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WHAT TIIK XKWYUAU HOI US Rain tonight , V"The Year in TSaFM 7 outberlr -wlndi; " IV N humidity 92. ber next Sunday. Mi t LVOL. XIII. , NO. 256. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1915. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. JcS?S . -'f : i It II I I r T fx. I VT 1 'Sns : rSi till VV " n 1 A 1- I) OF ictim, Believed to I Be A. C. Cook . of San Francisco, Either Thrownr or Jumped From High" Bridge. TOMAN SUPPOSED TO ' ; BE WIFE COLLAPSES Clothes - and Belongings - In- dicate I Person of Good Station in Life. man. Relieved t9 be A. C Cook, re- fitly - from San .Francisco, jumped tti Bultldal Intent, aocldf-ntally Tell t$s thrown from the Ford strert ' dge. eafly tW mornlnir. The Tnn s dy. which wa found In the bottom the canyon, la frightfully brutned. th legs are broken and the ekuTl Is jbably , fractured with a number of . erations on the forehead. Whether these were caused by ; the . or are - the result of an assault. o slbly by . highwaymen, is a rnys 4 K-ry. The-polipe and the dep f np -a working -on tlie case are inclined ward the suicide -theory. fi Supposed, Wif Collapses. rrom letters round on the man's Hhlng- thfr police , obtained the -ad-aa of Mrs A. (J. Cook, of the San yiuric apartments, of San Franctaco, lieved to be hia wife. A dispatch tb 'ie Journal from tlrat city says fhat ten: Alfa. Cook was notified that a an believed to be her husband was d. here she collapsed. Jhe refused. to say whether her hua siilS' waa in this elty but it was arned.from a friend of the family utt he bad gone to Portland about a ionth eo to engage in the publicity ualness. ' , That the- man is Cook and the San inciaco Woman his wife' Is believed ved 'ty-vthe fact, that among his ongings was found' an envelope beat l r the words 'baby's hair" containine (i'illond TtalrTof a baby. The couple ve one child four years old. ,r 1 Iietter Front Woman Friend. monogrammed letter written from 4 Bon-Accord square, .Aberdeen, Scot fd, by "a woman, w-as also found In v clothes. , ' She iises at number of J rtngtieJWsaAdaijeysMniyto r te; but who she is Is still a matter conjecture. SUe signs only the J . ne "Babe. ; I The body la that ef a man of about Tearg or c ape.- jue. .was 5 : feet 10 ...hes tall, , smooth shaven, welshing proximately 165 pounds, gray. eyes, t medium dark complexion, his face ODY AN OUD UNDER FORD VIADUCT jtihj osen urjmea oy out or aoors buiiiq e.ixiu. xijb luce is mm 'idhis hose la long and slim.. The ir 1 dark,- brown, jund - his general .pearanco leads' attaches of the coro- r'a office to believe that he is a ' tchnaan- by natlonaUty. He was atly attired in a blue' suit, a spft i - ;encluded ok rge Thirteen, Column Four) TO WED THE LOVES, SHE : POISONS SELF, BABES cause Lt E, Rogers of New York Can't Secure Divorce Woman Chooses Death. V t .(l'fted Fm. Leased W I r.) ' lew x s York, . Jan. 1 Officials of banon' hospital say today there la " hope for. the recovery of Mru. Ida ilffln Sogers, who- swallowed nichld- MAN SHE V Je of mercury two dajs ago and then 4 V.'souje of the poison to) her two i chat ana me otner, jonn, aged it last Battoren,, but not the woman's I In the 9 'has been at the hospital I . ,luoge av . since At in. Kogers. ,-was charges ere two days acn. . His lry, r anmerly , Miss Caroline V Gid- ;gt-and JiTter of Professor Glddings of htoarfnff V linlvt-dltv m - ... w ... - , - --".Ti . a mcx vvua S In" Jail, ft Jier brother's' home today .. tiay anajii oi ine exposure or Rogers' .on the fluplicfty. . .- Despite the revela- . . "tt her .husband s action, she Snained loyal to, him., may fay. she. . said, "that I laum ,i wnat ne has done, . notn.ng v.hat -he lj rguiaKe me ' oeueve, that my hus- ; that B uui u gwa man. mobllci biddings denied the dying . .wuciutm ..jia.t sie aaa yis sogers') legal wife.. The mother srers two children declared that Rogers had agreed to . divorce isband. 