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VILLA ESCAPED
AFTER CAPTURE
E
Rebel Genera! With 20 Men
Was Surrounded in Moun
tain Pass by General Mar
quez; Slipped From Trap.
MARQUEZ WAS CERTAIN
VILLA COULDN'T ESCAPE
He Took but Five Prisoners,
However, Rest of Band
Getting Away.
El Paso. Texas. Jan. 21 (I. N. S.)
Explanation of the erroneous report of ;
APPEARED
SUR
th capture of General Francisco Villa, necotlatlons was due to the humUiat
tho Mexican revolutionary leader, was ir. conditions In.posed by Austro
made today by General Garcia. It was j Hungary, says the Paris Temps. VI
the outgrowth, he said, of the capture J i-rna reports that the conditions were
or five bandits Wednesday by General jay follows:
Marquea. j All arms must be laid down by the
Carramiftas Wednesday surrounded i Montenegrins, v-ompr sing all modern
20 bandits in a mountain pass, includ-I arms, also the anient family weapons
lng General Villa, and the commander which the Montenegrins ordinarily
of the Constitutionalist force, thinking ! carry. Troops must be grouped In de
tho escape of the bandits was lmpos- , tacl ments and literally lay down their
ibie, sent a courier to the nearest tel- ! arms on their native soil. In order to
egraph station with a report of his 1 asure the delivery of all weapons
capture. When the Carranzistas closed j Austro-Hungary troops will undertake
... . j .ii k a KinHiti'i "strateKic search' of every corner of
..r,.,i fiv. n.neral Villa I
pot being among the prisoners.
Santa Ysabel Gang Captured.
Washington. Jan. 21. (I. N. S.)
Kighteen bandits, believed to be mem
bers of the Santa Ysabel massacre
band, have been captured and will be
publicly executed In Chihuahua City,
probably today, according to state de
partment dispatches from El Paao.
Another dispatch said tnat the rumor
persisted there that General Francisco
Villa has been captured despite de
nials. The latest report said that
General Cavos caught General Villa
at the Sat Geronimo ranch. Advices
received here indicate that most of
Villa's bodyguard was captured.
Mexico to Have New Capital.
Queretaro. Mexico. Jan. 21. (I.
B.) General Venustiano Carranza. (
first chief of the Constitutionalist
forces, probably will issue a decree
aop removing the capital of Mexico I
irom Mexico city to uoiorea Htflaigo i
In the atate of Guanajuato. The cab- J
Inet Is said to favor such a move, and i
r 'k 1,10 1
wnrlr of n Unmnp Inn rkii1litrflr !
Carranaa offkalg say that Mexico
City is a hot bed of hostile sentiments
and that it is too far south-for the
government to keep in constant and
eympathetic touch with the northern
aection of the republic.
The revolution against Spain had
its origin in Dolores Hidalgo.
Bandits Executed.
El Paso. Texas, Jan. 21. (U. P.)
Eighteen Villa bandits paid with their
lives today at Chihuahua City, because
of the assassination of 19 Americans
at Santa Tsable. While details were
lacking in the of ficial .Carranzista ad
vices detailing the story this after
noon. It ia believed they were lined up
before a firing squad in a public place.
Most or all of the 18 are said to have
participated in the Santa Ysabel out
lawry.
as ror reports or uenerai v ina s
capture, Mexican Consul Garcia said
today that he had neither confirmation
nor denial of It. General Herrera at
Chihuahua City was quoted, however,
as denying the report, and again as
saying he had n -3n?irmation of it.
Turks Flee Before
Russians, English
Turks Xeported to Be Short of Ammu
nition In Both Caucasus and Meso
potamia and to Be in run night.
Rome, Jan. 21. (I. N. S.) Turks in
the Caucasus and Mesopotamia are re
ported to be in general flight before
the Russians and British. Advices to
his effect were received here todav.
The Turks are said to be .without am
munition. Russians Take Sultanabad.
Petrograd, Jan. 21. (U. P.) The
Busslans have occupied Sultanabad. 60
miles southeast of Hamadan, Persia,
according to Teheran dispatches today.
The Turka are bearing southwest to
ward Burujlrd.
Phone Connection
With New York Is
Made in 6 Minutes
Max H. Houser reached for
the telephone in his office in
the Board of Trade building at
O'clock this morning.
4fr "Long distance." he said to
Hi the oentral girl.
"This is long distance." pres-
S ently came the response.
"This ia M. H. House, get
'' -TOeOWa-'I- Kettenbalfi at the -
Waldorf-Aatoria hotel. New
. Yoric" j
In , exactly: six . minutes,
Houaei-a bll buzzed, y
"Here's Mr. Kettenbach." said
a silvery voice. 5
4k- Then began the firit transcon-
tinental commercial talk ever
held between Portland and New
Tork. Tho conversation lasted
4- three minutes and cost Mr.
