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V ?ext Sunday - ' ' SJtfMT 1 VOL. XIV. NO. 8. i PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, III ARCH 18, 1915. -EIGHTEEN PAGES - i PRICE TWO CENTS gtyf : v . . . : ' ; r 1 1 : : -t - ' rt ' T, ' I "" iT - ' . hi-in ; ; . i : i t- : ; 1i BEST TOGETHER CHEEK BY JOWL Phil Rader, Former American , Newspaperman Serving With French Foreign Le gion, Takes You to War. THE DYING, THE DEAD, THE ROTTING, ALL ABOUT Men the 'Become Beast-Like in Trenches, Says Rader, but Not Heroic. Fl low ' I.v Pbil Iner I tbf flint of a orii of arflilos Ka.lor, 11 former I nltoil ITpw onrre- ho. ln- oiithronfc of tbe war FJKIlHlfllt la hcoil i servifiir with tho world fanuiux for- - : . - (1.. i rlcn Wlcn of llio Frrru li army. Hi roirimPiit . of . l.Vnt I men ' ha boon roflm-ort t- xftcr -f.mr mil on- tvulf raontbs In the trfiic-ho. A .hariiro 111 aasiptirpciit v-nlafllnjr a ftirlmijrh In 'IjomUm made poil'lp preparation of these ar. ' Hoto. Ho first fmm a-trained A morion n nw )arwr nin actually onaapod hi l!jc flulitlng. Rader. n win of tho lev. William liader. for jrars piKtor of the Calvary lroab.rto-lnn ihwoh Hf San rrancisco. ha 'drawn a vivid j'l.-turo Int the, war of 1010 that strip the prim profession nf its lst vcstlRo of ronunw and reveal it j-has'ly liomire in a manner an rtrikltic a to rnusu the tmrrativm to stand not. Ha nif of the ro:illr great Journalistic ac- t-ompllab ueuts of the war. 1 1 j- Phil Ratler. Written for tbe United Press." (Copyrighted, 1915. by' the United Press.) ' tendon, March 1 . Thorp's a Oer : man's body hanging from the barbed wire entanglements in front of the French trendies, which T have, just loft. For two months this body was part of my little outlook on the world. There's a parr of nippers in . the rot ting , ht nds. For some weeks back was arched upwards, but ' recently it has bet un to sag. The elothes flap more ard more wildly each' day as the body glowly shrivels. Nobody from cither side has. been able to net to that body to bury it. It is buried there in the air on the barbed wire and it will be gradually shot away, Living cheek to jowl with dead men: that's the thing that turns you to a Least, liut .it's a part of trench life that is unavoidable. The lirst thing that shocks you in , the U-er)ches is to discover that, after i mi .UnnnliM n er-abe' -wtCh men , writhing . in pain with verfect equa- r imity. My first experience in this happened one day when a 'young. Knp. lishmar in my nquad, nai;ed Samuels, tried to shortcut -to the rear and, in L stead of following the maze of trenches, . got out into the open In front o ' our- trench. A German bullet passed through tits lungs, and we saw him tot pie only to feet away from us. He writhed and moaned but our offi cers HDU1QII I lei. 115 llj' W gel .111111. The (itjrmans didn't shoot at l;im any ! (Coiicliided on Fagw Five. Colo ma Four I 3 Gl REPORTED SLAIN IN ADVANCE OR BRITISH Battle at Neuve Chapelle Re sulted in Heavy Losses, Says "Eye Witness," ' (t'nited Proan Loaaod Wlro.. London, 8 Alarch 18. Belief that tl ree Grraan princes, including Fred erick Leopold, a cousin of the kaiser. Were killed in the recent fighting at Neuve Chappelle, was stated in an "eye ' witness- statement issued by the of ... ficial pjress bu 2lm this afternoon. ; The i?tatenient confirms earlier re ports that this engagement was one of the most sanguinacy that has been fought during the recent months, of the'war. Two thousand Jiodies were found - in"' one section ofthe Neuve Ghapellu alone, the statement declares. ' The 'eye witness" also concurs in the declaration by Field Marshal Sir John 4Ftench in a recent report that be tween 17,000 and 18,000 Germans were ' 'killed or wounded. ' After the Neueve Chapelle fight. . the British advanced eastward along the road towards A-ubers, which was held by the Germans, and opened fire With hoiwitzers. The deadlines!; of this fire, . th -statement says, was attested by German prisoners taken during the . .ensuing; engagement. A high tower in the