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' --T CONTENTS 'r t ' -'""I-'' r yfkKX w c .r' rVV A A A A ' I""-" THE WEATHER I" C 2iSL f ' II f 'CS j CV J?C7sVCSl faSg ( UA1 V4 VfCYS 1 SY ' " Portland and vicinity Sunday-Con- a Sport. Automo- Features L I P --ill i 1 I I K: I 1 r . SUrNIAY Nv - K I I I v -I --'it- I V weather. Temperature changes will biles. Oood 4 Society, Clubs, 11 jbl I I -X Jr III If I OSxV7T-r n.JXTVi vV'C'nL, I , U Jk i. . . j . 1 : ,.y . . t. - not be important. Easterly winds will Reeds. Marine, Music.Fash- I j r!sj 1 ( Ifp V , Xv J I 3(3cLlIJS5llX -i VV-JL j tTl V S AvlVVVlv V I contlnua. MarktondFi- to.H(U- I t ' I CVK! TiOv V V OS.-X W -WK V X "I Tl:H?UNaiA N. rO""r I OrsfOB, Washington and Idaho Sun- : r?:Av.M. J- - 1 Y .V - 5aSuSndi" la t,m" ing. Want Ad.g tortalBupplcment: ""f '"" yMaV Asvi ' 7 V- ; . per tare; easterly winds. j VOL. XI. NO. 52. CltY EDITION ( , ' PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY jQRNI&G, MARCIf 21, 1915. j - PRICE FIVE CENTS DfiY SCHEMING TO GET FRIENDS FR01 BAD HOLE Engineer Bowlby Must Lose Scalp Because He Is Block to Transfer of Funds to Columbia County. f MORE COMPLACENT OFFICIAL IS DESIRED Yeon Is Another "Undesi able'' for Befriending Taxpayers. W'liy is Senator I. K. Day of Mu t- nomah county so Insistent that the state highway commission repudia Its agreement with the people of IIoi Ttlver county to appropriate $50,000 for the construction of the Mitchell point grade? 4 1 j Why docs Senator Day say to . hia intimates that "the question is not settled," and -hat "he Is going to S(a lem Monday to see that the contract is not awarded?' - Why'does Senator Day declare that he Will, "get" State Knsineer Bowlby? S Why does he insist that the money which it is proposed to award to Hood Itiver county be given instead to Co '. lumbia county? The .answer to these questions ts found in the "fact that Senator Day . is, in intimate relationship with and a business associate of the members of the Consolidated -Contract com pany who have a highway contract 4n Columbia county and are said to be financially .nvolved for .supplies ahtf materials to the extent of approxi mately $70,000 and who lately nego tiated a loan of $50,000 at qr;e of the Portland banks. Daniel Kern, who is the owner of one-fourth of the stock of the Con solidated Contract company, is also a stockholder of the' Oregon Independ ent Pavjng company, of whic iieiia tor uy is president. j There is due the Consolidated Con tract company from Colufribia county the sum of . approximately $i0,000, ac cording' to the estimates of State Highway Convntssioner Bowlby, but th Company will 'not pome to a set tlement, relying upon the political n ,fhience of Senator Day to secure the . -dismissal of Knylneer Bowlby and the appointment T5f"l WCfR" Wimplacent ein gineer who will not -insist upon the contractors doing - their work accottd In? to the specifications of their ccjn " tract, and who willbe more generous Coucluiled oa Pane Elxht. Colnmn Two); TWO LARGE PORTLAND Inability of Northwestern arid Lumbermen's -Stockholders to. Agree,r Cause. Inability of stockholders of the two institutions to agree as to details Has : resulted In the abandonment of the plan; to nierga- the Lumbermens aiid Northwestern National banks. Imcjry Olmstead of the Jortliwestern Na tional and E, G. Crawford, vice prefi dent, of the Lumbermens, carried on negotiations and worked on details tor tli proposed merger, but could riot arrange them to the satisfaction jof the stockholders of the two banks. Both institutions will 'therefore con- stlnue as heretofore. ' Had the merger been carried out 'ea planned, to consolidated Institution ! would have bad a capital of $1,000,000, 'surplus of $500,000 and combined de Posits of nearly $10,000,000. I . Tubllo announcement of the merger ai first made January 21. Tentative plans of the consolidation at that tiitne Vrovided for tim merging of the tvo banks as one big institution, to be known as the Liumbermens & North western" National bank, with hefid- quarters In