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VOL. XIII. NO. 311.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1915 TWO SECTIONS 14 PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NEWS
CTAUDS riVE CENTS
SHARP NOTE IS
BYWASHiNGTON
Mexican Factional Leader Is
Told to Relieve Conditions
in Mexico City at Once and
to Retain Troops There.
MASSACRE WOULD BE
. "VERY UNFORTUNATE"
'Representations Are Strong
est Yet Made to Any Mex
ican Faction by U.:S.
' rUnel Prw Leaned Wire.
' Washington, March 6. The sharpest
"representations ever sent to any gov-
: eminent or faction of Mexico were for-
.warded by the ; government of the
United States to General Venustlano
Carranra, provisional president.
The "first chief constitutionalist
was told In no uncertain language that
the starvation now threatening Mexico
City must be relieved at once. Car
ranza was warned that the United
States does not appfove of the plan of
' General Alvaro Obregon, Carranza's
troop commander, to withdraw nis
troops artd to leave the capital to Its
fata at tha first fdcn-i of a rfntnu. dcm
' onstration. All official and unofficial
f advices received by the state depart
ment snowed the rood situation is men
aclng and that something' must be done
immediately..
.Meantime General Francisco Villa
. has been; informally . advised that
masaacr. of foreigners would be "very
unfortunate." It Is reported Villa is
pressing his campaign against Tampico
but it Is doubtful whether he can force
a change In the military situation in
time to prevent a crisis.
What steps the government of the
United States proposes to take in the
even its warnings go unheeded re
main a secret. One high official today
: admitted the administration leaders
" were perplexed. Intervention would be
difficult as it would . require two
-v months for an. expeditionary force to
fight Its way through to the capital
. ana in tnat time all foreigners in Mei-
" Ico CUy wauld becorna victims of mobs.
in unueu states responsible for the
protection of; foreigners., Suggestions
rlieara today, that an -.allied, force aim
liar to that which went to Peking dur
lng the Boxer uprising, might be sent
to Mexico City were unfavorably re-
, ceived. Close' observers hold that such
action would precipitate a quick exnlo
" slon in a situation that has been 'freely
, aescnoed a -"run or dynamite."
. President Wilson, relieved of the
arduous duties connected with the ses
i slon of 'congress, is now in personal
charge of the Mexican situation and he
is receiving . ana sending all messages
- regarding it. s -
While it was declared at thei'Whltn
House that no news had been received
' of the reported decision of the- diplo
j matic corps at Mexico City to leave
- that capital in a body, it was admitted
that conditions, there were such as to
render such a decision possible With
out notification. It is stated that m-
? basstes, legations, and consulates at
: Mexico City have been laying in sup
, plies and that, as a result they are
" now practically the only places in the
capital having foodstuffs on hand
Hence food riots would be directed
. against these places.
Bad Check Game Is
Played on Mrs. Gran
Several days ago a man of good ap-
pearance, giving the nam W. I. Heed
went- to Mrs. - John Cran. of 395
' Twelfth street, wife of one of the
! pfbneer merchants of Ixmdon, and
; negotiated for the rental of a house
-on the east side. He agreed to pay
'" $35 rent a months and yesterday gave
ner a arait ror ?tu. sue gave him
' back $25 in change.
: A' short time afterwards, at the.
i-bank. she found that the draft was
fraudulent: City Detectives Moloney
;and Roy) e started an investigation and
learned today that similar frauds have
been perpetrated on several other
property owners in the city in the last
ten aays.
Male Kittens and
Young Ducks
; Some rather unusual offers ap
pear in the Want Ads today.' Here
are some of them.
Swap Column. 25
30 CHICKENS, 2 young ducks and
;. dra.ke. trad? for furniture.
Lr?xchan8' Estate. 34
tlXCllANGH 6 room nearly new
house with 4 lots all clear for
a farm. 30 to 40 acres. Must
nave a. 4 or 5 room house and
barn, partly under cultivation,
with some tools wagon, horse
and cow preferred..
