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VOL. XIV. NO. 33.
PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, . 1915. EIGHTEEN PAGES
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6ERI1AIR
, SCOUTS FLY
lAFUDON
Following Visits to England
by Zeppelins Two Nights
irr Succession at Least
Three Aeroplanes Bombard
Towns Near Metropolis.
ZEPPELINS PREPARING
FOR GREAT EXPEDITION
London Expects Long-Prom-'
ised Air Raid by Squadron
of Air, Dreadnaughts; May
Develop Within Few Hours;
Aeroplanes Merely Scouts.
By Ed Ij. Keen.
Tendon, April 16. (U. P. Even
iWhile admiralty officials conferred to
Jdevie means of meeting an expected
jaid by Zeppelins upon London, word
.'was received today of German aero
planes dropping bombs upon towns
'within 32 miles of the city. With the
'activity shown by the aerial arm of
the German war machine within the
paHk48 hours, the authorities believe
an attack upon London may be made
within the next few hours.
As the officials conferred with the
aerial corps commanders at the ad
miralty offices, a dispatch was deliv
ered from Chatham stating that a Ger
man aeroplane had dropped several
bombs on Faversham, 41 miles south
east of London. Sittingbourne, only
3 miles away, was also bombarded.
A" British aria tor took to the air and
pursued the Taube which passed over
Sheerness and then fled over the sea
toward the continent.
Later reports from Sittingbourne
aid that two German aeroplanes ap
peared there. The first was seen over
Margate. flying rapidly west along
the Chatham-Dover railway. The
.aviator passed near the Canterbury
cathedral, but did not attack that edi
fice. Bqmbs were then dropped upon
.Faversham.- but no damage was done.
Bomb Tails in Orchard.
-' The 'bomb at Sittingbourne fell
luwrmlessly in an orchard, but the sec
ond avlator dropped several In the out-
l skirts of the town.
I The Germans were obviously on a
wcouung expeamon. rom Kltung
bourne a British aeroplane set out in
hot pursuit and anti-craft guns
boomed out as shells were sent into
the sky,' only to explode without
bringing down the invaders. The
Taubes fled before the British machine,
Which later was Joined by two other
aeroplanes. One of the British airmen
got close enough to one of the Ger
mans to exchange shots with the In
vader. With the two Zeppelin attacks of
the past two nights, the raid by the
aviators was the third made by the
Germans across the North Sea within
less than 40 hours.
It is believed that the aeroplanes
Intended to bombard the dockyards at
Sheerness and rthe aviation station at"
Chatham. Bombs were nlso dropped
upon the camp of the Royal Dublin
Fusileers. near Sittingbourne. The air
raiders were driven off. however, by
at uui ure rrom tne British guns.
Inmoztd Plane Shot Sown.
5 A rumor was circulated this evening
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ER MILLIONAIRE
. OF VANCOUVER, B. C.,
PENNILESS IN SOUTH
Johan Wulffsohn, Former
- Banker and German Con-
. sul, Nearly Insane.
, Los Angeles, Cal., April 16. CP. N
8.) Reduced to penury by unfortunate
Investments and prevented from realiz
lng on valuable holdings because of the
European war, Johan Wulffsohn, for
2 rears German consul at Vanrnnv.r
B. C, and a. former millionair banker
was round early today wandering Jn the
streets, his mind seriously affected
s Wulffsohn told the officers a lone
series of misfortunes beginning with
an unfortunate investment in timber
property In the north and ending with
tne war in Europe. According to the
man s story, he was at one time the
managing director of the banking firm
Of Wulff sohn-Bewieke company, limit-
a, ax Vancouver, This firm was pat
ronised, by English and German royalty
prior to its dissolution and was worth
minions, x he bank owned more than
$3,000,000 in waterfront oroiwrtv
Wulffsohn said. Three years ago the
firm became Involved financially and
eventually 'lost' nearly everrthinB-. th
man ' declares.
Some property retained ftr h
smash became unsalable following the
declaration of war. and Wuiffhn
came to Los Angeles. Larcre numhor
of pawn tickets in the man's possession
indicate that he had disposed of vain-
able Jewels for almost nothimr. R.nt.
