THE WEATHER
1 Portland and vicinity I Sunday,
joondltloas favorable (or fair weather
'aortherty winds.
Oregon t Sunday, conditions t avor
able for fair weathers ooolar norta-
i ttit portion t northerly winds.
. Washington i Sunday, fain cooler
Mil portion; northerly winds.
VOL. XII. NO. 4.
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY ; MORNING, APRIL 18, 1915.;
PRICE FIVE CE1ITC
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GREAT BRITAIN
PREPARES FOR
AERIAL RAID
Practically Challenges Ger
many to Fight in Skies, De
claring Enemy Will Get the
Worst of It.
SAY ZEPPELINS DARE
NOT BOMBARD LONDON
Anti-Aircraft Guns Ready to
Engage in Battfe With
Big Dirigibles.
t . By Wilbur S. Forrest.
V : (United Press Staff Correspondent.)
, London, April 17. London virtually
- threw down the gauntlet to Count
Zeppelin tonight and challenged Ger
many to a combat In the skies. The
newspapers assured the public that
. every preparation has been made for
the. expected Zeppelin raid and that'the
German airships will meet with a most
disastrous recep Jon.
; Despite recent attacks upon east
.' coast towns, many war office officials
were certain tonight that no Zeppelin
wlH bombard the city of London.
: "Fosslbl;- a' Taube or two may dash
. over the city-and drop bombs." said
one official. "But our ; anti-aircraft
Runs would make an easy target of a
big; dirigible. And nobody knows that
better than Count Zeppelin." "
The latest enemy aviator to visit
England appeared over Selby today
but, according; to official advices, fled
back across the North Sea without
dropping any explosives. Supposedly
he was on a scouting: trip.
Military officers generally scoffed
at the Berlin claim, cabled here from
America, that a Taube actually dropped
. bombs on Greenwich, five miles from
London. The enemy's aviators who ap
peared off Bbeerness, probably thought
he was well pp the Thames, they de
clared. - '
Berlin tonight confirmed the re
port that three Zeppelins participated
fn raids over Suffolk and Essex towns.
RUSSIANS, IN BAYONET
j)ASH; GAIN VICTORY
T
Austrians Lose Heavily in
... Battle in Wooded Section
.in Zu'ella Region.
Petrograd, April 17. (U. P.) In- a
two days battle in the wooded section
of the Carpathians Russian forces
have captured a fortified height, tak
. ing 1164 Austrian -prisoners and. three
guns, according to official dispatches
tonight. ' -
The fighting occurrea in the region
between 'Zitella and Telepotch. Be
cause of the nature of 'the country
neither side could use its artillery ef
fectively. The Russians drove the en
emy from the heights at the point of
bayonets . ,and then repulsed several
counter attacks. The Austrians lost
heavily.
- Ths official communique tonight
contained no information that the
.Carpathians battle had been resumed
on any lare scale.
; Unofficial dispatches said that the
spring freshets continue to hinder
operations in the Ussok region.
There are further indications that
the Germans are about to resume their
attempt to reach the Warsaw-Petro-grad
railway. Near Marlampol, and all
along the line In Poland north of the
Vistula, the war office tonight re
ported increasing activity on the part
cf the' German outposts.
ENGLAND WANTS SUNDAY
ionaQn, April iv. u. P. In an
effort to induce William (Billy)
Sunday to lead the prohibition cam
paign in England, Henry Randall,
chairman of the committee of business
men for England, decided to go to "the
United States to confer with the
evangelist. He will depart in ten
days.
Cheesemaker and
Phonograph
The name of the classification
In which It appears today pre
cedes each of these Journal Want
AdS. - t-.f,:,: '
ftwap Column as
"Omega cream - separator for
hogs or chickens;' hack or .13 re
peater for chicken -wire."
"Large brown feather boa, B
plumes, new, for furniture or
what have you?
JTelp Wanted" Hill 1
"Wanted at once, a first class
cheesemaker." ,
launches and Boats 4
- MTh. best buy on the river; ft
fine JS ft, motorboat, with : new
boa.tnouse; must be sold at once."
- . .. " j. -j.
Pianos, Organs and Musical 34
! Instruments
"Phonograph and 30 records for
$15.