- Houser something like $20.66.
?' Another call . went through
": the Portland exchange this
V:-.' morning from X J. Dorland of
the Dorland Music house,
S Vancouver, Wash., to New
York.
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VENNA DENIES PEACE
MONTENEGRO I
BROKEN
RENEWS WAR
Despite Official Statement
Vigorous Fighting Is Re
sumed With Montenegrins.
Vienna, Jan. 51. (I. N. S.) Official
denial that peace negotiations have
been broken off bv Montenegro was
made here today.
The announcement stated that sev
eral day will be required for all of
the Montenegrin troopa to come lr.
from the mountains and surrender, and
until the laying down of arms demand
ed by Austria !s complete, peace con
ditions will not be discussed.
Other than retention pf Mount
Lovcen, the Austrian terms have not
been given out.
Terms Were Humiliating.
Par1 , v s Th run-
ture of tne Auatro-Monteneeiin peace
the country, so that no the smallest
! bands may form to wage a guerrilla
i warfare.
j Men of military age to be. interned:
I this age limit probably comprising
old men. but women who have been
fighting will be allowed to remain in
their homes.
The capitulation to comprise the
surender of all terms and villages, as
well as means of transportation. v
Montenegrin .ote Suppressed.
Paris, Jan.. 21. (I. N. S.) The
seizure yesterday throughout France
all copies of the Petit Par
isien and the Journal by or-de-
of the censor's bureau has raised
a storm of protest in the entire press.
j The Parisien belongs to Senator Jean
I Dupuy, and the Journal to Senator
i harles Humbert. They have circula
N. Hons of over a million conies each.
The reason for the seirures. the Jour-
ral says, was the publication of the
note given out yesterday by the con
ui Cf Montenegro in Paris. Its pub
Hcatlon at first waa authorized, but
later w as ordered stopped.
M
Albanians Join Montenegrins.
Rome, Jan. 21. C. P. Montene
grins, following resumption of warfare
after the break in peace negotiations
are retiring toward Scutari. Albania
according to dispatches today. They
ar constantly clashing with the pur
suing Austrian.
The army of Essad Pasha, former
Albanian ruler, which declared war on
Austria, consisting of 20,000 men, has
, arrived at Scutari and will Join the
Montenegrins.
Austria Renews Offensive,
Paris, Jan. 21. (I. N. S.) Austria
has renewed its offensive campaign
against Montenegro with redoubled vio
lence, according to dispatches received
by the Temps foday from its corre
spondent at Geneva. A large force Is
advancing on the Cettinje-Podsoritza
line, and another detachment is mnvlno
south toward Antivari. The Austrlans
also are concentrating for an attack
aralnst Scutari
"
King Asks for Help.
Paris, Jan. 21. (U. P.) King Nich
olas of Montenegro has appealed to the
allies to rush aid to bis nation if they
expect it to escape annihilation. The
request, transmitted through Italy,
asks immediate supplies of food, sev
eral batteries of artillery and some
ammunition.
Government Is Moved.
Rome, Jan. 21. (I. N. S.) Removal
of the government of Montenegro to
Lyons, France, waa announced here
today by the Montenegrin legation.
Black Hand Activity
Is Inquiry Subject
7edral Grand Jury Is Investigating
I Baa Francisco Operations of Orgaai
! zatlon; Ban rraadsoo Headquarters.
San Francisco. Cal., Jan. 21. (U. P.)
Driven from New York and hunted
1 over the entire earth, the dreaded
' Blaj-k Hand, a blackmailers' organi
I zation. is now operating with this city
I as itr headquarters.
! Federal officials indicated today
that inxrjortant revelations may be
i s
rthconung In their Investigation of
is organization. Some of the evl-
j dence. it is understood, has already
4. I been presented to the federal grand
y. J Jry.
The Black Hand struck when Police
t Lieutenant Petrosinl of New York, was
slain In Italy in 1909; since then, ac
j I cording to the evidence of secret ser
. vice men. the Black Hand plotters op-
eratlng here, in New York. Milwaukee
and elsewhere have garnered $200,000
toll from pnie-tricken Italian, have
murdered alx other men, and have left
a trail or dynamite and bombs across
t H ftnfinnt
atood to have originated with the ar
rest of Joseph Vearano and Tony di
Franco at San Jose last fall. Since
then a veritable flood of Black Hand
threats and demands for money have
come to prominent Italian merchants
here and In nearby cities.
Foreign Sanitarium.
Washington. Jan. . 21. (I. N. 8.)
