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VOL. XIV. NO. 13.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY
EVENING, MARCH 24, 1915. SIXTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO. CENTS ffif?BSI
CAMPAIGN FOR
NEW MEMBERS
GAINING SPEED
Chamber of Commerce Com
mittees Strike Out Bright
, and , Early for Fresh Sup
port for Body.
ENTHUSIASM RISES
AS WORK PROCEEDS
Committee Reports at Moon
Show, 2438 New Names
. Aided to Roster.
RESULT OP CAMPAIGN TO DATE
First day's results. . , 1647
Today's 701
Grand total . 2138
Equivalent in cash ..... ' . $121,000
When the S50
business men who
are hustling new
memberi for the
new, reorganized
an d enlarged
Chamber of Com
'., merce reported 791
new members se-
cured In twonours'
Work . today an
other world's rec
ord for similar
campaigns was
broken. The first
day of the cam
paign netted 1647
new members.
That broke all
-records. And now
: al,l records for the
second dqy are
broken. The to
tal memberships
v so far number
2438 :As each
membership, repre
sents a pledge of
$50. the total
-amount now
pledged to the new
Chamber of Com
merce Is $121,900.
The goal is 6000
fa em bar s and
$250,000 cash In
four days.
5000
4QOO
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2100
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17O0
1WI0
1500
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Hm
700
600
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"4ia
2000
lOOO
Reports frornT
'. the members of
"committees were
turned tn at the
-noon luncheon at
the Commercial
club. The Individ
ual committee rec
ord was made today by committee KoJ
66, Edgar B. Piper, chairman. His
committee reported 120 new member-,
ships. ;J. Fred- Larson's committee
scored next highest with 43 new
members.
Jinthused to a high pitch over the
success of yesterday, every committee
but one was on hand at the Commercial
club this morning ready for the sec-
(Concluded on Page Four, Column One. I
100 i i
GERMAN AND FRENCH SOLDIERS WORK SIDE
BY SIDE BURYING THEIR DEAD AFTER TRUCE
HAD BEEN DECLARED LAST CHRISTMAS DAY
Then Enemies Stand With A
: v Lieutenant From German
t: v Exchange Tobacco, Play
(This Is the nlxth article of -the series by
Phil Bade? of San i'rancisco, former United
Press correspondent, who is now 'serving with
tn French forcico legion.)
By Phil Ilader, Written for the
United Press.
(Copyright. 1915, by the United Tress.)
' " London, March 6.- There were three
Americans In that marvelous Christmas-truce
in my part of the trenches:
Edward Jacobs, of i Pawtucket, R. I.;
Victor Chapman, a Harvard man from
New York, and myself.
We belonged - to the foreign '.legion
Which had been made up in Paris of
men of. all 'nationalities, and we had
been in the trenches for 20 daya before
Christmas dawned.;
For 20 days we ha'd faced that strip
of land 45' feet wide between our
trench and that of the Germans -that
no man's land, dotted with dead bodies,
criss-crossed . by tangled masses of
barbed wire.
That little strip of land was as wide
and-as deep and as full of death as
the Atlantic ocean; as uhcrossable as
the spaces between the stars; as ter
rible as huirfan hate.
And the sunshine of the bright
Christmas morning fell on It as bright
ly as if it were a lovers' lane or the
aisie in gome grand cathedral.
i Turk' Brings About "Trace.
I don't know how the truce began in
the other trenches, but In our hole Xa
deem began it Nadeem, a Turk, who
believes Mahomet and not Christ was
the -prophet of God. .The sunshine of
the morning seemed to get into Nu
deem's blood. He ! was only an en
thusiastic boy, ' but always childishly
happy, and when we noticed, at the
regular morning shooting hour, that
tl9 German trenches were ilent, Na
deem began to make a joke of it.
