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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 14, 1917. V SURVIVOR DETAILS SINKING OF U-BOAT German Commander's Charges of Mistreatment by Brit- tish Made Public. AMERICAN FLAG MISUSED Deliberate Attempt to Kill Helpless Men In Small Boat, Cruel TJsage After Rescue and Xeglect 'v of Wounds Alleged. BERLIN, Jan. 13. (By wireless to Sayvllle, N. Y.) The official report of Lieutenant Cromptoi., a survivor of the Oerman submarine U-41, sunk by the British on September 24, 1915, the case of which the German Government has characterized as a second Baralong in cident, was made public today. Lieutenant Crompton, after being wounded and a prisoner in England, his report was received. Previous state ments by the German Admiralty have charged that the account he gave of . . . v. ; 1- ,1 ine circuxiiato-m-ca vi. .........o - the after treatment of the two survi vors showed a deliberate attempt to do away with the only eyewitnesses on the German side. Lieutenant Crompton's report In part reads: "On the morning of September 24 the British steamer Urbino, bound to Kngland, was sunk by artillery fire about 30 miles southeast of the- ScilVy Islands. The crew had been allowed about half an hour to depart. When the Urbino was listing heavily and burn ing a smoke cloud was 6ighted. Subma rine 41 submerged and let a steamer pass at a distance of about 200 metres. The steamer flew the American flag. It liad no neutrality sign on the side. Steamer Opens Klre. "The submarine emerged and ordered the steamer to stop. This order was immediately obeyed. We signaled to eend the documents on board. This was not answered by the steamer, which rave the counter signal, 'I am stop ping." At the same time the steamer prepared to lower a boat. On the sub marine the gun on the bow had been made ready. "When the vessels were about 300 meters apart the steamer suddenly opened a violent fire, first with rifles nlong the whole railing, then from seven six-centimeter guns hidden be? hind the chip's side at the bow and stern. "The submarine had received several hits by shells shortly before the con ning tower was submerged. During the entire engagement the steamer flew the American flag. To be sure, the flag staff was turned down, but the flag was not replaced. "As the submarine went to the bot tom I was lying unconscious in the tower in consequence of a wound. When I returned to consciousness I was swim- ming. After being in the water for some time I was passed by the steamer at a distance of about 60 meters. I called and raised my arms, but was sneered and spit at by sailors. Helmsman Is Rescued. " A rt tT a Inni' tlmn T BH W an PTnOtV lifeboat of the steamer Urbino. When I had climbed Into It I heard the helms man calling for me and took him In. After some time we saw the steamer again. Wo stood upright in the boat and waved our hands. The steamer changed her course and approached us at high speed. Soon we observed a man standing ln the bow, who directed the course of the boat. As the steamer did not reduce her speed, there was no doubt that she intended to ram us. finally they threw a rope and took us on board. "Aside from the officers of tho Ur bino, whom we recognized, nobody wore a uniform. The crew of the steamer, ac cording to the declarations of the first mate, belonged to the Royal Naval-Reserve, but all of them, including tho officers, were clad a civilians. When we arrived on board we were led to the stern and had some brandy. As no sur freon was aboard, the helmsman ban daged me as well as possible. Then we were locked in a box standing on the deck." Insufficient Food Charged. The report then tells tit the captive being moved from place to place and charges Inadequate medical treatment and insufficient food. It concludes as follows: "On January 18, 1916, I sent a report to the American Embassy, ln which I pointed out particularly that submarine 41 -was fired on by a steamer flying the American flag. I also described the de struction of the submarine and treat ment of survivors in prison. When, in the middle of February, I had received no answer, I reported agaln, but re ceived no answer, 'in March, a gentle man I ru in lilt! Ainenuitu riiuuttaajr &i - .rived at Dyffryn Aled. When I asked Iiim where he had received my reports lie said he knew nothing about them and supposed that my reports were still in the War Office. All communications directed to the American Embassy must first pass through the War Office., - "When, at the end of May, a physi cian's committee arrived at the camp at Dyffryn Aled, I was immediately ac cepted for internment in Switzerland." MINSTRELSY TO BE GIVEN Mount Augcl College Students to Appear in Several Cities. ST. BENEDICT, Or., Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) Impetus was given dramatics when leading parts for a minstrel show wgre given by