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' . VEAXILEn : ' Rain tonight and , 1LW1CJ4j- v strong southerly : V. " v winds.' - Humid- PRICE TWO CENTS" -SjSIbPSSS' VOL. XIV. NO. 305. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, 1916. SIXTEEN, PAGES. a r i ' ? mmm .. . , - "i.:. m . w a m -. . a & s J i mr. -t ss. - s a - a- 3f is t r v a w w - ar-vi ivuiii f r u -vi ir . k. r m m i . a a l . t i i i s z i s - ; . PORTLAND. ? OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 29. 1916. SIXTEEN PAGES. ' ' . GERhlAfJS SHIFT 10 SOUTHEAST, TE I TOWNS f 4-i'V, "aSSSBl "T"- ." ' Attempt 'to' Approach Verdun : From Another Quarter and Capture Fortified towns 7 ' Miles From City. . REPORTS SAY GERMANS ' LOST 45,000 KILLED Advance on Verdun From the Northeast Checked, Ac - cording tc- Paris, f T 49.0O0 Qtmui Xliud. : Amterdam, Feb. 29, (I. N. ; S1.) Forty-five thousand Ger- . marusi have been killed In the ' flrhtJng about Verdun, accord- Jne to dispattbea received here today by the Vandals News Agency. . - "One regiment," said the dls- batch. "has been- formed of the remnants of 10 others." v Berlin, Feb. 29.- (L N. S.) The German general staff today announced capture of the fortified villages of jnanneunei ana nampion ai ihi night's developments, on the Verdun fronL ,. ; Since the-German drive began. 228 French officers nd 16,575 men have been take prisoner, the statement added. Manheuliea Is on the Woevre plain, about -seven tnlles southeast of Ver- dii and three -miles north of Etaln. Champion is three miles southeast of Uanheulles. I The fall of Verdun is -imminent, ac cording to today's Berlin newspapers: , -"Dismantling - of Verdun and the evacuation of the Inner forts already la Jn progress," ,iald one paper. ADVANCE IS! CHECKED, f ; says paris 'Though v .- VILLAGE IS. CAPTURED rart, Feb. iijil. N. S.) Tho great German advance on VerdUn ha been checked, although the bombardment of the- fortfcn continued with .unabated fucy. -today. Verdun, today's com munique Indicates, is In no danger of falling, all attacks of the Germans hivintf been repulsed. "North of Verdun," says the com munique, "the bombardment continues. The 'sector east of the Meuse ifc- the scene -of violent local attacks. ."The fighting in the region of the village of Doiitumont to particularly sanguinary.' Hand to - hand conflicts developed during the night, but the enemy, was repulsed In each Instance. . VI n the Woevre district the Germans succeeded, after .bringing their artil lery -Into plaj in .capt Bring the rll Isge of Manhenllea, We Inaugurated an immediate fccuntcr attack which carried oiy . troops back to the west border of the ViHage. r-.- rin Lorraine- the enemy pefietrated small trench sections of our advanced line, but were immediately expelled. -. .There Is nothing to report on the remaining fronts1 . KAISER SAW BATTLE FROM HILL NORTH OF . . FORT HIS MEN TOOK ; Paris, Feb. 28. (U. P. Standing on a hill four1 miles north Of Fort ;louau ment. Kaiser Wilh-elra watched for six hours the struggle there, according to German prisoners today.. . " ' " Sheets of rain and snow whipped the crest. Crfven by a raw wind. - Staff officers', fearful for the kaiser because of recent .illness, urged him not to ex pose himself. -. But be held to his post. - Protected by a heavy coat, he refused to heed their advice. . - - - Intently he gated through his field glasses until the men of Brandenburg had stormed the fort. . Be for) his view lay a panorama of frightful execution. Whole battalions melted under the fire of the . French guns before Teutaa Howitsers - silenced ; the Douaumoat batteries. - In! the-village and on the plain out side? the fort hand to hand combats now: rage. - They-are over piles of dead. Shell craters are graves oC brave men w. and the weight of cadavers haj crushed manv wounded soldiers. Foemen and defender are mingled la death under mantle of snow. . -- The slaughter to the north of the Pepper Heights equals' that -of ouau mont. : Ths French command - every foot of the approach, while an "inferno of shrapnel and shells bursts over . the plain. - . . Not even behind the parapets of dead could the Germans hope to advance with their infantry. They arehow ever, bringing up .guns, "planning :. to silence toe French artillery. The number of prisoners taken by the French is comparatively small for the shelling : is so terrible, that : sur rounded German groups are vut to pieces - before ;they : can reacU the French Hns to surrender. - r.;. Verdun Attack: Feint. ' ttome. Feb29. (I. N.S.) Swiss dis patches- received here today declared that the German attack northward of Verdun, despite 'the terrific batting which has raged there for s. week. Is ftnly a feint.