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lla?'e 1 ZftKrt rtfeV ! TUB WEATHER B ) Hr FN Tonight and to morrow Pr'b'Iy snow; N. E. rind. Lowest temp, last night, 18.7. Tonight. 20 l-Il Jilt S PRICE TWO CENTS SSMrffiS'Sj VOL. XIV. NO. 266. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1916.SIXTEEN PAGES. I .BL a A lliliAJ W i -mmv ll .- m mm W m m. mm m m m my mm m m .e- I mm mm m. a . . ( . "V. fc- swm i K mm mm v o'clock- s ill ni I n i i v 1 1 ii i r 1 1 'il l i4tv: .v n l k kj ii J 1 " mud 'V I I I W- 117 11 I V K M K iTnHE6 w v"i PI V 1JL I t 117 GARRANZA WILL BE GIVEN HE Tl In Spite of British Intimation That Her Interests Be Pro tected and Cries of Jingoes Wilson Is Unmoved. CARRANZA WIRES THAT HE CAN HANDLE AFFAIR Uprising Caused by Gang of Bandits; Works Asks Con gress to Intervene. KI Paso, Texas, Jan. 14. r. N. S.) General Trevino, commanding the Carranzlsta forces at Chihuahua City, tha afternoon wired Mexican consul Garcia at El Paso that General Rod riguez and General Almeida, both of whom are said to have had a hand in the murder of 1 H Americans in western Chihuahua, had been executed at Ma dera. Washington. Jan. 14 (V. P.) The Wilson administration will stand pat on Its watchful waiting policy in Mex ico The White House made this known officially thi afternoon, following n session between President Wilton and his cabinet, inwhich the Mexican p-ob-lem was discussed in the light o' the massacre of 18 Americans ut Santa Ysabel. The announcement came in the Jace of England's intimation of her interest In recent outrages by the slaying of a Hritish subject in Chihuahua and dam ages to British Interests elsewhere, and despKe further critleism In congress a-lmed at watchful waiting. Carrsnxs Bands Massac. - i ne uritisn emDassy arranged for a conference with the state department over the Mexican situation. Simul taneously. General Carranza wired his ambassador here in effect that he can nd will handle the situation in his domain. Senator Works of California Introduced a resolution taking the whole Mexican situation out of Presl cent Wilsons hands and instead to have congress intervene forcibly. The president, however. Is determined to give Carranx a chance to prove him elf and his ability to cope with the murderers and t guard against a repe titlon of this trouble. To filT Carraaza a Caanee. Before the White House announced , Its -standpat" attitude President Wil eon had already indicated to Chairman Stone of the senate foreign committee that he intended to send no American troops into Mexico at this time but in stead wants to allow Carranza an op portunity to show his power without American Interference. Official advices told of the safety of ' (Concluded on Pace Five. Column One.) TROOPS IN EL PASO READY TO CRUSH ANY ATTEMPT AT RIOTING 1 Big Mass Meeting Called for This Afternoon Prohibited by General Pershing, El Paso, Texas. Jan. 14. (U. P.) Expecting a recurrence tonight of the anti-Mexican rioting that shook the city last night, military officials this afternoon made all preparations to meet It. A provost guard of 250 Infantrymen ratrolled the Mexican quarter, and cavalrymen with loaded revolvers and rifles were held In readiness to enter the downtown streets before dark, though their presence during the day had been tirrhecessary. As a special precaution against trou ble General Pershing, commander here prohibited the holding of a mass meet ing in Cleveland square this afternoon, 1 at which ex-Governor Currey, of New Mexico, a member of Colonel Roose velt's Rough Riders, was to have been the principal speaker. - .Outbreak Was reared. The meeting was called as a" reault or me massacre of 18 Americans Mon day, and authorities feared it might cause a wild incendiary outburst among tn already mgn-gtrung populace. The reported arrest of General Rod riguez, a Villista bandit leader, at Us der a, was suported only by the "state ment of the local Carranzlsta consul while It waa Impossible to confirm It because wires to Madera were down ne reported massacre of 12 Ameri cans at Madera was discredited While the city was quiet today, the (Oonrlnded on Pas Thirteen. Column Four) Report Adverse to Port Orford Harbor Committee's Action similar to That on WUlapa Harbor Hood Blver Chan nel to Be Surveyod to city. Washington. Jan. 14. