarines have been sunk during the same period." The German Admiralty, the Exchange Telegraph correspondent says, pub lishes co information concerning the loss of submarines. Trade Commission Completed. WASHINGTON. March 6. President Wilson today gave a recess appoint ment to George Rublec, of Cornish, N. H., as a member of the new Federal Trade Commission. Mr. Rublee's nom ination was not confirmed by the Sen ate at the last session. The President's action today completes the member ship of the Trade Commission, which will organize here next week. BRUNSWICK, Ga March 6. Five men were killed, sis other.s seriously wounded and 26 more were slightly wounded here today by Monroe Phil lips, a local real estate and timber dealer, who, while apparently deranged. ran down tho principal street firing an automatic shotgun. rhiilips himself was shot dead by E. C. Butts, a lawyer, while he was still trying to fire on citizens. Phillips is thought to have become insane because of financial troubles. He developed an enmity for Harry F. Dun woody, a prominent lawyer, and poli tician, in whose office he began his murderous action. Man Shoots at All In Sight. After killing Dunwoody he went into the street and began shooting at every one in sight. It was half an hour after the first shot was fired by Phillips that he was killed by Butts. The dead, besides Phillips, are: Harry F. Dunwoody? prominent attorney; Wiliam M. Hackett, undertaker; R, M. Deaver, policeman; L. C. Padgett, former policeman, and George W. As bell, motorman. Of the seriously wounded. Gunner Tolnas, a bank col lector, and Ernest McDonald probably will die. Worry over financial difficulties. which he blamed on others, is said to have made Phillips temporarily insane. Lawyer Killed With Sho(g;un. Phillips first wint to the ofl.ee of Dunwoody and opt ied fire on the law yer with a shotgun killing him almost instantly. From a oigi: boring street corner the lumberman then began shooting at everyone in sight. Those on the street were panic-stricken and fled In all directions. Every physician available was called out to dress the wounds of Phillips victims. Phillips then began shooting. Into a crowd of men across the street, wound ing several and killing Asbell, He then took up his station on a corner and began shooting at every person who appeared. Ilackett was killed as he stepped from a building. Policeman Fires, Is Shot Dead. Policeman Deaver fired at Phillips and was shot dead. Butts then camu up. firing his revolver. Phil'ips was struck and died almost instantly. Phillips had been . a resident of Brunswick 12 years, was once Mayor here, and had been a member of the Georgia Legislature. AVING, as Petrograd asserts, suc cessfully countered the Austro-Ger- mau attempts to outflank him hi East ern Galicia and from East Prussia. Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian Com mander-in-Chief, is said to be thniht ing again at the center of the Teutonic allies in Poland. A few days ago the Russians were said to have gained a little ground on the Bzura and Rawka rivers. The re ports on Friday mentioned a Russian attat-k near Sklerniew ire and yesterday Vienna said the Muscovites made par tial attacks east of Pleotrkow. This is about the point where the German and Austrian armies are linked, and a successful thrust here would, ac cording to military observer., compel a general retirement in Central Poland and enable tho Russian gcnarallsslmo to resume his offensive against Cra cow, which always has been forcmort in hia plan of campaign. HINDENBERG L OF ALL GERMANY General's Figure One of Huge Simplicity. From all accounts received from Petrograd. which at present is the only sourco of information, tho Austrians have suffered a severe duft-at in East ern Gullola and now arc in full retreat toward the Carpathian Mountains. In the mountains to tho westward, tho fighting, which has been continuous and intense for weeks, still is in prog ress. The two armies are contending desperately for the ridges. Tho losses in these battles are declared to have been as serious as any in the war, but neither side has conceded moro than a few yards of the rocky slopes at a time. The Russians also have been attack ing along the Dunajec in Western Gali cia, but apparently without making any impression on tho Austrian defenses, which arc strong on this river. GENIUS IS NOT ON SURFACE Countenance Not Stern, but Melancholy, Meditating. KINDNESS OFTEN SHOWN In Northern Poland the Russians arc still striving hard to drive tho Ger mans bark to East Prussia and pro vent them from entrenching In Rus sian territory, as they have done south of the lower Vistula. It Is said at some points this drive is meeting with con siderable success and that at places the Germans actually are on their fron- ier; but at other points the Germans are declared to have succeeded in checking the impetuous Russian of fensive. .luines O'Ponnell lleunrfl rid lire Hero of Tannrnnerg hs Kind of rigliter Mlioni .nirrl canj Would