The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 14, 1916, Page 1, Image 1

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temp, last night,
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VOL. XIV. NO. 266.
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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&ltlon 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;
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Portland Gets Night Before
the United States Chamber
of Commerce; Interests
Try to Grab Opportunity. '
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HIGHWAY COLOR VIEWS
GET PLACE OF HONOR
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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