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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1915.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
vol. xxxiv. o. 12.
POSEN IS CENTER
OF BIG
Armies Constantly on
Move to Russia.
POLES FRIENDLY TO GERMANY
Spirit of Reconciliation in Time
of Trouble Manifest.
CITY IS WELL PROTECTED
Streams of Prisoners From Enemy's
Lines Arc Treated With Consid
cratlon Care of Wounded
Sore Trial for 'Women.
BT JAMES O'DON.VELI.. BENNETT.
'"War correspondent of the Ch!-atro Trita-
nnr. Copyright. 19in. by the Chicago irio
line. Published by arrangement.)
POSEN, Germany, Feb. 18. I suppose
that when most Americans say "Posen
Posen? What do I know about
Posen T' the most they can remember is
tbe name of an old and not very good
play that flourished on the one-night
stands in our country 25 or 30 years
aro. It was called "Sam'l of Posen,'
and its principal figure was for many
seasons Impersonated by a Jewish actor
who took the name of M, B. Curtis and
who nearly grot himself handed after
a wild escapade In California.
That was about all I knew of Posen
until I arrived here from Berlin.
City Is Crattr ef Operations.
The most Important fact about the
rlty that I know now Is that it is the
headquarters of his excellency the field
marshal. General von Hindenburg, and
that from it as a consequence tre
stupendous operations against the Rus
sians and Warsaw are being- directed.
It Is full of Interesting people Ger
man generals, princes, dukes, corres
pondents, and painters, and their wives.
Tt la also ful of prospective American
citizens of Polish-Jewish extraction,
ami of pictures and busts of Hlnden
burg. Prevalent, too, are the infants
Paderewski, wbo run pronouncedly to
hair and have temperamental eyes.
In a IB-minute walk through the
older part of Posen you encounter 6
originals of David Warfleld's Simon
Levi, anil in the railway station at
the other end of the city you sud
denly find yourself looking into the
quiet, speculative eyes of the police of
the German secret service, who wonder
why you have come to Posen from
Berlitv or from anywhere else arfd
who in an extremely velvety but
definite way make it their business to
find out
Passports Carefully Ex-unloed.
Arriving at Poson, you pass through
covered ways from the train into the
railway station, but you don't pass out
of tbe railway station until a soldier
has examined your passports and held
a brief conference with one of the
secret service men.
By tbe time that Is over the German
officers in uniform, who don't have to
show passports, have taken all the cabs.
So you stand in the outer yard of the
railway station and yell an interroga
tory "FreiT" until a cabman, coming
b.ick from the Hotel de Rome for bis
second fare, takes pity on you and says
"Jawohl, excellency." The "excellency"
is good for 20 pfennigs extra in the
cabman's tip, but as the fare for a
mile drive is only a mark, the "excel
lency" is cheap at the price. Besides
I like it, it being somewhat of an im
provement on the American "Sure!"
iPosen is the only town in the world
that I know about where you can see
an admirable performance of Goethe's
"Faust" one evening and then be on
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OPERATIONS
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GENERAL SCOTT
GETS HIS INDIAN
TSE-XK-GAT IX PARTY KETCRX
IXG TO UTAH TOWX.
Two Weeks' Trip Into Country or
Flutes Rewarded Only Aide, Or
derly and Guides Accompany.
DENVER, March 20. General Hugh
L. Scott, chief of staff of the Army,
accompanied by Tse-Ne-Gat. a Piute
Indian, wanted by the Federal authori
ties for morder; "Old i-olk." his father.
Chief Fosey and the latter's son, ar
rived in Bluff, Utah, late today.
The news Is conveyed in a special
dispatch to a Denver newspaper from
Bluff by the way of Cortez. Colo.
General Scott entered the Indian
country two weeks ago, having been
sent from Washington to seek to pacify
a band of recalcitrant Plutes who were
aiding Tse-Ne-Gat in resisting arrest
Accompanied only by his aide, an
orderly and Navajo guides, he left
Bluff 10 days ago in an effort to in
duce the Indians to surrender. Details
regarding the manner in which he suc
ceeded in Inducing the leaders of the
band to return with him have not been
received here. Wire communication
between Bluff and Cortez is cut, it Is
said, because of a storm in that sec
tion.
