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0
TWO STEALERS
SUNK, THIRD HIT
BY SUBMARINE
Liner Flaminian, Bound for
Capetown From Glasgow,
Is torpedoed Off Scilly
. Islands; No Lives Lbsf.
CROWN OF CASTILE HIT
OFF SCOTTISH COAST
City of Cambridge Fired at
by Germans but Makes
Port Badly Damaged.
Blockade Costs 160 X,lve.
Since the German submarine
Mockade of England became ef-
fectlve February 18. 160 nori-
combatants lave lost their
lives through vessels being tor-
pedoed. A total of 183 have
perished since January 21. The
Kt British admiralty has an
il - nounced that 23 noncombatanta
4fc . were lost between January 21
t nd February 18. The death
list -sln the. blockade became
effective follows:
TJves
Lost
4
3
1
6
1
1
118
- 26
Vessel.
Cambank .
Harpallon ,
Deptford -'l
Fingal . . ?
Glenartney
Myndford .
Falaba ...
Aqulla ...
Total
DarSr
. . . Feb. 20
. . .Feb. 23
...Feb. 24
. . .Mar. 15
.-.Mar. 16
. .Mar. IS
. . . Mar. 28
. .Mar. 29
4
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By Ed L. Keen.
United Press Staff Correspondent
London, March 81. Official and un
official announcements today ac
counted for two more British vessels
eht to the bottom by German sub
tnarines, ; In the attacking of the Flaminian.
torpedoed. Qff the Scilly islands, the
Germans sank their second JjUw, with
in two days. This vessel, the ad
miralty - announced, was sent to the
bottom yesterday. The crew was res
cued. . Within a", few hours advices were
received that the Glasgow steamer.
Crown of Castile, had been torpedoed.
The Crown of Castile was a 4500 ton
vessel. A German submarine was said
to have attacked the steamer off Aran
Island, off the wefct coast "of Scotland.
The r.dmiralty had no confirmation of
the ntnkintr of the vessel, but her own-
(Conclvdod on Eleven,' Column Three)
President Declines
To Answer Critics
Bays Xtj mtnrt Chief Executives Fol
low Bis Bale They Will ray Ho At
tention to ais Criticism Z,atr On.
(Internstionsl 'Sews Service.
Washington, March 31. A few
trenchent rules of etiquette for ex-presl-dents
of the United States were sug
gested by President Wilson to callers
today, as the result of recent attacks
made upon the administration by
former Presidents Roosevelt and Taf t.
Mr. Wilson declared It would be his
rule not to answer such attacks while
president, and suggested that when he
was out of office and criticised his
successor, the latter should not pay
him any return compliments:
President Wilson referred particu
larly to recent charges of incompe
tency made by Taft against the Fran
cis Burton Harrison, regime In the
Philippines. -f . .
NO HOPE FOR PEACE NOW, ASSERTS COBB;
: WAR CORRESPONDENT, UNTIL "DAYLIGHT IS
KICKED OUT OF" ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER
War, the Most Hideous Thing in the World,-He Declares,
Is Based on Trade and Is One Hundred Times' More,
v 'Dreadful Than Anyone Not in It Can Realize,
t United Press Leased Wire.)
. San Diego. Cal-, March 31. "War is
the most hideous thing in the world
the most horrible thing I have ever
seen or evef expect to see. But, brutal
as it may seem, this war in Europe,
for the ' good, of all, should be fought
out. Let them ' rest and recuperate
and they'll sHhply be at It again. Let
one -or the other get the daylights
kicked out of it and the sooner the
world will become disgusted with mil
itarism and universal peace ' will re-
' ult." : y -
'Irvin S. Cobb, who recently returned
. from the war arena, where he wrote
many widely read articles and who
expects to return to the scene of war
- in - May. expressed these emphatic
views today.
y Being neutral1 In his position. Cor
respondent Cobb did not predict Just
which side would eventually have its
.'daylight kicked out," but he stoutly
maintained that the final result Would
cure any delusion existing; in mortal
mind that war is either sweet, attrac
tive or desirable. Nor did he place
the blame for th existing conflict on
Germany, because of its years i of
rigid militarism, but attributed it all
chiefly to the almighty dollar, which
German Submarine U-29 About to Torpedo British Steamship Off Scilly Islands
rwiHIS remarkable photography was taken by Captain Lugg, master of the British steamship Headlands, two minutes
B before the German submarine launched the torpedo that sank his vessel, , The crew of the U-29 were mustered
about her conning toxver to watch the crew of the doomed vessel making hasty efforts to get off in their boats'.
