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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1917. TWENTY 5 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ev Tiinrc An rm . VOD. XV.: NO. 322. aA.aaaAaaaA.ABA.aB aaa A - PhH il hh IN U iiifinrnnr nuTrn Petition Seeking Advances Ranging From 10 to 25 Per Cent on AH Business - Is Filed With I. C. C. EIGHT HOUR LAW IS GIVEN AS REASON Necessity for Placing Roads in Excellent Working Con dition PointecfOut. Vote Is Given Russia Women overnmerrt AMERICAN P ByG Mass Meeting of Supporters of Woman Suffrage Movement to - H Be Held Sunday. Petrograd. March 23.-(I. N. S.) rfusslan women are to get-the ballot. C: 21 LIVES REPORTED LOST Announcement was made today that it Standard OH TankPP Heald has Ween settled that women shall vols wlOHUOl U UU 1 aim CI HGaiU ton Becomes victim of a for members of the constituent (Na tional) assembly. A big mass meet ing of supporters of the woman suf frage movement is to be hel4 on Sun day. : Foreign Minister Mlllukoff received the foreign correspondents at the for eign office and gave them a brief state ment In which he said that Kussia is I trOQCI PADDICn All stronger now in every way than be-1 VLooCL OHnnlC.U UIU Washington. March 23. (U. P.) A general increase from 10 to 25 per cent in all freight and paswenger rates to cover the increased cost of operation 'imder the- Adamson law. Is asked by all the railroads of the country in a petition laid before the Interstate Commerce commission, the receipt of which was announced today. - SThe roads' petition sjated that "in Our opinion the only practi9al method "Of Securing proper relief Is by a per- ' centage advancement in all rates. This, of course, should be adequate to cover the effect of the Adamson law and other wage increases already made and those which will naturally follow together with increases In the cost of fuel, material and supplies. .- Other Expenses Warned. ..-! It was stated the roads have met Adamson wag increase and that they Want to get themselves in bhape to servo the coatnry efficiently In time of war.; Request was made for a blanket in crease to facilitate prompt action, the roads explained. In presenting the case for the rail road, President Res. of . the Pennsyl vanla, .stated : "We realize thaj the condition of. the railroads today pre sents a menace to the country, not alone to the owners of the property. (Contended on Par Two, Colons On, t SOUTH AMERICA NOW FEARS FOR FINANCES fore the overthrow of the Romanoff dynasty. , SHERIFF 'TIL' TAYLOR TARGET FOR BULLETS FROM 'YEGG'S' d Between Everett and -Seattle Is Oh Puget Sound Cities In Controversy Over Lumber Contract for Alaska Railroad. Washington, March 23. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OP THE JOUR NAL). A row Is now on between Everett and Seattle over the lumber . . A V- . 1 1 1 Jt Llnt. German U-BOat Off DlitCh lowest, and apparently will get the The Alaskan engineering commission makes a strong denial of any discrimi nation against Portland, asserting, that a full examination of the facts' will so demonstrate. It is claimed Portland people . have overlooked the govern ment's contract with a barge company which obliges transportation cost Co be figured via the Inside pasage and i r l L m ' I iimnca ji ai.BV over mo ocaiue rate, btate Uepartment KeCeiVeS instead of the 23 cents claimed by n . Tl. , n 1 nl i jroruana lumbermen. RepOll That POSSlbly 21 -contract or nTcnW. the differ- tnce is only 33 cents," declared W. D. B. Dodson, secretary of the Port land Chamber of Commerce. "Daniel Kern, head of the Columbia Contract company, knows what he is talking DESTRUCTION! TANKER SPEEDS UPPREPARATIQN Coast; 13 Citizens in Crew President and Cabinet Con vinced Germany's Course Is Hastening the Clash; Kaiser Would Force War. BOUND TO ROTTERDAM Lives Were Lost. XT. S. Ships Bunk Since Tebraary 1. February 3, Housotor.lc, no casualties. J February 18, Lyman M. Law, Onp nf Hprmlcinn PnctnffiPP. !