Following the battle with the posse.
the Piutes are said to have retreated
into the rough country southwest of
Bluff and near the Utah-Arizona
border. General Scott and his party
were unarmed and left Bluff with the
intention of seeking a conference at
which General Scott hoped to induce
the leaders to surrender without fur
ther resistance.
WAGES GO UP 20 PER CENT
175 Workmen Affected by Rise at
DuPont Powder Works.
TACOMA, Wash., March 20. (Spe
cial.) Beginning April 1, a 20 per cent
Increase in wages will be given the
175 employes of the DuPont Powder
Works at DuPont, near Tacoma, an
nounced I. J. Cox, acting superintend
ent, today.
The lowest wage now is 12,50 a day.
said Mr. Cox. The highest wage of
ordinary workers is X5 a day. The
average wage is about $3.25. After
April 1 the lowest wage will be 3, the
highest for ordinary workers $S a
day. This increase applies to all em
ployes of the plant who have worked
15 days u longer.
DAY IN SALEM WARM ONE
Men Appear In Shirtsleeves and Oth
ers Wear Straw Hats.
SALEM, Or.. March 20. (Special.)
With the mercury registering 80
degrees In the shade at 2 o'clock this
afternoon, records show this to have
been the warmest day in Salem since
August 24 last year when 85 degrees
were registered. Old-timers say this
was probably the warmest March 20 in
Salem for 50 years.
Men walked about the streets in
their shirt sleeves and one or two who
place comfort above fashion donned
straw hats.
BERLIN IN BLIZZARD GRIP
Prussia Storm-Swept, Accidents
Happen Xear Kiel Canal.
LONDON, March 20. A blizzard raged
Friday in Berlin and over the greater
part of Prussia, according to a dispatch
from Amsterdam.
Traffic In Berlin and elsewhere was
brought to a standstill and in the ap
proaches to the Kiel Canal there were
several accidents to shipping.
SIX TRAINS STUCK IN SNOW
Heavy Drifts in South Dakota Tie
Up Traffic on Railroads.
MITCHELL, S. D., March 20. Six
trains are fast in cuts on the Milwau
kee system between Mitchell and Rapid
City as the result of a snowstorm
which has been sweeping the western
half of South Dakota since late Friday
afternoon.
WARTD1E TOPICS MONOPOLIZE ATTENTION IN CARTOONIST REYNOLDS'
WASHINGTON ARKFfiJ
IIIWIIHIW I WIS 9" -
TO S lOCATAN
Hemp.Growers Call on
State Department.
TWINE SITUATION IS SERIOUS
American Farmers Expected
to Feel Shortage Soon.
CARRANZA IS DEFEATED
Oomolete Reverse at San Carlos
Confirmed Large Numbers of
Wounded Beginning to Ar
rive at Matamoras,
WASHINGTON, March 20. A com
mittee of hemp growers from the State
of Yucatan, Mexico, and representa
tives of American hemp importers laid
before the State Department today an
appeal for some action by the Wash
ington Government that would ter
minate the revolutionary troubles be
tween General Alvarado, the Carranza
Governor of Yucatan, and an opposing
faction.
The committee conferred with Major
Heinke. chief of the Latin-American
division of the Department, and prob
ably will discuss the situation with
Secretary Bryan next Monday.
Sisal Plantations Burned.
The committee said the revolution
which resulted in the recent blockade
of the port of Progreso by Carranza
threatened the destruction of a large
portion of the sisal crop, from which
most of the harvest binding twine used
in the United States is made. The peo
ple of Yucatan, they asserted, did not
wish to take part in the revolution,
but were afraid to disobey orders given
them by the revolutionists.