Automobiles , Wanted 78 '
. -Will exchange 10 acres Mosier
fruit land.-, clear of Incumbrance, "
for 1914 roadster. Buick preferred.-
'
FORTIFIED
HEIGH
NEWS INDEX
SECTION ONE 16 PAGES
Fur i ,.... ,
1. Great Britain Prepares for Aerial Bald.
j&naaiana victorious in vsrpainiaaa,
British TraniDort Sunk.
Panic Times Mow Past, Declares Hamlin.
East Indiana Defeat Turks.
Diver Louglunaa Rescued.
Ex-Governor West Vindicated.
Wedding- Gown to Be Funeral Shroud.
Turn in Land Grant Case Is Surprise,
8. Expert Beriew of the War.
Official Bulletins.
British Ship Renew Attack OS Turkish
stronghold. '
Arbitration Offer Declined la Chicago,
S. Belgian Soldiers Optimistic
Huerta Discusses Mexico's . Problems.
4. Teachers Lose Way.
Portland Would Bee- Liberty Bell.
Btas Set for Boeievelt Trial.
6. Suggestions for Boss Festival Queen
Children to Clean Tp Woodstock.
Miss Do Graff Writes of Travels.
Extension of Elactria Lino Planned.
United States Attorney Baames Seeks
raud order.
6, Plana of Federal Beservs Board.
Alaskan Resource! Discussed.
Tag Bale for Belgian Bed Cross.
Wood Blocks Urged for County Aoads.
7. Portlands Recall Baa Francisco Fire.
Ban Francisco Celn brates "Nine Tear
. After."
San Francisco Hews. Letter.
8. Club Women Interested in Convention.
Hill Pleased With Results of Road
Bond Election.
Commissioner Daly Addresses Civio
Leaa-ue.
Cregon City Locks Transfer . to Occur
xomorrow.
Bishop Sumner to Enter Hospital.
9. Conduct of City's Business Discussed.
Candidates for Commiasioneranin Active.
10. Boses for Celilo Celebration Visitors.
Couple Elopes ta Automobile.
Jitney Drivers for "Safety First.''
Artists' Work on View at Museum of Art
11. Program for Celilo Canal Celebration, ,
67 Dairies Score High in Contest...
18. Seattle Newa Letter.
Illinois Valley Rich in Natural Resource.
Industrial Aocidents of Week.
18. Discovery of Crater Lake Recalled.
. Frost Precautions in Rogue River Valley.
Experiences of Girl School Buparintendant
14. Work on Interstate Bridge piers Begun.
Japanese Girl Champion Speller.
Warrentoa Sella Water Bonds.
Suburban' Hew. ,
15. U. C. T. Banq.net.
Lgal Points Affecting Married School
Teachers.
Germans Defeated in Bayonet Charge.
J. G. Richardson Gets Appointment,
Milwaukie to Vote on Water Issue.
16. Forest Fir Danger Discussed.
Compensation Act Approved - by Metal
Workers.
SECTION TWO16 PAGES
(Sports, Automobiles. Good Roads, Want Ads,
, t ... Marine) -
SECTION j THREE 13 PAGES
Page, 4 -'
1. How to Construct Public Auditorium.
8. Dramatio Hews.
8. Photoplay Hews.
Hot Lunch in Rural Schools.
4. Illustrated Hews Review.
6. Hews from Foreign Capitals.
6. Editorial. .
7. City Hews in Brief.
. Who's Who in City Hall.
8. Parcel Post Brings Together Producer
and Consumer.
America's Power 'tremendous Herman
Angell.
9. Early Days is Btenmbontinr en Columbia.
Japan in China K. K. Kawakami.
10. Real Estate and Building Hews.
11. Markets and Finance. -Dock
Commission Ordinances.
Women 'Made Prey of Ciar's Men Ed
ward Lyeli Fox. '
12. Clinton-Kelly Cooperative Garden.
University and College Hews.
Culture and . Efficiency Ms bis Holmes
Parsons.
SECTION FOUR lO PAGES
im wee a in nociexy.
6. The Realm of Music.
0. Women's Club Affairs.
Parent-Teacher Hews.
Social Service Activities.
7, Fraternal Hotes.
Tour Horoscope.
Oataonathv Dr. H P. Bloxham.
8. What Well Dressed Women Will Wear.
8. What Every Woman Wants to Know.
10. The Housekeeper's Council Table.,
SECTION FIVE 8 PAGES
(Magazine and Pictorial.)
Page. .
1. Springs Davs Are PlaDays1n the Parks.
8. Clemencia's Crisis Edith Ogden Harrison.
8. The Hiss That Binds.
4. T. k. . Tin A Sail Bov'a Storv.
6.
