The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 13, 1918, Section One, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTITE SUXDAT OREGOMAX. PORTLAND. JANUARY 13, 1918. SIX CENT FARE HOT SLATED FOR DELAY City Attorney Files Request for Suspension of Order of Pub lie Service Commission. ACTION IS NOT LIKELY Commissioner Corey Announces Pos- ltlvrly He Is Opposed to Any boa pension and Stands on Rights Vntil Courts Overrule. SALEM. Or.. Jan. . (.Special.) Al though City Attorney LaKoche today vcriogallr Med with the Public Serv- lr Commission resolutions asklnt that to -cent far order as to the Tort land Railway. Llht Poer Com pany b suspended until uch time ai th courts hv had a chanr to act. It Is now practically an aiaurrd thin that 'ich request will not De a-rsmea CommlMlontr Corey returned from Seattle today, where he has been at tending a he art PS. and announced posi tively that he l absolutely opposed to susDendlntr the operation or tn oraer. Chairman Miller recently expressed the a me Tlew. and with a majority of the Commliiion aliened asalnst the pro posal the resolution eeem to hare little chance of betnx heeded. Commissioner BucV.el is not her and what hla attl tude Is In the matter la not known. Mr. Corey .ttelr Opposed. -I am absolutely opposed to sus aendtna llie order." was the statement of Commissioner Corey today. "We found the company In dire need, and we Issued an order to become effective January IS. and as far aa I am con rerned that la when It will become ef fective. I am satisfied that the Com mission has Jurisdiction In the prem ises, and it will assume such Jurlsdtc tion until such time aa the courts pass upon the question. If It Is found we hit. not Jurisdiction, well and good, but until that time I am In favor of the order becoming: effective at the time originally determined upon. Commissioner Corey suggested as counter proposition that the same pro cedure aa that followed a few years ago tn the Mllwaukle rale cases might Invoked. In those cases, pending final decision, the Increased farea were charged, but with each fare the con ductor handed out a refund slip, which would entitle the passenger to the re turn of the excess fare In event the rdcr waa found to be Invalid. Rebate "Up Might It Issse. "Some such a proceeding might be followed la the Portland Railway. Light t Power Company matter. It It was deemed expedient, stated Commissioner Corey. I am not prepared to say that I would make a recommendation along those line, but suggest that such a pUn might offset the proposal to sus pend the operation of the order. In event It was then found that this com mission has no authority to Issue the C-cent fare order and make It effective, passengers could turn tn their refund slips and secure their extra pennies back." Th document filed by City Attorney I-aRoon this morning contains the resolutions passed, hitherto published, and declare the Intention of th city to appeal the order to the Circuit and Supreme Conrta of the state. -While said cause ahall be pending." says the document. "It Is expedient. If possible, to save th public the Incon venience and coat of Increased fares for transportation within the city of Portland over the line of the Portland Railway, IJaht Power Company." SUICIDE SLAYER'S REFUGE i'VTit-',i 1 fvm flrt, Pays ta from a supply company yesterday, according to official, and borrowed two mora today. Army efficuda tonight declined to ay whether any of the money which the robber is supposed to hare ob tained was found in Captain Whiler room. The suicide of iTaptain Whisler was the climax of a day of Investigation by th Army authorities, who were confident as the day progressed that the maracrer had not left the reser vation. Their most definite information was furnished by Woi-nalL . Womall. who recovered conscious- WELL, the grand opera sea son is over and well bare to go back to the canned variety regale ourselves with Caruso. Schumann Heinle, Patti, Tetrazxini. et al, via th elec tric needle and music box. Portlanders are great lovers of music. Operatic concerts prove this most forcibily. So does that great human interest department of Jhe Oregonian, the Want Ad Section. Musical instruments dont go begging long for a bom when their owners engage Mr. Want Ad as salesman. Mrs. Sig Lip man, of 673 Johnson street, dis covered this when she adver tised, via an Oregonian Want Ad. her Kranich At Bach upright mahogany piano. So did 'A. C Camack. 