; We drew a. target n a board, fas
tened It te a pole and stuck it above
jthe trench, : shouting, to the Germans;
"See now: wen you can shoot: '
Within a minute the target had been
bulisuved. Nadecni pulled it down.
arate Peace
With Russia for
Austria Planned.
Fanz Joseph
listed Aid
Reported to Have En
oif Papal Nuncio to
Win Over
Kaiser's Consent.
Geneva Mard
h 24. Emperor Franz
Joseph is trylfl
S to persuade Kaiser
Wllhelm. through the Vatican, to per
mit Austria to konclude separate peace
tefms with Russia,, according to re
ports received here today from Vienna.
WJth this end I in view, the Austrian
eniperor has arranged an interview
with the papal nuncio.
. Krapp Supplies , Seized.
Geneva, Italy.' March 24. -Tn what
ws taken to be a near war measure
against the Germanic allies, Italian
frontier guards at Lulno, near the
.Swiss border, today seized 29 cars of
gilaphite and sulphur and other sup
plies for the JCrupp gun works at
Kffsen, German.
jDispatches friom Vienna declare that
Austria how considers war with Italy
rapre than probable and has rushed
larsre forces of troops to the Tyrol
and Trieste, where great .defensive
works are being constructed near the
Italian frontier
jUncensured dispatches to the Tri
bune from the!' Austrian border state
thie Austrians j have "blown up all
buildings between the Sunagan Pass,
in Trente, and! Lake Guarda on the
Italian frontier- The whole of the
eastern part ojf Roverteo is reported
to have been abandoned by the Aus
trians, who tore down all Its build
ings before their departure. All per
sons along the Austrian frontier who
aije reported to be pro-Italian, the
dispatches say, are being Interned In
thie interior of Austria.
. , .
British Defeat the
Germans in Africa
Twenty German Officers Killed, 300
Soldiers Killed or Wounded, 810
Prisoners Taken In Big- Battle.
Capetown. South Africa, March 24.
Twenty German officers have been
killed In the biggest battle yet staged
between the dermana and British in
German Southwest Africa, "according
td advices received here today. The
battle was fought east of Swakop
mjund and the British attacking force
was led by Colonel Albert. More than
300 German soldiers, it was declared,
were killed and wounded.
The British, I the dispatch said, took
210 prisoners and captured two 15
pound guns, two Maxims and two am
munition wagons.
i -, .
Royal Geographies
Jbxpel Sven'Hedm
Scandinavian Explorer's Secant Utter
ances in Pavor of Germany I.ose
aim Sis Honorary Membership.
! London. March 24. Bau nf Mo
recent utterances in favor of Ger-1
many, me name oi iiven iieain, the
Scandinavian i explorer, was: today
stricken from the list of honorary
rrtembers of the Royal Geographical
society.
Japanese Go to Russia.
j Tokio, March 24". Twelve Japanese
artillery officers, headed by General
Nakjlma, left today for Russia to ob
serve military operations.
rms Around Each Other and
Side Takes Their Picture;
Cards and Tell Stories.
pasted little bits of white paper where
shots had struck and held it up again
so that the Germans could see their
score. '
Again Happy,
In doing so. INadeem's h
above the trench and WA T i J 1 Kim
talking across no man's land. Thought
lessly I raised my head, too. Other
men did the same. We saw hundreds
o'f German heads appearing.' Shouts
filled the air.
! What miracle had happened? Men
laughed and i cheered. There was
Christmas light In our eyes. And I
know there were Christmas tears in
mine.
There were! smiles, smiles, smiles,
where in days before there had been
only rifle barrels. The terror of no
man's land fell away.
j The sounds; of happy voices filled
the air. We were all unhumanly, nap
py for that one glorious instant in
which we all English, Portuguese.
Americans and even Nadeem, the Turk
-f-could share; and that, savages that
we had been, cavemen as 'we- were, the
awfulness of war had not filled the
corners of our hearts where love and
Christmas live,
Enemy Meets Enemy.