The Scilly islands' are off the southwest coast of '? England, about 30 miles southwest of Land's End, the headland form
ing the westernmost point of England. Captain Lugg was awarded a $500 prize for this photograph in a contest inau
gurated by the London Daily Mail, the London Mirror and the International News Service.
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IS
ACCUSED OF SETTING
FIRE TO LA TOURAINE
-.
Raymond i Swoboda Arrested
in Paris; Was Passenger
on French Liner Last Trip.
(International News S'erTir.)
Paris, March- 31. Accused of at
tempting to destroy the French liner
La Touraine by explosives and fire,
Raymond Swoboda, an alleged Amer
ican citizen, is being held in close con
finement in Havre today, following his
arrest in a Paris hotel. Although he
was arrested Sunday, the news of this
was not given out until today. Offi
cials claim his Incarceration will clear
the mystery of the fire on the palatial
liner during her recent voyage from
New York to Havre.
The La Touraine carried a big con
signment of ; war munitions. Signifi
cant statements made by SwobJda on
board the ship led to his being shad
owed. He is alleged to have said,
"Germany wili carr.jr her blockade plan
even outside of the 'war zone." The
doctors and nurses on this ship will
probably, have work to do before
reaching- the 'war zone."
Swoboda probably referred to the
American doctors and nurses on board
who were going to serve with the
French Red Cross.
Had
American Passport.
(International News Serrlce.)
New York, March 31. Raymond
Swoboda, who was arrested in Paris as
the one responsible for setting fire to
the French steamship La Touraine in
mid-ocean, had an American passport
when he booked for the steamer here.
(Concluded on 'in Three. Column One)
he averred will always be found as
the cause lurking behind militarism
Ind suffeS. bldsh aevastatfoll
Since Cain kilied Abel." Cobb de
clared "the slaughter of mao has
been based on trade. The European
war is as war of commercial suprem
acy and expansion. When people get
trade Jealous, the military sftrit tr
dominates and sooner or later some
body is bound to bump into BomV-
body. . !..-
"All that I have seen on the battle
fields of Europe has convinced me that
war is a hundred times more dreadful
than those isolated from the scene of
combat can comprehend. I am Rolnar
back because I love my work and I feel
fitted, as a result of my rest, to work
my young , head completely off the
next time- i But It Is anything but a
Pleasant Job. I tell you. the scenes of
which, once viewed, can never be for
gotten. . Don't know When 4 will j
febut it should be a fiarht to h
sh. now that it . has been begun, ,
"You don't hear them crying" for
peace In Europe. They are content to
go ahead.1 . The countries that are urg
ing peace K ara the countries where
there is no war America and Brazil
for instance." ' , . -
ALLEGED AMERICAN
Fast Submarine
Beats Merchant
Steamers Speed
Greyhound Diver Was Too Fast for
the FaJmlnian, Say ; Survivors .
of Torpedoed I4ner.
(Paelirte News Rervlca.l -
-Holyhead,- Wales; larch 31. That
Germany ba,s developed a greyhound
submarine to skim the water as rapid
ly and speedily as a merchant ship was
the declaration of members of the
crew, of the British steamer Falminian,
who arrived' here today.
The Falminian was sunk by a Ger
man diver off the Scilly islands Mon
day, while bound from Glasgow to
Capetown. The steamW crowded on
all the steam possible, hut the diver
skimmed along with her, and finally
launched a fatal torpedo. All of the
crew escaped in small boats.
