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VOL.. XIV.. NO. 310. PORTLAND ' OREGON,1; MONDAY, EVENING, - MARCH 6, 1910. FOURTEEN PAGES. fet?rP TTTr r-PMTO OK VaAnrg AMD KIWI riuw& avvv itixsi rm mkti S1ID IS a 1 1 1 1 f mJm m PAD I - a,4(ii)Uki iRISSl London . Hears That ? Spanish : Steamer Principe-de As turias Has Gone Down and That Many of Her Passen gers and Crew Are Lost. BRITISH STEAMER, THE MASUNDA, TORPEDOED All Those on Board Her Re ported Saved, Including 2 American Passengers; She Was Traveling in the Med iterranean Sea. London, March 6. (I. N. S.) Four hundred and forty-five persona are be lieved to have met death. In the sink ing of the Spanish steamship Principe de As turias after striking; a rock, ac cording to a dispatch received here today 'by Lloyd's from Santos. Aiiree hundred and thirty-eight pas sengers and 107 members of the crew are missing. The Principe de Astoria registered 8371 tons and plied between Buenos Aires and Barcelona The liner struck a rock; east of San Sebastian, Spain. Another Spanish steamer rushed to the scene 'of the disaster and la now searching for, survivors. Fifty-seven passengers and 86 mem bers of the crew landed at Santos. The fact that Lloyd's information came from Santos. Brczll, leads to the belief that the wreck occurred off the Brazilian coast, - somewhere near Buenos Aires. The Prime de Asturias was built in 1914, and had only been in service : a few months. It was a twin screw vessel of 8170 tons, 4S9 feet long with i a 68 foot beam. Masunda Is Sank. . : . . London, - March e.U. . .P.! The British t. merchantman , Wasunda has been sank, supposedly by a submarine ih iHrtsw H '.waa JsataedU today, i nanos were reported saveo. m jua-. sunda of MHe -ton.' .if la not , known; whether the vessel was armed. Americans on Her. : London.. March 6, I. N. a) Two Americans are reported to' have been aboard the British steamer Masunda, sunk in the Mediterranean presumably by a Gerruau submarine, according to I announcement ' here today. No details were available. The Americans were reported en route to Bangkok through the Sues canaL . . GERMAN SEA RAIDER M0E1 IS REPORTED SAFE AT HOME PORT Fifteen Ships Taken or Sunk, 1,000,000 Marks in Gold, Is Booty Claimeci. Berlin, March 6. (1. N. S.) The has re- German sea raider Moewe I turned safely to her port, somewhere in Germany (presumably Wilhelrtfs haven Her commander. Captain Count :Dohn-Schlodien. reported the capture or sinking during her ven Ituresorne and romantic cruise of 1! iBritish, one French and one Belgian I vessel. ' Mines "aid by the Moewe re- Isulted In the sinklnr among other vessels of the . British battleship. King Edward VII. " tireld and Prisoners A. boa. Aboard, as booty. the Moewe ght 1,600,1 CO marks in gold bars 'captured from the British steamship ppanv which was sent into Newport News as a prize under comand of Lieutenant Ha.-a Berg. Captive aboard the Moewe when she arrived Iwere 33 British naval officers and sailors and 166 members of crews of captured merchant vessels. Announcement of the 'return of the Moewe was m-de officially Sunday by the naval general stiff. Germany is thrilling from end to Coachidre oa Pace Twa. . Colo ran tar) local Invention Turns Machine &to Real Money r " Tankee ingenuity Is not con- - 0 fined to New England, as too many snpposa.'It is an Amer-; lean blrthngnt. roriiana nas Its ' share of : In ven tors mean- lng - by that," Inventors who ! really invent and then get their - v Inventions done Into metal and - other machine-making ; mater- lals and sell the result for real ; money.- The . Journal's , "Noth ing the -Hatter With Portland" - series has revealed many Port- . land Inventions. Still another : is disclosed today, on the edi- tortal page. la an article that - relates to the Automatic Manu- ! iacturlng company, a young tn ! stltution . that has, -palpably, : big future -- Zepp elins Raid at e it st Twelve Are Killed, 33 Injured "it " . .' e? ; f n i ' - at as at Flames Light Way asTheyLeave Map of England, showing the extent of territory covered by the Zeppelin fleet tn its last raid. - ' CONGRESS HOPES U. S. CITIZENS ILL. STAY E, STATES McLemore Resolution Is to. r& i Considered Tomorrow Morning by, the House. Washington. March 6. (I. N. S.) 1 "Our main hope is that our citizens will be so advised that we wont have to fight over some fool who entered upon a joy ride at sea." This is the attitude of a majority of members of congress on the bel ligerent armed merchantmen contro versy, according to Representative Mann of Illinois, leader of the minority in the- house. ' He declared that a can vass of the house showed that a big majority of its members felt that way about the matter. Mann's declaration provoked a spir ited debate. "A large - number o gentlemen on both sides of the house," said Repre sentative Gardner, "are moving their heads and hands to prevent considera tion of the McLemore resolution. We must, not delay in considering this matter." Take Resolution Opposed." "We don't want a fake resolution." said Representative Gardner, "setting f o.