THE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 28, 1915. ROCK ISLAND' HEAD ON STAND ES HE EARNS SALARY DECLAR , j offices In the new Sommer building, (was busy last evening. Is the only Testifies' He Held JobS FrOmithIn lhat prevented Baker s latest n j.' II J li IA l fand modern office building- from be- ' bection Hand up; Works ;ing & mass of rums today. Fir Uarrlor Mnw Them FtPf I starting in the basement was discov IICUUCI UUW I liail LVCh , ered by Dr Horton in time to prevent . . ,, i Its gaining headway. He went from ' his office to accompany a friend to tnft PAYQ 4ifin HOTi A YFAR the elevator. It Is an automatic af JUD rrtlO $DU,UUU H I Cnii fair ftnd when u reached the fourtn 1 : J floor and the door was opened, a vol- jume of smoked rushed Out. President Muflsre Asserts Full Crew'j Without waiting to investigate. Dr. laws Compel Railroads to Carry Horton turned in a fire alrm and the Useless Men on Trains. (R.T the International News Rervtee.) Washington. D. C.f Feb. 27.- II. U. ! Mudge, prewident of the Rock Island ige. present or the Kock island, system, lesuiyiii before the Inter- state commereefommlfsion In Its In- qulry into the finances of the Chicago, Rock Island and Paclfi railway, today ceciarea mat ranroaa oruciais deserve all the remuneration they receive. He resented the reference by Chief Coun sel Folk to lump sums voted officers of the road is gifts and expressed the opinion that the public should have no say as to wnat should be done with the moifey co. looted as fares provided 'patrons got their money's worth for the fare paid. Mr. Mudge was preceded on the stand bv ociicn Mills ;nui James Snrv-1 er of New Vork. .Mill, n director on the nook Island who linhtu n millir.n rtniiaro wnrih nf ti'lr nrti i-t.M-i't:(irita tl, V-i.il1 nf opined thfit tho holding companies con- nectod wltti the P.ock Island are not detrimental to its Interests. Banker la Irritated. largo hlo.kx 'f sfi. k in tho hands of i "on was struck by a shell which land- j wmi-n it is entitled by its com- relative, -aid ho did not have" time to ' ed on the dock and that three men ; '''"""'"f pIos,it'on;. -Many small manu Ro into tho doail.s of tho affairs of i cre killed and five injured. There , buVnenSKlV1CLbe d!T,S the mad. He a.lmittod that possibly i every reason to believe that Is the j house! are operating witnl?eICat?rt2 he had too many irons in the fire. He ! limit of the allies' casualties. . territory that is rldiciilnuilv arnaU Mr. Speer termed as an "Insulting wounded Turkish soldiers having been j manufacturers have complained that . question" the query of Consellor Folk ; taken from the ruined fortifications, i they were not receiving the aSsisU lf Mr. Speyefs firm ever had agreed ! While the larger vessels of the al- a'f.suDch as a strong commercial body to buy ft-ecnrlties from the Kock Is- lied navies were battering ,their way ! j,'15 t?"a nrsjLl( f,ndeJ- S. weak land and later had "declined to keep towards Constantinople a French ; respects that industrial leadeVs have the agreemont. The witness stated squadron of smaller warships cruised , been compelled to try to do alone that his hanking house handled Rook . under what remained of the en- j what a chamber of commerce should Island securities to the extent of $1 70,- entrenched works and completed the ', accomplish. Others have despaired of 400,500 and that the profits therefrom ' rums. Landing parties sent to inves- j ro'Islng any commercial body to ac had been only $1,438,740, or less than ; tigata the results of the bombardment ' pro,,ns to frv? orme? into unofficial one per cent. ; of the four fortB at the entrance to i would ' be fairly eMv for a sTronS Commissioner Clements asked Snever th, ti ,',i v,r nr tl,Jnh,mi ?asy. IOP a Strong If the person hvlio had been induced j .to buy stock of the Rock Island com- , pany or .ew jersey, a noiaing qom- , except commi hoilsrht proved practically worthless. Speyer ' " ' ' said: u.c.cii L...it:n tn uir iiisiuij- ui I country the people have been anxious i to buy almost anything without In ducement." John J- Quinlari, president of the Rock Island company of New Jersey, testified that the purchase of the of $35 000.000 to the Rock Island was 1 f riHcii tx' r 1 1 m riiu 1 1 i rail in o rf- ir inco . mo ivun. jo.u Asked why by Com- 1 nts, he said at . the j A .u k r-,. I missioner Cleme time of the purchase rates were higher and? expenses lower. BeTtnei Cause Zoss. Altered circumstances later reversed this order, resulting in loss. Henry M. Sloan, assistant to the president of the Rock Island Co., said the sale of the Frisco by the Rock Island at a book loss of $35,000,000 was a wise move and that he believed the railroad company was justified in carrying the losS as an asset. He said: "If I have a good rent paying