- no casualties. Robbers Captured; Other Gets Away, After Battle, Pendleton, Or., March 23. After an exchange of 15 or 20 shots, Sheriff T. D. Taylor and Special Deputy Olaf un warned, no casualties. March 16, Vigllancla, un warned, 15 missing. March 17. City of Memphis, warned. March 18, Illinois, no casual ties. March 21, Healdton. unwarned, seven missing. about. His barges used the Inside passage northbound and the outside WILSON MAY ENLARGE HIS PRESENT CABINET Portfolios to Handle, Trans portation and Munitions Making Created? By Robert J. Bender, Washington, March 23. (U. P.) President Wilson's forthcoming; "war 100 nautical mileg on the round trip. Load the lumber in uh lower river and there Is no dlfferenceS Time of Bidding on. Submarine Chasers HENRY S. GRAVES, chief forester of the United States, who discussed preparedness at secret session this morn ing of foresters' convention, now being held by delegates from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska. , ?"!,f?Ut-biUnd,J..d MS j511"8 message" to the extra session of con cabinet during a long session this aft ernoon. .While details of the message! have not been worked out, the broad ! background laid today Indicates that this nation is about to enter aggres sively Into a vigorous defense against Germany's war acts. The tentative course of procedure has I already been indicated, including; the Extension of bidding time on the ! advancement of large sums of money submarine chasers wanted by the! to the entente allies with which more Aarhus of Umatilla, last evening, just J J government Is to be asked at once by j actively to prosecute the war at flusK, captured one or two yeggmen I Washington, March 23. (U. P.)-1 tne cnamber or Commerce. who Wednesday night blew up and The first state department advices Th government officials dispatched robbed the safe In the Hennlston post- confirming; reports of last ' night, that Sfbff prints? theater o" which a office. 21 persons drowned in the torpedoing rived today, to this territory and wires The other robber, who did the shoot- ofthe American tank steamer Keald- hurriedly dispatched to Ban Francisco ing. made his escape after Taylor had . and. Seattle developed that the same run out of ammunition. " wo " condition exists at those points. The battle took place at the mouth Vice-Consul Krogh at Rotterdam. with 12 or more shipbuilding firms of Juniper canyon on the Columbia. His message read: anxious to bid on the craft and only Taylor and Aarhus had traced the "American steamer HeaJdton, from I one sec or pians avauaoie. u is ai Washington, March 23. (U. P.) Germany's latest affront In the tor pedoing without warning of the Ameri can tanker Healdton will be answered by continued speeding up of all prepa rations for actual hostilities which are now regarded as inevitable. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing are convinced that Germany's present course is merely hastening a clash. The president and secretary of .... . .. ... I . - . . . r. . , . I rnm tmnn-nlKI. .11 . ,1.1. CIMU men 10 umauiia. wnere tney nan aoan- cayenne. . j., ;mneo.Dy oianaara "":fc " k ,i u ,.VV-,. IX ' state are known from the highest and aonea a nanocar on wnrcn iney ieii company, tw s "S "T V' . , J most authoritative sources to have xiermiston. Buspeciing iney naa gone i aeipnia. via Bergen 10 xoiicrtuajn, cu-m-i ' j v.u cm., up the Columbia, the officers secured manded by Captain Charles Chrlsto- a railroad velocipede and mads their pher, American cltlien. carrying 600i way up the tracks to Juniper, where tons petroleum and having 41 officers they cams upon the two men under a I and crew aboard, reported torpedoed trestle. land sunk without warning by German The man who escaped, saw them l submarine 8:15 evening; March 21sU first, and ran. (35 miles-from -Terschelllng. Captain Taylor Olvss Chase. Ian 19 men brought safely to Tmul-! 