..Wii l.i; V 4. UmlT; AT PRESENT OF PORTLAND TO SHARE People "Misinformed aid, "and the remaining 25 per cant, with the aid of machine gun and the United States, are ta control.' Th request for an Investigation ot tho recent election, mad ot the Lib erals, should b heeded." he said, l believe that the patriots of Cuba ate to be found under the leadership of the rebels. - . Prepare for Sprin Freshets. St. Paul, Minn. March t. (U. P.) Anticipating that wtten the llttU yiUa Said to Bo in : JACKSON CLUB OFFICIALS .24 YEAR IN PUBLIC ; As to Cuoa, AUegea - ;''-'. r1--.--'"- Oilcago. March I U. P.) That the : Serious Condition: i ' i ' . . - &an Antonio, Texas, March J.-(l N. S.) Francisco Villa is In a sertSas condition either from a reopening of the wound received a year ago, o'r as . the result of a new one, according t a report received by General 5 Per- shlng today. This, it was said, ex plained the lack of activity on the part of his followers. . Wfcea wrttlof 1e celling e rsrtlfa, plMM nwntion The Jntimil. At. . SERVICE CONCLUDED RETREAT OF people of the United State ara being mlslnXoraMd as to the merits of the insurrection In Cuba and Justness of IE L the claims of the Liberals of the is land, which is now actually n a state or civil . war, - was tne statement of Thomas Marshall, formerly assistant flakes of . snow begin to melt this Teutons Appear to Be Stand ing Fast on High, Dry Ridge Near Bapaume. MOVEMENT IS STRATEGIC Jackson and Women's Demo state s attorney or cook conaty, who returned today from a two weeks stay on tho Island. - month that, much of their property will be washed awsy. the" Northern cratic Clubs Arrange Prp- Pacific has' spent $100,000 preparing "Seventy-fir per cent mt the Cubans t aeep iDtir uncu canjr wuu&ct grarrr for Monday Night. . -M. ? fc. re ' living under military rule. he down. I SPEAKERS PROMjNENT MEN Oua 9COTd ny Germans Jnt Btfor around Beeam &lq.nld XCuA to BUdt BrttliU MQTomost. -. I Zsang-oratlpn . of Woodzov Wilf on , President fox Eecona Tim to Ba , nttlngly Obserred. THE OREGON , SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY IIOiiNING, CELEBRATION IlipiNT PORTS SECOND INAUGURA A. ByTHaJor Edwin W. Dayton. New York, March ,(!. N. S.) Re ports from th British front In France north of th Somm indicates thct th German retreat baa about reached th' --present limit. The German Seem- to bT standing fast now n the high, dry ground around tb ridge .running close In front of Ba paume., with the light Hank of the new line at Lea Bssarta and the left flank at the pumping station for the liapaura water supply southeast of the town on the ' highway, called the vllttn Ltwo miles west of Bucquoy, and the defensive line Includes the llttl town nf'Achlftt Petit While the' Germans are consolidat ing their force on this shorter and trinr lino the T?rttlnh are UDerl- encing great airncuity in Drmging ror- ward great guns through a sea of soft mud on the lower ground. Into which they are moving. As .11 of the ranges are known accurately by the German artillerymen, it la to be feared that the British batteries will be sub jected to considerable loss as ' they move forward. - Included In the new German line Is IxjUDart Wood, described as a tvoical German field fortification before .Lea . Oerman Stratagem at Best. '.' -''-3yfcer the new line' Joins the old on the right are hills which form the de fensive angle in the new salient created by- th retreat- The town of Mpnchy Is now Germany's most western out post ana mm neaa or a salient which project about six miles beyond what would be a straight German line In the west If the Invaders were forced back so that the battle front should be ' aligned from Arras to Bapaume and Feronn. ' , AS .the nlstory or trench warfare is largely occupied with the elimination of salients, it Is presumed to be that General Halg's next task may have to do with the-Monchy-Achiet le Petrf sec . tor. No clear forecast is possible, how ' ever, until we see certainly that the German lines again settle down to a real renewal of the defensive tactics Which contlnud'so stubbornly between ; Albert and Bapaume for eight months.' , In toe strategic retreat which has '-'occurred, German military skill and ludrment wera at their best. The uinoiu . guns were movea oacK wnue - the ground was frozen hard and Just before its transformation into liquid mud wmcn was its condition when the British moved forward. ' . Bustians Buffer from Balds. Jachments were engaged northeast of iuedecourt and northwest of Llgny . m nwioy. Tne British repulsed attacks at, these points, all close to Bapaume ind captured 128 prisoners with sev eral .machine guns. In British raids larcucr norm near Augres, uoiione ana Loos. 10 Germans were caritured. t IOn thy French front in Champagne n$ the Argonne both sides made raids out accomplished little. LOn the north Roumanian frontier, the ttle In the Jacobenl-Kampolung area lonunues, nut neavy snow has ham. hered operations In the Dobrudja. In lussia there were a number of sklr- llihes In the far north near Riga and the lake region below Dvinsk. i jh iu etui vnnis. or me iNarayvuaa. Russian trenches were stormed, mine hafts exploded and 276 prisoners cap tured with seven machine guns. . . In the region of Voronosyn and west Of Lutsk,' Russian positions were pene trated to a depth of a mile and a half by a raiding force which carried back 124 prisoners and four machine guns. There has of late, been a noticeable In crease -of German activity In Volhynia and G-ellcia. ' ' ;-. t i v-i;r .. - r 01500 Subscribed For Belgian Belief ! Over 1500 has "been subscribed to the fund for the relief of the starving ' children in Belgium. Sunday the church , organisations all over the state will at- tempt to supplement this Bum by con tributions from their members. ' By the sale of warts paper the pu pils ot the Couch street school turned In 120 to S. Ia "Eddy, treasurer of the , Progressive Business . Men's club, In charge of the fund. Over 218 was turned in by the Montavltla school, em ploying the same means. A contribution box has been Installed at the rooms of the Transportation club, and it is hoped that other clubs ot th city will follow that example. , Newspapers all over the state are talcing up the campaign and it Is hoped - that the amount will reach $2500 be fore th middle of the week. Humphreys' Seventy-seven - For Colds, Influenza, i " . First Aid. Goes direct to the sick spot. Contains nothing harmful. Does not upset tie stomach. Sustains the sttength. - Appeals to busy people. Ask your neighbor. ' Your best assurance. Perfect convalescence. Jlaridy to carry. . Pleasant to take.' . . . Doctors book free. ' For sale in all America. i as, cents and tl-0Q ec nailed. f Hnmrhrart ' HomeN Mtdlclne C' 15f frn- WET Left Dr. of T. Bfedland, fireside nf ot the Jackson club. - Rignt Mrs. Helen I. TomlinsonHcQ president of the Jackson club. System of Shorthand Chinese Language t-m ti a j t MntM Tliot SliuiM TT5o4iltr las muiiein- riaii nuaitu w ui5uo66 . . wMwW r 1 v . . Knrim i in iiovffmmenai Washington, March 3. (I. N. S.- One of. the longest steps forward in oriental development reported in many months is the announcement that Wong Po Young of Hongkong has in vented a system of shorthand writing for the Chinese language; which has Just been reported to the department of commerce by Consul Generai.George K. Anderson at Hongkong. The Chinese language has long been regarded by students as one of th most difficult languages to master and the idea or adapting it to a short band form has practically been given up. Several years ago the Chinese government sent a special commission to Europe to make an effort to devise. through- study of occidental systems. some simpnriea metnoa ox writing Chinese, but this commission found the task too difficult. Private enter prise in China has in the past "at tempted the work, but nothing useful had come of it. Speed 140 Words a lXl&ute. Wong Po Young's shorthand sys tem 13 reported to be highly success ful. He has attained a speed of 140 words per minute in writing his sys tem, while one of his pupils has at tained a speed of 90 words per minute. Several other .pupils can write 70 words per minute. This is a great Improvement on the old methods of writing Chinese. - Up to this time no system Las ever been devised by which the writer could keep up with' a speaker. . - Chinese reporters have for some Penny-wise Proved PoundTfoolish in Fire Electric Iron Xeff With Current On Causes Fire; Penny Used to "Replace Puss Mad "Fire Worse. The family of F. L. Karth, 600 "East Fifty-second street north, left home early Saturday morning, leaving an electric "Iron with the current turned on. The Iron had been placed on the woodllft. In the afternoon neighbors saw smoke pouring from the Karth resi dence and turned In a fire alarm. Firemen reached the house in -time to stop the fire in the basement and the shaft of the woodllft The kitchen got badly scorched and thd electric iron was nearly unrecognizable. Results would probably not have been so serious, according to Captain """J. "ra.nstov.apiain - " r"7ril; , Tr r lJ, tr ! -n .ucVs.Uu, . j,, mU n Deen used as aruse totake the place : of a regular electric ruse. He says beer1frelT0swCtJht0 U8e ' "Ct0r3 thi "aVssoUUon