Lle. Bryan Has Xew Secretary. WASHINGTON, March 6. Harvey B. Fergusson, of Albuquerque, .N. M., who on Thursday retired as a member of the House, became private secretary to Sec retary Bryan today. Bernliardt's Condition Satisfactory. BORDEAUX, via Paris. March 6. The condition of Madame Sarah Bern hardt continues today to be satisfac tory, according to a bulletin Issued by her physicians. A little more liveliness, is evident along the western front, where the French continue their attacks on the Germans and where, according to Paris, the French have made progress in the Champagne and Argonne regions. The Germans, however, have delivered some sharp counter-attacks, which the Berlin report says have been successful. On the whole, these tactics seemingly ave not succeeded in materially chang ing the positions of the two armies. If tho French have made the progress in the Champagne region with which they credit themselves military observers believe it will doubtless bring- about a big battle, such as a similar advance did at Solssons, or a readjustment of the German front In this region. As the allied fleet slowly progresses in Its attack on the Dardanelles, the effect is being reflected in the grain markets of England, where prices steadily are falling. In some market yesterday wheat dropped to 50s a quar ter, but the price averaged from 52s to 55s a quarter. CANAL SLIDE HALTS SHIPS Only Ijigliter-Praft Class Cau Navi gate Panama Waterway X'o. PANAMA, March 6. The) Panama Canal has been closed to all but the lighter-draft 'ships by a rapid slide of earth from the top of the Culebra cut at a point north of Gold Hill. A fur ther slide is probable, but no serious tie-up is expected. The present channel Is exceedingly narrow. it is not iiaeiy that snips 01 30 feet draft will be able to pass through the canal until the middl: of next week. Daeia's Crew on Way Home. HAVRE. vU London, March 7. Tiiir- ty-two members of tho crew of the American steamer Ducla arrived here today from Brest. Measures were taken immediately to send them to the United States. The Dacia, with a cargo of cotton, was seized recently by a French warship. 1ST JAMEP O DOVNKM, HrMCTT. opyrlcrM. lltl.";, by Jmen t t onnHl l:rn nft. puhltVi'l ly arrangnm-iit wltli ft (.'lile-ago Tribune.) GENERAL HEADQUARTERS or THE EASTERN GERMAN ARMY. l"eh. ". On tho eve of the German Emperor birthday a few days ago, the Idol of Germany sat in a far corner of t!ie main dining-room of the Hotel do Roma eating a dinner of which hla share. In cluding the wine ho drank, coht per haps four marks. They now call the place Gasthaus fHart Kom, by the by, but that concession to chauvinism has not sent Its prices up. When the silent man who .-at in tha corner of the room Is described as thw Idol of Germany It Is not meant that ha Is the best beloved. In entire sober ness and probably to the amazement of thousands of Americans who for six months have been reading "mad dog of Europe" editorials It may bo set down that tho Emperor Is tho beloved of Germany. Popularity la atln-Yt Ide. But this man, wnoin I want to pic ture here so us to mako jou see hlni In all his hugeness and his simplicity, ! J the most admired man In Germany to day the popular hero, the spectacular tlgure in the public eyo. Ho is his ex cellency General the Field Marshal Paul von Bi-nerkendorff und von HlndcnburK, and he has come down from the castle for one of his Infrequent hours of re laxation. He is sitting williin 300 fret of the building now much remodeled in which, 67 years ago last October, he was bcrn. Around him hums tho con versation of 50 or 60 army officers and their wives. There are a few civilians in the room. Of tho throng, which Is In a festive mood, tins Field Marshal seem to take no notice. Ilrrnhardl at Same Tahlr. Next to Mm sits General the Count P.ornhardl. whom the English speak of as "the man who mado the war," and he docs not lilt o that. In his mann towards the Field Marshal the Count Is suave, courttcrlikc, solicitous you would almost say deferential, except that General Bernhardt was never pre cisely deferential to anybody. ' The truth Is that ha Is merely a very polite man, with a great deal of "man ner. Two young officers are on the other side of tha table, and at thn end of It an elderly lady, Sho Is tha Count ess Bernhardt, and she laughs a good deal In a comfortable hausfraufika way. On the table Is a large bunch of early lilies of tho valley, which tho Germans call schneeglockchen (lltt la bells of tha snow). In a vase, and soma pink carna tions. The waiter who Is serving the party wears whlta gloves, lla U th only waiter in the room who doer. leader la Intrepid Warrior. The rich brown of tlia taprslry on tho wall behind the Field Marshal fine ly outlines his big, square head. Some times during the hour of visiting- that follows tha meal lie Fits with his arms ConrlUtlr.l on I'.icA 1 CARTOONIST REYNOLDS GIVES IN PEN AND INK HIS IMPRESSTOMS OF some OF THE WEEK'S NEWS EVENTS. CZ.OSVG- V THE ATfyr