- The dispatch- states the preponder ate, of th : Teuton, strength Is con jentrated at Noyon and St. Quentin, is miles from Aaris, and that a mighty mash in, that direction shortly ' will e auempteo, v . . - German Memorandum Is Here Secret British Orders Charged . . 'tt "t '';..e , s ? t' n ; . e UnarmedVesselsNottoBeSunk Washington, Feb. 29. (U. P.) The text of the memorandum given the state department by Ambassador von Bernstorff and obtained by the United Press today follows: "The imperial German government reiterates the pledges given September 1 and October 15, 1915, and It does not consider that these assurances have been modified by subsequent events. Negotiations conducted between the Oerrrum and American governments over the Lusltania incident have never referred to armed merchantmen. Von-Beslrtao.es Acres To. "On the contrary, the American note of May 13 spoke expressly of unarmed vessels. Furthermore, the formula agreed upon by both governments on September 1 contained the proviso that they should not offer resistance. The presence of armament aboard merchantmen creates the presumption that they Intend to 'offer resistance.' A submarine commander cannot pos sibly warn an enemy liner if the lat ter has the right to fire on the sub marine. It is obvious that such re sistance cannot be the meaning of 'armed for defensive purposes, even If It Were universally recognized that defensive armament is permitted by international law. British Issued Secret Orders. "The United States adopted this point . of view when it requested the Italian ambassador to give assurances that the armed Italian liner Vedld Ve rona, which entered New Tork, would not fire on submarines when warned. "The imperial German government Issued its new orders after having seen by secret orders of the British admi ralty, that the armament of British ships is to be used for attack and that these ships are not merely peaceful DEPART HASTILY AS Russians Were Within Fifty , Miles of Port Saturday Ac recording: to -Reports, T Petrograd, Feb. 29. (XT. P.) The Turks are hastily evacuating Trebi- sbnd and neighboring cities before the Russian advance, according to Tiflis dispatches today. The movement of one Russian force westward along the Black sea shore, through Rish, and another northwest ward from Erterum forced the evacua tion. - Saturday's official statement said the Russians were within 50 miles of the city. Treblsond Is a port of Asiatic Tur key on the eastern part of the Black sea, :126 miles northwest of Krzerum. It la perched on a plateau-like heights with rocky slopes on two sides. Walls and a castle of the middle ages flank it. Several daya ago it was reported that the Christian population which lived outside the walls, had fled hur riedly, v The drive for Treblsond followed the Russian capture of Krzerum. Report Turks Seek . Peace. : ; London, Feb. 29- (I. N. S.) An Athens dispatch to the London. Chron icle says; . . ; "It . 1 stated that bxth .the Turks and Bulgarians are asking for an un derstanding with the entente. The only thing they require is that they retain their position of integrity ; " The young t Turks, perceiving the dariger- to Asia. Minor from the Rus sians' "advance, do not consider their existence safe, nor expect to receive help frpm Germany. "The . highest Bulgarian military circles - greatly fear the extension, of the frontier. Their capital, they fear, runs the risk of falling into enemies hands : - . . Tars Heir Was In Plot. Ixindon.: Feb. 29. (X i N. B.) The Odessa, correspondent of the' Daily Mail telegraphs . that he has informa tion ' from