1 den. One died at exposure In lifeboat. wiA T.vw had him vr Tnm. Twenty repealed drowned by capslzlne;. 1no- him nvmr to Aarhun Tavlnr ata.rt,I I One lifeboat' with following; It is said that nearly, all of the local firms will bid on the contract. U. S. Soldier Is Shot While on Guard Duty Portland. Maine. March 23 (TJ. P.) Two men supposed to have been en deavoring' to destroy one or more of Fort William' 12-lnch guns, shot Prt- - IF U . S. ENTERS WAR h4m ark,.. T.vli, it.rtfcl I VjnS UieOOai'Wlin IOHOWIBI uiiicrsra ud the canyon after the other fellow, and crw reported saved. who: dodged behind a telephone pole. I Ust of Saved Torwarfled. end opened fire. Taylor returned the! "Captain Christopher. Brooklyn.! vat e John. Poor, early today. f IraunUln&sevolYsrva When he attempted to reload he founit Assistant Engineer Smery. New Or-1 reservation and were approaching; one that In his haste in leaving Pendleton. I leans; Boatswain Rode, Rotterdam: I or the bis; runs when Poor saw them. Le had grabbed the wrong; cartridges j 'Jook Snickers. Rotterdam; Seaman I When be attempted to capture them The robber behind the pole emptied I Lerentsen, Norway;. Oilers Uiiaine ana lone snot him in the groin. They then n i - ui'ii n , - l nis run a numDer or times at tne snei-1 itomaro; stc-Kers uranae, uonzaies. i escapea. DeilcVeo LOanS Will DC IVlaaehfr. and then fled up the hlU Into the Mulno and Alonxo; Engineers Messmaal Medical examiners today declared the sagebrush. j and Larlno, all of Philadelphia. I Pullet was one ox heavy calibre possl - f3 A- utij v bvuiu UVVUVl UU, I uavva -v. awuw w -v s nini aaM J , W NS w vt a dark had descended and he was forced! Later reports from the same source to abandon the pursuit. The robber s I said additional survivors were: bullets whizzed Just over the sher-j Willerup. Sevenson, Parker, John lfrs head. I son, Sickstrom, Andersen, Von Sees, J tnaries f . Stewart. I to -Pendleton this moraine and re-1 -coMimt win iuitii ouenys aires, juarcn 4. iu. r.j lumeu bi once lo lane up me trail I -T i.. . r n4..i. -r-n. .n noutn America is apprehensive that I . 1 explosion. entrance of the United States Into the prisoner wiu arum. 1 The standard Oil company of New ... I ine man capiurea gives tne name or I York telegraphed In part as follows Z " . 1"""ca- (Frank W. Mason. He was armed with "Wives of the captain and chief en from rogn sources in Argentina tooay a .44 J01t and 60 rounds of ammuni Only to Allies; Republics to Remain Neutral, held the firm oonviction even before the sinking of the Healdton that the kaiser's government Is determined on forcing a declaration of war from this country. Cabinet May Be Augmented. There Is indication today that th president after congress has defined the status between Germany and the United States will augment his cabinet by one or more posts to cover the work of transportation, and possibly a portfolio to handle the work of munitions making. This, how , ever! -entirely tentative. The mere likely- coarse for the present, at least. Is believed to be the continuance of the national defense council as a spe cial advisory body In preparing for war. Government activity embraces such a wide range now that no acaurate conception can actually be drawn as It is believed the shot will Drove I to the scope or effectiveness of the lata!, according to physicians at tha country's preparedness work. Presi- post hospital, ' where Poor was taken, i dent Wilson is personally directing all of these war preparations. Secretaries of War and Wavy Busy. Secretary Baker, as chairman of . I t- " 1 t. vr "ill - ,? t - "V r- -r vi ill , . :S&am& i ill I.. mt (mm x ' , "oil I & -" - :ill '-'---X '- 1 1 x Z'. f ' " I I '.