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: i " f. , -' - i, : 1 A ' THE WliLXtliER :1S Fair tbnlgbt Remarkable in terview with von Bethmann - Holl weg next Sunday. EDiTIOM a n d tpmrnow; 7 easterly winds; humidity 2 VOL. XIV. NO. 1. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1915 FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ' ow tr AXMai and mtws .lvl a vw X i STANDS I I?VE CENTS jl a 11 w m a i r u m -- a s r xvrLSn rrkia x "V aw s a w m mm -m m X K El " isr' t ... ssw .sr v i c m r- r tir t i , a iwn u - Rtv II l--Bgtf-.NQO : CRUISER LANDS PRISONERS AT T German Converted Cruiser, Eitel Friedrich, Reaches American Port. After Sail ing High Seas 7 Months. ESCAPED BRITISH FLEET IN FALKLANDS BATTLE Captain of Former Liner De sires to Make Repairs and Take to Sea Again. rCn!ted Ptmb Leased Wire.) Washington,. March 10. A messaga f r.om Newport News today said the Oerman armored liner Eltel Frlederlch had arrived there with S26 Russian and Trench prisoners of war and that he might intern. ' The German embassy later received a "message from the German consul at Norfolk, Va., announcing the arrival of the Eltel Frlederlch at Newport News. He said the vessel was a on verted cruiser. The consul declared that the ship put Into port to land the crews taken from enemy ships which she had destroyed at sea. Under International law the vessel, being a ship of war, Is com pelled to leave port within 24 hours or , Intern. The German embassy is confi dent that the Eltel Frlederlch will put to sea in time. Secretary Daniels this afternoon re ceived a. telegram from the Newport News Shipbuilding company. Baying that It had been asked to make re pairs on the Eltel Frlederlch. The company sought instructions whether It could comply with this .request -with-' out violating .American neutrality. Secretary Daniels passed the request to ' the neutrality board of the navy department for decision. .- Admiral Beebe, In command at the Norfolk, navyyard, officially reported the presence of the German vessel and .said that the revenue cutter Onon daga was alongside. Revenue officers are boarding her. T-ater Secretary Daniels conferred withiresldent Wilson regarding the situation, Under the ordinary rules of international law. it was said, the Eitel Frlederlch would be allowed to remain one day, but the fact t t-nahnfctl ruin oners of war on aboard when she ar - rived presents a different problem. The decision on this question is uncertain. . Secretary . Daniels , wired Admiral Beebe to rush all available information. Department heads believe the Eltel Frlederlch was one of the ships of the squadron of Admiral von Spee and that she escaped when most of the vessels of that squadron were sunk in a battle with the-British fleet off the Falkland islands. j CAPTAIN OF CRUISER INTENDS TO PUT OUT TO SEA IN FEW DAYS Newport News, Va., March 10. The German converted cruiser Eitel Fried- rich will not Intern. This announcement was made by Captain Thierichens, In command of th vessel, soon after the Eitel Fried- rich put Into this port for repairs. ' "We will repair and return to sea,' the captain said. "We have been In all parts of the south Atlantic, and we Will take more chances." 'Beyond this statement Captain Thlerlohens would not discuss hi ves- Vel. Other members of the crew ad hXtted, however, tbe vessel was short of TaeL and needed repairs. - 8 arrived here., unheralded, and an chored at the Newport News Ship Duiiaing company's plant, a rumor that- she had been chased into this port by a British warship could not be confirmed. The Eltel Friedrich has three eight Inca- guns and 10 five Inch guns and has a displacement of 8000 tons and carries 350 officers and men. The vessel was formerly a liner In the service of the North Oerman Lloyd company. At me outset of the war, however, she was converted Into a ship f war and guns were -mounted on her decks. ' Seven months ago she left Tsing Tau and It has always been & mystery how she managed to elude the British, Japanese and French, warships which were searching for her in the Pacific. It has. never been explained, either. how ! she escaped after the battle