8 -
:vhb ; Oregon: daily Journal; Portland,- monday. January 15; 1917.
M1LVAUKEE-STARTS-
HOPE OF
BREAKING UF
SALVAGING VANISHES
Efforts to Be Bent Toward
t'. r Saving of Moveable Valu
' ables Aboard Cruiser,
TRESTLE MAY BE BUILT
- JUst to iMwtrd lm tnemiisf Feresp-
tlMr, Bwy X.arr WaTa Uftls tka
T Warship Blfhar Onto the Bud.
Eureka. Cal.. Jan. 15. (U. P.)
'Hope of floating the cruiser Milwau
kee, aground In the surf near Samoa
r- wbji virtually abandoned today.
Although the eliip has- been on the
ands only 48 hours, she is Degmning
-to. break up. With Lieutenant W. F.
- Newton, an expert engineer made a
Visit to the stranded cruiser and pe.ne-
trated all sections of the vessel. They
'returned with the message that there
was no possibility of gttung tne cruis
er off. The iua valves are already
, breaking open and other sections of the
" Jiull are falling away under the ter
rific battering to which the Milwaukee
lias been subjected.
ir The rommandinEr officers today
a -ntnH tlirlr thoughts to saving the
valimblr-K aboard, especially the ord
f tiance. machinery and jthcr movable
onnlnment. It Is reported a trestle
will he built from the beach, 400 feet
in the cruiser's deck. Over this the
fuim ammunition and other valu
Hhi will be brought to safety. If
there la let time.
The Milwaukee's list to seaward Is
J Increasing perceptibly. Every big
wave that smashes her lifts the hull
.-liifher on the sand. The fact that
4 - una la lying broadside to the sea. It Is
, (said. Increases the possibility that ahe
. ' way turn over. I
igj The coast guard ahlp McCulloch Is
on the scene, and her men are assist-
Jng In such salvage work as can be
i'-Attempted. Tho McCulloch is also
caring for members of tho Milwaukee's
crew.
Admiral Caperton. commanding the
jPaclfc fleet, is expected to arrive here
"4 , eometlme today, on board the cruiser
San Diego.
i Waves Drive Craft 20 Yards.
- Kureka, Cal., Jan. 15. (P. N. S.)
"With her bow burled deeper In
anl and carrying a list of approxi-
WHITE SLAVE CONVICTION UPHELD IN HIGH COURT
iff ii
. I IT
: vs..- ip4C . V...v. CssV - i
-topi i- 1 i :f- r-s 1 1 1 1
I K'1v- tL-yjJ III
i 4iT c I
under- the question of tbV conatltu
tlonallty of the Mann act.
1 Ooaiarolal nomas gUmtaaf a.
(Today's decision that a "commercial
clement does not nave to be present
I nnder tne Mann act applies directly to
iue Lrigga-,amineici case. .
-Since his conviction Dlggs has been
divorced by his Wife and married Mar
sha Warrington. They have a chill
tfnd are living In Oakland.
Efforts to reach Dlggs at his home
immediately after the decision was an
nounced failed. He was away xroi
home and had not yet been
the spureme court's ruling.
United States District Attorney Pres
ton said that a warrant providing for
the commitment of Dlggs and Caml
netti would be issued and handed ta
the United States marshal as soon as
the high court's ruling could be for-
imally certified.
Man and Near Bride
Asleep in the Gas
Seattle, "Wash., Jan. IE. (U. P.)
Police deteetives are investigating
I wiim mey oeiieve was bji aueinpi iu
i murder William Colberg, 38. a long
1 shoreman, and the girl he intends to
marry this week. Mamie Watson, Z8,
who were found unconscicus in a room
here Sunday noon with a gas jet open.
They were revived with pulmotors and
hospital attendants today say they
will recover.
Mamie Watson told the police an-
other woman, who was their enemy,
j had entered the room with some milk
to drink. That was the last thing she
remembered before losing consciousness.
MUCH
OREGON GIVES
GETS LITTLE BACK OF
RECLAMATION FUNDS
apprised ot, ony jwo states Pay More
'' 1 Hi- r i ll
iei mne neceive more in
Way of Investments,
NORTH DAKOTA SADDEST
Has Contzlbnted $12,115,000 and -celved
Bat $1,973,000 Oregon Ome of
States to aire store Tnam Becelved.
having contributed $UJ7.000 and re
ceived $U.J17.000.
Kansas has paid 1.005,000 and re
ceived t7.000, and South Dakota has
paid I7.2S2.000, receiving $2,284.00.