T think TCadpem wa flrsf tn
what had happened- He suddenly
Jumped out of the trench and began
waving his hands and cheering. While
oe was aoing tms, a ponderous Ger
man, with a happy smile that exposed
two rows of j glittering white teeth,
(klimbed out of his trench and shouted:
I "Lieutenant Schroeder presents his
Compliments jto your, lieutenant and
desires to knjw if he will select four
nen and conie to the middle of the
neutral territory to arrange for a
(ruce for burying the dead.'V
Our lieutenant agreed in an instant.
I was one of the four men; selected
ind 1 shall nfver forget how ; I felt as
We advanced to meet the four German
soldiers and tihelnjieutenant who were
Coming towards us. We felt 'as if we
(Concluded onj-face Klne, Column Four.)
Sep
BEWSLDSS
NOT EXPLAINED
Mallory Liner Sinks 1300
Miles East of Cape Race;
71 persons on Board Are
Pickled Up by Other Vessels
WIRELESS SUMMONED
HEL
MANY RESPONDED
First Report Was Collision
Caused American's Loss;
Evidently Wrong.
(t'nitod Prt-ss Leased Wire.)
New Y
ork, March 24. The Mallory
liner Deihver has sunk In the Atlantic.
.tserorej she went down the call of
the wireless brought aid from a. dozen
ships and all her passengers and crew
were rescued. These two facts tand
out todajy as established following re
ceipt of a, series of wireless dispatches
which hve y.eiled; the latest tragedy
of the sba in mystery.
The cajuse of the sinking of the Den
ver is jijot known. After receiving a
radiografn, the officials of the Mal
lory line announced that a collision
with an Junldenttfled steamer, believed
to be tne Aviland, had sent both
ships to the bottom. A- few hoiirs
later the same officials received a
Wireless from Captain Avery of. the
Denver which caused them to believe
the colliision report was incorrect and
to enshroud the whole disaster in fur
ther myfetery. '
Captain -Avery reported from the
White Star steamer Megantic, which
rescued him, his wife and 13 members
of his ck-ew, that the "Denver was in
a sinking condition when We aban
doned hler." He added that the Me
gantic yould reach New York Satur
day and he made no mention of a col
lision. Mallory line officers announced that
they wejre inclined to abandon their
collision 'theory but were awaiting
further wireless reports giving addi
tional details. They are unable to
explain
vhy the Denver
sank unless
The original
there was some accident.
wi reless
dispatches reporting the res
cue refei-red to "Captain Smith of the
Aviland'
as among those rescued. It
believed that "Aviland" was
is now
the resiilt of a garbling in transrais-
siou of
the word "iawyt-'h "rafH
of the
chip, mined in the North sea.
the survivors of whose crew were re
turning
on the Denver to New York.
Tne c
ptain, his wife and 13 mem-
(Concljidod on rage Nine. Colnnin Two.)
Huge Rock Thrown
Out by Mt. Lassen
Boulder
"As Big- aa a House" Wai
Belched Saturday and Boiled Down
Mountain Side for Mile and a Half.
Reddi
"as big
hg, Cai., March '24. A rock
as a house," visible for; 10
miles, bjelclied forth by Saturday's' big
eruptiori of Mount Lassen,: lies at tlie
timber jine o the side of the volcano
today, ficcording to George Munket
trick, arriving here f rom Macotnber
Flats, Hear Lassen's base, j
The lfoulder rlled down'- the moun
tain ide a mile and a half, plowing
its way! through 15 feet of snow 'and
cutting
through the earth ;to bedrock,
a crevice 50 feet !wide, Mun-
leavin:
kettricki declares.
LATE r TELEGRAPHIC
BELGIAN BBXjEF SHIP ATTACKED.
Washington, March 24. The United
States nt an emphatic note today to
O-ennany through American Minister
Van Dyke at The Hague protesting
against .bomb throwing' near relief
steamship bound for Belgium.