off me aiKianas a rew months ago. .ii j tne liitei Tiedrtch desires to matte repairs officials said today the customs collector may extend the length of her stay here. The landing on American soil of foreign prisoners of war is not expected to cause any difficulty. The diplomats of the vari ous countries will assume charge of them. . - Now that the British cruisers, known to be patrolling the' Atlantic, have lo cated the German ship. It Is predicted here; that he will be run oh captured or sunk if CaDtaln Thie richens undertakes to elude them again. Iti is. reported that the Kiti uamagea in iwo successive running NEWS fi iignts wnn rius& cruisers hn i,- kd officers refused to confirm this. Th f, i crew temporarily repaired the places said; to have been struck, by shells but iif her machinery is reported to be in bad ! shape and the hull needs scraping. I Germany Agrees' to li t T "I- . . I. T 1 1 ; rixuiiauge invalids London. March 10. It was n- taou&oed In the house of commons that Germany had consented "to v the ex . change of all invalid civilian prisoners In deference to the wishes of Pope Benedict. . ' . 'WHERE SUBMARINES Si- i .V .-i -e- xt s;; -i- i' . 'sNi; f m c g Dots off Scarborough, Hastings and Liverpool show where German submarines sunk British merchantmen yesterday. The dotted line shows the extension of the German "war zone" in the north. British Vessels Sunk by Sept. 5 Cruiser Pathfinder sunk by U-21 off St. Abb's head, Scotland. Sept. 22 Cruisers Cressy, Aboukir and Hogue sunk by U-9 in North sea. Oct. 16 Cruiser Hawke sunk in northern waters of North sea. Oct. 27 Battleship Audacious sunk off north coast of Ireland. Oct. 30 Cruiser Hermis sunk in Straits of Dover. Nov. 11 Torpedo gunboat Niger sunk in the Downs, off Deal, two miles off shore. , Jan. 1 Formidable sunk off Ply- PRINCIPAL, ATTACKED BY EGG BATTERIES, IS FORCED TO RETREAT Aim of Boys of John Day School Shows Lack of Training, (Special to The Journal. John Day, Or., March 10. As the re sult of a conflict with the students of the sixth and seventh grades, Professor E. S. Stultz, principal of the John Day school, was bombarded with eggs fired by a number of rebellious school boys. The boys congregated about the house where Professor Stultz boards. They were well supplied with eggs, which fortunately were fresh. As the principal stepped from the house he was covered on both flanks and front by a raking fire. The aim of the at tacking party was faulty, however, and the principal was able to retreat in good order and with little damage. The attack on Professor Stultz was the direct culmination of trouble that started at a spelling contest held Fri day afternoon between the sixth and -seventh grades. During the contest competition was warm, and the rooters became rather noisy. When a student of the sixth grade orthographically an nihilated his opponnet of the seventh grade, the din was terrible. In the midst of the tumult Professor Stultz descended. His verbal arraign ment of all concerned, including the teachers, was not mild and the contest was brought to a summary close. Among those involved were sons of prominent families. The parents with out exception elded with the professor, and administered paternal punishment to their offspring. The professor, showing the natural rnaenanlmitu nt his heart, promised the culprits that! an apoiogy would square everything, and Monday morning the pecessary apologies were forthcoming. Coos Bay Youths Sail in Tiny Craft San Francisco. March 10. v- from Coos Bay. Or., to tim coat Of the. United States, three young men have arrived here In one of the tiniest vessels which ever undertook such a long trip. The men are Svd Wiisnn a miner; Frank Harris, a sailor, and David Poste, a newspaper man. Their craft, the Harnnrle ia a 7 inn is ketch-rigged and carries a 24 horse power auxiliary engine ror use in emergencies. . She also carries an elec- inc piant. ; The craft is anchnrwl nff Rti..iun for several days while the men visit the Panama-Pacific -exposition, but later she will rmtmm south. At San Diego she will take on supplies for several months. i It took the vessel three and one half davs