the new 'Northwestern . bank building at Sixth and Morrison 'streets. i Under the scheme as then discussed the merger was to include the Poj-t- - land Trust & -Savings bank but the I.umbermens Trust company was J to remain a' separate institution. j Had the merger been consummated, H. L. Pittock, president of the North western, would have probably been chairman of the board of directoi-s; ' George W, Bates, head of the Lumbir mens. would have been president: Krnery Olmstead and E. G. Crawford, vice-presidents of. the North westejm and I.umbermens respectively, would have been vice-presidents; and A. L ..Tucker, fcashier of- the Lumbermens, would, have been cashier. -t I Th " Lumbirmens was organized June 30. 1908, being an outgrowth ! of the Bankers & liumbermens bank, pa Its directorate are George W. Bates, K G. Crawford, Dr. K. A. J. MaoKen lie, Charles S. .Russell, J. K. Whejel er, P. S. Brumly, Andrew R. Portsr, : George C. Bingham and Robert Trat Pratt. The Northwestern bank opened Its doors January 1. 19J3. Its directors are II. L. r Pittock.' J. D. 'Farrell, Jobn Twohy, F. Wr. Leadbetter, Lt. B. Mene fee. . George II. Kelly. S. Nicbbls. A. D. Charlton, O. L. Trice and Krnery Olmstead. . Merger of the two banks would have made for an Institution second only to the First National among Portland's banks. . I Jt is not known whether an effbrt will be made to resume merger nego tiation! in the future. i PROPOSED MERGER OF BANKS IS ABANDONED I I I . ...... t ...... I ...... . i -J-..-.'-:--'',..., :-'.-- f 1 ' " : i: ' J i , . NEWS INDEX . SECTION OXE- 16 j PAGES . (General JIew) ?M. 1. Senator Day Would I Full Friend From Hole. I ' OeaaraJ Scott BTin :Bck PistM. Tkre . Turkish Fori ! Ihsmantlad. Portias dn Petition for Peace Pro posal, i , -SuMiui Capture Pruian Town. Secrecy Maintained Concerning Jap anese Negotiation.. How Road Bond Honey Would Be Spent. Proposed Bank Verger Off. 3000 Killed in BardaaeUea Bombard ment. j Spring Is Hew. I S. German RepuUed by Kuuiana. , EnglUh Net - Sink ; German Sub marine, l Trench Explode Bomb on German. Francia Joseph Would Buy Peace, Expert Review of the War. 8. Counterfeiter Sentenced, Notable Pictures on Exhibition. Charles E. Hughes for President. 4. San Francisco News Letter. Jefferson High Vaudeville Successful. 5. Opposition to Jitney I Ordinance Ex pected. I Club Women Prepare for Big- Meeting-. Busy Day for Fire Laddie. Members for Chamber of Commerce Sought. Wet Said to Be Planning Fight. 6. 14) Likely Candidate for Commis- Sionerships . Viee President Marshall Invited to Visit Portland. 7. Senators Named to Attend Celilo Cel ebration. Larch Mountain. Trail Mapped Out. 8. Possible Suocees of German Deplored. . Joe Keller and a Story. Progrea of Washington Legislature. S. Rhine of Great Strategic Value. Germans Loyal to Kaiser. Weird Weapons of Warfare. 10. . Fierce Fighting in Mexico. "Painler Parker to Sue Hume Again, Who's Who in the City Hall. 11. Men Convicted of Anon. Extra Seion Talk Revived. Text of Hew Traffic Ordinance. How Bowlby Would Spend 1915 Road Fund. Married Workers Seek Jobs. 18. Clatskanie Mayor Lauds Bowlby. Triplets Born to Bquaw. . Curry County Rich in Natural Re sources, i 13. Trials of Central Oregon School Teacher. I Industrial Accidents for the Week. Kent School Standardized, Mav Festival for Lents. K.jof P. Meeting at Camas, Railroad for Union Mills. Coyote Law Held Effective. Hop Growers Organise. North Plains May Get High School. Meliis to Direct Mineral Exhibit. Two New Societies at O. A. C. Redmond Settlers Ask Kehearinr. Sifijnificanoe of Arrival of S. S, Great Northern. Marine News, Suburban News. Business Reported on: the Mend. 14. 16. SECTION. TWO 16 PAGES (Sports, Automobiles, Good Roads, Markets and- Finance, Want Ads. Real Estate) SECTION THREE lO PAGES Page. 1. S. 3. 4. 5. Civic League Luncheon. Dramatic News. In I the Motion Picture Field. Editorial. 4Town Topics. Mary An tin to Lecture Here Mar. 81. Blind for- 21 Years, Girl Now Bees. War May Work Fall of Militarism Qugliolmo Ferrero. i Why . Do '.