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THE WEATHER Portland and vicinity, Sunday i Con. dlttons are t avorable for rain with southerly wind. Oregon, Sunday: Conditions XSTor- able for rain, southerly winds Increasing- along1 eoast. j Washington, Sunday i Bain, south rly winds, increasing along- coast. VOL. XI. NO. 51. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1915 PRICE FIVE CENTS bile. aooA Society. Cluba. t I 111 lI I I I I ' I 1 I I I K I I I 1, I K- " CXl I M I I IK I I I K I I I V SEVEN VESSELS n r f-i n nrn r rr l Ant lUnftUUtU BY SUBMARINES Only Two of the Vessels At tacked, However, Go to the Bottom, but Three Mem-; bers of Crews Drowned. BIG SUBMARINE WAITS AT MOUTH OF MERSEY The U-29, 17 Knot Boat, Is Reported to Be on Look out for Liners. : feerlin (via wireless to Seyville, t. I., March 13). -The admiralty tonight confirmed the report that a German submarine sank the British auxiliary cruiser Bayano' off the coast of Scot land Thursday morning. The name of the submarine; engaged was not given and no mention was made of the fate of the Bayano' s crew. I ' - Ixmdon, March 13. Nine vessels, eight of them British, have been tor pedoed In , British waters by German iwfiuhiarines in the last 72 hours. The admiralty tonight, in official state ment, admitted submarine attacks upjon seven vessels hitherto not re ported. In addition to these l6e Brit ish auxiliary cruiser Bayano was sent topthe bottom with a loss of " nearly 20(t lives, and the French freighter Auguste Conseil was wrecked by a ftorpe-ii in the English channel! Two of the seven steamers reported 3 by tne admiralty to hav.e been tor fveootd went to the bottom. The Hart : t;ie Wj sunk by a submarine in' the ifiilsh channel -today. Three members .of hi crew were drowned. , but; 'JU others were rescued. The Indian City, a Ismail steamer, was sunk off the ycjlly Islands yesterday, but her crew - was picked up .by nearby steamers: Of -h five other vessels officially reported to ;bave been . torpedoed, the sumtralty said that possibly two were vit'tiuiH of .mines. These - five were: Steamer Adenwen, 37S tons, of Car diff; torpedoed in the channel on Thursday. She reached Cherbourg wwlrh 'her crew, The steamer; Floriran, 4 658 tons, of Liverpool; torpedoed or ruined Thurs day at the muuth of Bristol Channel. Crew afe. 1 ; The steamer Headlands, 2988 tons, of iLlverpoei; torpedcred Friday off the k-elHjf Kslarids. ; Crew safe. The steamer Aluslan. not listed in IJoyd'a' registry,' torpedoed or mined oi'lt ycilly islands on Friday. Crew safe.; V . ! - , The steamer Invergyle, 1794 tons, of (Con'lodf un Pane Ten. Column Two) ;eii THE WAY TO CHINA CAUSING EXCITEMENT Report That Tokio Has For warded Ultimatum to Pe king Denied by Officials, (United .Press Lesseil wi i toklo, March 13. It is officially ad- ml tieri tha.t Janun - la 11,nsfiin. rqops to China. Mixed divisions are oeijng sent io using xao, two regiments ari going- to Tien Tsin and other trtiops are sailing for Korea. These facts, coupled With rumors of pa ftiffl mobilization, are causing areat excitement. ''-.. ;7he official explanation of the mill y movements is that they are due the annual replacements of soldiers o garrisoned in Korea and Manehu ,ria. They are not. it is stated, called wth the negotiations with China, which are said to be progressing hope fully. The foreign Office denies the re ports emanating from Peking that Ja r4n has sent an ultimatum to China. Tlie real nature of the Japanese de mands, howeverf has not been made public. The strictest censorship pre vails. . Peking Officially Notified. .... Pekin, March 13. The Chinese gov ernment has received official infor mation that the second Japanese squadron convoying two army divis ions of approximately 30,000 r.ien has sajled for China. These troops, addd to those already garrisoned in China, will make a total of 60,0, It is said thtey will be distributed in Manchuria, Shantung, Hankow and Tien Tsin. When it was made known In Toklo several days ago that new forces wbuld be sejit to China