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VOL. XV. NO. 301.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1917. SIXTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS ftU" w? DcS
TWO AMERICAN WOMEN LOST
WHEN CUNARD LINER LAGONIA
WAS
TOTAL LOSS OF
LIFE PLAGED AT
13 IH REPORTS
Five Were Drowned When
Big Liner Went Down
Eight Expired in Boats
- From Exposure. ;
m
Thirteen Lives tost.
London. Feb. 27. (U. P.) -
Official figures of the Laconia
oleaster today showed:
Total .passengers and crew,
234.
Survivors landed at Queens-
town, 27.
Survivors at Bantry, 14.
Drowned. 5.
Died of exposure and burled
at sea, 8.
In hospitals, 6.
, The figures were furnlshtd
by the American consul at
Queenstown and sent to Am-
bassador Page today.
Consul Frost reported that
the Laconia Bank in one hour
after the torpedoing.
Bjc Ed. li. Keen.
London, "Feb. 27. (U. P.) Two
American women were among the 13
killed in a German submarine' un
warned torpedoing of tho Cunard liner
Laeonia,
They were Jlrn. Mary (Mrs. Albert
Harris) Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy.
Cedrie P. Ivatt. reported missing.
perished, according to latest informa
tlon. Ivatt was manager for theK'ork; Henry Young, 180 Park Road.
actress Mitzixi!;eosi. reported among
the survivors.
I American Conwul Frost at Queens
town made this report to the Ameri
can embassy her today, adding that
the four other Americans aboasAtheT-rapp
ship were saved. Tuey were ioya
'V Gibbons. Mrs. F, E. Harris. A. T.
(Continued on I'sge Fle4 Column One)
-WOMEN REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN U-BOAT'S
' VICTII
Mrs, Hoy and Daughter Prom
. inent Socially in Chicago
Were on Way Home,
. Chicago. Feb, 27.-rJ. P.) Mrs.
Albert H. Hoy. wife of Dr. Albert H.
Hoy of London, and daughter, Ellza
K.v, -Vi m renorted to have been
drowned when the Cunarder Caconla
Was torpedoed, were prominent m vni
tago society.
They first moved to Chicago from
Racine, Wis., about 17 years ago.
. Thv livtd here 12 years before mov
ing to London. They still maintain
their ' social connections - here and
visited friends and ' relatives fre
quently. .
- Dr. Hov and his son, Austin Hoy,
are In London, and Mrs. Hoy and her
daughter were on their way to rejoin
them, after spending several months
here. They were guests at the Con
gress hotel, and were entertained at
Christmas time at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Blossom of Hubbard
Wood a.
' When they left Chicago they ln
formed friends that they Intended to
' sail on an American liner, and much
surprise was evidenced when It was
learned that they had been on the ill
fated Laconia.
Austin Hoy, a son, is London repre
sentative of the Sullivan Machinery
company. The elder Hoy Is about 80
years old. Miss Elisabeth Hoy was 25
years old,
"i , . Dr. Hoy Is Prostrated.
London, Feb. 27. (U. P.) -Dr. Al
bert Harris Hoy, who lost his wife
and daughter in the Laconia sinking,
. was stricken down with grief over bis
loss as he talked over the telephone
to the TJnited Press office today.
. He was removed t$ his room and put
- Under physicians' ?$are.
i-.-sp m 1 1
Submarine Catcher
To Guard the Sound"
v Beady to Be Placed
''Jn', M7- ' ' : . , V,
-Seattle. Wash.. Feb. 27. (U.
; P.) Paget sound will be pro- 4t
teeted-against i submarines in
3ft case I of war by a steel ; net 0
4t across Admiralty Inlet that will J
: be dropped in the daytime to
. permit steamships to pass In 4ft
.. and out. .'"i-." '
Mines sown in the Sound off
(-s Port Townsend will be operated
, from Fort Worden.
Although a strict censorship
J-
'4ft
-.4ft
j has been maintained , by gov-
srnraent news sources, . it is ;
4ft known that the nets and mines 4ft
'- are already at Fort Worden and '", 4ft
4t reach six miles across the inlet. 4ft
VIS WELL KNOWN
SUNK BY
SURVIVORS SEND
CALLS FOR HELP
TO PATROL BOAT
State Department Receives
Cable From Consul Frost
at Queenstown Giving De
tailed Account of Sinking.