What Will Stay Death a Hind lor air
men I
Ob the Sunny Side of Life.
Statesmen Real and Hear.
Random Facts and Fancies.
With the Cartoonists.
Science and Near-Science.
Cartoonagrams Charles A. Ogden.
Story of the Giant Georgene Faulkner.
SECTION SIX
(Comic)
PAGES
lOODrownedWhen
British Ship Sunk
by Turk Torpedo
Transport Attacked , After Landing
Troops From Great Britain on
Coast of Asia Minor.
London. April 17. (U. P.) In the
first naval battle of the war between
Turkish and British warcraft, 100 of
the crew of the British-transport
Manitou were reported to hays been
drowned and a Turkish torpedo boat
destroyed. In official dispatches to
the admiralty tonight.
The battle was fought off the island
of Chios, near the Gulf of Smyrna
and about 109 miles south of the en
trance to the Dardanelles. " Only
meager dispatches had- reached the
admiralty early tonight, but it was
believed here that the transport was
torpedoed and sunk, after she had
landed British troops on the .coast of
Asia Minor. The engagement occurred
thin forenoon. I The torpedo boat is
believed to have emerged from the
Gulf of Smyrna, penetrating the block
ade maintained by Vice Admiral
Peirse's fleet sine the bombardment
of Smyrna began.
Three torpedoes were shot at the
British transport, according to dis
patches 'to the admiralty. All missed
fire. The light cruiser Minerva, which
had participated in the bombardment
of Smyrna, gave ohase and forced the
torpedo boat ashore in Kalammult
Bay, Chios Island. The Turkish war
craft was destroyed and her crew
made prisoners. The Maintou . was a
steel, screw schoner, taken over - by
the British government - from the At
lantic Transport company, in whose
service she was used as a liner. She
was of 6849 tons.
Czar Departs for
The Battle Front
Emperor Believed to Be En Koate to
Carpathians to Tiew xtenewal of
Offensive Operations of Troops. ;:
Petrograd. April 17. (XT. P.) Czar
Nicholas has left for-the battle front,
according to an official statement is
sued here tonight. ' The announce
ment is taken to. mean, that - the em
peror Is en route to the scene of the
Carpathian . operations to observe the
renewal of the Russian offensive.
PANIC TIMES
HISTORY NOW,
SAYS HAH
Governor of Federal Reserve
Board Tells ' Bankers i and
; Business . Men Country's
Money Is Safe.'
RESERVE BANK MET '
WAR'S EMERGENCIES
Gold Pool and Cotton Loan
Put Confidence Into Busi
ness at Critical Time,
"If a panic ever tries again to steal
through this country that panic, when
it sees our present federal reserve sys
tem, 'will fold its tent like the Arab
and silently steal away. "J-
Charles Sumner Hamlin, governor of
the federal reserve board, speaking
yesterday noon at the Arlington club
to a group of leading Portland bankers
and business men, epitomized his faith
in the federal reserve act in the above
paraphrase of Longfellow's well-inown
line. k .
But Mr. Hamlin's half -hour talk was
not merely a panegyric; it was rather
a sane and sensible and logical pres
entation of what the federal reserve
board is what the federal act does and
what it is hoped that each will ac
cvomplish. .
"The federal reserve act is now In
full operation," said Mr. Hamlin. - "Its
principles are not new; they are known
all over the world and in .use in other
countries. The United States has been
slow to take them up, that is ail. In
this country re discounting perhaps the
must .important. leature of the reserve
act has been looked upon with sus
picion and tAe people have entertained
a fear of -a. centralized bank.
"The reserve act, however, provides,
as is well known, for 12 federal re
serve districts with federal reserve
banks In as many cities. : ICach is as
separate and distinct as any ordinary
bank, only the group is under the broad
general control of a federal reserve
board that sits at Washington. '; , ,
No Extreme Centralization.
fThis form of control and this. sys
tem f 12 coordinate banks jdoes away
with the extreme form of centraliza
tion to which there has always . been
so- mueh. objection. :
"This board that sits at Washlnrton
is, first of all, a human board. Its per
sonnel is made up of men of varied
and broad interests. They are men of
red blood and big hearts with a firm
conviction that it is their duty to make
the federal reserve system a success.
"There is no bank in the entire sys
tem so small but what its suggestions
will be welcomed; there is no business
man who deserves credit who can't get
it with the assistance of the federal
reserve system. .