it was stated that they would merely replace the troops alnady here. Since then, how evjer, Japan has intimated that the garrisons now here would be retained together with tnejnew arrivals pending the settlement of the differences which have arisen over the demands made by Japan upon China. eary' Arctic Ship Is Bought by U. S. " - - V Washington, March 13. Rear Ad- miral Peary's - exploration ; ship, the ; RoBevelt, was purchased today by tbc -fisheries bureau of the department of ,;cokTim?rce for use in -uncharted Alas- kajir waters. Captain Bart let, who went north with Peary, probably will be in cnroniand. ; '..- ; ' JAPANE5 iOOPS NEWS INDEX SECTION ONE 16 PAGES , Par. '. - 1. S.t.b Vessels Torpedoed by Sub marines. , 8 pa la Protest Concarnins; Kexioo. Von Huidenburr Outwits Busaiant. Twelve Thousand Bin Bold Petition. Thaw Bees Liberty Ahead. Japanese Troops En Route to China. Fire Destroys Fairchild Packing Plant. Jitney Hita Woman. S. Sinking of Frye Explained. Allied Troops Move on Constantinople. Expert Her urvr of the War. 5. Mountain Climbers Smash Records. 1 San Francisoo News Letter. 4. Clark Sanity Case Develops Sensation. China Pheasant Damage Park Bulbs. Baxmyer's Will Tiled. 6. Chamber of Commerce Plana An ; - neunoed. i Oregon Scenery Booklet Planned. Cooperation . Between Business Men Urged. I 6. Warm Greeting for Steamship Great Northern, t Forger Knew Arrest Was Inevitable. Perjury Sends Howland to Prison. Mary Art in 's Coming Aroute. Interest. 7. Missionary Campaign Planned. Tag Day Sale to Ba Held March 17. Mews of the Churches. 5. Alaskan , Railroad Boute Soon to Be Announced, "Fish Trusf Attacked. 9. Bad Trade Customs Revealed. Trade Commissioners to Meet Tomor row. 10. Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence Pleads Wom an's Cause, Pethick - Lawrence Addresses Civio League Luncceon. Non-Suit Requested in Parker-Hume Case. Significance of Celilo Canal, Celiio Canal Dedication Program Pleases. 11. Central Control of Charities Urged. Opinions on Organized Charities. What Fashionable Men WiU Wear This Season. 12. Cattle Brand Must be Recorded. Appropriations Mad by Legislature. Industrial Accidents of the Week. Coos By Railroad Obstacles Re moved. 13. Vancouver . Citisens Work on Park Site. Price of Fruit May Be Reduced. Governor Asks for U. S. S. Oregon. 14. Parole Officer Law Declared Weak. Umatilla Pioneer Dies. Seattle News Letter. U. of O. Regents Meet. Oregon City Proud of Water Supply. 15. Desperation of Dope Fiends Feared. V. of O. Students Give Play, Youths Confess Having Threatened Woman. . 16. Sheriff to Increase Staff of Deputies. SECTION TWO 16 PAGES (Sports, Automobiles, Good Roads, Markets, Marine, Suburban, Want Ads, Real Estate) SECTION THKEE lO PAGES 1. Girl Allege Indignities. 8. Dramatic News. 3. In the Motion Picture Field, 4. Editorial. 6; Town Topics. Who's-Who In the City Hall. 6. Chancellor Declares Kaiser Is for Peace. If the Allies Wii Guglielmo Ferrero 7. Trip on Uppr Columbia. Mazamaa Find More Natural Beauty Spots. , . 8. Illustrated Vows Review. 9. News From Foreign Capitals. 10. World's Greatest Fish Hatchery Fred Lockley, University and College News. SECTION FOCR 10 PAGES Page 1-4. The Week in Society. 6. The Realm of Music 6. Women's Club Affaire. Social Service News. 7. Parent-Teacher Activities. Fraternal Notes. , . t. For the , Needlewoman Sarah Hale Hunter.' .. - - Women in : the Week's News. V. Government By Exports James D. Barnett, Ph.D. ' " v Beauty Chat Mm- Qui Vive. The Pantalet Again in Style. Hints for the Spring Suit Mar garet Mason. How the ?oppy Got to Chile John Lathrop. Your Horoscope 7. F. Adams, .10. -The- Newest Curve In Corsets. SECTION FIVE 8 PAGES (Magazine and Pictorial) Page. 1. Ski Time on Slopes of Mt. Hood. 2. Clemencia'i Crisis. a. 4-6. 6. "Come Into the Garden, Maud. Photographs Dm the War Zone. Statesmen Iteal and Near. On the Funny Side. With the Uartuonrjts. 7, Scienoe and "Near-Science. 