The protest followed confirmation
rccelvec from Mr. Van Iyke of an
aeroplaie attack on the , steamship
Blfland laden with food from j the
United States for Amsterdam while
flying ;be flap of the American-Belgian
relief commission. The Elfland's
cargo Was consigned to United States
Minister Brand Whitlock at Brussels.
Only jtha most skillful handling pre
vented the ship's destruction.
aesoplAne shells steaueb.
Iiondon, March 24. The! captain of
the British steamer Teal, arriving here
today, Reported he -was attacked by a
German aeroplane off the Dutch coast
yesterday. Two bombs were dropped
and hie- ship was made the target for
20 rounds from the aeroplane's ma
chine gun. . The German flyers 'also
showered the ship with steel darts,
but no j one was killed and little dam
age waj done.
JITNEY RULES DISCUSSED
Step4 toward the enactment of the
ordlnaree regulating jitneys and auto
buses Were taken by the city council
this morning when changes were made
placing the measure in shape for pas
sage. : : .j.
The council deridcil to : ha. 4itmv.
from "Vyashihgton street between Third
ana Jtsrpaaway. ine minimum license
fee waf lowered from $3 to $2 a month.
permanent signs are to be displayed
on all
pars while m service The. iro-
vision
reauiring v non-skid tires was
eltmlnri
ted owinir to difficulties In
securing a tire which wil( not skid.
The (ordinance is now In han fnr
third reading and adoption.. This will
probab
y occur within two weeks.
Drop in Prices
to Come With
Warm Weather
President of National Housewives
League Gives Her Views on "ood
Situation of the Near Future.
1
New York, March Zf. Exceptijonally
low food prices during the doming
spring and summer, with a consequent
favorable effect on the general cost of
living, were predicted today by Mrs.
Julian Heath, president of tbje Na
tional Housewives' league, in ani inter
view with the United Press.
"We will get a bigger loaf of
for a nickel," she said, "because
9,000,000 bushel wheat crop In
Meat prices will be low because
bread
of the
1915.
of the
heavy importations of Argentina beef,
the suspension of foreign exports and
the heavy spring production.
"Cheap egge should come fjr the
same cause. The prospects are! for a
heavy fruit crop and this should bring
reasonable fruit prices. Because xC
the big crop of cotton and thje fact
that there has been very little exporta
tion, fabrics should be cheap, i
"The spring and summer of 1915
will furnish a golden opportunity for
American housewives. It has been
years since there has been siuch a
chance to lower the cost, of living.
" 'Buy eggs in April," should e the
slogan. Preserve them at home.
Every thing In the way of foodstuffs
is low. Housewives should bujy now
or a little later. By putting money
into circulation we will be able to turn
the business depression which Has af
rected all industries Into a peni'od of
great prosperity." .
HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY
TEACHER SUSPENDED
BY SUPERINTENDENT
Edvviii Anders Denies Charge
of Writing Defamatory Let
ter; Retains Attorney j
Charging that Edwin Anders head
of the history department of Washing
ton high school, wrote the circular let
ter which was circulated last Monday
casting reflections on his manage
ment of the city's schools, Superin
tendent L. R. Alderman this morning
suspended him. I
Anders absolutely denies the 'allega
tion and has retained Attorney John
F. "Logan to fight the case for him.
The matter will be taken to the high
est court both Logan and Anders as-
The first intimation Anders had that
there was anything wrong came at
8:30 this morning when H. H.j Herd
man Jr., principal of Washington high
school, delivered to him the terse mes
sage, "Your services are ended until
you have seen Mr. Alderman." Anders
went at once to the courthouse where
Alderman has his office.
"You have been guilty of insubordi
nation, Mr. Anders, and your Services
are ended so far as I am concjerned,"
declared Alderman according to An
ders. "A. letter of dismissal iwill be
furnished you. The school board will
hear you at their convenience.?