On the other side of the list. It
states have received more than they
hav contributed, including Montana,
which, as shown above, is only slight
ly ahead.
arlsosa, Idaho rortoaate.
Arizona and Idaho must be "counted
as the most fortunate in recelv'ng
much for little. The former has ra!d
in $1,430,000. and has led all the rest
.n the aggregate expenditures within
its borders, amounting to 817.SfJ.O00
Idaho has paid In t5.S80.000. and has
received 816.S72.000 for Its projects.
Other states on the winning side of
the ledger are Colorado, with 17.763.-
000 paid and $8,854,000 received; Ne
braska with 8l.8S8.000 paid and $4,
797,000 received; Nevada with $.-
000 paid and $5.78,000 received; Nw
Mexico with 84,521.000 paid and $ .-
681.000 recelvel; Utah with $3,108.00)
raid and $3,095,000 received; Wash
ington with $6,933,000 paid and $.
054,000 received, and Wyoming wltn
it. 985,000 paid and $6.3(7,000 fe
ed ved.
proportion of the land was paying con
strue uon cnarges. i nese cnarges. ll
will be remembered, have been spree 1
ever 20 years. Instead of the ten years
contemplated in the original act.
Another difficulty now arising; Js
the provision in the act. authorising
A $20.000,ooe bond issue, which re
quired repayments on these bonds
from the reclamation fund to the ex
tent of one-half Its receipts at the
and of a stated time.
-
Congress
iy Ala.
Marshf ield Women
Walk in a Circle
Washington. Jan. 15. (WASHING
TON BCRKAU OF THE JOURNAL)
Only two states have paid more money
into the reclamation fund than Ore
gon. Nine states have received more
money back, in the way of investment
in reclamation projects, than has Oregon.
Putting It another way, Oregon Is
one of six states that have contributed
more than they have received. It is
neither the most nor the least for
tunate of these six sisters from which
money deceived from sales of public
i land have gone to the development of
projects in other states. The figures
used are from the latest report of the
reclamation service. Just available,
showing conditions to the end of the
last fiscal year.
Worth Dakota Ctave atuch.
Texas Stands Alone.
Texas "stands in a class by lte'.f
be It has no public lands, but has re
clamation projects. More than $2.-
.'00.000 has been invested there since
the reclamation policy began.
The estimated cost for all the pro
Jects In the United States on which
work has begun is $174,844,000. The
I total construction cost to June 20 list
was $109,885,000, leaving about $65-t-00.000
required for completion. The
work is progressing at the rate of
$6,000,000 to IK. 000, 000 a year.
Officials Save Hopes.
Reclamation service officials rely
on a largely Increased acreage
brought Into cultivation to make a
more favorable 3howing on the reim
bursement side within the next few
years. Recent years, they say. have
i been the hard ones, because so much
smaii
This time will arrive next year, and
congress this year la asked to ameni
the bond repayment plan, which would
seriously cripple the reclamation fund
if left unchanged.
In the sundry civil bill which will
later be reported it Is planned to
carry a provision allowing repayment
of the bonds at the rate of $1,000,000
a year, Beginning in ize. ims wui
give the reclamation fund a chance to
fatten before the payment of the bond
loan begins.
In some quarters there Is disquie
tude over the possible effect of the
new 640-acre grazing homestead law
tn public lands receipts, which form
about half the present Increment of
the reclamation fund. Th graxlnir
homestead bill requires no pay men
for the land, but only a requlremen
for improvement.
This law will effect the reclamation
fund In that the latter will lobe ray
merits on whatever lands are entered
under it, if such lands are of such
cnaracier inn eairy migni nave been
expected under the general or enlarged
homestead act. Some think this !o84
will be large, others believe it w U
be small.
Dr. Erich Zoepffel
is in No Hurry
Seattle. Wash.. Jn . ii (V T
Dr. Erich Zoeuffcl will -not
Seattle to relieve Frana Bopp as Ger
man consul general tn San Francisco
until, he has personally, turned over
affairs of his orfio tn Dr. liana
Ohrt. his successor, from Cincinnati.
"Dr. Ohrt will probably arrive here
some time during 1 h. lttr iart of
8a,d l,r Zoepffel today.
Ill not leave Seattle before seeing
hint.
Reward!
A REWARD of $500 is hereby of
fered for the arrest and conlction or
for any information which will lead
to the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons guiltv of having
killed Ixu Sun at In tailoring estab
lishment at 91 North Second street.
This money will be pal l by his rela
tives through the mrrchandis house
of either Yea Wh. '".4 KwoniJ street,
or bv Kwong Shew King. 91 North
Fourth street.
CHUNG KINO JOHV.
