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Section One Pages 1 to 18 94 Pages SEVEN SECTIONS PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXXV NO. 4., LIND DISCLAIMS MADERQ CHARGES LETTER OF DISAVOWAL feENT TO HtXRY liAXE WILSOX. mm WAR QUEENS HAVE EASTERN OREGON IS HIT BY BLIZZARD BERLIN SOLEMNLY SILENCE FOLLOWS scHooNEersis; INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS TEARFUL MEETING UIXDE OF ITALY GREETS HER MOTHER FROM MOXTESEGKO. TO The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 54 degrees; minimum, 41 degrees. . TODAY'S Occasional rain; southwesterly SIXTEEN BARRELS OF Up SEIZED Empty House Is Raided Under Dry Act. RESIGNED 1R winds. 0 War. JUHN YAILE, RENTER, ARRESTED Warrant Also Issued for Ex ecutor of Owner's Estate. POLICE LEARN OF SALES Vruslies Assist in Moving Booze After Confiscation and One Is Caught Drinking and All Are Sent Back to Jail. Probably the biggest prohibition raid ever made in Oregon last night resulted In the seizure of 1 barrels of liquor k .v.- nniira In an empty house at 143 Beech street. Joe Vaile. renter of the house, was arrested last night and charged with violating the prohibition law. A war rant has likewise been Issued for Don ald -.. Woodward, executor for the J. M. Lambert heirs' estate, which owns the building. Vaile was releasea on J200 ball. Reports of Sales Heard. Th. raid followed an Investigation k P.trolmen Miller and Wellbrooke. t-u- .rir. received reports that liquor was being sold in that vicinity. The confiscated liquor was taken to the Courthouse in a truck specially hired for the purpose. The moving of the "wet goods" Incidentally proved a sad affair for four "trusties." who had been impressed to help lift the bar- relTommy Smith, serving a sentence in the City Jail, stole a bottle of beer and drank It en route from the raided house. He threw the bottle from the patrol wagon. Intending to have the bottle strike on the parking along the ildewaJk. . ... Trastlea Sent Back 'to Jail. Smith's Intentions were bad. but his aim was worse. The bottle hit "ker plomp" on the pavement. Deputy Dis trict Attorney Ryan, who was in charge of the transfer of the liquor, ordered the trusties sent' back to Jail. Others were suspected of helping to drink the. confiscated liquor. Smith confessed to Captain Circle. The liquor consisted of eight barrels of wine, seven barrels of beer and a barrel of whisky, besides bottled goods. RETICENT CITY IS FINED Brussels Must Pay 500,000 Marks for Shielding Assassin. AMSTERDAM, via London. Jan. 23. General von Bissuig. Governor-General of Belgium, has fined the city or Brus sels 500.000 marks, says the Echo Beige, because the inhabitants of the city failed to reveal the name of the assassin of Oels Derode. ,the Informer whose testimony convicted Miss Edith Cavell. the English nurse who was executed at Brussels some time ago. The town of Schaerbeck. near Brus sels, where the body of Derode waa found, was fined 50.000 marks, accord ing to the newspaper. Cruiser Sunk Was Helgoland. KOME, via Tarise Jan. 21. The Italian navy department has received information that the Austrian scout t ruiser of the Novara type which was sunk a week ago mas the cruiser Hel goland, which had been attached to the Cattaro base since the - outbreak of the war. Home Construes Incident as Evi dence That Alliance Will Be Continued .Until End. ROME. Jan. 21. There was an affect ing scene last night at the Central sta tion between Queens Helene of Italy and her mother. Queen Mitena- of Montenegro, who, accompanied by her daughters. Princess Xenle and Princess Vera, reached Rome on her way to Lyons, France, where the Montenegrin court Is tJ take up its residence. King Victor Emmanuel "and Queen Helene, with the Prince Royal Humbert and Princesses Inolanda and Mafalda, were at the train to meet the refugees. and, under the painful circumstances, the King discreetly left the mother and daughter together, both weeping, to console each other. (The Italian 'royal children embraced their grandmother fervently. The party remained together for several hours. After spending the night in Rome, the members of the Montenegrin royal fam ily continued on a special train to Lyons. The fact that the King and Queen met the Montenegrin Queen is taken as evidence of the good faith that Montenegro will cling, to the alliance with Italy and the other entente pow ers to the end. The Messagero says: "-t the last moment, Montenegro preferred National honor and accepted the guarantees