The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 04, 1917, Section One, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text9 THE STJyDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAXD, FEBRUARY 4, 1917. GERMAN "SPIES 'IRE WATCHED CLOSELY Picked Riflemen Are Guarding Government Property in and Near Chicago. 'SHOOT TO KILL IS ORDER JTalser's Espionage In This Country Id Declared Beyond All Ideas of Persons Not in Actual Contact With It. CHICAGOfFeb.3. (Special.) First steps for the protection of.. Govern ment property in the zone around Chicago were taken today, following receipt of orders from Washington by wireless, when sentries were tripled and all visitors barred from the grounds of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Lake Bluff. Picked riflemen of the Illinois Naval Reserves mounted guard on the United States gunboat Isle de Luzon and on the training ship Commodore. Enactment of mobilization orders, which have been in possession of Cap tain E. A. Evers, is expected to as semble 1000 members and ex-members of this organization for duty on American fighting craft. "Shoot to Kill," Is Order. "Shoot to kill," was the order to sentries for attempts at tampering with Government property. The United States secret eervice department in Chicago, reinforced by scores of operatives from Washing ton, today took up with renewed zeal the trail of aliens whose activities in the last two years virtually classed them under the term "spies." The investigation of those who place the interests of foreign lands higher than those of the United States received new vigor. An inkling of a great battle of wits which has been going on for two and a half years in all parts of the United States was revealed. e German Agents Indexed. Activities of German and pro-ally emissaries are almost as great in Chicago as in the East, it is declared, and, while agents for both sides plot and counterplot to each other's con fusion, operatives of the United States Government compose the third party in the vast Sherlockiah conflict. A card index of r well -known Ger man propagandists in Chicago is known to be in the possession of the Secret Service Bureau,' and it forms the web of a net in which the Gov ernment intends to trap instigators of attempts to destroy Government property and munition plants. Many Operatives Known. Incriminating information has been obtained against a number of the propagandists by the secret service men who attended meetings of cer tain German organizations in Chi cago during the last two years. Among the men who are under ob servation of agents of the United States Secret Service at the present time are: Ex-officers of the German and Austrian armies. Reservists who attempted to rejoin their commands in the old country at the outbreak of the world struggle. . Orators who have attacked Presi dent Wilson on all occasions and con sistently upheld the stand of the Kaiser's government regardless of ' the best interest of the United States. Many Spies Trailed. Zealous pleaders of the cause of Germany among the Polish and Bo--hemian peoples of Chicago. Operatives of the William 'J. Burns detective agency, which has been looking after the interests of allies in this country, report that they trail no less than 50 of the Kaiser's agents in the Middle West each week. The operations of these men are reported weekly to the United States Govern ment. "One has no idea of the vast sys tem of espionage operated by Ger many until one comes actively in contact with it," said one of these secret service men. 144,200 bushels of wheat from this port. The Housatonic sailed from Galves ton January 6 and from Newport News January. 16 Sot London. The Housatonic was formerly the Ham-. burg-American line steamer Georgia, and American registry was granted to her in April, 1915. Prior to that time she had been laid up at New Orleans since the beginning of the war. , ' It was then announced that the vessel had been bought March 29 for $85,000 by the Housatonic Steamship Company, of which Edward F. Geer, of New Orleans, was president. Among the list of officers and crew of the Housatonic is K. . C. Roper, Oregon, second assistant engineer, and William Johnson, Oregon, second cook. The Housatonic was 3143 tons gross and was built in Glasgow in 1890. She wa3 238 feet long, 40 feet wide and 20 feet deep. The Scilly Islands, off which the American craft was sunk, lie off the southwest coast of England, County of Cornwall. They consist of about 140 islets and rocks, of the former of which only five are inhabitable. The aggregate area is about 55,800 acres. The islands form a compact group about 30 miles in circumference. The SHIPPING DELAYED OUT OF HEW YORK Reports Circulated That U. S. Warship May Convoy Liner in Atlantic. 