Queenstown, Feb. 27. (U. P.)
Thomas, Coffee, a negro member of
the crew from Baltimore, lost his life
when the Iaconla went down. Consul
Front gabled the state department this
afternoon.
According to the consul, the Hoys
and this negro are the only Americana
so far known to have lost their lives.
Washington, Feb. 27. (U. P.) The
state department today received a
cable from Consul Frost at Queens
town confirming fAclally' in almost
every detail press dispatches regarding
the torpedoing of the Cunarder La
con ia.
Frost's message said two torpedoes
struck the liner and Bald Mrs. and Miss
Hoy, both Americans, were buried at
sea,
' Frost's cable under Queenstown date,
8:30 a. m.. today, reads:
"Deaths of Mrs. and Miss Hoy, as
reported, positively confirmed. Cedrlc
U. Ivatt, New York, probably Ameri
can, is apparently lost.
Firemen and Simra Saved.
"Among Americans saved are the
following:
"Negro firemen and seamen
"Douglas Adams, Newport News;
Benjamin Parker, 33 West Sixty-ninth
street, New York: Louis Darnell, 6i5
Parry street, Baltimore; Percy Massc-
burg, 10 South Nineteenth street. New
Now York; Barney Rhetter, 264 West
Sixty-ffrst street. New York,; Jonn
Williams, address unknown; William
Wynne or Wine, S08 North Bethel
street, Philadelphia; Henry Smith, 125
street. Indianapolis; Joseph
Lewis, 63 'Williams street, Buffalo;
Dan Israel, D60 Olive street, Savannah;
Isaac Bowman. 660 Olive street, Sa
vannah; John Joneson, 180 Park Road.
New York; Joseph Aumter, 55 Neeton
street, Charleston; 15 In all.
"Total- survivors landed here were
267; landed at Bantry, 14.
"Total on board, 294.
Women Burled at Sea.
"Missting, 13, of which five drowned,
and eight, including the Hoy ladies,
died of exposure and were burled at
sea.
"There are six hospital cases, one
believed grave.
"First torpedo struck abaft engine.
Steamer going 17 to 18 knots. Engines
(Concluded on Paje fire Column Four)
UNITED STATES CAN
T
OF
Commander Blair Says Unani
mous Sentiment in the East
Is That All Hope Is Gone,
The United States can no longer
avoid being drawn into the European
war.
Such was the statement of Lieutenant-Commander
George F. Blair of the
Oregon Naval Militia at a luncheon
given by the lawyers' auxiliary of the
militia at the Multnomah hotel.'
"Our -time is coming." said Blair.
"We can no longer avoid being drawn
into the conflict raging abroad. The
unanimous sentiment in the ast, as
I have found it, is that such a possi
bility as. our remaining outside is be
yOnd hope.
"Meanwhile the preparation is going
on. The government depends more and
more on the naval militia as a factor
in Its national defense system. Ca.pt
MacGruder, chief of the division of
naval affairs, took occasion to com
pllment the officers of the militia
highly at our conference in the east
from which I have Just returned.
"He explained to us the steps to be
taken in mobilization and especially
laid stress on the necessity for further
augmenting our forces.
' "Admiral Palmer, chief of the bu
reau, of navigation and Major Harley
of the Marine Corps, were other of
fleers who took occasion to emphasise
the necessity of preparedness in our
organization."
Mayor Albee was another speaker at
the luncheon, while the "Star Spangled
Banner," played vy the, Multnomah
hotel orchestra, was Joined in by all
of the guests. .
Guns for Aniline of
f Ships to' Be Bought
' Washington, Feb. 27. (TJ. P.) Bids
will be opened by, the navy depart
ment tomorrow for . 2400 one-pound
runs and mounts. 350 three-Inch runs
and mounts and several four and five-
inch mOUntS. v.,';Js' vi.v
These guns are, the typa .most, ef
fective against w submarines and are
the sise runs that would be mounted
on merchant, ships in case congress so
ordered. ; . , . " - ,
NO LONGER EP OU
EUROPEAN
WAR
GERMAN
UGOHIA SINKINB
L
IS
No Investigation Necessary,
It Is Said, After Conference
Between Secretary of State
and President Wilson.
By TCobert 3. Bender.
