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THE SUAi DAY OllEGOMAN, PORTLAND, 31A.Y 2, 1915L HILL LINER DRIFTS WITH HEAVY GALE GREAT STEAMER WHICH RODE OUT TREMENDOUS BLOW, HER MASTER AND MAP OF SCENE. Northern Pacific's Captain Sends Wireless Calls for Assistance of Tugs. PASSENGERS ALL SAFE Ooast Guard Cutter McCulloch Or dered to Scene Skipper Says He Is Tacking On and Ofr as Measure of Safety. SAN FRANCISCO, May L Drifting southeast at the rate of two miles an hour, the Hill liner Northern Pacific, from FlaveL Or, for this port, was re ported iate today as In no danger, but in need of assistance to extricate her from her situation. Captain Ahman sent this message by wireless today: "Made two attempts to keep ship on course, but wind too strong and sea too heavy. I am tacking' to and from land to keep rudder from slamming. Rudder well secured and blocked. I am keeping in about same position as yesterday. I cannot bring her off and pet any further. Must send tugs out here. Heavy gale. Passengers all right." The tug Defiance left here today In answer to a wireless call for all and the United States coast guard cutter McCulloch was ordered to go to the vessel's assistance. The vessel was about 80 miles from San Francisco at last accounts. A. Watson, of Portland, Or., assistant marine superintendent of the company, said he had instructed Captain Ahman to direct all his efforts toward keep ing on the prescribed course down the might find the Northern Pacific easily. VICTORIA'S CREW IS SAVED Men. Landed at San Diego, but Ves sel lias Gone Down. BAN DIEGO. Cal., May 1. The crew of the coaster Victoria, which foundered off Coronado Islands early today, was picked up late today, having been res cued by the relief boat Flyer soon after leaving this port. The Flyer landed the men at the quarantine station, where they reported that the Victoria foundered off the Cor onado Islands last night, after they had taken to the boats. Although in an exhausted condition from their long battle with the heavy seas last night and today, it is said that none of the rescued men is in serious condition. The Victoria sank In deep water and is a total loss. TWIN CARS CAUSE MUDDLE Men Take Wrong Machines and Later Learn or Error. CHICAGO, April 23. There is one man in Chicago willing to take oath that his automobile and one owned by another Chicagoan are as alike as two peas. Incidentally, the other man is think ing of painting his car a brilliant cerise. It happened like this: At 12 o'clock one Tuesday noon E. J. Loom is, of Edwards & Loomls, grain dealers, left his car In front of the Bismarck Hotel and went inside to luncheon. Five minutes later Joseph B. Ed wards, vice-president of the Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company, emerged with a customer he had been entertaining. "Fine car this." observed Mr. Ed wards as he gave the car from which Mr. Loomls had alighted a little pat of pride. A moment later the car rounded the corner. Inside the hotel Mr. Loomis was hur rying through with his luncheon. He remembered the recent arrest of auto owners for violating the new half hour standing ordinance for automobiles. It was 12:27 o'clock with still three minutes inside the ordinance when he walked from the hotel and stepped into the car at the curb. His hand reached for the self-starter. Then he got a jolt. "Oh. shucks!" he ejaculated. The car Mr. Loomls had left when He en tered tho hotel was leather-cushioned. The one he was now sitting in had black silk lining over the cushions. Mr. Loomis started for detective headquarters afoot. "Some one stole my car," he ex plained to the sergeant. About the same time Mr. Edwards was trying to explain to Mrs. Ed wards that there was "nothing at all the matter with the car." "No?" challenged -Mrs. Edwards. "Well, then, maybe you can tell me what you've done with the new silk lining I bought for the cushions yes terday." Mr. Loomls looked at the license number. "Humph!" he responded. When Mr. Loomls arrived at his office, Mr. Edwards was waiting at the curb with Mr. Loomis' automobile. "Just thought I'd drop around and bring back your car," he said. "Now Where's mine," A few minutes later both men were on their way to the Bismarck Hotel in Mr. Loomis' automobile. When they arrived, they found tho other car still standing at the curb. It had violated the city ordinance by Just 21 hours and 17 minutes. BLOW IN COURT COSTS $100 Grocer Resents Seeing Man Accused by Wife Released. CHICAGO, 111.. April 2S. Cornelius Lutterman. a grocer, was fined $100 and costs for contempt of court by Judge Mahoney in the Jury branch ot the Municipal Court, after he had struck George W. Bartlett, who had been discharged by the Judge. "Why did you strike that man?" asked the judge when Lutterman was taken before him by Bailiff