Gq INT HIW3 j-
vjBcrcviwb
S. Drew Caminetti (left) and Man ry Dlggs, sons of prominent Call-
, fornla citizens.
inately 40 degrees, the United States
.. cruiser Milwaukee lies 20 yards close
' v Inshore today on the Samoa beach
where she was wrecked Saturday
morning while endeavoring to saive
the stranded submarine H-.1.
. Members of the Milwaukee's crew
made six trips to the cruiser yester
day in a siftall boat. On one re-
turn trip, Paymaster Ray Spears
.' brought ashore $85,000 which va
.-? transferred to the monitor Cheyenne.
Sr Valuables belonging to officers and
some of the seamen's effects were
' ulso landed on the beach safely.
. " Lieutenant William Davis, who came
to Eureka as on advisory officer In
connection with the H-3, and Lleuten
ant Howe, commander of the Chey
enne, forwarded recommendations to
Washington regarding salvaging op
erations. Neither officer would C-
, vulge the nature of their recommenda
tions.
rents near Eureka, Cal., was held re
sponsible today in official circles for
the stranding and probable loss of the
United States cruiser Milwaukee. The
neighborhood has long been known as
the "uraveyard of the Pacific," be
cause of the large number of vessels
that had been lost there.
It is said that the failure of con
gress to appropriate enough money for
charting Is responsible, as only $6500
the is at present available for this use on
all the coasts of the United States.
The new appropriation will be only
$11,000.
Inadequate Charting Cause.
"Washington, Jan. 15. tl. N. S.)
Inadequate charting of the local cur-
MANN LAW IS
UPHELD BY U. S.
HIGHEST COURT
(Continued From Page Oae.
was chief counsel for the defense in
the supreme court hearing, with As
sistant Attorney General Wallace act
ing' for the government.
DoEens of convictions under the
Mann law hinged on today's decision.
With the Mann law applying only to
commercial vice, it would be Impos
sible to obtain a conviction if a man
transported a woman across a state
line for immoral purposes, unless a"
money consideration was proved.
Justice Day read the opinion.
"There is no ambiguity In the law,"
he said. "It covers transportation of
a woman for immoral purposes, in-
ll
Lowest Rates on
Foreign Exchange
Merchants engaged in
trade relations with
foreign countries will
find it to their advan
tage to avail themselves of the un
excelled facilities offered by our
Foreign Exc
LUMBERMENS
Department
hange
National Bank
Fifth and Stark
Capital and Surplus,
$1,200,000
eluding purposes of debauchery. The ;
plain terms of the act must prevail. ;
"Congress plainly has the power to ,
regelate the transportation of passen
gers In interstate commerce, and so
to forbid the transportation of women
for immoral purposes.
Interpretation Is Explained. j
"Statutory words," Justice Day held,
"are uniformly presumed, unless the
contrary appears, to be used in their
ordinary and usual sense and with the
meaning commonly attributed to them.-
"To cause a woman or girl to be
transported for the purpose of de
bauchery, and for an immoral pur
pose, to wit: Becoming a concubine
or mistress, for which Caminetti and
Dlggs were ccjnvlcted; or to transport
an unmarried woman under 18 years
old with the intent to Induce her to
engage in prostitution, debauchery
and immoral practices, for which
Hayes was convicted, would seem, by
the very statement of facta, to em
brace transportation for purposes de
nounced by the act, and therefore fair
ly within its meaning."
Of the plea of the defense that the
law opens the doors to blackmailer's,
he said:
"The fact, if it be m, that the act
as it is written opens the doors to
blackmailing operations on a large
scale, is no reason why the courts
should refuse to enforce it according
to its terms, if within the constitu
tional authority of congress.
Amendments May Be Made.
Such considerations are more ap
propriately left to the legislative
branch of the government, which
alone had authority to enact and may.
u it sees rit, amend the law.
In the dissenting opinion, written
by Justice McKenna and concurred
In by Chief Justice White and Justice
Clarke, it was argued. that it is nat
ural always to resort for explanation
or a law to its first words. The
transportation made unlawful, it was
said, was or a "woman or girl to be
come a prostitute or to give herself
up to debauchery or to engage in any
omer immoral practice.
The intent of the white slave law.
the dissenting Justices held, is to sup
press "the -white slave traffic, com
mercial vice or immorality havlnc a
mercenary purpose."
That Representative Mann, in writ.
lng the law, said there was no inten
tion to Interfere with the police powers
of the states, was another reason for
holding the law was not Intended to
cover non-commercial vice.
The result," the opinion summed
up, is grave and should give us
pause.'
