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Newspaper Page TextTITO -WEATHER Tonight an l " ' tomorrow prob ably - fair; east-' erly wind. ' Humidity 48. - .1 VOL. XIV. NO. 298. PORTLAND,: OREGON, MONDAY 'EVENING. -EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE , TWO CENTS CTotiks ! ' "- - I ' DISPUTE WITH NEAR A CRISIS State Department Admits the Gravity of Situation Is as Great as That Prior to the Lusltania Concessions. VON BERNSTORFF AND v LANSING UNFRIENDLY Asked if He Would Ask Am bassador's Recall, Lan- sing Evades Question. Washington. Feb. 21. (U. P-) German-American diplomatic controversy la as grave now as it wai before Ger many mad concessions in the Lusi tania case, the state department af firmed today. This gravity la due to the Teutonic proclamation of war on armed merchantmen. The department admitted the possibility of a crisis de veloping. ' Such a crisis might-Arise from the death of Americans In the sinking of an armed mechantman, or through an indefinite postponement of the Iusi .tania settlement. May BecaU Bernstorff. When Lansing was asked directly today if he contemplated calling Von Bernstorff to account for propaganda work, he evaded a direct answer. His face was grave, and then after two minutes he remarked: "If I did contemplate cruch action, I would not make It known beforehand through the press." Though'offlclals "decline to "discuss the personal antagonism between Sec retary Lansing and Ambassador Bern storff, arising from German "propa ganda," it was said any plana Lans ing may Have about dealing with the envoy; and his alleged publicity work would not be made public until the (Concluded on Pca Ten, Column Foor) SAFELY FROM s ON ENGLISH TOWNS German Reports Say Bombs Were Dropped on Two Tank Steamers and Docks Berlin. Feb. 21. (I. N. S.) (By Wireless to Sayville.) All tha German aeroplanes which participated in Sun day's raid on the east coast of England returned safely to their base, accord ing to official announcement here to day. Bombs were dropped on. two tank steamers off Lowestoft. "Several docks and gas plants," the statement added, "also were success fully shelled." Toll Taken by Aeroplanes. London, Feb. 21. (I. N. S.) Four German aeroplanes carried out a raid On the east and southeast coasts of England, killing two men and a boy and . wounding another, a marine. About 30 bombs were dropped. Tha material damage was considerable, but tha military damage was apparently nil. , Lowestoft. In Suffolk and Walmer, north of Dover, in Kent, were the towns attacked. Two striking features of the raid were an attack on the Kentish Knock light off the mouth of the Thames and an explosion of a bomb beside a church in Walmer,. blowing in - the windows upon a congregation which at thsj moment was singing the T Deum. All the German flyers - escaped, though pursued by British machines. Aerodrome) Bombarded. . Berlin, Feb. 21. (I. N. s.) An aero drome of the allies at Fumes, south of La Panne, ha been bombarded by German naval aeroplanes, according to official announcement here today. The amount of damage done was not stated. , . SJv Aeroplanes Active. " Paris. Feb. 21. (I. N. a) Aerial activity by both French and Germans marks tha fighting on the western front, according to today's official communique from the French war of fice.-; German Taubes made attacks upon LuneviUe, Dombastle and Nancy, while fiva ' French aeroplanes; , bombarded enemy ammunition depots at Chateau Wartincourt and Asoudange. ' A.long the greater part of the fight Ing; line weak artillery action is in progress, the statement , said. In the ; Artols district two attacks launched against allied positions northwest of Hill , No. 140 ' were re pulsed. -Jf:.