Already some sisal, it was said, had
been burned, at least two plantations
having been destroyed. Other reports
received here said sisal had been burned
at Merida. Progreso aad other-- places
to prevent it from falling into the
hands of the enemy and providing -revenues.
Farmers' Supply Threatened.
Mr. Smith told officials it would not
be more than a few weeks before the
farmers of the country would feel the
shortage in harvest twine, manufactur
ers having failed to discover a substi
tute for sisal.
The gravity of the labor situation in
Yucatan, also mentioned by the com
mittee, was shown by a report to the
Nivjf1 Department from Commander
Blakely of the Des Moines at Progreso,
who said the American schooner J. W.
Paul, of Mobile, at Progreso, was
unable to complete loading on that
account.
The Mexican gunboat Zaragosa, at
Progreso, has not interfered with the
movement of vessels, it was stated.
An official message said General
Alvarado entered Merida yesterday,
the enemy fleeing at his approach.
Quiet prevailed at Merida and Pro
greso.' Confirmation of the defeat of ' the
Carranza forces at San Carlos. Mel.,
was given in official dispatches, sum
marized as follows:
"Advices dated March 19, from Eagle
Pass, say that a, report reached there
that day to the effect that General
Hernandez of the Villa forces, who
evacuated Piedras Negras on March 13,
followed the retreating Carranza forces
from AUende to San Carlos for four
hours, a battle taking place there on
March 17, in which the Carranza
troops "were badly defeated, losing
many horses and a large part of their
equipment. ,
'They are reported to be now in
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTE RIAT'S Maximum temperature, 718
degrees; minimum, 55.4 degrees..
TODAVS Fair; eaoteriy winds.
War.
Socialists In Relchsta assail military policy
of Germany in threatening burning; ol
Russian villages. Section 1. page 3.
Rnftsfan pnirv intn Memel accompanied by
street fighting, in which populace takes
part. Section 1, page o.
Posen center of gigantic war ' operations,
saya James O'Donnell Bennett. Section
1, page t.
Carolyn Wilson says all Germans are united
for supremest sacrifices of war. Section
1. page 1.
French : hold against scattered offensive
movements of Germans; British lose po
sition near St. Eloi. Section 1. pag S.
Mexico.
Washington urged to curb Tevolution in Yu
catan, wher trouble threatens American
farmers' supply of binding twine. Sec
tion 3 page 1.
National.
Federal judge declares migratory bird
protection law is unconstitutional. Sec
tion 1. page 2.
Senator Simmons thinks National deficit
will nor. exceed $2tt,000,0OO for fiscal
year. Section 1. pate 2. ,
Domestic.
Vice-President Marshall arrives In San
Francisco as representative of President
at exposition. - Section 1, page 1.
More American farm workers than Mexi
cans buy own farms in Texas. Section 1,
page 6.
Text of Attorney-General Gregory's opinion
regarding Associated Press and anti
trust law. Section 1, paga 17.
Charles Francis Adams dies. Section 1,
page 7.
Sports.
Bobble Coltrin may be sent to Spokane In
diana. Section 2, page 1.
Final fight for places begins at Fresno to
day. Section '4 page 1. '
Chinese boxer practicing in secret for bout
at Imperial Club. Section 'J. page 0.
Age is counted by "L-No-Me" as only small
factor in athletic ability. Section 2,
page 4.
Brunswick team won bowling honors and
B. O. Case is best individual roller, bee
tion 2. page 3.
R Hlgglns elected president of Baseball
Boosters' Club. Section 2, page z.
University has soccer record of no game
won or lost in two years. .section ,
page 4.
Oregon nine is to go on pre-season trip dur
ing vacation. Section 2, page -.
Aggies are hampered In work by rough dia
mond. fc.ee tion 'a page J.
Aggie hope to beat Oregon at track is low
est in years, bectiqn z, page d.
Oregon hopes to vanquish Aggie at Colum
bia meet, section 2, page .
Vancouver hockey Uta have good chance to
win championship. Section page u.
Motorboat regatta may be divided, into six
classes. . Section 2, page 4.