of Italy and her allies for National restoration, as in the case of Serbia and Belgium." CURRY WOMAN ASKS OFFICE Miss Kate Lehnherr, of Langlois, Is Candidate for Treasurer. ..GOLD BEACH. Or., Jan. 22. (Spe cial.) Miss Kate Lehnherr, of Lang lois, Curry County, has announced her self a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Treasurer of Curry County. Miss Lehnherr - is the first woman to seek political office in Curry County. Incumbents of county offices who have announced themselves as candi dates for re-election are Frank Caugh ell. Treasurer, and J. R. Stannard, Clerk. Assessor William Tolman is a candidate for the office -of Sheriff to succeed Charles Bailey, incumbent, who has announced that he . will not run again.- LINN LAUGHS AT LEAP YEAR Young Women Not Rushing to Mar rlage License Market. ALBANY. Or, Jan. 22. (Special.) Just what is the matter with the mar riage market in Linn County has not been determined, but some people are charging the situation up to the fact that this is leap year. - Only three marriage licenses have been issued so far this month, the smallest number for the same period in a great - many years. Some of the Courthouse employes have figured out that most of the pro spective brides are afraid that if they are married too soon in 1916 everyone will think that they lost no time In proposing, and for that reason mar riages are being- postponed. OLD AGE PENSIONS -ASKED Mine Workers Make Preparations for. Vigorous Campaign. :. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22. The United Mine Workers in convention today went on record for a more vigorous cam paign for the enactment of & system of old-age' pensions, either through Congress or the Legislatures of the several states. The executive board of the interna tional organization was instructed to determine the best method of having such legislation enacted and to draw up a Federal . bill for submission to Congress or a uniform measure Tor presentation to the Legislatures of all the state in the Union.. OUTSTANDING Snow. Plows Battle jn Blue Mountains. PASSENGER TRAINS STALLED Snow Storm Most, Terrific in Years. POWER WIRES ARE BROKEN La Grande Reports Rains at Points West, Presaging .Floods Union County Has Thaw Wind Vio lent East and North. . , WEATHER CONDITIONS IX ' EASTERN OREGON'. La Grande Rain following snow; passenger train delayed; freight stuck in drift. . " North Powder Gale with heavy ' snow fall. - ' Union Gale with snow. Baker Heavy snow fall; trains delayed. J , , Condon Train snowbound. LA GRANDE, Or Jan. 22. (Special.) Transcontinental1 train service Is blocked in the Blue Mountains tonight. as 'a result of a wina ana snow atom raging in parts of Eastern Oregon with a severity not equaled In' many years. A freight train Is stalled fore and aft in -drifts on Telocaset Hill. .Train No. 17, the westbound passenger, due in Portland at 6 o'clock tonight, has been held behind the freight all day at Baker, and will be obliged to remain until the line is opened. Train No, 6. eastbound, is unable to move until No. 1? clears the line, and has been held here all day. ..- The morning train on the Joseph branch ran into a snowdrift near Eigin. Without dining-car service the passen gers spent a dreary day outside the city, minus comforts, and were brought in here tonight at e o'clock by a .spe cial train. Near North Powder, where the storm blocked the railroad lines, two rotary snowplows, augmented by all the men obtainable, and directed by the entire official staff at this point, have been battling with drifts and obstacles thrown across the rails by the wind. The terrlf 10 wind that raked all East ern Oregon crippled the high line that conveys electric power from the big Eastern Oregon Light Company's pow er plants in Baker County. . Aa the emergency ' station here had recently been burned, all . electrically driven plants in this country were at a stand still. : , r- . . Sufficient repairs were made to en able lights to be turned on tonight, but the line is in constant danger while the storm prevails. r. It is raining here and at points west tonight, presaging floods. East and north the snow storm is a menace. In Union County the high wind subsided at noon, and the weather - moderated untii a brisk thaw prevailed. CASCADE . SNOW STORM HEAVY 20 Inches Falls in One Night at Mil- , Maukee Tunnel East. . ' - - SEATTLE, Jan. 22. Snow continues to fall heavily in the. Cascade Moun tains, and rain in the lower portion of Puget Sound.