-A. Brigadier-General ,: i Leckie Is Wounded TaacouTer B.' Man Xs 8eond Ca nadian Bzlgadier-Oeaeral to B Dis abled i Tjm Wttli WA Ottawa. GnU Feb. 21. (I. N.R Word was received today that Brigadier-General Leckl of Vancouver, commander of the Second -J Canadian brigade, was wounded in tha fighting near Ypres. . - - t r; This makes tha " second Canadian brigadier-general to be waunded with in a week, indicaung that the ; fight ing Is of a '-heavy,, character. --j; AEROPLANES RETURN RAID FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LATEST ZEPPELIN RAID ON PARIS The picture shows a crowd held back by gendarmes around a huge hole in the arch of the underground railroad made by one of the Zeppelin bombs in the latest raid on Paris. Many buildings were destroyed, but the casualties were few. "1 r - l CP BENJAMIN L. BERKEY, PORTLAND, AND FOUR OTHERS ARE KILLED Northern Pacific Limited Crashes. Into Burlington Train Near Spokane. Spokane, Wash.. Feb. 21. (P. N. S.) Rigid Investigation of the disaster at South Cheney Sunday, when the North ern Pacific's eastbound North Coast Limited, No. 2, train crashed into the Northern Pacific-Burlington train, No. 42, killing five men and Injuring three, others, 'was begun here to day by state and county offi cials. A thorough effort will be made to fix the blame for the disaster. Two of those killed when the North Coast Limited smashed Into the rear end of the stationary Burlington train were state officials, who were on their way to Walla Walla. On of tha vic tims was an employ of the Northern Pacific railroad. . 'V K .-, . .- ,: . mad - Xajiurad. 4 Professor Eltn Fulraer, state chem ist, Pullman, Wash. ; I. J. Minnick, deputy stat oil . in spector, Spokane. " LmK' 'Conroy, -Northern Pacific traveling .passenger agent, Spokane. Benjamin L. Berkey, salesman, Port land. - . j. J. White, Spokane. Those injured are: R. J. Spear, Pomeroy, Wash. Dr. John Matthews, Everett, ,Wash. J. A. Payant, Lo Angeles. Cal. The injured passengers were brought to Spokane. on .a special train, which, with doctors and nurses, was rushed from this city to the scene of the acci dent. All three were placed in hos pitals here. The only other passenger to feel the effect of the collision is Mrs. J. N. Atkins of Spokane, who is suffering from shock. Because of flood conditions, both trains were being detoured over the (OoBclnded oa Page Nine, Celnma Poor) DEAD GIRL'S FATHER SAYS SHE COULD HAVE. SECURED FATAL DRUG Had Access to Cyanide Kept In Green Houses; Lambert Tells. ofV Finding Her -Body. Chicago, Feb. 21? (I. N. S.) Marian Lambert had access to cyanide of po tassium, the poison, which caused her death. - - Teatlmony 'to this f feet was offered her today by Frank Lambert, her fa ther, at the inquest held to fix respon sibility for her death.; William Orpet, University or Wisconsin .. student, is held without ball on a charge of mur dering the girl, & high school student. Lambert's story vof how, he discov ered hisdughter's body was dramatic in the extreme. , - ' "The night before her. death," he said, "sh seemed to be In fine snirits. When ah failed to appear I trailed her footprints in th snow and finally found the body. Before this, however, I informed. Orpet and he summoned a number of his neighbors to aid. in' the search. . i.-; v-f. r-. r." --'m Her Jury Foreman King, lnterrapt ed 'Lambert's story to Inquire- as to the relations j between Orpet and Ma rian. ; ' ' ' : They were permlttea, li replied, "to go openly together so. they would not meet secretly. , - - , .William Marshall, a neighbor, swore that the girl's right hand was bar and that th left hand was gloved when th body 4; was found. 'There was no in dication of a struggle, he said. Before he left the stand Lambert ad mitted that he kept cyanide of potas sium st6rd in his home for spraying purposes. : " - k - "And my daughter, he added, "often came -to the greenhouse for bouquets and was familiar with th greenhouse and knew f , where th poison . was Stored. . ';' ' .6: '.:-: Edwin Owen Orpet testified that his son had been home - only,- , one "since Oiristmas and that was early in Janu ary. . ,-: -i- -, ti ' i " i ' " v?t knew he admitted, that my boy was keeping company with Marian." iHfc '1ls,'0jsjsssjWssaWsjBsss itm PORTLAND HAS HARD RGHT ON HANDS TO SECURE LOWER RATE THAN ASTORIA BUT HAS POWERFUL CLUB TO USE IF NECESSARY This Port's Efforts to Secure Concessions Due Because of Geographic Advantages Complicated by Peculiar Action