The house committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce today recommended
to the house that a bill appropriating
$250,000 for the construction of a na
tional sanitarium for lepers be passed.
Soldiers Stare at Citizen Clothes
KxitataeK
Curiosity On the Battlefield
(Note Following ! tbe fourth lnntallmeBt of
William G. Sbepberd i oDCriuured itorlei of
tbe allied retreat from Serbia.
By William G. Shepherd, I'niteni
Press Staff Correspondent.
Saloniki, Dec. 11 A French soldier
in a steel hat stopped and looked at
ua curiously as we walked along the
road.
"Excuse me." he said in broken
English, "but it's so long since I've
seen a man in clothes like yours that
I couldn't help staring."
The big British gun was booming
at two minute intervals. French guns,
set on nearby hillsides, were sending
occasional shots and once while we
talked, a Bulgarian shell broke on the
road a quarter of a mile below us and
we saw soldiers running from the
cloud of earth. It was a battlefield,
in every sense of ttie word, a battle
fled which, within 24 hours, was to be
the scene of an ally retreat. Incident-
f ftllv T wonder whftt hecume nf the
little Frenchman.
Civilian clothes seem extraordi
nary." he said. "Have some choco
late?" He pulled an envelope from his
pocket, with a postage stamp and an
address on it.
BbJiras Pracloue Chocolataa.
"This is something I got In the
RAIN
DANGER OF FLOODS TO
MIDDLE WEST CITIES
Hundreds of Chicago Cellars
Are Flooded; One Drowned
and Many Homeless,
Chicago. Jan. 21. (U. P.) l"n-
usually heavy rains in a "January
thaw" caused danger of floods in a
dozen towns of the middle west today,
according to early reporta. Hundreds
of cellara in Chicago are flooded.
The rainfall here for the past day
has been 1.77 Inches, at Kansas City
2.24. at Keokuk 1.42. The lowland
of the Calumet and Chicago rivers are
flooded.
a heavy wind across the lake backed
water into the sewers and Inundated
many blocks of South Chicago. The
water la five feet high in some sec
tions of Lombard ana other suburbs
where acores are homeless. The vil
lage of Cicero is marooned.
Mora rain is forecasted.
The Hood peril in the Fox River
valley became increasingly serious
this afternoon and warnings were sent
along the whole course.
10OO Homeless in Juliet.
Joliet, 111., Jan. 21. (U. P.) Fully
1000 persons are homeless while parts
of this city are under from four to
eight feet of water following a delug
continuously lor the past day. Nj
casualties have been reported, but
property damage is around $100,009.
A number of families were rescued in
row boats, and hurried to temporary
shelter In hospitals and fire engine
houses. Among the rescued was a
woman who had Just passed througn
childbirth.
Ice Gorge Causes Flood.
Ottawa, 111., Jan. 21. ( L". P.)
Scores of houses are flooded and thou
sands of acres of rich farm lands are
inundated as the result of overflowing
of the Illinois and Fox rivers. The
streams are rising at the rate of two
feet an hour.
The worst of the flood in Illinois.,
however, i being held back by an ice
gorge to the west of Ottawa, though
this is damaging up-river points. In
terurban service is suspended.
Spreckels Tax Case
is Argued on Appeal
State Contends Seeds to $5,000,000
Worth of Property Given to Escape
Inheritance Tax; Heirs Won Below.
Sacramento. Cal.. Jan. 21. (P. N.
S. ) Attorneys representing the Sprec
kels estate In San Francisco and the
state inheritance tax department ar
gued belore the appelate court here
today on the right of the state to
collect the inheritance Lux on prop
erty, valued at 15.000.000. deeded by
Mrs. Spreckels to tier children. The
state claims the property was deeded
in conteiiipation of death and in an
effort to avoid an inheritance tax.
The Spreckels heirs won tiieir fight
in the superior court In San Francisco
and the state appealed from the de
cision. Teutonic Allies Have
Captured 3,000,000
Dispatch Also Bays 1000 Ooas, 40,000
Machine anus and 470.000 Square .
Kilometers Have Been Taken. j
Ijondon. Jan. 21. (I. N. S. Three
million, allied troops have fallen into
the Hsruls of the Teutonic allies dur-Iits-
th TT months of war, according to
a dispatch received here today by tne
Central News from Amsterdam. The
figures included in the dispatch fol
low: Prisoners taken. 3.000.000; guns
captured. 1000: machine guns csp
tured, 40.000; hostile territory occu
pied, 470.000 square kilometers.
Assessor Kills Himself.
Redwood City, Cal.. Jan. 21. (P. N.
.) Clarence D. Hay ward, for 25 years
assessor of San Mateo county, com
mitted suicide shortly before noon to
day In the basement of his home In
Redwood City Higblands by shooting
himself In the head with a shotgun.
