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THE WEATUfirt Tonight and to morrow, " r a 1 n ; south westerlr winds. Humid ity, 89. VOL. XV. NO. 223. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1916. EIGHTEEN PAGES. rmtrp fTf PUMTC OH TBADTt A WD trrWl rivn-c vw " iTAKct mi crura TROOPS ON WAY IREVINO'S IN . r Reiiforcements Are Expected . ti Give Carranza Forces tjctory Over Bandits After several Days of Fighting. LclsES ON BOTH SIDES REPORTED VERY HEAVY Stcets of City 'of Chihuahua Said to Be Filled With Dead Men. I Paso, Texas, Nov. 27. (I. N. S.) confirmed reports reached Juarex shortly before noon that General Tre vlijf had evaluated Chihuahua City an)-moved northward to Saux. This intra, it was said, was for the purpose ofSrawlng Villa Into a trap, Trevino coming upon Oeneral Murgula to clqa in on Villa's rear. Mexican offi cii) did not credit the rumor. jf Paso, Texas. Nov. 27. (U. P.) Thl the attempted storming of Chl hujhua City by an army of 4000 Vli llstta, under i.ersonaJ command of Via, la still In. progress early today v. the declaration of United States dejfcrtment agents here. They based thtr statements upon the Mexican le faco government authoritlea in send lnjevery Carranzlsta soldier available in Northern Mexico to the relief of the bei'eged city. Jhls Is tho fifth day of the battle foipossesslon of Chihuahua City, the ke;. to northern Mexico. In spite of tvry efforf by de facto officials, no wad of the fate of General Trevino nt his garrison has leaked out tilnce noh Saturday. That Villa and his foies are still encircling the city is ceifcin. i; Lomm Reported Heavy. bases in the four days' assault were exsjmely heavy on both sides, according-to report reaching the border, "Csnot estimate losses," read one mesage, "but the streets of the city are filled with dead. Impossible to pickup the wounded because of lnces ari firing. Many buildings through outthe city damaged by shell-fire." Urlng the early attacks Saturday rnoing Villistas penetrated into the '. cityproper and maintained a foothold , fork time In Zarco avenue. Machine rurtlra hurled them back. At another tlrmthe bandits gained the church of Banurlo de Guadalupe, on the west ldeof the city. Shells from 76-mUU-metr guns demolished the church and Cartnxista cavalry scattered the sur Vlvos. ; Kessenger Falls to Return. r Afiough the telegraph wires are opeivto Corral, within 10 miles of the ctat(capltal, since yesterday, the mill- (CoWuded on Paco Fifteen, Column Three) OF E TO T Appehension Felt, However, hb May Reject It; .-Withdrawal Delay Expected, Washington, Nov. 27. T..N. S Tha termination of relations between the Uilted States and Mtxloo Is once more 'squarely UP to Carranza. The first (Thief's attitude, either In accept ing of rejecting the Atlantic City pro tocoli'Wlll point the way to the future coursv of thd United States, state de partment official said today. The is grave apprehension here that feneral Carranra .-will r reject the greenent on account of tta provision for tie pursuit of Mexican raiders back into Mexico if they cross the Amerfcan frontier, although no such reciprocal right is given Mexican com mandos. It ll, true that this provision ls'con tained in a separate memorandum, but It is Intended, so far ts the United titates is concerned, to have binding, force.; The continuance of artlvitv by Villa and ha) forces on a; larger scale around Chihuahua has caused both state and war department officials to abandon all expectations of an early withdrawal of Genarii Pershing's troops -from Mexico ot the return of the national guards men from the border. The Necessary rehabilitation of Car r ansa's; national treasury by a large American loan, it Is'thought here, may fores the first chief to accept the ob jectionable terms of the border agree ment against his will, as American banker decline to risk money in Mex- ico while exists. the present disagreement Blaze in Italian Ship Threatens Munitions New Tork. Nov. 27. (I. N. S.) Fire etarted;in the hold of the Italian liner Reglita-d'Italia yesterday morning. The blase was- discovered in" No. 2 hatch way, where a cargo of wax wa being loaded. For more than five hours flreboats and land apparatus fought to control the bias's- before- it could spread to holds filled with ammunition. It was stated that the. ship wi)l sail at the scheduled-hoar today for Italy. NEtD FUNDS MAY CARRANZA PPROVE AGREFMFN )) ; IChel Iice tof iTte Daily Journal Is TWO CENTS ; er. Copy; on the BULLETINS Canada to Establish line. Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 27. (U. P.) The government announces the establish ment of a state-owned steamship line between Canadian Atlantic and Pacifle porta via the Panama canal. There being- no tonnage available, two vessels will be built In British Columbia for which tenders win be called at once. Wages of 1650 Are Raised. Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 27. (U. P.) In crease In the cost of living was given this afternoon by officials of the Kd ward Ford Plateglass company as the reason for granting a wage increase of S per cent to 1660 employes. The in crease will become effective Decem ber 1. Berlin Exchange Takes Drop. New York, Nov. 27. (U. P.) Berlin exchange fell to the lowest quotation since the opening of the war today, the German mark being worth 1714 cents. against Its normal value of about -4 cents. Fraud Investigation Starts. Pomona, Cal., Nov. 27. (P. N. S.) The grand Jury late today began an in vestigation into charges of fraud in the recent presidential election. Several election officers were scheduled to be called to testify. GREEK REBELS WILL IN ALLIES IN FIGHT Resignation of Greek Cabinet, Fourth in as Many Months, Reported Imminent, Zurich, Novj 27. (I. N. S.) Troops of the Greek revolutionists, headed by Eleutherios Venlxelos, will take their place on the battle front to fight the Bulgarians, says a dispatch from Saloniki today. They have been equipped by the allies, with whom thpy will cooperate. iome, Nov from Athens 27. (U. P.) Dispatches today declare the resig- nation of the cabinet is Imminent. ' Dispatches from Greece during the last few days have Indicated impend ing dissolution of the cabinet termed on October 10 by M. Lambros. A re port Saturday declared that the min ister of Justice had resigned. With the demands made by Admiral Fournet of the allies, for disarmament of Greek forces and the "provisional" or revolutionary government under former Premier Ven'.zelos at Crete taking a determined pro-ally stand, the neutral ministry is evidently hard put to keep its stand. The Lambros. ministry is the fourth formed in Greece ia as many months. Counter Attack Repulsed. Paris. Nov. 27. U. P.) Sanguin ary repulse of a Bulgarian counter at tack made on Serbian forces in the C'erna sector of the front near Mon astir Sunday night, was announced in today's official statement. F. A. Kilburn Sticks On Bar at Eureka Steamer Has Harrow Escape In Acci dent oa Trip From Portland But Worked Herself Free Prom Sanger. Eureka- Pal.. 'Nov 27 ITT PI While crossing into port from Portland today the steamer V. A. Kilburn hunx up on the bar Just inside the south Jetty. She remained there 45 minute. before she could work herself free. It Is believed that her steering gear iroke down, causing the accident. The sea was not rough, but the po sition of the Kilburn waa such that she would have been In great danger If she ha not got off soon. The Kil burn carried passengers. When the Kilburn docked Captain sears said the vessel had struck twice. ine KUDurn came into ner own steam. wharf under i Lifeboats had been prepared for launching and were swung out on their davits when the Kilburn docked. Federal Ownership Would Be Welcomed Washington. Nov. 27. (I. N. S.) Many railroad executives would wel come government ownership of rail roads, and to take them over would be so easy that no "red tape" would he necessary, A. P. Thorn, counsel for the railway executive committee, said this afternoon, under cross-examination before the Newlands railroad investi gating committee. Mr. Thorn, how ever, urged the federaU incorporation of national railroads, but- opposed in terference with the general police pow ers of the states over the railroads. Gold Importations Nearly Half Billion New Tork, Nov. 27. (U: P.) Gold importations for the year climbed nearly to the half billion mark today when J. . P. Morgan & Co. deposited $7,600,000 gold from Canada at the assay office. The year's importations total 438, 600.000. Czar of Russia on Way to Roumania Copenhagen, Nov. 27. (I.. N. S.) Cvar Nicholas of Russia hs arrived at Kiev on his way to the Rou manian frontier to confer with King Ferdinand, says a Sofia .'dispatch to the Vossische Zeltung of Berlin today. AGAINST BULGARIANS BERLIN EXPECTS HO FALL THIS WEEK Railroad Junction of Alexan dria Taken by Teutons, Ac cording to Berlin Report, Which Indicates Progress. 