T. II. No lan. "I didn't like to see that fellow get away so easy," Lutterman answered. Bartlett had been arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct on com plaint of Mrs. Florence Lutterman, the grocer's wife. They live on the second floor of the same building. She testified she was sweeping the porch and Bartlett objected and struck her three times with a broom. Bartlett testified that she was sweeping dirt to his side of the rear porch and he re monstrated, but didn't strike her. Information Desired. - Judge. First Juror Young Attorney Bray made a mighty fine speech, didn't he? Second Juror Eh-yah! Wonder which side he was on TWO DIE, TWO HURT Involuntary Manslaughter Is Charge-Bail $5000. WOMAN, HURT, BETROTHED Theodore C. Hyde, Restaurant Man, and H. S. Miller, Driver, Dead, and Mrs. Josephine Spencer and Anna Easterbee Injured. (Continued Prom First Pag.) Mr. Hyde had breathed his last. Mr. Miller was unconscious, Mrs. Spencer had fainted and Miss Easterbee was crying with pain. The car was lifted from Miss Easterbee and the body of Mr. Hyde dragged from beneath the wreckage. The police bureau was noti fied immediately and Deputy District Attorney Delch, Deputy City Attorney Stadter, Chairman Coffin, of the Pub lic Safety Commission, and Patrolmen Bales and Lelsy rushed to the scene. When the officers arrived it was seen immediately that one of the men was dead and the morgue was noti fied. An ambulance was already on the way. Both women were then con scious, Mrs. Spencer screaming. Driver Moans rm Sick.-' Flat on his back with eyes peering calmly skyward, Mr. Miller was found in the grass parking by Patrol man H.-C. Bales. As the officer came up, consciousness returned. "I'm sick," he moaned, "I'm awful sick." The patrolman lifted the man's head. "Help me up," asked Miller, sitting up by his own effort. Clinging to the patrolman's arm, Miller walked to the waiting ambulance. Though there was not a mark on him, with the excep tion of a scratch on his left cheek. Miller walked as though in a trance. "Im awful sick," he protested again. as he lay down within, the ambulance. By the time the ambulance arrived at the hospital Miller was dead. Death was caused by internal injuries and a possible fracture at the base of the skull. Women Itushcd to Hospital. The two young women also were re moved to the Good Samaritan Hosnltal by the Ambulance Service Company, and iueir condition was reported to be as good as could be expected. Miss Easter bee suffering principally from th shock. Mrs. Spencer with crushed ribs and possible Internal injuries. Miss Easterbee told her story to Dep uty District Attorney Deich. and Deputy City Attorney Stadter at the hospital. "We were going steadily, and slowly." she said. "I heard the noise of a big machine behind us and looked back. There came a big blue racer, number 8. leaving a cloud of smoke behind it. I called Josephine's attention to it and then leaned out of the car to see it myself. " "It's one of the racers today." I said. As it came close to us. I think the driver wanted to 'show off," for he was going awfully fast. I had heard his funny horn before he came in sight. He was 'acting smart' and the first thing I knew he had hit us and that was tho last thing I knew until I was pulled out from under the car." Racer's Assertion Denied. She denied Reid'a assertion that the small car had been wavering back and forth across the road, confusing him. Mr. Held Is a mechanic and driver in the Fred Dundee motorcar establish ment at 675 Jefferson. He is 27 years old and has driven automobiles and motorboats, according to hi3 own state ment, for the past eight years and con siders himself an expert driver. He has no relatives In the West, but has two brothers In Alaska, Their exact where abouts are not known to him. He was accompanied by two me chanics from the Dundee shop. John Boscovitch and Albert Westphal, while on his way to the races. His story in substance is: "I first saw the Ford car some dis tance ahead of me going from one elde of the road to the other. People in it were looking back watching me come up. As I came near they swung to the right, and as I started to pass to the left they turned back too soon and their left front wheel caught on the rear right hub cap of my machine. Racer'n Mechanicians Go Back, "The shock did not disturb my ma chine much but swung them to one side. I was going between 20 and 25 and felt the slight shock and stoppeu my car up the road a bit and sent back my mechanicians to find out what was wrong. I told Boskovitch to telephone for an ambulance but he returned and told me that Ray Short, a mechanic in an east side shop, already had tele phoned. I left Westphal there, and went on. "Boskovitch told me that there were one or two hurt, one pretty badly, but JXWFXAArCS.SCt Top The Northern Pacific and Captain A b man. Below Cross Marks Ap proximate Spot Off Point Arena. 