"Under the-act one-third of the re
serves of the member banks have been
put into the federal reserve banks as a
common fund for the redlscountlng; of
paper and to help the people of the
United States generally.
"The purpose of these reserves, of
this fund, i use use for the benefit
(Concluded on Pass Eight. Colomn One)
Germans Cannot
Surrender Belgium
So Declares Former Colonial Secretary;
Belgium Offers Teutons Only Trade
Outlet to Open Sea.
Portland, Maine, April 17. (U. P.)
Prevented by ; illness in his home
from attending a great mass meeting
In , this city. Dr. Bernard Dernberg,
former secretary of Germany, - wrote
a letter to be read at the meeting. In
it he presented the German idea of
permanent peace and stated plainly
that "Belgium cannot be given up.
Ir. Dernberg's- letter says in part:
"Germany does, not strive for ter
ritorial aggrandizement in Europe;
she does not believe in conquering any
subjugating unwilling nations. Bel
gium commands the main outlet of
western German trade, is the natural
foreland of the empire and has been
conquered with untold ' sacrifice of.
blood and treasure.
"It offers to German trade the only
outlet to ; an open sea and has been
politically established, maintained and
defended by England in order to keep
these natural advantages : from . Ger
many. "The -love of small peoples that
England heralds now will never stand
investigation, as shown by the destruc
tion of the small Boer republic So
Belgium cannot be given up. A per.
manent' peace will mean, that German
activity must get a wide scope with
out infringement upon the rights of
others.". .;. . s -v -,
Crook Co. Ranchers
Shoot Each Other
'A - : " " " ' A' ' .!".'''
E. T- Sanaa and Austin JClzer Engage
in GunTlarat Sea Bivsrside, About
r Twenty Miles East, of Prinevtlle.
' Prineville, Or.,' : April 17. K. T.
Danna and Austin Kizer shot each
other todaj near Riverside, about 20
miles east of Prineville.- Neither was
fatally wounded. ' Officials say bad
blood has existed between the two men
for some time. Kizer's present wife
came to this section -some time ago
and worked as housekeeper for Danna;
later she was married to ' Klzer and
since1 that time the men - have ' had
frequent altercations, While the de
tails concerning today's ' Shooting are
meager, it was learned that Danna,
opened fire" on Kizer and bis wife,
wounding Mrs. Kizer., Seizing a gun,
Kizer returned the .fire, seriously
wounding; Danna. The sheriff is now
en 'route "here : with . both men.
FEDERAL
ft' ' - ; "js4s4-, WWW V . WVilll
Left to right John PcfTin, phairman of . tbe board of Twelfth district reserve bank, with headquar
. : ters In San lYancisco, and "Charles S. Hamlin, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, Washing
'. ton, D. C. . '
DEFEAT OF TURKS BY
NDIANS HARD BLOW
TO KAISER'S DREAM
Germany's Hope of Conquest
in Far East Shattered; Sul-
. tan's Troops Retreating, J
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London, April 17. Germany's dream
of conquest in the far east has been
completely crushed. In one-of the most
remote corners of the earth a handful
of British Indian troops has won the
most important victory ''for British
arms since the war began. The Indian
office officially announced tonight
that a 'Turkish force that attempted to
drive the British from the Tigris and
Euphrates valleys In Mesopotamia has
been disastrously routed. Tie Turks
are in full flight and have abandoned
their campaign to drive the British
from the Persian srulf "region. In their
hasty retreat through the desert they I
left behind a large part of their muni-
tions of war.
Severe Blow to Germany.
Officials of the British war office
tonight declared . the defeat of the
Turks the greatest blow German ambi
tions have suffered since the war be
gan, une isriusn appareniiy are now
in undisputed possession of the south
ern part of the ancient kingdom of
Nebuchadnezzar.
The kaiser's plans for a new route
to the east over a Bagdad-to-the-gulf
railway have been shattered.
Spurred on by, German influences at
Constantinople, the Turks assembled a
force estimated at from 16,000 to 20,-
000 to drive out the .British- They
marched southward . over a caravan
road leading to Zobelr. Their object
was to drive the British southward
from Busra, 60 miles northwest of the
gulf, cutting off the British at Kurna,
40 miles to the north, and forcing their
surrender.