310 East Fifty-seventh street, when he disponed of his Victrola. and L W Elkins, 497 Forty-second street South, when be sold his Victor phonograph on th second calL In fact, so successful was their plunge into musical instru ment salesmanship that they all must have harbored a wish that, they had more to sell. It was "dead easy." Thousands of others have en joyed other salesmanship expe riences just as certain, just aa quick, and just as cheap. The) Want Ad Department wins new followers every day, peopl who would as soon think of over looking th latest Russian de velopments as .an after-breakfast perusal of "Today's News and Bargains" as published via Mr. Want Ad. It' a thrift habit worth forming. ness this morning, told the authorities that the murderer was ?rt Army Cap tain, whose face he recognised and who. he said, was a close "friend of C Fuller Winters, of Kansas City, head of th Army bank, one of the men killed. Ftager-Prtat Order Issse. As a result of VComall's statement a general check of Army officers was begun. This afternoon the order that all Captains should report and have their finger prints taken was Issued. Although It wss practically certain that he would b accused. Captain Whlrler kept hi nerve and displayed a bold front, according to the men who were associated with him. lie attended regimental school at i o'clock this morning as usual, although classmates recalled tonight that he ap peared rather nervous. At noon, when the order came for all officer to record their finger prints. Captain Whlsler went with th rest and submitted to the test. It Is denied that Whlsler wa In great need of money, at least so far as his most Intimate associates were aware. Wornall, in describing the murders. said a man cam to the door of the bank about l:J0 o'clock last night nad rapped insistently. Me waa admitted, and. covering the five men with bis re volver, forced WomalU to tie the handa of the four men, after which ha tlJ Wornall's bands. Th man then looted th bank safe, and had reached th door when Winters said to Wornall: Tou recognise blm, don't you? Victim Fall Oa by Oae, Wornall answered that he did. The murderer turned to Wlnter and said: "Tou know me. do you?" "1 sure do, you black scoundrel, was Winter' reply. Wornall said at this point the man hesitated and then suddenly leaped at them, swinging his hand ax. He struck the men down, one by one. Wornall was the last struck. When he recovered consciousness he managed to untie hi hands and made his way into the open air. where h was dis covered by a sentry. The story of the crime as revesled In fragmentary accounts by Wornall throughout the day and tonlgTit Indi cated that Whlsler was tempted by the large amounts he believed were In the Army Hank. According to Wornall's story. Cap- in Whlsler approach to the lighted bank building, where the men were preparing for the business of an Army payday, wa unnoticed. fits knock brought C. Fuller Winters, vice-presi dent of the National Reserve Bank of Kansas City, in charge of the Army Bank, to the door. Pausing to see that none of the mrp In the room waa armed. Whlsler drew an-automatic pis tol and ordered all hands up. The rob bery and murders then followed. Relatives and friends of Captain Whlsler were unable tonight to advance any theory as to what Impelled him to commit the murders and robbery. C- staler Separated Press Wife. Captain Whlsler's former wife, from whom he was divorced about a year ago, and a aon. Puine, 14 years old, re side In Sallna. Kan. His parents live at Goodland. Kan. Captain Whlsler fought In the Epan- sh-Amerlcan War and later saw con siderable service In the Philippines. Lurlng the Mexican border trouble he attempted to form a regiment In Kan sas and offer It to the Government, but the plan was not carried out. When th war with Germany came he entered he officers' training camp at Fort Riley. Kan., and waa commissioned Captain. He was about 40 years old. Mrs. Whlsler todsy received a letter from her former husband In which he said he was In good health and spirits. Th letter, she thought, waa written I yesterday, although It wa undated. Wsraall Idealities Whlsler. Wornall tonight Identified Captain Whlsler aa the man who committed the murders. It was announced by Army of ficials, who said that his Identification would be taken as conclusive, snd that he rase would be regarded as closed. Wornall's condition continued to Im prove rapidly tonight ana pnysicians xpressed tho belief that he would re cover. Officials of th Army bank, it waa id. completed rherklng tip the money n the bank tonight and made tneir report to the divisional Commander's office. The exact amount of money obtained In the robberx waa not dis closed, however. Some Army officers declared tonight that only a small sum was taken. Their opinion waa that Captain Whlsler was short of funds and planned to take only enough for his Immediate needs. ted ff Meae? Saggeeted. Their theory was borne out by Wor nall's statement that when the man entered the bank he said he waa "short of money and hated to do It. Another fart tending to confirm their theory is hat th body of Winters was found yinsr on top of a larg number ot bank notes, which had been scattered over the floor. In front of the safe. The suicide of