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4 SSUE VFTH GERMANY WILL BE MADE ATTACKS ON VESSELS Admission or Denial of Re :;,sponsibility Will Not Deter United States. PRESIDENT AWAITS FACTS Am Boom a They A Secured, Prob i ably Wrtiin. Tsa Says, H Kay ' Xy KatUr JSefore Congress. f .-. i "Washington. March 29. U. P.) The British steamer Eagle Point has .been torpedoed without warning, tne American consul at yueensiown raoiea today. All on board, including one American. were saved. f In"don, March 29. IT. P.) A sub marine fired two torpedoes at a Brit ish destroyer which was rescuing sur vivors after the Sussex explosion, it was learned on the highest authority today. Both torpedoes missed. 1 'Washington. March 29. (U. P.) Ambassador Gerard at Berlin was in structed by the state department to day to inquire if Germany had any in formation about the sinking of the British steamer Manchester Engineer, reported torpedoed without warning. By John Edwin Nevln. ? Washington, March 29. (I. K. S.) "Whether Germany admits or denies re sponsibility for the attacks on the steamers Englishman, Sussex and Man chester Engineer, the United States government will make.an issue of the attacks. It High officials today declared that jthe-presldent was only waiting for all facts in connection with the cases be fore acting. They believe that he will go before congress within the next 10 idays md place the entire situation in the bands of congress, probably accom panying his statement with a recom mendation that diplomatic relations With Germany be severed unless Ger many, of its own volition, withdraws , its. recant notification that armed mer chant vessels will be sunk without (warning. i Englishman Had Stopped. J The sinking of the Englishman is telieved to be without excuse. Affi davits of three American survivors seem to prove conclusively that the vessel tried to escape, was shelled by the pursuing German submarine and then torpedoed after she had come to x standstill. is Little doubt is also felt but that the Sussex was torpedoed without warn ing; : Consul Frost, at Queenstown, cabled today affidavits of rftembers of the crew of the steamship Manchester, sunk last Monday. It is understood these will declare the vessel was tor pedoed without warning. I German Ambassador von Bernstorff was expected here today from New jYork. I. Clear Case Sot Hade. I - The state department was not yet certain that a clear caseof submarine attack, "had been mads in the Sussex 'case. - The joint sworn affidavits of Ed ward S. Huxley and Francis F. Drake nerely reported that the captain of ;he Sussex said an officer of tija boat nail seen the torpedo. Ambassadors Page and Sharp said the Sussex had been reported torpe doed. One , American, Samuel Bemis, Is said to have made the sworn state ment that he saw the wake of the torpedo. This has not reached the state department. : ' Evidence Being Torwaxded. i The department was advised that t the Sussex evidence is coming forward. It was presumed this evi 1enci would Include a report by the American naval attache at Paris on they examination of pieces of brass found on the Sussex, which French officers said were parts of a torpedo. j State department officials safd there wasMio direct testimony or affidavits ! indicating that the Sussex might have been sunk by a mine. I Manchester Kay Decide Question. j The sinking of the Manchester En gineer may be the deciding factor ir the tubmarlne situation. ; If the preliminary report is sub stantiated" by. legal evidence this case may.be the one on which the Unite! State will base its action. All the other reported submarine at tacks have about them an element of doubt or at least an absence of legal proof The cases no v pending are: Tubantia. sunk off Dutch coast, lchard Schilling, an American, wife and daughter rescued; American and Dutcti governments investigating Norwegian bark Stilus sunk In Havre roads, four Americans aboard, and one injured. " French steamer Patiia. American UPON SPECIAL NOTICE ! Vofe below our change in prices also our new pol icy 4 changes a week. Tomorrow Thursday Tomorrow :. Featuring MARGUERITE CLAYTON. EDWARD ARNOLD, JOHN JUNIOR ' also the great FalUtaff Comedy - Harry's Happy Honeymoon' also the spUadid old-time,' siajrle-reel drama ' "OLD JANE OF:THE GAIETY" han&ijiF. Program -" -1 BROADWAY. f. TCoziest on the Court Opia 9 A.;M. Until 11 P. M. Evenings, Sundays,' Holidays, 10c Marine .Week " Days Only 5c - ' CHILDREN 5c - - . r v ; - - J ,THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,: PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY MARCH - 29, 1916. ' - , " . : passenger reported . torpedo fired - at her whli en route ,to New York, v - Sussex: destroyed in English 'chan nel with a lose of probably (0 lives. Twenty-five Americans Aboard and four injured, on perhaps fatally. ' Dominion steamer .Englishman sunk off the north British coast, on Ameri can killed, three others were "aboard. The fact tht all these incident have occurred since the new German submarine campaign went into effect March 1 has raised a presumption among many government officials thai submarines are- to blame. Mot to Act Without raets. , President Wilson hasx taken' the ground. however, that he should not act on assumption or on bare unsup ported testimony in arriving at a de cision on the cases now before him. The president holds to bis Intention of going before congress if the facts, when ascertained, disclose that any of the vessels was torpedoed Without warning. The announcement- from the state department that the United States will not enter into any debate with Ger many on the submarine question Was significant, following the statement that the president will write no more notes to Germany on the subject Ambassador von Bernstorff has re peatedly said that submarine comman ders have been given explicit instruc tions not to torpedo unarmed liners without warning and provision for' the safety of all on board. .,; Eale Point Is Sunk. London. March 29. (I. N. S.) Lloyds report the sinking of the steel screw steamer Eagle Point of 6222 built In 1900. The crew or tne vessel was recuu. the report states, fio aeuuis oi iuo sinking an given. The Eagle Point was ownea oy m Norfolk & North American snipping company and her home port was Liverpool. Dutch Steamer Sunk. London. March 29. (I. N. S.) An nouncement was made here today that the Dutch steamer Duiviana nas oeen sunk. The crew were saved. Council Decides to Rush Work on Broadway From Larra bes to Union. Proceedingsfor the improvement of. Broadway . from Larrabee street to Union avenue are to be rushed through the council and questions concerning the assessment of cost settled after the work is done, acording to a de cision, of the council today. Among the questions to be settled are the assessments of costs for the reconstruction of streetcar tracks; re laying water and sewer pipes and widening the street from East First to Union avenue. The streetcar company opposes pay ing for the reconstruction of its tracks in the streets affected by the improve ment, contending that the city should pay a portion of the cost. Property owners are opposed to be ing assessed for -the (cost of relaying Water and sewer pipes ana zor luecosi of widening the street. Bids for Pipe Opened. Bids on 300 tons of cast iron pipe. 450 tons of specials and 13 tons f lead for use by the water bureau have ben opened by Purchasing Agent Wood. The cost of the material will total approximately $25,000. The low est bid on the pipe and specials was submitted by the Oregon Iron 8 Steel Works, the bid being $22,667.50. The lowest bid for the lead was submitted by the Pacific Metal Works, the price being $8.2o per hundred pounds. Jitney Measure Introduced. . Commisslcner Daly's ordinance re quiring Jitneys to give eight hours service during the day was intro duced before the city council today. The measure also requires the pay ment of licenses quarterly instead of monthly and provides that all ma chines inspected s"nall be tagged only by the jitney inspector. Wooden Roofs Permitted. , Wooden roofs are to be permitted on fireproof school buildings, under an ordinance passed by the council today. The roofs are to be protected on the inside and out, however, with nreproof material. More Than Hundred Killed by Explosion Bucharest. March 29. fl. N. S.l More than 100. persons were killer in the explosion of an ammunlton factory at weiisaorrr, Austria, according to ad vices received here today. TTT) 99 Sim. Tue., Thun., Friday AT" WASHINGTON . MPROVEMENT TO BE MADE FIRST, COSTS SETTLED AFTERWARD , .. . . ... - . . .. I. i- i .. i . 