Marshfield. Or., Jan. II. Dora
Brown, a school teacher in the Golden
Falls district above Allegany, and Miss
Wilkinson, a resident of that neigh
borhood, were lost In the woods from
Saturday afternoon until four o'clock
Sunday morning, when they were
found by a posse, composed of the
entire countryside, after Miss Wilkin
son had discharged her rifle as a aig-
Inai. Despite the severely cold weather,
the young women did not suffer mcch.
They gave up wandering at dark.
. and walked In a circle to keep their
blood In circulation.
A Oerman automobile tmllder is ex
perimenting with hammock seats, sus
pended from steel spring frames,
which he claims are the easiest riding
seats yet developed.
see
North Dakota has been the chief
contributor to the reclamation fund, j rr.oney lias gone In and such
its public land sales aggregating iz.
115.000 since the reclamation fund was
established. There has been expended
in that state only $1,973,000, a fact
calculated to make North Dakota feel
much sadder than Oregonians when
they contemplate what has gone Into
other states.
Oklahoma Is another state where a
still sadder tale may be told, with $5,
$50,000 paid In and $79,000 expended
on Oklahoma projects. California, too.
has paid in $(.112,000. and only $2,
780,000 has been expended there.
Oregon Gave f 10,83,000.
Oregon's contributions have amounted
to $10,836,000, while the Investment In
Oregon projects totals $4,102,000. Mon
tana, the only state besides North Da
kota that has paid a larger sum into
the fund, is a little ahead of the game.
Alleged Dynamiters Held.
Haskell. Texas. Jen. 15. (I. X. S.)
Three young men, members of prom
inent families, have confessed to set
ting off charges or dynamite undr
five negroes' houses here two weeks
ago. according to county- officers. Tin
dynamltlngs caused an exodus of ne
groes from this county. Many hav
returned.
HOTELS
Business Getting
Business Cards
75c
This is ta sest bargalm we bw mt offered ta a rood, heary, wU-sTlatd
Card, We do aU klads of
Printing at Cut Prices
ROSE CITY PRINTERY ZSSTEL ViST1-
Oat la the Kig-ht Place.
Be Store o Sorry.
lis
tltie
War Approaching-
a Climax?
EXCURSION RATES EAST
January 20 and 21
NORTHERN PACIFIC RY.
The Yellowstone Park Line
To ST. PAUL and return $60.00
To MINNEAPOLIS and return $60.00
To C H I C A G O and return $72.50
To S T. L O U I S and return $70.00
Return limit February 18. Stopovers permitted in both
directions. Take advantage of these fares to St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Chicago and St. Louis and points East.
Ask about the diverse return routes.
Full Information, Tickets
Berth Reservations
City Ticket Office, 255 Morrison St.
Phones Main 244, A-1244.
A. D. Charlton, A. C. P. A.
Portland, Oregon.
DIGGS AND CAMINETTI
MUST SERVEJERMS IN
PRISON; DIGGS MARRIED
San Francisco, Jan. 15. (TJ. P.)
Maury I. Dlggs and F. Drew Caminetti
must serve terms in the federal prison
for taking Lola Norris and Marsha
Warrington to Reno, Nev In March.
191S.
Their four-year fight for freedom
ended today when the United States su
preme court affirmed their conviction
In lower courts under the Mann white
slave act.
Diggs must serve two years and pay
a fine of S2000.
Caminetti must serve 18 months and
pay a $1600 fine.
Both Diggs and Caminetti were mar
ried and the fathers of children when
they were arrested. Their prominence
caused the case to attract widespread
attention. The famUies of both have
exhausted every resource during the
four-year fight In federal courts. To
day's decision leaves no recourse but
the. federal prison.
rotUf Arrested In Bono.
It was on March 10. 1918. that Dlggs
and Caminetti, with the two girls.
boarded a train at Sacramento for
Reno, Diggs was then 86 years old, a
former employe of the state architect.
Caminetti, 27. was a son of Immigra
tion Commissioner Anthony Caminetti.
The girls were daughters of well
known Sacramento people. Lola Norris
was 19 and Marsha Warrington 20.
The four were arrested in a bunga
low at Reno on March .14. and the fol
lowing day Dlggs and Caminetti were
charged at Sacramento with wife-aban
donment and released on $1000 bonds.
Later the federal authorities took the
case n hand, and on September 17.
1913, Dlggs and Caminetti were con
victed in federal court under the Mann
white slave act of transporting the
girls into another state for immoral
purposes.
. Two years ago the United States cir
cuit court of appeals affirmed the low
er court's decision. The United States
supreme court In June. 115, refused to
review the case. , It was later taken up
When the ten Allies slammed, if they did not lock the door of diplomacy, in the face
of the Central Powers' request for a peace conference, what did that act portend for Europe,
for Canada, and for the Untied States?