to ma.kn thn trtn r. to San Francisco, and this despite con- siueraoie rougn weather. STRUCK YESTERDAY FAROE. ISLANDS -.c.o German Submarines Jan. 30 Ben Cruachan, Linda, Blanche and Kilkoaii sunk in Irish sea; Toku Maru and Ikaria sunk off Havre; Feb. 30 British merchantman sunk in Irish sea. Feb. 24 British steamers Rio Pa naro, Oakley and Marpalion sunk by submarines. Feb. 25 British steamers Deptford and Western Coast sunk by sub marines. March 10 Steamer Tangistan tor redoed off Scarborough, North sea; steamer Blockwood sunk In English channel; steamer Princess Victoria sunk off Liverpool. : BUND MASTER AND PROBABLY SAVES SIX Rogoway Home at Albany, With Furnishings, Is De stroyed by Early Blaze, (Special to The Journal.) Albany. Or., March 10. Curly, a small Spitz dog, probably saved the lives or six people In a fire that de stroyed the Rogoway home at Second and Thurston streets early this morn ing. Aroused from its bunk in the sitting room by crackling flames i..nd smoke, the dog ran upstairs, jumped on the bed of its blind master, R. Rogoway, and pawed his face. Rogoway slapped H away, at the same time calling to his wife to put the dog out of the room. Mrs. Rogoway awoke at the sound of her husband's voice, and dis covered the room filling with smoKe. She rushed downstairs and discov ered the rear end of the house in flames. After giving an alarm of fire, she went back upstairs, to discover that the flames had burst into her uusuuua s room, ana mat he had befe:i scorched about the head and eyes. Throwing a piece of cloth over his head, she carried him down the stairs to the door, when he fainted. Becom ing exhausted, she dragged him out on the street. Rogoway's Injuries are slight, but it is said he is in a serious condition from a weak heart. Other people in the hous were J. S. Morgan, a gardener; George and Charles Ballard, brothers,, and Melba Rogoway, 7-year-old granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rogoway. All got out without injury. Nothing was saved from the burned building. Ail the occupants were compelled to take to the street in their night clothes. Wants Hard Boiled Egg for Breakfast Mrs. Edith Howell Sues Her Husband for Divorce Because His Parents Wont Zet Her Have One. Los Angeles, Cal., March 10. De claring she will have a hard boiled egs for breakfast if she wants it, Mrs. Edith J. Uowey, a pretty movie ac tress, filed suit for divorce today from Ernest F. Howell, a Hollywood real estate man. : "We lived with Mr. Howeirs I par ents," stated Mrs. Howell in her com plaint. "I asked for a hard boiled egg for breakfast. You would have thought I had committed, a crime. I was told I was too stuck up, asking for boiled eggs for breakfast. So I did not get the egg.? Freezes to Death In Nome. Nome. March 10. Miss Emma X)al quist, who lost her way In a blizzard Sunday, was found dead under a snow drift. She had frozen to death. ' A , ii?S, DOG BARK AWAKENS U N , SUNK BY DESTROYER British Destroyer Ariel Sends the U-12 to the Bottom; German Crew Saved; Are Taken Aboard the Ariel. LONDON DEMANDS THAT SUBMARINE CREWS DIE Sinking of Three More Mer chantment With Loss of 30 Men Stirs English. i (TJnl(i Presa Leased Wlre.l London, March 10. After announc ing earlier in the day that the German submarine TJ-20 had been rammed and sunk by the British destroyer Ariel, the admiralty issued a statement this afternoon declaring it had mad a mis take, and that it was the U-12 which was sent to the bottom and not the U-20. Of the 28 members of the crew of the U-12, only ten were saved. London, March 10. The British de stroyer Ariel today rammed and sank the German submarine U-20 the ad mirality announced. The crew of the submarine surrendered. Incensed by the torpedoing of three British steamships by German subma rines yesterday, London newspapers to day demanded that the government at once carry out its threat to try the crew of the sunken submarine IJ-8 am pirates. Twenty-nine officers and men of this submarine were captured when the vessel was sent to the bottom. Ac cording, to dispatches from Amsterdam the U-8 alone sank five British steam ships before she was destroyed. "The