- Become Bald! Dr. woods Hutchinson Wonder of Upper Columbia Revealed. Col. Young Invents Folding Table. Illirstratee News Review. News from Foreign Capitals. Portland Woman Invents Collapsible 6. S. 9. 10. SECTION FOUR 10 PAGES Page. !; 1-4. The Week in Society. 4. Your Horoscope. -. 6. The Realm of Muiic 6. Women's Club Affairs. -Parent-Teacher News. -. Social ServUe Activities. 7. University and 'College News, ' Woodmen to Welcome Head Consul. Fraternal Notes, ' What Labor Is Doing. National Guard Notes. . University and Cohere New. Society Girls Go in for Hockey. Drl Henry Waldo Coe to Wed. 8. Fashion Letter Anne Rittenheuse. 9. For the Needlewoman Sarah Hale Hunter. 10. Suits for the Easter Bride. SECTION FIVE 8 PAGES !(Magasine and Pictorial) 'l'ln I All the West Ho Scene Like Theae (Pictorial), ' 2. Clemencia's Crisis Edith Ogden Har bison. 3. Welcome Awaits the Tourist in. Ore- son (Pictorial). . 4. Reduoing in an Easy Chair. 5. Doe Music VKc the Hair Growl 6. On the Sunny Side of Life. Statesmen Heal and"; Near Fred C. telly. Random w'acts ax.d Fancies. With the Cartoonist. 7. Science and Near-Science Up-to-Date. g. Cartoonagrams Charles A. Ogden. The Three Bears Georgene Faulkner, j'The Story lady." SECTION SIX 4 PARSES I (Comic) Mt. Lassen Violent For Twelve Hours After lion Eruption Crater Reported Quiet kt 6 o'Clock Last Wight; Ashes t"aU Hour Later. Reddlmr. Cal.. March 20. After having b;en in violent eruption fof 12 hoursi Mount Lassen, the Cali fornia volcano, at 6 o'clock tonight erased itrt activity. This marked the closing of the eighty-second manifes tation siijice the crater first opened May 30 lst. . ' Ashes fell in great quantities at Volta and Manton, 15 miles from the base-- of the mountain, for an hour after the! eruption ceased. The at mosphere as far as Redding, 42 miles from the crater, was thick with vol canic ash, No fir was visible Issuing front the peak at any time, but the quan tity of temoke and ashes was un precedented. Eruptions heretofore have riever lasted more than one hour. The whole mtiin crater was active during today's riiantfestation. None dares attempt to go near the crater tol investigate conditions, but it is certain that Bumpas Hell, as one of thie craters Is called, was very active, professor Diller, government expert, ty-st summer investigated the crater and announced that unprece dented eruptions would follow an in creased activity of Bumpas Hell. Tenant Farmer's - Lot Hopless One This Much learned By Ted oral Indus trial commission Zuveetlsating Con ditions ;ta TeiM. Dallas, j Tex March 20. After dig ging to the roots ; of Texas tenantry problems the federal industrial com mission losed Its hearings tonight. one commissioner confidentially sug gested socialism may be the only cure for the ills to, which farm tenants in the Lone Star state and elsewhere throughout th great outhwest are heir, j- : j. "- r-:: V" " GENERAL SCOTT ARCHES BAG S INDIANS Sinqle-Handed arid Unattend ed Excepting by Indian puide, Chief -pf-Staff of Army Takes Piutes. OLID POLK, TSE NE-GAT AND OTHERS PRISONERS He sd af United States Army Dismissed Possle and En tered Camp Alone. fUntfpd Press leased Wlro. ) j Bluff. Utah. March 20. The Piute IndjianSiprising in Utai Is or. Briga- diei- General Scott, chief of staff of United States arm, returned here today with Old Polk, Tse-ne-Gat and other renegades as his prisoners. General Scott took the; Indians slngle hartded. Six men had been killed, and mahy wounded in earlier fighting be tween the Indians and members of "th poshes, headed by United States Mar shah Nebeker. VVith Old Poke and h s soft, whbse ar rest was sought on a murder charge. Geieral Scott brought with him Chief Po4ey and the latter'! eldest son. SjCOtt effected the capture of the renegades without firing a shot. Nav ajoj runners located the Indians near the! Navajo mountains for the general and8 11 was through the friendly Nav ajoljs that Scott conducted his negotia tions. . ; . Ite was able to coriv'ince Old Polk and his followers thatj they would be givten fair treatment by the govern-; ment if hey would peacefully sur renkler. ( Take Zdfe in Hands. Virtually taking Ids life in his hands, it was believe here, General riccjtt dismissed the ij(osse which had beejh in Bluff for more than a month and entered the Indilan country ac coripanied only by his aide and his Indian guides. Seott was confident from the start thajt he could convince the Indians they would be given a square deal and refused to permit any display of forte. . , 1 t '...'