Constantinople that letters found in the house ofYussof Issedln, the Ottoman heir, who committed sui cide recently, revealed that the dead prince was concerned in a conspiracy to overthrow the young Turk govern ment. v - - . . , - - . .The correspondent adds that many conspirators have been arrested, and advantage has been taken of the dis covery to remove' all of Envtr Pasha's enemies. , ( , Two Officers Owe Lives to the Pope Hdg Intervemtion XSerts Xalser to Con smuts Beateno of Belglam and Czar ' to So Bam fox- Austrian. Rome. Feb.1 29. fT. N. S.) Appeals by Pop Benedict XV have saved two army , orncers accosea ox espionage. The appeals were - made to Emperor William of Germany and Csar Nicho las of - Russia. - The kaiser commuted the death sen tence , of the Belgian. Colonel Frey ling, while the oaar took the same ac tion In the case of the Austrian. Cap tain Prtwier. Inspectors Uegain Positions They Lost Washington. Feb-:-,;2v ll -"lCTs.)- Secretary of Commerce HRedfield i to day ' reinstated t Steamboat ; Inspectors Robert Keea anaunanes Kcauxr, Dom of whom were suspended following the Eastland disaster at Chicago. - URKS TREBIZOND RUSSIANS APPROACH traders armed only for defense.' British liners have furthermore on several oc casions attacked ' German or Austro Hungarian submarines. They do not conform with assurances given by the British government in the Washington ambassador's note of August 25, 1914, and they cannot be regarded as peace ful traders. Pledges Vet Bevoked. "In issuing its rrew orders, the im perial German government believed it self entirely in accord with the Ameri can government which had expressed similar opinions In proposals It sub mitted to the entente; powers. The or ders issued to German naval com manders are so formulated that enemy liners may not be destroyed on (account of their armament unless the arma ment is proved. It is, therefore, ob vious that the imperial German govern ment does not intend to revoke its pledges. Cannot Postpone Orders. "The imperial German government welcomes the intention of the Ameri can government about the modus Vivendi between the belligerents with regard to disarmament of merchant men but it cannot see its way clear to change or postpone the new orders, because the Imperial German gov ernment can no longer permit sub marines to be subjected to illegal at tacks by armed enemy merchant men." The memorandum was signed by Ambassador von Bernstorff, and ap pended to it was a list of British liners, said to have attacked Austrp German submarines. The German embassy today received from Berlin several alleged quotations from the British press, tending to show that offensive arming of merchantmen is admitted. - DAUGHTER ALLEGES AGED FATHER HAD WILL WAKING HABIT Alice E. Stuart Starts Con test Against Testament of John Enery Alleging that her father was insane at th time he made a -will disposing of 191,590 in cash and real estate, and that he had a mania, for making secret wills, for hoarding money and for he queathing his worldly goods to distant relatives, brief acquaintances and per sons he had not seen for a score if years, Alice K. . Stuart has started a contest of the will of her father, John Eneryv. ? Mrs. Stuart contends that she 1&- the sole heir at law, and that the beuuests made by Enery to distant r-latives were made by the aged man in a fi of insanity. The will was acknowl edged in 1911, when Mr. Enery was past 75 years old. He died In 1915. Albert G. Martin of Mllwauki and James Jainieson of Beayerton. named with Mrs. Stuart as executors of the estate, never have petitioned to have the will probated. Ella Florence Quirk, a Portland niece, has asked the county court to order the document probated. Airs. Stuart says she acted as busi ness adviser and secretary to, her fa-, ther throughout bis life; that she and her mother helped Enery to accumu late- m fortune, ana that here was an unwritten agreement that she and Mrs Emery were to. inherit the entire fortune- Mrs. Enery died before her hus band. - - .. ., , The property consists of 128.000 cash and ths rest in real estate, . - The will was deposited - with " the United. States National bank, and Mrs. Stuart says she did not know of its existence until after the death of her father. In fact, she alleges, she had murance from - Mr. Enery that no such document had ever been drawn. Some of the beneficiaries cannot b found, and others,; Mrs.