of Interstate Commerce Commission. Waval Bas XTear Astoria Washington, Feb. 21. (I. N. S.) A bill for the establish ment of a naval base near As toria, Or., was Introduced in the senate today by Senator Lane of Oregon. An appropria tion of $3,000,000 for' the pur pose is Included in the bill. . The Astoria rate decision, mad pub lic Saturday by j th - Interstate Com merce commission. ' is beins subjected Commerce, the railroads, traffio experts,- both legal jand otherwise, and th shippers. . j Xt is admitted now to b beyoad question that th decision, seoad aad just la rrspeot to Astoria as it is, puts Portland squarely np against th hard est fight of this city's history to rt ooacesalona da by reason of th geo graphic advantage of location oa wa ter grade at th head of deep sea nav igation loo ntllss from th sea. And -it is also admitted , that Port land's, procedure is complicated by the discussion of this city s relation to the situation which was injected into the decision handed down by the Inter state Commerce commission. Action Zs Unprecedented. No precedent has yet been found for making one who had not been a party to proceedings either as com plainant, defendant or intervenor. a party to the decision, which is pre cisely what the Interstate Commerce TRAIN WILL LEAVE THE Special Departs at 2. o'clock; Seamen's Referendum Act . Considered -byv Council, A special train of Portlanders who desire to Join with Astoria in cele brating the Astoria rate decision will leave ,Portland at 2- o'clock tomorrow afternoon, arriving in tlm for the banquet at Astoria, 6 p..m., and re turning to Portland about midnight. Announcement of. the plan was made at the meetins- or the Chamber of Commerce .members .council, at noon. G. B. McLeod, J. F. Daly; F. N. Clark, R.rH. Crosier,',. L. ?B. Seeley and John T.,.DongalJ spoke in favor of send ing & delegation of at least 100. .Th subject before th members' council . was the referendum ' on pro posed changes in the La FoUett sea men's act. ! . H. E, Pennell for the navigation committee of the ? Chamber of , Com merce, described the reasons that gov erned 1 th committee In recommending a favorable vot on the changes pro posed. He said that the bill as a whole Is regarded as a good measure. The referendum wu submitted by th Chamber of Commerce of the United States. -l,.: : -t - h -y - Jack Rosen, for th Seamen's onion, declared the (amendments, were pro posed in the interest of American cap ital Invested both in American ships and these under foreign registry. W. S. U.Ren declared that the ballot titles submitted for vote to members of the Portland Chamber of Commerce are unfairly and misleadingly drawn. .: "- Suspect Ashland Man. : Redding.- Cal Feb. 21. (U. P.) Craddock & Norton's clothing store was robbed of $160 worth of goods early today. by a thief: who cut a hole n th panel of th rear door and then threw the , bolt, 'John Burns, from Ashland, Or., was ' arrested as a sus- ASTORIA CELEBRATION I pct a f w minutes Jateiv'..iSfjr1 f .-jW -. iiU commission is construed to have don in respect to' Portland. The decision states rather plainly that not only is Portland not to take hope for a lower rat from the Astoria decision but that Portland, In .the opinion of tha commission belongs naturally , and properly to th rate group composed of Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Astoria. Th language of th decision, touching upon these points follows; Portland Brought Zato Cas. "Under such circumstances it does not seem unduly 'venturesome to as sume that i this inactivity on Port land's part indicates; no lack later est in Astoria?, complaint but rather, con jecture, a purpose on the part of Port land, in cas of a reduction in th Astoria rates to th basis of. the rates to the Puget' sound ports, . to call our attention at a later date to its advan tage over Astoria of 100 miles in the distance from inland empire points, and to predicate upon that fact a de mand for a cerrespondlng reduction in its own rates. "It Is obvious, however, that thar Is something of a natural relationship la th rates of