12 AMERICAN SHIPS OUT Piers . Under Heavy Guard at Hoboken Several Vessels Are Scheduled to Ball for War Zone Today or- Tomorrow. NEW YORK. Feb. 8. An Indication of the tension felt In shipping' circles hero was shown tonight by the an nouncement that the American line steamship St. Louis, which had obtained clearance papers to sail tomorrow for Liverpool, would not leave before noon MAP SHOWING WHERE GERMAN SUBMARINE SANK AMERICAN STEAMER YESTERDAY. SCILLY ISLANDS MARK APPROXIMATE LOCATION WHERE BOCSATON- IC WENT DOWN. AMERICAN SHIP IS SUNK Contlnned From First Page.) standings of international law" he would again go before Congress for authority to "use any means that may be necessary for the protection of our 6eamen and our people." GALVESTON, Tex, Feb. 3. At the offices of the Texas Transport & Terminal . Company, agents for the Housatonic, it was announced that there were approximately 25 Amen cans in the crew and 12 of other na tionalities. - The steamer Housatonic carried EVERYBODY NEEDS PURE, RICH BLOOD Pure blood enables the stomach, liver and other digestive organs to" do their work properly. Without It they are sluggish, there Is lo sometimes falntr-ess, a all the symptonu of dydpepaia. of appetite. hd. In general. by every organ Pure blood is required of the body for the proaer performance of its functions. Hood's SaraapacJlla mikes pure blood. and this la why it la mo successful In the treatment of so many diseases and ailments. It acts directly on the blood, ridding ' It of scrofulous and " other humors. It Is a peculiar combination of blood-purifying, nerve-toning-, strength giving substances. Get It today. climate is mild and the soil in part is fertile, producing good barley, rye, oats and potatoes. Hugh Town, on St. Mary's Island, is the capital. On Tresco Isle are fine sub-tropical gardens. An extensive industry of the is landers, who carry on an important fishing trade, is the cultivation, of the narcissus. The islands generally are consid ered to be the Cassiterides or tin islands of th3 ancients, though they contain no tin. The population is about 3000. THREE MOKE NEUTRALS SUXK French Passenger Ship Sits Mine - and Goes Down. LONDON. Feb. 3. Ten members of the crew of the British steamer Esson- ite, previously reported sunk, were drowned, Lloyds' Shipping Agency an nounced today. The captain and two men of the crew have been landed. The Dutch steamer Gamma. 2198 tons gross, is reported sunk. MADRID, via London. Feb. 8. The Spanish steamer Butron and the Greek steamship Elekon have been torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-67. Two Spaniards were drowfled In the sinking of the Butron. The rest of the crews of both vessels were landed. NEW YORK., Feb. 3. The Quebec a passenger ship which piled between France and the West Indies, has been sunk after striking a mine, the French Line, owners of the vessel, announced here today. SHIP CHARTERED BT BRITISH Previous Trip Made for Belgian Re lief ( Commission. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. The steamshlo Housatonic, sunk by a German subma rine, was under charter to Brown, Jenklnson & Co, of London, it was as serted tonight by Edward F. Greer, president, of the Housatonlo Steamship Company. On her last trip to Europe, which was in August, she carried a cargo of sup plies to Rotterdam for the Belgian Re lief Commission. REPRISAL CAMPS CLOSED Germans End Retaliation Against French Prisoners. PARIS, Feb. 8. The Foreign Offloe has' been advised by the Spanish Am bassador at Berlin that the German government has broken uo reprisal camps at S. Halle, Cuestrln and Beekaw. A number of French officers had been Interned' In these camps in retaliation for alleged 111 treatment given German officers held prisoner in France. Monday at the earliest. The following statement was issued by the company: "The officials of the American line are in consultation with the Depart ment of State at Washington and have decided not to sail the St. Louis before 12 o'clock noon Monday, February 6." The American line steamship St. Paul, which left Liverpool last Satur day and ordinarily would be duo here tomorrow, may be delayed. It was said tonight, by the heavy northwest gales of the last three days. No wireless messages have been received from her. Report of Convoy In Air. Reports that the St. Louis would be convoyed by & warship of the United States or of the entente powers could not be confirmed. Late maritime records show that there now are at sea near the newly defined war zone, or upon the trans Atlantic sea landes, 12 American steam' ships, not counting