GOOD ROADS BONDS
ISSUE INDORSED BY
MONTAVILLA BOARD
Saving of $25,000 a Year
From Hardsurfaced High
ways Claimed by Yeon,
Good Boads Meetings.
Tonight Illustrated lecture
by John B. Yeon at Albina
branch library under the aus-
pices of J the Albina Business
Men's association. ':
Tomorrow night Illustrated
lecture by John B. Yeon at So-
cial Turn Verein, Jefferson and
Thirteenth streets.
Monday. April 5 Illustrated
lecture by John B. Yeon at
Sellwood Y. M. C. A. .
The proposed county bond issue of
11,250,000- for the purpose of perma
nently improving the main trunk roads
of Multnomah county was unanimous
ly indorsed last night by the Monta
vllla Board of Trade at a meeting held
at the Montavilla school.
, The? .bond election occurs Wednesday,
Aoril 14. 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
The indorsement of the bonds was
voted after an exhibition of views
along the Columbia highway by Engi
neer Samuel C. Lancaster and an ad
dress 4 by County Road master John B.
Yeon. .
Mr. Yeon pointed: out a saving of
$25,000 a year in maintenance cost on
the 70 miles of road which it Is pro
posed to hard surface and explained
that the bonds would be but a small
burden to the small property owner.
He also called attention to the fact
that 80 per cent of the money expend
ed would go to labor.
Sellwood Ixscture April 8.
v Owing to a conflict in dates the
address of County Roadmaster John B.
Yeon before the Sellwood Board of
Trade will b$ delivered at Sellwood Y.
M. C. A. on next Monday night, April 6,
Instead of next Tuesday evening. '
18 INCH FALL IS FATAL
' (Dnl ted Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, 'March 31.- Merely
falling out of bed resulted in the death
of John. Grimes today.; The landlady
of the rc-ming house' where : Grimes
lived heard Ills body strike the floor,
and investigating, found him uncon
scious. Grimes fell Just 18 inches, but
suffered a fractured skull. He died
while being removed- to the harbor
emergency hospital. ' , :
ZAD US TRIBESMEN
INDIA REVOLT; ZOO ARE
KILLED BY GARRISON
Simla Reports-Revolt, of . 10,
000 Natives Which Is Put
Dowrt by British Troops.
(International News Service.)
Lima, India, March 31. Ten thou
sand Zadrus tribesmen revolted, and
did battle with the British soldiers
here today. The natives were repulsed,
leaving 200 dead and 300 wounded.
Clash With Austria Rumored,
f United Press Leased Wire.)
London, March SL Unconfirmed
reports of a -grave incident" between
Austrian soldiers and Italian customs
officers on the frontier are published
by the Telegraph today In a dispatch
from 'Rome. The dispatch states:
"The Glornale d'ltalla has received
from Venice news, which it publishes
with reserve, that there has been a
grave incident on the Austro-Itallan
frontlerbetween some Austrian sol
diers and Italian customs officers.
Some Italians are said to have been
wounded-"
The report is not confirmed from
any other source.
""SBBSMlSSBsmsssasssMBMsssavB
Photo by International News SorTlty.
BOWLBY CANNOT DO
WORK OUTLINED BY
STATE COMMISSION
Asslstant-Attomey , General
Holds That Law Will Not
Permit Two Engineers.
(Sajem Bureitn of The J "a mall
Salem. C-, March 31. Major Henry
L. Bowlby, state : highway engineer,,
was today advised by the attorney
general's office that the state highway
commission cannot legally carry out
its plan to have Major Bowlby super
vise the Columbia highway work in
Hood River county, and clean up the
settlement of contracts in that and
other counties, and have E. I. Cantine
act as state highway engineer.
The opinion was given by Assistant
Attorney General Van Winkle after he
had scrutinized the law, the resolution
passed by the commission, and, the con
tract in use in the several counties.
He declared that the commission, in
effect, is trying to have two" state
highway engineers and the Jaw will
hot permit it.