Rev. Father Victor to Charles Simon, senior from San Fran cisco, and to Ernest Eckerlen, of Sa lem. These students have had consid erable experience before the college footlights. The play will be given this month in Mount Angel and several nearby cities. The Dramatic Club Is un der the direction of Father Victor. The profits from.all the plays go to defray athletic expenses. PORTLAND REQUEST MADE Quartermaster-General Asked to Permit Bids on Cement. OREGOXLUs NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 13. Senator Chamberlain today transmitted tj the Quartermaster-General of the Army the request of the Portland Chamber of Commerce that Portlarra firms be given an op portunity to bid on tho new contract for cement for Hawaii. The Chamber in its telegram gives assurance that as cheap dockage facil ities are offered at Portland as at Seattle. LAWSON IS TO BE FORCED (Continued From First Pa?e.) wires ad advised WTall street of the coming of the President's note on De cember 20. Members . of Lockwood & Co, New York brokers, will bo among- early wit nesses. Other brokers to be called are F. W. McKinnon. of Chicago, whose firm, Thompson & McKiimon, was al leged by Representative Wood in his first appearance before the committee to have sent advance notices of the coming of the note to one of Its branch offices, and Donald McDonald, a Boston broker, who is said to have conferred with Lawson about the "leak." Lawson, in a telegram to Chairman Henry, signified his Intention to be here Monday. McDonald also advised the committee that he will appear whenever it desires to hear him. Donald McDonald, of Boston, will b asked about a conversation ho is said to have had with Lawson and E. R. Sartwell, of the International Kews Service, -will be asked about the authorship of a news item sent out from Washington before the Inquiry opened, saying that a "high official" might be Involved. SKI TOURNEY PUNNED Y. SL C. A. CLUB TO START FOR MOUNT HOOD FEBRUARY 2. Feature of Outing Will Be 20-31 lie Trip From Mount Hood Lodge to Elk Meadows. A party of 20 members of the Young Men's Christian Association Ski Club will leave Portland February 2, for Mount Hood Lodge, where they will participate ln their annual ski tourna ment. The party will be under the leadership of A. M. Grllley, atheltic di rector, and Gordon Raymond, president of the club. This will be the sixth annual trip of the Ski Club. The members of the party 'will leave Portland over the O.-W. R. & N. for Hood River on the night of February 2 and expect to make Mount Hood Lodge tho following day. A feature of tho outing will be a ski trip 1"rom Mount Hood Lodge to Elk Meadows and back, a distance of 20 miles. Homer R. Rogers, proprietor of Mount Hood Lodge, and E. Von Kratzer, ski expert of Vienna, who was in Portland recently, made a ski run from Mount Hood Lodge to Elk Meadows and re turn Wednesday, according to a tele gram received here. This is said to have been the first time the trip haB been made on ski. Mr. Rogers said that the trip promises to become one of tho most attractive for ski In the Mount Hood district. WEALTHYMEXICAN KILLED Suicide Suspected, but Threats of Murder Investigated. NEW. ORLEANS, Jan. 13. Manuel Diaz Ordaz, 25, member of a prominent and wealthy family in Oaxaca, Mex and nephew of the late President Por firio Diaz, was found dead in bed ln a lodging-house hero today with a bullet through the heart. A revolver con taining an empty cartridge was found near the bed. Tho police believed Ordaz committed suicide, but they also were Investigat ing statements of Ordaz" landlady that ho frequently told her he had received threats of death from unnamed' Mexi cans if he did not return to Mexico and fight. Ordaz was a son of the late General Manuel Ordaz., of Mexico. TAFT QUITS WORLD LEAGUE Confusion With League to Enforce Peace Given as Reason. NEW YORK, Jan. 13. William H. Taft has resigned as honorary presi dent of the World's Court League. In his letter to Dr. Samuel T. Dutton, the general secretary of tho organization, tolling of his decision to retire, Mr. Taft said: "I feel that I must withdraw from the World's Court League as its hon orary president. So much confusion Is created between it and tho League to Enforce Peace, In which I have active duties, that I feel It only fair to my colleagues in the League to Enforce Peace that I withdraw." FOUR MERCHANTMEN SUNK Lloyd's Reports Loss of 1 Russian, 1 Greek and 3 British Ships. LONDON, Jan. 13. Lloyd's Shipping Agency announces that the Russian sailing vessel, a three-masted bark of 942 tons, last reported sailing from Darien November 9 for Fleetwood, had been sunk. Lloyd's also announce the sinking of the British steamer Beau front, a new vessel built in 1915 at Newcastle, 2 55 feet in length. The Greek steamer Evangelos, 3773 tons gross, has been sunk. The British steamer Brentwood, 1193 tons, la believed to have been sunk, Lloyd's reports. COLD AND RAIN FORECAST General Precipitation on Coast Pre dicted by Washington. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. Weather predictions for the week beginning Sunday, issued by the.Weather Bureau today, are: - Rocky Mountain and plateau regions Wednesday , and Thursday in northern and snow or rain in southern narts: temperatures below seasonal average. Pacific states General rains during after; temperature will average below me seasonal normal, RESERVE OFFICERS NAMED J. V. Rowan, of Vancouver Bar racks, Gets Commission. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 13. John V. Rowan, of Vancouver Barracks, has been commis sioned First Lieutenant of Infantry in the Army reserve corps. Royal W. Mingins, of Seattle, has been commissioned Captain in tho same organization. FRIGID BLASTS HIT EAST (.Continued From First Page.) behind their schedule, but it is said they have abundant food and coal ln instances where they are creeping along far removed from any city. Minnesota, Iowa, tipper Wisconsin, the Michigan Peninsula, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and parts of Colo rado and Nebraska are bitterly cold. Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, Lower Michigan and Northern Indiana and Ohio probably will experience zero or lower before morning, and these lo calities will have opportunity to get accustomed to zero temperature, for it will linger at least four days. The of ficial forecast is for unsettled weather, setting in Thursday or Friday, followed by rising temperature and more snow. Chicago has the additional worry of empty coal bins. BERLIN STATEMENT OF TERMS IS HOPE President May Seek Means of Indicating His Desire to German Government. ENTENTE IRE IS ABATING Conviction That American Xoto May Bring Good Results Is Growing. Washington Does Not Expect Early Peace, However. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. A state ment of terms from Germany and. her allies at least as' comprehensive as thoso set forth by the entente ln re plying to President Wilson's note is the next move hoped for here in thS peace negotiations. Whether time will bo allowed for the Teutonic nations to stats their terms on their -own initiative or wheth er President Wilson will make some move to give an opening remains un determined. There are Indications, however, that If no statement of the Teutonic terms is forthcoming within a reasonable time the United States may seek a means to indicate the de sirability of such a course. It was reiterated today that tho President had not determined on his position and It was pointed out that in his note he said he was Indifferent to the means employed for comparing terms. Ho Is reluctant to Judge be tween tho two replies and has not made known his impressions of the entente note. In other Administration quarters it has been suggested, how ever, that tho objects which the Presi dent had in mind could be best pro moted now by the central powers pub licly declaring their terms. Entente Indignation Abating;. Officials are watching particularly just now tho trend of public senti ment abroad, and the apparent change since the dispatch of the President's note has proved a source of increasing gratification. The first feeling of in dignation among the allies because of the coincidence of the President's pro posal with that of the central powers has abated. It is believed here, and is being replaced by a conviction that good may como from the American note. There Is no indication in official cir cles, however, that an early peace is thought probable. On the contrary, the statement of the allies" objects, it is recognized, has made acceptance by Germany difficult for tho present, how ever far it may have gone toward es tablishing a preliminary basis which may facilitate peace negotiations when the end of hostilities does come. Tho Administration Is acting on the as sumption that tho bitterness engen dered by the war cannot bo healed in a moment, but that everv fiten towards What end brings a final approachment nearer. Bitterness Thought Temporary. First expressions of bitterness ln Germany over tho entente reply are somewhat discounted here, and It is felt there may be a change of senti ment just as there was in the entente countries in regard to the President's note. It is conceded, however, that for the present popular desire for a prose cution of the war will be quickened. Tho German view hero Is that there Is little likelihood of a public state ment of specific terms by tho Teuton allies at this time unless a further movo to that end is made by tho Presi dent. Should a request for such a statement be forwarded to Berlin, how ever, it is declared Germany probably would comply. It has been tho contention of Teu tonic diplomats that In proposing -a peace conference Germany fulfilled tho President's suggestion that an early occasion be sought for discussion of terms and that no other step is called for unless there is a second and. more specific request. . 