Vni P, Tl .v. 1 , a?d. ir:Walal5.,e metlnf. ted that in all penny inserted to make the electrical probability It would be necessary to r N. E. A. Circiilar Is Spread Broadcast Three hundred thousand copies of a new folder descriptive of Portland and the adjacent scenlo territory have Just been issued by the executive- com. mlttee In charge of th National Edu cation association f convention "which meets here In July. It is proposed to distribute them throughout the coun try and get them into th hands ef as many teachers as possible through all the various agencies. The railroads have Just announced a round trip rate ot joi.dv to jrorciana rrora unicago and Mississippi river points and $65 from the Missouri river. Correspondingly low rates are expected from the At lantic states, but the trunk .lines have not announced what their concession will be. . . C.G.Presby Fully Is Exonerated by Jury Clinton O. Presby. a former employe ot the Portland Railway, Light A Power company,- has been exonerated by tb grand Jury of charges of se duction preferred against him by a young woman, his former fiance. Pres by wag "arrested several weeks ago on complaint Of the girl but established his innocence ot the crime charged to the satisfaction of the grand Jury. He Is 22 years old. A report circulated at th time of his arrest that his mother had ordered him to leave home because of . the girl's' charges Is denied, and no tacts hay .been found to sub stantiate it. i Nolan Trial Is Set Fop Monday, May 14 fi. . .v- i r-.... San Francisco, March 8. (P. N. S.) Superior Judge Franklin A. Griffin to day set May 14 as th date for the trial of Edward D. Nolan upon charges of murder in connection with the pre. paredness parade bomb explosion. Devised for the ! by Wong f q Youjig - - I ana dumuess ritcica. ye,ars used a simplified system known as ioe iso c-uue or grssy-najiu.7 i tem. This svstem Is based on elltnlna- tlon of many of the hetroglyphies and I thereforo.lt Is unreliable ana at? best i much slower than human speech. i I Wong Po Young has reached the perfection of his system, the gpvern- o v .tcAni th id" i,nr'whTnT rTm7nte worked. He has entirely discarded Chinese characters. Bey. David Jones of San Francisco, whu spent mwy years In the orient. worEed on a sys tem, but his did not approach the system of Wong Po Young. The let ter's system is based on a classifi cation of 22 initial sounds and 33 final sounds in the Chinese language. These basic sounds are sufficient to build the system upon, the inventor says. e Macb Heeded Improvement. The new system Is adapted some- what from such occidental' systems of I enonnana writing as tne wnuuc, i but on account of the singularity ot the Chinese language, it necessarily has wide differences.' The Inventor says-that he expects to improve the system by simplifying it and by mak ing it cover a wider range. Saould the new system meet all re quirements, as present indications are Qulrements as Present indlcaUons are ftS" VI LhJt U Chinese, " I I ot commerce and Industry, schools and other branches, will find a simplified system of writing Invaluable, Ashland Motorists . Enter Association Town la Gateway tot Touritts Coming by Way of California; Burean of In formation May Be Maintained. Ashland, Or., March 3.-The organ lzation of th. first unit outside of Portland of the. new Oregon State Motor association- was started at a meeting held at the city h'l he'e Thursday evening which was attended by a representative gathering of. prop-1 erty owners and automobilists, , I Prellmlnary organization Is being I supplemented by personal work among the car owners and other Interested citizens, by State Organizer J. W. Morris, and a meeting for the election or omcers will be Held in the near I luiure. . I The work of organizing the motorists I oC th- state was begun here because Ashland is the gateway to the north- west for tourists comln hv wav nf California as most of them will Phil Metschan of Portland nna r di. - w i j"-t cm iniurmauon siaiion at Ash- California could sret th man inr fkv... 41.. . . .1 ! i . 0 1 "u wuij cuiiuiuon or rnan, nnnrf. which will be compiled by the assoca- Ashland motorists are taking a strong unit i prpmlaed for this city, in ia wore ana a I YVQUid TJse Streets Without Franchises Caanffenra' Union Win Propose SSeaa. nr to B Toted on at the city JEJeo v tion la fun. x The Chauffeurs' union, the local or ganisation of Jitney drivers, will sub mit a measure to the people to "be voted on at the city election in June, providing for Jitneys using the streets without being required to accept fran chises, i Tentative drafts of the proposed measure have already made their ap pearance, and final drafts are to-be ready within a Tew days for' signa tures. Members 'of the union expect JhePitiJve!ea8Ure 0n the ballot - Th measure, according to the ten tative drafts, would hot change the charter provisions relative to fran chises for public utility conceraa plae- ItJLS5 ' .Wlrf and other Permanent structures in th streets, but would .uiouioouei to operate in pas enger service without being required Willam 4Eose Festival Board 4'.