- Stuart says, had not been heard from by her father for more than 2 years. Changes in Aviation , Corps Are Approved Senate unitary Committee Will xe- onunend Extensive Additions. Void ing Investigation . Secondary. Washington; Feb 29. ( N. S.) The senate committee on military af fairs will recommend extensive addi tions .to the personnel and equipment st th aviation corps of the army. - Committee members making this statement today declared that the im provements would be v recommended without, waiting to determine Whether charges of inefficiency lodged against Colonel Reber. head of the corps, were justified or not.- , f , . "The rReber charges, committeemen said, are secondary to the necessity of immediate Improvement." Woman Celebrating Her Fifth birthday ICrs Charles Bann, J who Casae into World as Xeap Tsar Present In 1893, v.' Zs Hostess .TodaTvjj ri-i if-'f. -J i- This afternoon'Mrs. Charles Rahn ts celebrating her Ofth -birthday at her home, 351 Wasco street. She Is having a "party like any fifth birthday might demand.' but.her guests are all grown up.,5 Mrs. Rannls the only daughter of Mr. andVMrs. W. W.' McBride., and came a very welcome leap year present at their home" in 1892." r Each birthday, coming with so many years interven ing,' has been a momentous occasion for Mrs. Rann. -. . '- i: - -'; . t v " ' " ' BRITAIN DEfllES OR D E RS I ED Cabinet Meeting This Morn ing Discusses Submarine Situation and Considers Conflicting Claims. OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK' IS DENIED BY LANSING Alleged Summary of Views of State Department Brand ed asjncorrect. By Jdbn Edwin Nevin. Washington, Feb. 29. I. N. S.) The international situation so far as the submarine question is concerned, was still serious today. Great Britain has indicated that she will deny German allegations that English merchantmen were given or ders to sink enemy submarines. Sec retary Lansing also denied that he Had given out optimistic statements relative to the situation accredited to him in the morning papers. The cabinet discussed the latest German suggestions at today's meet ing. - Secretary Iansing explained to the members of President Wilson's official family, that he did not believe the Teutnlc empires would ever agree that armed merchantmen are immune from attack unless given ample warn ing. He explained this did not neces sarily mean that any violations rf of American rights were contemplated, but added that the situation was (crave inasmuch as something might develop at any time to force the United States government to act. Italian Xdners to Ball. Washington sticks ' by its previous decision, end today the Italian liners Giuseppe Verdi and San Guglielmo were ordered cleared from New Tork on assurances from Italy that the guns they carry are for defense only. Foreign Minister Grey has assured American Ambassador Page that the German charges are. false and Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce. the British ambas sador, today gave similar Information to Secretary of State Lansing. Mean while Secretary Lansing in instituting a 'search . for the missing append and feasv asked Ambassador Gerard how? the , pouch -w as rodted; f The suggestion made from the Ger man embassy here tut Great Britain baa confiscated ; the appendices along with other mall carried by. the Nleuw Amsterdam , is hot accepted. The de lay, it was pointed out, may have been due to the desire of Ambassador Psge to forward them by an American liner. V T.ansing Denies Statement. . ; Just before he went into confer ence with President Wilson, Secretary Lansing issued the following state ment: (Concluded on Pajce Two, Column Frar) Committee Appears To Favor Navy Yard Poindezter Plnds Sentiment for Ap propriation to Equip Bremerton for ' Construction of Battleships. Washington. Feb. 29. (I. N. S.) Senator Bjfeindexter of Washington, with the sanction of Senator Tllman, today began a poll of the senate naval affairs committee ; to learn how his bill for the appropriation of 2,61,000 to equip Bremerton, navy "yard with .facilities for battleship- construction stands.. .... V".