4 Wight Attack Surprises.
Friendly natives of Zobelr brought
word of the Turkish advance. Instead
Of waiting to be attacked the British
by forced marches made their way in
a southwesterly direction and - threw
themselves on . the Turkish ; outposts
near Shaiba fort in a surprise night attack.-The
battle continued all the next
day in the date groves of the Zobelr
region. At dawn on Friday the Turks
retreated in the direction of Nakhailah.
20 miles nortawest of Zobeir.
A dispatch to the Indian office to
night said that Che enemy has evacu
ated Nakhailah and is retreating in
disorder in the direction of Helua. The
British have captured nearly 1,000,000
rounds of ammunition. A second Turk
ish threat from the region of Ahwaz,
80 miles northeast. of Bursa, was' easily
repulsed by British artillery f ire.
v derm any Schemed 40 Tears. .
The defeat of the Turks at Mesopo
tamia, according to war office offi
cials.: Is a far more serious blow to
the kaiser than the loss of his colonial
possessions in the far east. For nearly
40 , years tiermany nas steaoiiy
schemed for a new trade route to the
east through Mesopotamia. -
German merchants first established
themselves among the pearl fishers
near the Persian gulf and began nego
tiations; for treaties : with .- the jiatlve
sheiks. Later -the Kaiser himself vis
ited Constantinople and soon afterward
plans for the Bagdad railway to the
gulf were announced. -xne railway was
financed : by German capital and -bad
been completed several miles below
Bagdad when the' war broke out
GIRL SMALLEST AVIATOR
San Francisco. April 17 (U. P,)-r-San
Francisco- boasts of the youngest
and smallest aviator In the world. She
is Bertha Christofferson, aged' 10
months. Bertha made an extended
flight with her father. Aviator Harrv
Christofferson. . and hex mother over
the bay today.-
RESERVE BANK
Under Surface 4 ;
Hours, Diver Is
j Pulled Up Safe
William Longhman, Lowered to
Submarine F-4, Rescued When It
Was Believed He Was Lost.
Honolulu. April 17. (U. P.) Diver
William Lough man, whoivas reported
to nave been lost while working on the
wreck of the submarine F-4 In Hono
lulu harbor, was saved after being
under the surface for more than four
hours. His air hose fouled a cable 200
feet down preventing; his .ascent, OerlJiOr-,. April XI-Ex-Governor
jruiey weni 10 xne rescue auu un
folded Lough man after two hours'
work. ' ;.v ...
Naval officers In charge of the work
of raising th wrecked -submarine K-4
to the surface tonight expressed the
belief that it would take two or three
weeks to complete the task. - At a con
ference held this "morning it was de
cided to tow the hulk of the diver to
shallow water before attempting to
bring it to the top.
This .will' be accomplished by lifting
the diver a few feet at a time, thep
towing it toward shore until it "again
touches bottom. An attempt to raise
the vessel in its present position might
" "wis wuou-nm
submarine was near the surface. If
such an accident should occur, naval
officers say, the shell of the submarine
would be crushed when it struck the
floor of the ocean. Four lines have
been attached to the submarine and
the first attempt to lift it will be made
Monday.
The first intimation received by
those on the surface that Loughman
was in trouble was when he telephoned
that his lines were fouled. He worked
alone for a time to free himself and
after asking for aid further communi
cation failed and he groped along on
the floor of the ocean until Crilley
reached him. '
StevenA. Kunich
: Commits Suicide
Domestic Trouble Said to Save Been
Cause That Prompted Act ZTo la
quest Will Be Held.
Steven A. Kunich, buyer and . sales
man for the Shreve Produce company,
drank four ounces of carbolic acid at
7 o'clock last night.1' He died an hour
later at the Good Samaritan hospital.
Domestic trouble, members of tbe
family said last night, was the" cause,
and Mrs. Kunich was planning divorce
proceedings. Kunich was 44 years old
and the father of two girls, one of 18,
the: other 14 years. He lived at 181
Twelfth street. .
Mrs. Kunich and - Robert F. i Ward
were seated In the dining room, ' talk
ing. Kunich left the table and at the
kitchen door drank the acid. .
Motorcycle Patrolmen Crane ; and
Gouldstone administered antidotes, but
without success. The body was 're
moved to the public morgue. No in
quest will be held. , - i
Seppala Winner in
Alaska Sweepstakes
Dog- Team Bao of 413 Idles Captured
by IS Siberian Wolfhounds la Thrfll
in Contest. '
Nome, Alaska, April 17. Leonard
.Seppala and his team of 16 Siberian
wolfhounds won. the 412 mile Ail
Alaska, sweepstakes, dogteam raee
which was finished shortly after 4
o'clock ; this afternoon. . w j.