1 ; : ", rly; had ' fulfilled certain eondl- at.a great aacrilce." aa the dy oman. ''Then Uia wife refused to herwvrd. he- would not-get' a e and wie, coulti 'not inarrv and ImatUe our daling babies. I was hlro, woman entered the. caseio- She was Rogers first wife, from hd he waa divorced, Mrs, Rogers U waa drawn to the dvins- woman ; TVlha tatter's statement of ber suf- igs. ' Ad' br: waa the hosvital - and they con- briefly. r stated today at the: district rne-s office that as there was no ce, for;, the mother of - Roger's ren to recover, it was not worth Chi 1 Clocks Stopped in Phoenix That Dawn Might Wait Xcw Year IiJ K"ot Come Until Broad Daj light and Celebrants Drank Wine Lilce Beer. Phoenix, Ariz Jan. l.--rJlnetcen fif teen did not reach Phoenix until day light, and reports from practically every other town in the state Indi cated a similar tardy arrival. Clocks in the downtown district here were set bacK six hours at sundown yesterday, while hotels, cafes and sa loons saw to it that all 'chronometers were stopped entirely-. The occasion was the coincident arrival of the New Year and the hour -for the state prohi bttion.law. to become effective. Every bar in the city was packed to the walls all night. Professional men and laborers drank - champagne to. gether out of beer glasses. Bartend ers apparently cared little whether the wine Vas paid ' for, because as the white light of dawn appeared it sold lor the usual beer price. The mirrors and decorations of the better-saloons were draped with crepe, but that was the only sign pf sorrow In the city. Glasses bore .bows at white ribbon in honor of the temper ance victory In the recent fight. J hroughout the. night -the streets were packed with celebrants. The crowds were orderly, however, and there were few arrests. Thousands of dollars' worth of liquor was give away at dawn- Kven then saloon-men and wholesale liquor dealers were left with other thou sanas or dollars' worth- or stock on CK their hands. ER S NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS-TO GERMANY FULL OF E Trusts "Marvelous Bravery ; ,of His Army and Navy" to Continue Victories. The War Lineup. France and Belgium Victo- 4 ries claimed by Xlermans against both British and French. Lat- 'ter admit German progress in ; Argonnes but claim progress in rdun region. . Fighting al- e so in Alsace, Champagne coun- try and. on the Meuse. Germany fCalser issues cheering New. Tear's greetinar . to -r subjects.- ..v.Freneb v aviators - ; i rv drer Met sinA himtunl aaai;aTi ae.!SrnaVnie Russia Continued hard fighting between Slavs and Turks in Transcaucasia: lull in Poland during-redispositlon and reinforcement of :troops. Austria ; Situation un- changed. England Battleship Formid- able blown up by. submarine or mine in channel: news received of fresh war activity in South Africa. v iurey ujemai fasna mur- dered ,at, Aerusalem by mu- tinous troops. s ' ; , tUnHed Pre Leased Wlre.t Berlin, by wireless o London. Jan. 1' ''After five long months of heavy, hot "fighting,." said the kaiser today. In a New -Tear's address to Germany, "we enter a New Tear. 4, "Brilliant victories have been gained by us, and great successes Jiebieved. "The German army is almost every where in the 'enemies' territory. Re peated attempts by the enemy to swarm Into German territory with theHr legions have failed everywhere. "Iy ships have covered themselves with glory on every sea.. Their crews have proved, that they not only know how to fight, but how to die like heroes when superior, forces over whelmed them. "Behind the army'and navy stand the entire German people, in unexampled harmony, prepared to sacrifice their hearts' blood for -the sacred domestic hearth we are defending against out rageous Invasion. , "Moeh has come to pass in the old year but our enemits are still kept low. ; "There are always fresh hordes roll ing up against our armies and the armies of sour faithful allies. But numbers have-not frightened us. "Although the times may be ferious and, the task before us heavy, we lobk forward into the future with the firmest confidence. ' -: - "Next, to Gods wise guidanra, I trust ine marvelous Dra very or our army and navy, and! I " know myself to be one with the entire German na" tion. - "Therefore, let us face the New. Tear