-; ' .Y.-;--. After a preliminary canvass Poin dexter declared, that apparently- a ma jority bf the committee favored the measure. , v ADVANCE OF THE GERMANS ON VERDUN &J2on55nvcyo o Brabtttt' Camftra Ktf.j Chittwciurt .... MtrrT- & J not wurrl 'jfiw: FChoisel FccsSaxtei - FT OlDw, iM - lemmes jfCrert . O Bettenes 4 fUeesMs : Space between dotted line and Mack line shows ground gaine by - : the kaiser's forces in the last few days. . . Maioja Sunk by Submarine, Says Officer Big P. O. liner Torpedoed, Not Sunk by Mine Off Dover, Tes tifies Chief Officer. Dover, England, Feb. 29, (U. P.) That the Peninsular and Oriental liner Maioja was the victim of a submarine off here Sunday and was not mined as reported was the testimony of Chief Officer Forbes today. Other witnesses did not corroborate Forbes story as to how the versel wa destroyed with the loss of between 150 and 170 Uvea His testimony was the first hint that the vessel had not been mined. lias cars Drowned. Many. London. Feb. 29. (I. N. S.) "Terror-erased Lascar seamen who fought to get into the lifeboats were respon sible for the heavy death list when the Peninsular and Oriental liner Maioja sank in the English channel after striking a mine off Dover." So declared Ralph Foster, an Amer ican, a survivor of the disaster, here today. Foster is 24 years old, and is a resident of Topeka. -I. swam." said Foster, "for half an hour before a torpedo boat picked me up. I was almost exhausted snd suf fering extremely from cold. The Maioja listed heavily and the life boats could not be launched from the starboard side. The sea was heavy and many of the occupants of the boats suffered from broken limbs as the boats we're dashed ' against theJ side of the ship. There were plenty of boats for all if they had been handled properly." NEARLY 1000 MAY BE TOLL TAKEN BY LOSS OF FREEH STEAMER Of 1800 on Board Auxiliary CruFser La Provence but 870 Reported Safe. Paris. Feb. 29. (U. P.) Nearly 1000 men are believed to have perished when the French auxiliary cruiser La Provence, carrying 1800, ssnk (Satur day in the Mediterranean. Official an nouncement fry the ministry of marine f today tow of 9 landed at Malta,-ana 400 otners at . tne ureen lsiana or Melos. - ' A later official statement said that 870 were saved,, making the missing nearly. 1000. , The boats now at -the scene are con tinuing the search for other survivors. The La Provence dispatches did not state whether the disaster was due to a submarine, mine or an accident, though It Is known that submarines are operating in the Mediterranean, as the British steamer Fastnet and a Swedish ship were recently torpedoed there. , ' The La Provence is believed to be the palatial liner, formerly in the trfajis-Atlantic service, but more re cently on admiralty duty.. That ves sel was of 18,000 tons and 600 feet long. There is also a battleship Provence and a 4000-ton steamer Provence, but obviously, from the description, the sunken liner waa neither of these. The La Provence was probably carry ing troops, either to or from SalonikL Malta and Melos, the landing points, 1 are 600 miles apart. It is likely that the vessel sank between Malta and the Greek west coast. Germans Laying Mines. Copenhagen, Feb. 29. (I. N. S.) Via London.) The Af tonbladt re ports that a large German flotilla is engaged in laying mines south of Fal- i-sterbo, but outside of Swedish terri tory, and that it is unaer tne protec tion of 20 German patrol ships- s . 60m V GSFJceDouaumont tfWO. tr--... w : . 