Captain Meter waa discovered by brother officer, who heard th two shots and rushed to th room. They round mm lying on toe floor, the Army rifle nearby. Arrangements for tha.f unerala or tne our victims or tn tragedy nao not been arranged tonight. Althodgh the murdered men were civilians. It waa said here tonight that some ceremony by which the camp .night show Its sympathy probably would take place. News that the murder had been cleared up came as a welcome relief to he officer and man at th camp. Since the crime waa discovered last night the camp has been a barred military area surrounded by heavily armed guards, with orders to shoot anyone who might seek to enter or leav the camp without permission. THIRTEEN DIEIN FLAMES Modems at Dwlglit Indian Training School Perish In Dormitory. MLSKOGEE. OkIa Jan. 11. Thir teen Indian boys were burned to death early this morning In a fire which de stroyed the boys' dormitory of the liwlght Indian Training School at Marble City. Okla.. 40 miles southeast of her. The origin of the fire Is un known. Over 100 boys, scantily clad, escaped In th cold. TORONTO. OntT Jan. 12. Thre members of a Grand Trunk tram crew. Conductor Mols and Brakeroen K. HaUman and It- DarnhamT all of H"levllle. OTU-. were burned to death when their caboose caught fire follow ing a rear-end collslon at the Mimlco aid during a blinding - snowstorm todsy. . LOGAN RESIDENT IS DEAD Prtcr Gaddert. Resident of Clacka mas County, III Several Months. OREGON CITY. Or.. Jan. 11 f Spe cial.) Peter Gaddert. a resident of Lotfan. Clackamas County, who baa been III for several months, died at th family horn today at 13:30 o'clock. Th funeral services are to be In charge of the Hohnan undertaking eatabilshment of this city, and will be conducted at Lgan on Monday after noon at Z o'clock, with Interment In the Logan Cemetery. Mr. Gaddert was a native of Russia. He was born August 27. 1337. and has resided IB Clarksmas County for a number of years. He leave a widow. 110 INCONCLUSIVE PEACEW11IJIED-I.R. Overwhelming Victory Neces sary to Make Another War Impossible. PREPAREDNESS IS URGED 'Training Camps Today Are Huge Universities of American Citizen ship and It Will Be Crime If They Are Ever Discontinued.' NEW YORK. Jan. II. America must accept no peace except "the peace of overwhelming victory," Theodore Roosevelt said In an address today at a dinner of the Oh!- Society of New York. "To accept an Inconclusive peace." the former President said, "would mean that the whole war would have to be fought over again by ourselves and our children. Those who demand such peace are net only the enemies of America, but of democracy throughout the world and stand on the level of the Holshevtkl. who have betrayed both Russia and her allies to the militaristic and capitalistic autocracy of the Hoh eniollerns." "Unless both Belgium and France are restored and Indemnified." Colonel Roosevelt said, "Justice 'will not have prevailed. The expediting of war preparations was urged by the speaker, who do clared that to "refuse -to see and to point out" the country' failure In this respect Is "both silly and unpatriotic "To permit them, to go uncorrected." he said, "is to play the German game in the most effective manner possible. It Is no mere accident that has made sll the pro-d'mnn organs in the press clamor against he men who dare to point out our shortcomings: for the pro-Germans know well that the ruth less enemies of this country, whom they serve as far as they dare, desire nothing so much as to see this coun try afraid to acknowledge and make good its shortcomings, and these pro- Hermans rlosk their traitorous aid to Germany under th camouflage of" pre tended zeal to save American officials from Just such criticism." Colonel Roosevelt said America would be wise to make its ultimate aim "such military and Industrial preparedness as shall save us from ever again bring caught In such shape as to be helpless to project ourselves." In this connec tion ho reiterated his advocacy of uni versal mllltarytralnlng. "The trainint- camps of today." he said, "are huge uni versities of American citizenship; and It will be a crime If they are ever dis cos tinued." TRADE PREFERS PEACE WAR NOT STARTED BY BtSIESS MEN, SAYS OTTO H. KAHN. A as ericas Plaaacters Had Nothing ti Gala ssd Everything- Lose by Slots g lata Conflict. CHICAGO. Jan. 12. American finan cler had nothing to gain and every thing to lose by war. according to i statement by Otto IL Kahn. New York banker, which was read tonight at s banquet of the Chicago. Bankers' Club. Mr. Kahn was scheduled to address the bankers, but his train was stalled by the storm. "Promoters of disunion pretend to be lieve that this war wss started by big business men for selfish reasons and for the purpose of gain," said Mr. Kahn'S statement. "This assertion is In flat contradiction to the facts. "Business