1 Tor Sale Miscellaneous. ! l j
2 MACH1NKS for sale, one for
! grinding safety ; razor bladec,
one for grinding lawn mowers.
- Housekeeping Booms.
East Side Private Family. 74
A BARGAIN Front suite; mod
i crn, $11 month: electric lights
gas range, running water, phone!
1 ' Automobiles "Wanted 78
$600 KyUlTV in a small modern
j Portland home and some casn
for a used light delivery car.
ij Wanted -Miscellaneous. 73
!WANTK1 3A Graflex camera,
with Cooke lens, series II, ot
with B.-& L, Zeiss Tessa r Scries
. IC. :: . , -
1 . TWO Angora male kittens. 6 nios. -1
v, old,, for sale.!
BATTLESHIP MAINE
SINKS AT HER DOCK
AT BROOKLYN YARDS
Cause - of Accident Which
Sends Mew Warship to
.Pottom of Harbor Unknown
r-Hj Prrn Leased Wlr.
New York, March 6. With her en
gineroom and hold half, filled with
water, the battleship Maine rested
this afternoon at the bottom of Shal
low "Whitney Basin, at the Brooklyn
navy yard. The cause of the.accident
which sent the warship down was not
definitely, known. At. the. navy yard
it was reported . that in some manner
the sea valves had been left pen, . let
ting the water into the hold.
As soon as this fact was discovered.
it. was said, the pumps were, started,
but were unable to discharge the
water as fast as it entered, and the
vessel finally settled to the bottom.
She went down In the shallow water
close to shore, and her decks were not
submerged.
The pumps were kept going during
the afternoon, 'While tugs stood by
ready to tow the Maine to her dock
Whenever she should be sufficiently
lightened to be moved.
The sea valyes through which it is
supposed the" water entered, are used
in discharging torpedo tubes. The
chief engineer, whose department Is
responsible for the condition of the
valves. Is declared to have been ab
sent from the ship for three days.
First reports had it that the break
ing of a waterpipe in the Maine's en
gineroom had partially filled her hold.
but that she was in no danger of sink
ing. WAR SUMMARY
BY j. W. T. MASON
United Press Staff
Correspondent.
New York, March 6. Evidence is
accumulating that the -labor' situation
In England is far f pm satisfactory.
The British censor Is concealing true
conditions. It is impossible, however,
to account for the sudden stoppage
of sailings between New York and
British ports on any other ground
than the refusal of strikers to return
to work. ' :
Particulars regarding the extent of
England's labor troubles have not been
received in America, -- except vaguely.
Only . brief articles s nave appeared
in. the Brittehpress.-r although trade
disputes are usually considered among
the .most important stories published
in England.- ,
The seriousness of the situation is
Indicated not only by the curtailment
of steamer sailings, but also ' by the
recent speech of Chancellor of the Ex
chequer David Lloyd-George, In which
he urged workingmen to put patriotism
above the right to get drunk and not
hamper the manufacture of war ma
terials by indulging in strike talk
while in an intoxicated condition.
British pride is most sensitive to
maritime humillation, and only serious
causes wil be permitted to interrupt
mercantile sailings to New York. ' It
must also he remembered that Lloyd
George owes his political popularity
to extreme; radicalism and his per
sistent championship of labor. It is
inconceivable that he would use his
biting oratorical style to attack the
sobriety of workingmen under present
conditions unless the need . was most
urgent. j - . j
Insane Lumberman
Kills Five, Hurts 8
Monroe Phillips, Distracted by Busi
ness Troubles, nres Volley la
Streets of Brunswick; Xa Killed.
Brunswick, Georgia, March 6. H. F.
Dunwoody, a prominent attorney, and
four other persons were killed and
eight persons were wounded, five se
riously, when Monroe Phillips, a lum
berman, fired a fusillade of random
shots on the street here: this afternoon.-
Phillips : was then shot and
killed by a policeman.