Washington, Feb. 27. (U. P.) The
sinking of the Laconia, according to
highest officlaJLJnterpretatlon. is "a
clear-cut case.'TpsSa.
No Investigation is necessary.
This became known as the adminis
tration attitude following a conference
at the White House between Secretary
of. State Lansing and President Wil
son. Evidence now In hand, presumably
contained In cable dispatches from
American representatives abroad, it
was stated, eliminates any necessity
for further investigation.
The I.aeon'.a incident what shall be
dene and how it shall be done la
altogether In the hands of President
Wilson.
Any decision, it was flatly stated,
must come from him.
It was strongly intimated that the
president has no immediate intention
of again going to congress.
8The official interpretation of the
Laconia incident as "a clear-cut act"
did not bringin tho word "overt' but
the manner in which it was described
left the very strong impression that
"overt"' act was in the mind of the of
flclai who interpreted It.
E EARNERS MUST
BE SQUEEZED TO FILL
Oregonian -Telegram Again
Brand Small Taxpayers
as Delinquents,
Delinquent taxpayers of Multnomah
county are again advertised to the
public in the taxlists published today
n the Oregonian and the Telegram.
Forty-one columns are required for the
list in the Oregonian, and some 55
columns in the Telegram. For the
publication of these delinquent taxes
the two papers expect to charge the
county between $6000 and $7000. If
notice of delinquency had been given
by letter, instead of by newspaper pub-4.
lication, the cost would not nave ex
ceeded $300.
It is estimated that the list In
cludes from 10.000 to 12.000 lots or
pa reels of land. The vast majority of
the owners were aware of their delin
quency before the list was published.
Most or them Decame aeunqueni
through sneer inability to pay their
taxes when due. They are now saddled
with the burden of a 16 per cent pen
alty and in addition must pay the
cost of utterly unnecessary newspaper
Iubllcatlon.
In the published list are the homes
of many working people to whom the'
growing cost of living presents a very
real and urgent problem. "1 have always
raid promptly the taxes on my hqme,"
said a hard-working man, the pro
prietor of a downtown bootblacking
stand, a few days ago. "but this year
just didn't have the money. I was
ashamed to let my name go on the de
linquent list but I couldn t help It.
What good does it do me to have that
list published? I didn't need any no
tice. It will be hard enough to get
the money to pay my taxes, without
having to pay the Oregonian and the
Telegram for telling everybody how-
hard up I am.
For the puDiication or me delin
quent tax list the uregonian named
a price of 98 cents an inch for each
insertion. The Telegram originally
submitted a bid of 40 cents an inch.
on the assumption that the list would
be published m two papers only, and
that the award wouia do determined
by competition. Later, when informed
that the majority members of the
county board were contemplating Tub
lication in all four of the dally papers
of the city, the Telegram promptly
raised its bid to 70 cents an Inch.
The opportunity to extort an extra 30
cents an inch from taxpayers too poor
to pay their taxes when due. Was
too good to be lpst.
Owing to the refusal of The Journa1
and the Daily News to 'accept the
award of the county board, the de
linquent list appeared in only the Ore
gonian and the Telegram.
Twq More British
Steamers Are Sunk
London, Feb. 27. (U. P.) The Brit
ish steamers Head ley and Aries have
been sunk. t
The Headiey was a steel screw
CLEAR VO
ON
OFFICIAL VIEW
WAG
RICH
PAPERS
in
IVIAWo
steamship of 4953 tons.. owned by the
Mitse Shipping company, Limited, and
registered at London. She was built
In 1914. V -4 .-J-.'.--..
The Aries was a steel screw steam
ship of 3071 tons, owned by the Rein
deer Steamship, Limited., and regis
tered at Weot Hartlepook-i She was
built In 18135, ' 1
i
U-BOAT
COM
ITTEE OF
HOUSE IS SPLIT
L
Main Fight Is Against Giving1
, President Power to Arm I
American Ships Carrying
- Munitions.
Armed Steamers Favored.
; Washington, Feb. 27. (U. P.)
The senate foreign relations
committee, following President
Wilson's request to congress for
plenary powers in dealing with
the German situation, this aft
ernoon agreed to recommend .
that American merchantmen
under American registry be au
thorized to arm and defend
themselves against submarine
attack, and that President Wil
son be empowered to supply
defensive armament fore and
aft.