- Twenty inches ot enow fell last night at the east porta, of the Milwaukee tunnel, making a total of 170 inches now on the ground, and 314 Inches foe the season. At the west (Concluded on P(te 4. Column 1.) - EVENTS IN THE PAST 'Jrjr 14k; 11 11 German professor expects science to reunite warring peoples alter war. section ' - Pas' German resigned to war, but many fear nerves will not bear long strain. Sec tion l, page 1. Queen of Italy and her mother. Queen of Montenegro, have tearful meeting. Sec tion 1, page 1. Mexico. Americans hanged td trees by Oaxaca ban- alts, bection 1, page 4. , . National. Senator Kenyon proposes big tax on Incomes or expatriates, section 1, page 2, Administration's Philippines bill meaning- less, bection 1, page 5. Right to tax improvements under water power bill must n settled by courts. bection 1. page o. House committee agrees on restriction of Japanese immigration, exclusion of Hin duB. Section lt page 2. Ex-Secretaries Boot and Stimson indorse Garrison s Army programme. Section 1, ' page X : DometUc. Hotel man's-wife gone with mulatto chauf- ieur,, said to nave been forced to elope. . Section 1, page 3. New president of Stanford advocates sim plicity In education, bection 1, page 7. Elder Updike will give bail for sons accused or plotting his death. Section 1, page 3. Trial of woman advocate of birth control deferred. Section 1, page 5. John Lind disavows statement that Henry L.ane wuson Knew or plot against Ma dero. Section 1, page 7. - . Yakima Valley flooded by breaking of dam. Section 1, page 4. .r' 4 Sports. Golf rrowir.g In popular favor. Section 2, page 3. Oregon stars will enter Western golf cham pionships at Del Monte. Section 2t page 1. Stanford Is firm in stand for rugby. Sec tion 2, page 4. Lapp Is tenth, of famous 1014 pennant- .. winners that Athletics lose to Feds. Section 2, page 4. Hockey rules are explained by official. Section 2, page 2. Expert woman trap shot to make home in Portland. Section 2, page 3. California tennis circles excited over ama teur ruling. Section 2, page 3. Track prospects at Oregon gloomy. Sec tion 2, page 2. Salary, limit keeps Rath off Bees. Sec tion 2, page 3 Portland hockey team to play Victoria Tues day. Section 2, page 2. Big aid to athletics Is expected at Eugene this year. Section 2, page 4. Choosing athletic director and football coach occupies attention at O. A. C. Section 2, page 2. Catlln Wolfard heads Oregon tennis rank lug list. Section 2, page' 1. Willamette will decide on retention of athletics on February 1. Section 2, page 1. Western Tri-State Xeague may reorganise. Section 2, page 1. - pacific Northwest. Storm blocks, trains In Oregon. Section 1, Page 1. Republicans In Pclk County open campaign Section 1, page Ppuglaa County to limit roiid work to per manent plan. Section I,- page 15. Rural experts tell of Improved . gri cultural methods tin Oregon. Section 1, page lO. Lincoln day banquet to launch : campaign. Section 1, page 8. Eastern Oregon extension course to be con ducted at La Grande. Section 1, page 0. Silence follows steam schooner Centralia's call for aid. Section 1, page 1. Six killed- la traaln wreck caused by ava lanche in Cascades. Section 1, page tf. - Pendleton . celebrates cut-off. Section 1, page 7. Ninety-four-mile velocity at North' Head is attained by gale sweeping, coast. Section 1, page 7. Ski Ctub braves storm on .Mount Hood. Sec- ' tion 2, page 4. , Automobiles and Roads. Portland -automobile show and various fea- . tures. Section 7, pages 1 to S. , PorOand and Tictnlty. Entire city is called on td help, stricken Jews. Section 1, page 17. V " Japanese loan collection at Art Museum - greatly admired. , Section 1, page 17. Sixteen barrels of liquor seized in raid. Sec tion 1, page 1. , . Richard L. Durham succumbs at age of 66 - years. Bection 1. page 1. Rosarlans charter Great Northern for 18- - day trip to Honolulu. Section 1, page 14. Insurance agents kept on anxious seat. Sec- .