village was struck squarely at the base bir a British shell and disap peared las if by magic. A few seconds after, tjhe British shell landed, only a cloud Of dust on. the . horizon marked -the spilt where the landmark stood. lelgian Gains Claimed. - Mat'Ch 1 8. Bolclun nrnrjcu Pari continues in the vicinitv of th Ysr . canal, it was officially announced here today. Artillery duels also were re ported! in progress aljong the Lys river. The Germans, too, were said to be dis playing particular activity against a ridge held by the allies in. the region about Lorette, : A French aviator also was reported to have bomba'rded the railway station at Cbiflans . i . PERSIAN CABINET QUITS Teheran Persia Alarch IS. The Persian caW'net resigned today. . Their action is said to have be;n due to - controversies regarding the ' policy , cf ' th tgovemmenb with reference to the recent invasion of Persia by Brit jptt, ruiKian ana Itussian trops. ' RMAN PRINCES PEEP AT A FRENCH TRENCH IN ARG0NNE DISTRICT t f ?. f W m m i I - -" .k l--' '3S 1 I 1 - 'r r r "4 xl c l ' if & - I -.-' if gfr ' I There Are Several Hundred Iiles of These Trenches Along the Battle Front on the , West. ! , , 1 r - J- - ; I j - HAS IT THAT GERMANS LEAVING ROME BY REQUEST However, Tiis Denied by German Embassy; Impor tant Conference Held, - "i,- By Alice Rohe. , . (United pttfa,tejue&li?ln?) , ftonVe,' March t8. Ominous fumore today followed the departure home ward of a humbejr of German touristH whd liav been visiting in Italy. : Officials at tihe German embassy emphatically detiied that they 'had been lidvised to ('leave, insisting that they were departing after' having spent the wintei" in Italy either be cause of the approach of spring or be cause they have been influenced by the belligerent tAlude towards Ger mans adopted b some of the Italian newspapers. Prince von Bujplow, the German am bassador, again jvisited the foreign of fice today and lfeld a long conference with: Premier Balandra. Iater the premier went jiito conference with practically the (entire cabinet and it was evident that something of the highest importance to Italy was being considered. Becfluse of the recent ac tivity of VoiBtielow in attempting to negotiate the cejssion to Italy of sev eral Austrian provinces in exchange for' Italian continued neutrality, it was reported that Jthe prince's visit had to do with this matter. The cabinet conference continued late this afternoon, a number of other government officials hav-ing. been called in by the premier. - Austrians Active. London, Alarch 18. Austrians "are- making great military preparations in the Trentino district, near the Italian frontier, according to dispatches re ceived 'here todity .from" Rome. It was stated that Russian prisoners J have' been, sent therei to clear the. mountain roads of show and 'dig trenches. Contracts Signed For 4 Submarines One Will Be Called Admiral Scaley, aad "Will Be j first American Seago ing Submarine; to Cost 91350,000. Washinrton, iMarch IS. Contracts for four submarines 'were, signed here today, by Secretary of the Navy ...Dan iels. The largest and most important one will be called the Schley, " It will be the first sea going submarine "ever built for the A,mcrican navy. :The surface iipeeo. of the Schjley will be 20 knots hourly, and its submerged speed from 10 to 12 knots. !On "the surface will b driven by oil engines, while storage batteries will be used when the submarine is submerged The Schley wiii cost $1,350,000. ' ;The other thiree submarines will be for .-coast and harbor defense! They will be known as N-l. N-2 and N-S. The Schley wilt be built at the Quincy, Mans., plant of the Electric Boat com pany. 