crew of the U-8 are common pirates and murderers," says the London Times 'today. "They should be treated as such and tried by com mon law. The submarine exploits of yester day make a total of 14 British ships sunk by submarines since the Ger man war zone decree went Into ef fect. It was stated at the admiralty de partment thia afternoon that the U-20 was the seventh German submarine that has been sunk by a British ship since the war opened. The others were the U-8. U-15, U-18 and three other undersea boats which the ad miralty declared had been sunk, two In October and one last month. The identity of these three submarines has not been established.- The admiralty was reticent regard ing the U-20 affair, declining to indi cate where the Ariel's exploit had taken place. Three steamers carrying the Brit ish flag were sent to the bottom bv the submarines during a period of eight hours yesterday, according to reports today. Of the 31 men of the steamer Tangistan, which was sunk off Scarborough, only one survived. The other ships sunk were the Black wood, off Hastings, and the Princess Victoria, off Liverpool. All of the ships were attacked without warning of any kind. , In the case of the Princess Victoria 'and Blackwood, the boats had already been swung out in preparation for emergencies and the crew got off before their ships sank. The Tan gistan sank so suddenly that the crew were unable to launch their boats. The only survivor, James O'Toole, clung to a piece of wreck age until picked up. O Toole gave a graphic descriptlau of -the scene which followed the tor pedoing and sinking- of the Tangi3tan. (Concluded on Pag Two. Column Three. ) WHO SAYS THERE Nv NT5 HOW MftNY TIMES' I'LL KftlSe ( PRIZE CROP OF J 5577 Chicago iti Fear of "Dope" Fiends Cut From Drugs t New Law Makes Is Impossible for Them to Procure Drugs and Wave of Crime Awaited. Chicago, March ltL II. I. Davis, su perintendent of the county "psycho" hospital, and other authorities who deal with scores 'of drug victims daily, declared today that thousands of "dope fiends" will be "on fire" within a week. The city has already been swept by a crime wave and 'these officials predict a series of hold-ups and drugstore robberies by maddened Ir'ug victims as the result of the cutting off of their "dope" by the operation of the new Harrison law. "This is too great a problem to stand on technicalities," said Davis. "There are tenl of thousands of drug victims in this tity and the same con dition prevails everywhere. The country must faco' it;" - A score of tt-embling, pale men and women applied to the hospital f o treatment today begging for a little "dope" to afford them relief from th6 tortures they suffer without it. The police were besieged by a crowd of victims today and the num ber' Is Increasing daily. The authorities are planning co operative efforts to alleviate the suf ferings of these people and medical organizations have joined in a 5 cru sade for a supplementary law. John Harvey Noyes Announces Wedding Well; Known Portland Business Kan and Popular San rranclsco Girl Will Be Married at JToon Tomorrow. John Harve'y Noyes, manager of the Globe Grain & Milling company, to day asked a few of his friends to for get business tomorrow at 12 o'clock to harken to his wedding bells. The bride-to-be Is Mrs. Bessie Sel over Bennion of Sa-n Francisco, the daughter of Mrs. Evelyn Selover of that cir. Mrs. Bennion is a beautiful and most interesting woman, popular in her set in San Francisco. She vis ited in Portland last summer, when she made many friends, who will be Interested in her marriage and wel come here as a resident of the city. The ceremony will be read at high noon tomorrow at the First Presbyte rian church before an assemblage of about 30 of the friends of the couple. Wedding breakfast will be served fol lowing the church services, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ganong, East Burnside street. Mr. Noyes is a member of the Wa verly Country club. He has been in Portland but two years, formerly liv ing in San Francisco. He Is a member of the Family club and the Burlln game club of., that city. After a wedding trip, Mr. Noyes