the liner Philadel phia, which may be safe at Liverpool. These ships are: Almanacs, Baltimore, January 26. for 'taverpooL. : Alaskan. Boston. January 28. for St. xsazaire. Bantu. Baltimore, January 28, for Liverpool. Dochra, New York, February 2. for Genoa. Finland. New York. Januarv 25. for LLiverpooL ieajaton, Fnuaaelphla, January 26. for Rotterdam. Onega, New York, January 20, for Rotterdam. Vacuum. New York, January 20, for London. Wllmore, Baltimore, January 26. for Marseilles. s Macona, New York. January 23, for Havre. Muskogee. Philadelphia, January 31, for Savona. Sun, Philadelphia, February X. for London. Piers Under Guard. At the piers of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American lines in Hoboken additional guards were placed. Besides the St. Louis and the Adriatic vessels which clear today at the Custom-House for early sailing were the British steamship Cavour. for Man chester; the Rochambeau, French, for Bordeaux; Hellig Olav. Danish, for Copenhagen, anal the TexeL Dutch, for Rotterdam. Passengers booked for the Hellig Olav and also for the Holland-American liner Noordam, scheduled to sail Monday, were informed that they would have 24 hours' notice of the ves sels' leaving port. The French line steamer Rochambeau will leave port tomorrow afternoon un less orders to the contrary are received. Between 70 and 80 cabin passengers, of whom 14 are Americans, have engaged passage. N. A. Galanos, agent here of the Na tional steam Navigation Company of Greece, announced today that the re strictions which have delayed Greek shipping have been removed. The Themistocles was anchored in the bay for more thanthree weeks after clear? ing for Piraeus. She has now called with a large cargo but no passengers. BERNSTORFF TWELFTH DIPLOMAT TO BE RECALLED FROM - WASHINGTON. In eleven other instances the United States has caused the recall of the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations. They follow: 179! Citizen Genet, sent by France, recalled at request of Presl Ident Washington Tor attempting to commission American privateers to prey on British commerce and for making inflammatory speeches. 1805 Marquis of Casa Yrujo, Spanish Minister, received passports for atempting to bribe a Philadelphia editor to favor Spain in a con troversy with the United States. 1809 F. J. Jackson. British Minister, recalled for circularizing British Consuls and accusing America of bad faith. 1849 M. Poussin, French Minister, recalled for Insolence to Amer ican Secretary of State. 1855 British Minister Crampton recalled and exequators of three British Consuls canceled for enlisting soldiers for Crimean War. 1888 Passports handed to Lord Sackville-West, who advised Amer icans of British birth to vote for Grover Cleveland for President. 1898 Spanish Minister Dupuy de Lome dismissed for writing disre spectfully of .President McKlnley. . 1909 Passports handed to Charge d'Affalres Rodrlquez. of Nica ragua, as a protest against murder of- tw0 Americans in Nicaragua 1914 Turkish Ambassador Rustem Bey, after criticising the United States, left on "leave of absence." 1915 Austrian Ambassador Constantino Theodore Dumba recalled at request of President Wilson for attempts to cripple American In dustries. . 1915 Germany, at request of the United States, recalled Captain Boy-Ed and Captain von Papen, naval and military attaches of the German Embassy, for impropert activities In military and naval affairs. I I hf Edwards9 Rush-Order VW j V Glose-Out Sample Sale V 1 Edwards9 Rush-Order Glose-Out Sample Sale January 31, 1917. Notice to Sales Department In anticipation of advancing prices we made extra heavy purchases this year. Heavy shipments will commence to arrive in the next 10 days. One carload of new steel beds is already here. Our 1917 stock will be more com plete, more extensive and more elaborate than any previous collection of furni ture. Close out all Fall samples, as well as discontinued lines. Instruct the t Gm o Credit Department to give special terms, and have the Fall samples of new Q)rU lAoct-Lt goods ready for display as soon after arrival as possible. Regular $15 Kin sley -Rome Brass Beds, tarnish proof, now $11.95 Other Big Spe cials in Sample Beds Ledl0. $24.35 29.60 Sample Brass J jgQg 9 $33.00 Sample BrassftlQEn 142.50 Sample Braas tQ7 TC Beds.-. 9IOi3U Beds. - 9fifJ Terms 954 Week. Specials of Interest in Sam ple Dressers and Chiffoniers The following Items are Just a few se lected at random from our Dresser and Chiffonier Department. These are samples, only one of a kind remain. 