f 88 Pages SIX SECTIONS CC.Pees 1 to 18 VOL. XXXVI NO. 3. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. (ft ; PJHSifc S 13 I X tat Section One y LONDON IS RDCKED 8? MIGHTY BLAST Death and Ruin Spread All Over City. HLN1T10NS PLANT WIPED OUT If- O . .U I I 4 f flumes in ouuuiub L-eveicu iui Blocks on All Sides of C Great Explosion. 60 BODIES ARE RECOVERED Belief Is Scene of Disaster Is Woolwich Arsenal, Where 67,000 Are Employed. AR5ENAI EMPLOYING 67.0OO MAY BE OXE DESTROYED. The most important munitions factory in London is that of the Woolwich Government Arsenal, located about seven miles east of the English- capital. Even before the war it was considered one of the most im posing establishments in exist ence" for the manufacture of materials of war. The arsenal proper covers an area of about 1285 acres. It is understood that 67,000 male and female workers are employed in the arsenal 'proper, while the factories in the neigh borhood employ an additional 30,000 hands, mostly women. LONDON, Jan. 20. A portion of the area of London was shaken se wptpIv last nicht when a chemical plant in which munitions were manu factured was the center of a series of explosions, scattering death and de Etruction over a considerable section of the district in which the works were located There is no evidence that the explo sion was other than the result of a fire, such as that to which any factory is subject. Between 50 and 60 bodies have been recovered. In 10 hospitals on Saturday 21 per sons died, and there were 112 patients receiving treatment, Lloyd's Weekly says. In addition, 265 persons suffer ing from injuries were treated. Works Becomes Great Furnace. The central point of the volcano like upheaval was in the heart of the working district of a suburban town. At 645 P. M. a series of explosions suddenly transformed the works into a fiery furnace and great masses of burning liquid and timbers and red Vint. iron were hurled hieh in the air. Mingled vth the deafening crash of k beams and eirders were cries from the V working people. An adjoining flour mill, in which a number of women and girls were employed, was engulfed. The explosions were only the cen- fers of a succession of widespread se- ries of fires, as the masses of fire brands from the affected quarter (Concluded on Puge 2, Column 1.) josrs " I syL 9i-rA7" & s,scaos rxlz; ,s M&JifeSG? "r 1 - ........ j.. ................. ...... ...................... .......4, r 1 7 NEAR-RIOT ENLIVENS HIGH SCHOOL DANCE SUSPENDED STUDENT STRIKES PKN'DLETON PRINCIPAL. Tom Murphy Becomes Offended at Professor Drill When He Is Requested to Leave PENDLETON'. Or., Jan. 20. (Specie!.) The Pendleton High School gym nasium was the scene of a near-riot ast night while a dance was in prog ress. Tom Murphy, who was recently sus pended from high school, struck Prin cipal Drill after Mr. Drill had re quested him to leave the dance. It is said that young Murphy had been asked by the faculty not to attend the party. The young man says that Mr. Drill spoke to him while he was dancing with a young lady and that the principal made no objection when he saw him purchasing a ticket. Hrd Mr. Drill returned tho blow. It is said a free-for-all fight would have ensued, as young Murphy had a num ber of backers with him Instead Mr. Drill called a policeman, but the sus pended student was persuaded to leave the building before the officer's ar rival. No arrests were made. MRS. J. DAVENPORT INJURED Williams Avenue Car Strikes Woman, Causing Severe Cut. Mrs. Joseph Davenport, 1046 Cleve land avenue, was struck by a Williams avenue streetcar early last night at Williams avenue and Albert street, painful injury resulting. She was cut on the back of the head. across the eyes and the nose was se verely bruised. Emergency relief was given by Dr. C. E. Mason until Dr. C D. BoDine, a nephew of Mrs. Daven port, could be called. She later was taken to her home. TIPS TOTAL $300,000 DAY Amount Is Cost to Salesmen Alone, Says Advocate of Legal Cnrb. DENVER, Jan. 20. Traveling sales men throughout the country pay $300, 000 a day in tips, said Representative Robert Harrison, of Denver, today in introducing an anti-tipping bill in the House. The measure would make It a misde meanor punishable by a fine of $100 or one year in jail, or both, either to give or receive a tip. FREIGHTER ELUDES U-BOAT British Ship In Port Damaged by Battle With Submarine. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. A battle which lasted an hour and 40 minutes between the British freighter Lindenhall and a Teutonic submarine in the Mediter ranean, with nearly 300 shots ex changed between the two craft, was described by officers of the Linden hall upon her arrival here today from Naples. WOMEN WORKERS WANTED British Government Asks for 8000 lor Munitions Factories. LONDON, Jan. 20. The Ministry of Munitions today issued an appeal fo 8000 more women to work in munition factories. The need of them is declared to be urgent, "for the output of munitions must not be delayed for a day by any lack of labor." ROBBERS LOOT CONSULATE American Quarters at Algiers En tered and papers Are Taken. PARIS. Jan. 20. The American Con suiate ai aigic , giars On lucsuojr uiuh .r. the Matin. The safe was broken open and all papers in it were stolen. CARTOONIST REYNOLDS SEES THINGS IN THE NEWS EVENTS OF man y I bUH TO BE WITHDRAWN 15,000 or 20,000 to.Be Sent Home at Once. 55,000 TO STAY AT BORDER 'ershing's Troops Likely to Relieve State Militia. GUARD TO BE KEPT INTACT General Funston Will Designate Units to Be Returned Washing ton to Put Dealings With Carranza on Formal Basis. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Immediate withdrawal of "a substantial number of National Guardsmen from the border has been ordered by the War Depart ment and General Funston now is se lecting the units to be sent home. In announcing the order late today Sec retary Baker said the number to b withdrawn at this time probably would be 15,000 or 20,000. The Secretary refused to comment on the order or say what relation it might have to the withdrawal of General Pershing's expedition from Mexico. He said that the organizations to be with drawn would be announced as soon as General Funston reported those he had designated. This withdrawal will re duce the force of state troops on the border to between 65,000 and 60,000 men. Regulars to Occupy Stations. The announcement generally was ac- cepted. however, as an indication that the withdrawal of Pershing's force would not be long delayed. It had been understood that as quickly as border stations are evacuated by state troops regulars will move up to occupy them, but tonight it was said authoritatively that no order to bring the regulars north has yet been issued. rv. It is the policy of the department not to permit disintegration of the National Guard organizations and tha intention is to hold every man in serv ice, though not under arms, regardless of the fact that his duty on the border has ended. All applications for dis charge except for cause will ba re fused, and resignations of officers will be carefully examined and accepted only when the department is satisfied with the reasons given. It was pointed out that acceptance of many of the resignations already offered was mo e or less in the nature of a weedlng out process. Altruism to Be Discarded. This policy of maintaining intact the strength of the National Guard is taken as further indication of what will be 'the Administration's future policy in dealing with Mexico. This policy. It has been Indicated, contemplates deal ing with the de facto government on a strictly formal basis rather than on an altruistic one. Thus it is under stood that the actvitles of Villa and the question of who occupies the terri tory Pershing is about to leave will be regarded' here as problems for C ranza, and the United States will look to him for their solution. Army officers here do not believe it probable that withdrawal of General Pershing's force can be accomplished in much less than three weeks after the order is issued. Previous troop movements of the magnitude of that of the Guardsmen ordered today have re quired two weeks. The Mexico Northwestern Railway south from Juarez would facilitate the withdrawal, but it has been indicated that no request for its use will be made (Concluded on Page 3, Column 2.) niiinnniiri O INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The WeMkcr. TESTERDArs Maximum temperature. 41 degrees; minimum. 