.:,. . i Tfhe arrival of Ger eral Scott and thej Indian prisoneru created- i the greatest gyHtpmont Kx pfrftumn 7?lftl- In dia fas were sullen and silent ' and f evf , details of their capture were di vulged. Heavy storms- were en countered which delayed the party in reacmng isiurr. , Tse-ne-Gat, or Hatch, is charged wilh the murder of & Mexican about a year ago He Will prdbablv be turned over to the courts, fhat punlshmenl wni meted out to the others is not known. , Five Indians! and one white main were killed, and lone white man and many Indians Wounded in the Concluded on Page SI, Colamn Four) Captain Mer iam to Try Divorce Again Attorneys for Mrs. Merriam Petition San Francisco Court to Give Thsxn Chance to Object to Keopening- Case. San Francisco, March 20. Counsel forj. Mrs. Bessie C. Merriam appeared before Judge Graham I today to object to ;any action being taken 'toward, re opening the divorce suit of iptain Henry C. Merrlatn, U. S. A. They -stated that thiy had not been officially notified in writing upon the two previous occasion when the case was called thai it was ' the Intention of coujnsel for Captain Merriam to argue in favor of the. granting of a new trial. They said it was the Earnest desire of thejr client that there should be no new trial and they wished to be given an j opportunity to voice these objec tions. ! Judge Graham told them he would heair their objections ijiext Friday. --.tjaptaia Merriam s petition ror a dl vricc was denied a year ago, the court holding, that he had jnot sufficiently corroborated his changes that Mrs. Mefriam was too frieijdly with Major Clajrence Murphy, a naltional guard ofv iicer oi jew urieans, la. Baseball Uniforms and a French Violin f Tou will alwayd find good, Th Journal practical news in Want Ads. These items appear today; Swan Column 35 "Eastern Washington lot for good bicycle." r house and let the cbjarge apply as first payment on f a. moderate priced lot; balance as easy terms." I ' 1 I For Sale Konses 61 f "Garden Home, 201 minutes ride Ore. Eleo.; 7c farfe; 9th grade "school; electric light, water. 4 room house, 50x100 lot. water piped to house; $500; your own j-terms." - - - j. II Business Opportunities 30 J. "Established, grooery business, t miles from Portland, $1300, in cluding fixtures and delivery out fit; stock invoices $1100. Post and ticket offices in store more than pays rent, and light," Tor Sale Miscellaneous 19 For sale. 10 baseball uniforms. I A e complete 'Club outfit." j 1 - Fianos, Organs and . Musical Instruments. 34 I Fine French violin, about 100 I -ears old. in fine flaying condi- j lull , Eiritt.it mutes size. Thft nam nf th a rla eci tra tinn i a n whfch it appears) precedes each j pi uie juuinai. v tt.ni AQ3. ; 1 " 1 ' " : : : .. . . . I WHERE HUE Map of the Dardanell0s and envirdns where bitter fighting OREGON PEOPLE ASK PRESIDENT TO URGE BL Enduring Peace Is Sou ght! in Addition to Cessation of Present War in Europe Searing the signatures o'fj exactlyj 100 citizens: of Oregon, Including state of ficials, judges, Portland cijly officials, and men prominent in bslnes and professional life, a petition whose prayer Is that President Wilson use; his efforts toward a speedy pfeace , m jKu rope was mailed to the president yes terday by William H. Galjvani, secre tary of the Oregon Peace society, which is affiliated with tlj Peace society. . e American Copies of the petition wej-e mailed to Secretary of State Bryah, Senators Chamberlain and EAne," and .Represent atives Hawley,' Slnnott anj McArthur. '"There has been a general movement throughout the United J States! to