1 a a w, ASKST OREGON TO GIVE BACK LEG HE LOST IN HARRY tftACY BATTLE Former Convict's Will In structs State to Have It Forwarded to California. a Kay Be Hard to locate. Salem. Or., March 29. Gov- ernor Wlthycome said today r that, the digging up of In- gram's leg would be a matter of courtesy on the part of Warden Minto of the state prison. Personally, the gover- nor said he believed it a small matter and he favored comply- lng with Ingram's wishes. Warden Minto is In Hood River to consult with Leslie Butler and others relative to building of roads, It was suggested at the prison that it might be a diffi- cult matter to locate the buried leg. San Jose, Cal.March 19. (P. N. S.) The strangest human document which has ever found its way Into the Court records of Santa Clara county is the will of Franklin Suard Ingram, filed for probate yesterday. The petitioner is Mrs. Effle Flowers of Woodland, chief beneficiary under the will, and whose mother had be friended Ingram. Ingram lost his left leg in the hunt 1st Oregon for Harry Tracy, the bandit. Ingram laid down specific instruction for his executrix to follow relative to the lost leg. An excerpt from the will, made March- 17, 1912, in Sacramento, fol lows: XKMrt leg" Fighting1 Bandits. "I direct that my body be burled In'a cemetery near where I may hap pen to die, and that my lost member (left leg) now lying in the potters- field of the Oregon state penitentiary at Salem, Oregon, having been ampu tated Dy tne state doctor owing to a fracture of the knee joint, which was coused by a gunshot wound fired by the nana or one uavia Merriam, a convict who with Harry Tracy, a convict, who had unrightfully become In possession of firearms for the pur pose of making their escape, having iwuieu nam x ii coi in a imuvsn Lflei . t .t t . i. . . i lack of diligence of a lasy. lneompe- servants, be burled with It, Wants Oreron to Pay Cost. 'I further direct that the state of Oregon be kindly requested to deliver to the executrix of my will my lost member, so that It can be burled with my body, and I also ask that the state bear the expenses thereof, for that is not asking too much-, as it was the state's fault that the guns were gotten Into the prison, and not mine, and I was under the state's protection, yet not protected. I feel that I should have been amply rewarded for my serious loss, yet nave received no compensation whatsoever, and my re quest Is therefore Just and reason able." Ha Helped Guards. - At the time of the prison break. In- gram was serving. a sentence for kill ing his brother. In the battle, be took the side of the guards. On his release he came to California, Friends in Woodland gave him a start, and at his death he bad about $800 In a bank and a lot In Oakland. Ingram cut off his relatives with $1 each because of the family feud which resulted in his murdering his brother. He left sufficient money for the per petual care of the grave of his mother in Salem. Or. DR. WAITE CONFESSES DOUBLE MURDER; DUAL PERSONALITY BLAMED (Contlnned front tice One ) would not die. So f gave him arsenic. That killed him." To Chlndler. and later to District At torney Edward Swann, the prisoner said he was under the influence of his "alter ego" Whom he described as the "man from Egypt" Dramatic Story Told. His eyes staring, running his hands through his disheveled hair and folainly registering insanity with ait the skill of a master of tragedy, the amazing criminal narrated details of his life long battle with the "mad from EgypC Waite told Swann that he had given an embalmer 19000 in cash to swear that the embalming fluid In jected into the body of Mr. Peck con tained arsenic. This Is the way the district attorney I quoted Walte I returned from Grand Rapids on Saturday, March 18. I knew then that I was under suspicion. I knew J would be arrested and tried for murder. I knew arsenic would be found In Mr. Pecks stomach. . S90OO cash to as raid. I "At o'clock Sunday morning Kane. the embalmer, came to my apartment in the coiosseum to collect his bill and that of the undertaker. I arranged then that for a consideration of $9000 sash Kahe would swear on my trial that he had put arsenic in the embalm lng fluid. i arranged tor Kane to make up some sample embalming fluid and take It to the office of the district attorney. He was to tell you. Judge Swann, that it was his regular cus- torn to put arsenic in the fluid.. Kane agreed to my scheme and I arranged to meet him next morning. Monday, March ZD, and pay him the money. The next morning Kane, wast wait- ins; tor me. I passed $1000 in cash to Mm lrt -a telephone booth.1 Detective Cunnlff, Judge Swarin said, trailed Waite In an automobile. He witnessed the meeting between Kane and Walte. but did not see what took place - In the telephone booth. We have been unable to find Kane yet," said Mr. Swann. Disclosures of Walte's wholesale purchases of death-dealing bacteria made th poisoning of his father-in- law and th (mysterious death of his mother-in-law sink Into relative Insig nificance today. He laid careful lane. to possess -whole colonies of typhus, pneumonia, diphtheria and influenza baeHiL Just rhat he did with these is not known. Waite studied the habits and effects of the germs he purchased as a florist wouia study bulbs. His strange fancy adds a new Chapter in criminolorr. i District Attorney Swann. now believes Walte expected to wip ot his entire family through, the use of th germs. men, according to those -who fcav studied the case, h Intended to poison any others who stood between him and the enormous - fortune that was at stak. - . .. .r frlaaae Other star. Jne by one his -victims were to e out f the way. And deaths - In every instance would bo reported as from natural causes. No mors diabolical scheme has ever com1 to the attention of the criminal authorities. The plot that germinated in this man's. mind has no parallel in criminology. ' " Behind his whole gigantic scheme there, lingered ever bis dream of a million dollars. The district attorney now believes that Waits expected to wipe out his wife' family by the use of germs and that he turned his hand to poison only when he found the bacilli process the safest one too slow to bring the deaths he de sired. Oerm Cultures Purchased. "I have evidence now at hand," said District Attorney Swann late today, "that between December. 1915, and March, 11. Waits purchased great quantities of germ cultures. These were obtained from the following and ) perhaps from even other Institutions: "The Cornell Medical college iatora tory, the Rockefeller Institute, the Willard Parker hospital. Parke Davis & Co.. of Detroit, and Bellevue hospital and morgue. "Some cultures he had Sent to his home; others he sen; messengers after, while still others he called for him self. Through his agents, whoever they were, he obtained the letterheads of many physicians and scientists of note in this elty. Under these heads and often signing the names of the doctors or men of science, he made his wholesale orders for deadly germs. "It appears that he did not stop with simple bacilli. There is evidence to show that at Bellevue he procured pneumonia and asthma sputum, and at the morgue he secured a tubercular mastoid." Swann announced that Waite, In ac quainting himself with the use and ef fects of deadly bacilli, had experiment ed on his friends. . The dark, somber plans of wholesale death which formed themselves In the young dentist's mind seemed to have their genesis even before his honey moon was completed. He was married In September, 1915, and jUst one month later he had al ready set out upon his quest ror bacilli. BANDITS FALL DOWN IN ATTEMPT-TO ROB KING COUNTY BANK - i , m - . . II M flfinTS OT MSie I n Vers IV. Attracted by Fuss, See the Would-Be Robbers Escape. Seattle, Wash., March 29. (U. P.)- Two near auto-bandits made a bold at tempt to rob the King County Stat bank, in the heart of the University district here shortly after noon today. They escaped through a crowd of be wildered students after Assistant Cashier Nordqulst failed to hold up bis hands. An automoDiie carrying three men stopped In front of the bank. One of tne men, about 40 years of age. walkea into the bank. He drew a gun on As sistant Cashier Nordquist, who duckea beneath the counter and pressed ah alarm button.1 Come up or I'll shoot!' ordered the bandit. Nordqulst kept under the counter. The bandit heard the alarm bell ring ing In a hardware store next door. A crowd of students began to gather out side the window and the lone robber ran out, Jumped into the auto, ana. placing a gun against the driver's head, ordered him to ."get out of here." A posse of motorcycle policemen is in pursuit of the world-be robbers. Prineville Votes for Railroad Bonds Only on Ballot Was Cast Testerday Aralnst th Proposition to Connect With Oregon Trunk Asa Sdmond. Prineville, Or., March 29. Only one vote out cf 857 votes cast at yester day's election wa in opposition to the proposed amendment of the charter to permit of the borrowing of $100,00& on a bond issue for the purpose Of building a railroad from Prineville to the Oregon Trunk railroad near liea mond. a distance of 18 miles. Another interesting feature of the election Is the fact that more women than men voted. The vote represented practically every elector in Prineville. The work or organizing ana complet ing the project is in the hands of a committee of citizens, who own large interests and who are determined to see that the people get a dollar' worth for every dollar invested. The railroad will be owned by the city exclusively and will be operated by a company which will contract