Seattl. Tacoma, Astoria aad Portland that cannot b Ignored, aad a reduction m- th Portland rate to aad from th Inland amplr do not acssarlly follow as aa inevitable consequence of a reduction in th As toria rates to th basis of th Battl and Tacoma rates. "Whll Astoria is not fairly to be criticised for presenting its case solely upon its relation to the Puget sound ports, the record emphasised our own (Concluded e Pas Nine. Column Five) BIG PRICES OFFERED FOR THE AUDITORIUM BONDS OF THE CITY City Stands to Get $556,186 if Award Goes to Highest . Bidder, . t Exceptionally high prices : were, se cured - for Portland's $565,000 audi torium bonds for which bids wer opened by C. A. Bigelow, commissioner of finance, -this morning. x , .. Morris Brothers submitted th best figure, offering 0.9844 for the entire Issue. In all there wer 12 bidders to submit offers. . . The council is to award tha bonds Wednesday and if sold 'to ; Morris Brothers the city will realise $55,IS6 on the ,sale. With . $14,?8 available and the $566,188 to' be received from the sale of bonds the city will have a total of $570,975 with which to build the auditorium. Bstimates for total cost of construction are well within this figure.' ,'..- v--i - Aa the auditorium bonds pay only 4 per cent interest, the prices received this morning are considered exception ally good. Although, city-. officials hoped that the bonds would sell - at par, it .was the consensus of opinion that if the. bonds sold for more than 99 -, cents on the dollar that th city would be fortunate. Bidders and prices submitted are: Kean, Taylor . & Co.. Chicago, $665, 000 at .97305; Spokane & Eastern Trust cov Spokane, $565,000 at .9723; Lum bermen xruat t;o $565,000 at .9664; Sidney Spltser & CoV $541,490 at .95839, and $536,490 at .94964; Ferris A Hardgrove, Spokane, $565,000 at ,6j; Jona js. Price, .Breed. Elliott A Harrison Provident Bank: A Trnst rv. Joint bid. $565,000 at .9752; Blyth, Wtt ter A Co, San Francisco, . $565,000 at .96173; Morris Brothers, $665,000.1 'at .9844, fJ.; H. Koillns A Sons and A. B. Leach & Co $555,608 at .9832; Smith, j-ascnau tov S6BI.009 at .9666; N. W. Halsev-A Co New York.: 3652.364 at .9776: Henry Tea,; $545,000 at .9667, ana ttaaix. ox cauxornia, $565,000 at ,9734. itr: Tik-y'A England Seeks : Arbitration of Mail Seizures Following Dispatch of Second Note ? by United. States Gray Says He 'Is Consulting Allies. London, Feb. 21. (I. N. S.) That England is consulting with Russia and Franc regarding submitting to arbi tration tha dispute over the seizure, of neutral mail was announced here to day by Under Secretary of War Lord Cecil. Washington, Feb. 21. (I. N. S.) Secretary of State Lansing today an nounced that he had demanded an ex planation from Great Britain regard ing the latter's delay in responding to American protests against the trad ing -with the enemy" act and interfer ence with American malls. " The announcement was received in official circles with amazement, it having been generally believed that th United States would not press its claims until th submarine controversy with Germany was fully settled. Lansing in his Instructions to Ambas sador Page mad it plain that h con siders Britain's delay an affront. Pag was directed xo present supple mentary protests denying the British contention that neutral vessels, enter ing British ports, are subject to Brit ish regulations under which search of mails and seizure of securities are carried out. The United States position is that vessels are forced into British waters through the mining of neutral chan nels and that detention and search of th mails is a "gross infringement of the freedom of the seas." The trading with the enemy decree is declared unwarranted interference with American Interests. 13,000,000 DEAL IN TRACT OF TIMBER IN Number of Fir Stumpage Sales in Oregon Are Also Made Recently. Standing timber on the Pacific coast ia attracting' th Interest of Investors again, after a prolonged lull. Several deals" in fir stumpag have been re ported in Oregon the past few weeks. One or the largest transactions ever negotiated on the Pacific 'coast is now about to be consummated.