house and a poor one which is a heavy ex pense and it takes half of the Income from the good house to keep the poor one in repair, I gain if I sell the poor, burdensome house at even half what .1 paid for it." This parable represented well the Frisco deal, he declared. Sloan testified he knew of a $5000 campaign contribution by the Rock ; jsianu concerning wmcn f olk ques- l tiofled him. President Mudge, tioned relative to railroad officials remuneration, said: "I have been section hand, boss, sta tion agent, railroad telegraph opera tor, brakeman, conductor, division su- perlntendent, general manager, oper- 1 ating vice president and president, and I believe I come nearer earning my present salary than I did in any other capacity." Salary Is $60,0OO. . He testified he receives $60,000. Ha ' explained that the Rock Island pays ! no hlchor KnlftHen tVi;n nlhcr I of" Its size and declared that salaries : of Rood men are a matter of n,Mti. i tion Good men have been won awav . v wu i,u ''ve won away from the Rock Island, he said, by j orrers of higher salaries and bonuses from other roads and from large in dustrial concerns. , He himself had been offered an in- - freAnerl Rfllorv 11 ri A tQA AAA . 1 . , . . lv.ica ,,! kock island, he declared. Mr. Mudge resented Counsel Folks' reference to lump sums voted officers as gifts, i He said the railroad gave no gifts to I officials and that service were tpi, i ' a .1 . 1 BefYlces ere. u" "cnange r every dollar vfttAd Mo lng. the present operating condition of I the Rock Island, telling the condition f the cars, tracks, buildings and gen-j ral eauinment and cl mine- s trrafh.ai i tmDfovement in th fn r,c 4r,7o. 'Mtr.nrHinarv r,CD x.r . , .u. full crew laws operating in some " j ... v. ,. HQ BOIU tllO States through which the Rock Island ! Aonerated made it n!rv . to carry i ion to the term "induced." The i bi ar1fi Kum KaU truly representative of Portland's as- ssionor aid they certainly had Furthcr up the straits the huge f or- Portland3' , nr? comm?rVe av.nd men on trains and on wltrhi n.:c"uc,:'."ul w "e" P'aced on the stand ines which were not only useless but ! a burden in cost. State and federal aafety appliance acts culled for in- i creased expenses, he said, but added "e rcyrer61" I Asked whether assets of doubtful value should not have been written down in the reports of the financial "condition of the Rock Island, he said, such assets should be so written but added that on the other hand elements 'in- the system which had materially enhanced in value should be revised upward. ruis ustvea aiuage ii ne did not think, the' publie ought to have a say as ' to what was done with the money collected as fares and freight rates and Mudge declared he thought the public should have no say provided value was received for the rate paid. Commissioner Clements at this point said the public had a right to know of the railroad expenditures when the roads of the country are .asking increased rates and pleading , that their revenues are insufficient. Captain Polls Dies at Sea. - New Tork, Febv. 27. Word was re ceived that Captain Albert Polls, one of the directors of the Hamburg American steamship company, had died on board the Vaterland in the At lantic - Baker Building Has Fire Mystery) I Department Responds t Quickly and FlsaiM Arc Extinguished by tJe of Chemicals. Baker, Or., Feb. 27. The fact that 'Pr. IJL J. Horton, a dentist, who; has J lire department successfully extln j guished the Maze with chemicals. It ;.had burned through the first floor, the smoke doing- considerable damage In a millinery store and barber shop on the s:round floor. , h,,a , Q although it started, in a wooden box in front of the furnace, tne names, I blazing up high enough to set fire i lo lne wooawork ot tne jioor aoove. ALLIED FLEETS PUSH WAY UP DARDANELLES (Continued From Page One.) was terrible. The reply"of the Turkish gunners was generally wild and inef- ! fective. This is on a par with the P'y made by the gunners in the J outer forts during which action the i allies wore scarcely touched 1 The admiralty announced tonigh ' that durinsr the attack the Aiamem- j Defenders Buffer Serere Louts, ; On the other hand, a dispatch from Sof ia .states that tfte defenders of the outer torts suffered severely, bOU forts were completely destroyed, while th(, four WHS I)artiv in ruins. Th TSLZe(i forts are Sedd-El-Bahr, the Trcat t, r i mriiiniic nra r t i, i t-r anrt 8tron-eat of t'he entlr 8ch. f i r i-i' . I. j ' I I I M I li iim m u 1 1 1 . t t Riiiiipi'run in 1 a lone- ranirn firA that has nil hut d- Ktroved it t Narrows to be Attacked Next. Bombardment of the Narrows for tifications is expected to begin within ; the next 24 hours. These fortifica ; tions are the verv.backbone of the j - "tJre Plan of the Dardanelles work3. me