&-i : '-"(??jk ;'- JS'A' VI I mTr v " i X ' nS" ill f f t i " x!?ll I fpVTTj - "$1 1 lift; ' -V ' v-A?1- -fr- 'f'lll t' -1 wk -y t I 1 1 ill r m W Am : '' J t FREUCH DEFEAT HEAVY LOSSES Generals Nivelle's Forces De liver Severe Blow Against Invaders North of St. Si mon, Driving Thero Back. FRESH TROOPS CROSS ; AILETTE AND PROCEED Germany Is Accused of Plac ing War Prisoners on Firing Line. Captives Pnt on Battle line. Lausanne, Switzerland, March 23. (U. P.) Germany has sent many of her captives to ' the front linen of battle as teprls Is, according to a statement issued by the International Red Cross today. The statement said the Red Cross was endeav oring; to dissuade the German authorities from such form of reprisals. st - s. m m . - m ! SEA RAIDER WIOEWE GOVERNMENT COUNTS ARRIVES GERMAN Paris, March 23. (U. P.) While fresh French forces pressed steadily forward at Aillette and north of Sols- sons, other masses of General Nivelle's forces inflicted a stinging defeat on the Germans north of 8t. Simon, driv-. . ins; them back ; with heavy losses to Grand Seraucourt. . - . Today's official statement, relating these facts of , the day's progress against the retreating Germans, said the defeat had been very costly to the . enemy. The Germans attacked and were defeated with heavy, losses north of St. Simon." the statement said. "They were driven back to Grand. Seraucourt. ! ' ' "It is confirmed that the German Coinod op PK Two. Plana f.T.)' ' 'if . PORT; 593 PRISONERS Commander Reports Sinking 27 Vessels During Cruise on Atlantic, U. S. Force to Fight norinna i nArannsj fniinri i i m nrn t-e asi ii sjs n - a i t xj t a IT! Xr8IlCe; XaVOrGd P1 to meet neads of Teat ndus- Moewt brought 693 prisoners Into port " vv , trial concerns to discuss what work I . . By John Grmndens. Berlin. March 23. (U. P.)- is necessary to complete tentative according to announcement here today. tu. irin. t. tr w I tt 1 ninn. tn nlir th cmintrv on a wnr I -ouni xonna, ner -commanaer. sr- or tne neaiaion repoix mes-1 P.A . united States eineditinnarv footing. rived Thursaay at his home port. He a .44 uoit and 60 rounds of ammuni-1 irlneer of the Healdton reuort mes 'J?1 tt WT..ePL?!ea that WCh f .trnnr, tin . 15f. ,agM ;rom?VLBUV -1 ' to fl?ht on th front ln Fnmcel Secretary of the Navy Daniels Is dl- reported sinking 27 vessels in alL step or the United States, now regard- stamps. $30 or J40 in money, an are safe. Thirteen of the crew were -a, w a.o n , r.ptir,- hia efforts to stimulate r. ' o . n.rt.ln i- 1 OUtf it of nkflcton krVn. a. palil watch lnHrnt TVi atsnmsr wa wiiiti I " " . "-J -"juc.cm uuj - p . l nffidal R,nni. .tarAno. rat7onTormoney "Tnto wWr meure. and two sticks of dynamite" He is ftSnV 'FKnadelVhia io RotterTam;. 1 UDg W,P COMlruc- ceid yVs'teFdaf by wlrefe ninc'i Heads of the war and navy depart-1 Sale of the first two tnotorshlps ments of the government look to tho built by the Peninsula Shipbuilding; national forest service of the United company has been successfully closed." States for valuable assistance in case Bowman Brothers of New York city, of conflict with a foreign enemy, ac- representing Norwegian capitalists, cording to Chief Forester H. S. Graves. . K,v. -.rdina- to in. ni romiit' in a rnrtiiim.ro nf t, I about 40 years old and admits he has i had called at Halifax and Bercren. She I rvr . . r . - . ;. ... .t . . . I arrival of the Moewe at her homt nort loans, except to th4 affiles fFghUng been following the "yegg" game some left Bergen for Rotterdam March 20. 