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VOL. XIII. NO. 43.
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1916.
11 , cXirTg ssf-
CllNS AND
BURTON AFTER
PRIMARY VOTE
These Two Republicans Seem
to Lead in Interesting Race
to Capture Early Primaries
in Western States.
OTHERS REMAIN IN THE
FAVORITE SON CLASS
Weeks, Fairbanks and Sher
man Still Cherish Fond
Hope; Borah Passes.
Washington. Jan. 10. WASHING
TON BUREAU OK THE JOURNAL).
Slowly developing, republican presi
dential politic is tending toward a
showdown in the western primary p.
states between Senator Cummins of
Iowa and ex-Senator Burton of Ohio.
Such is the opinion here, based on re
cent happenings affecting other names
that have been considered in the gos
sip of the last few months.
This does not mean that the final
race has narrowed to Cummins and
Burton, or that either of these men
must be the nominee. But it appears
that these two are going after the
western primary vote with a vim, and
will fight it out between them for
delegations that might otherwise have
been pocketed by Hughes, Roosevelt,
or Root.
Weeks, Fairbanks and Sherman are,
of course. Just as anxious as Cum
mins or Burton to make a showing,
but their strength remains in the fa
vorite son class. Weeks may get
other New England states besides
Massachusetts, but Burton holds a de
cisive lead over him In the Mississippi
valley, according to prevailing opin
ion. Fairbanks will draw the Ken
tucky vote, as well as Indiana, and
Sherman has a chance for Missouri in
addition to Illinois.
In the real western hattlegrour.J.
comprising Minnesota, the Oakotas,
Nebraska. Kansas and states further
west, the struggle seems to lie be
tween Burton and Cummins. Predic
tions are heard that these two men
will go into the convention with the
.largest number of Instructed dele
gates. Borah Talk Fades 1b East.
Borah Lalkr in the east has practi
cally died away. Some of his friends
declare that he has made a mistane
by keeping out of the primary con
tests, as they believe he would have
held greater potential strength in the
east than any other western man of
progressive tendencies. They thinn
he might, by demonstrating western
strength, have become substitute for
Hughes or Roosevelt when the de
cisive" moment comes.
For despite the prestige that Cum
mins or Burton or both may gather
from the primary results In the wes:,
politicians are not inclined to look
upon either as a winner. Fear Is en
tertained that Cummins could not
carry New York and other eastern
tates that he would need, and line
doubt is entertained as to Burtons
acceptability with the progressives.
However, If either Burton or Corr
mlns should do the unexpected thin?,
and one or the other should win neai
ly ail the western .primaries, his can
didacy would assume new proportions.
It might then be difficult to stop him,
particularly If he showed up well in
the eastern primaries.
Governor Whitman seems likely to
become the formal choice of New
York, la order that Its indorsement
may not go by default to some out
sider. The choice of Pennsylvania is
expected to rest upon the result of
conferences Penrose has been holding
with his lieutenants, and it will not
be surprising if Pennsylvania again
presents the name of Knox.
Roosevelt Flays Waiting Qame.
Theodore Roosevelt, as the prize po
litical enigma, continues to claim first
attention in discussions of the great
Republican dilemma of 1916. An
nouncement that in the middle of Feb
tuary he is going to the West Indies
to pursue the simple life, returninj
about April 1, is arousing unusual In
terest. '
Politicians now are taking it for
srranted that Roosevelt . is playing a
waiting game. By keeping his narre
off the ballot in Michigan, declining to
stand lor either the Republican or
Progressive party indorsement, they
conclude that he is not ready to dis
close his hand. This view Is strength
ened: by his cancellation of speaking
engagements and his proposed retreat
to island life.
. His return is planned for a date
when the presidential fight will be
under full steam. Primaries will have
Deen neia in iiiuiana, Minnesota, New
Hampshire and North Dakota bv that
time, and the colonel can be well ad
vised as to the temper and direction
of the .winds that are blowing. He will
. le prepared to throw himself into the
contest then, not perhaps as an active
condidate. but as one who will again
. be In position to play havoc with plans
of the reactionary leaders'.
The old line leaders have been Wiv
ing out the impression that Roosevelt
and his followers are to be weicomed
back to the party, but they are confi
dent of their ability to control through
the machine organizations, and they
intend that the progressive element
hall return as followers of their pro
gram. Roosevelt's attitude, as diag
nosed by observers here, is that of
willingness to return, but to return
upon terms laid dowa by himself.