narrow passage is guarded by 12 : cane Jlelles battery th Orkanleh Ta- "'sam aiong lines mat make it ThB narrow 4 ,,c,rrl.rl l !9wm OG plain to the i , P s guarded by 12 . a the business m r" S tV"0?11 And tl,rea i to turn for he?p all on tha Asiatic. The fortifications were laid dut under the direction of Ger-j Such an organization, united, strong I electrical wiring in dwellings, apart man army engineers and In addition , and virile, will be bigger than any one ment houses, shops and office build- to i.iem meie is a long series or en- , trenchments and earthworks which will have to be taken by landing par ties. Onee through the Narrows the Turk- Ish fleet of 34 vessel rpm.m. to n . , - . unuci liiacil Willi visor. disposed of. This fleet is believed to p.nmilt w.,..... be watting in the Nagara roads. It is haTevrvbw'ruTes. Is said to consist of one dreadnaugnt, , nobody's business applies with pe two battle cruisers, five cruisers, nine culiar force to the divided situation torpedo boat destroyers, 15 torpedo j that has prevailed in Portland. No boats M.nd the two former German i Pne could put his finger on the right cruisers, the Goeben and Breslau buJ;,t0n; to R.et Prompt action. Aeroplanes with which tho alllprl , pastern cities are sending commer vesselsreouied ..edeaK .hrllSpo?. oW. part In the destruction of the forts sibillties. An opportunitv wa nresont. buniuiu till- C11L1 tXUK-lf LO I HO dandles. The airmen made . u,. uu.i.uo nmuc uoserva- made observa """" ,, fi , 7ni -" "arsnips ; Z ri.. ,. , . ques-l,"0 ,llu" were neipiess to protect i c c',v" 1"J"1 uie airsnips, ror tney I were without high angle guns Miners Acquitted Of Murder Charge j ! Seven Men Had Been Accused of Am busblng Three Mln Guards In Colo rado Tragedy. Pueblo, Col., Feb. 27. The first big murder trial growing out of Colorado's industrial war tonight resulted in the acquittal of seven miners charged with . Tv, , - i The jury was out only 45 j j y was out oniy 4s Tho mn .. . , Jh,,o, I IT cllaT,sred Wl,th having flmniiahPil a nnrt V nf t n rack tn I a i s i k t ir . (ua,u, i mo i:m ruaii. i nree guards i were killed as well as the chauffeur , rtrltrltiu- their ra r The state claimed t ,, ;..,V:, ':h"To .t , L-""-""i muroer. ; wnelTaa , , Jense declared the i g uards were killed in a pitched battle, j Attorney II. N. Hawkins, in his Clos- i ine srsrament eonten1 that t, ;, : Eiw t ' " VU : ' 1 ! ienoi came irom tne automom:e am i I"at drpPed behind ! I! JX a?2 fl.ed, "pon ' "ToAlA y ma Dee" -"'. . . J &e trlal lasted nine weeks Wa were consumed in the a , . . y - 7 . weeKS m the in- ; lruu"t-"n testimony, one of the j men in me iinuers party turned state's ""-ZZ'lZl" "e , Jit" Z. COU,d nt saf Positively "firS flr",tPan,ons or the "' , " Harbors Committee - Will Visit Coast Home Committee on Bivers and Sar tors Accepts California's Invitation to Coma to Pacifio Next Summer. Washington, D. C., Feb. 27. Mem bers of the house committee on rivers and harbors today accepted the invi tation of the legislative and civic bodies of California to visit that state sometime next summer. Representa- fore the committee todav V fr VUI IV- (IT I H ITflfnin . -m . theinvltation. MURDERESS IS ACQUITTED Toronto, Ont.. Feb. 27. Carrie Da vies, who killed C. A. Massey. her em ployer, because she feared he would as sault her during his wife's absence was acquitted today. She had testified that Massey. who was a prominent clubman, had kissed her the night h fSre,Jtho kmilK- that ehe was afraid to stay In the house With him another night. n m OBJECTS OF THE NEW COMMERCE CHAMBER CLEARLY SET FORTH Merger of Present Chamber i and Portland Commercial Club to Solve Problem, MISTAKES POINTED OUT Unanimity of Action Urged as Way In Waica to Build np City's Trade la Oeneral. Telling how in the past Portland has let commercial opportunity after op portunity slip through Its fingers be- j anf the commercial club and th eCham- her of Cntnm, nia,.i . the other's Alohonse. H V nhsK -arhn . . . . . J ' ' ' ' ' uaaiuu L J is now In Portland to effect the'mer- ger of these two bodies into one, as- J serts that the new Chamber of Com- ; nierce will be so organized as to make I it truly representative of Portland's; aspirations for work! commerce and of : her determination to help her citizens ; expand their trade territory. In a statement made yesterday he said: Portland has manv K i it mo., who have wrought mightily in the up-j hmlrlinry ' f I . . . I -..v....s ...j. nCr uuiniiierce ana manu facturers. Most of what these men have accomplished is due to their In dividual effort nan nf it io j ,he community and the cooperation It I has given through its business organ t I izations. t . 1 , . Tl ,1. . 