Following the rendering of the opin
ion, Major Bowlby said that under the
ruling, he could not accept the propo-
(Concluded on Pace Flra. Column Ont)
A HARD ONE! TO LAND
GERMANS GIVE
UP LONG SIEGE
OF QSSQWETZ
Petrograd Announces Col
lapse of Von Hindenburg's
'Campaign fo fCut Warsaw
Off From Russian Capital.
RUSSIANS POUR OVER
PASSES INTO HUNGARY
Conflicting Accounts of Great
Struggle in Carpathians
Are Given Out.
gM
18,000 Austriana tost. '
Geneva, Mnrch 31. Dis-
. ratches received here today es-
timate the Austrian losses at
18,000 in the battle fought on
March 28 in tfce Lyutta valley,
province of Bereg, northeast
Hungary. 4 One column of 4000
men was completely wiped out,
according to the reports.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Petrograd, March 31. Following
weeks! of constant hammering at the
Russian fortifications, the Germans
have abandoned the siege of Osaowetz.
This information contained in semi
official dispatches today is taken to
indicate that Field Marshal von Hlnd
enburgs campaign directed against
the railway running from Warsaw to
Petrograd has collapsed.
The German forces which were
massed for another attack upon
Przasnysz are also reported to be re
tiring, ' relieving the pressure which
has been exerted against the Russians
In this region'.
Despite the constant bombardment
Of the Germans, the positions at Os
sowetz were as strong as when the
enemy first appeared before the for
tress. Finding that attempts to make
further progress were futile, as in
dicated bv the- weeks of vain batter
lags, the Germans gave evidences of
being about to abandon the siege early
this week. Yesterday the dispatches
declare, they began to withdraw their
siege: guns and attacks upon the for
tress ceased.,
Russians Hold Foothills.
Eighty thousand Russians, supported
by light artillery, have poured through
the Dukla pass and now occupy strong
positions on the northern foothills of
the Carpathian in their advance upon
Hungary.
The Russian outposts are' in contact
with the Austro-German forces along
a 15 mile front extending from north
east of Svidnik to north of Bartfa.
Fighting has been resumed on a tre
mendous .scale in the Lupltow'and Us
zok passes. There, It la stated, the
(Concluded on Page Eleven. Column Two)
Bomb Starts Fatal Fire. .
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Ogdensburg, Ky., March 31. Four
persons perished and property valued
at $200,000 was destroyed in a fire at
Norfolk early today caused by a bomb
explosion in the store of a Syrian. Tin
dead are two Syrian women and their
two children. A greater part of the
business section of the town was de
F-4 Waterlogged
270 Feet Deep in
Harbor Entrance
' " r -
Exact Position Reported, to "Wash
ington; $20,000 Authorized to
liaise the Lost Submarine.
(International News Service.)
Washington, D. C, March" 31. Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels today au
thorized the expenditure of 10,003 to
raise the foundered submarine F-.4,
which was lost in the harbor of Hono
lulu last Thursday with the 21 mem
bers of her crew. ( Admiral Moore, who
has the salvaging of the F-4 in charge,
declared he could hire apparatus, labor
and material in Honolulu to raise the
vessel, and Daniels' order followed Ufe
receipt of thla advice. J
The location of the submarine was
today fixed at 2800 yards south by
southwest of the lighthouse at the
entrance to Honolulu harbor? by Rear
Admiral Moore, In a dispatch to the
navy department.
The- vessel is w'aterlogged in 45
fathoms of water, it is stated. ,
WILSON UNBEATABLE
ALL PROBABILITY.
ADMITS LA FOLLETTE
Wisconsin. Senator Says Wil
son Has Made. Good Pres-i
ident; Strong Candidate,
(United Press Leased Wlrs.)
St. Paul, Minn., March 31. "The Re
publicans must name a good, strong
progressive as their presidential can
didate If there is to b the least
chance of defeating President Wilson
for reelection," declared Senator . La
Follette in an interview here today.