President Wilson is also au
thorized and empowered to "em
ploy such other Instrumentali
ties and methods as may, in his
Judgment and discretion, seem
necessary and adequate" to pro
tect American vessels and citi
zens "in their lawful pursuits
in the high seas."
A credit of $100,000,000 was
voted the president to be ex
pended at his discretion in
carrying oTJt his authority.
The house foreign affairs
committee adjourned at 6:15
p. m., after a 10 minutes ses
sion, until 10 o'clock tomorrow,
without taking action on the
Flood bill, authorizing the pres
ident to arm American ships.
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Br -Carl D. Groat.
ON WILSON fill
i"Hvtasnington. Feb. 27. (U. P.) The
house foreign committee late this
afternoon plans to report out the
Flood bill, eliminating "other lnstru
I mentalities" aside from guns, gunners
and money, which President Wilson
seeks as a means to handle the for-
1 ,i,n Is.. ...
A meeting of the house foreign af
fairs committee, scheduled for 4
o'clock, was postponed for one hour,
as Postmaster General Burleson was
in conference with Chairman Flood,
Representative Harrison of Mississippi
and other Democratic committee mem
bers. There was some suggestion in the
committee that the Laconia sinking
may alter the whole situation and that
members, would not be surprised if
President Wilson may decide to ask
fuller and more direct authority than
he has thus far sought.
Washington, Feb. 27. (U. P.) The
house foreign affairs committee, split
on President Wilson's request for au
thority -in the International situation.
failed today to report out the Flood
(Concluded oa Pig TwelTf, CtlamnStxl
19 PASSENGERS DIE IN
SLEEPER STRUCK BY
FAST FREIGHT TRAIN
Pennsylvania Road Has Bad
Wreck Freight Engineer
Misread Signal,
Altoona, Pa.. Feb. 27. (U. P.)
Kvery passenger. 19 in all, in the Pull
man sleeper Bellwood was killed this
morning, when the Mercantile Express
had stopped at Mount Union for minor
repairs to the brakes, was run into by
a fast freight train.
The engineer of the freight. A. T
Cash of Harrisburg. and a Pullman
porter on another car. received minor
hurts. They were tho only persons
reported injured.
Chester A. Minds, wealthy coal oner-
ator and former University of Penn
sylvania track star, was killed with
his whole family. Including his young
oaoy, two relatives and a nurse
They were on their way to Utica to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Minds' father.
Minds was a brother of Jack Minds,
Pennsylvania football star.
Xdst of Dead CHvsn.
The known dead are:
CHARLES LEVINE. New York.
P. N. BRIGHT, Pullman porter.
P. J. KELLT. Brooklyn.
H. A. LOEFLER, Plattsville. Wis.
C A, MINDS. WIFE AND ONE
CHILD, Raney. Pa.
MRS. MORT OWEN, sister of
Minds.
RICHARD OWEN. 7. Raney,
nephew of Minds.
DOTTTE -OWEN, . niece of Minds.
GENE OWEN. 4, niece of Minds.
M- A. CALF1SH, 29, brother of Mrs.
Minds, ; Raney.-
MBS. SEGUR DELLING. Cleveland.
with ' Minds' party.
ROTON HYMES. 474 West One
Hundred and Keventy-elghtb street.
New York. .... s - - -.
Pin LIP POLAND. New York.
VT. R MANNING, Plattsville. .Wis. -MANNING'S
: BRIDE, ..whs had a
(Concluded on Pmge five, Colums Three)
Urge Clubmen
to Find Out If
Fit for Service
Purpose Is to Enable Correction of
Any Slight Physical
Defects.
Members of the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic club are being urged to under
go a physical examination at the local
recruiting stations that it may be de
termined whether they are fit for mili
tary service.
As explained by Dr. Leslie Clough.
Physical director of the club, to the
business men's gymnasium classes last
night, the examination is for ihe pur
pose of finding physical defects which
may be corrected and the men made
fit for active service should hostilities
begin.
Major M. B. Marcellus of the Oregon
National Guard explained the details
of the examination and the federal re
quirements. Ho said that while the
government sought the healthiest men
and those absolutely physically fit.
there were many places in the service
for those with slight physical defects.
He cited the engineering corps, hos
pital corps, and commissary depart
ments a places for men who had
slight physical disabilities.