16,000 ROUMANIANS CAPTURED IN 24 HOURS Large Quantities of Grain and Other Supplies Form the Booty Taken. Berlin, Via Sayvllle Wireless. Nov. 27. (Ul p.) Alexandria has been cap tured from the Roumanians in Wal lachia, according to today's official statement. German and Austro-Hungartan troops under Lieutenant-General Krafft von Delmenslngen, advancing down both tides of the Alt valley from the north, threw the enemy behind the Topologu sector, said the official report. The capture was announced today by the war office in a statement on Rou manian operations. More than 16,000 Roumanian officers and men have been taken in the past 24 hours, by the victorious Teutons. Vast stores of war supplies have been captured. Berlin, Nov. 2". (I. N. S.) The capture of Bucharest, the Roumanian capital, by the German allies under General von Falkenhayn and Field Marshal von Mackensen is expected this week. At the rate the Austro German troops have been moving through west Koumanla during the past few days, Bucharest should be reached before Thursday. Vienna. Nov. 27. (I. N. S.) The archives and treasury of the Rou (Concluded on Page Six, Column Two) TO TEST THE MEASURE TAX LIMITATION LAW WILL NOT BE OBEYED Commission Announces Levy Will Be Made to Raise Sum Government Actually Needs Salem, Or., Nov. 27. It was given out today that the state tax commis sion will levy what the state govern ment actually needs for institutions, departments and commissions for 1917, regardless of the tax limitation amend ment recently voted by the people. The levy" will be made as soon as it is pos sible to make it. The commission will certify the full tax to the counties of Oregon, and it will then be up to the counties to levy the tax or institute legal proceedings. By instituting legal proceedings, all concerned will get at the exact status of the case. Members of the commission are agreed that it would be best to get a decision of the supreme court on the questions involved before the legis'a ture meets. Some insist that the state tax com mission cannot make the so-called levy, but that it must be made by the coun ties, and also that the constitutional amendment does not apply to it this year, as the legislature has to provide more machinery, as in the case of the bone dry amendment, to make it effec tive, u is asserted that the state tax commission is not a tax levying body. und that the county court alone has the power. Natives of Tripoli Trap 20,000 Italians Berlin, Via Sayvllle Wireless, Nov. 27. (U. P.) Loss by Italy of 20,000 men in a coup engineered by Tripoli natives was announced in a Constanti nople dispatch received here today. Ramaza Bey Chetwi, who, the state ment says, the Italians believed to have been bribed by them, turned his arms against Italy, armeu his follow ers by Italian money and defeated them. The statement declares that the Ital ians "dare not abandon five cities which they still now occupy on the coast." The" above dispatch apparently claims Turkish resumption of control of Tripoli, which country the Ottoman empire lost in the Turko-ltalian war of 1911, and which Italy formally an nexed February 23, 1912. Tia Juana Jockey Is Held on Suspicion Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 27. (P. N. S.) Following the murder of Drew B. Milligan by bandits last night. J. Collins, a Tia Juana Jockey, was ar rested early today on suspicion. Col lins maintained that he had Just ar rived in town from San Diego. Milligan was killed when two rob bers held up the machine in which he and Mrs. Erma Well an had been riding. Mrs. Weilan said one of the men cried out "Good God. I have killed him," and then ordered her to call the police. When officers ar rived, the men were gone. OR RESIDENTIAL HOTEL, in Tenth street, near Salmon, after fire yesterday morning, which cost life of Willard G. Dieting. At the top is shown a group of those living in the hotel, taken several months ago, and showing most of those who were in the fire. An arrow at the left points to Edward Ebele, who was saved by his roommate, and one at the right points to Die ting. Below, at the left, is Dieting, who gave his life after rescuing Miss Myra Skoggman and Ebele. In the center is the house after the fire. At the right, above, is J. W. Cudahy, one of the guests, who was badly burned, and below is Edward Ebele. ( 'Lvij J if -A ft Ms wiF t L P Vr- ' V ill ll ' II 1010119 I rv matte i 2t - XWlM mum irm rnn nun !i - . 