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) .The survey for the proposed Improve ment of Port Orford harbor was turned . down by the house, committee in an : adverse report similar to that on Wil Jjapa harbor, Washington. A prellml 'i nary survey will be made by army n jgineers of the Hood River channel from ; the Columbia river to the city of Hood . Blver. 1 IKE GOOD WIDOW OF HUERTA IS DES ROUS OF BURYING AT E Because Carrana Held Him Responsible for Madero's Death Permission Unlikely; El Pao. Texan. Jon. 14. (V. P.) General Vlctorlano Huerta. once Mex ico's "Man of Iron and Blood." lies dead today, his body virtually the pris oner of the United States government with which he nearly went to war when, as dictator of Mexico, he re fused to salute the Stars and Stripes after the historic Tamplco incident. 61. following several operations as result of sclerosis of the liver. His I wish to end hid days in his native land was prevenf-d by his arrest and indict ment as a plotter to crush the de facto Carranza government of Mexico. Would Bury Him ia Mexico. Huerta's widow plans to seek permis sion for Interment near Colotlan, Ja lisco, Mexico, where the grim old war rior was born. Whether Carranza will permit this, however, is doubtful, for Carranza holds Huerta was responsible for the assassination of President Ma dero and Vice President Suarez of Mex ico in February. 113, and may feel that even in death the "iron man" ought not to rest on Mexican soil. "I am prepared for the other world. ' ere among Huerta's last words. "I am prepared to die and I wish to for give all my enemies and all who have done me wrong. I feel at peace with my God and with all men." nearly All FunUj There. The general had the solace of his Catholic faith in his last hours, through the attendance vt Captain Francis P. Joyce, Catholic chaplain of the FourtPi L'nited States field -artillery. Surrounding his bedside when the end came was the general's entire fam ily except his daughter, Senorita Elena, en route from New Vrk. His faithful wife, Senora Aguila de Huerta, who had been his nurse through b!3 last days, was the last person the warrior recognized. He called her by name, and as she bent over him, he kissed her repeatedly, murmuring Spani&h terms of endear ment. Death Scene Impressive. The scene at hie deathbed w-as im pressive. There beneath flickering candles his "0 relatives knelt for hours in prayer. Alternately Chaplain Joyce (Concluded on Pige Four. Column One.) Price of Flour Will Take Another Jump Adrance of 30 Cents a Barrel for All Grades Will Occur Tomorrow; Wheat Demand Big. Wheat growers of the Pacific north west are securing extraordinary prices for their product because of the bij demand from the middle west and from Europe. Consumers are paying for this ad vance In the shape of further rises in the price of flour. Tomorrow there will be another advance of 20 cents per barrel in the price of all grades, which will place the wholesale p:ice of patent at J5.40 per barrel. Thft retail price will chow a similar advance. This makes a total advance of 6 0 cents a barrel in the price of floor hero within the last few weeks. During the day the price of wheat here struck $1.04 bid for blucstem variety and J1.0S1! ask for Holders. These are the highest figures of the season to date. With bread costing more to make and butter showing a very heay ad vance recently, as well as a prospec tive further rise, the bread and butter game is becoming an important fea ture. General Otis Is 111; Diagnosis Is Made i Afed TahUaher Xas Ho Particular Ail ment; Hot Well for Some Time; Operation Hot Thought Hecessary. Los Angeles. Jan. 14. (P. N. & General Harrison Grey Otis, newspaper publisher of Los Angeles, has been un dergoing treatment at St. Winifred's hospital in San Francisco since last Sunday. It waa learned here today. General Otis has not been feeling well for some time, according to relatives, and although his symptoms do not point to any particular anment, ne Is anxious to have a thorough diagnosis to extend over several weeks. Mrs. Harry Chandler, daughter of General Otis, said today that aa far 'as- is now known, no operation will be necessary. General Otis will be 7'J years old.next month. Girls ftoycott "Slackers." Parjs. Jan. 14. (I. N. S. The young unmarried women of Brittany have formed an association to boycott all bachelors who fail to enlist. Will Swap Motorcycle Wants.Wagons, Harness There are people, who like a rood rooming and boarding place."' Tfour "boarding them to you. iiu may uun Situations Male 3 ABI.E mechanic fireman, elevator