strengthen the hands of tljie president in his efforts to bring about a cessa tion of hostilities on a basils thatj will be acceptable to all parties concerhed," said Mr. Galvani yesterday. "This of course, is preliminary to bringing about peace on an enduring basis which; also might carry with K a reasonable re duction of armaments and a respect for territorial sovereignty. j; i "Th president, in hinttnsf toj the powers his willingness to offer his good offices to bring this about, at the opening of hostilities, did hot seem to meet with any appreciable! encourage ment. However, the peoplejwho aje in terested in international arjbltratltm as the surest road to universal peace! have concluded to do what they can to strengthen the president's hand, so that when the psychological indment comes he may renew his efjfors fo ef fect a just and equitable settlement of this great calamity that his overcome the civilized world. To! this) end, throughout the different I states, ef forts have been made amobr the; peo ple in general to secure ' signatures to petitions for peace.".. -r Mr. Galvani, as secretary of-the Ore gon Peace society, undertook on behalf of. that body to secure signatures in Oregon, and every signature atljached to the petition mailed to tie president yesterday, was secured through hi3 own effort in person. . Mr. jGalvani, in- iCooclnded on Psge Eleven, Cblumn One) ; 7 jjrotner oi vice Admiral Lives Here v I Ii. b. Garden, Portland , Orocer, i Sears Report That Preston Camden of Al lied Fleet Killed In Batitle. "Vice Admiral Preston Cfrrden com mander of the allied .fleef whiich is bombarding the Dardanelles andi whose death has been rumored, lis a brother of I ' B. Garden, a grocer of Port land, with a: More at U8S Alberta street. He is the second of a ifamtly of three brothers, of which L. Bj Card en is the youngest, j I Vice Admiral Garden has been in the British navy about 40 years and is now Jn his sixtieth year. He Started On hoard the training ship Britannia in 1874, Great Britain in thosje days hav ing no training school, her officers securing their ; preliminary training before the mast 'on ships jof the Brit annia type. I. B. Carden came to Port land 30 years ago and consequently has not been able to keep very close track .of his brother's advancement, but the first notice tbat hjs hadj of his elevation to a command hme at the time of the Boer war, wjhen lie was mentioned in press dispatches as' be ing In cothma(l of an artnbreu ,jcruiser. His elevation to the position of vice admiral has occurred witbin the past ENDING OODSHED ' five years. I ..... . J 1 ..I.. . ' ' T ' ' - - i 1 1 ' ' I ...... ' . T ' t TERRI FIC BOM BAR D .- ...... ELSAMIDiEH between . . I - a2T!- -w . . i - ; I i I - I- - - - i SsW i - I w shom the patlj of the Russian fleet Official Spring Due at 8:43 A. M. I - R It s Been ea The sun rday be loafing behind a cl oud at 8:43 this morning, o .he may be smiling broadly, as he did all day buds and spring ypsterday, coaxing finery into blpom But whether he smiles. as the Seather man Isays he will, or s may in splte of all signs sulks, as and pre all well- dictions, when the hands of btehaved" clocks Tea 8:43 this rnorn- log;' it will mlean thait the whitring mo- tlon nlcture- film of tn year tb throw a nw face and fignfe on the nhrin nf time s theatre. Spring, with that- nameless patnos lb the air. I spring, beloved of the pioets, arrives officially at 42 a. m. today. Ever vounir. despite ner Innumer- tJhU return engagements, she will be 3ith us for i three months' stay, and apt and loivers and gardeners may SECRECY REGARDING NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN IS MAINTAINED All Questions Relative to the Notes Termed "Imp open; Britain Keeps Hands Off,' CCnltffii Pren-5 leased tVlrel Washington. March 20. Secretary Bryan's Insistence on secrecy regard- ipg negotiations with Japan over tne la'tter's demajids on China nas causea domment in the capital. Briran was understood to have pro- issted strongly to the president be- cause it was admitted