21 i 1 1 n iiinirn 1113 vinvii , r ' m a ! More Efficient Expenditure of Money in Charitable Pursuits Is Aim Now. The Public Welfare Bureau begins today a campaign for funds with which to carry on its wltiter'a work. It has eliminated rent by securing good rooms in the coarthouse in re-; turn for investigation of applications for help received by the county board (Concluded on I'age Fifteen. Columu Three) Ambassador Not to Get Safe Conduct i British Government Refuses to Grant Austro-Hnnsrarian Representative the Expected Courtesy. London, Nov. 27. (U. P) It was officially announced today that the British government has refused a safe conduct for Count Tamow Tarnowsky, recently appointed Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States. A statement made to Ambassador Page by the British foreign office gives the ground for refusal of a safe conduct for the ambassador as being based on previous cases where diplo mats accredited to central powers have not acted in an exclusive diplomatic capacity. See Hope in Wilson. Vienna, Nov. 27. (I. N. S.) flti- mate success of peace efforts on the part of President Wilson was predict ed by Count Adam Tamowskt ven Tar r.ow, the new Austro-Hungarian ambas sador to the United States, in an inter view with the Sofia correspondent of the Pastor Lloyd. The diplomat de scribed the American president as "a mild man, who loves his fellowmen." State Department Surprised. Washington. Nov. 27. ( U. P.) The British refusal to grant the new Aus trian ambassador. Count Tarnowskl, a safe conduct surprised authorities here today, though they said this govern ment could do nothing abont It. The state department had?merely no tified the allies of his coming with out asking a safe conduct. The refusal to give this conduct is regarded, in diplomatic usage as discourteous, but not an affront which would Involve any complications. Marine Insurance Rates Show Drop New York, Nov. 27. (I. N. S.) An nouncement was made today of a crop of marine Insurance rates. Local under writers quoted a decrease of one-half of one per cent. Shipments to England are being negotiated at 2 per cent, to Ireland on the east coast, 3 per cent. Mediterranean rates have been re duced from ( to 8 per cent. Street. Pay to Newsboys i ' '111 :;;V7 I KKKKKKIIKRIIStll ,11 - T ' . II Woman May Be Fatally Hurt , v Death Dealing The v Dead. WILLARD G. DICTING. 24 years old, city salesman National Biscuit company. Injured. MRS. BLANCHE BOSS, 27 years old, back injury, inhaled smoke and flame, condition serious. MRS. J. GRATTON. 64 years old, bruises and possible internal injuries. i snock. MRS. BELLE ALKUS, detective. Meier & Frank Co. store, back wrenched, fracture of right ankle. MISS MARIAN B. SMITH, 26 years old, stenographer, general bruises and shock. MISS CORA JAGGER, 25 years old, stenographer, city attorney's office, I laceration and fracture of the right EDWARD EBELE. cashier Nations I Biscuit Co., cut on lip. R. E CURTIS, burned on left arm. Three others received minor burns and bruises, the latter in jumping from windows. Trying to rescue others, Willard G. Dieting, aged 24, city salesman for the National Biscuit company, took too long a chance for his own safety and sacrificed his life in a fire which swept PRISON LIBRARY IS DAMAGED BY FIRE IN THE EARLY MORNING Acting Warden Sherwood Blames Member of State Investigating Body for Fire. Salem, Or.. Nov. 27. Fire in the library of the state prison caused con siderable damage early this morning. The fire was discovered at 3 a. m., although it had smouldered. Acting Warden Sherwood believes, since Sun day afternoon. The damage to the