operator, all rVind man; refer ences. Horses, Tehiclea, St. IS WILL pay cash for wagons -and harness. , ' 1 Swap Column 35 MOTORCYCLE! Cost $3 75; trade for auto, diamonds, or anything of value. will piano On a Want Ad that cost 39 cents a local furniture man sold a $153 Circassian walnut "set. See clas sified pages. ' BODY BRTHPLAC MONTENEGRO IS CRUSHED, CHIEF CITY CAPTURED Cettinje,-Capital of Little Eu ropean Kingdom, Occupied fay AUStria WithOUt OppO- sition, Vienna Announces. KING REPORTED READY TO SURRENDER ARMY I ! a - u: Ma Da i ,j j 1 WIUMIC IIUl UUIIIUalUCU ailU Populace Calm, Says Austrian Report. ! Vienna. Jan. 14. (I p The A us- i trlans have occupied Cettinje ,, . Monte-, negrin capita!, according to an official announcement today. The text of the statement announc ing the capture of Cettinje follows: "Austro-Hungarians. pursuing the I enemy, entered Cettinje without oppo rition. The city was not bombarded. The population i3 cairn." The above official statement carried ro confirmation of Rome reports that the Montenegrin king and the Aus trians had reached an armistice. KING NICHOLAS SAID TO HAVE AGREED TO SIGN AN ARMISTICE Rome. Jan. 14. (V. P.) Monte negro's valiant fight against Austrian odds is at an end. Austrian artillery was trained on Cettinje. tce ancient capital of the lit tie kingdom. with gunners waitinc only a signal to lay the citv in ruins when King Nicholas agreed to an armi- Mice which virtually eliminated Mon- tenegro from the war. , The sovereign wept as he agreed to a truce that probably means complete surrender. He called together his commanders and expressed a willing- I itess ii wiie in n;p mountains ana ; fight the invaders to the every end. but they persuaded him that continu ance of the struggle, unaided, meant eventually more misery than Serbia or Belgium suffered at the hands of Teu ton foemen. Army to Surrender. Formal negotiations of surrender of the half starved and poorly equipped little army are expected to begin im mediately. While no definite period has been set for continuance of the armistice it is believed tht a tentative peace will be arranged before the end of the month. Italian military officials believe that thousands of Montenegrins will re ject such an outcome, and Instead retire to their mountain fastnesses, there to wane a guer'lla warfare. Though the Montenegrin legation today had no confirmation of the re port that General Koevess and King Nicholas had nlgned a truce, they inclined to believe the report. The foreign office here, too, ws without confirmation. Course Hot Criticised. There was no crlrtciMn of Nicholas' course. Instead, on every hand there w a commendation of his brave stand against superior forces. Mount Lowcen. commanding Cettinje, and regarded for centuries as uncon querable, apparently succumbed to modern artillery. And. with Cettinje in their hands, the Austrian had what long they had coveted, a po<lon giv ing them a stranglehold upon the Adriatic, and removing a menace to their naval operations out of Caltaro. Ileoccnpy Kuk. lAt 8:30 o'clock, however, it was Just London, Jan. 14. (I. N. S.) The las cold as it wa at the same time yes Austrlans have reoccupled Kuk. accord- iterday. The thermometer hung around ing to advices received at the Monte-the 19 above mark at tne same hour nejjrln legal'on here today. CHILDREN THINK IT IS DRILL; MARCH Morton, Wn., Pupils Turned Out in Near-Zero Weather Without Wraps, Uninjured. Morton. Wash., Jan. 14. At 10:K. FIRE PROM BURNING ROOM o'clock this morning, fire broke out a.'01 UP at 4:20 o'clock yesterday morn the schoolhouse, and the children were) "K an(l nas nt been to bed since, marched out of the building in a min- j The council yesterday decided to ute and a half. No one was lnired. The last time fire drill was held the teachers said they would make a smudge the next time, so the children were not much alarmed until the fire began coming up through the floors. The temperature was nea rexwVonu en home. most or the children wer wraps. They were soon taken . Damage to the building was not I great, and is covered by Insurance. j The origin of the fire lei not known. I Steamer Is Ashore Near Virginia Cape Norfolk. Va-, Jan. 1 4. (1.' 