- tion L page lo. Guard prepares for Inspection. Section 1. page 15. Work on Cnion avenue extension to ,begia . this week. Section 1. page 14. School children close Letter-Writing week -,- in . whiriwlnd demonstration. Section 1, . - page 14. ' " Mrs. Bowers kidnaps babe for second time. Section 1, page 15. . Four couples, wed 50 years or more, enter tained at Grand Army function. Section 1, page 12. k - 'Cold feet" among drys provokes leaders. Section 1, page 13.. ... - Oregon is canvassed on ..merchant marine needs. Section 1, page '"12. . -- ' ' Herlow abandons fight for parole. Section - 1, page 13. . - . ' " : Portland T. M. C. A. workers to speak at Tacoma convention. Section , page 12. W. L. Glffard writes from Balkan battle fields. Section"!, page 1L : , ' Weather report, data and forecast... Sectfon " 2. page r. - , ' ' f' WEEK'S NEWS ARE ILLUMINED BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. Many Fear Nerves Can: not Bear Strain. INDUSTRY BOUND TO SUFFER "Where Will We Get Men Af terward?" Is Asked. . PEOPLE ARE EATING LESS Nation Settles Down to Economy In Its Everyday Life Iron Money Used to Conserve Xeeded Supplies of Metal. HV OTTSTAV C. ROEDER, (Staff correspondent of the New York WoTld. who recently romiuu ...... a second extended tour o observa tion in Germany.) A great change has come over Ber lin. Eight months ago you could scarcely notice while on a visit to in capital that Germany was en6d6u.. war and that she and her people were tihHr,&- .fnr their existence. ' " - ' o J noticed a lot of soldiers, many wou.. u rinnld for life, but the city itself, and. the people, appearea 10 - . . i ( r nnthlnff un- outward lnaicauuna v - usual was transpiring, "me cilio looked indifferent . What a difference today! The Berlin ni. ...m to have changed com- Last Soring they appeared a happy lot, with no cares to worry tnem, certainly not so far as outer appear ances were concerned. Today you find only a solemn people a people who appear to and who do realize what this war means to Germany ano - lions. They are no longer -ri-i go-lucky and carefree crowd. They are stern, severely so. Tbey are no longer a smiling crowd. They are very; very solemn Indeed. ' Early Fence No Looter Expected. It is not that they fear-for the out- .1. J .i. ttlPV rnm. of the war. on iuitvui-u-j. appear to be more convinced than ever that Germany cannot lose ims . They believe that she win come uui victorious. They feel that ijictory is theirs already. But at the same lime they have come to look upon the en tire situation in the most serious man- . . m i V i .ha ner iraaginaote. iney uuvr .. longer the war lasts the more lives must be sacrificed. They realize, too, that many industries must suffer, and that fortunes will be swept away 11 this war should last for many more years to come. They are no longer of the opinion that peace is to come to them in the near future.; How long will the war last?- you ask. Nobody seems to Know. iney don't seem to care, and that appears the strangest part of It all. All they know is that they must win in the end, and that to accomplish this tney must be ready to sacrifice all every life, if necessary. They say they will gladly do It. "And do you ' notice any - great change in Germany as you travel about, as compared with what-you saw last Spring?" I have been asked re peatedly. A high official at the For eign Office In Berlin was among those who put this question. People Are More Solemn "The people are more solemn," I replied. "Yes, we notice that, too," always came the answer. . You don't notice this state of af fairs as much in public as you do when you visit the Inhabitanta of the largest city in Germany in their own homes. It is there, among themselves, in the private family circle, that you (Concluded on Page 8. Colubn. 1.) Responsibility for Statement That Ambassador Knew About Mur der Plot Is Denied. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 22. In a reply to a letter from Henry Lane Wilson, former Ambassador to Mexico, calling on him to disclaim alleged statements made at a church " meeting here that Mr. Wilson knew of the plot to mur der Francisco I. Madero, John Lind, former personal representative "of President Wilson in Mexicp, sent to Mr. Wilson the following letter, made pub lic .tonight by Charles B. Elliott, Mr. Wilson's local attorney: i "Henry Lane Wilson, Indianapolis Dear Sir: In the course of the address to which you refer, I commented on the events which led up to and culminated in the death f President Madero. What I said was stated in good faith in the course of that discussion and in the" full belief of the accuracy of my Information. t "The press reports of my utterances detached from the other language of my .remarks are misleading and sus ceptible of misinterpretation. I was not responsible for their publication, assume no such responsibility and dis avow them." KING PRAISES BAVARIANS Correct Demeanor in Occupied Dis tricts Is Commended. BERLIN. Jan. 22. (By wireless, to Sayville, N.'