unflinchingly," looking forward to new deeds and to new t victories for the beloved -fatiierland. Pomona. College Raises $1,000,000 Calif ornia Instltntion Secnrea 9150,000 Start From the BeckefeUer General - Education Bureau. , . Claremont. Cal, Jan. 1. There was general rejoicing today In Claremont, following the announcement that Po mona college has raised (850,000, upon which a gift of $150,000 by the Rocke feller general educational bureau was contingent., The time -permitted ' for the, raising of the larger sum expired at trtid night, but the last dollar was subscribed: "several hours earlier.' -s Ijondon Commuters KiHed in Wreck London, Jan, 1.' Ten - persons " were killed.' and' 50 Injured ' fn a rear end collision at Ilfprd todaV between a Ixndon-bound express train and a lo cal on the Great Eastern railroad. The local .train was watting on a siding when it was struck and the- victims were passengers in. the-rear, car. , Most of them were -commuters. .... t - : i MIS CON FIDENC SMI DIEGO FAIR IS OPENED WITH BLAZE OF LIGHT Thousand Rockets Shot Into Sky. at Midnight When President Touches Electric Button in Washington. FIVE YEARS' WORK PUTS : GROUNDS IN FINE SHAPE Secretary of the Treasury -McAdoo Delivers Principal Address at Opening. Tnlred Trtmn fussed MTIr - San Diego, Cal., Jan. 1. The Tan-ama-Caltfornla exposition, which wa.i been building for five years. Was for mally opened at midnight with elab orate ceremonies. Just t.s the old year passed and the new came in, a thousand rockets wero shot into the fcky from the exposition grounds, and bursting -5000 feet above the tallest tower; illumined the splendid scene bclowt.and 50.000 upturned faces, as If tlie sun shone full ;ipon. them. At this instant, above the dome of the .great music pavilion, there ap peared a monster electric device rep resenting the Panama: canal, its mov ing lights illustrating the mingling of the wate-s of the Atlantic and the Pacific, while all the bells of the city Joined their clangor with .:the shrieks of whistles," the measured booming of a hundred cannon from land batteries and warships and hur rahs from thousands, of throats. . "Wilson Turns on rights. Huge bonfires lit the sides of the seml-clrcle of mountains. 20 miles away, and by the touching of a button In the White House at Wash ington President Wilson set aglow myriad lights along the Prado and above the Alameda and ' the Isthmus of, the exposition. On a platform, ereoted in the Plaza de Panama, on the exttgsjnion grounds. President G. A. Davidson finished r.n !the stroke -of midnight hifc snowh r acceptance of. the keys of the exno- sition. presented to him bv Charles JF. O'Neal, who. had received them from Bertram G. Goodhue, archi tect of the exposition. Former Presi dent D. t. O. Collier had previously briefly outlined the history of the exposition. John d D. j Kni-ot 0 "ti . 10 ra.TK uoimmasioner John F. . .. """- Railroad Brakeman Crushed by Boulder - . Benjamin. Emerson loses Life While Helping to Clear Track on Tillamook -While helping? to clear the main line of the Tillamodrk, railroad of a land slide yesterday near Mayo In the Coast mountains, Benjamin Emerson, a rail road brakeman, . was struck by a boulder that crashed down the moun tain side, and recelvedinjurles which caused his death at the Good Samari tan hospital last night. . His skull was fractured. The- slide was of small proportions and delayed trains only ,a few hours. Emerson ; has been in- the employ of the railroad since October of 1912, ana was 27 years old. His mother, Mrs G. C. Emerson, resides at Cottage Grove, and a brother Is in LakcYiew." i unerai arrangements nave not been made. . BRITISH . SUNK BRITISH BATTLESHIP FORMIDABLE,-SUNK IN THE ' Sl - v A'- J ' ms . I - &S- "I Hill rSHW; , , y. MMytlMaSSi The. Formidable was a battleship of 15,000 tons diplaceiric3jt. She was completed In 1808 at a cost of ntore tlun $5,000,000. Her complement, In peace, was 781 men, while Jn war time Jt probably was' about 1000.' She carried four JJ Inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, eighteen 13 pounders, touir 3 , pounders