,ly reduced to absolute ? want, Wulff-
aonn saia ne iook a job as night watch
man. ; x oaay jua mina is a blank.
f- Wulffsohn has a wife and thre chil
dren., according to his statement, who'
wviuiiuiiixi uiin xo ijos Angeles after
his financial reverses. ,
FORM
Liberty Bell to
Go to California;
Mail Come Here
Mayor Blankenburg of '. Philadel
phia Signs Resolution Allowing
Famous Bell to Be Sent West.
Philadelphia, April 16. (U. P.)
Mayor Blankenburg today signed the
resolution providing for Bending the
hlstorls Liberty Bell to the Panama
Pacific exposition In San Francisco.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted by the select and common
councils.
As the bell will be needed in Phila
delphia for the Independence day cele
bration July 4, it probably will not be
sent to San Francisco before the latter
part of ' that month, ' arriving there
about August 1". A communication has
been received here from President Dav
idson of the.San Diego exposition, ask
ing that the bell, be exhibited there
also.
An attempt is to be made to have the
Liberty bell brought to Portland while
on the way to or from the San Fran
cisco exposition. Mayor Albee paid to
day that he would immediately tele
graph to Mayor Blankenburg of Phila
delphia, asking that the bell be sent to
Portland.
Taft Will Address
Portland Lawyers
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Former President Coming Sere In Aug
ust to Speak to Oregon and Wash
ington Bar Associations.
Olympia, Wash., April 16. (P. N.
S.) To accommodate former Presi
dent W. H. Taft, who will be one of
the principal speakers, the date for the
joint meetlp 'of the Oregon and Wash
ington State Bar associations, to be held
at Portland, has been changed to Aug
ust 23 to 25. Professor Taft will speak
at the meeting of the American Bar
association at Salt Lake on August
16-18 and will come directly to Port
land from that convention city.
Judge George Turner, of Spokane,
and Frank Reeves, of Wenatchee.
president of the Washington State as
sociation, are speakers who will repre
sent Washington at the meeting.
12,000 Are to Get
10 Per Cent Raise
Calumet fc Hecla Company Announce
Blffffert Sing-la Advance Mads In V.
B. in Tsars; Totals $13,000,000.
Calumet, Mich., April 16. (L N. 8.)
The Calumet & Hecla Mining com
pany, employing 12,000 men as miners
and in its above ground mills, an
nounced a voluntary Increase of 16 per
cent in pay to all its employes.
'. This means ; the biggest single ad
vance in wages to American laboring
men in years, for the amount that the
big corporation gives its men will total
near $7,000,000 a year.
The payroll is about $600,000 a
month- The raise goes to alt the em
ployes of the affiliated and subsidiary
companies and goes Into effect at once.
This puts the pay scaleback . to where
it was before the 1913 strike and all
the mines are now running full force
at practically full time.
Thaw Ivoses Flglit.
New York, April 16. (U. P.) Harry
K. Thaw today lost his fight before
the appellate division of the state su
preme court to permit his return to
New Hampshire.
The court upheld the order of Su
preme Justice Page, who tried Thaw
for conspiracy as a result of his es
cape from Matteawan, directing that
he be returned to that institution.
The next move in Thaw's battle to
avoid being returned to Matteawan
will come next week. Justice Kendrick
has the suit filed in Thaw's interest to
determine his sanity on the docket for
Monday.
SlRE AT Northern Pacific Steamship Company? liner Northern Pacific, twin of the steamship Great Northern, which arrives today in the Colum
fjF .? r",er on her initial voyage from San Francisco, in command of Captain George S. Lapraik. First Officer Harry Stremmel is shown in the.
i," P"? "oue and below is a glimpse of the spacious afterdeck of the palatial liner that will make regular trips hereof ter between Flavel and the
iiwiivjviM, s ne
INDUSTRIAL UNREST IS
DECREASING, ASSERTS
ARMOUR, MEAT KING
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Millionaire 1 Stockyards Man
Testifies ' Prosperity Is Re
turning; All to Share,
Chicago, 111. April 16. (I. N. S.)
J. Ogden Armour, head of the Armour
Packing company, today took the stand
in the federal commission on industrial
relations investigation of affairs at the
Union Stock yards.
Other Armour company officials who
are waiting to testify include R. J.
Dunham, vice president, John O'Heame,
general superintendent, and A. B. Strat
ton. John B. Lennon, treasurer of the
American Federation of labor, presided
at today's hearing, Chairman Walsh
having been called to Kansas City,
where be will attend the funeral of
Colonel William R. Nelson, founder of
the Kansas City Star.