' S. A. (Scotty) Allan, . driving the
Allan-Darling team of 16 1 Alaska bred
malamutes, - finished . second, and was
five miles behind the winner, The fin
ish was one of the most exciting In
the! history of the big dog derby.
A. snowstorm was raging; at the fin
ish and the trail between Cape Nome
and Nome was swept by a strong wind,
making travel difficult.
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OFFICIALS
WEST WINS VERDICT
FROM BAKER JURY !N
ELD CASE
Former Governor Upheld for
Use of Militia in Closing
Saloons and Taking Liquor
Oswald West was tonight vindicated
by a Baker county Jury for his action
in using the state militia to -close the
saloons at Copperfield, and confiscat
ing their liquor, in January, 1914.
This Vindication came in a verdict
favorable to the ; former governor in
the case of William Wiegand, former
councilman and saloonkeeper of Cop
perfield, who sued West, Colonel Lawr
son of the militia and others, to re
cover $4500, which he alleged was due
him for his stock of liquor taken
when the saloons at Copperfield were
closed.
The, verdict was signed by nine of
the 12 Jurymen, as follows: K. B.
Carlile. T. C. Huff. A. Pratt. David
Turner, T.' B. Moore, Bert Rogers, D.
W. Heard. J B. Henlnger and R. R.
Sparks. The other Jurymen. Amos
Hottell, Milton Eddy and James Dai
ton, did not sign. -
Attorneys Claude . McColloch and
Frank Collier, of Portland, for Gov
ernor West, thanked the Jury and con-.
gratulated Its members on their ver
dict. The Jury retired at 1 o'clock
this afternoon. The verdict was re
turned at 8 o'clock tonight. s .
Crowd Became Tired. ;'
- All afternoon, after the Jury went
out, a large crowd thronged the 'court
house, many believing that the Jury
would arrive at a decision soon, but
when 6 o'clock came and the Jury was
taken -out ' to dinner, - the belief was
that the case .would result in a
"hung Jury; and; when, the agreement
was' announced 'there were no- people
left the courthouse, and when the
verdict was read.; not .more than a
dozen ' people ' were present,' except at
torneys, . court officials and newspa
per men.
There was much' speculation on the
result and numerous , wagers were
made.
West was not in the courtroom when
the verdict was announced, but later at
tbe hotel, surrounded by a crowd, he
expressed satisfaction that he had
been vindicated of the charges, against
him, and that he had been put right
before the people of the county and
the state by a Jury In the county where
the trouble that brought on the suit
against him, occurred.
1 do not want to crow' about it."
said West, "1 am a good loser and X
hope a good winner. , There are things
in connection with my acts at Copper
field that are unknown to the public,
and they never will be known, but
I am glad that my conduct has been
exonerated. I appreciate the treat
ment here at the hands of the court,
press and public, and had the decision
of the Jury gone against me, I would
have felt the same'way. ,
Bad Studied Case.
"I went ir to the law of the case to
the very , depths, I believe; before I
made a move1 and the : Baker county
court has said that my acts were law
ful acts. I am leaving tonight with
Mr. -Collier r snd Colonel Lawson for
Portland, but carry away kind feelings
for" te treatment accorded me in
Baker"
After the verdict was returned, a
number of the Jurors visited the hotel
and personally -congratulated West as
did many others. -
The result means that the other
damage suits against the former gov
ernor. In which Stewart and Warner
are suing for 'the same amount . as
Wiegand, will not be tried.
m ' ". -Greek
Steamer Torpedoed. '
Amsterdam, April 17. (I. N. S.)
The Dutch - Admiralty announces that
the Greek steamer Ellispontis of 2889
tons from Tmiuden for Montevideo,
was torpedoed yesterday .off Noord
hinder lightship. The crew of 21 men
an'd the Dutch pilot escaped. ' -r..
COPPERFI
Wedding Gown
Will Be Funeral
Shroud of Bride
Sirs. Annie Jacobsen, Who Was
Taken to Hospllxl Right After
Marriage, Expires.
The crepe de chine wedding gown
which Mrs. - Anule Jacobsen had made
for a wedding gown Will be a shroud
Instead.