and four torpedo draught 29 feet. Her speed LUSTY NEW YEAR RUSHES THAT THREATENS Fl JOYFUL POPPING Scenes HofHilaritv Afe Witnftssftd jn Simei and- in ftrill 1 1 o C l; iiu 111. - In rushed the New Tear with such a yowl of joy that.it seemed for a mo ment that the pop-cork sounds would be smothered. Then -the assembled re ception committee said "Here's, ; how" once more, and, started home. J' ' ' , Hardly anyone would have mistaken the occasion of last night's hilarity on the street, In theatre,. In grill and hotel. There were the pranks? of the buffoon, the arch laughter of , the grisette, the happy leer of the warm hearted man about town. It was all fun, and so no one was resentful. !. It was estimated that between 3000 and. 4000 people were massed In the .various grill rooms waiting and watch ing for the new year. On the streets outside were untold thousands, mill ing in cheerful mazes up and down, stopping for a drink of - ciders' pr a sack of peanuts, Shattering and tickling teasing and. flirting. . Celebratlon Begins Early. 5 The celebration began early In the evening. Inbqund cars " brought lots of people direct from their .dlnnervta-1 STICK TIGHTH i:i: v ' BATTLESHIP FORMIDABLE , J. - ' BY SUBMARINE OR MINE ENGLISH CHANNEL; ft I - z r t - f- ' i t' , "-t " tin mf 1 ' y f i,s ,S' v f tubes. iThe ovfr-all length was 430 was 18 knots.- I IN WITH YOWL 1MENTT0 DK01 OF CHAMPAGNE CORKS "v i . - bles, : leaving tHfeijdishes piled up fn the klrclien sink unwashed. Followed them- other ' crowds, and yet others, until, as ithe midnight hour drew, nigh, plenty of exelteknent could be had "by anybody, sufficiently alive to look. At midnight the-steam whistles, were tied down and the bells were agitated all fover the t city. - People in remote suburbs who .had no intention of pay ing any attention to the New Tear, woke tip peevishly in spite of them selves, turned over and said "drat the new year." For half an hour this noise of greater magnitude wfen-t on and then the funmakers began think ing 'of getting back home. Some Zioat Steering Oear. ' r Some had .difficulty in steering in thev right, direction. -Others, "Who as sumed greater steadiness of head. loud ly exhorted their comrades nH to act foolish. Perfectly sedate looking ma trons -who would never have been ac cused of such a thing, wore higher colorand added eye , sparkles as they (Concluded on Pig FlTe. Colnma roar) ENGLISH CHANNEL TODAY feet, beam 75 feet, maximum 1 , PASADENA SENDS ITS NEW YEAR GREETINGS THROUGH ROSARIANS Cordial . Welcome to . Rose isionists From! Oregon, By Marshall jX. Dana. Pasadena, Cal., Jan 1;. "Happy ew Tear." The he4rty greeting the rtosarians of Portland received from Pasadena a.ni Rose tournament t,iijii i ueirTTteta in a DMinant way here today, they asked to have passed iu ineir rrienos or Portland, through the medium of the telegraph wire and me columns or The Journal. Dm.,.1i.. . . "ufuy wtraig nave . no warmer iiuBpiiatiiy man we desire to extend (Concluded on Page Ktfar. Column Two) WAR SUMMARY BY J. W. it MASON! Former European Manager - for the United! Press. , New Tork, ,Jan. t Jtcports from Calrp that DJenial Pasha was mur dered at Jerusalem pn Christmas day by insubordinate; troops suggest that Turkey's campaign against Egypt Is in an unsatisfactory state.- , " utner - lnaicanons I bear . out this guess so strongly that ; it begins to seem possible that the Ottoman gov eminent will attempt no serious Egyp tian offensive, i ! Djcmal Pasha apparently was oh his way to . the Egyptian frontier with re- lnforcements when Wis men mutinied on account of their miserable con dition. j That troops' so wretchedly equipped unouia nave nee.n sent to relieve the Turkish situation on! the Sinai penln aula is significant. Plainly It means have agreed to consider the Egyptian campaign secondary to operations against Jiussia In the Caucasus. Thei pick of the army Is not going iwumwara to ii.gypt. :nor is money be ing spent lip an endfavor to re-establish the sultan's lost' sovereignty along the Nile. I ' . Otherwise the Incident at Jerusalem would not have happened. ; r ': It Is wholly, to the-German's Inter est to persuade the Turk" a devote most of their attention fa. the Rus sians. Primarily they -want to use the Mohammedans to harry the Slavs. It . Is far mor to the Turia" Interest. however, to- seise Egypt than to con centrate on warfare :4n the' mountains of the Caucasus. L .. l ,- Undoubtedly there has Wn imirh disserision at Constantinople concern ing th relative merits off these two campaigns. tut the .Merman appear to have had their wayj establishing the fact that the Ottonion forces' prime object must be the Caucasus and not Egypt.