represjentatiohs actually had been made to Japan, and finally won the executive to pis view. The secretary, when asked tonight, tb say something, declared fell ques- tions on thef subject "improper." The White' House! announced nothing could tie said. Confirmation of United Press advices alt no joint -Anglo-Russo-Amejrican ac tion had been; taken came late today iiv British embassy statement! denylng 3mbasr-' that "the British and Russian sadors have made Joint representations to Japan," ori "that the British and the United States' governments arie in con sultation with a similar object The administration, having made it pilain to England that America! accepted jjapanese assurances that the latter would not injure third party interests biy its participation in the war was understood toi be playing a "lobe hand. As China s I" next friend," it (was said she hopes to influence Japan from in terfering with China's Independence, akid while recognizing the formers paramount position, to have reminded Her that treaty obligations require her tp stand by the "open door. $250,o6o Worth of Autos for Russia arinety-six Trucks in Thirty-two Cars Passing Through Washington Bound ; For Vladivostok For Re-shipment. Auburn, Wash., March 20. Ninety- six automobile trucks valued; at mora than $250,000 and occupying 82 freight cars passed through the Auburn yards 1 df the Northern Pacific railroad thia ifcorning on jthelr way to Vladivostok, ftussia. - Frojm there they will be rc ihipped to vjarlous parts of (the coun try for use of -the army. Of the various shipments fhst have one througjh i the ; local freight ter minals of the railway for Russia and Ultimately fpr use in . the war this is the first onej of automobiles. M ENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE the allied and Turkish forces is being waged. Below at th right to across the Black ea to the Bosporus. Here 2 Montk make the most ofj. her witching prs ence. . Surreptitiously (she has been virith us for some .time. Old folks have suspected it, and have hunted up their almanacs to seei. The burgeoning fashions have hinted lt with Increas ing insistence, ujnttl yesterday the blossoms In the yrds were challenged In number by the --blossoms on the hats. ' . Children have been iure of It. They have beheld her faughlng eyes peek tag from sunny fence corners. But they have told njo . one, for Children can keep secrets, especially when they know that grown-ups cannot; under stand them. - .1 !' The fairy touch) of her white finger already is manifest' In the orchards. Country lanes have become of a sud den musical and fjragrant. Th quick ening hills have answered the green challenge of the ljneadows. MUST BE SPENT AS THE ACT DESIGNATES Measure Spepifies $l250, 000 Is to Be Used in Va rious Parts of County, The $1,250,000 bond issue for hard surfacing important county I roads, which is to be votjed on April 14, Is to be divided as follows: i ' i from city limits to Troutdale cross rofd, $152,266. Sandy road to center line on upper $221,925. Columbia Highway from upper Sandy bridge to Hood River county line. $468,- 007. Powell Valley Iroad, from city to Gresham, $128,935. Foster road frotn city to Clackamas county line, $16,303. Canyon road from city to Washing ton county line, a,s&o Siavin road line, $95,814. Vashingtonj county Linnton road from .city to LInnton, $67,400. 't It is purposed to hard surface first the roads which ajre. chiefly Important as market highways. " j - -"There isn't a jvoter in Multnomah Concluded on Page fourteen. Column Fonr) :J Journal's Enlarged t News Service Will Commence Monday 1 - -: - i,-'- - Tomorrow The Journal iwill enlarge its nep service. The new service Will specialize in Pacific coast news. It. will be jjf-' furnished by the Coast News, th ' Inc., a recently formed organl- jjt zation, which will maintain ifr " news bureaus ri San, Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Port- & land. This service will be, an addition to tliat now being re- 4 ceived by The Journal, which , includes the thorough daily; and Sunday