In THE LITERARY DIGEST, dated January 1 3th, there is a most comprehensive
review of the peace negotiations from all angles.
The first impression of the German press, as gathered from Berlin dispatches, is that
the Entente's reply could only be answered by the sword. "Let Hindenburg answer," exclaims,
the Berlin Lokai Anzeiger. Other German and Austrian editors are confident of victory and
equally as energetic in citing their opinions.
Press comment in the Entente nations endorses the rejection of Germany's proposals,
and expresses confidence in ultimate victory for the Entente Allies.
The London Morning Post quotes its Budapest correspondent's statement that peace
proposals of the Central Powers are prompted by "the knowledge that relief must come
witnin six months from the present time at the outside, if internal troubles of the most ser
ious character are to be avoided," since "in Austria-Hungary the available stocks of food will
not last even for six months."
Read THE LITERARY DIGEST this week by all means, if you would get a true per
spective of the peace negotiations up to date.
Other articles of great public interest in this number are:
Business Conditions America .Will Face After War Ends
Opionons of Prominent Financiers and Authoritative Economic and Commercial Journals
How the United State Led the World
in Commerce in 1916
What the Allies Mean by Peace
Germany and the Next War
Unheard and Unseen Artillery
Haeckel's Conversion to Militarism
The Soul of Roumania
Justice as the True Peace Basis
What Is to Be the Next Step in
Mexican Tangle?
The Somme Drive Ended
The Dog As a Menace
Secret Wireless
Shall We Give Up Meat?
A Good Word for Slang
The Church's Duty to the Stage
A Splendid Assortment of Illustrations, Including Cartoons from Everywhere
"The Digest" An Impartial Chronicler of the War
' A great war such as that now decimating Europe
tends to push men very far apart. The ideals and
ideas for which each group is striving become neces
sarily more and more emphasized as time goes on,
which tends inevitably to foster in each faction a
point of view so alien to that of the other that it is
almost impossible for its adherents to form a fair
estimate of what their opponents think or do. How
then shall we of the West arrive at an impartial
judgment as to the positions and aims of the various
combatants? The answer: Read THE LITERARY
DIGEST, which gives without bias the views of
both sides. This is the one perfect solution of thi3
difficulty. Better begin reading it today.
January 13th Number on Sale Today All News-dealers 10 Cents
tterary m.
If tlnxlx of
f( Distinction to 1
ft Tim a Header ol 1
ThmIAtMX9xym
0 -A-
eesic
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary). NEW YORK
Imperial Hotel
Broadway, Stark aa& waafeiaftoa
romTXhaJrs'a ubabxxo moTxx
I4a11y located in tha hart
of thlnca on Broad '
T h . o bo I n i canttr. Tba
logical total for itioao on
business or ploauura
Slalaf - Boom a ipaclsl raatara
PHIL METSC1IAN JU. klimitr
N
ew
in
Portland
Should
First Find
Their
Way to
Hotel
Cornelius
klTZI tl A DAT AITS UT
O. W. Corn all as. rroaldamt
K. B. mateaor. MiBtif
rk aad ajdar, Portlaao, Or.
arrivals jjjj
11
SlI",
REPUTATION
Make your bonre
at the hotel with
the best reputa
tion for comfort
and convenience.
WASHINGTON
HOTEL
"First in t ta
heart of thtrav.
cllnc men." enjoya
that reputation.
Bast l rooms la
ths city.
VMUHta aTwW
van a sin. uuitats
RTLAND.bRg
.-tM III U
FAID la a Bw.
taa-aatlr aseatttaa total, aaaaaataa
f ta sat toastlfat eeraa tatis ta
tto Martfevasc Leeatad s4 tots aaa
Ataar etsaeta. amatia Oeae. Wartsaaa
A JUsTa W aesartsieat .etsra. la
if g
N
heart at retail aad theatre dlstrtou
Jtaagt it aad aa Bda mm all trasaa.
dtrast a HOTEL irwiw
W. M.'
EWAkJX
WHEN IN SEATTLE
STOP WITH
Dr. R. L. Thomson
H. C. Bowers
at taa
New Calhoun Hotel
I HOTEL CARLTON
ana,
Building
Tsmrtaaata aad Waaalsrtoa
IararuaM. orf as
Ralaforcad Corurrele Bi
I Posltlrely fireproof
TTUUm Brand , - : Bom Tt
f yroilatr t - mirtt
BBBBEBBBIBBBBb1
V -ft