Armour testified that he considered
himself a trustee for the welfare of
his employes, and denied having used
an "autocratic rule" with them.
Stating that he could see the return
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EX-SENATOR ALDRICH,
ONCE SENATE'S tZAR,
DIES FROM A STROKE
Powerful Figure in Republi
f can Times Passes at Age
of 74; Expert on Finance.
New Tork, April 16. (C. P.) Nel
son W. Aldrieh. ex-United States sen
ator from Rhode Island, died suddenly
shortly after 9 o'clock today at his
home here, 908 Fifth avenue. He had
been in poor health for several months,
but his illness was not regarded as
perlous. He was '5 years old.
The first Indication that Aldrieh
mignt be in a serious condition camel
late yesterday wnen he suffered from
Indigestion. His physician. Dr. Thatch
er, attended him and the patient
seemed to have recovered completely
when the doctor left. Dr. Thatcher
called again this morning and, finding
Aiarich reeling well, departed.
Ten minutes later the former sen
ator was stricken with apoplexy and
succumbed. His wife, his daughter.
Lucy, and his son, Winthrop, were with
mm at tne ena.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., whose wife
is the daughter of Aldrieh. was sum
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join ner on in IS run.
'MOST GIGANTIC OF
BATTLES WON BY US,'
IF
Russian Attempt to Cross the
Carpathians Is Completely
Defeated, Vienna Says.
Vienna, via Berlin and London. April
I0- (U. P.) "The most gigantic bat
tie In the history of the world has re
suited in the complete defeat of the
Russian attempt to cross the Carpa
inians.
j ns was the declaration of an of
nciai statement issued today by the
war office here. N
T."1 - i
- ur niuie man i month thi cr.a
forces have been locked in th death
struggle which the Austrian war office
cKumea naa reached a conclusion an
j" wrncn tne statement said than
,ouu,uut men were engaged. The Rus
sian advance has now been completely
halted, with enormous losses, it Is
stated. Continuing, the war office
statement said :
' T .1 -
x.. me rour weeks engagement,
o.vv,vvv men participated. The climax
ciine several days ago, when the Rus
.ian uuensive was stopped and then
entirely repulsed.
xuo enemy s josses are appalling.
uany as many as 600 trains left the
iium., carrying wounded back to Rus
Umpire Is Shot by
Infuriated Rooter
Close Decision at Plate in Inrlndale,
CaL, Game So Arouse Fan That Re
Dangerously Wounds Official.
liOs Angeles, April 16. (IT. -p.) An
gered by a decision by Umpire John
Hayes, Peter Ramirez, a spectator at
a baseball game at Irwindale. lrw a
revolver, shot Hayes twice through th
Dream, ana ilea.
The shooting occurred last Sunrlnv
Dut no report of it was made to the
snenrr s orrice until today. Ramirez
is nenevea to nave come from Lou An
geles.
Friends of Hayes said fthat Rnmir..
naa Dei a sum or money on the game.
wnicn wag close and highly exciting.
In the final inning Ramirez team need!
ed one run to tie the score, but the run
was mppea Dy a ciose decision at the
plate. It was then that the disappoint
ed fan drew his gun. "Hayes, in Knir
of his wounds, wrested th
from Ramirez. Hayes will t.mhoKi..
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Fraud Is Charged
By Bond Holders
Iowa Banks and Other Investors Who
Bought Blaster Timber Bonds Ac
cuse Parsons of Misrepresentation.
Chicago. Ill,, April IS. Suits have
been filed in the circuit court toy Iowa
banks and other investors who own
$73,704 of 6 per cent gold notes, al
leged to be secured by vaiuaoie Oregon
timber lands, against Farson, Son &
Co.. of whom they- bought the notes.
It is alleged that false representa
tions were made as to the value of the
notes, which were issued by the Wash
ington Northern, railroad of Oregon,
Washington Timber company and
Blazier Timber company, also of Ore
gon. It was represented that the money
was to be used to advance construction
work and that the notes would be
taken up in exchange for bonds. The
interest has been defaulted.
CLAIM C
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VILLA LOSES 14,000
MEN AT CELAYA, SAYS
Six Thousand Killed, 8000
Captured According to the
Claims of Rival's Agents.