with the city for the same. All rights of way have been secured, surveys have been, made and agreements for rolling stock and steel have been completed. The city council will meet at once and complete the work of placing the bonds, for Which there are already over a dozen applicants, ana to saieguaru against, any possible error or' -flaw creeping into the proceedings. Old Time Tippler Sentenced. Jimmie Ross, an old-time municipal court tippler, was sentenced to 80 days in jail for alcoholic drunkenness yes terday. Boss, the police stated, tried four times to get alcohol at various north end drug - stores before tfinaily mailing, mo jiurcnMb - , g Sprains and Bruises are so common in every home 9 that it pays to keep a good Lini S tnent hAndy. Nothing better S than Sloan's Liniment Itstops feain, relieves congestion, re- g duces swelling end does it S quickly too. Just apply ft few W the eain disaopefttft. drops 1 Sloan's s 1 Liniment s n "Keep a bottle la your hotne. i , Frio. 50c stm C H COURT VILL TIGHTEN UP ON PRACTICE OF ' GRANTING PAROLES Complete Record of Prisoner Must Be Furnished With Applications fn Future. WILL, REQUIRE SPONSORS Cases Coming Before Him lm Past Tew Says tisad Judge Korrow to lay Down a Hew Sole. Judge Morrow, now presiding over the criminal department of the circuit court, announced today that he is going to tighten up on the practice of giving paroles to persons guilty of committing crimes. Hereafter no paroles will be given by him, he declared, until a complete rec ord ot the prisoner has been furnished him and some organisation is ready to stand sponsor for the person being pa roled. "No more men are to be paroled and turned loose without anyone looking after them and without any definite purpose in view," he said. System Zs Scored. "There has been entirely too much looseness about the parole business on the part of the courts, and the result is w have gotten no place rlth it." Two cases which came Before him in the last few days are what opened his eyes, the judge declared. He said they "almost staggered" him. One was the case or Amos Jones, a young man who pleaded guilty of stealing a cow. His attorney said the crime was the youth's first offense, the young man's brother was In court pleading for him. and Judge Morrow gave him a county jail -sentence and then paroled him. But before the order was signed the police uncovered Jones' record, which showed that he had served a term in the state reform school and is now wanted in California on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder. A number of burglaries are also charged- against him. Judge Morrow called him back and gave him a peni tentiary sentence, without parole. Another Case Bobs Up. The other case was that of Lester Clark, who pleaded guilty to passing a worthless check. He promised to make restitution, and Judge Morrow paroled him. Before the ink was dry on the order the sheriff at Prosser, Wash., telegraphed the sheriff here to hold Clark on a charge of wife desertion. The upshot of the business is that Judge Morrow has concluded that he will go a little slower in regard to the paroling business, and the agreement of some organization to look after the man will be obtained before a prisoner will be paroled hereafter, the Judge said. ALLEGES TEST WAS FAILURE Charles R. B. Woodcock Wants Divorce and $7000 Property. As a test of his love . for her, Charles R. B. Woodcock, 69 years old. gave to Priscilla Sankus, 39, a deed to all his property, which Is valued at about $7000. This was in Febru ary, 1914. The following August they were married, at least Woodcock thought they were being married. To day he filed suit for annulment of the marriage and a -cancellation of the .deed. He alleges that he. has been sadly disappointed and badly de frauded. In his suit for divorce he alleges that Mrs. Sankus had lived In Ore gon Only one month. when she applied for a divorce from Antoney Sankus, and therefore the decree she obtained Is void. He began suit for divorce In January, 1916, on the grounds of cruelty, ana ne says he was Induced to withdraw it by his wife promis ing to live up to her part of the mar- W NE I O ACTS riage contract. . But it wis not until yesterday, he alleges, that he- knew that her decree of divorce from her first husband Was obtained fraudu lently. . Husband Obtains Decree. Although tho' suit for divorce was brought by Florence 8. Motachman, the decree was granted to her husband. Ernest Motschman, today by Judge Parker, sitting in department No. s of the circuit court. Their child was given into