80 Miles Fron San Francisco, Where Vessel Was Storm Tossed. that there was nothing we could do, so we went on." Dr. W. R. Laidlaw was on the scene shortly after the accident and attended to first aid meas'ures. Eye-witnesses of the accident could throw no light upon the one to blame yesterday, though they were inclined to censure the racing car driver for his speed, which was variously esti mated, up to 35 miles. Several May Testify. Miss E. J. flill, of 1366 Tillamook; Mrs. Z. H. Greenough, of 1345 Tilla mook; T. Thorstensen. of 332 East Ninth, and Thomas Bye, of 585 Hoyt street, were witnesses who probably will be called in to testify at the in quest Monday. Coroner Dammasch was endeavoring to get in touch with' Eastern relatives of the men yesterday. The wrecked automobile was pur chased by Mr. Hyde from Mrs. C. W. Young, of 361 East Thirty-ninth street, last February. According to Detective Captain Baty, Reid was impertinent when arrested at the race track. "Go on and prosecute me," he is al leged to have invited the officer. Deputy Coroner E. F. Smith took charge of the bodies of the dead men. Mr. Hyde has a brother living at 406 East Harrison street. PRIEST SHOT IN FIGHT ASSADL.ANT, WHO TRIED TO KILL. NURSE, GETS DEATH WOUND. Infatuated Ranch Hand Travels Five Miles on Mnrderons Errand, but Palls of His Purpose. PALM SPRINGS. Cal.. May 1. Peter Glennon, a young ranch hand, was killed and Father Paul Reinfels, a Catholic priest from Palo ma, III., - was wounded in the right fore arm in a battle last night at Chino Canyon, a gulch frequented by health-seekers, five miles from here in the Riverside County desert, - . Glennon. according to reports, shot Father Reinfels in an effort , to kill him and Miss Clara Sherrer, a nurse attending the priest, who has been 111 of pneumonia, but whether the young man received his death wound from a shot fired by the priest or was slain in a struggle with Miss Sherrer was the subject of an investigation by the Sheriff tonight. Father Reinfels was taken today to Banning, where examination revealed that the wound, was only slight. Miss Sherrer returned to Chino Canyon. Father Reinfels arrived at Palm Springs two days ago to recuperate and went at once to a tent in the can yon. Miss Sherrer. a nurse from San Francisco, attended him. Glennon is said to have been Infatu ated with the girl, and last night, ac cording to accounts given by the priest and the young woman today, he made his way five miles from the ranch where he was employed to the Chino camp and announced that he intended to kill both the clergyman and Miss Sherrer. He thereupon opened fire. CRIME LAID TO POOLROOMS Seven Youths Tell How They Began Law Violations., CHICAGO, April 28. Seven youths, who pleaded that they entered criminal careers through loitering in pool rooms, have received prison sentences in Chicago courts. In sentencing Ed win Kremheller. 18, and Thomas War dell, 26. to 25 years In the penitentiary for killing a bartender. Judge Adelor Petit, of the Criminal Court, said: "I intended sentencing you to life Imprisonment, but I must consider the fact that the poolrooms where you started on lives of crime are permitted to operate by the city." ill cipiir piinnrprrn Ex-Ambassador Straus Ad vances New Idea for Nation. WORLD RELATIONS CHANGE Question Is, Says Speaker, Whether Interdependent Interests Do Not Make It Imperative to Join In Preserving Peace. PHILADELPHIA. May 1. Oscar S. Straus. ex-Ambassador to Turkey, ad dressing tonight the American Academy of Political and Social Science, reviewed the American policy toward European nations as expressed in Washington's farewell address and the Monroe doc trine, and. after calling attention to It as a policy of aloofness, asked t'.iese questions: "Has America "the right to demand participation in the conference of the belligerent nations following the pres ent war for the purpose of arranging the peace of the world? lTnrther Extension SuaTEested. "Even if we should not have the right. In the event that we should be invited by the belligerent nations as the lead ing neutral power to participate In such a conference, can we do so without im pliedly, if not expressly, relinquishing our traditional attitude of exclusive control . over purely American qeus tlons?" "This contingency," Mr. Straus con tinued, "will bring to the foreground the consideration, if not the wisdom, of a further extension, if not reversing the American traditional policy as outlined by Washington when he said: 'The great rule of conduct for us In regard to foreign nations is In extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed en gagements, let them befulfllled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop." " Joint