news j reports of the Vnitei Press and the Saturday' night reports or tne Interna- ; tional News Service. These ; combined repoj-ts will keep; The Journal's service to it readers 1t far - in advane e f that f urn-' if- iKheil by any! . other Portland . newspaper. Resides special iz- 1 ijfi ing in Pacific ppast news j the new organizatfon will also sup- plant The Journal's eastern ; $ . and foreign 'news service. - a(f ROAD BOND MONEY SLACK SEA RUSSIANS CAPTURE CUT WIRES TO SOUTH German Army on Way From Tilsit to Attack Raiders: Capture Is Unimportant, (United Press Leased Berlin, via Amsterdam, Wire.) March 20, Bands of Russians who in traded north ern East Prussia and captured the Baltic seaport of Memel have moved four miles to the south and occupied tho Prussian town of Karlsberg. ac cording to dispatches from Insterburg tonight. Another report said that the Slavs have destroyed the Shipyards at Memel. ' v : --' I . The Russians have cut. the telegraph lines leading southward from Memel. For that reason the only information received here regarding .their move ments Is Communicated bylGerman ref ugees who have v : fled through the Russian lines and . reached villages near Tilsit. They described the lnvad. ing forces as detachments! of Russian reservists, supported, by several cat teries of light artillery, A German army Is moving north ward over the railway frjm Tilsit to Engage the raiders. ,Xhe general staff Insisted tonight that- the captur of Memel was unimportant eijnce the rlty really lies within the Russian military zone, but . promised quick action to force the invaders back upon Russian soil. .. t ' ' j . ' There has been a lull lh the fight ing in Poland, according to dispatches fb the war office tonight, with only rninor engagements around Przasnyss snd north of Ostralenka. i In th ex treme east, the Austrian have re pulsed several attempts by General Ivanoffs army to force' a crossing of the Pruth north of Czernowitz. Jitney in Collision; Driver Arrested Xdvea of 14 Endangered' la Crash With Another Auto; Both Cars Are Badly Damaged. , ' ; u ' . Lives of 14 occupants' of two auto mobiles wre endangered, and the cars were! badly damaged: Inj. a collision of a Sellwood Jitney and the machine be longing to and driven by William Mil ler of the Miller Fuel "Company, 894 Garfield avenue, at East Sixth and Hawthorne avenues last night. . . Z. Sputllskl, driver of this Jitney bus, was -arrested by-j Sergeant of Police 'Brothers,? following the accident, on charges of reckless driving preferred by Mr. Miller. Sputilsklj- who is IS years old, resides at 6$T East Six teenth street. -. . f' .;'. ' The latter -was! Just stopping : his machine at Sixth and Hawthorne streets, where he and members of his party were preparing to attend a party. Six were in the machine be sides himself. ' - I The - Jitney bore down on the car from tho east, striking tt broadside. The i front end of the Jiitney, which containea seven i . passengers, was crushed in and the running board and tool ; box ; of Mr. . Miners car were smashed. . ;- . ; . I, BOMBS DROPPED ON PARIS Paris, March 21. -(Sunday, 3 a. m.) A Zeppelin has i raided Paris. The German airship passed oyer the city. dropping bombs ia its pSxsage. The extent of the damage has not yet been discovered.: - f .--- $21,500,000 for Belgians. New York. March 20. More than $21,500,000 has been received from al! sources for Belgian relief, according to figures announced today by the local I headquarters of the Belgian relief com-'mission.- i . i: , 3TURKISH FORTS ARE PRICE OF 3 Kilid Bahr, Namazieh and Chanak, at Dardanelles , Narrows, Practically Dis mantled by Bombardment. AEROPLANE SCOUTS OF ALLIES REPORT DAMAGE Town of j Dardanelles De stroyed; Allies Admit Ac curacy of Turks' Fire. - rCuItrd Vrrw Lro1 Wire. London, March 20. 