These terms Include the nomination of
a leader of the progressive wing, a
man named Roosevelt preferred.
Here comes the rub. for the old line
leaders regard dictation by Roose-
"velt as obnoxious, and they resent the
Idea that the candidate of the party
must be stamped with an O. K. from
i Oyster Bay.
The New Tork Tribune, reminding
pany mat it gave Tart loyal sup-
V l Concluded on Fx Tea." Column One)
NEWSilNDEX
SECTION ONE 14 PAGES
Fag.
Cummins and Borah Likely Candidates.
veest ua-aes in Snip Building,
riot te Force Xexicaa Crisis Hinted.
Explosion Wreaks So marine E-2.
Stockholm Permanent Beat ( Teao
Tribunal.
Weather Records.
Broach of Tmt is Van epea Cm.
Imported Injury in Class Initiation
Scented.
Chamber cf Ccmmerr Work Outlined.
Mr. Psnlthmrst Denied Admittance V. S.
Mehr Murder Trial Proceeds.
MobUixatio of Kaaufactoriee TJrsed.
War, te Date, Costs M Billwr.s.
Would Divorce Tariff and Politic.
Pallia Trte Cruhea Children.
Weather Works Lai to Ope; a.
Festival Chairman eiamed.
WU Be!! Primroses fir Charity.
Honor Accorded Stanford Alunyiu.
Alderman Aaures-ed Civi; League.
President of Princeton Cortina-.
B. 8. McCl-re Be-aa low Aboard Peace
Bhip.
Reed Students Hal in Boow.
Bieighinc Party Meet With Mishap.
8ntw Brine Hungry Birds in Foroe.
Skiirs Parties to Visit Mt. Hoed.
8. A. D. Fiiter Again in Limelight.
Custody of Girl Again Oirea Xiiitncmea
Ccurt.
tWeico County Receives Jolt.
Plans Mad for Laymen's Meet.
New Pastor at Atkinson Memorial.
Ccmniiaiioner Aitchison Called to Wash-
ina-tcn.
Oregon Aspirants Toss Hats in Sins.
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13.
14.
aimi s aiu duu CI rmcMiirB.
B,oedy Fighting on East Front. I
Ali in Seadiaisi for Letter-Writing j
Week.
0. A. C, Research en the Lore n berry.
Family Snowbound in Coast Mountains.
Launcn Cajpsixee; Tt o Drowned .
Stockmen Fearful of Epidemic of Rabiee.
Oloott Prepares Digest of Election Laws.
Hew Officer? for O-W. K
k N. Club.
Judge Marrow Keep C.
Prison.'
Traifio Offioer Has "Cold
Her low From
' Job.
SECTION TWO 12 PAGES
tare.
1-3. Snorts News.
-5. Automobiles and Good Roads.
6. Washington Hih Graduates.
Letters Prcm the People.
7. Markets and Finance.
I. Real Istate arid Building.
9-11. Want Ada.
12. Marine.
Function of Kaval Consulting Board.
SECTION THIIEE 8 PAGES
Para
! 1-3 Dramatic and Photoplay ICewi.
. Lditoriai.
e. Brief Information.
I own Topic.
Chamiee Exchange Plan Sanctioned.
Employer' Attit.de on Conciliation.
0. War Zone Observations.
7. Illustrated Kewa Review.
8. Lincoln High School Graduates.
Kews of the Schools.
SECTION' FOUR 8 PAGES
The Week in Society.
i. The Realm of Music.
Fi eternal Kotes.
!. Women's Cine Affairs.
Fasnion Chatter.
For the Meedleworker.
I. Mid-Tear Class at Jefferson.
Benson Polytechnic Graduates.
SECTION' ,FIVF 8 PAGES
(Magmxine)
Page
1. Why I Am Young at 71 By Sarah Bern,
hardt.
I. IiscoTering Latent Genius by Hypno
tism. Why First Quarter of Sight's Sleep Is
Seat.
3.
On the Sunny Side of Life.
Ransom Facts and Fancies.
Gui ithe Bus Barings Bank Founded
By Jack Lait.
How to Avoid the. Grip By Woods
Hutohinaoa, A. M., M. D.
11.049 Deaths a Year From Grip By
William S. Sadler. M D.