-tta that while it is unquestionably right for Ameribans to travel on armed belligerents, it is the sense of this house that It would be best if Concluded on - Pace Five, Column Six.) Eay Is Chosen to Manage Campaign State Treasurer Will Be Chairman of Cummins Committee In Oregon; George C. Howard Elected Secretary, State' Treasurer T. B. Kay was to- dav chosen as chairman of the Cum minus campaign committee in Oregon George C. Howard of Portland was elected secretary. A meeting of 15 or 20 of the sup porters of Senator Albert B. Cum mins, candidate ror me ttepuDiican nomination for president, met" this morning at the Imperial hotel and partially perfected a campaign organ isation. . . The chairman and. secretary were authorised to select headquarters and open them as soon as possible. Chair man Kay will appoint an executive committee. He said the committee will be comprised of four men ana three women. The plan is to organize Cummins clubs in each county in the state. Senator Cummins' name will be placed on the Oregon primary election ballot. Among- those at today's meeting. besides Kay and Howard, were David Lofgren, B. W. Sleeman, Wlirred p. Jones, Levi Myers," Phil Metschen Jr W. T.r. Buchanan. -G. IV Peek and others. " . Well .Known Eailway Man GaUedibjr Death v . -v-;; .-' ' : Anffutta B.' Barker, for Many Tears Baggage Agent for Southern Pacific at Albany, Sad Bean In Veetois Ssalth. a Augustus D. Barker! 72, years ; old, for many years baggage agent for. the Southern Pacific at Albany, died this morning at the home of his daughter, 269 East Fifty-third street. L - Mr. Barker had been in feeble health for some time, He was on the South ern Pacific's retired list- for many HOM MANN years. English Towns ' t ' t e ; Northeast Counties. Attacked arnj Ships Get Away in Saftey After Raid, London, March 6. (U. P.) Zeppelin raiders killed 13 persons and injured 33 in an attack on the northeast of England last night, it was officially announced today. Two raiders dropped bombs in Yorkshire. Lincolnshire, Hut land,' Huntington. Cambridge, Norfolk, Essex and Kent. : . - ,v f The dead sra three men. four wornejj and five children. ' . Although the original' admiralty statement declared two Zeppelins par ticipated, it is now believed three took part In the attack. Forty Bombs Dropped. Forty bombs were dropped, wrecking houses on two terraces, and damaging several shops. The Zeppelins zig-zagged out to sea and reached their base safely. It ts believed the Zeppelins sought the whereabouts of England's dread naughts, the location of which ha been kept secret since the beginning of the war. The Zeppelins penetrated 85 miles inland. Soaring high over the towns and (Concluded on Page Three. Column Fire) Woman Lawyer Wins Point in Court Hiss Lus X. Cavers Convinces judge In Oregon Canning" Co.Wjse Involv ing Contract for 8anaSb " A record ' of many years' standing was broken in the United States dis trict court this morning when a woman appeared as attorney in a case at issue. The sombre old courtroom on the second floor of the postoffice building echoed with an argument by a barris ter of the opposite sex. Federal court officials were stirred as they have not been stirred in many months. A woman attorney, and she won her point, too: Miss Laura E. Cavers, representing . the Orenco . Canning company, con tested with G. Evert Baker, well known Portland attorney, for a ruling in a bankruptcy case. Some time ago, it seems, E. C. Luce contracted with the cannery people to furnish squash for canning purposes. Luce went into "bankruptcy and his creditors sued to have the company declared bankrupt, too, contending that a partnership existed between the squash grower and the canners. Judge Bean upheld the point made by Miss Cavers that the relation was not a partnership but merely contrac ture!. George H. Marsh, clerk of the court, can remember but one other occasion when a woman attorney appeared In the local federal court. Noland Nominated For Creswell Office President Wilson Bends Banie to Ben ate With Mamas of Mam Chosen fox Six, Washington Vostof fleea. Washington, March .KL N. S.) Nominations of Oregon and Washing ton postmasters -were made by Presi dent Wilson today, as follows:- , Chester Noland. Cresswell. Or.: S. F. Patton, Waitsburg, Wash., William L. Adams. Zillah, Wash.; .William Sample, Roslyn, Wash.; Eli P; . Mar shals, ; Sultan, Wash,; George H. Watrous, Belllngham, Wash.; Charles L. McKelvey, Cosmopolls, Wash. , Munition Factories Taken Ove ' London, March S.