8. Children's Page. SECTION SIX- PAttiES (Comic) Italy Has No Reply To Mediation Offer German Ambassador Makes Proposition on Condition Some Supports Kaiser's Demands Concerning; Delegates. Rome, March IS. It ia reported on the highest authority that German Am bassador von Buelow has offered medi ation on condition that Italy agree to support the German demands in ths peace congress and vote with the cen tral empire delegates. The Italian government continues to maintain an impenetrable silence re garding negotiations reported to be under way with Austria concerning ter ritorial concessions. Nothing has been added to the semi-official announce ment that Italy has instituted no ne gotiations, but simply has listened tcr proposals emanating from Germany through that country's ambassador. Prince von Buelow. There are persistent reports In Rome tl.at Austria has refused absolutely even to discuss the possible consider ation of, Trieste and would concede only a small part of the province of Trent. The assertion ' Is made in military circles that Italy now is prepared for any eventuality. Price of Engines Totals $1,500,000 Bur ling-ton Railroad Sign Contract fox 50 Freight and Passenyer Locomo tives; $30,000 Each. Chicago, Marc.h 13. Directors of the Burlington road in Chicago today signed a contract with fhe Baldwin Locomotive works of Philadelphia for 50 freight and passenger engines. The cost of. the engines will aver age $30,000 each or $1,500,000 for the Tot. Thirty-five of the locomotives will be for freight service and 15 for passenger trains. T German Pr ess at Last Mentions Frye Tor rirst Time Since Eitel Triedrich . Sank American Ship Berlin Papers Publish ; Incident; No Comment, Berlin, March 13, via Amsterdam. For the first time since, the converted truiser Eitei Friedric"h reached New port Kews, Va., the .Berlin papers were permitted today to publish the news of the sinking by the warship of ' the. American ship William P. Frye. They carried no comment on the incident. - SPAIN ASSERTS HER G1TIZENS1N MEXICO U N SAFE Conditions in Mexico City Have Become Worse, Am bassador Claims, Since the Killing of McManus. EACH FACTION AVOIDS RESPONSIBILITY THERE Zapatistas Agree to Let Food Into Capital, However, Relieving Situation. fBy the International News Scrrice.) Washington. March 13.-fThese are latest developments in the Mexican situation: Spain has informed this ;government that since" the killing of John B, Mc Manus, an American citizen, conditions in Mexico City have become worse than ever and an urgent request has been made of the United States to obtain better protection for the Span iards. Secretary of State Bryan today sent a telegram to Special Agent Carothers, who is with Villa, repeating his de mands that the murderers of McManus be punished. Villa and Zapata, who is at present in control of the capital, are in alliance. No word has been received at the state department informing It that its demands for the punishment of the murderers have been complied with. It was learned today that the latest note to General Carranza was an "ac knowledgment of his comnfunication to President Wilson and reiterated the demand of thi.s government that pro tection be given to Americans and other foreigners. Aim to Avoid Responsibility. Furthermore it developed today that the suspicion that there has existed among the various' factions of Mexico an understanding by which each could avoid as long as possible responsibil ity for outrages against Americans and other foreigners in Mexico City has caused the state department to take steps to prevent it being operated any longer. ' The demands have been so worded as to ask what territory "may come under his control.' In this way an issue raised s with Carrarma 'or Villa, as the case -1 may "BeV" concerning the situation in ' Mexico City cannot be disposed of by either simply abandon ing the-city ; temporarily so that new representations would have to be made to the other. The Spanish ambassador called at the state department today to discus; - tCViioluded ou I'age Two. Column Que) Bold Robbers Loot Safe in Spokane Back Loan Society Manager Into Clothes Closet