Arrangement Defended. "The question . that would present itself is: Have not the world relations and the inter-dependent interests of nations since Washington's admonition was given become so closely and Inti mately related that our duty to other nations as well as our own enlightened self interests make it imperative upon us not to stop, but to unite with the nations of the world in such a policy, be it by international agreement, by entering into a league with the leading nations of the world, or by becoming a member of a world federation, or by uniting on such a joint arrangement as tn the wisdom of nations may be de termined upon as the most practical and effective for the establishment and maintenance of the peace of the world?" "The federation or league of all the states In the American Union embodies the ideal, if. not the plan, for a uni versal league or federation of the na tions as the surest and safest guarantee for Securing the peace of the world." NO SIGN OF END TO WAR (Continued Prom First Paire.) Russia stood firm; making the paper blockade a real blockade would starve her out. All of which is unlikely. Eng land's navy, even allowing for losses, is far stronger than when the war be gan; and her efficiency in handling the submarine blockade, ir nothing else, shows that the mariners of England have not lost their old technique. Give, however, that the Germans could slip a landing expedition past the British navy, their chance of suc cess looks small. The censor would probably not permit even a guess at the number of troops at present in the British army. But that army is large enough to swallow up any landing ex pedition for which Germany could find transport. s Invasion More Difficult Than Ever. The invasion of a country, after all. Is nearly as difficult -as in old times. It is more difficult, in fact. Napoleon planned to land his troops on the fine stretch of beach below Edinburgh. Such a landing could not be made today. With deep-draft vessels and heavy ar tillery one needs a harbor and docks. To get a harbor one needs naval control. The' question of Britain and this war always gets back to the navy Of course, Germany may have de signs not on England herself spite of all the talk in the German newspapers but on the British colonies. As for Canada. Australia and South Africa, the hope seeuus even more vain than the hope of a direct Invasion. There re main Suez. Egypt and the whole Brit ish "sphere of influence" In the Near East. It. is possible that Germany might so juggle things. In the event of a separate peace with France and Rus sia, as to get a land passage toward Suez and Egypt. Possible, not likely, as are all these speculations. , Stalemate Theory Possible. 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But such a victory mey convince Germany that her cause is ultimately hopeless, and the losses which victory means nowadays may give the allies pause before they sac rifice any more fine, tall fellows. BAT IS FOE OF MOSQUITO Dragon Fly and Water Beetles Are Defended Also. PHILADELPHIA, April 27. Bats and dragon flies and water beetles should be nursed along instead of being swat ted by the householder who is anxious to free the city of mosquitoes. Hermin Horning, city entomologist, in his talk yesterday noon in the clean-up week exhibit In City Hall courtyard eulogized these enemies of most peo ple's peace of mind as the real enemies of the mosquito. He pleaded for a new place for bat and dragon fly and beetle in the home life of mosquito fighters. "The water beetle eats the larvae of mosquitoes." he said. "The dragon fly eats hundreds of them and the bat can destroy thousands in a single night. And there is no reason to fear the dragon fly. It has no bite or sting and Is harmless. The bat is like a mouse. It wants to be let alone. The water beetle also is harmless. "Do not let any water stand about in the house. Change the water in Jar dinieres and plant holders at least once in ten days. Never let empty cans or bottles accumulate about the house or back yards, for theee are excellent breeding places for the mosquito. Pour oil on all exposed stagnant water. This kills the young." He showed by slides how the mos quito works, and illustrated its life his tory from the egg laying to its full de velopment. He said the first crop of mosquitoes Is now being grown and will make the first onslaught on the city about May 1. The exhibit to instruct Phlladel phlans how to give the city a real housecleaning during clean-up week. May 3 to 8. was crowded again yester day. The ash and garbage receptacles recommended and the exhibits of the broken stuff found in many places at tracted attention. About 6000 persons attend the exhibit daily. Where It Is. Cincinnati Enquirer. 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