What's in a Back t By Lillian Rusaell.
The Housekeeper's Council Table By
Dorothy Do lan.
Movie i Demand Courageous Actios By
Louella O. Parsons.
Oldest Movie Fan Tell How to Stay
Yonsg.
Caiioooagrams By Charles A. Ogden.
Glooskap and the Winter Grant By
Geoigsna Faulkner.
:crio.' six
(Comic)
PAGES
Wilhelmina's Palace
Opened to Refugees
People Xrom Several Towns Seek
Safety in Amsterdam rrom llood
Fisherman's Families Affected.
AmAtcrdani. Jan. 15. i I". P.)
More than a score of fishermen and
their families, livlnif on the tiny island
of Marken. 10 miles northwest of Am
sterdam, in the Zuyder Zee. are be
lieved to have perished in the flood
rolled fiver the low dykes by the
heavy rtoims.
A telephone message from Marken
before nxn today said that 18 of the
islanders had been drowned and that
big waves continued to roll over the
little pclnt of land. Telc-phone com
munication was Interrupted a few
moments after the message was re
ceived. ,
There is a lighthouse on the north
east end of the island, and It Is
thought possible some of the fisher
folk sought refuge there.
Refugees from several towns inun
dated when the Zuyder Ze dyke
broke poured into Amsterdam tonight.
Queen Wilhelmlna placed the royal
palace here at the disposal of Bur
ro master Lodge, with instructions
that refugees be fed at her expense.
Railroads Look for
Big Tourist Season
Los Angeles, Jan. 15. (P. N. S.)
All transcontinental raftroads today
announced that in order to accommo
date the tourist travel, through train?
will be run In from two to three sec
tions, during the next few weeks, at
least. Railroad men declared that
from ail indications travel will be
more extensive this year than any
other year in California's history,
with the exception of 1915.
Baby Is Necessary
To Procure Position
There's no argument concern
ing the pulling power of Journal
want ads. Men who use them
unite; in declaring that -they pull
business and make sales of ev
erything. Kelp Wasted Female a
WANTED Young woman with
baby to keep house for widower.
fox Sale mscellameous 19
FOR SALE One baby carriage;
one Acorn gas range; an Alas
kan grlxily bear rug.
gwhaiifs allslll
14 ROOM brick apartment, close
in. What have you?
In today's classified sections
are -hundreds of ads. Among them
may be advertised the very thine;
you want to buy or somebody
may be seeking that which you'
wish to sell. . Look them over!
COAST ENTERS
BIGGEST ERA IN
BUILDING SHIPS mm tL3fP
Orders in Pacific Shipyards
Now Heavier Than at Any
Time in History of Marine
Industry.
TOTAL VALUE NEARLY
$26,000,000, ESTIMATE
Portland Has Share in Con
structing Craft to Ply
River and Sea.
V. 8. Merchant Marine Growth,
Many ships wii: be built in
trie shipyards alone the Wtl-
laniete and Columbia riiers this
year, according to Indications.
Shortage of tunnutu to arrv
lumber arid gruin out of this
port and the high prices and
scarcity of eteel maite it prub-
ahle that ships of wxid is-
sibly saillt.K craft with aixll-
iary eteam or gasoline engines
will become a feature of looiil
activities.
Columbia and Willamette
t
yards have contracts, or ar
in nsidering contracts, for ves-
st-ls exceeding $ 00,000 In cost.
Grays Harbor and Pugct
sound yards have heavy con-
t ra. ts.
San Francisco bay yards have
contracts said to exceed $21.-
000,000, including 19 bis
freight ships.
Los Angeles yards have con-
tracts exceeding- $3,000,000 In
value.
More contracts are sairt to be
waiting the increase in capacity
of yards.
Norway has placed contracts
for vessels on this coast for
strengthening Its merchant ma-
rine.
The American merchant ma-
rine is now stronger than be-
fore the war and is gaining
constantly in nunvber of ships.
1
Shipbuilding as an industry along
the Pacific coast has taken- -on re
newed life. Co:. tracts have been placed
fot more than $26,000,000 worth of
new vessels, some of them already
well toward completion and others to
be built as soon as the ways are clear.
Portland. Seattle, Tacoma, Hoquiam.