For the past week, his father. D. Hay
ward, has been at the point of death.
AND THAW BRING
mall from Paris today."
I took a small piece of his precious
chocolate.
"Have you heard that we're going to
move from here?" he said. "Tha
rumor Is going around our camp. They
say we are going to fall back to the
Greek border. Haven't you heard any
thing about it back In Saloniki?"
I hadn't. Ilia question was the first
sign of the coming retreat. On this
spot, the very next day, dead British
and French soldiers were to lie among
the holly shrubs and Bulgars were to
charge with bayonets,, shouting their
cry of "Ne pret, ne nosh."
"It's been cold here," explained the
soldier, "but I've been healthier than
I've ever been before in my life. Why,
when the war began I couldn't stand
any hardship. If I wasn't in bed by
10 o'clock every night I suffered -ill
day for it. I had Indigestion terribly.
Now. I haven't ttlnt in a hrl fur f I v-r
months and I eat anything, anything !
auiu cnjuy 11. ar neaia pins, i ten
you.
Ammunition Was Wasted.
"All this artillery firing makes me
laugh today. That big Kngllsh gun
isn't hitting anything and there are
three Bulgarian batteries over there
that haven't hit anywhere near anv-
(Concluded on Pce Tliree. Column r'our)
OREGON WHEAT RISES
WITH KEEN DEMAND
FROM OVER THE SEA
Millers of Middle West Are
Also Bidding for Product
From This State,
Wheat prices are booming at Port
land and In the Interior, with the high
est prices of the season to date reached
on the Portland Merchants' Kxchange.
For bluestem wheat Jl.134 per bushel
was bid while no stocks were offering
btlow JI.16. The market in general
here advanced 1 cent to 3 cents a
bushel over yesterday.
At this time, when Europe is com
plaining bitterly of the poor quality of
the wheat sent from the section east
of the Rockies, there is a growing de
mand for Pacific northwest wheat, be
cause of it fluperior quality. Not only
la Europe a very eager bidder for Ore
gon wheat, but the big millers of the
middle west are compelled to purchase
here in order, to .gat .quality grain for
their beat brands of flour.
The Portland wheat market was not
the oniy one to show an advance for
the day. There was a sharp advaice
at Liverpool of 3 to 6c a bushel while
at Chicago the advances reached 2 to
3c a bushel.
At all points the price of wheat
aiooa at tne highest point for the
season to date.
Rescue of Marooned
Men Being Rushed
Party on rire Zsland Is Belle-red CrT7
of Launch Traveler; Signal rire
Proves Members Alive.
Anchorage. Alaska, Jan. 21. (P. N.
S.) Desperate efforts are being madti
fre today to reach a party of men
marooned on Fire island
That tho
marooned men are still allve is proved
b the fact that signal fires built on
the Cook Inlet shore last night were
answered by the castawaya Two at
tempts to cross the Inlet were frus
trated by the Ice floes.
The identity of the men comprising
the marooned party Is not known. The
belief Is general that it is the crew of
the launch Traveler which left Se!
devia shortly after Christmas and has
not since been seen.
Mayor James Rolph
Prospers From War
San Francisco Executive Is Bald to
Have Made Million ia Tear on Va
rious Ship Deals.
San Francisco, Cal.. Jan. 21. (l. P.)
Mayor James Kolph. Jr., of San
Francisco is one person who does not
neneve me i-.uropean war has very
materially affected the L'nlted States.
Rolph's various ship deals In the last
twelve months have netted him a mil
lion dollars. It is said.
The .hief executive pf the city is I
said to have netted J130.000 on an'
investment of J12J.0U0 in the purchase
land sale of the steamer General Pas
j fiueri. and he never even let the 1120,"
000 out of his hands. Before he had
paid the morv y for the vessel he had
it sold to a Norwegian ship firm for
1250,000.
Giant Aeroplane Is
Being Built for War
Aerial nper-OreadBonght Will Carry
Crew of 30 Otk 600 aUles at 75
stiles an Hour.
New York. Jan. 21. (I. N. S. ) An
aerial super-dreadnoug'ht being built
in an American factory for" one of the
belligerent powers is described by
Santos Uumont. aeronaut, aa six times
I larger than any yet tried. It Is cap
able of cruising more than 600 miles
at 75 miles an hour, with a crew of 30.
England Needs Labor.
London, Jan. 21. (I. N. 8.) Premier
Asqutth today sounded a note of alarm
in the House of Commons when he
stated that the present supply of labor
In the ammunition plants and arsenals
of the country is "lamentably short"
snd thst "urgent government action is
necessary immediately".