the custody of the father. The court ruled, however, that if the mother shows her willingness and ability to provide a home for the child she may have it, and 919 a month ali mony for Its support. Attorney Is Denied Privilege. Circuit Judge Gantenbeln today re fused to permit Charles Yates, who re cently withdrew, his rights to practice law in Oregon, to act as attorney In a case in which he and his wife were plaintiffs. -The' suit was brought to collect from the Alder Hotel company alleged damages of $169 for the loss of personal property left in the hotel The district court awarded the plain tiffs a verdict for $91 and the hotel company appealed. Divorce Suits Filed. Suits for divorce were filed yester day by the following: J. F. Meyer t. Lelya Meyer, married in Portland in November. 1511, ungovernable temper and cruelty: Walter Pattlson vs. Cora Pattlson, married in South Dakota in 1990, cruelty and desertion;, Ernest Wells vs. Louise Wells, married at Oregon City In 1911. desertion; L. Mosher vs. "Myrtle Mosher. married at The Dalles in 1910. crueity and deser tion. Pfahler Trial to Resume. The trial of Charles B. Pfahler, sec retary to the late Bishop Scaddlng, has been reset for 1:30 o'clock tomor row afternoon before District Judge Jones. Pfahler Is charged with de stroying the books of a corporation, the books being those in which the accounts of the bishop's fund were kept. Sheriff Offers Reward. Sheriff Hurlburt has offered a re ward of 125 for the apprehension of Charles M. lvle. the trusty who es caped from the county jail Sunday night. Notification of the reward and a description jet the man has been sent to sheriffs throughout the north west. Three Suite Are Filed. Suits for divorce were filed today by Katherlne E. Miller against C. R. Miller. She asks (20 a week alimony and alleges cruelty; Eleanor M. Oun- nell against Jackson Jay Gunnel! failure to provide a plaoe to live; Kate Wood vs. James E. Wood, cruelly. Sues for $ 10,000 Damages. SuTt for $10,000' damages for per sonal injuries was filed today by Jack Kimbeil against the Southern Pacific company. Kimbeli, employed as an oiler at the Brooklyn freight yards, was Injured in an accident. Ounty Aids With $1500. The county commissioners have voted to appropriate $1500 for the Rose Festival. Trapdoor Measure Violator Convicted Court Holds That Trap Door In Side-1 walks Most Be Kept Closed .Wails Hot in V. Trap doors in the sidewalks must be kept closedVwhen not actually In use. This was the ruling today of Mu nicipal Judge Langguth In convicting H. C. Brandes, manager of a cafeteria at Fourth, and Stark streets, of violat ing the trap door ordinance. Mr. Brandes was arrested by the police in a miniature "crusade" started after two blind men were injured Sat urday when they fell into an open sidewalk opening. . Because Brandes was' the first one arrested. Judge Langguth imposed no fine. COMPLETE CHANGE OF THE FAMILY THEATRE SUPREME SHOW VAUDEVILLE PHOTO PLAYS GREoR&co. iVptiipV; CORNELL A & ADELE A Blue Bird S-part photoplay by Booth Comedy Singing, Acrobatic Dancing. Tarkinftony featuring Marie Wakrnnp and Juan oe la Com. , y JtS "LOVE AND VACCINATION". ROSS AWISF CoaM' Novelty Singers and Talkers. CURRENT NEW3 EVENTS CALF ALL BYG.0.P, Disgruntled Republicans Ob ject to Manner m Which Other Carcass1 Was 'Eaten' HUNGRYFOR REAL- FEED 0 4 ' "Thorourhbred' to Be Bora Xftto the World Will Bear Brand of the BrofresslT. Bepubllcan Club. The prodigals who returned to their father's house when, at the organisa tion of the Oregon Bepublican club, the fatted calf of harmony was pre pared for the feast, are still hungry. They say that the calf has been killed. They do not object to the Slaughter, but they do feel hurt that the men in controj of the organisation have gobbled the carcass, hair, hide, bones and all, so they are going to rear a harmony calf of their own. This animal is to be a thoroughbred, and is to be born into the world of Oregon politics with the registered name of the Progressive Republican club. . Ho Kinship Claimed. It Is to hold no- claims of kinship with range-bred types like the Oregon Republican club, the Lincoln Repub lican club, the Multoper club, the Tounc Men's Republican club, the Alblna Republican club, the Bell- wood Republican club Charley Lockwood's Republican club of Ore gon or any of the other clubs that bear in their blood the taint of etandpat- Ism, old guardlsm or other bacilli. The sires of the Progressive Repuh llcan club held a meeting Monday eve nlng, at which time the situation was canvassed pro and con. More