Schmid Would Force
Portland to Pay
Mandamus Proceedings Broug-nt In Jh.e
Supreme Court for Honor Alleged
Due on Condemnation Proceedings.
Salem. Or., Feb. 27. Mandamus
proceedings to compel the city of
Portland to pay Charles I). Schmid
$1018 alleged to be due on the con-1
demnatlon price of property on Wash-1 Senate resolution 13 submitted to
ington street, at Lownsdale. weretoteof the people an amendment pro
filed in the supreme, court today by ' viding for wrt subsidy of steamship
Attorneys Harrison Allen and John
Latourette, representing Schmid.
The city condemned the frontage of
Schmld's property lor the purpose of
widening the street and the jury
awarded Schmid $8460 damages. After
opening the street the city assessed
$1000 benefits against the remainder
of Schmld's property and withheld that
Bum from the judgment awarded him
in the condemnation suit. Schmid now
contends that the full amount of his
judgment against the city should be
paid him, as it was intended to be over
and above the benefits to be derived
from the Improved street.
Greenfield Demurrer Overruled.
Salem, Or.. Feb. 27. Demurrer was
overruled today by the tupreme court
In the disbarment proceedings brought
by the Multnomah Bar association
against J. R. Greenfield, a Portland
lawyers- Greenfield was given 10 days
la which to. file, an answer on tu
merits of the case.
Candy, Cigars and
Soap in Boy's Loot
While Patrolman W. A. Cash lingered
a few blocks distant from the store,
two boy thieves broke into tho Wal
lace pharmacy at Thirty-seventh' street
and Hawthorne avenue early this
morning and stole $60 worth of candy,
clears and soaD. An armv nacksai-k
containing two thirds of the loot w
afterwards found in the street not far
from the store.
Patrolman Cash saw the boys come
from the store when he was a block
away. He thought at first they were
special delivery mail mesengers, but on
reaching the store, found that it had
been broken into and robbed. Com
mandeering a passing automobile, he
started In pursuit of the thieves, who
-had riden away on bicycles, but was
unable to rind them.
Coeur d'Alene Miners
Ask Higher Wages
Wallace, Idaho. Feb. 27. (P. N. S.)
For the first time since 1899, labor
is showing dissatisfaction In the Coeur
d'Alene mining district.
Four hundred employes of the Morn
ing mine at Mullan, owned by the Fed
eral Mining So- Smelting company, a
subsidiary of the American Smelting
8c Refining company, at a meeting last
night decided to ask for higher wages
and shorter hours.
The men now are getting $3.50 a day
with $1 a day bonus. The miners de
clare they are working more than eight
hours a day, and that if a strike is
railed it will spread to many other
properties.
About 6000 miners are employed in
this district.
Bill to Give President Power
Washington. Feb., 27. (1. N. S-
Following is the text of the adminis
tration measure introduced In the
house last night by Representative
Flood, chairman of the committee on
foreign affairs: x
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America. In congress assem
bled, that the president of. the United
States is hereby authorised and em
powered to supply merchant ships, the
Property of citizens of the United
tstes and bearing American registry,
with defensive arms, should it, in his
judgment, become necessary for him
to do so. and also with the necessary
ammunition and means of making use
of them in defense against unlawful
attack, and that he be and is hereby
authorized and empowered to employ
such . other instrumentalities and
methods as may. in his judgment and
discretion, seem necessary - and ade
quate to protect such ships and the
citizens of the United States in their
lawful and peaceful pursuits on the
high seas.
' Section 2. The sum f $100,009,000
Is hereby appropriated out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwt)
appropriated to beexpended by the
I resident of the United States for the
purpose herein stated, the said sum to
be available until the-first day of
January, 1918. and the president is au
thorised to transfer so much thereof
as he may deem necessary to the bu
reau of war risk, insurance, created by
act of congress approved September
2. 1914.- for -the purpose - of .insuring
vessels. ' their freight, passage moneys
and cargoes against loss or damage by
the present risk of wsr. t
Section or- me purpose ' or
BIG SCHEME OF
FOR PORT PLAN
Four Measures Passed by
Legislature Make It. Pos
sible for Portland to Retain
Preeminence as Exporter.
BULK ELEVATOR ACT TO
BE VOTED ON IN JUNE
Pilotage and Dock Charges to
Be Made Same as Other
Coast Places.
A great port development plan Is
contained in four measures enacted
bv the legislature, together with addi
tional enterprises of the Portland port
and dock commissions.