3 , ruuiaiia nas not made th prog compared with the area Portland able to serte. division among Portland's leadin uufcine.s organizations h.ia n-e5tr,,i their efforts. Leading merohant nnrt chamber of commerce to secure. Trouble Pointed Out. The new Chamber of Commerce, in- eluding the two old bodies, is being ith - ii' .iow. il-.TA"11?!"" , , - . ' - r- ' , 1 1 N iciuwij, innieau or me . .niiimprnia I -,,, i-. to the; Lnamoer of Cnmmeroo llk to Gaston, and savinir "Tnn fii-ct ! please," when work Is to be done, there ! will be one organization that win i,a i responsible before. th mihiii fnr on ! work which a business organization ' should do. There will be no confusion ' as to whether this or that body should ' , ... - - 1 m ms or that duty. The duty I " .V1- t.r, ",B u"e yenirat opuy, en will know where iYV -r 'T1' P lo ame ir .n or group or business friends In rSJpt Tn'VonffJen1 otvtllnTs biggest captains of industry, because they can turn to it with tnnwiuio ! that onr . . . ,V '.li'"V'J'' aciiviiy win De . lJpr" ! f d toave a representative of Port- j first 50 cent permit fee paid the elec daily l land Join oiie , of 'these tours of In- trical Inspectors will make two lnpee snemy lesti?atlor i. but neither the Chamber : tar,t o. .u :.! . icii lesuoriKiuie lor nroau trade ex- ' tension work, and the opportunity was ' mom. neverai ousiness men offered to subscribe towards the cost of sending a competent trade representative, but there was no ore-anization rpa.lv tn head up the movement. No private business house felt justified in carry ing the expense alone, so the project drifted and nothing was done. a1 initiating Seattle maintains the closest touch Alaskan affairs through Its of Commerce, and is always e activities that. heir, develnn Alaska. Portland will be on the job when its New Chamber of Commerce is unaer way. Mast Keep Informed. Nothing ever happens in Washington directly affecting Seattle business but what the Seattle Chamberof Com merce is promptly informed. For a considerable part of the year the Se- attle Chamber maintains a business renraaentat ve at Wosliin.inn representative at Washington to keep jn touch wlth tfte departments and as- sist the state's senators and repre- i eentatives to insist on Seattle's claims I . :ii t -l i . u. KuSuniifli uj aii government ac- n vines. rui nana nas rejected tnis Srpat possibility, except to complain "nel oeale oenems rrom aiscnmtna- tion by some bureau chief The New Chamber of Commerce will be held responsible , tor maintaining Portland's position before the federal officers whose activities are so closely related to Portland s business affairs There is no reason whv Porti-nd .v.; .,,r:, .. ''."i"-."" r ru,u.'"lu for oriental. South American. European i &nd AJaka trade, and the New Cham- it - ' ' .f as .ne i i , .SeveJt5pff;n llanTa'nlifarnl-e completed by the bureau of " feeven merchants find markets to which they i surveys and drafting of the depart seiection i are entjtiert from Portland's pre-em- ! ment of public works and Will be sub- , . w,c "ulJr inence as a manufacturing city and i seaport. . . Garrison Has No Faith in Airships Tt', ir, tp k o- mv. t- I East Tenth, cost $1797; district fm tr JlS' ,T .TThe 3U1"" Pavement of Moore street from Emer- pean vvar has shown that aeroplanes j SOn street to Killings worth avenue and are absolutely essential for scouting, ! Emerson street from Vancouver Secretary Garrison says in a state- avenue to Williams avenue ' cost ment made public by the house appro- ! $36i'4; East Fiftieth street from East priations committee. The secretary I Stark to north line of Wallace addi points out. however, that armored air ; tion, cost $6164; district improvement machines have not played any valuable i covering Rodney avenue and San Ra part in war. He dwells on the import-! fael street' in Alblna, cost $14,S&$; ance of automobiles in war transpor-i Russell street from Gantenbein avenue tation. The secretary, reporting on i to Williams avenue, cost $9273; Bast the progress of modernization of the-kAlder street from East Water to eeaeoasi aetenses, says: We should place as soon as we can do so guns where we do not now feel we hav.e fUns of. sufficient range and ! - power, but there is no occasion to rush t into that now and scatter 14 or 15 inch j guns all over our continent. As to de- I stroying fortifications of enemies, I j do not know how you would transport I a 32-centimeter or a 42-centimeter gun j uu ui una country unless you DUilt a special ship fdr it. Guns for present coast defense pro jects have been 91 per cent provided for and under the latest- revision the estimated cost to complete the fortifi cations is approximately $40,000,000, which probably will be increased by further contemplated changes in soma of tbe gun a to be Installed. FREAK PLAYED BY BULLET ':' " k: -' 'A - 7'AA 'W'-'-J ! , : ' " 0 - fl " j j- 'ft rj I : II , trj l --' A- ''- rl ri r. y '-741 i ( f Pi il iTv- INT NtsWS A clip of British cartridges, trensfixed by a German bullet while in the Cartridge belt of a British soldier. .LIVELY ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED UPON ELECTRICAL MEASURE New Proposed Ordinance Is Scheduled to Come Before Council Next Wednesday. Lively arguments are expected on the new proposed electrical ordinance when It comes before th city council " Wednesday for final action. The meas ure has tbeen pending for several months and although Commissioner Dleck sponser for the measure has measure, nas rnaa'e several attempts to get th ordl- nanco adopted with an emergency ""7; T"1"r? Rpsidps eiviner Rtrinpnt - T-iila fnf lna th ordinanon Mn no on to in the wirin buslness a contractor's fee of $25 a year is Paid. It also reauires that all wiring , . . . . . , . , . . biiau oe none unaer tne airection or a supervising electrician who has ' had at least four years' experience In that line of work. An exception Is made In the case of building owners who wish to do their own wiring, however. Owner May Hire Man. The ordinance allows the owner or his son to do the work, but prohibits other relatives from helping. For the and one inspecUon for eaph ad- j.snnr,i rn t v icm viiia na the inspectors may keep careful watch of the work In case the owner of a house wishes to hire a man to do the work he must first engage a licensed contractor who may do the work himself if he has had four years' experience or employ a contractor who will have the work done under the direction of a super vising electrician. The ordinance will also bar so called maintenance men in the large office buildings from doing electrical wiring in these structures unless a $25 contractor's license is paid either by the owner or the electricians and the work is done under the direction of one who has had at least four years' experience. I . . "if, U"JW.""S tu : j"that the provision relative to contrac Those objecting to the measure say lors and supervising electricians are too stringent, and that it favors few contractors. Those advocating the adoption of the measure in its present form say that under present conditions it is dif ficult to control wiring work. STREET WORK PLANNED Hans ana estimates Have Been Compiled. plans and estimates for the improve ment of a large number of streets m - itted to the council soon for consid eratlon. Following are the streets and (the estimated cost of the work Beech -street from Fourteenth to connect with pavement in Dixon Place, cost $945; district improvement of Fast Madison street from Forty-first to Fast Forty-third street, cost $3710; Karl street from Milwaukie street to l?mon avenue, cost $19,111. 3IARRIED JIEN AT WORK citv. rommisiIonpr Pnt. tn y ,uomn"ss,onep WO NeeUy Ones on Job. Under the direction of Will H. "faly. commissioner of public utilities, 8 married men, many of whom had uoi wumeu lur iiiuhlus, were given employment yesieraay cleaning up gulches in various parts of the city. All of the men received $3 a day each and in many c-iic.t -ras the first wages secured In months. One group was placed at work in Marquam'a gulch removing tin cans and rubbish which have been dumped in the gulch for years. These are to SERVICE be removed, buried and covered with fresh earth. Another crew was given work along the Base Line road in the Mount Tabor and Montavilla districts removing rubbish. It is proposed to have these men work three ""das and then place a new crowd at work. These gangs will work until the $2500 appropriated by the coun.nl Is exhausted. Has Narrow Escape. City Plumbing Inspector William Hey had a narrow escape from ser ious injury or possibly death a few days ago when examining some plumb ing, under a building at Fifteenth and Washington streets. As it was he suffered only a bad scare. When crawling around in the dark under neath the building he did not notice an open manhole of the Tanner Creek sewer and he nearly fell Into it before he discovered what it was. Had he not made the discovery In time he would have probably fallen 25 or 30 feet inside of the big pipe. To Name Public Defender. The appointment of the n;an to serve as public defender in the muni cipal court is to be made by the en tire council, says Mayor Albee. He has sent a list of the applicants to the various commissioners and will discuss the applicants with them at a meeting to be held early in the week. The ordinance providing for the posi tion take? effect next week, A large number of applications have been re ceived. Would Repeal Measure, Will H. Daly, commissioner of pub lie utilities, is to introduce an ordl- nance berore the city council Wednes day repealing the present efficiency system for city employes. He an nounced some time ago that he would take