'The three other vessels; will be built-in Seattle. Vice President Pays Tribute to Wilson - " "" ' ' - -i "President Is Cool, Capable and Diplo matic," Says Marshall. "Witk Kla, Hand at Helm We Keed ZTot Fear." I Chicago, March 18. "President' Wil son is cool, capable and diplomatic. Wfth his hand at the helm of the ship of state the Anerican people need not fear that we will! become-; involved -with, any 'foreign 'nation." Thts trib ute was paid to President Wilson by Vice President Marshall 4 before leav ing; here tor San Francisco, t " RUMOR RUSSIANS SURPRISE INVADERS BY FORCED MARCHES IN SNOW i German Positions Near Tilsit and fizernowitz Are: Sud denly Attacked. Jfr fC (f 3t jrt 9f 4t jt (r TV . Italyi Many XSerman tour ists leaving Italy. German em- ha s try denies were- advised 'to leave. Prince German ambassador, von Buelow, conferred with Premier Salandra, after which cabinet met. .TJjncon finned reports. Austrians mak- ing great military preparations Italian: frontier. Polaiid Russians attacked Tilsit.-I Prussia. Brrlini an- nounces Russian buildings at Suwalki .and other provincial cities captured and - will be in retaliation for f'Rus- burned sjan ruthless -destruction.?' AI-' leges Russians " perpetrated out rag ies near Tiistt, villages pillaged, promised three Rus sian states will be pillaged for each German estate devas tated. Russian assault be tween Lomza and Przisnysz repulsed. j Austria Russians forced crossi ig'of Pruth river and ad vanced to within one and ja half miles of Czemowitz. Fifehting continues. Fra ice, Belgium and Alsace French attacks in iforette hills iear Arras and nofrth.of Mesnil repurseTj.' EiUll In Ar vgonne. Kngland claims jheavy German losses in fighting: near Neue e Chapelle. Assertaf , three Germfin-.. princes ..included- in 17,000j to 19,000 German killed. wounded . or missing. Berlin declares aviators - dlropped bombs on Calais 'after French airmen bombarded- Schlettstadt, killing several children. - -Turkey and. Persia f-Allied bombardment of Dardanelles and f?rayrna suspended pending arrival : French and British ex peditionary lorces. Mine- sweepers still operating) with- in stk-ait. Persian cabinet re signed. - - ' "America State ; department experjts -studying Internjatiorial law-and precedents, administra tion marking , time .in niegotia tions with Kngland and jFrance over blockade of Germany. Pro test, will be sent, but the text won't be decided for . (several, days. Undoubtedly pierman cruiser Prina Kltel" Fitiedrioh must intern, as experts report cannit put to sea without new. boiler tubes. J-1'"'" (pnlted Pre teased Wlre.1 Petrogirad, March 18. -By i making forced njiarches- through country cov ered deep with snow, the Russians have been able to deliver surprise I attacks against jthe Germans and Austrians at both ends of the .long eastlern battle line, thd war office announced today. Officials confirmed earlier j reports that thS German positions in I the vi cinity of Tilsit, northeast Pjrussia, had been suddenly raided, and that simul taneously another large fore began aa advancef In - force against Czemowitz, capital 6f Buaowina. ; j The ' sjtrength of the Russian; force In the I Tilsit "region is riot: known. Grand puke Nicholas shrouded this movement in great mystery, jnot re vealing It 'until, the sudden Russian at tack had been announced hjy the Ber lin war Toff ice. The Russian officials state that the csar's troops succeded In gettiag across the Jura iver under cover of darkness and , attacked T the enemy's positions -inside the Prussian .frontier.! .- 4 1 t ' J .'-To rech the approaches to''Czernoi Oontinued on Page Two. Column Two.) t COAST NEWS SERVICE OF THE JOURNAL WILL tD BE Additional Leased Wire Carry Reports From Sections West of Rock to All es. Specializing in news reports for the Pacific coast, the Coate,ws, Inc., will enter the news service rieia in Portland next ; Monday, furnlshinj: its report' exclusively to The Journs l in this city. It is a California corpora tion, with headquarters in the new Call building, San Francisco. Anong the prominent figures in the orgaalza tion are F. W. Kellogg. publish r of the San Francisco Call and Post; Guy B. Barham, publisher or the Los An geles Herald, and Clarence B. Blekhen, managing editor or itie Seattle T mes. The Journal gets the daily and Sun day news reports of the United ress and the Saturday night report o : the International News Service, and with the