Will Healey wins Portland Hunt Club paper
chase. Section J, page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Hopsrowers form state association, which
will be world s largest dealer, section i,
page JO.
Clubwomen set week set to make Oregon
spotless state. Section l, page e.
Two new fraternity chapters Installed at
Agricultural College. Section 1, page lV.
Idaho Governor saves million to state. Sec
tion 1. page 8.
Jury fails to agree in case of woman ac
cused of whipping baby to deatn. sec
tion 1, page y.
Commercial and Marine.
Local wheat holds steady 4n spite of lighter
movement. Section 2. page It.
Chicago traders fear developments over Sun
day and sell wheat, section z, page u.
Bethlehem Steel la strong feature of Wall-
street stocK maruet section page -ii.
Cablegram Indicates Belgian bark Katanga
wm depart lor nome witn cargo, sec
tion 2, page G. -Real
Estate and Building:.
Of bi? deals pending, three axe completed.
jbejtion 4. page iz.
Portland and Vicinity.
Moving picture censors to have full author
ity, beginning tomorrow. &ecuon
Page 17.
Businessmen pledge aid to idle seeking
work. Section 1, page 10.
Workmen's spade busy in all city parks.
Section 1, page 16.
H. V. Chase explains value of grain bureau
In new chamber. Section 1, page lo.
Oregon sends fervent peace plea to Presi
dent Wilson. Section l, page lo.
A. E. Clark asks court to allow Mrs, Clark
her liberty. Section l, page 4.
Dr. Henry Waldo Coe to wed Los Angeles
belle Thursday, section i, page A.
Clubwomen appoint George L, Baker to as
sist in raising funds to entertain visitors
at Federation Council in June. Section
1, page 14.
Oregon livestock men are eager for annual
convention at San Francisco. Section 1,
page 14.
State aid advocated for-' Columbia River
highway. Section 1, page 1?.
Society matrons admit many women friends
smoke. Section 1, page 13.
East Side Club to hear Mr. Yeon on road
bond issue. Section. 1. page 12.
Mitchell's Point road to be completed by
July 1. Section 1, page 11.
Rev. p. A. Baker predicts nation-wide pro
hibition within 10 years. Section 1,
page li.
Proposed merger of Northwestern and Lum
bermen's banks called off. Section 1,
page 11.
Two convicted in arson case and Socialist
defender fined for contempt of court.
Section 1. page 8.
Time of first ship to enter Columbia com
pared to Great Northern's record. Sec
tion 2, page lti.
Part in Celilo fete assured city by new
chambrra guarantee of fund. Section 2. .
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GERMANS BELIEVE
FINAL TRIUMPH
Nation Is United to Its
Last Citizen.
NO SACRIFICE IS TOO GREAT
Austrians, However, Do Not
Duplicate This Spirit.
FIGHTING RESERVE BIG
Carolyn Wilson Says Opinion Pre
vails In Germany That America
Is Hypocritically Giving
Help' to the Allies.
BY CAROLYN WII.SON.
,a, ..nnannndnnt nf the ChteatTO Trib
une. Copvrlpht. 1W15. by the Chicago Trib
une Company Published by arrangement
with the Tribune, j
PARIS, Feb. 5. In my previous arti
cles I have tried to represent the mere
outlook of Germany uncolored by opin
ions, or personal prejudice or favor.
Now I want to tell you how it all
seemed to me, and how my views have
changed since I first crossed the Ger
man boundaries at Slngen on Jan
uary 26.
If you ever see the English or French
papers you will realize what 1 Telieved
before I went to Germany. I expected
to see nothing but old men of 60, and
perhaps some of them had gone to the
front, hopeless cripples, boys of 14 or
under, and women. That was my men
tal picture of Germany as culled from
10 or 12 morning papers.
Rumored Trouble Cause of Trip.
I am not - overoredulous nor do I
willingly credit anything that comes
out of England, except through the
large end of the spyglass. But 1
thought that the streets would be
filled with beggars, whining for bread,
with more prosperous men and women
who felt momentarily secure in the
possession of a little secret bidden
grain.. Xexpected to see prices doubled.