library, located on the second floor, was not great, be ing confined largely to the floor, but flour, bran, shorts and other food stuffs stored in the commissary de partment on the floor below were con siderably damaged. The prison Investigation eommis sion, consisting of F. W. Mulkey and L. J. Wentworth of Portland, and E. E. Brodie of Oregon? City, held a ses sion in the library Sunday. Sherwood asserts that there is no question that the fire started from a cigarette thrown by a member of the commission into the sawdust cuspidor in the library, and that no convict had anything to do with it. Guards and a couple of trusties fought the fire until the Salem fire department arrived and assisted in putting; it out with chemicals. n st n .;. Fire Guts Hotel through a wooden residential hotel at 209 Tenth street, near Salmon, at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. After the flames had been brought urder control by the united efforts of several fire companies, his charred body was found on a bed In a room which opened on a fire escape. His retreat had evidently been cut off by smoke and flames, or he had been overcome within a few feet of safety. His last efforts were devoted t rous ing his roommate, Edward Ebele, who at first refused to take the alarm se riously. Dieting was 24 years old and had (Concluded on Page Three. Column One) IS IN DISTRESS 250 MILES OFF SEATTLE Niels Nielsen Reported to Have Lost Rudder; Rescue Ships Rush to Her Aid, nan rranico, iov. n. if. a. m.j The Norwegian steamer Niels Nielsen." 8S00 tons bound for Vladivostok wun a general war cargo, is in distress 250 relies off Seattle, according to advices received here today by the United States naval radio station. The vessel Is reported to have lost her rudder and virtually helpless in a heavy south westerly gale. The U. S. 8. South Dakota and other vessels are rushing to her aid. Vessel on Maiden Voyage. Seattle, Wash.. Nov. 27. (P. N. 8.) The Niels Nielsen is on her maiden voyage, having been launched at Se attle only recently for the B. Stolt Nielsen company of Norway. She sailed from Seattle November 20. Her cargo represents war, humanl tarlsm and peace. She has steel for war supplies, cotton and clothing for the relief of Poles and American agri cultural implements for the winter exposition at Moscow of the Inter national Manufacturers' Sales exhibi tion. Certificates Will Be , Issued to Hectors Sacramento. Cal., Nov. 27. (U. P.) Certificates of election will be Issued before night to the 13 Democratic electors. Secretary of State Jordan announced upon arriving at his office this afternoon from his home in Au burn. Is ; to NORWEGIAN STEAMER I? : E IS WARNED OF U-BOATS British Cruisers Send Wire less Advice; U-53 on New Hamphire Coast Is Rumor, New York, Nos-. 27. U. P. Wire less flashes from British cruisers di rected to all entrnte shipping in American waters, warning them to be on the lookout for German sub marines. Intensified reports here today of German submarines nearlng the United States, preparing for a whole sole raid on shipping. The warning, which was first heard from the cruiser Lancaster, advised al! ships to travel with few lights and to be prepared for an instant encoun ter with a U-boat. The district In cluded the water between Sable island degrees A ru'mor nlso r,ace1 N(.w York tnat two submarines are among the small Islands near the New Hamp shire coast. One of these Is said to ii the U-63, the submersible which sank five ships near Nantucket In O: toter. Among ships of the entente due to arrive this week are the Laconla and Pannonla, Cunarders from Glasgow; Lapland, a White Star liner from Liverpool: the Duca d'Acosta, Italian, with passengers from Genoa, and the British ship Bermudlan from Ber muda The American liners Kroonland and Philadelphia, arriving here, picked up the warning flashed by warships anJ the British station at Bermuda. It is quoted 'as follows: "Government station, Hamilton: ABVM (call for all British merchant vessels). "Government warning begins: Ger man submarines may be met any where in the Atlantic, especially west of 60 degrees west. Show no un necessary lights. Avoid ' all trade routes and converging points." Liner Hit Submerged Object. New York, Nov. 