6?L7Jz CVERMJN MoP cJommtdiM. cif rfV"'.T iCECtJIICOURT Mrtx rt. FIFED FOULS JETTY; BA DO ALL ARE Heavy Sea Struck Steamer as She Started to Cross Bar and Knocked Hole in Her Bow. INNOCENT BYSTANDER SUFFERS BROKEN LEG Help Was Soon on Hand and Breeches Buoy Rigged Up With Shore. -Marshfield, Or., Feb. 29. (P. N. S.1 The steam rigged schooner Fifietd from San Francisco, carrying four passengers and a crew of 25 men. was wrecked at 6:AZ o'clock this morning on the south jetty of the Bandon bar at the mouth of the Coquille river in Oregon, and will be a total loss. A great hole was stove in the ship's prow. Just as the Flfleld was at tempting to pass over the bar a great wave hit the ship, swung it around and dashed it upon the rocks 200 feet from the beach. The ship began to fill rapidly, and a call for help was sent to the coast guards and the United States revenue cutter, who rushed to her assistance. Ship's Back Broken. By 9 o'clock the four passengers and all the members of the crew had been taken off and safely landed on the beach. W. M. Kay. an onlooker, was struck by a log. which crushed his leg. The ship's back was broken, and, lying as she does in dangerous water, cannot be saved, it is believed. Captain C. Backman bf Alameda, Cat., was In command. The passen gers from San Francisco were M. Wei n gar ten, a commercial traveler, of 137 Baker street, F. K. Jones and J. W. Janyso. Ths Flfleld left San Francisco on the 26th. It Is owned by A. F. Esta- broolc A Co., and has a gross tonnage or - ; ' . . Xlgg-ed Breeches Baoy. The, port Of Bandon is on th Co- MHle river,, nuowaybet ween Coos? Ba and Caper Rlaneo, The coast there la rough, exposed and dangerous to ship ping m stormy weather. ' - , The government - life - saving crew reached the -scene of the . wreck in a few minutes after the vessel utruck. and a breeches buoy was rigged from the beach. With this, the 29 men aboard the ship were all taken off in safety. - r nnnTnuir Tn lUfiKUIlUUblKINUU BRING WAR, ASSERTS NAVAL COLLEGE HEAD e i Rear Admiral Knight Declares i$ Crisis Is Apt to Come Any v Minute; Policies Irritate, Washington, Feb. 29. Read Admiral Knight, head of the navy war college, today told the house naval affairs committee that the Monroe doctrine was a big thorn in the side of other world' powers which probably would drag the United States into war. "The United States Is now support Ing more policies which are irritating to ' foreign nations than any other power," he declared. -Admiral Knight then enumerated the open door In China, possession of the -Panama canal. Asiatic exclusion and- the Monroe doctrine as specific instances of such policies. War Hear at Any Moment. ' , There is acute danger that some crisis may arise which will precipi tate war at any moment, Knight de clared.. "We should build nine battle cruisers immediately, he continued. "Our fail ure to build up the navy to the proper strength is partly due to officers and secretaries of war -cutting estimates, thinking mors. of economy than . effi ciency, but it is mostly due to congress failing to give the programs asked. Addition of 20 dreadnaughts and IS battle cruisers would make the United States navy equal to Great Britain's by Irtvlaton of Pieet Unsafe. " ""Division of the Atlantic fleet - so as, to send part of it. to the Pacific would be the most fatal icing we could do at this time. " r.-:;.r v!. believe the war will leave Eng land with fewer ships than hereto fore. If she wins, she will have no other enemy in sight- If however, we draw : up : close to her naval strength she may , start a building program. -"Are we menacing, to England any- wayr asked Kepresentauve Callaway. ? l r think we are, " the admiral as swered. but I beg to be excused from explaining - why." Indicatioris Point '. - To Canal's Opening v san- Diego. CaL, ' Feb. 29. P. " K. S. That the Panama canal 'will be ooen to- traffic In about two weeks Is indicated -by j the arrival here today of : the huge naval collier Prome theus, r having In. tow the new. collier Kanawa, which will ; be - fitted -: witn En urines at Newport rews. it w built at Mars Island. - -The Prome theus is, to touch -here for mall and will pass through the canal with its tow,": according w report nere. untinn v Myers Bill Is TackecLorithe Shields Plan Anti-Conserratlon Senators ' Make One Bill Mi Amendment to the , Other; Finehot Opposes "Both. " Washington. Feb. 9. (0. p.) Anti- conservation senators today made the Myers bilf an amendment to' the pend ing . Shields water power bill. The Myers proposal is to : f i : terms on which every power site the government