- It involves approximately 1,500,000,000 feet or redwood timber In Mendocino county, California, the value of which is esti mated at $3,000,000. The holdings about to be sold are those of the K. L. White Lumber com pany at Greenwood, and Included with the timber is a sawmill now In opera tion. The Goodyear interests of Chi cago are the prospective purchasers. It is reported here that contract lor the purchase and sale has been signed and that the consummation , oi tne transaction now hinges upon the the cruise. If the final cruise of the tim ber now being made comes up to the stand represented, then the deal is closed. GIGANTIC TIMBER PROPOSITION MADE BY BIG FINANCIERS Ban Francisco, Feb. 21. (P. N. S.) The San Francisco Chronicle today prints the following under San Fran cisco date line: "Proposals from a financial source of almost unlimited millions have re cently come to the timber owners of California for the outright, purchase of all the standing redwood and sugar pine In the state. "The figure which has been quoted In this gigantic proposal is reported to have been $200,000,000. "British and French interests are presumed to be behind the proposal, and the purpose in view to be the mar ket for lumber in the countries of Eu rope when the war is over. "Together with this disclosure comes the information that a similar proposition to unite the timber hold ings of California In one porchase was well on the road to consummation at the time when the war came to put a stop to the" negotiations. . "At that time the prospective pur chasers were German capitalists. "In the times of low prices which followed the declaration of war, the timber owners here had eome to re membering the former opportunity as one of the great things i that might have been when - suddenly and unex pectedly comes a feeler In the shapo of a letter asking If it would be pos sible to. arrange for the purchase of alt the standing redwood and sugar pine in California. - - V, ."The answer made was to the effect that it would undoubtedly be possible to , negotiate sales from each of - the big , timber companies owning the vast area of standing, timber in Mendocino. Humboldt and Del Norte counties, but that it might require $200,000,000 to put the deal through, ; u "Amongrthe" larger holdings In the state are those, of the Union Lumber .company, the Pacific Lumber company. the L. E. White Lumber company, the Hammond Lumber company and the Walker & Wendllng interests." v Billy Sunday Saved 16,000 At Trenton Baseball Zvaagallst Gathered in Over ', 93LOOO Duxiaar oul Savin Cam C palga in Hew Jersey. Trenton? J Feb. 21. Wr,- P. With more than 1C.000 persons added to -his list of :'awdust trailers, Billy Sunday, evangelist, today had avail able ' tot deposit an offering of more than $31,000 presented by his listeners at the clos of. bis soul saving cam- CALIFORNIA PENDING palgn .her. .- ;. ;v 06 AGAIN, CHINESE SHOT Five Bullets Sent Into Body of Celestial by the Gunmen and Injuries Inflicted May Prove Fatal. POLICE TAKE TRAIL OF THE ASSAILANTS Outbreak Believed Sequel to Shooting of Tong Man Last Week. With a fusillade of shots the Chinese tong war was resumed here this after noon. An aged Chinese, believed to be a member of the Bow Lueng tong, was pursued and.shot by four Chinese be lieved to belong to the Hop Sing tong. The shooting occurred at 1:35 o'clock on Everett street, hear Sixth, almost at the exact spot where, on the night of December , 114, the first of the series of' tong wars now brew ing, took place. W. F. Matthews of the Matthews Welding company was a witness of this afternoon's shooting. He was in front of his place of business at 304 Flanders street when he saw the aged Chinaman speed down the street from Sixth, with two Chinese on either side of the street, two of them firing at the running, man. One of the shots struck the fleeing Chinaman as he reached the doorway to the Welding works. He fell. Three of the pursuing Chinese continued running by while the fourth came up to the prostrate man and