Underlying the plan is a common
determination that this port shall not
bo less well equipped nor higher in
costs than any competitor.
House bill 61 X authorized the Port
of Portland commission to buy. sell
or charter ships for world trade and
steamboats for river transportation,
to build coal bunkers, oil, ore and bal
last docks, and under senate bill 170 to
extend the harbor to Columbia slough
by dredging.
lines. By the terms of the resolution
the amendment would be submitted at
the general election of 1918. but John
McCourt. Who drafted the measure,
gave it as his impression this morning
that the amendment can go on the spe
cial election ballot provided for the
(Concluded on Pmc firr. Column Six)
F
WOMEN KILLED ASKS
REVENGE FOR DEATHS
Austin Hoy Offers Services to
U. S, in Case of WarTo
Join British Otherwise.
By Lowell Mellett.
London, Feb. 27. (IT. P.) A quiet
voioe, determined mannered, success
ful American business man, Austin
Hoy, 36, urged his right upon Presi
dent Wilson today to avenge the kill-
lnK of hls mother and his sister,
a nero wan
no suggestion of mock
heroics In hi
manner. He was deadly
calm, despite the fury of his feelings
against those whom he charged with
their death.
Austin Hoy cabled President Wilson
today demanding that the death of
Mrs. Mary Hoy snd Miss Elizabeth
Hoy be avenged, and requesting the
privilege of being the first volunteer
if a citir.cn army was raised in Amer
ica. Otherwise, he declared, he woulj
enlist in the British army. Hoy's
cable to the chief executive of the
United States followed a consultation
with American Ambassador Walter
Hlnee Page and Consul General Skin
ner today, which, he said, convinced
him he had the right thus to act.
"I am an American business man,"
Hoy explained. "I have been in Lon
don In business for four years, rep
resenting the Sullivan Machinery com
pany of Chicago.
"Father is now too old, and it de
volves upon roe, as the active head of
the family, to see that this outrage
does not go unavenged.
"I beg that you won't consider me
In a mock heroic role. But I Intend
to enlist, because I could not expect
that other Americans would offer
their lives in avenging this wrong,
unless I did likewise.
"My 84-year-old father Is a veteran
of the Unon army. He enlisted in
the Nineteenth Wisconsin regiment in
1861 and served throughout the Civil
war, becoming an assistant surgeon.
Father was born at New Haven, Ohio,
and my mother at Galena. Ohio."
meeting the expenditures herein au
thorized, the secretary of the treas
ury, under the direction of the presi
dent la hereby authorized to borrow
on the credit of the United States and
to issue therefor bonds of the United
State, not exceeding In the aggregate
$1 JO. 000,000. said bonds to be in such
form and subject to such terms snd
conditions as the secretary of the
treasury mav prescribe, and to bear
interest at the rste not exceeding 3
per cent per annum, provided that
such bonds shall be sold st not less
thaa par shall not carry the circulat
ing privilege and that ail citizens of
the United States shall be given an
equal opportunity to subscribe there
for: but no commission shall be al
lowed or paid thereon, that both prin
cipal and interest shall be payable in
i nlted States gold coin of the present
standard of value, and be exempt from
all taxation and duties of the United
State, as welt as from taxation in any
jvrin vi an bumc. municipal, local au
thorities; that any bonds issued here-'
under may. under such coiklitlpns as 1
the secretary of the treasury may pre
scribe, be convertible into bonds bear
ing a higher rate oftinterest then 3
per cent per annum 4rany bonds -shall
be issued by the United State at a
higher rate than 3 per centum per
annum bv virtue of any act passed
on or before December 31. 1918. ,
- Section 4. la order to pay the nec
essary expenses connected with the
raid issue of bonds; or any conversions
thereat, a sum not exceeding one-fifth
of one per centum of the amount of
bonds herein authorized be issued or
which may be converted. Is hereby ap
propriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
be expended as the secretary of the
treasury imay directs
SON
AND
BROTHER
Lost His Train,
But Saved His
$200 Bank Roll
Cowboy Battles Holdups on Back
Platform of Train Until
He Falls Off.
Greensburg, Pa.. Feb. 27. (1 N. 8.)