-. - , ;f All this demonstrates that German influence at Constantinople has be come dominant even over the Influence of the Turks themselves. - This situation probably I Is ' uniaue in Mohammedan history. ; It Is attributable mainly to the hold whic'h German Ideals gained over En-' ver Pasha, thef sultan's war minister and Turkey? .-strong man" now in personal charge of j Ottoman opera tion against, the' Russians, when, at an ; impressionable age, be' served a his ' country's .... military ' attache In Berlin. - j , The Germans are l.now- reaping - the benefit of this. . iha nee occurrence. which is proving oi suh historic im portance HUNDREDS Fifteen-Thousand Ton Vessel Costing English of Crew BATTLESHIPS LOSS ADMITTED BY BRITISH (United Press London, Jan. 1. The British in t lie Lnglisn channel today. 'J he announcement was made Uatrmriit 'said . r "The battleship Formidable mormnp. . i .. . . " It is uncertain whether it bv a submarine. ''Seventy-one survivors were picked up by a 4ri ,M '': Hght ' cruiser, and it is possible that others were saved who have not yet been reported." j : f - The Fofmidable'4 normal complenu'iit was "80 officers and sanors, Dili prouaDiy' naa iuun r lhe ship, which was one of J I Mle craft, had been doing coastguard duty and aidiigg int!re . nighting along the Belgian coast. " . I Despite the admiraltyseyprcs$ion of uncertainty, it was the general bcjicXthat--trre'work of destruction was done by' sub marines; t . : '' " j '(i . :;,;' In officiaF circles! it was said the loss of the ship .Was not a matter of great importancc,"since it was old and somdwhat out of date, but it was admitted that tie death of the trained -officer and seamen who manned it was a serious blow. --: :".- What other warships ac'compariied the Formidable at the time of the disaster was not known. CARRANZISTAS START TG1ERIS The Constitutionalists Predict they Will Reoccupy Mex ico City in Six: Weeks.. (United rreoi Tsm4 Wire.) Washington, Jan. 1. Advices' 're ceived today from Vera Crux by the Mexican constitutional : agency here said Carranxista troops began a march on McxK'o City today from the east and south . ' Generals Obregon. Alva rado and Coos were In cormand Of the Carranzlstas. It was predicted by the constitutionalists her ihat Carransa would reoccupy the capital Within six weeks. a A decisive battle also wan In prog ress at or near .Monterey today, ac cording to i state department advices. American consuls reported that Gen eral Villa was in control of Monterey, but Carranxlstas asserted that-General Villareal held that city, and that the constitutionalists were engaged in battle with Vlllistas near there. Later dispatches received at ' the state department Indicated that the meeUng of: peace convention delegates called for today by Provisional Presi dent Gutierrez may be postponed In definitely. ; ' Reports" continue v that widespread famine-and desolation prevail In the rural districts of Mexico. Th plight of peons and Indians in certain . sec tions was Said to . be serious. General Hugh U Scott, chief of staff of 'the - United States arnty, was ex pected to return to M ashington "from Nao, Arlx., next week. The cablegram received at constitu tionalist headquarters here said. Car ranxlstas were investing Puebla and that its fall was; expected hourly. It was said, the battle In which Caran- clstas won control of this .territory was one of the bloodiest of the war, and that after the fight the- battle field was "piled high" with the dead. amid the wrecks of automobiles and