Those killed besides Dunwoody were
H. A. Padgett, a former policeman;
George Asbell, motorman; Rex. Den
ver, policeman, and W. A. Hackett. un
dertaker.
Phillips is said to have been driven
insane by business reverses.
Dunwoody was killed while sitting
at a desk in his office by a stray shot.
The other men rushel in and a vol
ley from Phillips' gun followed.
Bill Passed, Even
ThougmtfladNot
Been Introduced
Olympia, Wash., March 6.--
The, house yesterday broke all ' -
records this session by passing . -jjf-senate
bill 402, appropriations
of $2,000,000, before it had ever
been introduced, read' first or -Jfr
second time, or gone to commit
tee. The bill carries appropria- -actions
for highways. Attorneys
say so long as the bill is certi- Jfc
fled by the speaker and regu-
x larly passed, failure to follow
jfc- customary .procedure , is not
serious. -
Jf ff" 3ft
Passengers Saw
Vessel Blown Up
New York.' i March j 6. Passengers
who arrived here on the steamer Rynd
ham. which docked at Hoboken today,
declared they-saw a big freighter blown
up off Dover on February 24 either by
a submarine or a mine.
The freighter was sailing without a
flag. A British destroyer took off the
freighter's crew, atter signalling the
Ryndham to keep- away, as the English
channel was full of floating mines.
MEN
GIVEN UP
AS
BY SEARCHERS
Forty-five Miners Entombed
for 48 Hours by West Vir
ginia Explosion Brought
Up From Galleries of Mine.
NINETY KNOWN DEAD
FORTY-FIVE MISSING
Five First Found . Alive Di
rect Rescuers to Com
rades Underground.
. (United Prs Leased Wire.) ,
iayiand, W. Va March 6. Forty-
five men rescued alive, 45 others still
missing, 90 known dead.
This was the situation reported by
officials of. the Layland No. 3 mine of
the ftew River & Pocahontas Coal Co.
this afternoon after a large number of
the men who were entombed when the
shaft was wrecked by an explosion of
gas four days ago, were brought to
the surface.
.M ej me ted rescuers were I- working
frantically In the dangerous passes
this afternoon, hoping to bring out
more of the missing men.
Of the 45 men rescued from a living
death, all were famished and very
weak, but none was in acute physical
distress.
All said they were working in pock
ets orr tne main passages when the
explosion filled the passages witn
aeons and walled them in. This cut
them off from escape, but it also cut
oir the deadly gases which swept the
mine immediately after. the explosion.
They groped about in total darkness
curing the four days or their imprison
ment, they said, but were unable to
find a way out until they heard the
picks of the rescuers tearing at the
debris which stood between them and
safety.
Five men were first found alive.
These, when brought to the surface,
told where nine others were, located,
and the nine revealed the whereabouts
of 33 others. ;
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FOR INVESTIGATION;
ITES FOUND
Deposits in Sum of $6061,10
Shown in Name of Retired
Fisherman-of Kalama.
Certificate!! or dennsit In tha sum dr
$6061.10 which are sajd to have been
stolen from Fred Ahles, a retired fish
erman, who lives in the vicinity of
Kalama. Wash., were found in the pos
session of Fred Hawkins, an ex-con-
vict, wno was arrested on a charge
of simple Intoxication, on Burnside
street,' by Patrolman O'Brien last
night.
The local authorities today received
telegraphic information that Ahles had
been robbed at his lonely home about
10 days ago by two men. In addition
to the certificates the robbers ob
tained $330 in cash. The news of the
robbary was . received from Sheriff
Kl'jse of Kalama.
Hawkins was nuout to be released
this morning, when Captain of Police
Moore spied the certificates of large
denomination, and ordered Hawkins
held for investigation by the detec
tives. Hawkins at first said he had found
them at Kalama yesterday, but this
morning he told Detectives Moloney
and Boyle that he had stolen them
from another man who was drunk,
in an east Bide rooming house last
night.