1 XTn . aJLi KZfJI'ii mvr njv tZnt mminr thlt I ?.ut no mention of prlsone,. aralnst .Germany. I time. His companion he knew by the I Had been ordered to proceed throurh 1 - . It- " i " 7 I aboard her. that "1-1 no .iicw uy lutixiau urc.i uut ii i . . tsnn nnn D. o, f th a.rvlce more effectlva In anv event. offlclAi Mnaiv in 1 name or Moran, Mason said, and picked! sare route, through North sea channel I ; rr " " r. 7. . i r.fc t" ..' I ""VI - "Z71''.Mm un tn fullf ornla TT. I. .ht 9 wt of nenmiLrk Hareo wna lllumnl- iuIlu "'S11 "iary OI XQ. xsa- inan ever utrio.o, iui Bpiuui Hu 7 X i "w snd ne tional Guard association of the UnKed continues Its more ,or less secret declared-all other American naUons a?a new " th game. Mason says nating on in bulk. st-t- V !.t.n toward cailine- to arm. everv would remain neutral, no matter what oran armea wun a mgr gun ana course was adopted by the United ro"?8 ammunition. Mason says States. ; I he advised his companion against The Argentine cress today was without' comment on the extra session Six Americans Among Survivors. ShOOting. I A.-l---- .,4r.ri You sure have got a nervy sheriff.-1 1., tt,i. 1 I VT- TT 1 J .1. . MU1UOU UVV.1M JUMUU, , T'J Ln5t 121- States steamship Healdton, which was vim ready to do my 1 . . n,w,o ...k,.. . Portland Member to Attend Meeting Eleven More Ships Soak. London, March 23. (U. P.) The British admiralty announced this aft- a Portland visitor, who today addressed the district foresters' convention at the Multnomah hotel. Following conferences with Sccre tary - of War Baker and Secretary of the Navy Daniels, the national for ester chief unfolded an elaborate sys tem of military preparedness. The marshaling' of the army of forest tall In th. lTnlr.rl Rtat.n anA th. too like preparations started there. "J t." Jr Vi. " "y sunk by a German submarine, says a Argentina's foreign policy will be ' .t "' A"""B" dispatch from Amsterdam today. The -Under direction of Fernando Saguler. I v wuijiwi . telegram pfcves the Dutch newspaper At least one ssember of the Portland ills acceptance or the portfolio was Shertrr "Til" Taylor was king of the Handelsblad as authority for the I committee on national defense will at announced today. (Portland annual Rose Festival last I statement. There were 13 Americans I tend the meeting of the national corn- Personally, Saguler is pro-ally, but it I year, is understood generally in Argentine circles that he will be merely a rub ber-stamp personality for President Iregoyen. The post of minister of for eign affairs has been vacant for sev eral months. , 1 in the crew of the ship, leaving sevn mittee in Washington, D. C, April 2. Reservation Timber To Be Placed on Sale dead or missing. Rumors of Revolt In; Germany Denied First Report Said 20 Lost. Washington, March 23. U. N. S.V Twenty lives were lost when, the American tanker Healdton was sunk by a German submarine off the Dutch Bids Will Be Received By Government 1 coast, according to a report to the In Barred Zone Now eavrwk uaua V w cs, .jw SW H1W I aj aaai aa for 630,000,000 rest Prom rOamath state department last nignt. The dis- ATP.T.lft IS 1110.111(1 Pfl r.. 