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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY ' EVENING, MARCH 16, 1915 SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS GTAKDS FIVE CENTS SHARP PROTEST PORTLAND SENDS LARGE DELEGATION TO MOUTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER TO WELCOME STEAMSHIP GREAT NORTHERN WILL BE SENT CALLED OFF HIS B iT VOL. XIV. NO. 6. GAhhA ZA HAS j - - ; ... - j ; i . j , ; I v J j . " j r . ' 1 1 1 " j ' BLOCKADE PLA GREfl BRITAIN Official Characterizes i Attempt to Have U. S. Guarantee No Food Would Reach Germany 'Impudent' INTERNATIONAL LAW IS ' VIOLATED IT IS CLAIMED j United States' Note Will Be . Sharpest Forwarded Since War Broke Out. . L The War Lineup. iKngland First test of -strength of neutral ' protests against British blockade ' of Germany expected to follow ; ; . f I. halting of neutral. British warships. actjve.- . -; Turkey Reported vrishly preparing vessel by Admiralty Turks fe to defend straits of Bosporus against Russian fleet. Huge guns mloluntcd on Scutari heights and elsewhere. Reported part of al lied "expeditionary forces landed near Smyrna. - I France and Belgium Berlin claims British dclven from po sitions near St. Eloi, below Ypres. In Argonne." renewed Fktrich assaults repulsed. ; -1 Po lan d Pe troerrad announces tSefmans attempting reduce Os sbwetz fortress but admitted "f iemy bringing its batteries cloiser." 'Berlin declares desper aite Kusslan assaults along Przasnysz-Mlawa road repulsed.1 i Austria Situation in Galleia and Carpathians unchanged. j America Administration re ceived text of British order es tablishing German blockade. American protest will be sharp- of any war communications. Si U ' HA 1 Vj I T - fUruted rress rej Wire. J Washington, March 16. The meri- in-couhell, declaring a bldcxSfftSeri -many land placing drastic restrictions on neutral conimiBrce will be th,e sharp vest and most vigorously worded of any diplomatic communication which has Result ;d from the war in Europe. i The realization, brought home to ad minisl ration officials today with great er !foice than ever, that England has curtly refused the American sugg-ea-tlon regarding the sending of food to non-combatants, caused strong resent ment In governmental circles. " The 'British reply to the American sugges tions of termination of the submarine and rood ;war between Germany and Great Britain, made public simultane ously with the new blockade order, Ytally carried an attempt to make the United States a party to the starva- i tlort of Germany by having it guaran- Ucejjthat no American products would reach) Germany or Austria. This was 'freely! characterized by officials as "an impudent assumption." ;, There' will be no haste in dealing wlh the problem thus . presented to President Wilson and his advisers, but there f is ' no doubt that the blockade order! will be officially characterized asja flagrant violation of International , la and a direct attack on American traded which must be considered even More unfriendly. . It Is declared the British proclama tion jclalms. . without warrant, control of Itlie sea and the right to seize neu tral") Commerce to be bought at an ar bitrary price to be fixed by England herself. Secretary of State ' Bryan. today re ceived from Walter Page.f American ambassador at London, the official text ' of jtbje British i order-in-council establ ishing a blockade of Germany. The document Is about 1800 words in length. It is understood the press ver sion? of the order published Monday represented It correctly.' Bo fraught with possibilities Is the international situation, which has grow i ut of England's announcement of I a blockade of Germaijy that prac tically the entire meeting of the cab inet foday'was devoted to a discussion of the two latest notes from London rthat Juindunclng the blockade and' that rejecting . the American suggestions in . the! e ubraarlne and food war. -:S ; SEjvi dence of Just what the latest de velopment means to American busi ness was Indicated in Secretary Red field's announcement that the Amer ican Foreign trade last, week. had brok en all records. . Estimates have been received indicating that the week's trade balance in America's favor would ,'reafcli $42,000,000 and that cotton ex ports to Germany .represented a con siderable part of this. - Iljt Is understood that the cabinet de cidedj -that a very frank protest must b4 jroade If the. United States" is not to b ipilt in the position of aiding the al lies; fo starve, out Germany, It is be .liftye ' the first -step to be taken will be the dispatching of a note to Eng land) stating that the United States disapproves of the position of " the al- lie n 'its entirety. Yi la Executes One General and Staff Washington,' March 16. Dispatches received here today at the Villa agen cy said that ' General Mater Almanza and his entire staff had been captured by iGleneral Villa,; near Torreon and ex- eited for treason. ; .: A'a iSnbmarine - for Rose ; Festival. - Washington, . March ' 3 6. The gov ernment has no submarine to send to the orttand's Aose festlvaL Secretary ti the Navy Daniels. said today. One Jili r " t wec a I ? fc ! 