than 20 men attended the meeting, and there the shortcomings of the other organi sations were discussed. It was de cided, reluctantly, because of the clo ture that is being exercised over the Oregon Republican club by the Tall Tower that those of progressive be liefs could not continue as workers in that organisation. Keynote Xs Seeeallsd. They called to mind the "keynote" speech of Wallace McCamant, deliv ered at the Lincoln banquet, and de cided that they did not want to be bound by any Buch keynotlng. They objected to the snubbing ad ministered to George Arthur Brown at the Butler rally, to the refusal of the club to allow the women to have repre sentation on the executive committee or to have active part in the work of the organization, to the Inability of any of the officers of progressive tend encies to find out what the executiv committee has on its mind, and various other actions of oldtime flavor. They say that the Lincoln Republi can club is rapidly passing under the control of Elmer E. Amldpn and a small coterie of his friends and fellow work ers, and that he is planning to deliver the organisation to those of the old guard who are disgruntled at the Ore gonlan's control of the Oregon Republi can cluD ana wno want to erreci a working arrangement between the Lin coin club and the Multopor club when that is reorganised on March 30 ran coin Club to Xeet. The Lincoln Republican club is going to have a meeting at the Central library tomorrow night, and represen tatives of the progressive element are planning to attend In force and find out whether the organisation is to repre sent the progressive wing or the party or the reverse. , In the meantime members are being gathered in for the official formation of the Progressive Republican club. Thomas B. Neuhausen and O. H. Staron are rounding up the members. They are not going to announce the place of meeting, or the date, untif organisation IARM0NY THE1R0WNI SIM PRODIGALS .VA1UTM THEATER PARK ATTARK PROGRAM EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY TOMORROW 1Q HdURS10 CENT Spring Lambs Comef: VYi in season; rnce Is a Beoord Breaker 4 Evidence that spring Is frtal-, ly here was clinched when the first arrivals or spring lambs of the season were reported in. the North Portland yards. : Sales of these were made at V $1S per hundred pounds or fully fl above any previous price. Not only did spring lambs sell at the record price here during the day but a sale t of yearlings made made at 110. or a new high record for such offerings. TONGUE FALTERS IR ATTEMPT TO TELL OF John Kendrick Bangs' Poetic Fancy Outfancied by Na ture's Panorama. , John Kendrick Bangs said of the Co lumbia river highway, after he had been over it this morning: "I. have seen the great highways of Europe and have reveled in their beauty, but when I came back I was able to talk about them. "I was over your Columbia n vrr highway today, and its wonderful quali ties have left me speechless. I cannot talk about it. I cannot describe it. It leaves on my spirit the feeling of awe.l silence with which the great crowd at Gettysburg heard Lincoln's marvelous oration. I can only say that it Is the most beautiful thing of the kind I have ever looked upon. It Is a poem in road building. " Mr. Bangs comments were made in the course of his address before tlie Ai club at the Imperial hotel. He gave tribute to - Samuel C. Lancaster, th engineer of the highway, as one who has done a thing of even poetic ,enin comparable to such a work of genius of another era as a play of Shake speare's. Eailroad Will Pay Mrs. Berkey $10,000 The Northern Pacific Railroad com pany will pay 110,000 as settlement of the claims arising from the death of Ben L. Berkey, the Portland traveling salesman who was killed in a railroad collision at South Cheney, Wanh., on February 20. Notice of the proffered settlement was filed today with the county clerk by Bmma I., Borkey. widow and administratrix of the es tate. Five children, two of whom are minors, are the other heirs. The fam ily also received $15,000 Insurance. Officials Making an Educational Tour T, H. Nutting, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific mil ami steamship lines, with offices at New York citv. and J. H. R. Parsons, gen eral passenger agent at Houston, Texas, are on their way to Portland in one of the Southern Pacific's educH tlonal tours of the United Slate They will arrive here Tuesday. has been effected, so that the reaction aries will not have an opportunity to rush themeeting and shanghai the organization. HIGHWAY'S BEAUTIES -1