According to Anders, Alderman as
serted that he, Anders, had ben seen
in the Washington high school at 7
o'clock Monday morning. He declared
that it was at that time that j Anders
wrote the letter which was j spread
broadcast about the city.
"I was at home at T o'clock Monday
morning," Anders said this rooming.
"It is impossible to get in the build
ing, without one of the Janitorsj letting
you in, at that time In the niorning.
The doors are not open until about 8
o'clock, while the teachers are 'all due
(Concluded on Page Fifteen, Columa Four)
BATE CHANGES PROPOSED.
Washington, March 34. Transconti
nental railroads with terminals'; in Cal
ifornia filed with the interstate com
merce commission today sturg-estioas
for determining1 rates on backhauls in
land from the coast, under the lnter
mountain rate decision. !
.i
The railroads suggested that In
reaching a backhaul rate, 7 cents be
deducted from the ocean rate on car
load lots from the Atlantic coast and
10 cents on less than carload lots, the
lecal rate from coast ports to backhaul
destinations to be added.
Railroads of the north Pacific coast
suggested an elaborate scale of back
haul rates from ooast points In! Oregon
and Washington. . I
The commission set April as the
date for a hearing on backhaul ratss.
PEENCH CLAIM GAINS.
- i
Paris, March 24. Victories jfor the
allies in Flanders and in Alsacs were
announced. In today's romxjiuniqne.
Two divisions of Belgian troops made
substantial gains along- the Vser river
and the Preach captured a number of
trenches at Hartmannsweilerkopf in
Alsace, it was claimed.
BATTLESHIP DISABLED.
' . - I
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, L.
March, 24. Dispatches from Athens to
the Overseas News agency say jthat the
British, battleship Cornwallis was dis
abled during todays fightingj in the
Dardanelles. '
PRINCE NOT REMOVED.
Copenhagen, March 24. Rumors that
the German Crown Prince Frederick
William had been removed fr$m com
mand of a division of the mpertal
army and disgraced by the: kaiser,
were positively denied this evening by
the newspaper Folitken here
RENEW ATTACK
Off TURK FORTS
Minesweepers! Removed 450
Mines Froin Dardanelles
Yesterday in Preparation
for! New Bombardment.
HEAVY FOG, INTERFERES'
SOME WITH OPERATIONS
In the Future! Battleships
to
Enter Straits Only in
Good Weather.
(By Herbert Temple, Staff Correspond
ent of the Coast News.)
London, March ; 24. Battleships of
the allies' squadron renewed thelri at
tacks n the forts of the Dardanelles
at davtn today, according to a dispatch
from aiitylene, via Athens. Nine of
the lajrgest warships of the fleet j en
tered he straits ahd began to literally
iain shells on the Turkish fortifications.-",
j
Dispatches from Tenedos confirmed
the report from Mltylene, but stated
that tjlie battleships soort were forced
to suspend their operations, owing to
a hea
ty fog. j
Yes
terday mlnei sweepers prepared
the way for today's attack by removing
more
than CO drifting mines from
th
the
chann
el. Because! of the loss of-
Britis
h battleship. Irresistible by float-
ing mines, no others pf the big fight
ers o
It the allies' i fleet hereafter Iwlll
enter
clear.
"A
the straits unless the weather Is
dispatch toj the Tiroes from
Tenedbs says:
A furious northeasterly gale
has
The
been blowing for three days.
woathfer is most unfavorable for naval
operations. Ten i battleships of the
allied fleet are anchored under! the
lee oi the Island resting after their
recent tussle with the Dardanelles
forts, and where I minesweepers could
be eefen issuing - from the mouth of
the straits. Thej weather conditions
enable
the Turksj to repair their !bat-
tered
guns.
fortificatiohs and mount fresh
The equlnoxlal gales In.
this
region
last usually three days
Dispatches frorh Athens say that a
force
bf the allies landed yesterdaiy on
the Gallipoli peninsula. The corres
pondent declares ihat ft general attack
fortifications of tbs Dardanelles
will be undertaken Immediately After
the arrival of more warships of the
allies
which are Inow on the way to
stren
then the Investing fleet.