Astoria. St. Helens, San - Francisco,
Los Angeles and Oakland shipyards
are all crowded with orders. Indica
tions, noted in the reports of builders
o'all these ports, point to the greatest
era of shipbuilding the Pacific coast
has known.
Many reasons are responsible for
this increase. The war is the one great
Inciting factor, but as In every other
line affected by the war. shipbuilding
-i affected by the rearranged lines of
business, the shift of merchant marine
domination from Kngland and Conti
nental Europe to other nations; the in
ternment of German carriers In for
eign ports, and the resulting scarcity
ot tonnage, to say nothing of the enor
mcus increase In business.
Ocean Freights Highest,
This has made ocean freights the
world over hither than they ever have
been in the history of sea traffic.
Ships have been known to pay for
themselves In one trip. Other ships
hve turned over such large dividends
to their owners that holders of t,hip
stock have been in Jubilant mood.
The result has made It by no means
difficult to obtain money for construc
tion of r.ew vessels. With the oppor
tunity ripe for building up an Ameri
can merchant marine on hleh stand
ards, the builders have not been slow
la attacking the problem.
Some builders say that more sIiIds
would be constructed now if the prices
cf steel were not so high and It were
not so difficult to get the steel, even
at the high prevailing rrices. British
Columbia shipbuilders see in wooden
ships an answer to this.
Flea for Wooden Ships.
They contend that these vessels
would relieve the emergency on the
Paclfla coast and hold business that
now is going to the Atlantic coast
ships by rail from the northwest.
An annual report just issued by the
federal commissioner of navigation
shows that he number of ships under
construction on June 30. the date of
tr.e report, was the largest in the his
tory of this country. It shows that
the total tonnage then In the ship
yards was 751.541. Including 9 ves
sels exceeding 2000 tons and 13 ves
sels exceeding 10.000 tons. The total
tcrnage under the American flag was
quoted at 8,44.258.
Orders for ships now being executed
in. Portland approximate 1500,000 in
value. This figure does not include
several tentative -orders, but It does
lcclude repairs.
Here is some of the work being
dene now or which will be started as
soon as possible in Portland:
Joseph Supple is working on these
orders:
Kitsap No. t. for Kitsap Transporta
tion Co., Seattle, Wash., to cost $80,000.
and be finished May 15. Work now
under way. .
Hercules, steamer owned by Colum
bia Contract Co.. being: given thorough
overhauling inside and out, $5000.
Delia, gas Bchooner, minor repairs,
1250.
St. Helena Ship Building Co. has
these jobs:
City of Portland, auxiliary powered
schooner. 6 masted, for McCormick
Lumber Co, keel laid July 1, to e
completed April 1; dimension, length
265 feet, beam 46 feet, depth of hold 19
feet; cost 180.COO.
Orders for two duplicates placed by
UcCorralck Lumber Co, $1(0,000.
Three masted auxiliary power
(Cooctadea ea Page Tea.- Colaau rear)
A GENERAL view of the Cusihuiriachic mine property in western Chihuahua to reopen which was the mission of the party of
Americans and others, 18 of whom were taken from a train by Mexican bandits Monday night and shot. At the right is
C. R. Watson, one of those slaughtered. Secretary of State Lansing promptly addressed the Carranza government, de
manding that all efforts be made "to pursue, capture and punish the bandits responsible for this dastardly outrage."
BRISK, BITING WIND
TO TRIALS OF
PORTLAND PEOPLE
r r i . a 1 1
Beauty or it aii is
Present
Endure
Condition May
Several Days Yet,
Added to the trials and tribulations
of the Oregonlans yesterday came a
brisk, biting east wind. It swirled
about the streets, picking up the light
snow and driving it against faces and
hands like so much buck shot.
The prospects are, assert the weath
er bureau officials, that this condition
may exist for several days. Atmo
spheric conditions seem to have settled
all over the northwest, and unless a
storm, unlooked for, appears from off
the coast, preparo for burning opjjMn
wood.
Temperatures were all about the 20
degree mark yesterday. The hourly
temperatures were as follows:
o a. m., 23; 6 a. m., 22; 7 a. m.,
S a. m , 20; 9 a. m.. 20; 10 a. m.,
11 a. m.. 22; noon. 22; 1 r. m., 22;
m., 22; 3 p. m., 22; 4 p. m., 21; 5 p
2J; 6 p. m., 20; 7 p. rri., 20.