7 ill GREATEST BATTLESHIP H -Ssssmfi UUNCHi DEDICATED J 1 TO PRESERVING PEACE Pennsylvania, . United 'States' Super-Dreadnaught, Has Twejvtr4ffncuns'"-'--4' i (United . Press teased Wire. 1 !. Newport- Newsv Va March 16. To the. accompaniment 0f cheers from the vast throng gathered to witness the event and the shrieking- sirens of ves sels in the'harDor, the United States dreadnaught Peiinsyvanla, . the most powerful i fighting ship 'afloat, was launched at the navjryard at 10:i3 a. m. . . . j Secretary., Daniels. In an address foli lowing the' launching, declared: 'Pres ident Wilson hopes the Pennsylvania; will never, be called! upon -to demon strate ner prowess in war."1 j ' Ships : representing) j nearly all th warring nations of Kurope were In tha harbor and participatieS in the ;dem6A-l stratlon when the giant of the sea slid down the ways. Not the least voclfef-! (Concluded on Page Thirteen, Column One): Vote on Changes in S. F. Charter Ligh Thirty-six , Proposed Amendmenta Be ing- Voted On Today la Bay city; Weather Conditions, Are Bad. ! San, Francisco, CiL, March 16.-44 Scarcely) more than 60 per cent of the registered vote will be polled at the election day to decide the fate of 36 proposed amendments to the charter, according to election: officials. ,;! '- The polls opened at 6 a. m. and will close at? 7' tonight. . A heavy fog and generally unfavorable weather rej duced the early vote. Little Interest was shown in the pre-election cam paign. ; ; . ' . h -. 500 MEN TO GO TO WORK Butte, ! Monti ' March 1 6. The Penn sylvania1 mine' of the Anaconda com pany, one of the largest copper mines In. the northwest,' shut down since the beginning of the ; European war, to morrow t will . resume work. . It em ploys 500 men.' :. ' UNCLE SAM yr - ' - "i - - - 1 , " - ' fan ' ' ' -- " , t I' " j ' New Su.wi dreadnaught Pennsylvania, launched - today - at Newport big lighter will cost more than f 14,000,000, and will be the most - powerful vessel in the 'world, more tlian th great British supcrdjresdnaught ...Queen .Elizabeth, and mounting 113 i 14-inch, guns Picture of Portland people on morning for ' the mouth of rishtv Henry''F. McGrath, chief Inspector u. s. customs; n;awarq mefnber ':ofthe Portland ; Transportation' club, Rlght-hand corner sketch shows route to be followed by CJi-eat Northern Pacific .Steamship- Company vessels between Flavel and Lan 'T' Francisco.1 ,"1 ; ' ' :- . " J " - ' - J ' b ' ' ' - ' - ' 1 " lJower picture shows the steamship Great Northern, wbiefc entered the! ClBmW,ver4lil..Jiftarioo- fr,i first itime.,.r.- .'--x - .1 ' ! . Turks Mounting ; Guns tp Defend Bosporus Strait Huge Cannon Being Placed to Sup plemerit Permanent Fortifica, I tions" oh Scutari Heights. , ; Athens,'. March 1 16. Feverish prep a rations to "defend. the straits of Jlos porus against an attack. by: the Russian Black' sea fleet are being made by the Turkish officials, ; advices - receive4 ! to day stated. Guns of enormous cajjber are being1 mounted on the heights near Scutari and M other elevations, supple menting , th, permanent fortifications along the narrow passage. i ; .Reports weret circulated here tpday that part of the 'allied expeditionary force recently f sent to participate in the fighting in the near. east has been landed in Asia Minor," and is proceed ing overland toward Smyrna. . j 1 , . Kvents : of the first .magnitude; are believed to be taking place at the jDar danelles and Smyrna: A rigid censor ship is in effect, however, c and it is impossible to; get any; details. ' :i NeW Guns Mounted. Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, L. I., March 16. TheTirks have placed new guns on Fort Kurn' Kale, near the, en trance to the Dardanelles-, and are re plying fiercely! to . the fire fromuthe Anglo-French t fleet, according, to Hdls patcftes received by the Lokal AnzeJger, a newspaper, from Athens. It rwrfs stated that two! British cruisers, one of which had been. Struck 20 times, have been brought to Malta. -.; j; . ' . . " i - ' Vice Xresident Has a Flag. Washington, ;March'16. Secretary of th Navv Daniels has announced that an of ficial--vice. president's flaghad been designed for use on warships on which' the vice pfesftlerrt Tisits.it It consists of a coat-of arms of the Unit-I ed States on a white field. NOW BOASTS THE-GREATEST FIGHTING MACHINE AFLOAT f, "3 ' t, ; .. .. . . - , rear end of. observation car . of one the Colnmbia . to greet the . greyhound " of the Pacific. BANDS PLAY AND CROWDS CHER WHILE WAITING FOR PALATIAL STEAMER JO SWING NTO RIVER AND Entire Gofumbia River Bas nies, Part of Which Were! Liner; President Gilman Responds to Welcome. Address By a Staff Correspondent Flayel. Or., March ,16r - Five thou sand people of the Columbia basin, In cluding a large delegation from Fort land, gathered to greet the Great Northern at the Flavel' dock this after noon. A vociferous welcome to the; first of the twin palaces ot the Pacific to be put into service was i given The liner docked at Flavel at 2 o'clock The "two excursion trains from" Port4 land brought more than 2000 business; men and their families, .this number exceeding by 500 all expectations of the general excursion committee. There was no need to suggest ceieDration tci anyone. It was a jubilee from- thej moment the trains from Astoria and Portland arrived. . j ' Enthosiasm Unrestrained. It had been- suggested that bands only play ' as the ship came to.- berj "dock, but the red coated members of he Elks! Jand , struck up celebration! aiuslc the moment .they left the trainj and ,the .Royal. Rosarian band swelled the Chorus when -the second ' Portland train arrived. . " .('". " -''i j - it's ' the " biggest', day ; the mouth of the Columbia' river ever witnessed,; i,was the frequently heard expression "News, . the drawing showing how of the two special trains which Standing on iioiman, Portland business, man, BERTH AT FLAVEL ii Represented at Ceremo- Held Before Arrival of Big iever before, at least, did such a crowd gather at any point on the lower river. j j ' ' i The people celebrated the inaugural of Hill steamship service between Ore? gon and , California, "TSetween the Co lumbia fiver, and San Francisco in " a manner consistent witb the epochal nature of the event. "I regardj.it as extension of the Great Northern and the Northern1 Pa cific railroads through, the . Columbia river into San Francisco and Call for ma," said president L. C. Gilman of the S., P. & 'S., responding to the. wel come given the new steamship and the beginning of the service after G. C. Fulton, On behalf of the people of. As toria, had presented -the beautiful chronometer, .which tiad been j pur chased for the magnificent vessel. Two of the striking program features; were the alleigorical ceremonial, "Wedding of the Rails,' and the Sails," conducted by the Portland Ad club, and the sirp ing by the entire crowd, of "The Star Spangled Banner." As the Great Northern was about two "hours later than schedule in reach ing her Idock, most of the ceremonies planned; were carried out before the arrival. ' "'" f '!; The weather, while not entirely clear. (Concluded on Pae Foot, i Column fiTe -rhoVo by Ham fc Ewlng. . fche will look!: when completed."- The ;; displacing .nearly 4000 tons to-the;' latter's .8 .5-inch." DOCK left the North Rank fetation thlf tfie car platform are, left tQ and . Edwin V. 3losher, active TALY SUSPENDS ALL MONEY ORDERS WITH HER FORMER ALLIES "elegraphic. f; Money 1 Servicei With - Both Orde Ge4 many and, Austria G lit Off . (CnitPd Pfeg teased Wit.) Rome. March 16. Money order serv-i ic between 4Italy.. anrd,; Germany was suspended -today. by a formal (order is- sued by the Italian' minister tof posts; and telegraph.. f LThis a,ption followed-a similar order relating, to telegraphic .money., order torylce'with Austria,' issued lst nisjht. Traveling.' postof flees on trains to the". Austrian frontier, which indirectly affect' communication with Germany frdm Itarty, were 'also, orderjed sus pended. ' ; ' ; ' "' ! ' . i Ko explanation of these orders was offered. They were . generally inter preted, however, as 'notice tollGermany that Italy .is Irritated over the-delay iii the negotiations 'with Austria re Barfling the cession - of territory " to Ijaly. - y- . - ' , New Submarines To Make 20 Knots . ' jl,. : Secretary of the Wavy Daniels Predicts American Fleets Win Have Speedy Siren in s Snort Time. Newport News, Va., March 16.