As a little secret, I'll tell you just!
why 1 went to Germany. It had-come j
back to Paris semi-officially that there
was trouble brewing in Bavaria and
that the landsturm was angry at be
ing called out in such great numbers
and had quietly stacked arms against
a barn door and gone home again. So
the eye that wasn't busy noting pinched
faces was to be kept occupied looking
for signs of anarchy, rebellion and
revolution.
People Are of Oae Mind.
At the risk of repeating a hackneyed
statement 1 want to say clearly that
every man and woman in Germany is
devotedly, sincerely loyal to German
interests and to the crown. I have
never been in a plac in whioh unity
so nearly spoke aloud, where you could
so distinctly feel, almost see, such ab
stract qualities as courage, determina
tion, faith, loyalty, oneness of mind
and spirit.
They believe that they are right, and
this gives an added sincerity to a war
which they would loyally support, even
if they believed that they were wrong.
The sacrifices have been great and will
be greater, but not all the large heart
edness of my beloved France can com
pare with the generosity and all-giv-ingness
of the Germans.
Spirit Different In A nutria.
This spirit Is not duplicated in
Austria. Firstly the people are a mon
grel race, so mixed, so intermarried;
and yet so definitely separate, so in
imical that there can be no unity there.
Vienna's atmosphere seems best ex
pressed in the erstwhile American
slang phrase: "I should worry." They
go on being gay there, though really
they are pessimistic of the result for
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SKETCHES REyiEWING
TO BJF BtLETr&O V
Saturday's War Moves
UNDAUNTED by the loss of the bat
tleships Bouvet, Ocean and lrresist
Ible, according to London reports, the
allies are going ahead with their at
tempt to force the Dardanelles, confi
dent that success will attend their ef
forts.' On their part the Turks express con
fidence that the forts and the mines
in the straits will be able to keep out
the attacking ships.
. The French battleship Henry IV and
the British battleships Queen and Im
placable already are on their way to
tbe east to replace the ships sunk by
the mines, and those ships which were
damaged are undergoing repairs on the
spot. Thus, within a few days at the
latest, the fleet will be as formidable
as ever, while the Russian Black Sea
squadron is believed to be ready to co
operate. Except in the case of the Bouvet, of
whose crew only 64 were saved, the
casualties suffered in the bombardment
of Thursday arc said to have been
light. The British Admiralty last night
published the losses among the officers
on the Irresistible, and, although the
ship was sunk and the crew had to be
transferred under a hot fire, the list
contains the names of only four offi
cers killed and one severely wounded.
Tart of the fleet re-entered the
straits on Friday, but owing to the
unfavorable weather the bombardment
of the day before was not repeated,
and probably the only object of the
warships was to prevent the Turks
from repairing the damage already
done.
The Admiralty says that steps are
being taken . to deal with the mines,
but experts warn the public that so
long as the Turks have mines to set
free in the strong current which
rushes through the straits the ships
will be exposed to this danger. The
direction of the currents Is known, of
course, but with a big fleet operating
some of the ships must enter the area
thus mined and lying across the straits
to fire broadsides, offer a large target
to floating explosives.
The Intentions as to the landing of a
force are closely guarded, but It is
known that an army of considerable
size Is ready to attack the Turkish
forces along the Dardanelles when the
Admirals advise that the moment has
arrived.
Although fighting of more or less in
tensity is always in progress along the
eastern and western fronts, there have
been important operations during the
last few days. The Germans tell of
small successes against the British near
St. Eloi and against the French at
Notre Dame de Lorette, north of Arras,
and to have repulsed several French at
tacks In Champagne, the Argonne for
est and the Vosges. But the French
communication issued in the day says
that nothing of sufficient importance
to report has happened.
In North Poland there have been sev
eral affairs of outposts, but neither
army apparently is attempting any
large operations while the ground re
mains soft, unless the Russian move
ment turns out to be more important
than it at present appears to be, name
ly, a cavalry raid.