and Do Job Quickly and Neatly. (Special to The Journal.) Spokane, Wash, March 13. While his accomplice stood guard outside, a fine appearing, well dressed young robber backed E. R. Porterfield, man ager of the Citizens' Savings and Lean society, into a clothes closet at the end of i a revolver hero tonight and then, summoning his partner, looted the safe. The amount taken is not definitely . known, but variously estimated from $750 to $1000. Only two minutes was required to do the job. As the duo jauntily left the bank one cautioned, - Don't make outcry or we'll put a slug into you." Porterfield waited till the bank door closed and then summoned the police. Up to a late hour5 tonight the police had no trace of the robbers. The bank is immediately back of the Old National bank, in the most central part of the business district. Neither robber was masked. California Power Deal Is Under Way Great Western Company to Take Over a Consolidation of United Zilgnt ft Power Co, a "Borax" Smith Plant. San Francisco, Cal March 13. A $3,000,000 deal whereby the Great Western Power company la to take over a consolidation of the United Light & Power Co., ohe of the F. M. Smith properties held by the United Properties company, the Smith-Han-ford-Tevls merger, and a number of smaller concerns doing business in the bay cities, was revealed today be fore the state railroad Commission. The merger plan provides for the taking over of all the physical assets of these various companies and fixing against these assets $3,000,000 ' in bonds. No action on the application for permission to carry the merger plan through has yet been taken by the commission, BRITISH BARK PILLAGED Valparaiso, Chile. March 13.- The crew of the German cruiser Dresden first pillaged the British bark Con way Castle and then sent her to the bottom by, exploding a bomb, accord ing to the crew of the British vessel who were landed here today, from the Peruvian bark Lurton. , Cruiser Washington Arrives. Vera Cruz, JUreh 13. The U.' S. cruiser Washington; ordered here by the navy department in view of the Critical condition of affairs ' in Mex ico City and this port, arrived here today and anchored outside the har bor in the roadstead. THOUSANDS MSmlM Jar- -jf 4' T" "'1' J THAW SEES LIBERTY ' SP; ' 1 - AHEAD WHILE STATE FIGHTS TO KEEP HIM Although Not -Guilty of Con spiracy, Prosecution Wants Prisoner Back In Asylum, V By Bond P. Geddes, Uniied Press Staff Correspondent. New York, Mai clt 18. Freedom, complete and permanent, from jails and : insane wards was glimpsed ;.: to night down a vista of litigation! by Harry K. Thaw from behind the bars of his Tombs cell. ! Acquittal today of Thaw and his four assistants in his dramatic escape from the Matteawan asylum on the conspiracy charge was hailed by Thaw as an omen of certain release. - New York state attorneys declared as pos itively ' that Thaw would b ' quickly returned to the asylum for the crim inally insane. I Another legal battle is to be staged Monday before Supreme Court Justice Page, on Thaw's motion to be ij re turned to New Hampshire. Thls it seems probable, will .be the opening gun in another legal battle to decisive ly establish or deny Thaw's sanity. A charge to the Jury by Justice Page turned the scales in Thaw's favor. He ruled that the Jury should consider, In determining whether Thaw intended a crime when he escaped, whether he misconceived his rights by believing he" was sane and had a right to walk out. I The Jury today, made it evident hat it was upon this ruling that they based their verdict of acquittal. j Deputy Attorney General Kennedy declared tonight that the verdict Jwill have no result upon Thaw's "ultimate fate. He will ask the courts Monday afternoon, when arguments -will be held, to return the slayer of Stanford White to Matteawan under the original finding of Justice Dowling. The state contends that, although f ound ! not guilty of conspiracy, having the ("in sane patient" in its jurisdiction gives it the right to return Thaw to the asylum. This question is the "meat of