57 84 The British steamer Priestfield ashore near Cape Henry. Although high seas are running and lifesavers are unable to reach the ves sel It la not considered in immediate danger. -' The Priestfield was bound from Norfolk for the Tyne. - ' Storm Closes Ten of Local Schools Today Tctal Enrollment of Places .Af fected Is 10,000 Pupils Still Out of School. Ten of Portland's public schools are cloned today on account of the storm. TheKe Include the new Couch and hattuck buildings and the Kuiling school, where the fuel oil supply has ieen exhausted and the oil companies have been unable to make deliveries. It is expected deliveries will be made before Monday. The other schools closed today are Glencoe. WlllbrldRe. Capitol Hill East- are, - new. Total enrollment of moreland. Multnomah Woodstock and schools closed is 3262 It Is estimated at the super- Intendent's office that at least 10,0u0jand Prince Salm, vice president. pupils are sti:i out ot scnooi i . . r . . . r . v. . . . i ; -oi more man icr rrui u' i" l i pilx in the primary gradea are in I : I.nte last night and before 6 o'clock i . . i . . . 1.-, -...wl,.,., 1 i .rmnn : was kept busy answering the telephone , for persons inquiring wnemer mere would be school today. iesteruay .i v,. ,., many persons ran iu maim inn closing the primary Kfades, while a number called to demand that the schools be kept open. At some of the schools boys in the ' manual training shoos made V-shaped aROW scrapers and cleared the walks about the schools. PREPARE TO SHIVER MORE ADVICE E OF WEATHER GUIDE III Probably Snow and Probably! Warmer Is Guarded Pre-! diction of Official Prophet, 1 , . "Have .you ar.y apologies to make to. shivering Portland?" I The question was put on a platter an,j handed to Edward A. Reals, genial forecaster. Just after be lad breakfast this morning. He returned home yes terday from Washington, 10. C, where he ha- been attending the Pan-American Scientific congress. "Huh, apologize? Why should I apologize? Tmlee'd T will not. Apolo- i glze for a little weather like this? Bay this is really mild compared with what I experienced coming through the Da kota and Montana. It was from 12 to 25 degrees below zero In those places," was bis unencouraclng reply. Conditions Are Unsettled. "Well, can't you promise us some re lief?" "The best I can do is to say that re lief is not in sight yet. But say, you had better talk to Mr. Drake. He nas been making the predictions," an- i swerea tne lorecaster. ana i neoaore r. lorake. assistant forecaster, came for uarri with these few well chosen wor: ! "Conditions are unsettled. Probably j snow toaay anu tomorrow. v e are no. j looking for it. though." . With the 14 inches of snow that i fell last night and the 9.3 inches that . fell In the three days previous storm, oid timers can sit back, draw on the brown corncobs and tell what happened back in 1S93. Since January 1 the total snowfall has- been about 17 inches. This is outclassed by only what hap pened in January and February of 183. One Degree Warmer. When Mr. Drake Baid that the weather was moderating he was right, for it was one degree warmer at a o'clock this morning than it was at the same time ye terdky morning. Ye terday at 5 a, m. it was 20 degreed above zero and this mormnr 21 above. both days. When the snow began to fall last night the Portland Ralway, Light & i Power company lost no time In putting 1 Its snow-clearing equipment Into ser L ice. By 10 o'clock all equipment via at worK aim on most lines cars were kept in service all night to keep th tracks clear. All cars are running on schedule time today. Residents ef Kings Heights had to walk down the Harnes road yesterday because of the heavy drifts on tht I i yesterday the car company managed to i clear the tracks and by o'clock last : night the service was again resumed on that, line. A little trouble waa ex I perienced on the Kastmoreland branch this morning but the track was cleared in time for service to be established for the Reed collesre sttidents. The snow has made a lot of work for James O. Convlll, superintendent of parks, who Is now chief assistant to i'he street cleaning bureau. Convill '-ire me unemployed as an auxiliary 1 corps to the street cleaning bureau i a,'d "lad" Convlll assisting with ,he unemployed work was put in i tharKe. - .jNegro Soldiers in a -r t- . TT 1 1 J5ig itioi in nonoiuiu Tivs Hundred Troopers of Hintb Cav alry Said Tenderloin, Wrecking It Infantry Clears tha Streets. Honolulu. Jan. 14. 