21;
22
: p
m.. Drain Water Iipes Advised.
"Drain the water pipes In the base
ment where the housts distributing
system begins"
Plumbing Inspector Hay offers this
suggestion to Portlanders who are
anxious to avoid a plumbing bill be
cause of froten water pipes.
"Don't let the water run all night
and thus expect to keep the pipes from
freezing. If you do, the water will
run Into the drain Rjpes and there
freeze, and you'll have to get a plumb-,
er, after all.
"Shut the water off In the base
ment so that the water pipes In the
house will be drained. Free of water,
they will not freeze."
Quietus on Crime.
Cold weather Is believed to be the
cause of the quietness at the police
station. Yesterday was one of the
quietest days In the history of the de
partment. From 8 o'clock yesterday morning
until S o'clock last night only 16 names
appeared on the police docket, where
usually during the same length of time
there are from 25 to 100 names. Of
the 16 names seven were Chinamen
who were arrested charged with hav
ing lottery tickets in their posses
sion, three were being treated at the
emergency hospital for slight Injur
ies and two were soldiers en route
east under guard. The other four were
held on minor larceny charges.
Fir Department Kept Busy.
With the high wind and overheated
stoves Portland's fire bureau was kept
busy yesterday. Although none of
the. fires were of serious proportions,
the fire bureau still remains prepared.
Chief Dowell having all men in ser
vice and time off periods temporarily
suspended.
From midnight Friday to 9 o'clock
last night there were 19 alarms turned
in. Apparatus responded to nine
a'arms and In the oher 10 cases of
chimney fires a member of the fire
company nearest the scene responded
instead of the apparatus..
Four of the nine fires that neces
sitated apparatus were caused by heat
ing frozen water pipes. Another was
caused by heating the frozen radiator
of an automobile and the others were
caused by defective flues.
As a result of the frequency of flc
and the difficulties encountered by the
department In reaching the scenes.
Chief Dowell and Fire Marshal 8tevens
again warn against the overheating
of stoves. They also suggest that In
the case of chimney firca the fire
bureau be notified by telephone In
stead of pulling an alarm box, calling
for fire apparatus.
Guncotton Is Saved
In Battle With Fire
Pottavllle, Pa., Jan. 15. a. N. S.)
The cotton storage and tank houses of
the Atlas Powder company at Mount
Carbon were destroyed by fire this
afternoon. Pottsvllle firemen had a
hard battle to keep the flames from
the acid bouse and magazine, where
$120,000 worth of guncotton was
stored.
STOCKHOLM IS PICKED WM$f.f mil
AS
OF PEACE
American Delegate to Ford
Peace Congress' Left for
Home Last Night,
By Charles P. $ swart.
The ilasue. Jan. II (U. P.)
Stockholm has been chos n as the seat
of tii permanent peace tribunal es
tablished by the Ford peace party.
The selection was made this afternoon
just before the American delegates
left for Rotterdam to take passage for
Amef lea.
The choice of the Swedish capital,
however. Is , subject to Henry jtord's
approval. The delegates agreed that
since Ford wu' footing the blffB,1 H8 '
should be allowed to say where the
peace tribunal should sit.
Stockholm was favored because of
the enthusiastic reception the peace
pp.rty received there. In Denmark,
English sympathizers declared this
was true because the Swedes are with
Germany.
When the first session of the per
manent tribunal will be held, will not
be determined until the Ford lieu
tenants learn wiuther Ford. William
J. Jiryan and Miss Jane Addains will
serve on the permanent board.
The Scandinavian delegates, who
(Concluded on Page Four. Column Two)
Canadian Troops in
Important Battle
Z.osses Are Heavy, Two Keglxaenta
Alone Zposing 63S Killed aad Wound
ed; If any Americans oa Koster.
Ottawa, Out.. Jan. 13. (I". P.) Re
ports reaching Ottawa today report
that Canadian troops have been In an
important engagement, presumably on
the west front, and have suffered
severely. The losses -are officially
stated to have beei 535 killed and
wounded. The regiments In the fight
ing which have suffered are the Third
C. M. R. of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and
the Thirty-first Infantry battalion of
Calgary under Lieutenant A. H. Hell.
Thet Third Canadian Mounted Rifles
Is one of the finest battalions which
Canada has sent to the front. It was
recruited in Medicine Hat and was a
picked regiment. It is under the com
mand of Lieutenant Colonel WhitakT.