On April 3, just
before she was to
have been married, Mrs. Jacobsen then
Miss Annie Johanson, was stricken
with appendicitis jand the -wedding
ceremony was solemnised five hours
ahead of the planned time in order
that - the bride might be rushed to
the hospital. The iceremony was per
formed by Rev. J. Richard Olson, who
Immediately took the bride to the hos
pital in his machine. ,'- ' .
Mrs. Jacobsen - seemed to rally nice
ly from the operation, but Friday suf
fered a relapse which ended with her
death. The funeral will be! held from
Dunning' s undertaking parlors at 2
o'clock this afternoon. Following her
wishes she is to be burled In the pret
ty gown in which she had . expected
to be married. ... I I
The, members of j the Order of Vasa,
of which Mrs. Jacobsen was a mem
ber, will attend the funeral In a body.
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Cruiser Arrives to
Watch Japanese
XTw Orleans anchors at Turtle Bay,
Southern California, and Com -manger
Will Xeport on Wild Bumors.,
Washington, 'April 17.-(U. P.)
From - his flagship at Mazatlan, Ad
miral 'Howard notified the navy de
partment tonight that tbe cruiser New
Orleans had reached Turtle Bay to
see Just what Japanese warships there
are doing. J '
Commander Irwjn of the cruiser
will . report to Howard and i the latter
will advise Secretary Daniels,
Because the administration believes
the .Japanese are trymff merely to
float the mikado's stranded cruiser
Asama, his embassy here was In
formed of the New Orleans' visit and
assured it was friendly. I
Navy officials insisted that the re
ports of a great Japanese force ashore,
a mined harbor and many Japanese
warships at Turtle Bay was due to a
misunderstanding, j They were em
barrassed also by assertions that Ja
pan was acting in! bad faith and did
all they could to convince Tokio that
at least officially 0lts motives are not
questioned. Incidentally, It was pointed
out that the Panama canal i was open
again and the Atlantic fleet could
reach the Pacific in a hurry.
ViUa Victory in ..
End Is Predicted
Sinai Ontoome Stltl TTnoertalnj Amer
icans Preparing to Tie Capital to
. Escape Starvation. ; j '
Washington, April 17. (I. N. S.)
Tt,m Aansrtmfint believes General
Obregon has defeated General Villa in
the first period of the battle of Celaya.
th sreatest engagement since .fighting
began in Mexico, but" .that the final
outcome has not., yet 1 been aedaea.
ibritu.nr .rnarii rtf the war deoart-
fnent, however, decline ts believe that
General Obiegon nas any advantage
and that thalr opinion is mat ueiwrui
Villa will come out the victor. Ac-
-(..r. ,o ty.ittr information. Villa is
-
maintaining hl3 circle of troops around
the town of ceiaya.i wniie airaiiii w
arrival : of reinforcements.
in.. KaHtA la nf arrea.t interest to the
administration because It may decide
the outcome of tne civil war now rag
ing in Mexico. " I , I , , '
Advices from the Brazilian minister
at Mexico City show that Americans
and other foreigners are preparing to
flee the capital to; escape threatened
starvation. . !,; 'I : --"..
Nicholas Shooting
Report Discredited
Grand Duke Operated on i for Gall
Stones or Cancer, According . to a
Berlin Beport. ',
Berlin, via' Sayvllle wireless, April
17, (U. P.) Official circles tomgnt
discredited the report published In a
provincial newspaper that the grand
duke, Nicholas, commander-in-chief of
the Russian army,' was shot in the
abdomen .by Baron SieverS, commander
of the Slav forces defeated in the
Masurian lakes. j
tKa o-a-ovtA tfltilr. j.rnnr.lln ff ta infor
mation received here tonight, was op
erated upon yesterday to determine
whether he was suffering from cancer
or gallstones. The German i surgeon.
Bergmann, was asked,, but declined to
perform the operation. A Riga pro
fessor ' was then summoned. The re
sult of the) operation Is not known
here. - ' : - i '--' ' ' -v 1 -" .: 7 -
Carmen Threaten
To Declare Strike
Flan of United Ballroads in TMs
earring Men Wbo JTola Union Cause
'of Trouble. :; , .'J-'-
Ran Francisco. Cal.. April 17. -(U.
t . Relations between the I officials
and employes of the United 'railroads
i-o.ii t of a statement from President
Llllentban that thei car company will
continue its policy or discharging men
who become affiliated with labor or
ganizations. The. carmen insist they
will strike A unless permitted to
unionise. v'-v A'
The statement ;of President Lill-
.nhnt fnllnsed a .' eonf r.ri n-4,h
the supervisors : appointed by May
or . rvoiii i-" w auijusw
the differences, Liuentnat ; declared
condition to permit the men to union
ize. ' (organization, ne saia, wouia De
followed by demands ror Increased
wages which could not be met and
would result In a disastrous strike.