and his bride will be at home to their Portland friends at 717 Fast Burnside street. Jitney Men to Sue To Recover Taxes Los Angeles, Cal., March 10. Jit-1 ney men are preparing for a legal battle -today to recover from the city approximately $25,000 they claimed they have been overtaxed. They ob ject to paying an assessment of $15 a quarter, the- same as taxicabs, claim ing they are entitled to the rate of $7,50 for automobiles for hire which do not stand On the street. The city attorney ruled that each jitney bus man must file a separate suit. Famous Mine Is Sold. Colorado Springs, Colo., March 10. The Golden Cycle gold mine, one of the richest In the United States, was purchased for $4,500,000, by A. E. Carl ton and associates of Cripple Creek, from John T. Milliken, brother-in-law of Albert T. Patrick, yesterday. 2 1MO ljCi GERM GUNS CaptainYof German Cruiser Eitel iFrederich Admits He Sankf Wheat Ship William P. Frye in South Atlantic. CARRYING, CONTRABAND IS? GERMAN'S EXCUSE Vessel Sailed ! From Seattle, November 6; Crew on Board the Eitel. (Tilted Prea Leased Wire.) Newport Newp, Va., March 10, Re ports that the American anillnv mhln William P. Frve u nn nf th rroft sunk by the German converted cruiser .cnei .triearicn were confirmed , today by the officers of the Eitel Friedrich. TheV Ka&d tflA RVvft XKTam mtt-nir 4n - - ' 111 i u. south Atlantic on January 27 because sue was carrying coniraDana. Cap-- tain Klphn mnatoe nf V- ahtn hi. wife andf 25 members of the 'crew were saved. The Frye sailed from Seattle for wueenstown on November 6 with a cargo or wneat. Collector of the Port Hamilton re ported the case to Washington. It' is declare,) that- fonfaln vi.hn hi. - and crew are now on board the Eitel rneancn. Loss Placed at $575,000. San Francisco, Cal., March 10. The William P. Frye, which was sunk In the South Atlantic by the German con verted cruiser Eitel Frledrioh was owned by the Edward SeWall company of Bath, Maine. She was valued, at $150,000 and the estimated value of her cargo at the time she was sent to the bottom was $425,000. She was the last of the large American clipper ships and was built at Bath In 1901. "She was 332 ftet lor. g and with a beam of 45 feet. She was: last heard from the day after she left Seattle, when she reported off Tatoosh island. It was aboard this vessel that Jack London, the novelist, made his trip around the Horn some years ago, which furnished him the basis for the series of stirring sea tales he afterwards wrote. . . .Sinking Frye Not Illegal. Washington, March 10. Secretary of the Navy Daniels this afternoon said he had received information confirm ing the report that the American ship William r. Frye had been sunk by the German converted cruiser Eltel Fried rich in the .South Atlantic. He received a report from the com mandant of the ! Norfolk navy yard wnicn is now being transcribed. Under the declaration of London, a belligerent is entitled to sink a neu tral ship If the latteris knowingly carrying contraband to an enemy of the belligerent. If a protest is made the question whether the Frye's cargo was contra band will be the point at issue. Helen Keller Is 111. - Austin. Miss.. March 10. Mlu TT1n Keller, the blind girl, was stricken wnn a neavy coia yesterday, which physicians fear will develop Into pneu monia. All to Sit in Chicago Cars. Chicago, March 10. The city coun cil passed an ordinance yesterday re quiring the streetcar company to guar antee to each passenger a seat except ing during rush hours. OPTIMISTS? TWO EMPLOYES OF .WILLAMETTE WORKS ATTACKED Victims Complain to Mayor;. Former Employes Who Are Now on Strike Blamed. Two ; employes of -the "Willamette Iron & Steel works, Kelly and Reed, were attacked and severely ! beaten Monday evening while on their way home from the plant. They say they were attacked by former employes of the company ' who have been on strike since February 12. The two inen visited Mayor -Albee yesterday and made complaint against the manner in which the strikers were being allowed to Interfere With the em ployes of the company.' -Mayor Albee gave assurances that police protection would j be furnished. He