Held up in a smoking compartment
of a fast Pennsylvania passenger train
today by two men. Joseph Rose, a
cowboy of Butte, Mont., en route to
New York, battled with the holdup
men until he fell :rorn the rear plat
form of the train. He lay 'or sev
eral hours unconscious along the track
before recovering. He was found wan
dering along the road near here and
taken to the Westmoreland hospital,
where he ia in a serious condition.
He saved nil roll of $200.
10
COUNTY
ROAD
BOND ISSUE UPHELD
BY SUPREME COURT
Judge Bradshaw Reversed in
His Decision That $260,
000 Fund Was Not Valid,
Salem. Or., Feb. 27. The, $260,000
road bond Issue voted In Wasco coun
ty at the last general election is
valid, according to the opinion handed
down today by the supreme court.
The opinion reversed the decision or
Judge W. I Bradshaw. who held in
a suit brought by O.K. Wilson against
the county of Wasco that the bond
issue was not valid, because the bonds
did not receive a majority of all the
votes cast at the election.
The returns show that 3921 votes
were cast for and against the bonds.
The majority for the bonds was 101.
But for some of the county officers
as high as 4351 votes were cast, and
the vote cast for the bonds docs not
equal a majority of that number.
"We are of the opinion," says the
-pinion written by Chief Justtce Mc
Brlde. "that the reason and logic of
the controversy are with those courts
which hold that the majority of those
electors who actually vote upon a
measure Is controlling."
The court held that the bond elec
tion, although at the same time as
the general election, was a special
election and the vote on other lsau-w
had no relation to the vote on the bond
question. Af diseusslnr the law,
the court says:
"We think it was not the Intention
of the legislature to depart from the
rule observed from the foundation of
our stat government, that the ma
jority as expressed by the votes cast
at the polls should rule, and to subst,
tuto for this wholesome and Immemo
rial practice, the requirement that the
lmorant or indifferent silence of s
voter should weigh equally against the
vote of the citizen who considers a
measure and expresses his convictions
by voting; for or against it.
"The decree of the circuit court 'S
reversed and the suit is dismissed.
Wasco Boosters Jubilant.
The Dalles. Or., Feb. 27. Wasco
county good roads boosters are Jubi
lant over the decision of the supreme
court handed down this morning, re
versing the opinion of Judge William
Bradshaw. The supreme court declared
Wasco county road bonds arc legal.
County Judge Gunning says' the county
court will immediately read ver Use for
bids. Clark Kendall company of Port
land made one bid on the bonds.
Sewer Cave Nearly
Fatal to Laborer
While digging a sewer ditch on the
hill on Woodstock avenue near Reed
college Monday " afternoon about 6
o'clock, a laborer was almost burled
alive when the dirt caved in on him.
The man soon came back to conscious
ness, after being dug out of the dirt
by Reed college professors, who had
been summoned. He was not injured.
One Man Filibuster
Threatens Navy Bill
Washington. Feb. 27. (U. P.) The
administration's great $500,000,000
naval bill the largest single national
defense measure ever framed. Is
threatened with delay and possible de
feat through a one man filibuster by
Senator La Follette, It was learned
this afternoon.
Army Adopts Star
Spangled Banner
As Nation's Anthem
"The Star-Spangled Banner",.
is the American national air.
At least. It is as fsr as the
United States army Is con- t
cemed. a recent order of the
war department designating
Francis Scott Key's historic
composition ss the national
anthem.
New army regulations Just m
received here by Colonel Samuel
R. Jones. United 8tates quar- ja
termaster, fix "The Star-Span- 4k
gled Banner" definitely, under
the date of January 8. 19177sW
t
The regulations also provide '
that no army musician shall
play the national anthem in a-, .4ft
medley or other musical com-
position, and its playing Js pre- 4ft
scribed ror military reviews and ift
other ceremonials, - i -
. For years the nation has been
racked by a controversy as to 4ft
which -Is the national - aJr, 4ft
"The tar-?pangiei Banner" or 4ft
"America." , For the army, at 4ft
last, it is to be "The Star-Span- 4ft
gled. Banner." - v
4fc4t
HOLLWEG CALLS
U. S. DECISION
UNPARALLELED
German Chancellor Addresses
Reichstag and Says Method
by Which America ' Ended
Relations "Brusque." Y
EFFECT OF SUBMARINE ;
CAMPAIGN DISCUSSED
President Wilson's Course Re
ferred to as Inconsistent .
and Friendly to Ally. -'
Berlin, via Sayville Wireless; Feb.; -27.