Gales Are Decreasing.
Confet
antlnople. ! March 24. i(Via
Berlin1
and Amsterdam). Gales wrhlch
have
tteer
n sweeping the Aegean sea and
the
and
Dardanelles were decreasing tpday
vices frorh Smyrna state the
British
fleet off that seaport is fbrm
a new atiack. - .
ing
fbr
Thd
sultan today conferred j the
of the highest-military order In
medal
Turkey
on Tield Marshal von I Der
Goltz
of Germany for his help In
pre
?pari
ng for thej defense of the par
danel
es. ..
The
commander of the Turks operaf
Egypt proclaims that his jforce
ing iiji
is
actively preparing for large opera-
tions
against the British troop de
fending the Suefc canal. He denies
that
fered
the Turkish; Invaders have
suf
any severe defeat. ' as was
indl-
cated
by the British.
He declares the
total
been
Turkish losses
in Egypt
have
4 officers killed, 18 wounded and
18 m:
issing, wnue iu privates Iwere
killed,
296 wounded ahd 446 missing.
EWS
DftTTCH STGAIIGK Eseivra
Loidon, March 24. A German
sub-tor-
marine yesterday attempted to
pedo .the Dutch steamer Oranje
Nassau
five miles off the lander
ligbtsnip
in
the North sea, i according to a
patch received here today from
dis-
Am
was sterdam. The torpedo, however,
60 yards wide of it's mark.
HELD FOB BANSOM.
Jefferson, Ohio, March 24. Leonard
Worcester, employed as foreman of the
Gran by company! of St. Louis, is held
for ? 90OO by the Villa forces in Chi
huahia, Mexico, according to woid re
ceived hers today from Mrs. Worcester.
She declared the American officials
had refused to aid In Aer husband's
release.
4Q,0O0 AUSTBIANS DEFEATED
Fetrograo, March 24. Official
an.
nounbement of the defeat of
40,000
Austrians in a desperate battle
in
the
Carpathian mountains was mads
here
this Afternoon.
SUSPECT GERMAN VESSELS
ilngtsn, March
. 24. Government
officials today expressed
Informally a
suspicion that the movements of
Ger-
and
man 'steamer captains, both at
in A merlcan ports, are bains'
directed
by some! ndlvlaual in this country.
They wouldn't Indicate whether they
definitely suspected anyone.
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"PAINLESS'? PARKER WINS
Ms. Josephine Phillips this after
noon) lost-her case against Edw rd ,R.
(Painless) Parker, dentist. She sued
for $7631 damages. The Jury in the
circuit court returned a verdit t for
the defendant. , Mrs. Phillips cl arged
that on assistant! to Dr. Plarker,
Theolore' Gottlieb, w as guilty of mal
pracjtlce in treating a tooth.
SopranoVisiting HereEngaged
Paris Opera Galls Felice Lgne
. s? st 4'k . , ? it,. I n j mt t t
Season to Begin Next Spring
Felice I.yne, f among American coloratura soprano," who has Just rem
ceived a telegram engaging her for the opening season of most
ambitious undertaking in the grand opera line ever attempted any
where In the wartd.
,)-- ,
Receipt of Teleg
. tion of Plans
emy of Opei
ra Where
Bj J. LJ W.
Felice Lyne, the charming American
soprano, whose sensationally success
ful debut In grand opera In London
about two years ago was flashed to
all corners of the globe .the morning
after, admitted today ihat she has Just
received a telegram engaging her as
coloratura for a grand opera season of
three months in "Pari next year.