41. N. S.) The tenderloin district of" Honolulu today vlrtually was a scene of wreckage, as the reirult of a systematic raid con ducted last night by 500 colored sol dier a of he Ninth cavalry. The police were helpless and order was not restored until a battalion of the Second infantry cleared the streets with fixed bayonets. The cause of the raid was not known fo the authorltlM. , i SOM Late, Telegraphic News Germans Foil Turk Plot. Paris. Jan. H. I. N. K.) Plotters who planned to kill Ktiver Pasha. overturn the youri Turks govern ment and expel all Germans fpjm Turkey were foiled In Constantinople by German detective. say dls-I-atches here today which ennff through Falonlkl. Scores of high Turkish officers were arrested, ac cording to the reports. Police guards In Constantinople are asserted to have bwn doubled. Tht disputciies declare that many the Germans Invented the bell. a I alleged plot with the idea of ini rea,ui-; their power In Turxy and to pre vent a possible Miissulnin uprising ac-iinst Knver Pastia and the Ger mans as a result oft the distress caused In Turkey by the war. Germany Increases Taxes. Berlin. Jan. 14. (I. N. S A bill Introduced in the diet today increases the tax on Incomes exceeding JlG.oou one hundred per cent. Count Armin Rertzenburic was elected president of the uprer house t- , o,.!.,, wnawr vu, Washington, Jan Till Monday. 4. (l I". Fear or Uirtner emoarra.ssment mr me m ministration In the discussion of Mex ican affairs resulted in adjournment j of the senate this afternoon to noon i Monday. Among the speakers were I Works. Fall. Lewis unj Gallinger. Rritish Threaten Strike. Ixmdon. Jan. 14 (I. N. S.l A resolution providing for a general strike if Kngland's military servi-.-bill becomes a law whs adopted her.' today by members of the National Railway Men's union. ' Fleishhacker to Washington, Jan. 14. (I.'N. S.) ' The federal reserve loard today an nounced the election of Herbert Fleish-hacker of Pan Francisco as ?v member of the advisory council of tho board. Itobbers Hreak Hank Safe. Clayton. Ala.. Jan. 14. (I. N. S. (Cracksmen ea.rlv today dynamited the safe "f the Hank of Clayton and escaped with K00. A posse, aidjd bloodhounds. i m pursuit. linrry Named Alternate. D. R&rry San Francisco newspaper man, ha-s been slated an alternate on the permanent Ford peuce tribunal. VON PAPEN'S PAPERS ALLEGED DYNAMITER Werner Horn, Who Tried to Blow Up Railway Bridge Paid $1800. Ixmdon, Jan. 14. (L7. P.) Docu ments taken from the recalled German Attache von Papen of the Washing ton (ierman embassy recently at Fal mouth showed that he paid I1S00 to -y,.rne Horn, who attempted to dyna mite th. Vanceboro, MSlne. interna tional bridge last spring, according to tlie foreign office today. This payment was made a fortnight before Horn made his attempt. Th foreign office said this was the first installment sent to Horn while other portions of the documents show that German Ambassador von Hern storff gave Von Papen several check One of these was for J2000 on the Rlggs bank of Washington, V. C, the duy before Horn was paid a $700 in stallment. The documents havo been sent to Washington to aid the state department in investigation of anti ally conspiracies in America. The records showed that the Ilern storff payments were charged against the war intelligence office. The pay ments to Von Papen totalled $6400. and the latter paid out $5000. Horn is a former German arrny offi cer. He Is undes indictment on a charge of illegally iranstKrtlng explo sives. Officals took him into custody on American soil after the attempt was made last February to blast the Vance boro bridge, over which great trains pass dally between Canada and the L'nited States. Five Are Indicted. New York. Jan. 14. ( L'. P.) Five persons, including one woman, were In dicted today on charges of conspiring to ship rubber secretly to Germany iu violation of customs laws. The indicted persons are: Edward Weber, cousin of Alfred Weber of the Deutsche Rank, Ilerlln: Paul Schmidt, a rubber dealer; Max Jaeger, Mrs. Annie Dehkers. a resident of Holland, and Richard Wohlberg, a Bronx cement dealer. Cathedral at Sora Is Consumed by Blaze Statue of Patron Saint, TJnrnjured 07 Earthquake, Were Being Destroyed; Berrices Held. Rome. Jan. 14.