The detectives first ascertained that
the money represented by the certifi
cates was on deposit in the various
Portland banks indorsed on the voucn
ers, and then notified Sheriff Klose of
Kalama.
The latter told the officers that
Fred Ahles is a man past '70 years
old, who resides in a shack a mile
from town, along the Columbia river.
Ahles,- whom Sheriff Klose said had
bee"h hoarding .his money for years,
has not been seen about Kalama for
several days, and the sheriff stated
that he. would leave at once for the
old man's home, to see if anything had
happened to him. ; j!
Some of the certificates were yel
lowed with age, but in every instance
they were found to be good.
One, dated October 22, 1897, repre
sents a $1400 deposit in the First Na
tional bank. Another shows a deposit
for $328.32, made June 13, 1902. in the
Ainsworth National bank, now, the
United States National bank.
The others are as follows: Iadd"&
Tllton bank, $1000 deposit made, Oc
tober 31, 1905 ; Pacific National bank,
Tacoma, $1139.69. deposited May 20,
1907, and Merchants' National bank.
$423 deposit made, October 31. 1905.
The detectives found that the Ladd
& Tilton bank owns all the paper.
Besides the deposit slips. Hawkins
was found carrying $40 in cash.. Haw
kins was shown his record . at - detec
tive headquarters this morning and
admitted serving at sentence in the
Walla Walla penitentiary ? in 1908 for
forgery.
. Host of Kings Is Dead.
London, March 6. George Henrv
Cadogan, fifth earl of Cadogan, one of
ionaons wealthiest landlords, died
here today, aged 75 years, s He. was
famous for his lavish entertainment of
royalty. .. -. -
DEAD SAVED
EX-CONVIGTtlS-HEtD
CERTIFIC
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La Touraine is a steel twin screw., steamer built tn 1800. by ! the Campae General Transatlantlque.
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ANGLO-FRENCH FLEET
ENTERS NARROWS OF
DARDANELLES STRAIT
l-Land Defenses Heavily Dam
aged and Magazine Blown.
Up British Admiralty Says,
By Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent. "
London. March 6. The admiralty
announced this afternoon that the
Anglo-French fleet has entered, the
narrows "f . the Dardanelles and is
bombarding the forts on both, sides of
the strait Th ; land defenses have
been heavily damaged and onenaga-
sine has been blown up. . -. "
That three Russian dreadnaughts. re
cently rushed to completion," ' have
Joined the Russian Black sea fleet' now
descending upon the straits of Bos
porus and Constantinople was the re
port In admiralty circles today.
Admiralty officials refused, to con
firm this and would not even comment
on the Bucharest dispatches declaring
the Russian warships will be bombard
ing the Bosporus forts, less than 18
miles from Constantinople, by tomor
row night.
The new Russian dreadnaughts are
declared to be the Ekaterina . II, the
Imperatriza Maria and the Alexander
II. t. Each : of these ships , has' a dis
placement of 22,500 tons and carries a
number-of 12 inch guns.
Lacking the enormous 15 inch guns,
however, the Russians will face a
harder task than the allies, as the
Bosporus straits are fringed by a
string of", almost impregnable fort
resses. .
The admiralty's statement was taken
to mean that Fort Kilid Bahr and pos
sibly Fort Canak had been silenced, by
the fire or the 15-inch guns or the
fleet.
The narrows is the name give to
that part ef the Dardanelles which
leads past the Gallipoli peninsula into
the Sea of Marmora. It is one and
one-fifth miles wide. Once th allied
fleet is past this part of the straits,
however, the way will be clear to Con
stantinople. The narrows are heavily
strewn with mines and are guarded by
forts of the most moaern type.
The distance across the Sea of Mar
mora from the end of the Dardanelles
to Constantinople is about 125 miles,
but there Is nothing to. stand in the
way of a fleet steaming against the
Turkish capital and shelling, it. ,
The admiralty statement shows,
therefore, that the Anglo-French ar
mada has entered Hipon the most criti
cal part of its task of battering a way
through the Dardanelles and seizing,
the chief city of Islam.