requested the two men to swear out warrants for the arrest of those who attacked them. They said they would swear out the warrants itoday. Since the strike was called several other employes of the company who did not Join the strikers have been at tacked, according to President B. C. Ball, bu have not been so severely beaten up as were Kelly and Reed4 The ! attack on Kelly and Reed Was made at Seventeenth and' Vaughn streets. Six or eight men are said to have' participated. The two men wero knocked down and kicked In the face and bodyj according to their reports. They w.ere badly bruised and Kelly has an ugly gaih over the eye. Today, following a report of the last attack being made to the mayor. Pres ident ; Ball said the strikers' banner and pickets have not been In evidence near the plant. President Ball said the repair work on the ship has . been completed and for the last week he has been letting out men. : He said he has no places for the strikers and anyway would refuse to take them back In a body. Sam Krasner to Be , Returned to Oregon ' j . . .- Willie Gross, Also Said on Walts Ha " very Charge, td Be Brought to Vort land for Trial. . (United Preaa Ltaaad Wire.) New Orleans, La., March 10. Sam uel Krasner and a fashionably dressed woman were arraigned here today on a white slavery charge. . Both were . or dered returned to Oregon. According to information received here today, not only Krasner Was or dered returned to Portland to face a white slavery charge, bait "Willie Gross, also j under Indictment on ; a similar charge here, was ordered returned to Portland for trial. . s As soon as the news was received by United States Attorney Reames, a wire i Was dispatched requesting that the men be started for Portland as soon as possible. Krasner was formerly a notorious underworld "character, and politician in this city. He Is charged with having transported a woman from Seattle to Portland, arid Gross Is charged with having transported a woman ; from Portland to Texas for Immoral pur poses. ,1 BULLETINS TEBEB ASMZKAXSJ XAXED. , Washington, Mar oh 10. Secretary of the Wavy Daniels announced this afternoon that three admirals had been appointed under the new statute re vising the navy rank. They are: Frank T. :- CTetcber, now commanding the Atlantlo fleet, whose appointment dates from today; Thomas B. Koward, commanding the Faclflo fleet, whose promotion dates from tomorrow, and Walter O. Cowles, commanding- the Asiatic fleet, whoss appointment dates from Friday. Heretofore all have held the rank of rear admiral. Zletoher will ; thus : become ranking admiral of the i nary, second only to Admiral George Dewey. SWXSIBB WX'VUim UTT.TiTro Washington, March 10. ' One Swedish citizen has been killed In Ksxloo City and the Swedlsn government has made diplomatic representations to General Vennstlano Carransa regarding the matter. This was the information oonreyed to Bobert Lansing, counsellor of the stats department, this afternoon by Sir Cecil Spring-Bios, the British ambas sador, during a call by th latter. AUTO RACES rATALT KXTST. enloe, Cal, Joaren 10. -Two men wsrs Injured, Mechanician Olarsncs Xamlain, probably fatally, when Or. Tills Jonas, a driver training for the St. Patrick's" day grand prtjc, crashed over a wooden structure being built at the Boss street and Waahiartaa boulevard curve of the track at noon today. The second man lnlorea a carpenter -John Amen, was not seri ously nurt, ' . AaTEUCajr BTEAKZa ttm-w Xork, March 10. A oable re ceived ; here this afternoon said that the American steamer Tlglllncl, with a cargo of cotton, bound from Savan nah to Bremen, was Intercepted by a British cruiser and taken to XirkwaXL KTTSSIAJffS XEAVTXrO PEMXA, Berlin, by wireless to ayrllle, March XO Partial vncuation of Per sia by the Russians was reported from Constantinople in dispatches today. Ths advices also asserted chat the Slavs now hold only the provinces 9f xrasTia, uazandran and RON 6 BRIT SH SHIPS TURN GllliS Oil Spot Being Attacked, Over looks! Narrows ijof Darda nelles; Fire "Reported to Be Terrific, i ALL TOLD NEARLY f30 VESSELS ARE FIGHTING ' l '!!''