(U. P.) German Chancellor von i "
Bethmann-Hollweg told the Ge'rmart
reichstag today that President Wtl-
ron's action In breaking off relational
with Germany was "unprecedented.V
He characterized the method by whiebt
America terminated friendly Intercourse
as "brusque." He drew a parallel be
tween President Wilson's course in the ;;
Mexican imbroglio of 1913 and the Ger
man situation after the start of thi . .
war. '
The chancellor called attention lo
President Wilson's notification, to con"-.'V
gress In 1913 that he would "follow: J
international usage' and put an em
bargo ion shipment of arms to both
factions la Mexico. But a year later.' '
the chancellor said, theso "usages apv ;
parently were no more considered .V
good." Hollweg dilated on the "count- .
lews". war material shipped f rom Atnif;! -lea
to Germany's enemies. .
Abruptness Causes Surprise.
The chancellor referred to Amerlca'sl'?
insistence upon right of Americau clti- -'f
sens freely to travel to Francs , anC--
England, but he declared "the same :
right of American cltlse" toward1 the f ,
central powers did not seem to be K -
worthy of protection and as valuable.
The chancellor found fault with; the -abruptness
of Gerard's recall and com-: '
plained he Cld not yet know officially
why America had broken off relations
"There is only one necessity of the
day," he declared. "It dominates all
questions of policy both foreign and
domestic it is to fight and gain a
victory."
Tight Xw Only Altraativs. v -- -
"While our soldiers oft tns front'
stand in the drumfire of the trenches
and our submarines, defylnsr death,
liSHten through the seas, whlls we st
home have no other absolutely no
other task but to producer cannons,-mV
munitions, food and to distribute these '
victuals with justice In the midst of
this struggle for the life snd future of
our empire, intensified to sn extreme,
there Is only one necessity of the day. -It
dominates all questions of policy
bc4h foreign and domestic and that .
is to fight and gain a victory." -
(Concluded on I'age KlftMO. Columa Five) -
IS
STATE HIGHWAY BOARD
Now Waiting to Get Accept-,
ances Before Publishing
Names of His Appointees.
Governor WHhycombe bas. It is gsn
rally understood, decided upon the
personnel of the new state highway
commission, which he was authoristd .
to appoint under the new slats high
way act, and Is now waiting to receive
lo'-mal acceptances before making the .
names of Kis appointees public. -
GOVERNOR
DECIDED
ON PERSONNEL OF NEW
The commission which the decisions .
of the governor Is reported to have
settled upon will be composed of the .
following: L. J. Adams of Eugene. ,
representing the First congressional ,
district; W. L. Thompson or Pendle- ;
ton, representing the Second congres
sional district, and S. Benson of Port
land, representing the Third congres
sional district.
Under the provisions of the law the
choice of the governor was restricted .
to one member from each congres
aional district. ,
Mr. Benson was a member of the .
advisory commutes of the old commis
sion and has been prominent in better -road
agitation for several years.
Mr. Thompson la president Of the
American National bank of Pendleton
and has taken an active interest In po
Uttcai affairs, being generally recog-v
nized as one of the Republican leaders
of his section. He was a mtrnUr oC ;
the Oregon commission at the f anama
Paclfic exposition. He has also been
active in good roads development In ."
Umatilla county. -r ,
Mr. Adams is comparatively a sew
citizen of Oregon, and is not so well;
known as Mr. Benson or Mr, Thomp-.
son. He has been Jocally prominent a
an advocate of highway development,;
and during the recent session of the '
legislature was In almost constant at--tandaace
urging road legislation.
Mr. Adams is a native of Michigan .
and practiced law in Grand ilaplJs for 1
many years. He is & years of agr.
fie1 was1 elected to the legislature of
that state in 1897, and was speaker of
the house of representatives the next '
year. Later he was choner one of 66
men to revise the constitution of the
state. Mr. Adsms came west to Abe r-,-deen.
Wash., 10 years xo. and prac
ticed law and engaged in the bulidinc
business there two years. ' JIe , went f
frcm there- to Seattle and came to
Kttg-en six years ago. lie -has? been
engaged in the building tt.slness since.
In .his political . affiliations he is
Republican, as are Bensoa and Thomp
son. -. : - .
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