GARRISON
PLAN
IS DEFEND';! BY
GENERALS 5DIT
Chief of Staff of the Army
Tells Senate Military Com
mittee the Administration's
Continental Plan Is Best.
OUR MAIN BUSINESS IS
PEACE, HE 'COMMENTS
QUCStiOn IS Not tO Obtain 3n
Army That Can "Lick the
World," Says General.
Washington. Jan. 21. ( V. P.) The
Garrison continental army plan was
defended by General Scott, chief of
staff, before the senate military com
mittee today, as the best compromise
between an unwieldy system of mili
tarism and total unpreparjpdness.
"The question," h said. "Us not to
obtain an army that can lick the
world, but to jTovlde a force amcna
our cltlzenrv. not forgetting that our
main business Is peace."
He scouted ciaim that an enemy
cojld overrun the couttry as quickly
as some experts have xtesf.fled it
cculd.
Garrison Not to tuit.
Washington, Jan. 21. i !'. P )
Rumors were thick today that Secre
tary of War Garrison is preparing to
resign because of ill health and the ap
parent failure of his continental army
proposal. His Intimate friends, how
ever, ridiculed the story. Garrison has
been suffering with grip and stomach
irouoie. wnich have L i him In a
weakened condition.
10 Submarine Ra Sj Plan.
Washington, Jr.h. 21. (U. P.) Six
teen submarine bases, d rded between
the Atlantic and Pacif : coasts, at a
coM of J10.0un.000 or V 000. 000, are
Included in the administ itlon prepar
edness projects. Admiral Stanford told
the house naval commit! ve today. The
navy department has al.eady planned
for the Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) base,
while the first Atlantic base will be at
New London. Conn. The other sites
have not been selected, but when they
are completed the "mother" submarine
supply ships will be abandoned.
He said the government is justified
in spending 71S0o,p0flp: for oil tank sta
tions and ptrmpTnClneir for" the navy.
The Oregon delegation In congress
is endeavoring to secure one of the
ubmarlne bases for the mouth of the
Columbia rlvtr.
Oregon Caa onsidered.
Washington, Jan. 2. ( I'. P.) Sec
retary of the Interior Lane and At
torney General Gregory have been
asked to advise congress what legisla
tion will be passed for the relief of
hrmesteaders on land bought from the
Southern Pacific under Oregon grants,
the titles to which have been voided
bv the supreme court.
Chairman Ferris, of the house public
lands committee, sajd he believed it
will be necessary for congress to va'l
date the titles of many who bought in
good faith. He said, too, that litiga
tion involving millloKfc of dollars'
worth of timber lands presents one of
the most difficult and important prob
lems before congress. The supreme
court has set a six months' limit for
congressional action, and Ferris said
his-committee will act after receiving
the advice of the two cabinet officials.
73 "Hyphenates" Indicted.
Washington. Jan. 2"C (I. N. 8. 1 -In
response to house resolutions calling
for details of the charges against hy
phenated Americans made in President
Wilson's address to 'ingress. Attor
ney General Gregory ;oday sent to
Chairman Webb of th House Judiglary
committee a list of '73 individuals,
three corporations anc one steamship
company indicted for ' lolatlons of the
neutrality laws In con .ection witr al
leged bomo plots.
New Cutters Favored.
Washington. Jan. 21. (I. N. S.)
The house committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce today recommended
t the house that the hill providing
two new coast guard cutters for the
I Fucjfu. ,.(a.,t and Alaska, to cost $35n,
00'- each, and six other cutters for the
Atlantic coast and Mississippi river be
passed.
m. ,, ,.. . ,
Ma Sue 1 SUriOUS Ilank8-
Washington. Jan. 21 (1. N. Si
vompirouer vt imams tooay iniormeo
the house committee on rules that he
was considering the advisability of i
brtnginK suits toforfelt the charters
of national hanks which were charging i
usurious rates of Interest.
Successor fr
Washington. Jan. Jl.
Lamar.
(I. N. S. )
President Wilson onrred for an hour
here today with ' Attorney General
Gregory over the appointment of a suc
cessor to tne late; asociaie
the latej Associate Justice
Lamar of the I'nJTed states supreme
court. No intimation was given as to
when the apporntment win be made.
Milk Rates Investigated.
Washington. Jan.". 21. (I. N. 8.)
The interstate con ie.rce commlaslon
today extended the Jope of its investi
gation of New E 'gland milk and
freight rates to co er the entire na
tion. Mrs. Gould Sues Step-Father.
8an Jose. Cal.. Jan. 21 (C. P.)
Suit to collect 120.000 on a promissory
note for 110.000 negotiated 20 yeara
ago la before the superior court today,
the action liavlnftlseen brought by
Mrs. Kaiherine Gould, divorced wif
of Howard Gould, against her step
father. J. W. Dayan of Palo Alto.