deliberately fired four bullets into his body. Thea he pointed the revolver at his face and pulled the trigger, but the shells had all been emptied. Mr. Matthews summoned th police and the patrol wagon brought a squad of officers. The dying Chinaman was hurried to one of the hospitals. v Shooting Zs X)sorlbd. Mr. Matthews describes th shooting a "falhwai-i ' v-'.:?. "I was wprklng in front of my shop ohk my suiomoDue, wnen x saw tne man running down Flanders street front Sixth, four men pursuing him. Two wer shootrng rapidly: I -saw it was no place for. me, so I. ducked into my office and shut the door. ' ."At last one of the bullets took ef fect, and the man, an aged Chinese, dropped on the sidewalk in front of my door and within three feet of me A thin, -pale man came out of the running squad directly to him. He fired four shots,' every one of them taking effect in. the man's body, for. Cie sidewalk shows no bullet holes where he lay. He finally put his gun i within an inch of the man's face' and pulled the trigger again, but it missed fire. He then dropped his gun and ran to a stairway which leads into the Hop Sing headquarters on ' Flanders street, . Gunman Drops Weapon, "The second of the two who had been shooting dropped his gun in the middle of the street and as they dis appeared I ran into the street, secured the gun and turned it over to Police Sergeant Robson. The wounded Chinaman was taken to the surgery of St. Vincent's hos pital and at 230 it was thought that but three bullets Dad taken effect- Two, of these pierced his abdomen and the third went through the right arm. Today's shooting is regarded as re taliation on the part of Hop Sing men who had the worst of the gun fight hero last wees when one of their number and a bystander were shot and seriously wounded. There was talk Saturday of a peace conference, but the new outbreak to day Indicates that peace terms are not being considered for the present. The Chinese will not reveal any ,of their secrets. The police had knowledge that Chi nese gunmen were in the city and were on guard for trouble. 8vral Arrests . Mad. Ding . Louie and Ah Sam were ar rested , yesterday for carrying con cealed weapons. Ding Louie was ar rested by Patrolmen Gustafson and Drake,; and found also' to be carrying a quantity of lottery tickets. Ah Sam was - arrested at Bow Leung tong headquarters by Detective Joe Day and Lieutenant Harms. . Mark Tee, Chin Ting and Chlng Hing, - Seattle Chinese, were arrested at the' North Bank station last night as they left the train, and turned over to the government immigration depart ment for Investigation. . .These men are said by the police to have been run out -of Seattle iu con nection with tong' troubles,' and they are not wanted here. A banquet is to be given in a few dajs by the Bow . Leung tonr.. in quar ters at Second and Oak streets; to cel ebrate last "week's victory..- Lo Gong. the gunman who shot Chlng Sick Wab of the Hop Sing tong,' , was released Saturday under $20,000 ball." . Folio Surround Buildlag. Thirty-five police officers, under the command of Captain Baty, sur rounded th Chinese tenement at the northwest -corner of .Fourth and Glan ders streets this afternoon, determined to capture the man who, shot, the . Hop Bing tong memrer ia tiwrnoon. Captain Baty Is going" through the building breaking down doors in hopes of finding th man known to be In hiding lr. the building, where he sought refuge immedla,tely; after "firing th last Shot. . wj'St -f-. v; v . , , Lansing Asks Information. . - Washington Feb. 21. L N. S.)-i Secretary state Lansing . today di rected Consul i General .v Simmons - at Shangnai to lorwaru information ' re garding the stoppage of the American steamer China, by a British cruiser and the removal of 38 ;oermans u.'s-. " AGED Korea Another Belgium, Says, Senator Stone Ha ; Calls for : Diplomatic Corre spondence to Prove Hoosevelt Failed 'to Protect Her, Washington, Feb. 21. (I. N. &)-!