The Austrians, it is said, have been
reinforced in Bukowina and they re
port that they have repulsed Russian
attacks there and In the Carpathians,
although In the latter regions It has
been generally understood that It was
the Austrians and Germans who were
acting on the offensive.
DIVORCE PENDS 10 YEARS
Decree Granted Pendleton Woman
Who entered Suit in 1904.
PENDLETON, Or., March 20. (Spe
cial.) More than 10 years after the
suit was filed a decree of divorce was
granted yesterday to Mrs. Lillian Read.
Mrs. Read was also given the custody
of the one minor child, and each was
adjudged to be the owner of the prop
erty now in his or her name.
Mrs. Read filed the suit for divorce
against Melvin Read August 34. 1904,
alleging brutal treatment and threats
to kill. The husband replied with
charges of infidelity and threats to kill.
During the pendency of the suit all of
the children but one have attained their
majority.
THE PAST WEEK'S NEWS.
GOLD-LACE BRIGADE
GREETS MARSHALL
Vice-President Incon
spicuous Amid Pomp.
SAN FRANCISCO IS REACHED
Visit Non-Political; Exposition
Is Only Goal.
CAVALRY ESCORT IS READY
Meeting With Governor Johnson,
Who Was Rival Candidate In
Jtecent Campaign, Js I1rt
Time Men Kver Have Mel.
HAN FRANCISCO, March CO. (tip,
clal.) Thomas R. Murshsll. Vice.
President of the United States and the
representative of President Wilson at
the formal opening of 1lie Kxposition,
arrived In San Francisco today. De
spite an eluborato and Imposing escort,
he managed to smuggle In the Tnoma
H. Marshall whose weakness for plain
English has kept official Washington
guessing ever since his Inauguration.
Two hundred men of the First
Cavalry were In front of the Market
street ferry waiting for him. Mayor
Rolph, Major-Genera! Murray, Ad
mlral Howard and C. C. Moore, and a
reception committee of 10.) had already
gone over to the Oakland pier to act
as an escort. Consequently, it was a
large cavalcade that the mounted police
led up Market street.
Imposing; Ksrtrt im Coarrtut.
About the least pretentious looking
person In the cavalcado was the Vice
President. In the first place, he was
small and slight, while nearly every
one around htm was decidedly bulky.
Those who were not bulky by stature
were bulky by virtue of the gold lace
which decorated their uniforms. How
ever, the Vice-President did not wear
any gold lace, and plainly cherished
no desire to look bulky. If his feel
ings had been expressed In words they
probably would have sifted down to
something like this:
"I realise what la expected of me.
and I am trying my best to live up to
it. But I'm a plain, unspectacular citi
zen at best, and you'll have to excuse
me if 1 don't look impressive."
Aides Weary of Pomp.
Later in the day he did say something
much to that effect. He had Just
finished giving a reception to Gov
ernor Johnson and C. C. Moore, presi
dent of the exposition. They were of
the formal brand of interviews the
only kind a Vice President can give
when he is representing the President
at such an Important event as a World s
Exposition. During both, the Vice
President's aides, l.toutcnant-Com-mander
Wallace Bcrtliolf, United Stales
Navy, and Captain James K. Tracy,
United States Marine Corps, had stood
gracefully by, all this being part of
the formalities. Now, aides get Just as
weary of full dress uniforms as any
one else. The interview with Presi
dent Moore being the last scheduled
of the day, they inquired at Its con
clusion whether they might shed the
gold lace. Mr. Marshall Informed
them that they could.
"And," he observed, sotto voce, as
they went out the door, "I'll bo blamed
glad of It."
Br Days ' Prospect.
Governor Johnson welcomed the Vice
President to California and invited him
to Sacramento. Mr. Mooro welcomed
the Vice-President to the exposition and
told how sorry he was the President
could not come.
"My mission here." Mr. Marshall tail,
"is entirely non-political. I'm here to
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