Mrs. Gould avers Dayan has never
paid any part of the note.
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LATE BULLETINS
Four Die in Gila Floods.
Phoenix. Arlr.. Jar. 21. (I. N. S.)
Fcur are dead and 30 families home
les In the flood of the Oila river in
which Wlnkelman was inundated. The
dead are. George G. McCliren. B. J.
Johnson, Helen McCauley and Ollle
Lf vore.
Only one body, that of the McCauley
woman, has been recovered. The
drowned persons were swept from a
wugon in which they were attempting
t cross the raging channel. Seven
others were saved.
lloys Are Drowned.
Pomona, Cal.. Jan. 21. I. N. S.)
Three unidentilied bos who were in
a cabin above camp Baldy Thursday
when the cabin was swept away by
the storm water of San Antonio creeli,
today were reported to have been
drowned In the flood. According to
several persons here who saw the boys,
the latter were warned of their dan
ger, but refused to leave the cabin.
Kana City Bridge Out.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 21. (I. N. S.)
Released by last night's warm rain
a gigantic Ice floe In the Kaw river
today struck the new viaduct bridge at
Twenty-third street here and carried
away 120 feet of the wrks. It is be
lieved the bridge is doomed. .Other
structures are threatened by other Ice
f loe.
To Increase llritisli Navy.
lndon. Jan. 21. 1 1. N. S.) The
House of Commons today voted to in
crease the personnel of the navy by
the addition of 50.000 officers and men,
bringing the total strength to 350,000
men.
.Mining O(eration Succeed.
Paris, Jan. 21. (I. N. S. ) Today's
communique stated that the French
cairled out successfully mining opera
tions against the German trenches at
Hill lis in the Artols district last
nitiht.
Takes Famous Hotel.
Iyindon, Jan. 21. (I. N. S.) David
I Lloyd George today commandered the
hotel Metropole for administrative of
flees.
BIG LETTER CAMPAIGN
PARADE TODAY SETS
A
Railroad and Steamship Men
Join in Demonstration and
State Societies Participate,
Like a snowball rolling down hill,
the letter-writing week campaign
grows larger and larger as It gath
ers momentum.
Today's noonday parade was the
larsert and the procession perhaps
the most pretentions of the week, but
it will undoubtedly be eclipsed tomor
row by the pupils of the public
schools, who are expected to mall
some 20.000 letters.
Officials and employes of the 8., P.
& 8., Oreron Electric and Great North
ern Pacific Steamship company, mem
bers of the Portland Realty board and
a representative delegation from the
Oregon Federation of State societies
were the participants.
Kvery clerk, official and employe of
the North Bank that could possibly
take part was on hand, being led by a
band of 30 pieces from the company's
shops at Vancouver. The Portland po
lice band was also in line.
Women Side In Autos.
Officials and women employes rode
In autos and the shopmen were afoot
tr. Jumpers and overalls, signs being
scattered among them pointing out
how the company's lines put the tour
ist in touch with the scenic parts of
Oregon. Their combined offerings for
the great letter box totalled some 6000
letters.
The realty men were led by F. E.
Taylor, president of the board, prac
tically the entire Portland member
ship of the organization being in line.
Large streamers were carried, show
ing some of the things tbe board has
accomplished and what it ia working
for. Among them were: "Free Fac
tory Sites," "Iarger Payrolls." "Found
ed the Public Market." "Development
of All Oregon," "Permanent Mlgfi- j
ways." "Kqual Rates for the Columbia
River With Puget Sound."
In the rear of the realty contingent
wa the office force of the Oregon
Home Builders, carrying a model bun
galow. They were followed by representa
tives from a number of the atate so
cieties. Hailson Grand Marshal.
George Nellson of the North Bank
employment bureau acted as grand
marshal of the railroad participation.
Best of all In the entire procession,
however, was a skit staged by two of
the railroad's employes, a hurlesgus
on the visit of the tourist in Orego.x
In the parts of a North Bank con
ductor and an Kngllsh tourist In Ore
gon, they amused the large crowd frorp
an open automobile.
The conductor in the regulation uni
form of the company held a mile of
ticket and the tourist with sideburns,
an Kngllsh accent and a telescope
asked endless questions - about the
scenery, to which the official replied.
The conductor alko emphasized thai
the annual Portland Rose Festival will t
i . , c ,i i i
be held June
S snd .
Sothern to Retire;
To Live in England
New York. Jan. 21. (I. N. 8.) E. K.
Sothern will retlr from the stage at
the end of the present season. With
Mrs. Sothern. who wss Julia Marlowe,
he will go to Warwickshire. England,
where they will make their permanent
home. Their time, aald Mr. Sothern,
will be spent in studying.