-(1. N. ..) While services commemorating the earth quake at Kora wer in progress tiday. the cathedral of Sora was consumed by fire and the status of Saint Re titua, Sora's protecralnt. virtually the only object UrJ ijured in the earthquake, was dest; yed. The fir started when a candli set fire to an altar cloth. Dallas Jury Grants Damages to. Woman Dallas, Or.. Jan. U.A Jury this morning gave Mrjj lAura Bsrham $451.50 damages father suit against iir I' A. Bollmadrfor malpractice- SHOW MONEY PAID TO Train Service Paralyzel. Sa ramento. Cal.. Jan. 14. l P ) Railroad service from the east today was paralyzed because of unusually heavy snow in the mountains. Trains d:;e in Sacramento at G o'clock this morning over the Southern j Pacific will not arrive until late to- nlKht. Railway officials say the snowfall is one of the heaviest in the' history Vn the mountain sections The Western Pacific also had Its 1 t-roublfn. It is reported there are six . ftet of snow near Portola. Schmidt Is Reprieved. fortiricatlons. Albany. N. T.. Jan. 14 (I N. S The ofrlcrri, &TT(.Bte were Karl Alt- I pon pl.-a of counsel that Anflii 1 n.ann. Emil Klatsteln. Fred Kruger and Aumueller, for whflse murd.-r Hans , Karl Khrmann Altmann and Klat-Schmld- was sentenced tfj be ele;- R(eln Wf.re work,nK on the redger and trocuted this week, in reality died , Kruger and Ehrmann were employed as the result of a criminal operation 1 , th runcroft textile mills. The four and that u c..nip,c manslaughter instead or ursi ie- ; of first de rr-e murder. Governor hitman to day granted Schmidt a respite in order to have" the iioint argued be fore the proper tribunal. ! Hazers Are Suspended. Pan Francisco. Jan. 14. i P. N. S i The loard of educatifi today penfled five Ixwell hig I dents for participation I ings. i Suspension of the students followed an executive session or me ooara ni education which lasted throughout the day. The suspended students ftre: William Regentz. John Collins, Gerald Harrison, Charles Gwynn and Kenneth Kulol son. To Guard Neutrality. Sn Franc isc-o, Jan. 14. ( P. N. S. -Further precautions for neutrality are taken in special Instructions received here today by Collector of the Port J. U. Davis, dealing particularly wltn merchant vessels of belligerent na-ap- tlons. Disconnection of radio paratus, under seal. Is ordered. Kuv-iaiis Sink Submarine. j iAjud.-n. Jan. H.' II'. P.) Destruc- lion of an enemy submarine and two ' enemy coal slips in the Mack Sea is. claimed in the latest P'trograd offi - 1 cial statement. This told, too, of re- pulse of Teuton attacks made under ; cover of a snowstorm on the S'trypa ! front. 1 Operate on Kaiser Again. Paris, Jan. 14. ( I. S. S. I Havas dispatches received here today stated that Kaiser Wilhelm underwent an other operation Sunday at the hands of an American surgeon. OLYMPIA CELEBRATES TODAY l HONOR OF U. P. SYSTEM ADVENT Governor Ernest Lister Onei Geneva. Jan. 14 (I. N. 8.) In spite r r i . r i" 'of a high fever and weakness. Kaiser 0T bpeaKerS ai UealCailOn r i -T- I 0T INeW I ermmal. Oiympia, Wash., Jan. 14. (P. N. S.) Dedication of the new Union Pacific terminal Into Olympla was accom plished here today with appropriate ceremonies attended by hundreds Df residents of Olympla and the state .it large. Governor Krnest Lister was t one of the speakers. Inspection of the depot and terminal facilities of the Oregon-Washlngtoi Railroad & Navigation company and addresses by representatives of vari ous ruilroads featured the program. Ceremonies were conducted under the auspices of the Olympla Chamber of Commerc". Tort landers Attend Celebration. To take part in today's celebration Incident to the public opening of the O-W. R. & N. Co.'s new branch into Olympla, a party of Portland business and newspaper men went to the Wash ington state capital this morning in a special car attached to' the regular O-W. R. & X. train leaving the Union depot at s:30 o'clock. In the party were Robert M. Irvine, sales manager, Fleischner, Mayer 6c Co.; J. P. Rasmussen of Rasmuatten & Co.: Frank H. Page of M. I.. Kline; E. C. Ward of the Marshall-Wells Hard ware company; Kdwin I. Xeuatadler of Neustadter Brothers: Carl Bchallln ger of the Hazelwood company, A. 6. Moody. Portland manager General Klec trlc company; J. W. Brewer, head of the Oregon Development bureau, Port land Chamber of Commerce; Addison Bennett of the Morning OregonUn; A. C. Reese of the Evening Telegram, and Mrs. Reese, and Charles T. Moge, Ore gon Journal. 30,000 Miners Will Get Wage Increase United States Steel Corporation aad Others ia Xiftke Begion, Announce 10 Per Cent Baise February 1. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 14 (I. N. 8.) A 10 par cent Increase In wages, ef fective February 1. today was an nounced by the United States Steel corporation and other Iron mining companies of the lake region. About 30.000 workmen will benefit. High School Pupils To Start Cafeteria galem. Or., Jan. 14. The Salem school board last night authorised the establishment of a cafeteria by the ad vanced students of the domestic sci ence department of the high sciiooL The cafeteria is to be open to all pu pils and teachers of the high school. The McKlnley school building was formally accepted and final payment of $819 to Snook & Travers, the con tractors, authorised. Dr. O. B. Miles was elected school physician at a salary of $35 per month. Drs. Mott, Gashatt. Pemberton. Mcln tyre, Clements and iSllls were the other cMCdldates. Germans Are Arrested Near Powder Works Wilmington, Pel.. Jan. 14. (I. N. R ) po , f h German navy .,.h.n h" escaped from Interned vsarshlp. were arrested by government agents here today. Two of the Germans were employed on a United State dredger enlaced in the work of constructing mm wm mart nir a tnardine nouse but tne n throw from the Haley yards and plants of the Lu Pont Pow- der company. The Germans were taken to Glouces ter, jn. j. inventigation or recent -j t losions at the plants of the Iu Pont Powder company led to their arrests. iiSEjKySER IS NOT NEAR DEATH, AS REPORTED, Never Confined to Bed; Re ceives Guests; Soon to Re sume Usual Activities, Xew York. 14. (U. P ) Kaiser Wilhelm of Gennany is not near dtath, as various newspaper reports have claimed. He receives guests dally, and - oon will resume his usual activities, This word came today from Chancellor von liethmar.n-Holl weg to the United Press in response to a request for au- thorltatlve Information as to the em- ptror's condition. Coming- as it does. directly after an official denial through l'nited Press Correspondent Ackerman that the kaiser's Illness is serious, it was taken here as Indicating there is no foundation for reient alarming re- j ports. The message from Ho It,t follows: Copyright. 191S. by the United P'ess. "The L'nited I'ress: Berlin, by wireless to Sayvllle, N. Y., Jan. 14. His majesty receives guests every evening. He receives in audience his ministers of state and of ficers of high rank for dally confer ences. The kaiser walks In the palace and gardens when weather permits, lie has never been confined to his bed and will very shortly resume his customary activities. 8ipned), "VON BETHMANN HOLLWEQ." I naA Cava nnmvm Wilhelm. according to advices received I oere luuay, i npi'v-ii.riiiB in puuuc in order to give the lmpreeslon that he is convalescent. Allies Continue to Disembark Troops Ho Indications Appear of Immediate Teutonic Offensive Aeroplane Bom bardments Alone Disturb Salonlkl. Salonikl. Jan. 14. I. N. S. ) The 'allies are continuing dli-embarkment of large force, although there are no in dications of an Immediate offensive by the Teutons. Activities are confined to Intermit tent aeroplane bombardments. .Nothing to Report. Berlin. Jan. 14. (I. N. S.) The German general staff's statement to day announced that there was nothing to report on either the eastern or Balkan fronts. The statement added that only isolated artillery bombard ments, grenadlng and mining opera tions had taken place on the western front, because of heavy rains and storms. Corbetis Are to Sell 100,000 Acres Land With prospects for railroad con struction In Harney county growing brighter every day. the Eastern Ore gon Llvestoak company, for which articles of incorporation were recently filed, is expeotlng the time will soon be here when It can open for settlement a tract of 100.000 acres the company owns in that part of Oregon. If. I.. Corbett made this announcement to day. The Corbetts are interested In the company, which has taken over the holdings of the Blitzen iValley Isnd company and Is capitalised for $l,0Ui oOO. The big tract of land is to h? opened as soon as railroad service is available. 