The men composing the regiment ar?
drawn fr,om all corners of the globe.
Many are Americans.
There are no details of the engage
ment, only the bare statement of the
525 casualties being given. General
Hughes cabled to the war office for
details.
Turkish Government
Overthrow' Averted
Jiany Arrested la Plot to Xlll Enver
Pasha, SeUs Government aad Oust
Germans From Turkey.
Paris, Jan. 15. (U. P.) A well or
ganized plot to kill Enver Pasha, over
throw the Turkish government and
oust the Germans from Turkey has
I een discovered at Constantinople, the
Salonlkl correspondent or the Temps
wired today.
Many Turkish officers were impll
cated, it was reported, and .numerous
arrests have been made.
Explosion KUIs One. .
Bellingham, Wash., Jan. 15. (U. P.)
Frank K.. Allen, a farmer living at
Ten Mile, was killed 'about noon to
day when dynamite exploded in his
roothouse, and Harley Allen, his son,
was seriously injured at the sam
time. lioy Allen, another son, was
hurt, but not dangerously.
The cause of the explosion is un
known. Thm Sunday Journal today . pub
lish the photographs of the mid
year -graduating classes of tho high
mnd technical schools. The Wash
ington, high class photographs are on
Page 6, Section 2; Lincoln on Page 8,
Section 3; Jefferson and Benson Poly
technic on Page ft. Section 4.
PERMANENT SEAT V,
&yx-r t?rs i
TRIBUNAL fCmm
Explosion Wrecks U. S. Diver
As Batteries Are Put In Place
Four Men Are Killed on E-2, Ten
With New Edison Storage Batteries in Brooklyn
Navy Yard Gases Explode. 1
Washington, Jan. 13. (V. P.) It
was an explosion of gases generated
by the new Edison battery expected
to render submarines safer which
wrecked the United States submarine
E-2 with the loss of four lives and In
Jury to ten others in the Brooklyn
navyyard this afternoon, in the opin
ion of naval officials here.
Gasoline used for propulsion, and
Possibly torpedo heads were the only
' 3 i
tlher explosives known to have been
on the ship. If the explosion had been
lr the gasoline tank, or If one of th-j
torpedo heads had been accidentally
touched off, the boat would have been
blown to pieces, it was explained.
ti.. v-. i the first United States
submarine to have the new Kdlson bat-l,
teries Installed. inf nr'
Mmself superintended this
month ngo.
inventor
work
The dead: i
ROY B. SEABER, third class elec-
trician. I
J 1L PECK, New Yotic, plumber.
! L(X1 AN, New York, plumber.
JOHN SCHl'LZ, New York, work-.
man.
A dull muffles noom was the first
indication to workmen on boats near
bv thnt something had gone wrong. A
second explosion Immediately ronowea ;
and yardmen saw first the adder then
the bodies of two men nuriea into tnei
air tnrougn me mum i m t. i - .
a muss of debris. The yard's big fire
gong clanged, the gates swung shut
and armed sailors ran to guard them
while officers and workmen came on
the run from every part of the big
yard.
rire Inside Submarine.
The first Indication to tbe rescue
party or What naa nuypenea i) me
32 men Inside her was the crackle of
flames and the smell of smoke and
gas.
At the moment the nrst
rescuers
descended into the wrecked and burn -
ing Interior, Navy Secretary Daniels
was going to address the lemocratic
club in Manhattan. At his side was
Rear Admiral bsner. commandant or
the Brooklyn navy yard.
Inside the K-2 the rescuers found
chaos. The injured men were bat
tling the flames and .dragging out the
c.ead and wounded. Lieutenant Com
mander Charles M. Cooke, tne only
commissioned officer aboard at the
time of the explosion and wno was
on the tiny E boat deck within a few
feet of where the two men were
blown into the air, stood there and
calmly directed the work of rescue
and tire righting.
Explosion was Powerful.
Pieces of human flesh, bits of bone
and. tatters or doming ana personal
effects and tools and hodge-podge of
other things were blown tnrough the
open conning tower and hatchways,
hundreds of feet into the air, and
away from the scene of the explo
sion Workmen who did not arrive
In time to Join the rescue party gath
ered up and kept as souvenirs these
things as they found them. It seemed
but a few moments after the sicken
ing boom of the explosion that four
ambulances were drawn up and the
dead and injured were loaded into
them. ,
Th. injured appeared dead as they
. -. i . ,n thmtiirh ths amell I rt .,1 '
were nau'wi "v .... D .. -
mourn oa ui m-k. , j
bleeding and unconscious.