and business men had everything to gain by keeping the United States at peace. In the two years previous to our entry Into the wsr enormous profits on munitions and supplies were made by American busi ness men. If waa plalis to. everyone that If America entered the war the Government would practically control the munltlona and supply factories as It has done and thst these profits would cease. Business men are bound to be heavy losers through America's entry Into the war." Mr. Kahn's statement found fault with the war tax law, declaring that too many committees attended to its enforcement. He urged a board ot economic strategy, composed of six business men. to deal with financial and economic problems, including the war "UPLIFT" THREAT MADE T. I.T."SIGED TO LETTERS TELL I.0 OF BLOWING-CP PLANS. School Official at Sacrament Tura Over t Police Cosasaaaleatlo.. Praa I'skaswa Plead. SACRAMENTO. Jan. 12. Threats to "ezterr sioirer ermlnate" Will C. Wood, commls- of secondary schools, and to blow up the Colonial apartments and 12 other places bere were contained In two letters turned over to the police today for Investigation. The letter to Commissioner Wood was stgned "Com mittee on Moral Uplift, T. N. T." It said: "Your case will have immediate at tention. A representative has started for Sacramento to look up your hon.T and haunts. Movement is on to ex terminate scoundrels of you class and the plutocratic parasite you serve." Attached to the letter was a clip ping from a newspaper containing a statement by Mr. Wood advocating the teaching of patriotism in the public schools. Th other letter was addressed to Butler and Downs." and stated: "This Is to wsrn you to go. If you don't leav Inside of 24 hours, take whit Is for the one we are after. It Woodstock 6 IN ONE Th ladlnjr Fcaturea of the I-4-adlnc Machines aS harmorioujiy combine. I in on handaomt New Trouble-f re Writing Machine of th First Quality In which you will find your own favoiita featur of your own favorite typewriter, and tha Other btr-. THE WOO08TOCK TYPEWRITER A.r-NCY. ' S04 Oak MreeC added that the "Colonial apartments Is one of the 13 places". to be blown up this yean. The polire tava been unable to de termine who were the "Butler and Downs" to whom tho letter was ad CLASSES 1 NTM NEAR TIE Linn County Tally, Shows Few Reg istrants In Classes 2, 3, 5., ALBANT. Or., Jan. 12. (Special.) Class I and Class IV are about equal In number of draft registrants thus far classified in Linn County. The great majority of the men are in these two divisions. A total of 694 men of draft age In I.lnn County have been classified finally thus far. Of this number 307 are ini Class I. 13 are in Class II, 28 are In Class III. 324 are In Class IV and 22 are in Class V. The local board has passed upon 298 additional question naires which have been sent to the dis trict board at Eugene for final classifi cation. There were more than 1800 regis trants in Linn County, so the local board has passed upon about half of the questionnaires. The board isswork ing every evening on the blanks and puts In parts of the .day as well. SALEM DEBATERS VICTORS Albany Wins One, Loses One, Ore gon City. Loses Two Contests. ALBANY. Or., :Jan 12. (Special) Albany High School defeated Oregon City High School In a debate in this city last night, which was one of the initial contests In the season's debates in me uregon nign scnooi ueDaung League. Albany's other team lost at Palem, however, so Salem High School, which was victorious Oregon City, won the the triangular contest. Albany's afflrmatl gon City's negative cusslon of tho question, "Resolved, that the Monroe Doctrine should not be en forced." Salem's affirmative team met Albany's negative team at Salem and Salem's negative team met Oregon City's affirmative team at Oregon City. COOS DENTISTS LOSE $100 Officers Unable, to Locate Men Re- sponsible for Robberies. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Jan. 12. (Spe cial.) The police of Marshneld and North Bend have found no clew to the persons responsible for the whole sale robbery of dentists' offices in the two cities. Dr. W. A. Toye, H. M. Breckon, R. W. Morrow and Fred Sassman lost gold in various forms amounting to 1100. Dr. Breckon was the heaviest loser, the robbers obtaining 340 worth from hi office. In many cases patrons ot the dentists will be obliged to wait until the doctors can make new crowns and bridges. Nothing was disturbed In any of the offices excepting gold. Several dentists lost "dope" in other robberies. HIGHEST MARK IS REACHED Heavy Rains in Mountains Cause Willamette to Rise Rapidly. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.) The Willamette River at Eugene to night touched the high mark for the Winter, measuring 14.3 feet. The sud den rise from 6.7 feet at 7 o'clock yes terday morning Is unprecedented In the experience of Leo Goetschlus, Federal river and weather observer. Mr. Goetschlus says the flood is the result of unusually heavy rains in the mountains on the east fork of the Wll- Hamette and McKenzle. Roads between Eugene and Spring field and in other districts bordering the W illamette and McKenzle are under water. Albany School Vacancies Filled. ALBANY. Or, Jan. 12. (Special.) To fill vacancies In the list of teach ers In the Albany schools Miss Alice J. Wilhelm. of Portland, and Miss Ruby Moench. of Albany, have been named. Miss Wilhelm will be instructor in mathematics in the high school and Miss Mof-nch will teach the fifth grade in the Msdison school. Miss Wilhelm l.i a graduate of Wellesley College. Miss Moench Is a graduate of Albany High School and of the Monmouth Nor mal School. She has been teaching re cently at Rainier. Or. Governor Surprised by Young: Folks. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.) Governor WIthyeombe wa; the victim of a surprise party today when 200 small children of the Baptist Church, headed by Bruce Evans, evangelist, in vaded his offices, sang some appro priate songs and gave three cheers for the Executive. He spoke to them briefly, declaring that while a large number of delegations had visited him' In that office, this was the most Im portant of them alL Accused Official Acquitted. M AND AN. N. D.. Jan. 12. After less than an hour's deliberation, the jury in the case of Eugene Walla, former cleric in the automobile registry de partment of the Secretary . of State's office, charged with embezzlement of S3400, state funds, brought In a verdict of not guilty in the District Court here today - 12 Exclusive Homes Sold By Us In Irvingtbn Within Past Few Months If you want us to sell your house without too much publicity and the price you will take is reasonable we can sell same. " SEE US AT ONCE . WE HAVE CLIENTS WAITING The Fred A. Jacobs.Co. 104 Fifth St Main 6869 'ediri tmgtuisnecL saiem tiign Bcnooi, i sv sV a. TLxtfr m asv ev'' WW1 is In the debate at I " Ty lie championship of I w A r if s rr-'r team met oJKUTUjltf team here in a dis-1 f tauorecu rf'omite choic est mbiics' 3t'&Poodusiness Morrison fcrtreet at Fourth HUNS WANT OIL FIELDS EFFORTS TO OBTAIN FOOTHOLD IN TAMPICO DISCLOSED. City Engineer of Tucson, Aril, Arrested oa Charge o' Conspiring to Vio late Neutrality Laws, TUCSON. Ariz., Jan. 12. .Efforts of German interests to obtain a foothold in the Tampico oil fields of Mexico were disclosed by the arrest here yesterday of Charles Frederick von Petersdorff. City Engineer of Tucson. Von Peters dorff is charged with conspiracy to violate the neutrality of the United States. He is at liberty on J3000 bond. Von Petersdorff admitted that in January, 1915, he received a letter from Franz Bopp summoning him to San Francisco and enclosing a check for $50. Von Petersdorff went to San Francisco, where, he .aid, Bopp made him a proposition to go to Canada, ostensibly on a mining deal and ad vanced 1100. The German consul at Seattle, a man named Schulenberg, he Bald, gave him $500 and senj him to Vancouver. B. C. Later, according to Von Petersdorff s testimony, he was sent from Seattle to New York. There he met Von Papen and Boy-Ed. He admits he was Bup plied with $1000 by "certain Germans' and sent to. Tampico In an effort to obtain certain oil lands. Petersdorff sailed for the Mexican port, but found the lands were In possession of the rebel, forces and returned to the United States by way of New Orlevns. Timber Will Be Moved. ST. HELENS. Or., Jan. 12. .(Special.) mes A. Brodie, of Portland, who owns a tract of timDer several mues northwest - of St. Helens, is making preparations to log it- The logs will be taken out on auto trucks. A former logging railroad grade will be used for a road. About 20 men will be em ployed on the start and a daily average ' yr? A V J - '4V t- ' a." W &iy x - "3 W , l T .St F - .,..- ' -i i 5 i t x - T of 25,000 feet will be the output. There Is about 10.000.000 feet of timber in the tract. Health of Camp Kearney Men Good. SAN DIEGO. Cal., Jan. 12. Health conditions at Camp Kearney, where the 49th Division, National Guard, is In training, are exceptionally good, with I .; : - ' m 1 f 1 1jr."-rtafrWAl-W -tli-i c i r'-&jrsig.. 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The percentage of sick In camp one week ago was considered low, and the per centage of sick today is decidedly less than a week ago, according to Colonel Murray. E Multiple Spring, Con stant Speed Motor. F Hand-Polished Piano Finish. G Wood Soundboard like Piano and Violin. H Convenient Filing Cabinet. Sons, Portland, Or. T.' C. 'Martin. Poeatello, Idaho Frank It. Pompa, Boise, Idaho T. W. Poole, NnnpB, Idaho Peek ham-Case, Caldwell. Idaho Geo. W. Saylor, - Sherwood. Or. Prank Gaascr. St. Johns, Or. G. M. Richey. La Grande, Or, 91. I.. Vial, Welser, Idaho .