'The Turkish forts Kilid Bahr, Namazieh and Chanak, guarding the Dardanelles narrow, were -practically dismantled during tho terrific bombardment of Thursday, ac cording to dispatches from Athens to night. Allied aviators Teconnolterlng" over the strait today made this report to Rear Admiral do Robeck, command ing the allied squadrons. Government officials were greatly cheered by the news. The silencing of Kilid Bahr and Chanak, If the un official report tt true, more than com pensates the allies for the loss of tho battleships Bouvet. Irresistible and Ocean, tburV declared. The trips of the aeroplanes consti tuted practically all the activity in the - Dardanelles today, according toi Athens dispatches. Under orders from the fleet com manders aviators circled low, over the narrows to learn the extent of the damage done by the shells from tho .warships. Off the entrance to the strait those warships not undergoing repairs participated in the ceremonies for the dead. Including nearly 600 sailors who perished when the Bouvet went to the bottom and the casualties aboard tho Engllgh warships, the dead total nearly 700. French Sailors Mangled. Scores of bodies of French Hallors, carried by the swift current flowing out of the Dardanelles, drifted out of the strait entrance, according to a message from tho island of Tenedos. Boats . were put out . to pick up the floating corpses' frOni the Bouvet, in order ' that they might be buried at sea with naval honors, ' ' - Nearly half the bodies of the French sailors were mangled. Tills confirmed the report from correspondents who observed the battle that the Bouvet was shaken by, the explosion of a mine of tremendous power and sug gested that the Turks,, working under the direction of German officers, had devised u new form of floating ininj more terrible than any hitherto known. The allied aviators reported to Ad miral de Robeck today that two trou blesome Turkish batteries south of Kilid Bahr were completely demolished by the warships' fire. Piles of dbrls lie inside Kilid Bahr Itself, the avia tors reported, and Chanak fort, on tho Asiatic side of the strait is in ruins. Large forces of Turkish troops were feverishly at work today, endeavoring to repair the damage before the al lied fleet renews the assault In force. Dardanelles City . Destroyed. The destruction of the town of Dar danelles, set pn fire during Thursday's bombardment, was completed when six- units of the fleet entered the strait yesterday morning. No serious attempt , was; made against the forts within the narrows, Athens dispatches said, the warships retiring in the aft ernoon because of weather conditions. Admiralty officials tonight ridiculed the statements by Berlin military, ex perts, wirelessed here, that tho sink ing of the three silled warships was conclusive proof that the Dardanelles U'mHiHl-ton Pug Hlx, Column Keren) 3000 KILLED OR HURT T BY SHIPS ANGLO-FRENCH 5 British Cruiser Euralyus and Five Other Warships Dam aged by Turkish Fire, (T.'nltMl PnM Lal tVlrv Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, L. I., March 20. Three thousand sailors aboard the j Anglo-French warships were killed or wounded In the Dardan- " elles fighting Thursday, according to. Constantinople dispatches tonight, and : at least one hundred and fifty guns were put out of commission. The British cruiser Euralyus, In ad dition to five warships previously re ported sunk or badly damaged, suf fered heavily from fire from the Turk ish forts,; Constantinople reported. A' shell from the land batteries wreck.' 1 , the Euralyus' engineroom, killing the -entire engine crew and putting the cruiser out of actlonr Vice Admiral Carden made prepara tions weeks ago for the Renault on the Turkish defenses, Constantinople claimed, but despite this -fact the at tack was almost without result. Tho guns of the allied warships, according to Turkish observers, are nearly worn out, ammunition is running out and it ii exnected that the attempt to force the strait will be abandoned after tho'. allies have wasted more than 100,000 shells. - i r tilted States Ambassador Morgen i hau. with a number of other promi nent -persons, has inspected the Dar danelles defences, according to the Constantinople advices and Jenrnel that all forts were intact. BATTLESHIPS BOMBARDMEN f ' XT '- K -