By Lrewis T. Mason,
l Paso, Texas, April 16. (I. N. S.)
ttx thousand ViHistas were killed
and 8000 captured, together with 80
cannon and large quantities of aramu
nition, after a two days' battle at Ce-
laya between armies commanded by
General Obregon and General Villa, ac
cording to advices' received here today
by Carranza consular agents. '
The battle is said to have strtd
Tuesday and to have continued until
Thursday afternoon, when the Villlstas
retreated in disorder to the north.
Obregon Ileporta Victory.
Washington, t. C, April 16. il N
S.) General Villa has been complete
ly routed; suffering a loss of 14,000
men, killed, wounded and captured, in
the. two days' battle at Celaya, accord
ing to reports received here today by
the constitutionalist agency from Gen
eral Qbregon.
The Villlstas attack against the Ce
laya fortifications began early Tues
day morning and continued for 18
hours. Then Obregon, rushing to the
front 6000 cavalrymen, whom he had
held in reserve for the Durooss. nnt
two divisions of Infantry cut Villa's
exhausted forces to pieces, the retreat
which Villa ordered late yesterday af
ternoon, .rapidly being converted into
a rout.
Obregon's report states he has cap
tured 30 cannon, five thousand Mauser
ruies ana prisoners.
Americans Needed
To RenewNEurope
San Francisco, April 16. (IT. p.)
Young Americans will be needed to re
people the nations of Europe, according
to Dr. M. L. Young, one of the ola-
surgeons in the United States, member
of the Alma Water Medical societv of
Rush college. Chicago, who is here to
day.
Dr. Young said that he believed
eed for virile men would be so great
that European nations might offer
great inducements to male American
immigrants, even sending shlos to mn.
vey tbera abroad without cost, all ex
penses paid.
According to Dr. Young, repopulat-
ng devastated Europe probablv win
be. conducted on a scientific basis.
CARRANZA'S
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THERN PACIFIC IS
SOMEWHAT DELAYED;
STRONG NOR'WESTER
Hill Liner Due This Af tern i oo n
' at Flavel; Bookings Made
for Return Trip,
,:. Astoria, Or., April 16. After being
somewhat delayed by a strong nor
wester, which vessels in from the
south within the last 24 hours report
blowing off the California coast, the
steamship Northern Pacific has been
further delayed in ( crossing the bar
by the heavy fog which envelops the
mouth of thts Columbia river.
Tho vessel is 'due at Flavel , this
afternoon from 8an! Francisco on. her
maiden trip. Two i thousand Dersons
are nere to welcome tne ship, the sec
ond of the two splendid Hill liners
ror riavei-rKan . Francisco service.
'1 he - only -formal- thing about, the
first entrance into the Columbia, river
or this big craft-will be the presents
tion or a ships chronometer to the
Doat by the peoplfrof Astoria. A com
mittee of local Commercial club mem
bers will have charge of the ceremony,
on board the Northern Pacific is
Liouls W. lllll, president of the Great
Northern railway. " Accompanying him
are Mrs..rliU and the four little HIHs
They have been spending the winter Jn
California, and waited for this boat
so they could complete their holiday
in real style. M r. Mill had tiin private
car sent on anead, and this was hooked
up to the morning train that left Port
land for the beaches. It was switched
to the Flavel dock trackt and the ex
ecutive will board it after he has done
the honors with the Astoria welcome
committee. - i . ". .
The Northern Pacific also carries
206 ; passengers and a good f reizht
cargo. Much of this is perishable
stuff, fresh "vegetables and fruits that
wiil be delivered to! Portland Jobbers.
The Northern Pacific is practically
a counterpart of the. Great Northern,
which passed .through - the Panama
canal some weeks ago. . Both vert
built at the Cramp shipyards at Phil-
Concluded on Fe two. Culumit 1 wu.
LASSEN HIDES LANDSCAPE
Redland, Cal., April ' i.-'(l?V V,)
The entire landscape to the east of
Iassen peak was obscured erly 'ioday
by a cloud of smoke and ashes as a
result of the elghty-fcighth eruption of
the volcano- i Shortly;, after 4 o'clock
this -morning,. Lassen again broke out
in a duplicate of the eruption which
occurred at the same hour yesterday.