't.;,.,. mn ...r Patch to the department did not give tlU lb " - I the nationality those lost In the. Washington, March 23. (U. P.) i disaster. Indian Commissioner Sells today ad-1 The following official dispatch has New 'York. March 23. (I. N. S.) Ivertised for bids for 63d.00d.000 feet I been received from American Consul The New York Times today printed of timber on the Klamath, Or., In- Frank W. Mahan at Amsterdam, dated I Chtistania, March 23. (U. P.) The the following special cablegram from dian- reservation. The sale. Sells I March 22: I foreign office received official notifl tt correspondent at Copenhagen: I hopes, "will relieve the acute timber I "Standard Oil ship Healdton from! cation today that Germany had ineti "Copenhagen, March 22. 1 have situation. made Inquiry about rumors of re vol u-1 Three tracta are Included in the of-j torpedoed without warning at 8:15 tlon in'Germany and am able to statelier for sale. Ninety per cent of the I P. m., March 21, 25 miles north from that no foundation exists at an for timber is yeUow and sugar pine. A I Terscneinng, lioiiana. Twenty-one of steps toward calling to arms every regular, reserve and national guards n nitin,,- in ht h000 that, .according to a. German call is propitious. All possible haste ' . . that Is compatible. with efficiency Is wireless dispatch the raider Moewe had being taken in regard to gathering I sunk these vessels: supplies guns, ammunition, doming, I French Prince. Eddie. nrnrlmnoV.htr quartermaster supplies, etc. Rhodanthe. Katherlne, Esmeraldas, Data WU1 Be oompietea soon. Otakl." Demeterton. Governor, Jean and Within a few days at most it is ex-istaut. pected data from state heads regard-1 All were" British except the Staut, ing military avaiiaouuy, pians ior which was Norwegian. rapid mobilization or tne National) The statement also said that It ap Guard, details for stationing and dis-lpeartKl the St. Theodore had been trioution oi iana iorces, win do com-1 sunk. piete. Beneath the surface activities, offi- The most significant thing in the cial attention turned today to a con-1 above announcement Is that it ' appears Terence reported under way at lm-1 the St. Theodore has been sunk." perial German grand war neadquar-1 The St. Theodore, according to the ters, which, will be attended by the stories of survivors of the raider's vic kaiser. Von Hindenburg and Chancel- j t lms landed at Pernambuco, had been ior von uetnman-iionweg, ostensibly I transformed by the Moewe Into a raid. to plan more aggressive land and sea j er itself. Presumably the British an war moves by Teuton forces. I nouncement means that the St. Theo- Tnis conrerence may nave a vital 1 dore has been sunk by British patrol eneci upon Germany s iuiure poilclea I vessels. Ho Interference Wanted. j Of the 13 ships listed above, only The one ray of hope In the dark I one has heretofore been mentioned as situation is that Germany, may be I a victim of the south, Atlantic sea Philadelphia to Rotterdam, cargo of oil, I tuted a blockade of the Arctic Ocean forced into an early peace. The adraioer tne bu Tneodore. A wire was received from Chairman Little of the .committee by W. D. Wheelwright, asking his attendance, but as activities : here require his at tention, one of the remaining members -Daniel Kern, R. D. Inman, H. J. Bid- die or Henry I Corbett will be sent. between Norway and Spitsbergen. Is such reports." Board to Look Into Nitrate Plants for ; PaciHcJTortliwest British Agent-Hurt; minimum price of S3 a thousand feet I crew drowned. One died of injuries, oth- on one tract and 33.25 a thousand feat I ers taken to northern Holland. Sub- on the other two was et by Sells. I marine seen alter torpedoing. Funds raised from the sale are to be used to put the Klamath Indians on a self-supportine; economic basis, Sells said. "More details to follow.' Cornwall Would Open Panama Canal The new blockade aimed to prevent shipments to the Russian port of Archangel, which will be free of ice within a few months and which has always been a great center of Import for Russia. I ministration believed today it haJd raaunesiiy medlation move by declaring in ad vance against such a step. The state department officially de clared today that It had not received an' offer of mediation. The discour agement which Secretary Lansing and " ' Washington, D. C, March 23. (WASHINGTON BUREAU ' OF THE JOURNA,)-An inter- departmental , board to invest!