Author's Hon Killed.
London. Jan. 2L (I. N. . Leslie
Tweedie. son of Mrs. Alec Tweedie,
the author, has been kMled In France.
He was a lieutenant in the artillery.
SPLENDID
RECORD
Hawaiian lom In Heavy.
Honolulu, Jan. 21. IV. P.) Com
munication with various points in
Hawaii was being gradually restored
today following the devastating storm
which swept the islands for several
days. It la estimated that the total
damage will exceed half a million, .'e
ports of fatalities are still very con
flicting, varying from five to twenty.
It Is impossible to confirm these re
ports, however.
Warns Against Forgeries.
Berlin, Jan. 21. (I. N. 8 "If the
British government publishes any doc
uments intended to show that Captain
von Papen. former military attache at
tht German embassy at Washington,
paid Werner van Home any money to
dvnamite railroad bridges In America.
they may be set down as forgeries,"
says the Oversea News Agency hire
today.
Iomax Is Dead.
San Francisco. Jan. 21. (P. N. S
E. L. Iximax. passenger traffic agnt
of the Western Pacific railroad and
the oldest man of Ills position 4n rail
road circles In the I'nited Stafes. died
here this afternoon of heart failure.
Murderer Is Executed.
Folsom Prison. Cal.. Jan. 21. il". T
P.eto Barpas. 2S, was hanged here at
10 o'clock this morning. He was dead
1 minutes after the drop fell. The
execution took ulace without incident.
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Wants Aviation School.
Washington. Jan. 21. (V. P. ) Rep
resentative Humphrey of Washington
tooay introduced a bill asking $200,000
for en aviation training school for the
signal corps at Puget sound.
Miners Are Rearrested.
London. Jan. 21. (I. N". S Premier
Asquitk today told a delegation of mi
ners that it never had been the gov
ernment's Intention to extend conscrip
tion to industrial fields.
Flood In Valley of Fox.
Aurora. Ill , Jan. 21 i I. N. S.l A
great flood in the Fox river valley is
imminent, according to warnings sent
out today by Aurora authorities.
AT
PORTO LAGOS QUIETED
BY THE ALLIES' SHIPS
Landingls Made but Superior
Forces Are Located In
shore and Men Withdraw,
Athens, Jan. 21. ft. P.) After two
days of relentless bombardment, an
Ansj4o-French squadron silenced the
forts of Porto Lagos, on the southern
Bulgarian coast, not far from Greece
and landed Wednesday on Bulgar soil.
The landing party destroyed gun em
placements there, but returned to their
ships after a reconnaissance showed
superior forcef. of Bulgarians a few
miles north. .
The Sofia war office today officially
reported the bombardment of Porto
Lagos, and Dedeaghau h to the east
ward, by a squadron of 24 warships;
but did not mention the landing of
troop at Porto Lagos. From the Con
stantinople war office came the report
that another squadron had shelled
Turkish positions In the Gulf of Saros
The Porto I-agos landing may be
fraught with klgniflcance. The squad
ron engaging therein was probably
Admiral Robeck's from the Darda
nelles, and the reconnaissance was pos
sibly preliminary toa landing In force.
Though Saloniki messages reported
heavy damage at Dedeaghatch, the
Sofia war office announced that there
were no casualties.
Aviators directed the bombardment,
but Constantinople reported that Turk
ish batteries hit a cruller three times,
and compelled her to wlthdraw in
flames.
Report Demands Rejected.
London. Jan. 21. (I'. P. ) Tht King
Constantine of Greece has rejected al
lied demands for rejection of the diplo
mats of the central powers waa one of
several contradictory German advices
anent the Athens situation reaching
here today. The Berlin Tageblatt said,
however, that the allies had not deliv
ered their reported ultimatum demand
lng that Greece give the centra; allies
their passports.
The Tageblatt declared that Its daily
Athene reports contained no mention
of an ultimatum, while the Voaslsche
Zeltung replied that this was due to
the censorship. The Zeitung reiterated
that the ultimatum expired Wednesday
and had been rejected by Constantine.
Since then no word had come.
Government Dock
At Seward Burns
Largs Amount of freight Is Ioe,t sad
rire Will Serloasly Samper Work of
Alaskan Xnglaeertaa; Commission.
Seward. Alaaka. Jan. 21. (P. N. R.)
Ignited, it is believed, by an over
heated stove, the government dock it
Seward today was totally destroyed by
fire. Iarge quantities of freight
awaiting shipment to western Alaska
on the steamship Dora and 75 tons of
coal were consumed by the flames.
The exact amount of damage done is
not yet known. The fire Is still burn
ing. The destruction of the dock will
seriously hamper Seward shipping.