3 decrees. TODAY'S Rain; southerly wind. Legislature. Pleas for state money thousands la excess of limit sat by law. . Section 1, pace 1. Senators' wives spurn tearoom. Section 1, pass a. Oregon Agricultural Coller. inspected by legislators. Section 1. pace lu. Fight on state insurance proposals is Indi cated. Section 1. page 10. War. Two German raiders apparently In Atlantic Section 1. page 2. Foreign. Great London munitions plant blows up ; with great damage. Section 1. page 1. Rational. Prom 15.000 to 20.000 tiuardsmen to be re turned to homes from border. Section 1. Page 1. Wall street to be quizzed about leak. Sec tion L page 7. Land ' grabs under 640-acre homestead act provisions suspected. Section 1. page 1. Water-power bills face deadlock tn Con gress. Section 1, page . Peace note "leak' Inquiry regarded as farce. Section, 1. Page 7. Interstate Commerce Commission takes dras tic steps to relieve car shortage. Section 2. page 8. Domestic. Admiral George Dewey Is buried. Section 1. page 6. New York couple, dressed In black from head to foot, break traditions at wed ding. Section 1, page 3. French woman who braved perils of trenches vldts America. Section 1, page 4. Rescued Army aviator still In desert un able to walk. Section 1. page 4. Sports. McCredles grab two strong players from St. Louis Americans. Section 2, page L Stanford athletics promising. Section 2. page 2. Multnomah track team prospects blight. Section 2, page 4. Oregon track team not promising. Section 2. page 1. Oregon quintet la uncertain quantity. Sec tion 2, page 2. Governing tennis organization proposed. Section 2. page - 5. Seattle hockey star gets praise. Section 2, page a. Municipal, golf links expected to be ready Dy August. Section 2. page 0. Oregon Aggie basketballers again defeat uregon. section 2, page 2. Pacific Northwest. Private colleges want ban put on cigarettes. Election a. rage ll. Near-riot enlivens High School dance Pendleton. Section 1. page 1. One killed and eight Injured in S4S.000 fire in oeatue. eecuon 1. Page 8. lytmana plan Summer ceremonial In Wizard Island crater. Section 1. page 8. Six alleged wives denounce Tacoma pris oner, oecuon x, page . Commercial and Marine. Oregon wool growers refuse to contract new clip. Section 2. page 15. Potato prices may now be at high point of aou. oecuon 2, page li. Fear of German raiders stops export wheat Buying, (section 2, page 15. Portland and Vicinity, Lang Syne Society to dine Wednesday night. section x, page aa. Open-shop principle debated at Clvlo League tuncneon. section A, page 12. All women's clubs represented at Federa tion luncheon Section 1. page 12. Plea for war orphans to be heard. Section A, page 14. xnree die In Third-street hotel fire. Sec tion l. page 14. G. L. Baker and W. H. Daly foremost ai prospective mayoralty candidates. Sec tion i. page it. Lumber orders in excess of output and ship ments section a, page 10. Thirty-seven members of Scottish Rite Ma sonry taae tmrty-second degree. Sec uon x. page 10. Albany College-Paclflo University merger . veeictt to neip coin, tsecuon A, page 16 Tourist act is thought certain of passage. Dccuon x, page L o. Frank E. Watklns heads State Motor As- Dcmuuo. oocuon - x, page M. Grocers to meet at Salem. Section 1, page IS. Chinese New Tear begins at midnight. Sec tion x. page l. Trio go to Jail on perjury charge ovet vagrancy case, section A, page 17, weatner report, data ana forecast. Sec uuu . Liaae A. Expert engineers to study cost of recon struction of Tanner Creek sewer. See- uon , page o. Fulton to seek new Industries. Section 2. o, 3 SOLDIERS DIE IN 3 DAYS Wife of Idaho Sergeant Becomes Mother and Loses Husband. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 20. (Special.) Another soldier was stricken from the ranks of the Second Idaho Infantry, Idaho National Guard, this morning, when W. T. Guptill, Sergeant of Com pany C, of Coeur d'Alene, died of pneu monia. The death is the third in as many days among the troops at the barracks. Mrs. Guptill at Coeur d'Alene yester day became a mother and about th same hour received word that her hus band could not live. FRIEND PLEADS. BUT ARTIST KILLS SELF Betty De Jong of San Francisco Victim. POLICE QUESTION DOCTOR hysician Asserts Love Was Not Cause of Act. AST LIFE BELIEVED SAD Intimate Friends Say Artist Had Bee Unhappily Married In FranceRecognition of Ability Won at Recent Exposition. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. Miss Betty De Jong, prominent member of the San Francisco art colony and one of the exhibitors at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, toyed with a loaded revolver in her studio here tonight for nearly three hours while Dr. William S. Porter, prominent physician of Oakland sat with her in an attempt to persuade her that gut cide was useless. As he rose to leave for bis Oakland home. Dr. Porter told the police. Miss De Jong Jumped from her chair, placed the revolver to her temple' and fired. She was fatally wounded and died an hour later in the emergency hospital. Pollc Qaestloa Physician. Dr. Porter was taken to the police station and questioned regarding his relations with the artist. According to the police, who re sponded when Dr. Porter summoned an ambulance. Dr. Porter said Miss De Jong had been talking of suicide for several weeks. She had been painting a portrait of him. Dr. Porter said, and during the last few appointments he has bad for sittings Miss De Jong en deavored to postpone the engagements, declaring, according to Dr. Porter, that she was not in the mood for painting. Dr. Porter was to have had a sit ting today, he told the police, but could not keep the appointment, lie says he called at Miss De Jong's studio early this afternoon when he came here from Oakland and explained to Miss De Jong be could not keep the ap pointment. She asked him to call be fore he returned to his home, he said, which he did 10 minutes after 6 o'clock tonight. Girl Talks Of Suicide. "When I entered Miss De Jong's studio this evening." Dr. Porter said, "she was sitting in a corner toying with a revolver. She talked of eui- cide, and I tried to persuade her that It was useless." From 10 minutes after 6 until 18 minutes to 9. Dr. Porter told the po lice, he talked with Miss De Jong. He tried to cheer her up, he said. but seemed to have little success. Finally, according to his story, he decided he must go to hte home. As he arose and started for the door of the studio, he said. Miss De Jong placed the re volver to her temple and fired. Just before the doctor arose, accord ing to his story. Miss De Jong reached for an envelope lying on the table in the studio and wrote "Mother" upon it. The envelope had contained a let ter recently received from her mother, Madame R. De Jong, 28 Avenue Carnot, Paris. Dr. Porter was afraid to seize the gun, he told the police, fearing thai such action would cause the girl to shoot herself, even if she did not real ly intend to. Miss De Jong is about 26 years old and a native of Paris. Dr. Porter told the police he Under- (Concluded on Page 5. Column 1.) THE DAY THAT OFFER. LAND GRAB BY RICH STOCKMEN CHARGED FRAUDS IX 6 4 0-ACRE HOME STEAD ACT SUSPECTED. Secretary of Interior Decides to Designate No Lands for Entry Until Inquiry Is Made. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Jan. 20. Swamped with letters and telegrams, charging that the 640- acre homestead Uw, recently enacted, is being utilised by the wealthy stock men of the West to gobble up the large areas of the public range In direct vio lation of the terms of the law. Secre tary of the Interior Lane has decided to designate no land for entry under this law until he can make a thorough in vestigation and determine whether or not fraud is being attempted. The charges pouring in upon the Sec retary say that in all the Western states big stockmen have been sending their herders and other employes to make applications for land under this law, thus obtaining a prior right to entry. In this way, it is alleged, frauds are being attempted siuilar to the dummy entries made under the old tim ber and stone act. No land can be ac tually entered under the S40-acre law until departmental regulations have been issued, and then only such land can be entered as is designated for stockralslng homesteading by the Sec retary of the Interior. As yet. Secretary Lane has made no designations, and the regulations are held back. By refusing to make desig nations, ttie Secretary can prevent the perpetration of frauds, if upon investi gation he becomes convinced that ex tensive fraud in the Interest of big stockmen is being attempted. KISS REWARDS GOVERNOR Wife Pays In Public When ExecU' tlve Signs Dry Bill. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Jan. 20 A re sounding kiss Implanted on the execu tive lips In full view of a number of Dersons assembled to witness the wit eraor's' action was the reward Mrs- John B. Kendrlck gave Governor Ken drlok today for signing the bill sub mlttlng prohibition to the people of Wyomlntr. The bill provides for a vote to he taken In 1918 on the adoption of pro hibition amendments to the state con stitution. - DUKE OF ATHOLL IS DEAD Marquis of Tulllbardine Succeeds to Title and 2 00,000-Acre Estate. I1NDON. Jan. 20. The Duke of Atholl died this morning at Blair Cas tie, Scotland. Born in 1840, he sue ceeded.to the title in 1864. He was one of the principal titled Scottish land owners, owning; more than 200,000 acres. The successor to the title is the Marquis of Tulllbardine. SPANISH PAPERS CURBED Action Started Against Publications Friendly to Germany. MADRID, via Farls. Jan. 20. Th Judicial authorities have begun pro ceedings against Germanophlle papers under instructions from the Ministry. Actions have been begun against the Espana Neuva, the Correo Espanol. the Comxnentrios and El Dla.ro, of Madrid. El Soclallsta was seised by the police on Thursday. MUNITIONS BLAST KILLS 10 Laboratory at Spandau, Prussia, Scene of Explosion. LONDON. Jan. 20. Ten persons have been killed and 20 injured by an ex plosion In a munitions laboratory at Spandau. Prussia, according to a Ber lin dispatch forwarded to Reuter"s via Amsterdam. The material damage was slight, ac cording to the dispatch. IDEAS FOR PICTURES. PLEAS FOR STATE MONEY PILING UP Excess Over 6 Per Cent Limit $1,194,830. CUTS SO FAR ONLY $41,527 Requests for Grants Aggre gating $881,430 Canvassed. NECESSITIES CARED FOR Appropriations Where Ileal Savings Can Be- Effected Put Off Until Last and Committee Expects to Keep Within Bounds. WHAT TUB OREGOX LEGISLA TE RE HAS ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE WITH EXACTLY ONE-THIRD OK THE FORTY-DAY SKSIO. COMPLETED. Four measures have passed both houses and been enacted Into law, subject to approval by the Governor. Two of these measures already have been signed by tjie Gov ernor. Sixteen other bills, huve been passed by the Senate and are awaiting action by the House. Twenty-two more bills have V. . . . . 4 4 pRBsea oy me rtouse, ana a are awaiting action by the Sen- 4 ate. J Twelve bills In the two houses have been killed by the parlla- 4 mentary procedure of indefinite postponement. 4 A total of 234 bills has been Introduced so far in the two t houses of the Legislature, Of I these bills. 176 have been intro 4 duced in .the House and 119 in the Senate. 4 This Is Just ten bills fewer than had been Introduced In both houses at the end of the second I week of the lilt session. In one Important respect, bow I ever, the situation differs mate 4 rlaliy from that at the same time In 1915. vlsr Only two or : t three of the bills so far Intro S duced in the present Legislature J can be classed as important con- 4 t atructive measures. SALEM, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.) The State Legislature, which at its opening day had J715.3S2.09 staring it in the face to cut out of the budget if it keeps within the 6 per cent limitation amend ment, finds Itself at the close of the second week facing the sum of $1,194. S30.15 which it must lop off it it keeps barely even with the requirements of that act. During the two weeks bills contain ing appropriations aggregating 1424, 787.50 have been introduced. In addition the budget of the State Fish and Game Commission came in, asking 889,600 more, and miscellaneous claims amount ing to 86588.06 have been filed, making -a grand total of 8520.975.56 which has been asked of the Legislature In various ' ways since it convened. , But In going over the budget the Joint ways and . means committee has lopped off $41 527.50 from the requests which so far have been examined. Ecc lorny Not Apparent. This amount. $41,527.50. was cut from a total estimate of $881,430.50. If that percentage of reduction were to be kept up by the ways and means com mittee, with the additional appropria tions that are coming in, the commit tee wten it ended Its labors would be $800,000 or $900,000 above the amount i Concluded on Page 10, Column 1.)