Russians Come Back.
Petrograd, March 6.. Continued suc
cesses in the new Russian offensive
aginst Prussia were 'announced today
In an official statement issued by the
war office, which declared the Rus
sian advanqe guard was within three
miles of the frontier.
Cossacks on reconnoitering expedi
tions, it was said, have even ' crossed
the border south of Friderlschot
while north of Przasnysz a .detach-,
ment occupied a village near the fron
tier. . ' ' ' ' '
The statement announces the taking
of 20,000 . prisoners by the czar's arf
mies.
French Successes Claimed,
Paris, March 6. Bloody fighting in
a ravin nortnwest of Beausejour, in
which ' the French were victorious.
marked the progress of the Charopagne
region conflict, the war office here an
nounced in an official statement issued
today. .''..!
French gains in the vicinity of
Perthes were claimed. '
Reasonable Rates
On Stock Are Asked
Washington, March 6.- Reasonable
Joint rates for shipments in single
and double decked cars from all Ore
gon .Short- Line -points - in Utah and
Oregon to Los Angeles were asked in
a. petition filed with the interstate
commerce commission ,- today by the
American ; National Livestock associa
tion and the ' National Woolgrowera'
association. . .: . ,. ,
TOURAINE ON FIRE OFF
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THIGPEN AND EX-WIFE :
OF GEORGE PRIMROSE
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Former Hotelman of Portland
Weds Ex-Wife of Minstrel
Who Lived Here,
(United Press I(ie? TTir.)
San Francisco. Cal. March 6. W.
Gainer Thigpen, a prominent hotelman,
and ?Mrs. Esther Nerney . Primrose, di
vorced wife- of ' George Primrose, tha
minstrel, announced today that- they
had been married last Sunday at Sao
xiazaet ana wouia start xms axternoon
m?nd htwtfeerfhBi8r
southern. Calif ornia.
- Justice of the Peace 'Robert Magee,
"the marrying Justice," t performed the
ceremony. Whit taker Ray of Gait. BL
J. Archer of Seattle, and Mrs. Kather
ine Burke of San Francisco were wit
nesses. Thigpen is owner of the Wake Robin
Inn In the Santa Cruz mountains,
where his wife also, owns property.
Thigpen has been assistant manager
of the Hotel Del Coronado. the Vir
ginia hotel at Long Beach and the
Multnomah, and Oregon hotels at Port
land, lie resigned his position as as
sistant manager of the Sutter hotel
here today.
Mrs. Thigpen is the daughter of
Dennis Nerney, one of the forty-niners.
Before her marriage to Primrose she
studied for grand opera.
W. Gainer Thigpen is well known to
Portland people, and 'as a hotel man
has a reputation that is country-wide.
He began his career in Portland as
chief clerk of the Portland under H.
C. Bowers, present manager of the
Multnomah. Leaving the Portland
after about a year's service, he went
to Minneapolis, and was employed at
the new Radisson. Later be was with
one of the leading resorts of the guir
coast. Returning west, Mr. Thigpen
was connected with the St. Francis at
San Francisco for a time. Later he
was assistant manager of the Coro
nado and Virginia, southern California
beach resorts.
Coming; back to Portland in May,
1912, "he became chief -clerk- of the
Multnomah under Manager Bowers,
and was later advanced to the posi
tion of assistant manager. Resigning
from this place, he hecame 'assistant
manager' of the new Oregon, and con
tinued until the new part was taken
over by S.' Benson and renamed the
Benson. : For several months he was
connected with the Oregon In Portland
and the Hotel Seattle in that city. He
purchased the Wake Robin Inn, in the
Santa Cruz mountains, near San Fran
Cisco, about a year ago. - -'
His marriage to Mrs. Primrose was
hot unexpected locally.
Bishop Sumner Is
Back From East
Xead of Episcopal Church la Oregon
Visited- Expositions la California oa
MARRY
CALIFORNIA
Way Horn. .
Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner, of
thei Episcopal diocese of Oregon, re
turned this morning from Manchester,
N. H.. where he was called January 27
by the death of his father. The re
turn was made by way of California,
and Bishop Sumner saw the' San Diego
and San Francisco expositions. Bishop
Sumner began-work soon after his ar
rival this morning,' announcing that
the first thing to do is to rebuild St.
Helens hall. Tonight he will go to
Salem to confirm, a class in St. Paul's
church tomorrow. He will remain in
the capital Monday, and will address
the women's missionary society of St.
Paul's. ,
Bishop Sumner is now the guest, of
Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Morrison, but will
establish his residence at Bishopcrof t
soon. He expects to eep open house
for his eastern friends through the
summer. , .. - . .
SUFFRAGE LOSES IN TEXAS
Austin, Texas, March Q.- The reso
lution providing for - submission of a
constitutional amendment grant! ng the
vote to women was defeated in the sen
ate today. It failed by five votes to
get the required two-thirds majority.
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THE COAST, OF IRELAND ON WAY TO HAVRE
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RESTA LEADING THE
VANDERBILT RACERS
AT TWENTIETH LAP
Pullen Second, Burman, Old
field and Carlson' Follow
ing; Average 67 Miles. -
Details of aaderMlt Oap Baes.
Tlme12:30 o'clock this aft
ernoon. '.
Place- Panama-Pacific 'Inter-
national exposition grounds.
Course Z.9 - miles. ; lnehidii Zl
company had
.. planked. .
Keftialnderor" Wack'
-asphalt
Distance 29 miles.
Laps to be covered 77;
' Number of starters 31.
Prizes -Vanderbilt cup and
first prize of $3000; second
prize, $2000; third prize, 11600;
fourth prize. $1000; fifth prize.
$500.
.'.. Entrance fee $250.
Requirements Cars of . 930
Inch piston displacement.
(rotted Pre Leased Wire.)
Exposition Stadium, San Francisco,
March 6.- Under ideal weather condi
tions and with' the course in perfect
shape, the Vanderbilt "cup automobile
race was run here! today over the
Panama-Pacific exposition eourse.
.There was 31 starters. Darius
Resta, winner of last Saturday's
grand , prix; Ralph de Palma, twice
winner of the Vanderbilt cup, and R.
C. Durant. were sent away promptly
at 12:30.
The driyers were sent away to a
perfect start by Chief Starter Fred J.
Wagner, the cars leaping down the
planked course-in front of the main
grandstands at intervals of 15 sec
onds, three at a time. ,
Ralph da Palma led at the end .of
the first ' lap with D. Resta close at
his mudguard..
At the end of the third lap Ed Rick-
enbacker (Maxwell) ' had wrested, the
lead away from de Palma.
At-the end of the tenth lap Tom
Alley ' (Deusenberg) was leading, lils
time' for this .distance. was 33:46, an
average of 67 miles an hour. Darius
Resta (Peugeot), Eddie Pullen, Old
field, Auckstell followed in the order
named. .
' Louis "ikrent (Mercer) was official
ly declared out ot tne race. -
At 1:30 p. m. it was officially an
nounced that four cars were Officially
declared out of the race. They were;
Nlkrent (Mercer)., Rlckenbacker .(Max
well), Lecain (Chevrolet) and Durant
(Chevrolet).
At the end of the fifteenth lap
Alley was leading. His time for the
16 laps was 51:17, an average of S7
miles an hour. The next four drivers
and their times:. Resta, 51:47; Pullen,
51.58; Disbrow, 52:07; Old field, 52.33.
' Oldfield, who had resumed his Iden
tifying cigar, was' running a .sensa
tional race, and had passed De Palma
In the fifteenth lap. De Palma was
fighting l.:j way alid was by no means
through. ' i
- Marquis was officially out of the
race because of a broken spring.'