"Wilson has been a good president,"
the senator added. - .
La Follette declared he did not' be
lieve the United States would be In
volved in the European war although
other nations were attempting to drag
this country, in. He also insisted that
this government would not Interfere
in Mexico.
Baron Rothschild "
i Is Dead in Lopdon
Head of Xngllsh Branoa of Tamlly
Controlling $2,000,000,000 Dies at
Age of 69 1 was HI Xion Time. ,
". (International News Service.) '
London. March 31. Baron Roths
child. (Nathan Mayer), one of the rich
est men in England, died here at the
age of 69 years. He had been in 111
health for soma time and suffered a
relapse this morning. The entire
Rothschild fortune has been estimated
at $2,000,000,000. "
. ' Baron Rothschild, who succeeded his
uncle-as an English baron in 1876, was
born in Condon November 8, 1840. His
father, whom he succeeded as an Aus
trian baron in 1879. was Baron Lionel
Nathan de Rothschild. - In 1876. he
married Emma Louisa, daughter of
Baron Charles de Rothschild of Frank
fort. They had two sons and one
daughter. His son,-Honorable Lionel
W. Rothschild. Is the new heir.
' Baron Rothschild was a member of
parliament frpm Aylesbury from 1865
to 1885, and since 1889 has been lord
lieutenant for Buckinghamshire. He
owned an estate of about 10,000 acres.
Commission Holds
Rates Unreasonable
Interstate Oonunercs Body Kales
Against Schedule oa Carloads of
Strawberries and Chsrrlss.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, March 31. Carload
rates on strawberries and cherries
from points in Washington and Ore
gon to Helena, Butte, Great Falls and
Billings, Mont., are unreasonable and
discriminatory, according to a ruling
issued today by the interstate com
merce commission. Initial charges for
Icing cars in the same cases; however,
the., commission held, are reasonable.
BABY DUCKS AND
ROADSTER
The name of the classification
In which it appears today precedes
each of these-Journal. Want Ads;
Tor Sale Farms IT
"10 ACRE farm. $10 per acre
house, bam, orchard nd U
acres cleared; 45 miles from Port-'
land, 2V3 miles to town, R. R. and
Columbia river, mile to rock
surfaced road, rural - route and
telephone -line. Just, been logged
and in good shape to bum and
seed; 10 acres tillable, bal. fine
pasture, good soil, easily cleared;
.plenty of water; about $1000 cash.
Must be sold by April 8, the best
buy in the state." -
Tor Sale -Miscellaneous if
"SEED-CORN My stock of Ore
gon grown, acclimated , seed
corn Is larger and better than
ever. Two varieties. Minn, and
23 introduced by O. A. C; also
Mercer's Hi bred. Price 6c per
pound (8 pounds per acre)."
Tot Sale Honses 61
"FOR SALE or exchange, only
- $1800. a new -5 room modern
bungalow, full basement, all built-in-
conveniences, 2 blocks, to car ;
If you see this house you Will say
with "me it Is the biggest bargain '
'you have ever seen; will take a
lot as first payment, balance easy.
Call owner.". , '
Poultry aad Flsoas - 87
VFEK1N duck eggs for hatching,
:, 6Uc; baby ducks, 15c"
i - - .
' j "V" - - j- -" t
. AutotnoMles-Aeoessorle ? ' aa
"A 1918 FORD roadster with $100
extra equipment $385, Also
several other good .buys."
RECORDS POirJT
TO ACTIVITY It!
EXPORT HOES
Value of Products Shipped
During March to Foreign
Ports Aggregates the Sum
of ,$2,546,889.95,
BUILDING PERMITS
INDICATE REVIVAL
A ; V. '
Postal Receipts Slightly Less
Than During Correspond
ing Month in 1914.
With March drawing to a close to
day statistics compiled up to date for
the several lines of conunereHl an.l
financial activity show , that Portland
has had another banner export month
and that the city Is alowiy but surely
climbing upward on tho road to bet
ter and more prosperous timea.