34 STATES REPRESENTED Eugene Students Take Census of Thoso Attending Schools. EUGENE. Of.. Jan. 13. (Special.) Children born ln 34 states and five foreign countries are ln attendance at the Eugeno schools, according to a census taken by pupils in the seventh and eighth grades and tho Junior high schools. Tho enrollment showed that almost one-half of the total number of pupils In he grades where tho count was made were born outside of the state of Oregon. The West Is the most strongly represented. Figures for tho states most strongly represented are as follows: Washing ton, 67; California, 32; South Dakota, 28; Iowa, 29; Kansas, 27; Minnesota, 3?; Colorado, 22; Michigan, 24. Oregon is the native state of 634 of the total number, 995, counted in tho census. Eleven children were born ln foreign lands. Including Ger many, Canada, England, Nor-aay and Japan. EUGENE HEARS KIRTLEY Chicago Lecturer Compliments Ore gon University. UNIVERSITY OF .OREGON, Eugene. Jan. 13. Dr. James S. Kirtley, lec turer and author, of Chicago, spoke on "The Debt That Grows" at the regular student body assembly on Wednesday. Dr. Kirtley paid tho university several high compliments. At this assembly a sliver loving cup was awarded to the Pi Beta Phi wom en's fraternity for the highest average scholarship during the year.-. The cup was a present to the student body last Spring by the Portland Alumnae of the Chi Omega fraternity. In speaking of the event President P. L. Campbell remarked, "Fraternities were formerly considered a detriment with regard to scholarship standings, but in the past few years they have been found decidedly beneficial." HUSBAND IS SHOT BY WIFE (Contlirued From First Pas.) Smith had been drinking and he feared for his life. Liquor Thrown on Wife. Smith immediately went to his wife's rooms. There, according to Mrs. Smith, ho tried to force her to drink from a bottlo of liquor. A struggle, during which tho liquor was thrown over Mrs. Smith, followed, but subsided. Period ically, until tho time of the shooting, tho struggle was' resumed. At 3 o'clock a servant telephoned to William A. Moore, Mrs. Smith's di vorced husband, saying she feared for the safety of Mildred, who was asleep ln another part of the house. Aftore went to the house, remaining outside. He called a servant and- drove away with Mildred. At that time. Moore told the police, ha could hear Mr. and Mrs. Smith talking upstairs. According to Mrs. Smith, Smith gave her his large revolver. "If you don't kill mo with the first shot, I'll kill you with my hands," Smith is alleged to have told his wife. Mr. Moore was at the police station today while Mrs. Smith was being ex amined. Former Husband to Aid. "I will stand by her and dp every thing possible for her," he said. Up to recently tho Smiths had been living In Oakland, Cal. They were married in Eureka, Cal.. In 1913. One of the causes Immediately re sponsible for Mrs. Smith's act, accord ing to her statement to tho police, was a threat which her husband . made against Mildred Moore. Referring to the slaying of her husband, Mrs. Smith declared toChlef of Police Armstrong: "It was a small matter that happened out there compared with what might have happened." Mrs. Smith telephoned Moore, her former husband, at his hotel, apprising him of the shooting. "I have Just killed him." she Is quoted as saying over the telephone. "Bring the police." When officers arrived at tho Smith home, overturned furniture ln tho hallway and rooms told the story of tho struggle.' No Formal Chart Filed. Moore Is exerting every energy In his former wife's behalf, having cm ployed counsel for her and spending much of the time since her arrest at the Jail. Tho District Attorney's office said tonight that no formal charge would be filed, ln the case until after the In quest Monday. The District Attorney is said to be prepared to resist any ef fort on Mrs. Smith s part to ODtain bond, on the face of the evidence at present? developed. Colorado statutes prohibit bond being given in capital cases without tho consent of the Dis trict Attorney. UNIFORM BOUNTY URGED WOOL GROWERS ADVOCATES SAME , LAW IN' WESTERN STATES. Provision Made in Draft for Payment of 2.5o for Coyotes 250,000 Predatory Animals Killed. SALT LAKE CITT. Utah. Jan. 13. All states west of the Mississippi and others troubled with predatory animals will have uniform bounty laws If the various Legislatures act favorably on a proposed measure adopted today by the National Wool Growers' Associa tion, in convention here. The bill was drafted by tho committee of 10 West ern "states, appointed by President Frank J. Hagenbarth, of the associa tion. It provides bounties of $2.60 a head for coyotes and their young, wildcats and kittens and tho young of wolves; $15 