While th engagement is of njuch
interest to Miss Lynel the telegram Is
doubly interesting to the general pub
lic, for it conveys bftween the lines
confirmation of perfection of final; de
tails for the organization of the rhost
ambitious grand opra undertaking
ever attempted a nywhere In thewrkl
Paris Will B Center. ;j
Paris is to be the great center of
the operatic world. Tjhe company iwill
be International In character and of a
scope that will far surpass all j the
brilliant efforts in the past at New
York, Boston, BerllnJ Milan, London,
or anywhere in Soutu America, where
grand opera holds sofne sway. Pore
most among the backers and promoters
are such men as the Pirince of Monaco,
Otto H. Kahn of Newl York and Henry
Russell of theBostori Opera company.
These men are so kell known Ithat
little need bo said ofj them, but some
additional light may pe thrown on the
powerful influence Of Mr. Kahn in
this connection by referring tc the
fact that ho is not cijily a big banker,
but is also chairman bf the Metropoli
tan and Century opera companies., cu-
rector of the Boston
Opera company.
vice president of the Chicago Gjrand
Opera company and
honorary director
Says Submarines
WU1 Win Great War
General Pearson, American, Just Back
From Europs, Prophesies Fleet of
160 Will Starve Out the Allies.
New York, ST. Y., March 24. -Germany
already has 16') submarines ahd
is working 40,000 men night and! day
to build more, according to Brigadier
General Samuel Pearson, who arrived
In New York today from- Germany,
lie said: " r
I believe Germany will, win the
war with submarines. "When she gets
her great under-sea fleet into opera
tion in British and -.iTench waters she
will be able to starve .Knglandf and
France into submission.'? f .
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am Here; Indirectly jBnfirms Culmina
for Organization of International Acad-
American Students Can Study
of the Uoyal1 Grand Opera company of
Telegram Is Becetred
While this gigantic undertaking ha
been under way . for Several I months,
the successful consummation! of , the
negotiations between , the various in
terests has not been announced except
between the lines in the telegram Just
received here" by Miss Lyne. who since
last " Saturday has been visiting with
her grandmother. Dr. Theodoaia E.
Purdom.i an.d1 her uncle,' and aunt Dr.
and Mrs,' P. E. Moore of Belle Court.
Miss Lyne leaves for Honolulu . to
night on her concert tour, accompa
nied by her mother and Mrs. Moore. ,
The telegram came .from Henry Rus
sell, - manager of "the Boston " Opera
company, under whose direction Miss
Lyne is making . her : present concert
tour. i .... .
Miss Lyne, who has been described
and featured as ' the "petite colora
tura," although not sodiminutlve, told
of the telegram In thai animated man
ner which makes her a most I interest-
(Concluded on Pairs Nine. Column Three )
TWO ROOM HOUSE
ANP ROADSTER:
The name of the classification
In which it appears today precedes
each of these Journal Want Ads:
21
"LOST- Silver pin. Sunday, near
oum ave. ana isi si.
i ' ' Swtn ralnnin
S3
'.REPEATING rifle, - shotgun and
yueiai - cai u inaciiiiie, anyone
can operate. to trade for horse
and light. Wagon." , J
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For Sale Miscellaneous 19
"PEAitLi handled' table cutlery,
rilt tramk f&nt nhlnn TX' i ,
bookcases, books, Victor phono-
graiJU nu rtraras, cneap.
! Situations; Mai
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short
"SKlLLKp . carpenters on
- notice, j. ; .
"l-3 ACIIK east of Montavilla;
want roadster or light delivery
car; give or take difference'
For Bsnt Honsss ' t : U
FOIl RENT-A nice i room
house and 225 bv 100 feet of
land, chicken yard 50 by 30t. ill
kindx of large fruit and berries,
at 6 a month." ,
NEAR AfSp
S SET ON FIRE
British Airmen Cross Bel
gium and Partially Destroy
Submarine Works at Ho
boken, Bombs Being Used.
RAID PLANNED TO STOP
' SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN
None of
Aviators Are Hurt
Though Bullets Pierce
Their Planes.