-HL N. S.J The ministry of munitions announces that 228 additional establUhmenU have been taken over for the manufacture of ammunition. The -total number-jot establishments now under government is 3052 -U vims wage by employers Protests" Against Proposed Changes in Rulings of In dustrial Welfare ' Commis sion Made at Meeting. MAY LAUNCH PLAN TO REPEAL PRESENT LAW Statute Permanently Fixing . Minimum Wages . and Hours Contemplated. This afternoon employers are meet ing, at the Chamber of Commerce-to protest against the suggested changes to the rulings, of the Industrial Wel fare commission. It is contemplated that this meeting will launch a movement to repeal the law which created the Industrial Wel fare commission and enact in its stead a law permanently fixing a minimum wage for women employes, the hours during , which they may be employed, regulations of employment, terms for apprentices, and other features em bodied In the rulings of the present commission. Employers stated this morning that they had such a move in -contempla tion, but it was not decided whether the proposed law and repeal of the Industrial Welfare commission act would be Initiated and submitted to the voters or be taken before the leg islature. It probably will be taken before the legislature. Changes Meet Opposition. . The meeting this afternoon is being held -by the Industrial Association of Oregon, which was organised since the protest arose against suggested changes to the commission's present rulings. John Tait Is president and Fletcher Linn secretary. Changes to the commission's rulings. which are meeting with, opposition, have not yet been presented to the commission for adoption. They have been suggested by a sub-committee of a conference appointed to codify the present rulings of the commission. These rulings have been made at dif ference times without relation to ona another, and they have been simplified through codification. " ' -AmaJtanMnt ars sTngirestea. ' In iU report to the conference of nine' persons, representing equally the employers, the public and the employes. the committee suggested amendments limiting the hours that women may be employed. to nine hours a day and 48 hours a week-; providing for ; an in crease in wages during the term of ap prenticeship; providing that permits must be obtained when employing ap prentices, so the commission' will have records of them, and a few'other minor changes. This conference of nine persons will' meet tomorrow afternoon to Lake up consideration of the proposed code and suggested changes. Hearings will be held on them and the conference will make its report to the commission. which also must hold a public hearing to give opportunity for presentation of objections before any. changes can be adopted. Reno Man Is Out for Nevada Senatorship , S. Howe, Klning Company. Secre tary ana Vice president and Man ager of Sank, Beaks JTominatlon. Beno. Nev., March 6. (TJ. P.) A. Howe, secretary of the GoldfleM Consolidated Mines company and vice president and general manager of the John S. Cooke company bank of Gold field, today announced his candidacy for the' Republican nomination for United States senator to succeed Sen ator Key Pittman. Howe was formerly private, secre tary to United States Senator Thomas H. Piatt of New York. Queen Endows Charities. London, March 6. (I. N. S. )--A dlsv patch to the Times from Bucharest says the late Queen Mother Elizabeth (Carmen Bylva) left all her property to charitable Institutions. WtCH pRtOttfECAtrt i i:t i aifi,ft'nVi''iraJc---rf-rv--f--'r-uii-i vnr'-r- rir('WnfWf'nrr - Abore--Iveeter Katterwhite. ;wbo K iiiiiiMiii..i....iMM uki .iiiiiiii iiii. i in ii , ..,....,.... .u, .1 ...... . J,:." V. XT ' ' : ' I . .Tin " 1 1 1 . . - 1 1 -K, I 'iil v -''- ' - ' ; 'r '"v r it's 5vyyy ll " 'i . Below- utagram snowing now, prisoner escapea jrom roomoy; wr o barred window on fifth, floor, narrow ledge on the Second strec " over the 'roof of the police station, to point, where Jtio fonnd.it 'possible to leap to the rear window xr of the. Worcester, buildings , Woman Threw . . . . Diamonds Out Car Window Mrs. - J. , S. O'Gorman Remove! flOOO Rings Near Red Bluff While Eating Oranges. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. O'Oorman were enjoying some, oranges In' their draw ing ' room on ' their way home from Ran' Francisco a few days ago. Mrs. O Gorman laid the peelings in a nap kin. With them she placed two dia mond - rings, valued at about $1600, and threw the contents out of the car window,' Just like that. - The CGormans had been at Coro- nado Beach and they were approach lng Red Bluff when partaking of the oranges. The train was making good time. A few minutes later, Mrs. O'Gorman missed the rings. She re membetred having removed them about the - time she started to peel the orange. The deduction was 'that, the rings had followed the orange peeling through the window. Mrs. O'Qorman continued . on her way to Portland while Mr. O'Gorman disembarked at Red Bluff, summoned a searching party and struck out to find the - diamonds. He knew would have been futile to look for the rings, for 'weeds covered the tracks In many places. But he figured that If he could locate the orange peelings the rings would be recovered. For a distance of nearly five miles the party walked and looked in vain. Then someone found the ' orange peel lngs. , They ' were scattered over an area of more than 100 feet. On hands and knees the' search for the sparklers proceeded' for two full days. Perse verance won, however, and Mr. O'Gor man came home with the diamonds: Today William Erwln, a Red Bluff pioneer, received a check for $100 from "Mr. O'Gorman for the aid given in the search. - Mr. O'Gorman is president of the Wisconsin Logging . &' Timber com pany or tnis city. "Gill Bill" Is Upheld By Judge Campbell Clackamas County Jurist Maintains That legislators of Oregon and Washington Made Bo Valid Compact. Oregon City. Or., March 6. Judge Campbell in the circuit court held that" the ' last legislatures or Oregon ana Washington did not make a valid com pact In reference to waters within the state of Oregon concerning fishing rights. The point came up on a test case, habeas corpus proceedings. Charles F. Ely was arrested . for fishing in the Willamette river south of the suspension bridge. - in .violation to the act known as the "Gill biH." Attorneys .vfor the. defense i contended that this act. having passed subse quent to he'lMnt act' of th: states 'e'f Oregon and Washington, was . void. The state held that there was no' com pact between the states and that had there been one it is invalid because it was never ratified by congress. The court held that the state is right in its contention and dismissed the writ and remanded the defendant. Consul to Cairo Dies. . Washington. March 6. (L N. S.) Advices received at the state depart ment today from Lisbon, Portugal, told of the death there of Olney Arnold, American diplomatic agent and consul general at Cairo, Egypt. No details were Included in the dispatch. PRISONER MAKES . DARING ESCAPE sJY- fh ' Ut.Ui Mm V''ft - 'vt - :r'y iri made' sensational escape from the - n - ' - . . . . .-..w. . . , Jt; , N. D. Baker to Be Ex -Cleveland -t Bl ' S a? Believes in Wilson's Policies Newton D. Baker, former mayor of preparedness, to be bead of war department. -i - & M ' - I I v'-V ' - . ' 7 V. ' 'f ' 4 V 1 HIS ESCAPE FROM JAIL IN ' Ledge Then Swings Across . I iaht Shaft This MArrim Taking his life In his hands In creeping along a narrow stone -ledge, 80 feet above the street, and swinging across a light shaft five stories deep, Lester L. Satterwhite, 21 years old, a burglar with a record of four impris- Concluded on Pace Fire. Column. Two.) city Jail - thla morning, I imau trap ; wr, ; owrraorr W of the building, and flnallr BURGLAR MAKES VERY DARING MANNER War Secretary Mayor Named Cleveland, pacifist who believes in He "Has Accepted Position; Twice Refused Earlier Cabinet Offers, Cleveland, Ohio. March 6. (U. P.) Newton D. Baker, former mayor of Cleveland, announced today that he had accepted President Wilson's of fer of the secretary of war's port folio. - Baker said: "I have accepted. I do not know when I will go to Washing ton, but it will be within a week. The expression of President Wilson's con fidence in me carried by the appoint ment is certainly most -flattering. Of course, I know nothing of the duties of the office and have all to learn' Baker has always been known as a pacificist.' At a recent meeting of citi zens be was boosted as the - man to bring peace in Europe when the time is ripe. Asked when he had ceased to be a pacificist and become-an. advocate of preparedness. Baker said? Believe in Vreparedness. "I am still a member in good stand ing of several peace societies." "But you believe in President Wil son's preparedness policy?? he was asked. 'tfes, I believe in all his policies, as far as- I know them." - When the difference between the president and congress on the proposi tion' of, passing resolutions . warning Americans to avoid armed liners first developed. Baker wired to Senator Pomerene: -:' "My opinion is wholly with the president. . He will doubtless save the (Concluded on Pice Fl. Colusa Two.) ', Blow at Propaganda Plotters: IsPlanned pepartment of . nstlca Afents wm ; Kaka; Arrerts Within Mkr 1 tlom or " Jfatnre ' of 'Hots Hot Told. i Washington. March -f-I. K. :M. A new and telling blow at , propaganda pi dtters within a weeks was '.predicted in' government circles today.. Officials refuse tl discuss f In What section of the -country arrests will ''be made or l to discuss the -nature 'of the ' offense ( that will be charged. ,s v uepartment or - justice agents - pias td -strike quickly, and nneipectedly in order that meownow nderO sasplcion mar have no Intimation thst they arej watched ' until 'they 'find' them- selves) - In -custody- and -facing - lBdlct-meBta-i,. - , 1 - COMMITTEE IS 10 DRAFT JEW LAND IMF, Chamberlain-Ferris Bill to Be Basis of Substitute 0. . & C. Grant Measure's Now Pending in Congress. SCHOOL AND ROAD FUND BENEFITS MAY BE CUT Recommendations of Interior Department Are Looked . to for Policy. Washington, March 6. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Now that Secretary Lane has sub mitted to congress the views of the interior department as to what should -be done with the Oregon & Califor nia land grant, all cards are upon the table, and ,the house committee on public lands, using the Chamber- ' lain-Ferrls bill as a basis, will soon carve out a substitute for all th proposals offered. First liame the attorney general, who stated the law of the case, as ne Deneves it to be. He suggested numerous amendments to the Cham berlain draft, which the Oregon sena tor accepted, and which are em braced In the bill as it was intro duced in the house by Ferris of Okla homa, chairman of the committee. Bailroad View Presented. Then the Southern Pacific company, through J. P. Blair, its general coun sel, presented the railroad view of the legal effect of the supreme court decision, renewing the claim that the railroad Is entitled to the timber as well as $2.60 an acre for the land, and has certain other so-called equi ties. The railroad view has no sup port In committee. Next the forest service, through . Secretary of Agriculture Houston, told the committee its view, the sum ana. substance of this being that the Chamberlain plan is defective In so far as it contemplates Immediate sale of the timber. The forestry peo ple contend it should be sold only -for "immediate manufacture" as de mand arises and that meanwhile It should be carried in public owner ship, because of the heavy carrying charges that would otherwise Jx thrown unoa.thajumber industry. ,!Tb a forestry' service alno" 'suggests that 800,000 acres included in 'the boun daries of existing forest reserves he permanently annexed thereto . - ' Sane Presents Sis Views'. Secretary Laoe, for the interior de partment, suggested styi other ' changes, not fully in harmony witn the department of agriculture. He approves the Chamberlain draft lit the main, but holds It would be uti wise to allow timber purchasers to have' their own time for cutting- He suggests that the secretary of the In- (Concluded on Page lu. Column One) OF LAW IN FUTURE New Secretary of War Says -He Is a Peace-at-AlmosU Any-Price Advocate. 1 , ' Cleveland, Ohio, March .(XS. P.) Expressing fear' that his appointment as fcecretary of war might be held up because he Is a known pacifist, New ton D. Baker this afternoon reasserted . to the United- Press bis firm belief that peace will pot come until the bel ligerents agreed to substitute law-for -force in settling International dispute. "i nave long seen a peace-at-aimost-any -price man," fcald Baker.. "The first step toward insuring International peace would be, I believe,. the estab lishment of a world peace court as The Hague tribunal provided, but never ex ecuted, as there was no agreement Of all nation regarding Its constitution, BaUeres Vsaas Win Selfa. "I will continue to be a member of p;ce societies, for I still believe that , peace must come through the courts of law.. - ... t . 5. "The question of United States army preparedness Is under congressional -consideration. Jt would be improper for me to express sn opinion on It ex- . cept to congress through the presi dent. I cannot --discuss conacriptlon -in America. Why, my appointment Is . not yet confirmed. , It may yet be held up because I am accused of bejng a pacifist, ur 1 mar be objected to for some other reason. Tou know ! spoke -or Bralndeis appointment to the su- ' preme court bench." , . f "tWlft ys Baker Owes tttf, " ' I, ' Mrs. Baker was prosecuting an urn ber of alleged bad-egg -dealers as leaders ' of the Housewives' iesgue , when she head the news. . gh xaii. T. "It seems to be fate that Mr. 'Baker, who .belongs to almost every peace so ciety In the world, should be named. But- X ' f eef tier owes - this- duty .to hi country, which . Is demanding every service that - caB be given. ; I am a paelf'lst,: but pot . a f-'peats-st-any-pricer.". t, . ' Acceptance Is Received, ' Washington, ' March 4.IT. P.)' Presldent Wilson this afternoon', re-7' eetvsd Newton P. Baker a acceptance of ths secretary, of war portfolio, - He will send the nomination to the sena'w tomorrow. . Baker is to confer with the president on Thursday, preparatory to assuming his new duties. BAKER PACIF1CI HEORY EES REIGN