the dispute to be threshed out Monday. If adverse to Thaw, a habeas corpus is ready for another test of Thaw's san ity. Upon this a jury trial " will be demanded. If Thaw loses again, I his counsel plans to appeal all thtp way up to the United States supreme court. They contend that sole authority under the New Hampshire extradition (was for . the conspiracy trial, as evidenced by the supreme court's opinion; (and that, acquitted of conspiracy. Thaw can not be held for any other purpose. British Blockade Order Handed Page r-1 ...'I- Copy of Order la Council Reported to Have Been Given Americas Ambas sador In Xiondon; Public lgcnday. Washington, March 13. That there has at last been handed to American Ambassador Page, in London, a Jsooy of the "British order in council con cerning the ' allies' embargo ' on all shipments to and from German . ports, was understood in official circles here tonight. It waa assumed the order-would ex plain how the 'blockade," if it ; is to foe known by so plain a term, will be forced. (" . --;..; ?-'. .p ;.. It was said to be in course of trans mission to the state department: to night but it waa not. thought it would be made public before Monday, , SIGN NAMES Left to right Miss Ada M. Rice, a 00 Jefferson street, and John Mock, University Park, father-in-law of Headmaster J. B. Yeon, sign ing good roads petitlon. In center of background is Amos S. Benson, member of good roads committee and ardent worker for better highways. . ; " . 72, 000 Sign Roads Petition K K K n t , K . ;H ; ' Whirlwincl Campaign Success The four days' campaign-or signa tures to a petition to the boand ,'of county commissioners to call a special election early in April for the pur pose of voting on the question iof a county road bond issue of $ 1,250,000 to provide a fund for paving 70 miles of the main trunk roads of the county closed at 10 o'clock last night.- I It is estimated that the number of voters who have signed' the petition is approximately 12,000. The task - of checking off the signatures with ' the registration list will be commenced tomorrow and it is hoped to have the petition, in shape to be presented at Tuesday's meeting of the commission ers. ! - Scenes Are Displayed. The headquarters of the . campaign committee at the Yeon bufiding last night was a scene of activity. A. large crowd was attracted by a stereopticon display of scenes along the -Columbia river interspersed with slides on which were inscribed terse arguments in fa vor of the bond issue such 4s the fol lowing: ."Seventy. , miles, of. . paved roads will cost only $5.60 for each $1000 assessed . valuation. This $5.60 spread over 10 years is only 06 cents per year." "A bond issue for paved roads will help relieve the unemployed. Eighty FIRE DESTROYS PART OF PACKING PLANT OF RAY FAIRCHILD Loss at Kenton Estimated at $10,000; Will Rebuild at Once, ' . Fire last evening destroyed . the cooler of the packing plant operated at Peninsula avenue and Columbia boulevard by. Ray Fairchild, doing damage estimated at $10,000. The loss is fully covered by Insurance and im mediate steps will be taken to rebuild the building. Three engine, companies led by Assistant Chief Iaudenklos fought the fire for over two hours. The fire started in the second floor of the cooler, according to Al Swenit, a meat cutter employed at the plant. One of the men first discovered it at 4:30 p. m., and fiatnes were already bhooting out of the windows. The fire department was called and : stretched three lines of hose, each, 1400 feet in length, from the plant of the Kenton Pipe Works to the burning building. . Control waa secured of the flames shortly after 6 o'clock. In the cooler were & tons of lard and 10 tons of pork that fed the flames. It is believed all the contents of he building are ruined. Good' work, of the fire department saved the slaughter house building. Of the, coolers, however, only the brick waits remain. . Cocaine Fiend, Mad, Shoots Man Dead Pail are to " Obtain Drug- Responsible for Murder; Victim of Ballet leaves Widow and Pour