BIGSURP1
Department of Justice Frcr.:;
ly Impatient With Action c
Oregon Legislature in It
Interference.
WHOSE WELFARE IS
INVOLVED, QUESTIO:
Are Whole People or, Privat:
Interests Back of Move
to Influence Court?
(WASHINOfOV TU'REAU OP 1113
JOITRNAIa)
Washington. April 17. The depart
ment of Justice is frankly impatient
with the action of the Oregon legisla
ture in sending Attorney General
Brown to, Washington, with a resolu
tion apparently calculated- to preju
dice the supreme court la the gov
ernment's suit against the Oregon
California railroad. t 1
,The remedy . desired could be ob
tained through .congress, It Is pointed
out, while the present effort might
defeat litigation worth millions to the
people if successful. One suggestion
heard is that the promulgators of the
resolution may have had this very
thing In mind, and may have been seek
ing the railroad rather than the wel
fare of the people. Is the resolution
backed by the people of the state or
by private Interests,, is one- question
asked and considerable curiosity Is ex
pressed as to the character of the
legislature responsible for It.
. Monday is the time set for hearing;
argument but press of business before
the supreme court may put it off a
day or two. Government attorneys
feel that they scarcely can Ignore the
action that Attorney General Brown
is scheduled to take at that time, but
of course they do not intend thnj: it
shall lessen the vigor of, the govern
ment's case.
RESOrDTION SLIPPED
.THROUGH LEGISLATURE
DURING LAST HOURS
"The only way In which the court
could carry out the spirit of the reso
lution would be to defeat the govern
ment," auld United States District At
torney Clarence L. Ilaanfes, In speak
ing of the attempt of the Oregon IckIb
lature to influence-the United State
supreme court In the O. & C. land errant
case. , The resolution wjis ellppl
through the Oregon legislature at the
last moment by those evidently look
lng well, after the Interests of .the
(Cwnrluded n i'agft Two, IVIwmn ()n
Big Crowds Swell
Exposition Eeceipts
More Than 3,200,000 persons Have
Passed Through Gates During First
Two Mob the. , "''.,
San Francisco, April I7-(U. P.) -More
than 3,200,000 persons nave passed
through the turnstiles st the Panama..
Pacific international exposition during
the first twp months of the fair's Ufa.
This was the estimate made, for Die
United Press tonight by officials f
the exposition ocmpany. They declare
that slightly' more than 3,100,000 per
sons had attended the fair when the
gates were thrown open, today be
tween 80,000 and 5)0,000 persons were
attracted to the grounds by the "nine
years after" celebration during tbe
day.
: president Moore of the exposition
company tonight pointed to tbe finan
cial statement issued a few davs ag
by the directors showing that the re
ceipts during the -first month of tl
exposition showed a balance over th
expenditures of 184,000.
Principal exposition interest during
the coining week will center in tin
cargo of the V. S. collier Jason, whl U
has Just arrived after a tempentuou
voyage with the Inst of the Kuropeati
exhibits. They represent the govern
ments and merchants of England,
Germany, Austria. Spain, Portugal,
France, Greece, Switzerland and Italy.
indications are that the tide of
travel westward has already set In.
When the schools of the east coh
the fair's promotion department pre
dicts such westward travel as thi
country has never seen,
Prince Tries Hard -
- To Keep Italy Out
Ton Buelow Begotlates Through XT' 'a
Officials, in Hope That nation trill
'- Decide Against Joining Allies.
Pari, April 17 (U. P.) -Prince von
Buelow, German ambassador to Italy,
is now making a. supreme attempt to
stave off Italian participation in th
war on the side of the allies, accord
ing to a dispatch from the Rome cor
respondent of the Temps today. .Bue
low, according to the Temps corre
spondent, is negotiating through von
Merray, former German ambassador t
Rome, " to , induce Franz Josef to off-"
additional concessions to Italy, hopir
thereby to gain time.
"The mission Is considered doom.
to quick and certain failure," wire ;
the Temps' correspondent.