report of the Coast News it will be equipped with additional news fa cilities of exceptional value in the iOregon country. The general man ager of the new organization Is Fred J Wilson, who was one of The Jour nal's first city editors. For three years he was in charge of the Pacifip roast division ot tne-umieu Press, Later he went to New York to take nited the central news desk of the U Press. , The Coast News will have a leased wire of the Pacific Telephone & Tele- E-ranh comnanv from Seattle to San Dieeo. and eastern news connections with the International News b jrvice in Chieas-' The new corporation plans to be particularly effective west of the "The Coast News -will carry a' 12 hour lease of its wire, and will cover the field completely for all papers from the largest, to the smallest," said Mr. Wilson. "Bureaus w.ll be maintained at the headquarte s in San . Francisco, and in Los Ar geles, Seattle and Portland. Fromithefee bu reaus circuits of smaller papers in the various states will be served by "pony reports over the lines of the Western Union. - , "In addition to handling a complete general news report, the Coast News will carry adequate sports new s, in cluding reports 'Of the' Pacific Coast league 'baseball games, as ' widl as those of the American, Nations. 1. and Federal league games, and .reports of sports events of importance." The Portland bureau will be located in The Journal, offices. C. W. Lamar will be the Portland manager. Eitel Must-Repair Or Leave at ;Qnce Rear Admiral risks Holds Conferences 'With Lansing" and Sanlels; tntima turn Being Prepared, Xs Bellefj Washington. March 18. Redr Ad miral B. A. Fiske of the navy flepart ment and Robert Lansing, -cou nsellor of the state department. Tield three conferences at Lansing's offide this afternoon, after which Fiske hurried to the office of Secretary Daniels It is believed the navy department in rirec-aring a 24 hour ultimatum to CaDtain Thierichens of the converted German cruiser Prin Kltel Friedrtch, that he must repair his shfp immedi ately or intern. ; Station Agent Killed, Money Gone. Mlddletown, N. Y., March 18.4 O. A. Hotallng, station agent of - thd West Shore railroad , at Highland Falls, was murdered by bandits who attacked the station building and looted the safe of 140 early today- The : crime was dis covered when a: train stopped for or ders and the conductors found Ilotal ing's body; in- the station. Five " bandits : are believed to have participated In the . murder. Detec- tives-are-pursuins; them( MUCH ENLARG PortlhndGirl Wink Estate Left by Grandmother Miss Donithy Scott Given Verdict by Butte Jury Qver Claim Made by Banker. Butte, Mont.. March1 18. Waiting eight years for recoignltlon as ber father's daughter, Dorjothy Alice Wil liams, agejd 17, of Portland, grand daughter if Rachel El Williams, de ceased, cajme into hejr heritage last night whert 11 of the 12 Jurors decided in favor qf the girl ind against the tnillionairej banker, Andrew J. Davis, president bf the First JMattonai nere. The girl vifill receive tie entire estate. estimated "to be worth $160,000. At the iconclusion bf the reading, the airl fan inttf the arms of her her mother. Mrs. Sybil Scott, kissed and then Kinwrapped a. box or green carnations! yesterday being St. Pat distributed to rick's dast which ch the jurors "I'm vcjry happy," she told the! jurors. "We're triad, too Answered one of these. "I voted against 'ycju butfm gladj you woh.f said the lone juror Who) others on theiri voted against the 11 findings. By the i-erdiet. the j urors found that! . . , ,.i .a t Mrs. Williams, who w was the object of cojercion when shej signed thi will by whjich she gave the estate to the Butte banker. The will accordine to" the verdict, was the re suit of frhud, duress ence. Mrfe. Williams Iwas not of sound mind when she wrote the document! in the opiniion of the (jurors. Dorothy Alice A'illiams, bettet Known in! Portland a s uorotny scott?, Is the siep-daughteif of William F, Scott of Ithe Davis-Sdott Belting comr pany. She resides with her step-fatht er