controls would be' leased to private in terests for development. Both the bills have been denounced by Glfrord Pinchot as grossly careless of the pub lic Interest. . , .;- ' The Ferris bill, passed by the house, will never appear -in the senate unless a majority vote forces the senate pub- tio lands committee, headed by Myers, to report it. . Conservationists - may try again to enlist the aid of President Wilson In opposing ths Myers-Shields plana COURT HOLDS CONVICT LOSES HIS RIGHT TO A PRIVATE INTERVIEW Circuit Judge Galloway Says Prison Authorities Have the Right to Hear Conversation Salem, Or., Feb. 29. Circuit Judge Galloway holds in the case of A. M. Long, confined in- the Oregon prison, that conviction deprived him of the right of having a private interview with an attorney, the rules of the prison requiring -that all Interviews be held In the presence and heating of a guard. - Judge Galloway held that, inasmuch as the prison authorities were entitled to read all letters leaving the prison. they should also be entitled to hear the conversation of visitors and convicts. Tom Garland, a Portland attorney. sought to interview - Long privately. and told of how Illinois and Washing ton prisons had rules permitting at torneys to have private interviews with prisoners.' - ' aariand - maintains, la behalf : of Long. . that- Long ' has been ' illegally confined In the Oregon, state prison si nee October'' ti, 1914. - lus charges are hasd on the, fact that-the journal of the circuit court of Multnomah county for the terms from October S. 1914. to October 31, 1914. was - not signed by the Judge for- one year and four months after Xonga commitment, and that . the commitment was not signed.- ' . Decision Held DrasUeT ' The decision of Judge , Galloway In tht'cua of Lonsr. a convict, was not on .the originarSetlllon for habeas corpus, bat Is even more drastic, ac cording to Attorney .Netta A. - Gar land, who is associated with Tom Garland, attorney for Long. - After the habeas corpus proceed ings were begun. Attorney Garland asked the- court for an order direct ing the prison authorities to permit him to confer with his client. Lone, about matters pertsining only to tin habeas corpus proceedings.; It was this petition that Judge Galloway denied.' 9 Attorney Garland said that never theless the original proceedings will be completed and the case, will . be carried to the supreme court. Oregon Croesuses Do Some Scurrying Zaeome Tax, Statements Vast Be om Pile Tomorrow AH Who Hake Ores $3000 omoxs Per Teas "stust Aata. There was a great scurrying s round the offices of notaries public today. Men amenable to the Income tast were hurrying to get their statements prop erly sworn to, so they might escape the penalties of delay la getting them filed with Collector Milton A. MUler by tomorrow. .. All- statements must'DS' on file to morrow. The taxes tbemse.ves msy be paid on up to June SO. Kveryone whose income exceeds $2000 must file a - statement, though in the case of mart-fed persons, 94000 is held eaempt. The unmarried person has to begin paying, however, on a $3000 Income. -The tax grades up according; to the amount of income, so that the richer one becomes, the more he has to pay. -Collector of Internal Revenue Milton A. Miller looks for a heavier Income tax collection this year than last. , Car Cdmnanies Are Demanding Lumber - Chicago," ' Feb.t'29. I. 'J S. De mands y.;car companies' ror large quantities Of lumber Jbr use In the manufacture ' of . railroad equipment onntintiA to feature the lumber market. The Standardr; Steet Car "comVuiy'of PltUhurg is understood to be la tne market for approxlmsUly 2.000,000 feet of yellow -oIne'.lamber,In cesse- qaence of as order said to hav been received by It from : the . Kew Tork, New -Haven -ft Ilartford. rallro-d for 600 automobile, cara - . . Tbe American Car & T Fonnry Co. of Chicago Is t receiving bids.' It is understood, , for. approximately 900,000 feet of fir lumber, to-be used in the construction of. 75 refrigerator; cars and ZS beef cars, ordered by the Kin gan Ref rtgerator line. Abou t 150.S0O feet: of.: yellow pine lumber rwl"r soon be required- by some car