this action but was delayed with other matters. The measure, if adopted, will abolish only the effi ciency code. The standardization of salaries arrangement will be left as at present. City Elevator Docks. The city council has been asked by the public dock commission to submit a measure before the people at the June election . authorizing the Issue of $100,000 in dock bonds for the con struction of elevator docks. A tenta tive draft of the measure has been pre- Baseball Grounds Asked. The city is asked to establish more municipal baseball grounds for ama- teur baseball nlavers in netitinns filed - I 'i . mo -nj vuuiii.ii j esici ua-. i ne petitions contain several hundred sig natures and the movement Is being backed by the local branch of the Na tional Association of Amateur Base ball Leagues. French Gain in Bayonet Attacks Germans Driven From Series of Trenches, and Machine tjnns and Men Are Captured. Paris, Feb. 27. By a series of bril liant bayonet charges, the French gained new victories in the Cham pagne region, it was announced in the official communique from the war office tonight. North of. Mesnil 1'Hurlus, the Ger mans were driven from a series of trenches, the French advancing nearly j 600 yards. Two machine guns, a can- i non and 100 prisoners were taken by the French. Aitchison Named On Commission Des MoineS, Iowa.- Feb. 27.- CUf- i ford Thorne, president of the National i Association of Railway Commissioners, taking in the state boards of nearly every state, today named the standing 1 committee or mat ootiy for the en- i suing year, included in the important , chairmanships were: Railroad taxes. Max Thelan of California; Statistics, ! B. H. Meyer of the interstate com- ! merce commission; shippers' claims, C ! a. Aitcnison oi uregon; leiepnone and telegraph rates, c. A. Reynolds of Washington. Hold Services for Mrs, Smith. Funeral services of Mrs. Charles Smith were held from her Overlook home and from the church of the Blessed Sacrament Monday, Rev. Fath er Kelly officiating. Mrs. Smith Is survived by her husband, a daughter and a son, and her only sister, Mrs. Bert Drake, the latter the only one remaining of a large family. . Tn rn.l an wtll V, 3 V . V. ! . j ztrr,y, T13 iissue 'i..'? $100 000 if adopted will place more Fling. Otto Samson read "The Bugle funds at the disposal of the dock com- j the club paper, which he published this t , . 7t, .11. .V . . 1 1, , , , , , , 1 , , , 1 , V I , , ,-a,v I ' 1 I ..... . . T . ... . . ii.iDsiuii iur wio uuuati ucuuu Ul. uochs. I month. WHIRLWIND RNISH PLANNED FOR Y. M. C. ' A. CONM TUESDAY Result Yesterday Brings Portland Total Up to 309 Men and 45 Boys. SEATTLE SLIGHTLY AHEAD X,ocai Booster Confident of Ability of Being Able to Outstrip Sound City In End. When the score In the T. M. C membership contest was checked A. up yesterday afternoon, it was found that 309 men and 45 boys had been added to the roster, for the five days since the competition was inaugurated. &eventy-one members was the day's gain, totaling 86,300 points. Seattle secured 123 new members yesterday, counting 114,533 points. This record puts the Sound city ahead of Portland for the second time during the contest, with a total of 401 mem bers and 376.145 Points Seoretarv Stone of the local association took the grain of comfort, however, that the Seattle figures were reported last night, while the Portland returns were reported at noon. Two days yet remain for the gath ering in of the rest of tbe 1000 mem bers which was the goal. AVith or ganized teams scouring the citv to morrow and Tuesday the hope is that the mark may very nearly be reached. Tuesday Is "Clean-Up Day." Inspiring talks were given at yes terday's daily luncheon by C. C. Chap man and Rev. J. M. Boyd, the latter discussing the practical phases of Christianity for the business man. Mr. Chapman lauded the objects of the association, pointing to the uplifting influences of the association upon the young men who seek its shelter, al luring to boys who are ambitious enough to forge ahead" through their own efforts. Tuesday has been designated as ciean-up day," when every prospect will be gathered in if possible. Spe cial arrangements "have been made for employed team workers to leave their business for the day and thus be free to prosecute the crusade. "Clean-up day's" activities will be given a substantia! start at a ham and egg breakfast at the T. M. C. A., I to whirh tv. rioi ,,.. v.. been invited. These same pastors were asked yesterday to make special ap peals for the association lri their pul pits this morning, so their business men members could be prepared for the visit of the association workers the following: two days. Secretary Xa Optimistic Besides the 71 members in yester day's record many applications were filled out in the