and mother at 699 Ford street drive. Her mot&er and step-father are with her at present in Butte Miss Spott is already an heiress tp a considerable extend, having received a small fortune from her father, Mr. Williams who died ijvhen she was but a baby. Arrest in Seattle , May Mean Protest i , , Mueller, German Consul, Expresses Opinio: i That Construction Company . Has Been Violating Neutrality Lwi, Seattle,. Wash., March 18. Formal protest may be , lodged soon witlvtle United States government by the Ger man consul here. Dr). Wilhelm Mueller charging violation qt neutrality latjra by. Jthe 1 Seattle Construction and prjy dock company. ' t"f. - ''- .! i-;;r-iV-' Mueller expressed the. opinion that thla eonlpn?v" has-jbeen shiprjjrgvlal Great Britain Tia varrcouver, a. pieces of machinery that went into the making (of submaritjtes. In the hands of Prosiecutor Lun4in of Seattle aire nine - blips of lading, from the Seattle firm shjowing . Iarg : consignments . of Diesel engine parts. Dr. Mueller was arrested! on the charge of attempting to buy these bills of 1 iding from an e:n ploye of the company. According to Muellcrj- the Diesel engine is used a great dieal for sub narines, though it may be used for other purposes also, "It is ridiculous to suppose, how ever," said Dr. Mueller, "that British Columb a has suddejnly become in n ed of such large quantities of DieEel en gines f c r ordinary uses." department Is Notified. WashKngton, March 18. Count yon Bernstcjrff, the German ambassador, this afternoon officially called the jat tention of the state department to the arrest an Seattle of Dr. Wilhelm Muel- ler, German consul there and his see- retary, CB. M. Schultze, on charge of tempting to buy business secrets of Ithe Seattle Construction and Drydock com pany. Bombardment of Tiirks Is Suspended i London, March 18. The Anilo- FrencW bombardment of the Darda nelles and the Smyrna forts has been auspen tied pending the arrival i of French! and British expeditionary according to disnatches ire- forces ceived here today from. Athens. Mne- sweepelrs. however; continue to oper ate intide the strait for the protec tion of the warships. The battleship Queen iuizabetn ana otner warsriips which have been bombarding Galllpoll indired tty are reported anchored off the entrance to the strait. PIGS FOR EGGS Among the hundreds of ;offer in The Journal Want Ads afe somfe which should interest you- Her are a tewr of those appear ing In the Wane Ads today. Read me rest: Furnished. Houses 38 "FOR RENT-Cheap. 4 room fuf nilshed or unfurnished bunga low in good part of town with nice garden, good place for chicg ens, only 8 month. See owner at place." j Purniihad Booms ' I West Side Private Pamil-r To "TWO beautifull .front rooms, fin ished in lieather furniture. plario. -sewing, machine, sleeping porih. two beds, fireplace. fuSr- nace, hot water, laundry, elec tricity, yard.'' I I Exchange Heal Estate rTS. THIRTY acres rod soil, new house and outbuildings. Will trade for grocery stock Portland or gooid stock ranch." Situations Male 3 "SKILLED carpenters on sho notice." Automobiles Wanted ta "WILL trade . I 0 acre farm n Aftberta for automobile." , . Swan Column is "FOR SALE jSmall pigs. W I tijade for freh eggs." Xoans wasted from private - party i house and. lot." 30 "J6j)0 on BuSfLBY'sldOB Portland Contractor and Sen ator From Multnomah County Confers With Gov ernor and State Treasurer. WILL COMMISSIOI KEEP ITS PLEDGE? Day Protests Against Mitchell Point Work and Letting of Contract Halts. Senator Day Protest. Salem, Or., March IS. Sena tor 1. N. Day of Portland, who was here yesterday apternoon to protest against the expendi ture of $50,000 on the improve ment of Columbia highwav at Mitchell Point. Hood River county, had a conference with Governor Withycomfce and State Treasurer K-ay, following i ; the meeting of the state highl way commission. and is- said to have insisted that State Highway Engineer Bcwlby be dismissed at once. Kay is said to have! assured Day that so far as he was con- cerned he wanted to let Bowlby