! M i . Russian Black' Sea Fleet Has Sunk Several Turkish i Supplj Ships. By Ed li. Keen, United Press Staff Correloident, London,; March jo.-Slx British war ships, "headed by tjhej superdreadnaught Queen Elizabeth, j d day concentrated their fire on jFort; Wajnaaleh, which overlooks j the narrow 's of .ti e Dardan elles, according jjto dispatches from Athens.; f The powerful If urts ' of Namasleh have swept the strait for several miles and thus) farjlhaVe reventiid the 'ad vance of minesweepers in those waters.- i . j 1: j j r It was freely declared todny that the superdreadnaught IWarsprite had Joined the fleet attacking tlie Dardanelles. Officials alsojl virtually! admitted that another vessel; of the1 type ofj the Queen Elizabeth, mounting 15-nch guns, is in action. --. P !j . j j Nearly 30 French and British vessels are now known toi be shilling the forts and a dozen more are (unofficially re ported In actlonjj Constantinople and Berlin reports that the Queeh Klizabeth has been seriously damaged by shells from the TurkishTbatterleaTwere offi cially denied ItodtfyJ although a state. ment issued Monday ! night admitted this vessel had been- hit three times. Russia's Black Sea fleet la steaming slowly towards the Bosporus', according to Petrograd dvlces. i It Has already overtaken and slink several Turkish supply ships.;,) M j . j j j Americans Endangered. Washington, March! 10.- Fears for the safety of Americans and! other neu tral Christians lrj Turky Is growing. It Is admitted that! Constantinople" Is In iangar,o.jcapurw by; the allies and there is considerable apprehension that such an event Willi be followed by the Moslems running amulek; In the interior of Turkey alnd massacring the "enemies f the prophet." Ambassador Morgenthau. tit Constan tinople, and all (American consuls In Turkey have been instructed i to ketp close watch. Steps have been taken to Impress upon Turkish officials everywhere that no matter what may happen in the- Ottoman empire,, for eigners must be protected. Up to the present time these efforts have been successful. Consideration, of this fea ture of the war situation occupied the attention of the administration today. Captain Gray Is Admiral of Fleet Pioneer Hlver Man to . Have Charge "of Procession: to :Cor Prom Xiawls ton to Astoria. ' j Captain W. P. Gray, president of the Columbia and Snake .Blvars Water ways association, has accepted appoint ment as admiral of The Dalles-Celllo canal celebration fleet which! will mnv from Lewlston to Astoria during the week of May 3-8. Captain Gray Is president nf Columbia and Bnalf nivi- !wai.,... association, one of the pioneer rlter pilots and steamboat masters of the Columbia. lie brought - the Norma down through the wild waters of the Snake river's box canyon from Hunt ington to P.iparia, and this is notd as one of the most daring fats In the history of northwest river havlgatlon. captain k. w. Baughman will be -admiral, retired", of the ifleet. and as- the vessels pass through Celllo canal. May 6, they will stand In the pilot house of the flag ship surrounded by a staff of veteran pilots and steam boat masters. Parcel Post Cuts Express Earnings r Het Proms Drop Prom 91,722,009 la . tits Months of 1913 to-tra.931 la Sams Months of 1914. I "Washington, March 10. The Inroads the parcel post has made Into the re- v w. . n iui:ipj.i fsycuB coin panics were strikingly shown today, when' the Interstate comnierce com. cost and Incomes of these concerns." During November, 1814, these com panies showed a net loss of $182,745,' against a profit of I32,235,ln Novem ber of 1913. , For the five months ended November 30, 1914, the net profits of jtbe com panies was only $72,951. as compared with a profit of $1,722,009 during the same months of the year previous. New Peace Cabinet In Charge in Greece Athens, March 10. The new Greek cabinet, headed by ; M. Gounarls, was sworn In today and began Its duties. M. ' Venlzelo.s, former premier and head of the majority party- in par liament, promised ' King Constantlne that he would not try to overthrow the ministry untlt lhe people had had an opportunity to : votn on - the on tlon whether they want the. neutrality of Orssos to continue.