a head for wolves, $25 a head for mountain lions and cougars and $25 a head for bears ln counties where such protection Is needed. The committee reported that 250,000 wild animals have been killed ln the last year li the United States as a result of tho bounty. LANE BAR WANTS CHANGE Bill Regarding Justice Courts May Go to Legislature. EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) The Lane County Bar Association will probably submit a bill to the State Legislature providing for a reduction in the number of Justice Courts, ex tending the powers, of such courts and making provision for the elimination of certain expenses ln connection with Justice Court cases. President E. O. Immel, of the bar as sociation, today appointed W. B. Dil lard, J. G. Wells. F. E. Smith. Whltton Swafford and Jerome Workman as a committee to consider such proposals and to report to the county association, Tho association will make Its recom mendations to the members of tho Lane County delegation in Legislature. 74,000 ATTEND LECTURES . Extension Department of Oregon University Shows Growth. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Jan. 13.--(Special.) In the annual re port of tho university extension depart ment for 1916 it has been found that the classes organized ln tho department in 1908 have almost doubled themselves since 1913. This growth would have been even greater had It not been that financial conditions of the department were rather low. Portland has tho rec ord ot having tho greatest number of classes, beling followed by Baker, Sa lem, Eugene and cities of the Coos Bay district. Lectures were attended by 74,000 ln 1916. RUMAN OIL WELLS RUINED Americans Confirm Reports of De struction Before Invasion. NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Confirmation of cabled reports from London that the greater part of the oil wells around Ploechtl, Roumania, were destroyed and that stocks of oil on hand were burned prior to the occupancy of the district by the Germans, was brought here to day by a party of Americans, former employes of Roumanian oil companies, who were passengers on the steamship Stockholm from Gothenburg, Sweden. John S. Campbell, of Bakersfleld, Cal., one of the party, said It would be many months before the wells could be made productive again. . Woman May Be Snowslide Victim. SEATTLE, Jan. 13. Mrs. Deborah Frost, of Everett, employed as a cook at the Apex mine, near Skykomish, Snohomish County, ln the Cascade Mountains, is thought to have perished 4n a Bnowslide in Money Canyon Jan uary 1. Employes of the mine followed her footsteps through the snow untL they were covered by a big slide. On the other side of the avalanche there were no footprints, and it is believed the woman's body is buried under the snow. DID YOU SWEAR OFF? If you still have a craving for drink, we offer you the easy, safe and sure way to make your New Year resolution secure. Here, in three days, amid home like surroundings, you can get rid of your desire for liquor and regain health, confidence and ability. There Is no charge for consul tation. All dealings are confi dential. The Neal Institute ntU Twelfth St., Portland. 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Roumanian forces in the region of the Kasino, In Moldavia, after a violent battle yesterday witji Austro-German troops, succeeded in throwing the Teu tons back and occupying their trenches, says the Russian official statement Issued today. North of the Slanic River the In vaders forced back tho Russians from a height. BERLIN, Jan. 13. (By wireless to Sayvllle. N. Y.) Further successes have been won by the Teutonic forces both along the Russian frontier of Moldavia and the Sereth line to the southeast, army headquarters an nounced today. At the Junction of the Buzeu and Sereth rivers, Bulgarian troops captured a monastery and Turk ish troops took the town of Mihalea by storm, capturing 400 of the garri son. The rest were drowned in the Sereth. PETROGRAD. via London. Jan. IS. Heavy forces of Germans attacked the Russian lines yesterday east of Kaln zem. south of Lake Babit. on the Riga front. The War Office announced to U MANSW TBE CH M rj AAUDEVILLE grPHOTOPLAYS p J t II I I III I rr; TT II i ITT 1 tt"ii in i iim'" imp n ii r 1 ;- ..-..-.... . .j t- lif-rnC- 'I'snipr f- Aui-'t TODAY, MONDAY and TOKIO TRIO Japanese Singers and Musicians DOROTHY KIDDER & CO. Comedy Skit, "Just Red." The Red-Feather Photoplay THE DOUBLE -ROOM ADDED ATTRACTION MONDAY AND TUESDAY ONLY Third Episode the Super-Serial, v Ln, t?. 4 m - V ft IL J . day that the attacking forces were driven off. Militiaman Dies at Border. KL PASO, Tex.. Jan. 13. Private QUALITY JEWELRY at Lowest Prices Aronson's January sale gives you opportunity to pick tip many a dainty bit of , jewelry at a 6aving. Aronson's jewelry is worthy his prices the lowest. 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