The pier w-as the only one at Seward
and over It wss handled Immense
quantities of supplies for the Alaskaa
engineering commission as well as for
private concern. It is expected that
the government will rebuild the dock
slthough no announcement to this ef-
feet has been made.
General Carpenter Dies.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan, 11. (I. N. 8.
Brigadier-General Louis P. Carpen
ter, retired, died hers today at the age
of 7 years.
BULGARIAN
FORTS
E
vs
OUT TO GRAB
6. 0. P. CLUB
Leaders Making No Secret of
Their Intention of Plans to
Make George Brown Pres
ident at Next Session.
MEMBERS ENCOURAGED
BY LAST NIGHT'S TEST-
Birth of New Republican Or
ganization Featured by
Lively Scrap.
Kncouraged by the strength devel
oped In the vote for temporary chair-
I"'"" " ,a"1 "''
mail at last night's meeting to organ-
Ize - Republican club, the progressive
element of the old party are today
making no secret of their intention to 'r -go
Into the next meeting with a de
termination to elect George Arthur '
Brown as the permanent president of
the organization. r
leaders of the progressive element
feel that the old guard was frightened
last night The old guard's candidal .
for president wag Charles A. Johns, for1
whom they had been working for
weeks There was some division among "
them aa to whether Jack Iay or Harry '
Mleman should be put on the slate
for secretary.
The progressives (not referring to
Progressive party men) had been busy, -
ror two days lining up support for -
George Arthur Brown for president.
Both Are lTomlnated.
Both were nominated, although C
R. Moores, who called the meeting to -
order, attempted to railroad Johns
election through before any other nam .
could be presented. George Joseph d -
manded that he be recognised, so h '
could put Brown'k name In nomination."'
The name of John li. Cleland was also
presented. r
The vote was Johns 105. Brown 6,
Cleland 1."..
When it came to the secretaryship,
the progressives nominated G. i.
Richardson, for whom they had beei .
working all day as they expected a -fight,
but the old guard evidently did '
not care to test strength again and.
let the election go by default- -
A "cut end dried- committee on -
stitutlon and by-laws was named by '
4h. old nXJuppfturil wera'C:'
M. Tdleman. IT Daniels, C. B. Moores, '
George A. Brown and Ralph E. Wll- '
llams.
Sanfleld McDonald, as a leader of
the progressive element, wanted to
proceed with the election of perms- :
nent officers of the club, but the old
guard prevailed In having the election
put over to another meeting. r
John F. Logan. who peculiarly' "
enough voted with the progressives
for Brown for president, but had th
old gu.ird lined up with him In nl
next move, led the fight against
John F. logan led the fight against :
(Concluded on Pag Four, ColomatOse.)
Railway Congestion
Delays Col. House
ktrprssentatlT of President WUsos'If
Zzpeoted In parts Tonight Will Os '
to Berlin Heat Weak. j '
Parla, Jan. 21 (I. N. S. ) Colonel
Houfce, President Wilson's special en-.
voy to Europe, whose failure to arrlvs
here from Amiens yesterday gave rls
to apprehension, today wired that hs. .
had been delayed by railway conges-
tlon at Bologne, and would reach Paris"
tonight. While here. Colonel House
will be entertained by American Am-
bassador Sharp.
Kxperted Next Week.
Berlin. Jan. 21. (I. N. 8.) Colonel'
House. President Wilson's personal-envoy,
la expected here at the end -of
next week. He will stly about five
or six days, aa the guest of Ambassa
dor Gerard. j
Arkansas Fugitives
Have Secured rrns
Sixty-five Escaped Con riots - Xooted -tore.
Are Barricaded . la Kfila aad
Pitched Battle Is Xxpected.
Moscow. Ark , Jan. 21. (I. N. -
!S!y-flve convic-ta who escaped Tuas
'lay from the state penitentiary this
I afternoon are barricaded in nearby
i hills. The ronvlcts looted a country ,
store nf guns and ammunition last
night and are heavily armed. A sher- -iff's
posse Is en route to the scans,'
and a pitched battle Is expected. v
Land for Auto
Magpies for Sale
Redu-e that heavy "overhead,
in our selling methods. Tns ,
Journal Want Ada cut selling
coats and get the business fur ,
you.
Por ale Bouses 61
NEW & room bungalow, all m Od
er n conveniences, eaay terms,
rhone . Priee-200.
Poultry sad Pigeons 37
TI'RUETH. Kantails. Magpies, S3
pair. Phone .
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wap Columsi IS
TWENTY acres clear of in cool- -brarce.
miles Grants Pass.
for runVut. Phone , ,-jt
There are hundreds Of way to :
save, and hundreds of things ad-i
vertlsed at Konomr prices la to-.,
day a Want Ad section.
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