Electrtdaa Sertomaly Bart.
Ac ' the rescuers hoisted into View
the t torn and unconscious form of
Injured, as She It Being Refitted
Miles, the dapper and popular little
chief electrician of the E-2, curses of
mingled sympathy and anger came
from the group of laborers and en
listed men standing about.
Miles was seriously Injured and may
die as the result of his bruises and
burns.
The mother ship. Tallahassee drew
up and received August Kaplln, on?
of the injured yardmen, the upper part
of whose body was badly worched vnd
, , ,r . 'J? waf C,nl"c,.0"r na
'insisted on walking about in the hos
pital ship, telling those who wanted
to help
others."
him to "Go on and get the
Admiral Orders Inquiry.
In the midst of the rescue work
Admiral Usher arrived, having left the
political meeting immediately when
was told of the accident. He or-
'dered all outsider excluded and In
stantly started a preliminary lnvestl-
: gation.
Admiral t slier tonight appointed a
board of inquiry to investigate the
cause of the explosion. LIeute,rynt
Commander Pope Washington, com
mander of the receiving ship Maine, is
senior oflfcer of the board. The other
members are Lieutenant Ielgh M.
Stewart, commander of the destroyer
McCall, and Lieutenant Rush E. Kay,
commander of the submarine D-3.
lrnmedlate and thoroulfh ,nauirv wouId
instituted. Usher', board of Inquiry
report will b given Secretary Daniels,
who will authorize a court of In'vestl
gation, which Usher will appoint. The
work of this court. Usher said, should
be well under way Monday.
"This Is the firot accident of the
kind the Brooklyn yard ever has had,"
I said Usher. "The real cause of it
i I robably will not be learned until the
tvvii ikhui jm i ciaii iu.
Is Old-style Submarine.
"The E-2 has been In dry dock here
since December 30, when she came In
( to be cleaned up. She Is one of tbe
J old-style submarines. As the new Ed
ison nickel storage battery, which 'the
department hoped would obviate such
undersea boat disasters as that Of the
F-4 In Honolulu harbor last March r.3
been just delivered to us, we decided to
Install a set of them In the E-2 for a
final tryout.
"We had tested these batteries, and
the Edlsqri pTjple had tested them In
every conceivable manner, to be sure
they would stand up, and we were sat
lsfied they would, but wanted to make
this final test to make assurance dou
bly sure.
To Obviate Cilorlne Oas.
"What we wanted was a storage bat
tery which would not cause the gen
eration of chlorine gas when flooded
with sea water. It was chlorine gas
from flooded batteries that caused the
F-4 disaster, not by an explosion, but
by asphyxiation by chlorine. It could
not possibly have been chlorine rss
that caused the explosion on the E-?.
because tihe boat was in d ry dock. ; and
the batteries were out of reach of sea
water. All tbe openings of tha E-I
were free, and I do not think, enough
gas could have been generated to cause
an explosion of such force as this one
produced. 4
Baa Confidence la
"As to the men who were working
on the boat, I hare no reason to have
anything but the utmost confidence In
t -ii
of them. True, there were out
siders, non-enlisted men, working' on
the E-2 and among them August Kap
lln, John Schulta and others. Sennits
iCesctaoed ea rage roar. CeJoasa Three)
PLOT TO FORCE .
BAN CRISIS
HINTED BY KEIIT
California Congressman Says
Murders Were Part of
Shrewd Plot to Involve U.
S. and Discredit Carranza.
PAN-AMERICANS FAVOR
LETTING CARRANZA ACT
Their Influence Opposed to
Intervention in Spite of -Powerful
Pressure. .
t
Warn Arainrt riot. ;
Ixs Angeles, Jan. 15. it. .it.
S.) More than a dosen high,
officials. Including Federal
Judges Oscar A. Trlppett and
B. P. Hledsoe, Collector of! ln
ternal Revenue Carter. Post
master Harrington Brown, Col
m
lector or ( unlomi Elliott and 4
United States Marshal Tbomas
C Walton, today sent a, tele-
gram to President Wilson a- J
surlng him that the pressure .
brought to bear on him lnitha ,4$)
Mexican crisis Is born of mall- 4
clous misrepresentation.