- gate .- sites for a government nitrate plant, consisting ct Sec- -jtr :s m retary or war Baker, SecreUry 4t ; - of the Interior Lane and Secre- : S i tary - of . Agriculture Houston i Ik has -made tentative plans for a . . h earing; at fasco, wash., to con- sider sites on the upper Colum- . jsJ r bia and Snake- rivers. The board may also visit Lewlston, Idaho, and .Fsll Bridge Or., the latter -Sr .place for consideration : of the . uescnuits nver. nasi are In- m . m derinite as to tne date since the t secretaries do not know when lt " will Tl DOBgiblft to luv Wiii. u. t ington. . . . r. . . . : v. . . - -'-!j1 t;a.n r. hyn am ;Hnw . opening W VWakSi W aSSaaSaSMS pv S W aSkSBaSki aSaiaSam VW I I Watarw Iowa mate Senate Favors Compulsion French Dreadnaught Torpedoed and Sunk TT . T7 l. torpTd'd ir.:, ; V.iw n- .1' ia Meauerranean- " was an . """" i nounced nere today. Suggestions still credited to the Swiss minister a hand In spreading i the mediation story, but there was also n.. UT.In.a Tnwa "Vf ' 99 TT ' t rnmnniMn niiitur tniniir -n mmistrauon ieu migni ,nave -s-n- th TTnlitMt Htatea was ursred In a i-mo. -" m-'sh.ucti 11 u Waterway to maOroad-Owaed' Ships to Keen Bonth American Trade. I . . . . . .... . . w. r-r fn or t. n.lltrslw Tint f n t.t.rt... Announcement wae made before the i luuon passea oj ine xowa state senate - Seattle, Wash, March 23;- (P. N. a) O a vr - TXT CtawaftCAn - Wlt t eln " ' I . . a . . .! .J. HhA ' MAMStif 11 f AHS 1 i VAtf&trrt eaM A Va H- tltttt A-AvarntMAnt la 1 I IMtV 4-m r tt T 1 is nnonmn nH TFlIS I tUWWi l.U " --vaaas wfcsvs, ikwsu- . ..... . . .1' - T-rs.. .v.. 1 msnt TwMi trYkt h tH MtWti ftf oiif fnr- f & local nospuu toaay wiin a rnciurea "wn t xuloi wr-5wu mat jtsj- i - t " Rkull, near deatn. TH injury,- was lessor wiuiam waronsB, inotructor i --- m economics at neea couege, iosxner Sailors Say That v Germans Plan to Form in Mexico sustained in a manner puszllna both to police and operating surgeons. Stevenson was found in his room at a local hotel on March 15, four days after he had registered, in an uncon scious t condition. - Travelers - checks for $25,000 were found on his person. There was blood on"- hi pillow and rt was first thought he was merely ill. When Stevenson regained conscious, ness yesterday he thoughts he was In San Francisco. 4 When told it was Se attle, he asked: " .. "Where is Seattle f S Protest to Germany UnWersUyf 'Oregon ictowAot Comt I Guatemala SendS merce wouia aeiiver a series or lec tures at the April meetings of the Today ' George M. . Cornwall, editor of the Ttmberman, spoke before .the enro on vpenins iae rm umwi Guatemala ' ty. March . 23. (L N. to iroao-ownea snips - Mr. rn-t g.)A strong protest against the ruth wall said that It was impbrtant If I .. anhmarlna order hu h..n . fn- the Pacific coast, wished to Veep the warded to the Imperial German govern trade of qouth American countries that! ment by- the Guatemalan government. American 'shipping facilities should be J The note of protest has been handed t increased at one. 1 the German minister here. Snowstorm Ties Up WyomingTraffic Laramie. Wyo., March 23 (U..P.) Railroad traffic In Wyoming is para lyzed by a raging snowstorm, which shows no signs of abating- at noon to day. , . Four - ; westbound Union Pacific trains are held in the yards here, . de-1 