At the'end of the twentieth lap the
standing' was: . Resta first, time 1
hour, 8 minutes, 41 seconds, an aver
age of 676 miles an hour for the en
tire distance, '
- Peullen, second, 1:09:15; ". Burman,
1:09:64; Oldfield. 1:10:08; Carlson,
1:10:37. De palma was in tenth place.
His time for the 20 laps was 1:11:32.
The Bagatti driven by Marquis was
declared out of the race, account of
broken spring.
At 2 o'clock an announcement was
made that there were 15,000 persons
in the main grandstands. In the stands
near the tower of Jewels a great
crowd was in attendance, the immense
stands being three-quarters filled.
BRITISH TRAWLER IS LOST
- London, March 6.--The , British
trawler Bernlcla, carrying a crew of
nine, has been lost' in the North sea,
according to a dispatch, to Lloyds. It
is presumed' that she struck a mine.
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ENGINEER
ELLIOTT IS UPHELD
ill
Members Are Unanimous in
Opinion After Hearing Ar
guments in Case, ' -
- (Salem Burtn nf Tti Jonmnl.)
Salem, Or., March . The state
highway. . commission unanimously
voted today to retain Engineer J. E.
Elliott on the Columbia highway Job
in Hood River count, it ' w k
. . m lno
?MnteM' opinioa that the Nwnort
1 failed, to tnake la caseVswffleient rto
n ..v ins iciuvflU' o f))HTtt. The
latter has had charge of the Hood
niver contract since" work was started
and is employed under State, Highway
Engineer Bowlby. ' .
The decision of the highway com.
mission in effect sustains the state
highway engineer, under whose direc
tions Elliott, has been working. -
After hearing both side's of
the Hood. River - Columbia High
way controversy; the state high
way commission yesterday afternoon
took the matter under advisement. The
Newport Land & Construction company,
which has the contract, sought to
show that Engineer Elliott, in charge
of the work under State Highway En
gineer Bowlby; was unfair and unrea
sonable and had put'tbe company , to
unnecessary expense. The company
also sought to show that Elliott could
not give them a square deal In com
pleting the rest of the work, especially
because of the fact that he had a $10,
000 damage suit pending against the
company, because of an assault made
upon him by. 'Ross Newport. It was
charged that the ; company was re-
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HIGHWAY
BY THE COMMISSION
PATRIOTIC BELGIAN MONK KEEPS LONELY VIGIL
IN TOWER ON THE FLEMISH FRONT DIRECTING
FIRE OF ARTILLERY, WHILE SHELLS FALL THICK
. . - j . ,.." .
Water About the Tiny. Island" Is Foul With the Bodies of
Invaders -Who Have Perished in Attempting to Force
King Albert's Soldiers further Back..
By William Phiilp Sims, United
. Pre Staff. Correspondent.
. Flanders, Feb. 14. (With the Bel
gian army at the front. By mall to
New York) The chief observer for
the Belgian army, the -mn occupying
the most dangerous post along the
entire Flemish front,' is a;'V Capuchin
monk. " ..
- Hidden In. a . medieval " tower . of
chimney-like proportions, : but with
walls six- feet thick, part of an an
cient church, this fighting man of
God spends his. days, telephone re
ceiver at his ear, field glasses to his
eyes, informing the Belgian artillery
whether their shots are too long, too
short or just tight.. -
All? day long his snaggled tower,
rising from a tiny island not more
than 100 feet square, is bombarded
and battered by German guns planted
along the Yser.- i Only middle age
masonry of granite mixture co,uld
stand thiaA daily hammering, and eve"
that must finally yield, for as this is
being written" the, old-church steeple
is ail Jagged at the top, where half
has been shot ; away and great holes
two feet deep pockmark its sides.
Monk Will Hot Tlald Post.
And when at 'last It collapses under
the blows, the monk will certainly be
there, for, he: stubbornly refuses to
yield his place to, another, even for a
day or night. " "" - :
For two months and two weeks he
has stuck to his ruined church tower,
surrounded by a flood of seawater an4
river water mixed, which Inundates
the- country for 40 miles in all direc
tions. - His post is the most desolate
in; Europe. When his superior offi-
llTOUlf
AFIRE ATSEA
284AB0ARD
French Liner Carrying Am
munition, Machine Guns, a
Crew of 200 and 84 Pas
sengers Wirelesses for Aid
Off Irish Coast.