T. M. C. A. office, more probably than during any day of the campaign. J. W. Day, who conferred with the Seattle workers last night. Is expected home tomorrow with a report on the situation on the Sound. He went pri marily to Imbibe some Ideas on how the Seattle boosters do things and to show the northern boosters how Port land goes at a membership tourney. General Secretary Stone was optt mistic last night over the prospect. Interest has been keen, he declared, and whether the 1000 mark is reached j or not. he felt that the effect in ton- ing up the association would be well worth the efforts made. MINSTRELS LAUGH MAKERS Merry minstrels made much fun Friday night at the third monthly en tertainment held by the Glenhaven Im provement club. The minstrels kept the audience laughing with quips, skits and jokes of local meaning, hit ting without reservation people pres ent. The entertainments are free and are serving the good purpose of bring ing residents of the Glenhaven section together. The program was: Vocal solo, Miss Daisy Cooper, with zither accompainment by her father; reading. v nwiitra mup; minstrels, ri. A. Clark Bennett's Villa Robbed. Nice, Feb. 27. Jewels valued ut ! $8000 were stolen from Breslieu Villa, v... t - . . .. vwncu ' jaiuca uuiuuil .oeniieix or Ihc New York Herald pmmmmmMm i ...... - m --w Double Stamps an j Coupon ALL DAY TOMORROW ON OUR FIRST THREE FLOORS Celebrate this new addition to Portland's True Shopping Zone, and visit our modern DRUG EMPORIUM The Mecca for. careful buyers. WOODARD, ALDER AT WEST PARK :i;::!i;;;i!::::ii::!;::::;::ii:::!i:;!ii: Public Baseball I Grounds Donated Montgomery Tract at X.arrbM and Goldsmith Will B oat TJp Into Dia monds and Athletic Field. By the Phoenix Land company do-' nating the use of tho Montgomery tract of 26 acres at Larrabee and." Ltoiasrnith streets the city Is to be able to establish the long-sought-for municipal baseball diamonds and ath-' ietic neld. Negotiations for the use of the property are to be closed to morrow by George Brown; president of the company, and W. L. Brewster, commissioner of public affairs. The tract will allow the establish ment of about six baseball diamond. Petitions asking that munlclp al base ball grounds be established were filed with the council yesterday and now it is hoped, through using this tract, to comply with the requests immediately. It is proposed to erect small grand stands and temporary quarters for players and put the grounds in shape so that they can be used when, the baseball season opens. THRE GERMAN DRIVES Von Hindenburg Outwits the Czar's Troops and Expects to Control Poland Soon. IT'iiilp,! TroM laiu?(l TVlr.) Berlin, via Amsterdam. Feb. 17. Von Illudenburg has again outwitted the czar's advisers. Less than a week after his great victories east of the Ma2urlan lakes, the German war idol has executed two sudden strokes that may sweep the Russians out of Po land. The new strategic moves of "the old man of th0 lakes" were revealed in dispatches relayed here from Fast Prussia tonight. The grand duke's army protecting Warsaw from iHa t north has been snilt PcJish rapttal may be in the kaiser's hands before early spring. Von Hindenburg struck first along a line leading Bouth from a point east of Augustof to the Russian fortress of Ossowetz. A German army fliat fought Itself .through Lyck under the eye of the kaiser moved In a south easterly direction until Us left wing was in contact with the right wing of the army that inflicted disastrous losses on the fleeing Russians In the swamps east of Augustof. .The two armies pressed forward threatening the important railway leading from Warsaw' to Petrograd, over which the Ruswian armies in Poland maintained their communica tion with the czar's capital. The grand duke saw hH great peril. First from Grodno to the north and then from the region north of Warsaw he pushed large bodies of Russians to check the German advance. Sight Wing- Advances. With the forces dt fending" Warsaw thus depleted, von Hindenburg threw the extreme right wing of his Mazurian lake conquerors against the Russians at Przasnysz, 60 miles north of War saw. The fortified positions at Przas nysz were etormed and fighting of violent nature is now In progress near Vielodroz to the south. It was officially admitted today that heavy Russian reinforcements havo temporarily halted the German ad vance south of Ptzasnysz. War offi cials pointed out, however, that this was Just what von Hindenburg had anticipated. The grand duke's armies defending Warsaw on the right bank of the Vistula have been drawn on so heavily that a serious resistance to the Germans moving eastward through Plock and Plonsk cannot be main tained at this time. Already the Rus sian fortified position at Vysogrod, on tne ngnt bank of the Vistula and