Children. Winimac, Ind., March 13. Because he could not I get. cocaine now since the new federal law went into effect, John Gray, 47 years old, went mad today and shot and killed August Walters. j Gray's first mad act was to chase his wife and three children out of their home. They went to the home of Walters, a neighbor, for protec tion. Gray took a shotgun, went to the Walters home and shot Walters. Gray was then arrested. Walters leaves' a. widow and four children. Gray has been a cocaine user for years. He ' has been unabfe to get his usual supply for a week. per cent of the cost of paved roads goes for local labor." "Seventy miles of paved roads means 70 miles of main roads taken off the maintenance list." Would Develop rarau. "Paved roads will develop the farm ing country, 'of which 50 per cent is now uncultivated.' While the show was going on 'a large number signed the petition en the megaphoned invitation of J. K. Werlein. Among the signers were many laboring men and their wives. Speaking on behalf of the campaign committee E. E. Coovert said: "Ac cording to our estimate we' have se curedt 12,000 names on the petition. There" are yet out in the country dis tricts and throughout the city some 75 copies of the petition which will be called in Monday forenoon. Among the signers tonignt it was noticeable that there were many workingmen and their wives, indicating that the inter est in the movement for better roads is universal. . "It is probably the first time in. the history of the city that a petition has treen so largely- signed without solici tation. We did not have to take It to the people. They came to it. "We are more than pleased with the result. As an indication of the favor (Concluded on Pace Ten. Column Three) JITNEY HITS WOMAN AND HURLS HER IN FRONT OF STREETCAR Mrs. Lillian Reynolds of Aloha Station Victim; The Driver Is Arrested, In the second serious Jitney acci dent within 24 hours, Mrs. Lillian Reynolds, of Aloha station on the Southern Pacific, while, waiting for a Richmond car at East Ninth street and Hawthorne avenue last night, was badly injured when struck by a pas senger automobile driven by, Wijliaro Bardinotis. ". Despite the fact that the streetcar had come almost to, a stop, Bardinotis, according to witnesses, drove past it at a fast rate and, striking the woman, hurled her in front of the car. ' Only with the quick application of emer gency brakes was the motdrrcan , able to stop with the car fender just touch ing the woman's skirt. ,; . Police Sergeant K.- A. Brothers was in the vestibule of the street car. Sub sequent in'estigations made by him, revealed that , Bardinotis drave ' on a borrowed license. He lives in the -vicinity of Fifteenth street and Haw thorne avenue with several other men, all of whom are said to be automobile drivers and mechanics. One of them has the chaiiffeur's license, and ascord- (Concluded on Page Ten, Goltnna Etfat) Joan of Arc of Mexico Comes to . S. on Wag East Senora Colonel Flores, Head j of . 2000 Men in Western Mexico, Visits San Francisco. j " San -Francisco, March 13. Senora Colonel Ramona De Flores, Mexican Joan of Arc, and the only. woman of ficer in General Carranza's army, ar rived in San Francisco from the war torn republic off the south on ' the American-Mexican Company's liner Balboa today, Leader of one of j. the largest of the Carranaista forces on the west coast and' veteran of v47 battles, she is en. route to confer with her chief, who is in Vera Crua. ; "I am fighting for liberty and from patriotic motives," exclaimed Colonel Floges. "The people of Sinaloa asked me to lead them and 1 have done so. We are fighting for freedom and my 2000 soldieirs will not quit until w get it.