-.( , . . - - - J J. E. Werleln, president of th Rosa .uxjiiry, . nas appointed .a committee of nine, to make a list, of 24 names, out of which 12 will be elected uireciors or the Rose Festival by mem oers or me auxiliary. March 16. - The committee will met next Monday 'at 7:3d p. m. in the green room ; of the Oregon buUding. They are Frank E. bmitn, chairman; K. J. Jaeger, -C. F. nerr, airs. G. ' F. ' Frankel, Mrs. C. B. Simmons, L U. Lepper, Ferdinand H Reed, TV. P. Strandborg and a P,' IJow- Portland will celebrate the oocasion of the inauguration of Wood row Wilson as president of the United States for a 1 second time at a meeting to be held In the Central library at 8 o'clock Monday night under the direction of the Jackson club and the women's Democratic club. r . . Coincident with the Inaugural cere monies in Washington will come this I Portland celebration, in which promi nent citizens will take part. The Rev. Joshua Stansfield, pastor of the First Methoglst Episcopal church; George I. Baker, city commissioner; Colonel C E. S. Wood; Colonel p. U. Gantenbein, cir cuit Judge; and Lieutenant-Commander George F. Blair, Q. N. M., win bo the speakers. .- - i Joint Presiding Officers. Miss Leona Larrabee. president of the Women's Democratic dub, and Dr. E3of T. Hedlund. president of . the Jackson club, will share the honors presiding orncer or tne meeting. will al?o f serve on a reception rainuiiues ur iu uvtamun, aim. . - it i ir... women' Democratic club, and Mrs. -Helen I. "Tomlinson, vice 'president of ' , Miss Lilian Hackleman apd Mrs. Herbert Augur have a musical pro- gram in ioeir cnarge, wua ns ajr B.TRuddich,- soloist. ceieoration win BiOpeneaoy S,.? wavJKr by tb Sons of Spanish War veter- drum corps, under the direction of B. F. Donahue, scoutmaster. The meeting will be open to the fub " p,aJ inVl28 t1.at tend are extended to the Daughters Of the American Revolution, th6 Daughters ot the Confederacy, G. R. and Spanish War veterans. ' Aim Is to Roplat Hudson s Addition In an endeavor to overcome- the ob- w t.n nm.n, t .,. -...in mti iuinn Meadow Park. Fairvlew addition, a Dortlon of the town of Wayne and portion of Quinn's addition, a dlstriet east of Irvlngton, the city . council IS to hold a special hearing of prop erty owners at 3 o clock Tuesday aft crnoonl ' ' ' ' The present district has been called -crfr Quilt.- owlng:to the lack f uniformity l street and property Hues. I The streets are inaccessible to ad ja-I cent streets. ; For more than a year the city, through Us street extension I." ;:r-rjrrrTr,v;: :;r ;ri district and give all the additions the single name of Waynewood," but at th last moment the proceedings were blocked by one of two property own ers. Oregon Camera Club Is to -Have Lectures The first of .a series of lectures and demonstrations, comprising the photo graphic instruction course recently in augurated by the Oregon Camera club. will be held In the club rooms on the fifth floor of the Elks buildlnp, Tues- day evening. The feature of the even I lng will be a treatise pn soft focus hens work,, given &y A. P. Milne jf Portland, who Is th inventor and roan- ufacturer of the Milne soft focus lens. Mr. Milne will tlv actual demonstrb.- tmna on MDoanra. development and Other photographic manipulations used in connection wiin son socus tens work. The Camera club feels quite fortunate In beine abls to hav. Utructlon in this line fcv'one wJia ran' m.i. tn m-- 1 graphic In? tV ha. 