27. (I. N. S.) The White Star liner Lapland, which ar rived today from Liverpool, reported hitting a submerged obstacle off Nan tucket early yesterday, that may have been either a 'submarine or a sub merged derelict. At the time the Lap land was speeding through the dark ness with all her lichfs out to avoid any hostile U boats that might be in I the Ticinity. Over-Pay; and Thereby ENTENT SHIPPING AMERICAN WATERS 1 E Lind Was Beaten to Death by Man Named Lund, Asserts George Bartholomew, Who Is in Custody of Officers. HELPED CART BODY AWAY FROM LODGINGS Bartholomew Displayed Much Nervousness While Mak- ing Confession. Three Identify Bartholomew. Identification of Edward Bartholomew as the man who roomed with John Lind, who applied at another rooming house for rooms and who hired the buggy with which the body in the green trunk was hauled to the foot of Klanders streets was made this morning. Mrs. Anna DeCorsey, in whose house at 407 Stark street Lind was killed, Mrs. Jessie Althof, at whose board ing house at t3 Tenth street the men had first applied for lodRlng, and 8. O. Vlkens, man ager of the stables at Fifth and Davis streets, where th rig was hired were positive in their Identification of Bartholo mew. Bartholomew, after the Ident ification at the district attor ney's office, was taken first to the sctne of the killing and later to the foot of Klanders street where he gave his ver sion of the killing and disposal of the body. Numerous dis crepancies were discovered by the officers in the story he first told and his narration while on the scene. - - , "Paul Lund was the slayer of John Lind. He killed him with a club that" he drew from his sleeve and then tola" me to keep my mouth shut or h would get me, too." With these words, Edward Hartholo- , mew, accused murderer or jonn iino in the "green trunk" mystery of No vember 16, 1916. explained the crime to a Journal reporter this morning. , Bartholomew, who was arrested In . the Chinatown district of Seattle 8at ordax, rUrht, was returned. toJPortlaHd (. last nignt, ana put mnrugn a nerct , grilling at the hands of District At torney "Walter H. Evans, Chief Deputy Collier and the police. To them all he steadfastly claimed his innocence . of the actual klllln, although hi :. confession makes him an accomplice. ' Bartholomew bears a startling like- " (Concluded on 1'igt Fire, Column On) -ROAD FUND $161,000 Roadmaster Yeon, Backed by Heavy Taxpayers, Asks for More Than Board Allowed,' Under the per cent limitation law " the sum of II61.000 can be added tO the 1917 county tax budget. At the meeting of the. board of county com- v missloners today -when the report of the budget advisory committee was: taken up Koadmsster Yr-on suggested -that this $161,000 be added to the road fund before the tentative budget in advertised as required by law. Whan.-, the budget comes up for a publls hear- ' Ing and final adoption the Item could , then, he said, be finally considered. The budget as recommended by th -advisory committee allows approxl- . mately 3390.000 for roads. To this is to be added about $50,000 from the ' state automobile tax, affording alto-' gether for roads next year about. $440,000. A delegation of heavy taxpayers composed of Julius L. Meier, JOmery Oltnstead, W. K. Coman and W. P. Olds, appeared before the commission' . era and urged that the suggestion of , the roadmaster be adopted. They ex pressed themselves as unwilling to see the road program of the county' unduly checked. The commissioners took the mattef under advisement, as they yet have several days before advertising the budget. Auto Makes Plunge;. ;; College Student DeacL Joliet. 111., Nov. 27. f. N. S.) Miss Lillian Kriemerier, 20, a student at Northwestern college, Napervllle, was killed outright end Rev. E. O.v Rife, Evangelical minister of Naper vllle. seriously injured when an - auto mobile plungori off a 30-foot cliff near -the Joliet prison honor camp' early today. Miriam Rife, 18, and John Williams, 21. were slightly injured... Cutter Starts for Steamer. ,', fort Angeles, Wash., Nov. f7. (U. P.) The coast guard cutter Sno homish started today to the . rescue of the new Norwegian steamer Nile Nellsen. . "- Demoralize .the. Boy - 1 COUNTY COMMISSION S ASKED TO INCREASE