.Y.) King Ludwig. of Ba varia, says the Overseas News Agency.l troops on the west front. Addressing the territorials who are stationed in the occupied French dis trict, his majesty "praised their cor rect demeanor toward, the inhabitants and told them always to remember their military discipline and morale, so that the inhabitants would speak of "the soldiers with respect, even after they had left those districts." AMERICAN TO BE AVENGED Cattle Thieves Akers to Who Killed Bert Be Executed. EL PASO, Jan. 22. Bernardo and Federico Duran, Mexican cattle thieves involved in the killing of Bert Akers. an American, yesterday at San Lo renzo, Chihuahua, just below'the boun dary line, will be executed tomorrow, according to an announcement made to night by Andrew Garcia, Mexican Con sul here. ' "The Durans confessed and were sen tenced to death today," -said Mr. Garcia, "and the firing squad will execute the penalty." ; T. R.'S NAME IS WITHDRAWN Colonel Declines Use In Minnesota Republican Primary. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 22. Theodore Roosevelt, In a letter received today by A. M, Rahn, of Minneapolis, asks that his name be not used in the Minnesota primaries. Petitions which Mr. Rahn has put in circulation to put the Colo nel's name on the Republican ballot will be recalled, it ie announced. "The letter is positive in its language and of course Colonel Roosevelt's wishes will be respected," Mr. Rahn said. 2 DIE FROM PETROMORTIS Bride Found Seated In Auto, Hus band Leaning Over Door. BELLEFONTE, Pa., Jan. 22. Victims of petromortis, WHIiam H. Noll and his bride of a few days were found dead in Noll's garage today. Mrs. Noll was found sitting in-their automobile and the husband in a position beside the car leaning over the door. The authorities say they were over come by the fumes of gasoline and asphyxiated. Centralia Drops From Sight After Call. FEARS FELT FOR 24 IN VESSEL Eurena Sights Disabled Craft and Hears Whistles. ALL-DAY SEARCH FUTILE Liimber-Ludeii Steam Schooner May Bo Lost Off Ynquina Bay Eight Passengers Prom Grays Harbor Bound for San Pranclsco. HOQIIAM, WkkIi., Jan. (Spe cial.) A nlrelesa iraa received from tke Governor at noon (odny that she was standing by the wreck of the Cen tralis. MARSHFIELD. Or., Jan. 22. (Spe cial.) A call of "S. O. S." from the steam schooner Centralia this morning. sent frora Boroewhere off the Oregon coast In the vicinity of Yaquina Bay, brought a rush, of vessels to aid the distressed vessel, but a search of all day brought no reward. The Centralia, with crew of 20 and four passengers, has apparently dropped from sight, al though shortly after the wireless mes sage at 6 o'clock this morning the Eurena, close by, heard four short blasts of the Centralia's whistle, headed .for her and then lost the ship in the darkness. : Fears were entertained tonight that the Centralia foundered in the gale which has been blowing off the Oregon coast. The tanker Buck, the Admiral Schley, the Governor, the Eurena and the Yosemite cruised all day and on Into the night in the hope of finding something ot the missing vessel, but without avail. There has not been a trace of the Centralia nor any further call for aid since the Eurena picked up the ."S. -O. S." call and then lost sight of the vet- ' sel this morning. All up and down the Oregon coast from Yaquina Bay . there has been a watch for the vessel, which, it was feared, might have been beached. - . Late tonight the vessels continued ' the search, with the exception of the Eurena, which proceeded north Just be- : fore dark. The Yosemite reported this morning, while searching for the Centralia, that -she waa leaking, but she did not ask any aid, and it was not believed the trouble was serious. SCHOONER HAS 1 PASSENGERS On Vessel's Departure Belief Wits Storm Would Be Missed. HOQUIAM. Wash., Jan. 22. (Spe cial.) The Centralia left here at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning with four passengers from Grays Harbor. It was expected she would be in San Francisco about the time the storm struck. There was nothing unusual about the circumstances of the de parture on the regular trip with a full cargo of lumber from the Bay City Mill. CENTRAL LA IS LUMBER LADEN Vessel on Grays Harbor-San Fran cisco Run for Several Years. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan 22 (Spe cial.) The . steam schooner Centralia left here Thursday morning with four passengers and about 650,000 feet of lumber aboard in addition to a gen- (Concluded on Page 7, Column 2.) r