115.00 White Enamel Dresser I I nfl priced at. v I I iwll $15.00 White Enamel Chiffonier I I Qfl (match), priced at. $1 l3U 917.50 Solid Oak Dmiarf 14 QC priced at V I iiOJ 119.00 Solid Oak DressereilIC priced at . lrir3 $20.00 Circassian Walnut Ml 7 c Princess Dresser w I Ti I 3 $32.00 Blrdseye Maple Chlf-V I C QC fonier priced at OlUiCjJ (35.00 Circassian Walnut Chlf-OI 7C fonier priced at Vt 1 1 1 Q $35.00 Circassian Walnut (0 I 7E Dresser, priced at. Wlil3 $45.00 Mahogany Chiffonier COO fifl priced at 9uUiUU $50.00 Mahogany Dresser f 07 CH (match), priced at. ,.401 i3U Terms -854 a Week- C Sample Stoves to Go -v Our sample line of Stoves and Ranges Is Included In the sale. Onl one or two of a kind re main of those listed below, and they are exceptional bargains. $35 Fame Range $28.75 This Is a wood and coal range with a 14xl8-inch oven, asbestos lined throughout, duplex, grate pouch coal feed, cabinet case, nickel t r 1 m m Inge. 7jj Six-Hole' Fame Sample Range, with leg base. 14xl8-inch oven, white enamel splasher, back and oven doors, polished steel top and sliding damper. fQC nfl special now...... OOOiUU $35.00 F o u r - Hole - Stse Fame Range, 14xl8-lnch oven, white enamel splasher back and oven doors, polished steel top" and sliding damper, ipe-tlfl 7C clal now QAOil J L Paso "Queen" Steel 40 Cfl Range, sample TiUU Li Paso "King" Steel C nfl Range, sample iJ'raiUU Terms SI a Week. SPECIAL $75 Overstuffed Daven- QJO K() ports, with 3 loose cushions, now. . . . .v Out-of-Town Folks, Your Credit Is Good. Please Write. The fact that you live in the coun try does not bar you from enjoy Ing the credit terms and credit privileges of Edwards'. Mail your order for what you want and it will be promptly shipped. Pay as convenient. If the goods are not satisfactory they may be returned, with carriage charges both ways paid by Edwards. Exchange Department Whether you want te exchange your old furniture for new, er whether yen want to buy or exchanre furniture which has bean made ovar Ilka new, you will be intensely Inter ested in tha opportunity ottered by Edwards' Furniture Department. . Easy Terms- Whether you want to buy $5.00 worth of furniture or $500 worth of furniture, your credit is good at Edwards'. Terms are conveniently arranged so as to fall due at dates suiting your convenience. During sickness in the family you will- find Ed wards considerate, and never oppressive in their collection methods. Tou can buy what you want, when you want, on the following terms: . 0 9 BO Parrhane C5 Cash. On 9 73 Parchauie g 7-50 Cash. Oa 910O Purchase 910.O0 Caafe, Oa 912S Purchase 12.SO Cash, On 91BO Purchase 15. OO Cash. Oa 9200 rarehaaa 92O.OO Cask. Pay 91MO Weekly Pay SI -50 Weekly 92T0O Weekly Pay 93.X3 Weekly Pay S2.SO Weekly Pay 93.OO Weekly RUG SPECIALS 9S7.50 ROOM -SIZI2 RIGS, SPECIAL 819.85 9x12 Seamless Velvets and Brussels, floral. Oriental and conventional design rugs in beautiful colorings. These are unusually good values. DRUMMER'S SAMPLK RIT.S SPKCI A I. 91.98 Among the assortment are "Royal Iran," "Bijrelow." "Ardebll," "Hartford Kerraan," "Acme Pile" and "Bangor Wiltons." In hand some Oriental and conventional designs, in the richest colorings, bile 3x6 feet. Terms 05c a Week. A. GOOD PLACE TO TRADE C It I I l J lift r f awI I HT i V v-r A Nar I 1fifTi00M5TRES S c $4.75 Breakfast Table Special $3.65 This Kitchen Treasure and Break fast Table combined has a flour and bread bin, two drawers and disappearing bread and mixing boards. Top is 43x14 inches. Q CC Special now )MiOa Your New Draperies Tour new draperies should be se lected with discretion and cut and bung by experts.' Edwards' Dra pery Department will interest you. Prices now prevailing are extremely low. Ull CITIZENSHIP RUSH ON Teutons Eager to Avoid Possi ble Detention. FIRST PAPERS NOT ENOUGH United States , Would Regard All Wlio Declare Intention avs Aliens Until Tnelr Naturalization Is Granted bj Courts. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 3. (Special.) With the eventuality of war between Germany and the United States and its concomitant personal embarrassment to subjects of enemy nations In mind, today citizens of Germany and Austria rushed to the office of the clerk of the United States District Court to declare their intention to become citizens of this country. The aliens appeared to be under the Impression that the taking out of first citizenship papers changed their status and entitled them to rank as citizens of the United States in the event of Assistant United States Attorney Orn baun said the applicants for naturali zation were wrong in any assumption that the United States would not con tinue to class them as aliens. "An alien Is legally a citizen of the country in which he was born." said Ornbaun. "until he has received nat uralization papers. The papers