comf-antes bidding on ISO stock cars, for which Morris tc Co. of Chicago are inquiring. s: '3Ien"to Feel DyelScarcUy. . fc: - Chicago. Feb. 29 U, P. Scarcity of dyes Is assigned by hatters as the reason for tbe fashion decree that men must weab. - lighter-colored thats i this w tun., ' J- GHAtlGESIOOl. ID GBI1IL' OFFERED BYLfu'-i Secretary of Hnterior; Wdu! J Have Timber Sold by Com petitive Bidding, Under D i -rection of Department. ALL LANDS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED, HE SAYS Oregon Given, He Thinks, Too Great Share, From Sales of Timber. . Washington, Feb. 29. (WASHING TOK BUREAU OF THK JOURNAL.") Secretary Lane of the interior depart-J ....v .ti a niri io in senate com mittee on public . lands .approves" the general principle of the Chamberlain land grant bill, with the suggestions for amendment of four sections.'--The chief change recommended Is that tim ber sales be made at such times and In such quantities'," under competitive bidding, as the secretary : of the In terior may direct, so the purchasers of timber would not have their own time tn which to sell, - - To Classify Zitads. .. Another amendment calls for-the ciassmcauon or lanas as timber, -mineral or agricultural, before entry. . Secretary Lane, expressing fear that the Chamberlain plan would lead to contests and uncertainly, suggests an appropriation of $100,000 - to clas- stry lands, lie also suggests that pref erence rights of actual settlers be made dependent on proof of continuous residence from December 1, 191. and actual Improvements. . . The secretary says the Chamberlain bill, in his judgment, gives too large a proportion of the proceeds from tim ber sales to Oregon, particularly be cause of -ths large advance proposed to be made by the government to uav taxes now due, lit thinks 20 per cent of the proceeds to the state and a n equal proportion to ins Oregon -counties would be Just lie believes the timber shouf- t sold for cash, be cause ths deferred payments plan of fers too many difficulties and cash sales will allow full taxation, lie con demns,, any. recognition . of applies nt to purchase as sanctlonihg fraudulent operatioos. ; 4 - . c mthdrawar of Water Sites. ,' . Secretary . Lane recommends a" pro vision for the withdrawal of water power . sites, allowing timber on the same to be sold. Secretary - Lane's ideas are: expected-, to have a strong Influence in the final draft of the bill. They are for the most part acceplat to Senator Chamberlain, , i . As expected the-bouse public lani committee voted - to take the Chan-- (Cowladed cm Pass Two, Cotatss Twoi - KILLS SIX MINERS; 33 ARE STILL EPMBED ' 'eHpssiwsMSSHas '- -V'i J- Twpnf v-riv. Whn FsnannH in I ,11 W I v - I i m "fcr mm-mm "f : Maryland : Disaster Brins . Bodies to Surface, - ' ' Kempton. Md., Feb. 29. (U. P.) Sir miners Nrere killed In an explosion in the - mine of the Davis Coal A Coke company today. A number of persons wars injured and Zt are reported still entombed x wemyHi x unnuri men urpuiii ii fx bodies following: a terrific 4 us t ex- - -i. ' 11 SBTa,i(iB.ii mmmm.m Sl SS j.. inmiLRTiaTiia oiiTTRrs Third Wound in War XTaela of Tormer fsaa Traaclseo Teeth Seeelves Word fcat Xajury m ' llrved Oocurred at Tsrdaa, . San FrartdscoFebJ 29-TT. P. For the third time during the war. Lieutenant Michel Weill t the French army, former San Franciscan, has been wounded, according to cablegram re ceived by his uncle here today JM wound apparently was received n tbe Verdun battle. t A f4exr " Garlic at 9 cents - , v ' ' f ' Speed up - your sales! , Joomal Want Ads. reach them' ill and, bring ctstomer who- wsnt your goods.- .Sea psges IS and 14. - Automobllss Wanted 79 ' $400 lot. clear of Incumbrance. 4o , . trade for i Ford runabout." Call. Swap Ooluma S. ' "-EXPERT ptano- tuning exchanged for anything usefuL 4 - . . Tor fsale MIsosnaaeotrs It i GARLIC 9 cents pound ; Impound . , onions Z cents. I'hone ' :' The "dailr rfrculatlon of . Thi Journal In Portland and its tr1 . Ing radios exceeds, that of the morning paper by several thou sands snd i is p'-srtlcally 69 per - cent greater - than its neareat afternoon conttniporary. MINE DUST EXPLOSION