go without delay. "We have got to g t rid of this man Bowlby," said Day, in discussing the matter here. rj t y r. yi T Will the state highway! commission which is composed of the governor secretary of state and state treasurer repudiate the pledge given the people) of Hood River ,county to appropriate) the sum of $50,000 for the construe tion of the, Mitchell point grade? Is the Influence of Senator I. N. Day, a paving contractor, more potent thart the thousands who are Interested in the development of the sjtate through the' completion of the Cqlumbla high way ? - V '. The Questions ate being asked to f day in the- wiftriwiit on the action of the state highway eomrriisslon yesteif (Cosrlnded en Page FIto. Column Two.) BURGLAR POKES HOLE THROUGH PLATE GLASS AND TAKES JEWELRY Abendroth's Store Robbed of Rings, Watches anJ Pen dants Valued a $600. 4 Breaking a hole In tjhe plate glaM window of F. Abendroth's Jewelry, store, 313 Morrison street, a burglar last night got away with about $6k)0 worth of rings, watches and pendanjts that were on display ih the windoiw. The hole was Just large enough to ajd rait a. man's arm. It was made evi dently with a short piece of Iron, found in the window. j In the. loot w;ere four or five brace let watcfies, '25 or 30 jpendants, , sorhe with small diamond settings, and 80 or 90 women's and men's rings. The rings were in two tra'ya, which, were also taken. .- 1.1' Discovery of the robbery was not made until Gus Abendrbth, brother of the proprietor, went to open the store about 7:30 o'clock this morning. The robbery was reported to the police. and also to the PinMrton Detective agency. Mr. Abendroth said he car ried no burglar insurance. Young Girls Sold In N. Y. at $25 Each Police Commissioner Woods Announces They Have Been Bought By Detect ives, at That Trice During; Crusade. New York, March 1 I. Young gljrls can be bought in New York for i25 apiece. - Four have actually bsen sold during the past few days at fiat price. I " This startling announcement vfas made today by Folic Commissioner Woods, who declared that the four, all In their 'teens and II itie more than children, had been purchased outright oy aeiectives aunng the police clru sade now being, cor) ducted against white slavers.. v Woods statement came simultane ously -with ithe beginning of the trial of Louis Abrams. aged 19, on charge of -selling Lily Levine, or tne detectives. xn? trial jg fx pected to disclose -evidence of sena tional character . showing the opera tions of a, ring whicn is engaged Un the hideous traffic. -. Abe Levlnson, a dlvfikeeper, pleaded guilty to a charge Similar to . that against Abrams, Siamese Ijunrheoi (.WASHINGTON BI'RkAU OF THE - JOURNAL.. Washington,: March from ? Slam was host yesterday for SecVe 18. ilie envoy at a luncheon ary of State Bryan, W. 11. Hornibcook of Oregon, newly appointed minister to Siam, and Consul ; General Pennoyer of - Bangkok. teombs Dropped by 'Airmen Kill Three Persons Berlin, by ' wireless via Sayvllle, j L. L, March 18j French aviators re cently dropped bojmbs on - the unde fended town pf Schlettstadt, in Al sace, it' was announced here today. One school teacher and two children were killed", and 10 others were jin- u red. j ir . r German Taube later. It was an nounced, dropped pombs on Calais,! in k-etaliatidn. The aid was conducted In darkness, however, and the extent jof the damage was not known. JITNEY CRASHES INTO AUTO AT INTERSECTION; THREE I ARE INJURED and His Mother H, 0, Bracey Are Rendered Unconscious Cars Wiec ked. In a collision between -a Mississippi jitney . bus and private automobile at Broadway" and Glisan streets' this Bracey and -j his afternoon, H. 0. mother were badly injured and a pas senger in the jitney- was cut by flying glass. . I The two f cars ' were practically wrecked. I'he Jitney was bound sbuth on Broadwa' from the Broadway bridge, the private car was ' bjund west on. Glisan. street, and turning) into Broadway. -L. Thompson, special of ficer of the Portland Automobile jclub, was followijiff the jitney, which, he