'rnade practically a life study of photographic optics, chemistry and manipulation vaw, vviutki u, a iiMymaMVUI used in th art. WHIZING BULLETS PIDN-T SCARE HIM FriTate Walter J. Jones, Battery A, J On of th young soldiers of Ore- gon who served In Battery A. Field Artillery, is waiter j. Jones. He was . j ..... . A v. a ,, one night when the, Mexican facUona In Calcxico began one or those lively 1 wuiruuautw - vucj w4- . v uw , WOfJ I Vt. wtUAa Via is- ' A1l a katila .1 of tho Mexican bullets went' through his hat, and another grased' him. but I th sentry kept evenly .on bis beat un- til . the order to report was riven I Vminr James insists that' an v ot th I boys would have done the same, and I that there was nothing to Justify his I Photograph being taken, but The I Journal phbtographer caught; him Just as he came with his comrades Into th Axmory the day he was mustered out. j ' .v - ..i'!"iiiiM iimr in .. j , ; o' , i ,xt tUr tit ,l -U-o -i ' J United States Senator 0'Gormai who retires from public life this week. Washington, March 3. (U. P.) United States Senator O'Gormaft of New Tork, will close his public career when the senate adjourns Monday night. "I have completed an uninterrupted public service of 24 years," said the senator today, 18 years as Judge and six years as senator; and I must now give attention to my private affairs." , "Montana Woman Cheered by Crowd Miss Jeanette Kanrln Hakes Strong Plea In Ww Tork for Social Democ racy. New Tork. March 2. -U. P.)-JThree thousand New Yorker stamped. cheered and w,ved th'elP approval of a 1,? 7 Y'ii . chiffon apd almost a embarrassea as a high school girl in a graduating -. .... v.n Gk. .-. -rt u Jeanette Rankin, congressman from Montana, and the speech was her first to a New York audience. But there was no wnit chirron about Miss Rankin' opinions. She led off by sounding the keynote of her campaign. "Let the people know,? and the crowd liked it. She went on to plead for "political, business and social democracy," and th crowd liked "Woman suffrage is coming." she said, "in spite ot th Democratic party. Mis Rankin Is a Republican. She was proud ' of her party and said so; and of her Sex, and said so; and of her victory, and said so: and the crowd cheered her every time. It cheered her when she expounded In clear, forceful style her convictions concerning the questions of th day. including this: "Women are entitled to the right to say wnetner tneur men snail go 10 war." Germany Complains r o tt i m j A- ui nara xreaimenTi Declaration Mad That Treses ana English Plao Prisoners Clos Be hind Fighting Tronts. Berlin, March 3. (I. N. S.) (Via Sayvllle Wireless.) Declaring tha France has failed to heed Germany's protests against the ill treatment of German prisoners. War Minister voq Stein announced to the reicnstag tor day that Germany will take counter measures against Frencn prisoners ac Thousands Of German prisoners, tb war minister charged, are compelled to work clos behind the French front under the tire of German artillery. "It they seek, cover from the fire, they are driven - back by French officers, he asserted. " ' ' . ' Generally speaking, the English treat their prisoners better, he said, -and in many cases hav redressed grievances. But on -th other hand, the English, too, often ' employ prisoners clos be hind the front, and compel others to work excessively In French ports, he alleged. Consequently, Germany will take counter measures against English prisoners, also. Hold-Over Senators . Block the Farmers Bismarck. N. D March 3. CU. P.) Without obtaining the" . strictly farmer legislation it set out to se cure, the farmer legislature adjourned today fine die. Tne nouse was con-; trolled absolutely- bv the farmers non- partisan league, but hold-over senators blocked tneir proposea siaie owneo terminal elevators, packing plants and otne.r ."l!!?; 'itCJ l CUB U viiuvi vw ii tuci was agreed on. Th south uaaota icgisiaiur at f Wfbe4 fa unimportant wtyw . - n m " xhmuew. Maryrvllle, CaU March (P. IN. s.l -Aiannea oy is utreaxanea out- break of another tong , war in San Francisco and San Jose, Chines are flocking Into Mnrysvtu and seek! ig protection- jrom in ic-caj uuey aigs, according to Sheriff .Charles J. Wc- Coy. . Each train Is bringing refugees. Spain contains mora than 11,600,000 laaras ot unprooucuvt land. FOUR' DAYS 1 rariow 2 5 fieels M 3 th Pathe Including i a 6 v Mrs Th ' mi nn ONLY BEGINNING CONCERT Broadway Symphony Orchestra Afternoons and Evening Medley Overture Bits of Remick's Latest Hits, and "Poor Butterfly, by request. ' T TO Popular Ex-Baker Player in L otteiry Maa The Mell-known comedy-drama, full of punch and fun. r Will the ladies take a chance on 'a feliow with $100,000.00? Vernon Castle n her latest adventure as . Patria Channing, in The Island God Forgot A story, concerning the blowing up of . munition plantsin Mexico. Full of thrills and romance. in HEARSTS News Vt'orld's Laet EyenU preparedness campaign an(J war news. weekly e owie oyrnn I of the Republiq A short special, which stirs the soul to patriotism, v : featuring Ralph face as Abrahani Wncoln. : j Pltmafs. ; Exceptional ; Animal - Educational : Pictures, direcf from the Strand Theatre New York. ' I i MATINEES 10d i ; r SUNDAYS, EVENINGS, HOLIDAY? 15c LOGES 30c CHILDREN 5c TODAY 1 v 5 Reels 2 v 3 v 4 latest' 5 6 j