-In retaliation for Colonel Roosevelt's nrltlMam nf Wilson administration for not protesting against the viola tion of Belgium's neutrality,: United States Senator Stone, chairman Of the senate committee on foreign relations, today . introduced a resolution in th senate calling for all the diplomatic correspondence whicn passea oetween tha TJnltad States and Korea during the Russo-Japanese, war. - "This incident, said Senator Stone, parallels Belgium's ; case; yet Colonel Roosevelt offered no objection. The resolution was adopted without any objection. . "-f -.:- ..; . .. ALL TERRITORY ABOUT LAKE VAN IS OCCUPIED BY THE GRAND DUKE Sultan's Army Is Evacuating Bitlis; Turk Front Is Pierced in Two Places,. Rome, Feb. 21. (U. P.) The Turks are evacuating Bitlis, in Armenia, southwest of Lake Van, according tc Petrograd advices today. The Russians followed up their -conquest of Mush and Achlat and occu pied all th territory around Lake Vanj Turkish Front Pierced. Petrograd, Feb. 21. (U. P.J The Turkish front has been cut in two places and three corps have been sep arated by" the rapid Russian drive westward following the Erierura vic tory. , ; One corps, forming th left wine, is retiring on Trebizond. The Eleventh corps, trying to reach Erxlngan, - is harrassed and floundering in the snow west of Krserum. The third corpu, forming the right wing, has been isolated from the army to the north, and may be completely cut off. It lacks food and. munitions, and is In disorderly retreat. .. : The Russian left wing has captured Pasur Akcheain, southwest of Mush. The vanguard of the Russian forces advancing on Trebizond is now less than 65 miles east of that port, whll another Slav force Is coming up from the southeast; Near Bagdad Railway Petrograd. Feb. 21. I. Jf. S.) Driving the Turk rear guards steadily before them and inflicting great losses upon the Musselmen, one. of Grand Duke Nicholas' Russian armies : today was approaching Diarbekr, on the Tigris, only 60 miles from th Constantinople-Bagdad railway, th only communication with Mesopotamia, ac cording to advices from th front, : Turk losses in the last fortnight are placed at 100,000, ; including dead, wounded and missing.' - It is reported here that Kaiser Wil helm has sent a message to Field Mar shal Von der Go It, commanding that the Russian advance be checked ; at any cost. Another Russian army advancing upon Trebizond is meeting but feeble resistance. Innes and Wife Lose In Extradition Fight Portland Ooupls Acquitted of turdx Charge is Taxaa Vast Tac federal Tread Charg at Atlanta. Washington. Feb. 21. -CU. P.) Vic tor B. Innes and Mrs. Ida May Innes, of Portland, Or., today in the supreme court lost their fight to postpone ex tradition to Atlanta for trial in con nection .with alleged misuse of th mails to defraud Klols Nelms Dennis of money she inherited from -her father. Mr. and Mrs. Innes are the couple who were, taken from Portland to San Antonio. Texaj, in September, 1914, in connection with the disappearance of Elolse Nelms Dennis and her sister. Beatrice Nelms. They "were acquit ted of th murder charge in the Texas state courts a year ago this month. They were immediately arrested, by the federal government on the mall fraud charge. For practically a year Innea has fought extradition to Geor ria, on the grounds, it is understood, that, he was wrongly removed from Oree-on. and. therefore, that the fed eral courts . of Georgia could not le gally secure possession of him. New Kind of Sentence Is Given to Autdist Prisoner Xs nd $10 and 10 Days, , utter Baar Suspended tmtll xt Tim Off adr ArrestrTf or Spdlag - Municipal Judge Langguth adopted a new method of punishment ror auto mobile speeders this morning. When T, B. Smith, Jitney driver, was arraigned ' for speeding he was fined $10 and ; sentenced to 10 days in Jail, the Jail sentence being suspended until Smith Is arrested again. He has been caught speeding a number of times before, .and did not deny the charge of Motorcycle Patrolman rranx Ervin that he was- going A9 to 45. miles an hour early, yesterday morning ri Haw thorne avenue.