1 Railway surveys have been made near and through the tract. Chilean Ambassador Suarez Has Resigned Washington. Jan. 14. (U. P) Chil ean Ambassador Suarez has resigned, the embassy announced today, assign ing "personal reasons" as the cause. Suarex took a prominent part In the A. B C. negotiations at Niagara Falls In 1914, when efforts were made to set tle Mexican troubles through media tion. Editors of Menace Found Not Guilty Joplln. Mo., Jsn. 14. U. P.) The Jury In the rase of the alleged editors of the Menace, charged with misuse of the malls, returned a verdict this aft ernoon of not guilty, following out-the instructions of the judge. They were out overnight. . CHANCELLOR S PUWER MEN'S RUSE FAILURE; ii Portland Gets Night Before the United States Chamber of Commerce; Interests Try to Grab Opportunity. ' . . a HIGHWAY COLOR VIEWS GET PLACE OF HONOR -1 i ' . Monopolists Propose Deal to Get Chance to Oppose Ferris Bill in Speech. Portland baa a publicity opportunity never before given a city of this cots try. But the water power Interests tried to grab this opportunity for them elves. , The United State Chamber of Com-:: meree has wired an invitation te ex hibit the natural color pictures fit the Colombia river highway before the na- -tional convention of the organization . in Washington, X. C, the evening of February 8. President Wilson's cabi net offloers and members of congress -are expected to see the views. The telegram, received this morning by the Portland Chamber of Commerce, Is an evldenoe of triumph. Zt showed this city could get a bear ing before a gieat national organisa tion representing all the prominent commercial bodies of the country, with out conceding half the opportunity to the water power monopoly in order t secure the privilege. Power Men Set Busy. Briefly stated the water power ta tercets tried to steal more thn half the evening for a speech promoting their fls-ht aralnst tha Perrla water bill now pending before congress, as the prlife of using their influence to get for fort land the opportunity to show the won der pictures of the great highway la the Gorge of the Columbia. , It came about somewhat in this wise: - When Richard A Filene of ltoetou. vice president of the National Chairjber of Commerce, was recently In'jPort- land, he saw the highway And l saw the natural color pictures of iVieWe along the highway... . He was tutlRUaiesUc . PORTLANDWINS He said that by all means thes:mat nlflcent views should Ik; hoi rn at Washington. 1 He added that he would try la have the pictures Included on the program and that he would telegraph the re- -suit of his effort. The big opportunity, of course, fired : local Interest. The Chamber of Com- -meree wires kept hot In endeavor to confirm the Invitation. - Some of the local representatives of would-be power monopoly also be came interested. Suggestion Is Mad. , Presently came a message from a Wall street group by way of Seattle and signed by the name of the Seattle -power factor. It spoke with king ap proval of the project to show the'pie tures. It continued with suggestion V. that this influence would be seed to get the privilege if at least as,-hoar and a half of the evening should se granted the representative of - these same waterpower interests to praseat toe waterpower situation. The suggestion analysed seemeK cH( ' blooded. : 'The nerve ut It," exclaimed ofte.of the men who saw the message, - No one here was willing to grant away to the polite water power monop- ' olists Portlands opportunity. -Only . Portland influence wa further used la effort to confirm the invitation, r That -J, is why the telegram of confirmation, this morning was the sign of triumph,'. The delegation from the Portland Chamber of Commerce will arrange a " smoker and a buffet luncheon in com- ' nection with the showing of the $$(- tures. A meeting was held at- noon -today. Henry Berger Jr.. and Franc I. Jones will probably go back with their pictures and then continue -on-tour of eastern cities. Samuel C. Lan- " caster, engineer of the Columbia, river j highway, and Frank Branch Riley, , well known for oratorical ability, have : been spoken of as the men to mike the -verbal presentation In Washington. TWO MILLION DOLLAR LUMBEI IS Lowe and France 8aid to 1 TRANSACTION ABERDEEN REPORT Have Disposed of Holdings, - to Poison and Others. Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 14. It .S said -here that E. H. lowe of Michigan, and Eugene France of the city, have dis posed of a large part of their , timber holdings In Grays Harbor and Jeffer son counties to a syndicate composed of the Poison, Fordney and Coats and other logging companies. The reported deal involves $2,000,000. ' ; Dutch Hteamer Struck ftllne. London. Jan. 14. (I. X. B.) The Hutch steamship Maashaven baa been - abandoned at sea after- striking mine,' according to" advices raceive-1 here today. The crew was savod. 1 IMnhop Humner to K Dealt. ' Chicago, III- Jan. 14. Bishop 6utn ner, or the class of "S, will addrsaa thj Dartmouth college alumni dinner here tonight. j