says, was traveling at a high rate of speed, and- intended to arrest the driver as soon as he could catch him. j Bracey's car wa struck on the right hand side and ' hurled 50 feet, jit is said, stopping against the curb on the east lde of j Broadway. It was struck 15 feet , front theJ southwest curb. The jitney hurtled over the curbing on the west side of Broadway, snapping off a. Benson fountain at that - point and landing, badly wrecked, against a build ing. - I - ' The jitney-contained six passengers. Only one of them, a man, was cut by flying glass. Bjraceyf and his mother were rushed to their home, 2071 East Sixth street north. In an ambulance. Sergeant Wanless, : Of fleers Burri, Schaeffer and jinnessy and Special Officer-L. Thonnpaou took. Bennett to the police station, j r Bennett and Frank, Power, a pas senger, say! that the jHweyJwaarlveo - onto the sidewalk ana against th xoun tain to avoid the other car; "They as sert that they had the right off way, and that In thel manner that Bracey's earesftot out frm Glisan street they were unable to avoid it. i Both Bracey I and his mother, Mrs Sarih - Bracey, aged 64, were revived shortly after reaching home. I Mrs Bracey was found to have a fractured collar bone and probably internal in lurits. while Bracey. was slightly bruised. The passengers in the jitney -were: 900 Minnesota, siignt- ly cut; A. Baslr, 537 Maiden avenue; Charles Morrison. 691 Missouri ave nue"; L. D. .edwidge, 126 Second street; Carl Shafer, 331 East TWe.irin "street, and A. K. Thuler. 810 sixty- second avenue p. E, Commissioner ship Bee in His Bonnet : . -.1 --I : ' ' Pormer City Treasurer Admits j He Xs Stuns;: William Billot Also .Ken- tloned as POssibUlty; Other n Also. Ed Weriein piay enter the nice for city ?ommIssioper. The bee" Is buzzing in his headpiece. A few years ago he was city treasurer. "The spot-l'Sht appeals to me," .he confessed,! todiy. "And you know a fish out of water is never happy until he gets back tn again." j There Is only one other thing that might appeal to him as strongly. It is the Jitney, j "When the Jitney Is regulated and becomes legitimate, then the Jitney for me," he said. - Anotheri being mentioned as a pos sible candidate; Is William Elliott, for mer city (engineer. His candijacy is being disciussed in labor circles. C. V. Cooper will soon announce his candidacy. J - , I It is reported that George W. Cald well, member board, will be of the civil service a candidate. Kaiser at Lille. His Visits Berlin Emperor With Chief of Staff van Tal kenbayn to j Kara Conference With His Generals in Prance. ' I Iondonj Mrch' 18. The Evening News this afternoon prints a dispatch asserting ithatl the kaiser, accompanied by Chief bf Staff General von jFalken hayn, has' arrived at the German bead quarters near Lille for a conference with the! German military chiefs In that section of France..- - , Private advjees received at Amster dam today said the German; crown prince is ! on a , secret -visit to Berlin to consult a throat specialist. Prince August Wilhelm recently submitted to a slight operation on " the throat and his condition now is said to be satis- raciory. Willi Discuss Aid Road Campaign. John B;. Yeon, Multnomah county's unsalaried road master, ranked each member of "the Progressive Business Men's jclub at , the luncheon In the MultnOmah hotel thia afternoon, to convert five voters in favor of the hardsurfacingj Multnomah 1 com f roaos. i ne ciub men agreed to this. . t , .;',.. . - T . ,. A. S. Benson showed by figures the economic advantage of hard Surfaced highways!. Julius I. Meier, president of the Cs.'irnbta Highway association, spoae. nr. ay.: PA1 CHINA MUST BE LEFT AS SHE IS Representations ! Have Been Made by United States, It Is Admitted' in Washington, But Form Is Kept Secret. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND HAVE MADE LIKE MOVE American Request Couched in Friendliest Language, It Is Stated. rr;'..i-v:.