FOUR STEAMSHIPS ARE
RUSHING TO HELP HER
Vessel Sailed From New York
February 26 and Includes
Among Passengers Com
plete American Hospital
Unit Bound for France.
(United Ir-. L Wir.)
London, March The French liner
La Touraine is arire 700 miles from
Brest, according to a wireless dis
patch to Lloyd's today. Thenteam
ers Rotterdam. Swanmore, Cornlsh
man and Arabic are rushing to her as
sistance. The agents of the Compagnle Gen
erals Trans-Atlantlque, which owns
the vessel. Insisted that the ship was
not In- great danger because uf the
proximity of the British coast. . Their
statement, however, does not agree
with the Lloyds dispatch us to the lo
cation of La Touraine.
The following statement was Issued
by the owners:
"La Touraine, bound from New York
to Havre, Is afire off the coast of
Ireland. She Is due In Havre tomor
row. Consequently she 'cannot be In
great danger owing to her nearnexa
to the English coast. Plenty of as
sistance is en. .route. The Only news
regarding her condition ha been re
ceived through the . Valentia wireless
station." '
La Touraine sailed from New York
February 26 and Included In her pas
senger list were fve American phys
icians and Iff nurses en route, to,-the
hntUs. front in Pmnr. The remainder
st, the 'passengers' were largely ArntTi-
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Woodstock School
Girl Is Missing
j v . : ; . ... y
Pretty Mollit Cioffane, Affed 11, Caanvt
Be Pound, and Police Are Aiding
In the Search for Her.
Mollle Cioffane, a pretty little Italian
girl of 11 years, who is a student in
the fifth, grade of tlie , Woodbtock
school, has been missing four day,
and relatives, friends and the . police.
Who have; been searching, have found
no' trace of her.
The girl is the daughter of Cecil
Cioffane, "a laborer, of 4456 Korty
fifth avenue southeast, Woodstock.
She came home from school Tuesday
evening and steppnd put into the yard
to do some work. - She failed to return.
She Is described us five feet till,
slim, With intensely black hair, dark
eyes and darw kin. Slie Man. wearing
a red sweater coat when last seer.
cers, under the rover of night, go to '
him and beg him to take a rent, he
smiles like an embarrassed child and
replies:
"Why? I am less lonely here than
In my cell." vi , .
Escorted by a, Belgian staff officer
on hts round of inspection. I was per- i
mitted to visit the outpost. The night
was pitch black. Heavy clouds hun?
low and, driven ijefore a 40. mile gal
blowing in from the. North sea, a
drenching rain stung us in the face.
In the shelter of roofed front lino
trenches, dosing by the side of char
coal fires, the troops were . to be ;
envied. -, a. , )( .. .
Secret Path-Through Wires. ;
Through a break in the trenches we;
started forward, but were stopped a?
the end of 50 feet by an 'ntanglenieni
Of barbed wire. The officer f!ah.e4
his electric lamp here and there , it
discover-the secret' pat o through fhi r
network. Instantly - there came M i
challenge from the hooded sentry i'3n,;
the other side of the nttwork: J f
"Qui vlve!" " (
"An officer,"' came tie reply. I I j
"Advance and give th word of the
night." ; - ,' - . -;. f j.
The officer fumbled? about f or fseV
eral - seconds, finally locating a jtho
loose ends which M turned Lack,
slowly reversing th bathed mveh. -We
were allowed to proceed.- h j .
Once clear of front lin trffaihf
and the barbed web. We slushed jito n
the" ridge called a road, the only iaiid
anywhere near; us standing above;tha
Inundation. After a'. few; ininuteW fof
this the road dipped; slightly- ahd we
found ourselves wading In thof iflobd."
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