- Sec retary of the Navy Daniels, j speaking at the launching of the Penhsylvanla today, praised the men of the United States navy, and declared th4t arm "of the national defense, was inever so powerful as now He nrgedjl constant training and more target practice for the nayy. . : I I The secretary also expressed his thanks to congress for providing so ' I . . nnhm .1 .Inn. No nation," , he said, "has placed ch substantial Xalth in the deadly wer of undersea craft." He predicted' that very soon the At lantic and Pacific fleets would re re enforced' by the adoption of subma rines capable of traveling 20 'knots an hour, and armed to destroy the larg est ships any nation can construct. ;, ' '1 i , , Arizona Running Short or Money Phoenix. Ariz.. March 16. -Govrnor G. W. P. Hunt is considering today the advisability of -calling an extf a ses sion of the Arizona legislature for April 15. . .j (After fighting the governor! through out the entire 60 days' session, the State senate adjourned Friday without passing .the necessary appropriation bills . to carry the state .through the next fiscal year. . The stafe will have bo funds after June 30. unless a com promise, between the senate and the governor is effected- - 1 .1 - 1 CONDUCTOR STREWED ! TACKS ON CAR TRACK JITNEY DRIVERS SAY W. E. Boyer Arrested at In stance of Men Who Charge "They Saw Act Committed. Vf V.., Boyer, M conductor employed byi the' Ported Railway, Light & rojwr company, j was arrested at noon today by City Detectives Moloney and Ryle on aj watfrant charging, willful destruction of property. '.- I Jitney QriverS allege that Boyer stj-ewed tacks 6n the pavement this morning In the path of automobiles that followed his car. Claim Agent B. F. Boynton, of the Portland Railway, Light & Fowr company, when In formed of; the arrest, repudiated the ac;t !of the" conductor. It he commit ted it. jDriving south behind a North and South -Portland! streetcar early this morning, Samuel L. Adler, of 422 Third street, and D. brown, of 794 Obrbett street, jitney chauffeurs, bth riding in Aqler s machine say theveaw the con ductor scattering sonrfe thing on the pavement. 1 They stopped, land, investigating, say that they found the streetcar man was sowing heavy linoleum tack over the pavement in the path of automobiles.; t While thjpy were picking up a lot of the tacks, an automobllist in a Ford machine came' up ' behind, and a front tire; was punctured with th tacks. Adlen Brown sand the driver of . jthts car found twx?- ths tacka la the tife. Then Adler and Brown hurried after the streetcar and secured the conduc tor's number and the number of the tripper. . . ' - ' ' ;: ; ; j Coming back to the police station,' City .Detectives : Moloney and Royle were detailed to accompany the drivers In pursuit of the conductor. , Boyer was found at Twenty-third and Thurman streets, where he was searched by the officers. No tacks .were found on him and he denied the charge. ..; ' j. . . ; , The tacks are unusually, large and heavy, and are of exactly the same type as the. ones that had been scat tered along the Boutlr. Portland line several times previously, on upper Washington street, and on the east side. ..-..'. : Connecticut Breaks - Her Propeller Shaft n ... . m ; . . :.-L Battleship's Rudder Badly Samajreo. but Holt Untouched ia Accident at Onantanamo does ' to Philadelphia. Washington, March 16. Navy de partment officials announced here to day that the starboard stern propeller shaft of the battleship Connecticut broke. Sunday as the vessel was enter ing Guantanamol bay, after a short practice cruise. The rudder was badty damaged, but the hull escaped Injury. The Connecticut Will be . brought ;t6 Philadelphia for repairs under her own power, in a few days. She will, be convoyed by the collier Orion. President Names Palmer as Justice !. Washington, March 16. Tlve recess appointment of former Representative A.! Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania to be: chief Justice ot the court of claims was signed here ( today by 'President Wilson. Palmer will resign the chair manship of the executive committee of 1 the national Democratic committee to accept the appointment. WANTED '1 'I- ' The name of the classification n which It appears precedes each lof these Journal Want Ads: : j Situations WantedMale and 7mal v f 33 "TWO young married- couples, one J . 1- ..1.41,4 I . 1 . . children, need . work-' of any kind, badly, in restaurant or hotel, or on farm." - . Bnsines OpporinnitUs Wanted 68 "WANTED To buy a small stock . 