- H'nilol Troa Iaaoil Wire.) Washington, March 18. The United States has asked Japan to respect China's Integrity. This much was learned from an of ficial source here this afternoon, but neither President Wilson nor Secretary Bryan would say in what form the representations were made.. It was ad mitted, however, that the appeal was couched In the friendliest language and government officials said they ex pect Japan to make hiaterlal modifica tions in her demands on China. Secretary of State Bryan insisted the action waa not -a joint proposal, though he said he understood that Rus sia and England had communicated with Japan, regarding China's .. in tegrity, i I China Is looking io America as her "next friend." As China has applied to the United States to force Japan to relinquish designs on. her territorial In tegrity, America lias unomciauy ex plained to Japan that any attempt to dominate China will be considered un friendly. All that Secretary of State Bryan would say was that he- won "watching deevlopments." Other ad ministration officials were also re ticent. - Off icials of the Japanese embassy, insist that much of the present trou ble is being stirred up by German agents in China. The general opinion today in diplomatic circles was Unit while America, Russia and England have notified Toklo that China's in tegrity must be respected, vo official report has yet been given out. Diplo mat declared- that AluoXticlal repree. un f'tiony mt?et have convinced Japan that she cannot take advantage of the European situation to carve up China to suit her commercial intc-ests. BY COURT OF APPEALS bilbert and Wolverton bus . tain Verdict, Ross Dis sents; Will Be Appealed. fCnftod Proat taaed Wlro San Francisco, March 18. The Unit ed" States circuit court of appeals to day sustained the decision of the lower court sentencing Maury Dlggs and F. Drew Caminettl to McNeill's Island prison for violation of the Mann white slave law. The two men were con victed of transporting to Nevada Miss Marsha Warrington- and Miss Lola Norris of Sacramento. Dlggs is under sentence to serve two years in prison and pay a fine of 12000, while Caminettl must nerve 18 months and pay a fine of $1500. Kach is out on J10.000 ball. , As soon as the decision was handed down at .the court lioaise Attorney Marshall Wood for the defendants an nounced that the case would bo car ried to the supreme court of the United States. " The decision was filed by Judge W. B. Gilbert and was concurred in by Associate Justice Charlex ii Wolver ton. Associate Justice Krsnlne Ros dissented and filed a minority opinion. He declared that District Judge van Fleet, who tried the case, erred when he instructed the Jury to disregard any testimony in the case wblrh tend ed to show that Minxes Norris and Warrington might have been accom plices. "There are many Items of testi mony," said Judge Gilbert. in his opinion, "whirh show that the Jour ney (of the defendants and the girls) to Reno was . the result of pre-con-sldered action of both Dlggs and Cam ipettl and with a view tc- achieve, a common purpose , which, in fact, was accomplishod." ! At another point the decision said: "It-is a general rule that improper re marks In argument by prsecutlng at torneys, although prejudicial, do not Justify reversal.": This referred to a statement- made by Special Prolocutor Hoche during his argument: "The eyes of the United States are on this Jury and asking it to do its duty." The Diggs - Caminettl case was sen sational in the extreme. Caminettl H the- son of Commissioner General Caminettl and Dlggs was acting state architect at the time of the trouble. The two-men took Misses Norris and Warrington from Sacramento, their homes, to Reno. Both men were convicted- Iter Mi Ida, Pearrlng caused the arrest of Dlggs here on a charge of assault, but he was ac quitted. 1 Since his appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals, Dlggs has Invented a contrivance for the rapid removal of automobile tires from cars. Recently he succeeded Jn -selling his Invention to an eastern manufacturing firm and is said to have cleared more than J100.000. . - DIGGSAND AMINETTI CONVICTIONS UPHELD ... ... i