Washington. Jan. 15. U. P.) Pan
Americanism with which Washington
has been ringing for several weeks,
Mayd no small part In flxinf Presi
dent Wilson's determination to Stand
pat against demands for intervention
In Mexico, despite terrific . presaure
following the slaughter of eighteen
Americans In Chihuahua. This became
known definitely tonight in the wake
of disclosures In a telegram Sent by
Representative Kent of California to
'be Kuperintendenl of Mexican mines
in which Kent Is largely Interested.
Representatives of Latln-Americaa
countries. It was admitted authorita
tively, have Indicated to the adminis
tration their approval of the Tlew that
Carransa is entitled to the opportunity
to handle the situation.
Murders art of riot, v.
Kent's teltgrsjp .MQWitiJ Ji-J-
ii
-44 -Pasort't -
the Kl Cabo tnlrun emuum.
of Mexico, reads: "View is generally
held that murders were part of shrewd
plot to Involve us in Intervention to
the end of crippling Carransa. Cannot
predict what aetion will be taken, but
matter Is being seriously considered.
"Situation seemingly delicste as X .
am unofficially Informed that Pan-
American friends do not faror our In.
terventlon. If this is correct, a most :
important Pan-American understand-;
lng may be Jeopardized by crude at
tempts to dls'-redlt Wilson and involve
us in Mexican squabbles.
"This is a time for serious weighing
and maintenance of a sense of propor- -Hon
In the face of outrages that put
fighting men on the prod." V"
Beat Explains Attitude.
A lengthy statement by Kent W
night, said in part: , .
"As one not averse to the scrap X
feel a desire to get into this row, but
when I remember the murder of
Chinamen in Wyoming: "when I re
member other crimes against these In
offensive people that Were committed
In my own state; and when I remember .
what I considered, and still consider te .
be the Justifiable killing of a lot of ;
Italians of the Mafia in New Orleans,
snd realize how our country held back
and place thtse crimes on the threshold .
and how angry we were at the a-
sumption cf a foreign government that
our "federal government should take;
upon itself the responsibility for these
outrages, I am compelled to realise '
that however horrible the offense of
Irresponsible bandits in Mexico may
have been, we, in our national capac
Ity can do no more thaiv our ' sdmla-'
lstratlon is now doing."
There is Just once chance that tbe '
United flutes will demand reparation, ,
including indemnity from the Carranta
government, for the murder", of 1jX7 '
Americans near Chihuahua a week ago.
This single chance hangs on toe an-
m m a ia m a
swer Consul iviwaras ai -
makes to an inquiry telegraphed hlra .
this evening by the state department. :,
In effect the state department's
query to Consul Edwards Is; , " -?-
"Iid you ask any carranza otiiciais
to guarantee the saiety or Americana -wbo
went into Chihuahua snd was this
guarantee given by a reoognixed Of
ficial r ' !
If the answer is yes. the Car-ran XA
government will be held responsible. -.
BORDER TOWN CALLS VJ :
FOR HELP, REPORTS -
ANTI-MEXICAN . RIOTS
El Paso. Texas, Jan. IS. U.' P.)
Rioting between United States citlsene
and Mexicans at Fort Hancock, today
caused an appeal from cltttens there
to the sheriff at El Paso ror ponce
protection. - -
Civilians and soldiers were "Clean-
ing out" the Mexicans, telephone tnes- -sages
from Fort Hancock stated.
A half doren oeputy sheriffs witn .
sawed -of f riot guns were rushed toy.
automobile from El Paso, under in-
structions to quell the disorders. - ' .
Exaggerated reports of the disorders
In El Paso, sent to Mexican towns, J
has incensed them against Americana
Still In 'Mexico. Although there were ,'
no murders officially reported tn riots -here,
Mexican towns heard, reports of '
a score shot or beaten " to death.' -i-t
3000 Xieere Xexdco. " s..'.. .
Refugees srrlrJng in El Paso from":
Chihuahua City isay that the anti
Aroerioan feellns there is intense. To
prevent a repetition of the Canta Tsa- -bet
massacre which cost It American
lives. Csrranxa officials and peers-'
Cocl6e4 Pa rear, Co
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