field pieces, and that the wounded and dying were scattered evry where.. The message also Said that Vera Crux was also depleted of soldiers .because of the Carranzista advance on the capi tal. Carranzlstaa. marching on Mexico City from the west, were said to have reached Aplzabo. ' .,. . Fatal Brewery Fire : In San Francisco Wight Watchman Believed to Have Perished and Tony : r Iranian ' Ara Badly Xnared In $50,000 Bias. San Francisco, Jan. 1. It was feared today that one man ..had perished, four were badly Injured and $60,000 damage was done by a fire which started 'at S;16"a."m. in the North Star brewery here and was not extinguished until six hours later. , . ., , . ' The death. If one occurred, was that of the, night watchman at the brew ery, whose; name could not be learned. He could not be found after the fire. and ii -search of the ruins rwas being maae ror nis nooy. . . .. : The injured were .Firemen Fraeler. Harris, O'Connor . and -Barnett, - Who were rplunged- by . the collapse of a stairwky Into "a mass, of biasing tim bers. All were badly burned., and t'razJer suffered : also a' broken 1 arm and patnfujl. bruises and lacer Mona, MARCH CAPITAL ' ' : Jfc 1 - i ''.:';' i ' r . , . ! , ' I ' THE IN LOST $5,000,000 Lost in Channel With Most of 1000 Men. Leased M ire.) battleship 'Formidable Ivas sunk officially jby the amiraltv"hc . . .' "nC: V f i was sunk in , the 'channel t ' $ . a t struck a nunc on AVas ' - orpedoed 1 onmtwnj jouay. (ireat I'ritam's older 18 knot bat- CABLE GREETINGS TO a 1 - Korriilor Mow Vifl Recep- r ' a t "vfeuim siivrr i ceil i tion at White Hoi ;e ADan- ! doned, . J . (HDltDd Preni t4 Wtt.) Washington. Jan. l.Prtdnt Wil son aroae at a a. m. today threw on a bathrobe and pattered to-the office of ; Chief Usher Isaac Hoovek where be touched a telegraph key hch set th Panama-California exposition at Ban piego In motion on th stroke of mld- hlght, racifie time. Then I he pattered back to his room and agf In went t EUROPEAN MQN RCHS THEl'E ffllDAY bed.. The1 sa me telegraph key was touched by President Taft when he ; opene.l the Alaska-Yukont Pacific . position In Seattle. , . The prealdent spent most of the morning playing golf,' bin t returned to the White House at noi)n and dljned with his. daughters. Miss Margaret .. Wilson and Mrs. F. B. jSayres, and Miss Helen Bones, a niece. He spent the afternoon In his automobile. Felicitations were received by the president today ' from the kings of England. Belgium, Sweden and Norway.- - "It affords me sincere pleasure."' cabled King .George of England, "to cenvey to you at the commencement of the new year, my hearty) good wishes. zor your personal weiraire and the prosperity of th United. States, tn , which we are united-by) such close tics of friendship and Intlmary." Klng, Albert of Belglumj cabled: "At the occasion of the) new year, 1. send - my rslnt-erit klndhrsa and the ' wishes I form for the welfare of the great" American , nation,! whose gen- eronlty $.i Belgium la of s much help in this time of distress and sorrow.? k . There was no reception i it the Vhite !Hoase today because Of . the recent, death of Mrs. Wilson.- . ' , f r ; Chesterton Very ' Ixtndon, Jan. K III. . rUheslertoe, . the writer, Is very 111. 4- 1915 SERVICE FOR 1915 CUSTOMERS'; Prompt deliveries always pfceaae your i, customers. Intprovereents along' thoee lines are certain to In crease your business.' If yoai are con f rented by the problem of serv ice. Investigate what tiie delivery car will; do for you. ' I Every day used touring cars are i rebuilt for. delivery cars, and are used by progressive merrhaats tio blld and' broaden their business.; i . . ... ' Success in business dlpaids more and more on . service. I ulck Ue livery, mad possible fy , . auto , mobiles, la a kind -of sfrylce whicli your customers apprecUge. Th automobile coluaTn of The Sunday Journal Want LAds Is the. .best Oregon market for? used auto mobiles.. Read this col mn Sunday and see If you cannot; i find offers which meet your j necalis and your pocaeiDOOK. : r . .... ;J3lve nilkeustomer ; aenlce. un noi lag -pemna a , century. A 1