- The policeman said he chased. Smith two miles before catch Ing him. : Jail sentence ,-wlll b in order- for i all i persistent automobile speeders. Judge Langguth Intimated. Other speeders eaught by Patrolman Ervin and fined today were J. H. Cook, $5; J, D. Methot, I $ 5 ; X "SmUh, 1 8 ; Glen Harmon $10, and Otta Taascher, rr.;: , Government's Special , Ccu n sel in Prosecution of LcrJ Grant Suit Tells - Hcu:: Committee X Proposal Ju:l. ABSOLUTE REPEAL NOT A VIOLATION, HE SAYG Believes Road Should Re ceive $2.50 an Acre, With Deduction of $3,000,003. Washington. Feb.-. 21. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF TlfB JOURNAL.) Settlement of the . OregonrCallfornU land grant question clong the lines of the Chamberlain bill was Indorsed be fore the house public land committee today by Constantin K. fimythe, ,tha government's special counsel in for feiture suits against the railroads, lie said 'there Is no limitation on th power of congress to take t. ?k the land, pay ing the railroad $3.60 an acre and then disposing of it as may. be desired. Smyth -declared the railroad, be cause of its violation of th terms of th grant, cannot complain of any if - tlon congress , may take , if given $2.60 an acre, with . a deduction ft $3,000,000 for past excess receipts, but the stat of Oregon has a right to have tne lands go Into settlement. Absolute repeal of. the granting aet, he contended, will not violate the de cision of the -supreme' court, hie irte being that the court overlooked sotnu technical points and Intended to give congress wide discretion to dispose of the grant on a.n equitable basia. . Should congress make a mistake nt opinion is the court will allow further time to correct It If congress fail- (Concluded on Vmgm Two. Column Four) ELKS DELEGATION DF POMID-DEPARTS FDR TACOMA TODAY Members, Accompanied by Band, to Attend Dedication, of Big Temple on Sound, Of f Tor the "big doings", at Tacoma, fully 160 Portland Elks marched from the lodge rooms this morning to ' ihi union depot, whence a special O-W. I:. A N. train started them for the sou n ' City. There they will participate in th dedication of the new Elks' tem Pl. " V ; ' ;' ; "; ' ; The parade was beaded by the Elk' band, 40 strong, in full regalia, with Frank Hennessy twirling the . baton. Gulseppe Tigano Will direct the musi cians in the numerous concerts out lined for them. , . . . ; . Th dedication will take place to morrow afternoon, preceded by a hz atreet ' parade In: the morning. - Cen tralis lodge waa expected to board 'th Portland, train and Join the festivities, s The first function of the dedicatory series will b held tonight with a con. cert and ball ln the r new Tacoma Temple. " : . - . "" Th " committee in charg of th Portland excursion consists of llarve, O' Bryan, L. A. Spangler, E. D. Suitor. Monroe Goldstein and Ouy Haines. En gineer Davis and Conductor' Harris, both Elks, ; wer in charge : of the "Royal Purple Limited," which left the Union station. - " Two Are Electrocuted. ; Rockville. Pa Feb. 21. (U. P.) n.nrn Vl.rah mnA Roland Pennineton wer electrocuted today In the Went ern penitentiary in tne xirsi aouon execution under the law substituting the electric chair for hanging as th penalty for murder. ' Industrial Eeview 1 Series. Sermons on Portland's Growth There is gratifying evidence of high appreciation of Th Journal's undertaklns to spread the knowledge of Industrial Portland by the publication of a series of articles, under the oantlnn "Nothlna- the Matter , With Portland. fThse appear. m on the . edttorUI page of The a Journal, and th series has a ,' now reached No. B4. From ' the Central Door & "Lumber company the publisher J of The - Journal has received , this indorsement: . 0 "We wish to - express - eur appreciation of your, caranalgn - in support of local manufac- turers. We believe your efforts In this are appreciated. by all those who ar striving to up- build Portland." ' These articles have 'been a n 'equivalent of the exploration of ' a domain s previously lltti ' knowo to most and Intimate!-' a known to few.' Each article rc Ht cites a feat in endeavor, e- many a one discloses ' a hi; f Mil romance.-- Each , shoul l . read as it appears, and its 2 -j son laid to heart., r : "