are not granted until two years following the filing of a petition." i According to Mr. OrnbauiTs construc- Mm nf t h na tnrftl!n tlnn lawM t h it men who made their applications for citizenship today wiU fee subject ta be lng sent to detention camps or anyi other action the Government might make against citizens of enemy na tions. Clerks were kept busy all the fore noon accepting the applications of the aliens. Many inquiries were made on the telephone as to the method of ac quiring American citizenship. The rush stopped at the noon hour on account of the clerk's office closing for tha Saturday afternoon holiday. BARONESS MUST PAY CASH Jury Gives Award to Chum Who Xiost Money. Gems and Bonds. MENOMINEE. Mich.. Feb. 3. MIsa Frank Gray Shaver, an attorney of Highland Park, Illinois, who sued the Baroness Van Pallandt Van Erde. a former chum, for the recovery of mon ey. Jewelry and bonds, the estimated aggregate value of, .which was $125,000, received an award of $13.514.90 from a Jury in the Circuit Court here last night. Miss Shaver alleged she gave the val uables to the Baroness as the result of an agreement between them to epend the rest of their lives together and that the Baroness used her friendship to mulct Miss Shaver. The Jury decided that the Baroness secured a release without the plaintiff's knowledge of Its exact contents. CHINESE LET CONTRACT American Company to Build 200 MlIe Line in Rlcla District. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Awarfl of a contract for construction of a 200-mile railway in China to the Slems Carey Company, of St. Paul, was announced in a dispatch today from the American legation In Pekin. The line will run from Chowkie-Kow to Slang-Yang, traversing some or the richest agricul tural land of China. The Stems Carey Company already ASSETS $11,000,000.00. . Crookston. Minn.. Aug. 12. 1916. The Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Co., Lincoln, Nebraska. Gentlemen: Herewith ptease find1 re ceipt for the check In satisfaction of my policy No. 4094. I was insured for $1000.00 on August 8. 1896. and you make payment to the dav of all claims presented by the policy. My relations with the company have been exceedingly pleasant, and my only regret is that the amount of my pol icy vat not made larger when It was made. I was Insured for $1000.00 In another company whose reputation for profits are great, but though the policies are almost identical as to premiums, options, and time of payments, yet the other policy in the Eastern company Is not paid at this writ ing, even though It'was written on July 10. r894. Juut a little more than two years before yours was written. Again thanking you for your punctual ity and pleasant dealings. I am Respectfully yours, 440 RICHARD C BAILEY. Twenty Payment Life Policy Matured in the Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Company of Lincoln, Nebraska Name of insured. Richard C Bailey Residence Crookston, Minn. Amount of policy $1,000.00 Total premiums paid Co.. . .$668.00 SETTLEMENT Total cash paid Mr. Bailey $1017.88 And 20 Years Insurance for Noth 1 ing. - , If you are thinking of taking a policy or an agency, write Home Office of the ' Company, Lincoln, Neb Dept. R. Is under contract for 1100 miles of rail way in other provinces, and the Pekin dispatch today said surveying for the new 200-mile project already . had begun. More than 200 public astronomical observatories are in the northern hemi sphere and less than twenty in the southern. HAVE DARK HAIR AND LOOK YOUNG Nobody Can Tell When You Darken Gray, Faded Hair With Sage Tea. Grandmother kept her hair beauti fully darkened, glossy and attractive with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance. this simple mixture was applied with won derful effect. By asking at any drug store for Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound," you will get a large bottle of this old-time recipe. Improved by the addition of other ingredients, all ready to use. for about 50 cents. This simple mixture can be depended upon to re store natural color and beauty to the hair. 4 A well-known downtown druggist says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound now because it darkens so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell it has been applied "it's so easy to use. too. You simply dampen a comb or soft brush and draw it through your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears; after another application or two, it is restored to Its natural color and looks glossy. 6oft and beautiful. This preparation Is a delight ful toilet requisite. It is not intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention .of disease. Adv.