(By Herbert Temple, Staff Correspond
ent of the Coast News.)
London, March 24. -Another d.irln
raid of - British aviators against the
Germans was crowned with success to
day, when flyers of the Royal Naval
A I J r V i ' r.mu.oil 1 1 1 f 1 1 m a ml r -1
ttslly destroyed the Oerinan subma
rine works at llobokcn, -near Antwerp.
Sight bombs were dropped. The mib
marlne depot was set n fire and munli
of Its effectl venoms dextroyed. - It is
not known whether nnyof the German
submarines under construction were
shattered.
Today's official announcement wa
taken as indicating that the British
military authorities, warned of the
plan of Germany for the aseemhling of
a giant submarine fleet, are determined
not to allow Its construction and iiiuhk
ing without making every effort to
pre-ent. It Is believed that today's
raid is but the first of a series to be
continued constantly until the subma
rine menace is lessened.
None of the aviators in today's flight
was, hurt. Their planes were pierced
in several places by rifle .fire", but
they dropped their bombs and drew off
in safety through the hail of fire.
Commander Longrnoro reported that
five aeroplanes started for the raid
on Hoboken. Thick weather stopped
two machines but the other three, with
bquadron . Commander Courtney and
Lieutenants Kosher, Crossley ami
Meates continued their flight at a
height of 1000 feet. Arrived over Ho
boken all aviators dropped bombs and
It Is believed they Inflicted great dam
age on the submarine works. Five
submarines were ,eeen under course
of construction. ,,
On th return from- the raid Cross
ley and Aleateer had-niotor trouble and
were forced to descend at Kruiningen,
Holland.
Messages from the aviators . paid
they were subjected to a terrific fire
from rifles and air guns while over
Hoboken but that nono of them were
wounded. j '
GERMANS ASSEMBLE
GREAT AIR FLEET TO
DESCEND ON ENGLAND
(ByBernard Delancourt, Staff Corre
spondent of the Coast News.)
Amsterdam, March 24. Germany Li
to launch a great new aerial atta'-k
(Concluded on !' Two, Column On)
FARMERS TO BENEFIT
T
BY
OF
E
At Trifling Cost Per Acre Per
Year Trunks Penetrating
307,680 Acres. Improved,
Boads Will Improve Thousands -
of Acres.
Acreage of agricultural land .s
penetrated by or made- acces-
slble by roads to be hardsur- -m
faced with the proceeds of the H
$1,250,000 bond issue to be vot-
ed on April 14:
Slavln road (Capitol Hi?h-
way), 6400 acres Multnomah
county, 82.000 acres. Washing- m
ton county. s
Canyon road, 2600 acres Mult-
nomah county, 60,000 acres
Washington county.
8t Helens road, 32.000 acres
Multnomah county, 64,000
acres in Washlngtotil county,
Foster road, 10,29 acres In .
Multnomah county, 2,000 acres .
In Clackamas county.- a '
Base Line road, 28,440 acres
'Ifi Multnomah county.
Powell Valley road, 20,000
acres In Multnomah county.
Columbia Highway, 000
acres on Sandy road between
Portland and Troutdale, 22,000
acres on river highway be-
tween Sandy river and Chantl-
cleer.
. '"'
Farmers of Multnomah county ; have
much at stake-In the success of the
$1,250,000 bond issue which haa been
submitted for vote at special county
election, April 14. .
. The Important trunk roads ' to be
harosurfaccd from the proceeds of the
bond issue penetrate r jrovide scccax
to. 307,680 acres of !a.Pd In Multnomah,
Washington and Clackamas counties.
Multnomah. county-J has 120,680 acres
penetrated by the roads to bo hard
surfaced. If theme lands alone had to
pay for the bond issue it would mean
an aecKmrit of but u littlo over JJ
an acre divioed over 15 years, orat
MOS
SUCCESS
ROAD
BOND
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