-' : Colonel Flores started her military career to obtain revenge for the death of. her" liusuand, 'who was killed by. a Iluerta force Under the com mand Of. General Roderiguoz. She se cured a rifle and started to kill the general. - Several of. the employes of the Flores plantation joined her and gradually the additions began to her force until now she lias almost .2.000 men fighting at her command and she la one. of the most powerful fac tors in the west coast region. Colonel Flores has not entirely es caped Injury in the 47 battles" in which she has participated. At the battle of Mazatlan she was shot in the hand and in the battle of Puerta de Canaos she was : shot in the arm. Despite these injuries she refused to quit her troops but continued to' lead them successfully through .other fights. 4 Mrs. Rockefeller's Funeral To day Simplicity 'Will Mark X.ast Kites; "Bock of Aires" and "Jesus, Irover of My Soul" Will Be Sung. New York, March 13. John T. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller Jr., and Mrs. -Rockefeller Jr'called from Florida by the death of the oil' king's wife, arrived here tonight. . , i The aged oil magnate appeared ex hausted when he. stepped from the car but, according to members of the party who met him at -the depot, he has borne up well under the shock of his wife's death. Two jautomobiles i hur ried the Rockefeller party to Pocantico Hills. , ' ' , Funeral services for Mrs. Rocke feller will h held at Pocantico Hills Sunday at 8:30 o'clock.; The"! "Rev. Cornelius Woelfkin of the Fifth Ave nue Baptist church will officiate. Extreme simplicity - will mark the rites. Only two hymns will be sung, "Rock of Ares," and "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," : both favorites of Mrs. Rockefeller.; Rockefellers in Wreck, r Washington, March 13. John ,T. n.ir&fAn.. mvA : hta ion. northbound jvwncccft - - - - - r from Ormonde, Florida, to PoeantlcoM Hills for Mrs. Kocneieuer s luneraj, were in a small wreck at MUford, N. C, The train hauling the .Rockefeller car ran through a misplaced switch nt Mil ford and crashed into a yard engine, putting the . locomotive out of com mission. - " j Bryan Casts Die j For Ripe Olives Secretary of State Claims He's One of j"rw Living in Xart Who Has Had ; jong Acquaintance. . Oroville, Cal..- March 13. Secretary of State Bryan scored a diplomatic victory today, in deciding the mooted question s to whether the dtfve or the olive branch should be the emblem of peace, when he gave his decision to the California ripe olive. In a letter to the California Ripe Olive Day association. Secretary Bryan awards his verdict as follows: I fe . ; "The olive is a hardy tree which survived the deluge and when the dove carried his message to, Noah it was a tribute to the tree as well as a message of peace. The plive branch from time immemorial has been asso ciated with the dove as emblematic of peace, but as the fruit Is greater than the branch, the California ripe olive should have its fame linked, not only with peace, but with prosperity and abundance.".- . , , Continuing, Secretary Bryan i says that California Ripe; Olive day will be duly observed in Washington. He writes: . "I am one of . the few Miving out side of California who has had a. long and Intimate acquaintance with the California ripe olive, which I regard as most delicious and a wholesome food, and I shall be glad to Join with you in celebration of 'California -Ripe Olive Day by. partaking of the feast which" the olive growers of California have made possible.'' , Says He Can Return Boy Who Was Stolen Spokane Poller" Jteeefr Messag Trom i Man Who Says He Can Kestore Zad Kidnapped Wine Tears Ago. Spokane, Wash., March 13. Spokane police today' received an offer from a man whose name withheld, to re store Utile ' Earl , Brittaln of Walla Walla to I his parents, from whom" he was kidnapped nine - years ago,' when four years old. The man Wants $300 for further information. The offer will 1e wired to the boy's parents. Po lice all over the northwest have sought the lad. . -'H;.- .,'-'wi .; -, -i ',. - Parents Offer Reward. - Walla Walla, Wash., March: U.