les.i than 40 miles from Warsaw has been shelled by German long range artil lery. Three Drives Threaten. Outwitted and outfought the Rus sians are now menaced by three separ ate drives that threaten to force the evacuation of Poland. Berlin papers today adopted the view that only has the Rusisan threat against East Prus sia disappeared lor all time, but that von Hindenburg will soon hold alUPo land. The war department tonight again characterized the fighting in France in the past week as of little import ance. The French have battered vain ly at the German entrenchments In THREATEN RUSSIANS POLAND NEAR WARSAV . n . TOMORROW! The Evening' Telegram opens wide the doors of its new home across the street. Good neighbors they will be knd we note the day with CLARKE & 03. WOODLARK BUILDING 3ZCANDDATF.sk HOT SANDS ON ONE OF GREATEST PILGRIMAGES Al Kader Temple Seen of Ceremorrial Session With Many Shriners Present. BUFFET LUNCH SERVED Visiting Nobles From Various Parts of State Amu fed by Stunts for Their Edification. At a special ceremonial session of Al Kader temple. Ancient Arabic Or der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, hold in the Masonic temple laBt night 82 candidates crossed the hot.sands on on of the greatest pilgrimages ever held by the temple. Nearly 1000 nobles from all parts of the state were present, and it was "large" evening from first to last, many stunts being put on for tbe edl- ncanon or tne visitors and the em barrassment of the candidates. The Shrine patrol and the Al Kader band were there, and each of th nobles was resplendent in glittering new fez. Tables groaned under the weight of delicacies and beverages of tha desert, the usual banouet tlvintr wvr to an elaborate buffet lunch. The size of the membership made a banquet out of the question In tho limited quar ters at hand. The commissary did Itself proud, however, n did the entertainment com mittee, 'and it was an old-fashioned time from start to finish. run Xasta X.ong-. The session of the tempi, began at 8 o'clock wd the fun lasted until mid night. A business session was held in the afternoon. Here are those who made tha pil grimage: Charles B. Archer, - James M. Bil brcy, Charlesi K. Canada, Frederick 1. Carlton. Ralph C. 1 lorcftR, Frank C. Griffin, James I,. Judy, John It. Kase berg, Edwin U. l'hipps, Linnaeus 1.. ReiKt, August Robertson, Raleigh R. Runyon, Michael II. Temmer, Ray mond W. Turnlrull. Hanne B. Tuthlll, Edward N. Wheeler, J,' E. E. Buck ingham, A. St. Clair flay, Charles W. Swanson. all of Portland; Robert It. Brown, Burns; Brninard G. Cochran, and Alfred G. llinkle. Hoover; Charles A. I laliies, Narrows; Owen W. Jones, Forest Grove; Alfred P. Oliver, New berg; Asa B. Robinson Jr., Dallas;' Edgar L. Pmith, Pendleton; George A. Smyth and Prestley Kinyth, Jlurney William U. Sanderson, Ontario; Ed ward Sears, Beavcrton, and Louis O. Scuddcr, F.ugene. George W. Stapleton, illustrious po tentate Of the temple, presided -over tlia whole affair, arid llunh J. Boyd, re corder, greeted the nobles as thoy en tered the building. Shriner Policeman Thera. Tan. Other officers making up the offi cial divan for the year who played Im portant roles were W. E. Grace,' chief rabban; James I. Moffet,. nisfii.nt rabbnn; Thomiis MeCusker, high priest and prophet; VV. .1. Hofmanu, oriental guide; A. M. Brown, treasurer; A. H. Lea, first ceremonial master; Frank 8. Grant, second ceremonial aiantfr; A. L. Tetu, director: H. T. Hutchin son, marshal; F. H. Iiarnmasch, captain, of the guard, and A. G. Uachrodt, outer guard. A special committee of Shriner po licemen, headed by Captain C. A. ItlS keep and ceremonial committee of L'0, had charge of stuntn. This committee was composed of A. L. Tetu. ceremonial 'master; E. J. Jaeger, chairman; J. S. Heal, C. A. Heal, Clyde Evans, Ir. J. F. Irake, A. L. IjuihIii.s, Fred Iteynolds, C. N. Menzles, Alex Riddell, X. E. Beckard, Roy F. Fiko, J. B. ifavt land, E. P. Maliaffy, John Mann, J. A, Dilge, E. A. Robison, Alexander Oliver," L. H. Freeland. Roy Quackenbush, Lewis Carpenter, F. L. Lithcrland and 3. I). Perrv ; - - ----; - .. r the Champagne region all week, it wns" declared without making perceptible gains. Turks operating against the Suez canal have brought tip a, number of i . ,1.-. .p, i ...... . . . . i . . t pun" in nits r - I ivuiiLaiti l esion, to llto north, according to dispatches from , Italian sources received here tonight. Milton Postmaster. Washington Bureau of The Journal.) Washington. Feb. 27. S. M. Shan gle was nominated to the position of postmaster at Milton by President Wilson today. COUPON! SO EXTRA 30 Bring this coupon and get 20 extra "8, &. H." Trading Stamps on your first $1 cash pur chase a ml double stamps on the balance. of purchase. Good on first- three. floors .Monday, March 1. m