At sundown yesterday tbtre ia a
spectacular eruptlc" but only of mod
erate intensity.'.',.:..'..:. ,
NOR
ousted m
COURT HOUSt
County Commissioners Take
Summary Action in Regard
to Warrant Shaver, Who
Pays County No. Rent.
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
NO LONGER GRANTED
County Laborers Have Long
Contributed Part of Their
Earnings.
-
; Tree Bent In Court House
Abolished.
Whereas, it is sgatnat the
policy of the board of county
commissioners to permit space
in the court house to be used DC
for the transaction of private, f
Jfr business, except upon the pay-
ment of proper rental therefor. .
or in rases where charity may f
be extended, therefore
Be it resolved that each.coun-
ty official, a well as county
employed, now having office
space In this building, be re-
qutsted, or directed as the esse f
may be. to cause to be removed r
Xf from any' such office, any per-. t
son or persons who may be or-
cupylng space therein, or habit-
, ually using the same, except by
authority of the board of coun-
ty commissioners. Mfr
-
No more free office rent at
th
courthouse for Mose Bloch.
The foregoing resolution was adopt
ed yesterday by the board of county
commissioners as the first step townr J'
frying mOBo Bloch loose from his pos-
sessipn of office space at the court
house, lie has .made his headquarter
at the courthtMise for many years.
Mose Bloch shaves county warrant.
Last month - no. less than SO laborers
who bad earned a small wage working
on the county roads contributed of
their pittance to him. No less than 65
employes In various county depart
ments' likewlae-aigned away their sal
ary warrants to him. During th
month no Jess than 60 other persons
with miscellaneous claims against th
county paid tribute to him.
"Office" at Coartnouse.
Mose Bloch makes his headquarters
at the county courthouse. His "offico"
la In room 101, which is alao the offl
of Henry Griffin, clerk of the county
board of relief. lt-iareported that .
Mr. Bloch, although in noNway official-;
ly connected with the codnty, has a
key to the office and comes and goes
st all hours. Much of his warrant
shaving is done at the office at night.
Why he hss been given these privi
leges Is a question all county official.!,
seem unable -. to answer. Ask them
about it and the answer Is a shrug vt
the shoulders.
The county pays laborers on roa'l
work $2.25 a day. On that sum many
of them are endeavoring to support -
family. - Yet Mose Bloch last month
Eaw to it that at least 69 contrlbbted
of their wages to him. This was ac
complished through a working ar
rangement with varioas foremen hav
ing supervision of highway work.
Bloch cashed time checks for road
work aggregating $2612 and exacted 1
per cent. His money was Invested but
one or perhaps two days, so that the
interest .really .amounted to. 300 por
cent.
Of this usury the county grand Jury
Is reported to be making an Investiga
tion to determine whether the "loan,
shark" law Is being violated. .
Bloch Strikes Snag.
A ansa was struck when an effort
was made to force J. W. Wllklns, 2329
Sixty-fifth street southeast, to con
tribute out of his $2.25 a day to the
affluence of Mr. Bloch. Wilklns was
employed on rosd work under Fore
man James Kepchs, who has been in
the employ of the county for a good .
I Concluded on I'mgm Tbr:. Column Omi
PASTURE AND
A SMALL CAR
The name or the classification
in which It appears today precedes
each of these Journal Want Ads:
Bxchaare Seal Estate 84
"160 ACKKM'near Chance. H. !.,
clear, best of wheat land. Price
$5000.
"160 acres, mllen north of
Great Falls, Mont., best of wheat
land. New buildings, llenty of
water; clear of incumbrance. Price
$6000.
"Also 3 acres, 1 mile from
Beaverton, Or., 4 room house and
barn; best of soil. Price $lf.00.
"Wih trade all or any part for
.Portland property or farm"."
"Loans Wanted 30
i"$360 8 interest, first mort-
-f. gage, east side bungalow.''
WtnUd ICiseallasaoiiB a
"WANT pasture for 20 head young
stock."
Tor Bile Houses el
"I HA VB a nice little house and
4 lots, value $1000. clear -of In
cumbrance, to trade for -a grocery
up to $1600; will pay cash differ
ence." . , .
Automobiles Accessories 44
"7 PAHS. 6 cylinder Pierce Arrow,
. newly painted, good tires snd
seat covers. Would consider small
car as part payment."
Look over , the big automobile
market in the automobile column
of The Journal Want Ads this
Sunday. -
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