1 'of groceries that can be moved; would consider other goods If price is righC ( , Swap Column , 25 "WILL' exchange new, furniture r for used." 1 I &ott snd ToniiiV 91 "LOST A coral cameo on Mount I Tabor car." - . ; - Wanted XClsoeUanaous 5 ! "WANTED Potatoes by carload I or ton." .... ... ,1 ... ...!, 1 Xaunches and Boats 64;. "WANTiSD Launch. What hava! you? , t Wanted Keal Estata 21 ij,- nAniALH-ivmee oungaiow or a uit Biftn iui, ;iu.9 III i 1 moil um cheap; assume some mortgage," -. Silliman Notifies' State De partment That Gunboat Blockading Yucatan Port Has Been Withdrawn. MEXICAN SITUATION IS 1 "DECIDEDLY IMPROVED" Carranza and Villa Notified They Must Be Responsi ble for Foreigners. Washington, March 16. Fears that peneral Venustlano Carranza intends, to renew his blockade " of Progreso. principal port of .Yucatan, were ,ex- firensed this afternoon when dispatches O the state department announced that the Carra.nzlsta gunboat Zaracrosa had left Vera Crux Monday. ' The vessel Is reported to be bound for Progreso. Vfl- llsta agents here have received similar news. ' , f . '' ThojUnlted States cruiser Dea Moines Is still at Progreso. It Is untlerstood that if the Zaragosa attempts to Inter fere with foreign ships at that pott, she will do so at hor own peril. Washington, March 16. General Venustiano ' Carranza has bowed to the demands of the United (States, and has raised his blockade of the Port of Progreso, Yucatan, John It. Bllllman. special consular agent of the. United States so ' advised Secretary of State Bryan today. -t The "first chief of the Mexican provisional government took this ac tion following the dispatch of an American note threatening to have the United States cruiser Deii Moines "pre- commerce. This action .assures tlvn agricultural Interests of the United States that , there will be no shortage of sisal, the base from which binder twine is made, which is so badly needed for American harvesting. Some apprehension was felt regard ing, conditions at Mansanlllo, -on the west coast, but officials were hopeful inai vnvBjiuiiiun uieis wogia ciear soon. ' """ ' A-decided Improvement In the Mex ican situation was announced today by VAVfram Ant 'fllltlinrltlAa tf-. ,ti Aral r,r. ranza and General Villa have been no tified they must assume responsibil ity for the safety of foreigners. Conditions at Mansanlllo were also Improved and. unofficial advices stated uenerai carranza naa agreea 10 ameliorate the conditions of priests and nuns In his territory. Thre were no new developments to day In the slaylnp of John McManun, an American, by Zapatistas In Mexico City. : - ' Marshall Opposes Intervention. Chicago, March 16. American Inter-' ventlon In Mexico would be costly, both in blood and money. In the opinion of Vice President Marshall, who is here en route to San Francisco. "The United States," said Marshall, "Is Hit ting over a barrel of gunpowder. The occupation of Vera Crux showed in miniature the danger lurking ahead It would mean the taking over of Mexico, which would become what the Philippines are a territory we would like to let go, but can find no way." . Vice President Marshall and Mrs. Marshall will leave tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock for the coast. They ex pect to arrive In San Francisco 9:4 5 a. m. Saturday. Prussian Losses . Reach 1,050,029 last Xlffbt Casualty Zdsts of Prussia Alon Xah 33,142,' According1 to, Berlin Dispatch to Copsnharen. Copenhagen, March 16 The total Prussian losses In killed, wounded and misfiing slnbe the war. started have been 1,050,029, according to dispatches received from Berlin today. These, declared thai the last eight Prussian casualties lists totaled 33.. 142. 'The losses sustained by the Ba varians, Saxons and other parts of the German empire are not available. ' Lose ' 17,000 In Three Days. London, March 16. Field Marshal Sir John French reported this after noon from the front that the German losses in the past three days' fighting in . the Neueve Chapelle district - have been between 17.000 and 18,000. Sev enteen hundred have been captured. M The report confirmed previous dis patches showing continued progress.' A train was blown up by British avi ators who dropped bombs on a raflwi-e station In northwestern France, de stroying the building. - Auto Runs Wild, Clears Market St. Thick Tog Causes Many Minor Accl" dents in San rrsnolsco Empty Car Crashes Through Store Window. San Francisco, -Cal., March 16. A number of minor accidents took place downtown during the dense fog which shrouded the city early today. .Al though no serious results were report ed,' many pedestrians had narrow es capes. '-' -. LI ves . of . a ( score of persons on Market street were endangered when .1 pllotless automobile, from which four occupants' had leaped when a collision with another automobile seemed Immi nent, dashed at high speed across the crowded tnoroughfare and crashed through a store window. .