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VOL. XIV. NO. 298.
PORTLAND,: OREGON, MONDAY 'EVENING.
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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.
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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 : "