March export t&tuJs r not as hleii
as those of January but they are suf
ficiently, high to make ' the month
something of a record breaker. Tlia
total value of exports- Is $2.t4G.fc89.0
as Compared with $3a6,iU8 for March,
1914. This Is an lmjeatse of about Unit
per cent and it indicates that busi
ness is good for the man-who has
something to sell.
This great increase is due to the
tremendous demand for food staptt-H
In Europe, both warring an4 neutral
nations turning to "the 'United .Stuien
as one of the great granarits of the
world. t
Curing the month 855,077 bushel
of wheat valued at $1,496,750 wus
shipped away in 15 bottoms. Flour
valued at $423,879 and amounting to
73,078 barrels left this port us com
pared with 41,209 barrels valued at
$165,540 In March last year. And
$361,811 worth of barley amounting to
554,787 bushels was sent overseas as
well. '
Lumber exports show a small but
gratifying lucrease, something over
1.000.000 feet. In March, 19i 17.D68.
000 feet, worth $195,809, were exported
as compared with 18,756,697 feet,
worth $211,017.95 this year.
Contractors Are Sanguine.
For the first 30 days of March, not
counting today, th city building In
spector issued a total of 616 building
permits for construction work amount
ing to $482,085.
This number is far below March,
1914, but is also considerably above
last month of the present year. Thus
far thl year neither, the volume nor
value of building work has approached
that of the past year, but contractors
generally are sanguine of increased
uctlvlty as soon as tax paying time Is
past and spring arrives in earnest.
In March last year. 780 permits were
Issued for a total of $882,966; in Febru
ary of the present year "3 4 7 permits
were issued for a total of $311,740.
Assuming that permits amounting to
$25,000 are issued today the total for
the month will pass the $500,000 mark.
Postal receipts ahowrd a decrease of
about 7 per cent for the month.- of
March, compared with March of 1914.
according to Incomplete figures com
piled by Postmaster Myers at noon to
day. The total. JuslneMS amounted to
about $98,000. Last March the total
was $105,072. This month, however,
showed a smaller decrease for January
and February over the corresponding
months of 1914, and was an increase
of 6 per cent over March, 1913, the
total for that period having been $94,
152. Bank clearings dropped off $3,563 -347.
li during March, according to the
figures compiled by the clearing houa
today, but balances show an-tnerease
of $30,987.39.- The clearances ifor
March were $31,771,662.30, ?oompared
With $55,335,019.44 in March, 1614.
Balances today showed $8,605,300.74,
against $5,674,313.35 in Maroh. 1914.
SECRETARY DANIELS
WILL COME TO CITY
WITH PART OF FLEET
) . si'
O. M. Clark, president Chamber ot
Commerce, received the following tele
gram this morning:
"The statement in the prens that the
itinerary of the fleet to the Pacific,
coast lias been definitely determined
is incorrect. - When the itinerary is,
made up the people of Portland may
rest assured that their city will not he
discriminated against. The firt an
nouncement that tb ' battleship fleet
would go through the canal lead by
the Oregon was made by me in your
city. I hope, myself, to go to Port
land accompanied by part of the flct t.
' "JOSEPH US DANIELS.
"Secretary of the Navy,"
(WASHINGTON BUREAU OF
THE
JUCKNAL.)
Washington, March 31. Secretary
of the Navy Daniels told Senator
Chamberlain today that Oregon is' to
be Included ' in the itlntrary of the
warship fleet that is to be sent
through the Panama canal and on a
cruise up the Pacific coast. The sec
retary of the navy said the itinerary
for the fleet has not yet been made up.
He assured Senator Chamberlain that
it is proposed to honor Oregon by hav
ing, the battleship Oregon lead the pro
cession up the coast. ,
Assurance that Oregon la not to b
left off the itinerary of the fleet ws
given by Secretary Daniels when: Sen
ators Chamberlain and Lane presented
to him vigorous protests against th
fleet not visiting Portland on it
(Concluded ea Fill Five. OoJuma Two)