-rA standing reward of $2500 Js offered for the return of Farl Brittaln. j who was kidnapped at Toll Gate July 15, 1906, this to be paid upon delivery of boy to his parents-in Walla Walla, according to a statement made tonight by R. Lk Brittaln, the lad's father. ' " IE 0L0 ffi!" AGAIN OUTIVITS RUSSIAH FORCE Von Hindenburg Forces Rus sian Army Advancing Upoft Augustoffito Fall Back 20 Miles; Losses Heavy. . RUSSIANS DO NOT HALT TILL GRODNO REACHED Slavs Lose About 20,000 Killed, Wounded, Prison ers, Is Claim. lTn!tia Prrss Leased Wlr.) Berlin, via Ahistcrdam, March IS. Von Hindenburg,. has outwitted - the Russians agaln .Using the same tac tics that resulted so successfully in, the Mazurian lakes fighting, his right wing has forced an advancing Russian army to turn back In sudden retreat. The Russians who swept Westward toward ' Augustof have fallen 'back more than to miles. They have lost at least 20,000 in killed, wounded and' prisoners. That their casualties were not larger undoubtedly was due to the fact that the opposing forces on both, sides had been Jieavily drawn upon by the armies now concentrating for an important engagement around l'rzas nysz. The Slavs who crossed the Bobr pursued the same blundering tactics that led to Von Hlmienburg's over whelming victory in the lake region less than muuth ago. Without re gard for the strength of the German massed about Aigustof, they rushed Westward wit hj the object of piercing the German line. When the trap was ready, Von Hin denburg sprung it. Part of a Rus sian division was annihilated; the re mainder of the KuKslan forces cut their way out after desperate fight ing. . As In their retreat from Darkeli men. in February, the S'avs have abandoned .dead, wounded and war munitions. An official statement from the war office today announced that the Germans had abandoned tho pur suit, the Russian having halted with in the protection of Fortress Grodno's Germans Approacfi l'rzasnysg Petrograd. March' 13. The advance guard of tlic jCJorman- army matslntf north of Przawiymz, for a new move ment on Warsaw, has approached within, leu than a mile of the JtUHnlau positions, the war office admitted In an official j statement tonight, Tlie German out(ortfl, however, were driven back by the main body of the enmv. Kvery Indication points to the beginning of a new German as sault upon Przssnyaj within 4S hour. East of Huwalkt. in North PolanJ, the Germans continue their ' efforts to advance, but have been repeatedly checked. To the north, near Klrnm?, a German detachment was threatened by RuHfllan cavalry. Russian artil lery inflicted heavy losses upon their' enemy near Kopclvo. The bombardment of the fortruDs of Ossowets has 3 been renewed . by the Germans. The Russian artillery Is replying effectively to the German siege guns. : Oerrnan attempts to advance In the Ossowetz region have proved rrultlexs. The czar's forces in this vicinity have, occupied several villages formerly held by the enemy. ; Heavy snowstorms are hindering op erations in- the Carpathians. Germans "Like Avalanche." Petrograd, March 13. The Novo Vremya states 'that the kaiser recently went to Khonsele to see his troops start for the front. Freezing weather prevails which-, prevents '.he troops from making up light entrenchments. The enemy. It, is believed, calculates on hurling such masses of troops againjt an inferior number of Rus sians as to prove irresistible- An avalanche of Germans Is now. coming along the same roads as were tra versed during the enemy s retreat when the rear guard had to fight de. perately all the time to avoid com plete disaster: s ' , Our aeroplanes discovered the enemy pushing with methodical speed down the boggy vaiiey leading from the frontier to Narew. The German forces are numbered at nearly 400,000, In the 'Tight for Przasynsz the at tack on Zedwabno Is the most Import t.nt of all because If the Russian should brealt here, ttiey would out flank the besiegers at Ossowlec and also be atle to attack the forces now operating In the rear. Red Fox and Canary Spend a yfew moments today looking over The Journal Want Ads. You will find many profit able and interesting items. Here are a few them: Automobiles Wanted 78 "Exchange a good pleasure launch for ia small automobile. 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