aare equipping: the Mexicans for tinia uw uivna oi iviarj Bnuw-i. war. y-SK Y '-.' . y piows wmca woraea i nignt xo clear 1 4k th. rnrVi v, - .' ... I w - - - i . . t ' - ; Galveston. Texas. March 23. (U. P.) Officers- of the Nor wegian steamer .Vera, arriving; here this afternoon from Porto Barrios, , report thousands of Germans have entered Mexico through Guatemala with the acknowledged Intention of form, inr an army to wage war on the United States. They say many ' tserman reserve off leers are at the head of -the movement and SALE OF: FIRST TWO ON VALUABLE AID BY 10T0R8HIPS CLOSED THE FORESTRY SERVICE BY PENINSULA . CO, WSar and Navy Departments Bowman . Brothers 6f; New Plan to Use That Arm in York Bought Craft for Nor- ' Event of War. wegian Capitalists, formation received by Captain Xnud- sen. superintendent of the plant. The vessels.: tne Aipna, now in tne water and awaiting her engines, and the Beta, which will be launched as soon as there is a little more water. are the ones disposed of. Prices were not given out by the employes, as yet in Its premature n. s vessels are exoeeoingiy tar.- in cTneettul in rti. of mr- scarce, it is believed that the two avawAv 4a fftUli Ansa rfv wtan mvf awsll. brought well over 1700.000. able arms of the government. Men. C. Knappv president of ths firm, accustomed to the outdoor Ufe. whose conducted the negotiations In the east. experience as mountaineers has ren dered them of peculiar'. value; their intimate knowledge of the intricate labyrinth of mountain roads and trails; their knowledge of the great wood varieties and their practicability for. the building- of wooden vessels and aeroplanes craft; their lookout Washington,! March 23. (U. Te stations which command a survey or Th naw has recalled Into active serv. wide expanses of country: their loy- jce large numbers of retired officers. alty ana tneir native intelligence, are i secretary Daniels announced today. among the qualities that force the Utter Inadequacy of the officers' government; to a -recognition of their personnel resulted In this order, whten latent power. I fellows closely the order for the sd- Setalle Vartlv Worked Out. I vancinr graduation of two classes OC Chief Forester Graves declared that tn Annapolis naval .academy. his mission here was, incidentally, to make a first-hand 'survey of the for est . service military preparedness question. Details of the plan have already been worked out to a consider able extent at Washington. Labora- tory experiments have proved the uses to which the forest products may be Ketired I Officers S Recalled by Navy . (Costumed on Vtf Two. Colaaa Two) Str. JPrince Eunert Ashore; All Safe Tn rks A r p. Fnrn ah ' tn Retreat bv Russians Petrograd. March 13. fU. P. j Aft er 1 hours of desperate fighting Rus sian forces dislodged Turks occupying Allabad, near Kerlnra, and forced thern , to retreat, today's official statement declared. , - , passengers Taken Off 1st Tugs and Be- tnrned to Prince Sapert; Ship Jte ported Damaged to Great Zxrtent. . - Vancouver, B. C, March 23. P.) The G. T. P. steamer Prince Rupert. Captain McKenrle. which left Prince Rupert at midnight for Vancouver, is ashore on Genn Island, one mile east of Lawyers isiana iignt ana Is re ported to be extensively damaged." The steamer ran . ashore during ' a heavy snowstorm and her distress signals place the tune of the accident at 1:45 a. m. ' Assistance was sent from Prince Rupert and the passengers were 'taken off by tugs at daylight and returned to Prince Rupert, j . Captain C. II. Nicholson, manager of G. T. P. steamers. Is at present down south, but Assistant Manager Reginald Beaumonth immediately .ordered the British Columbia Salvage association to take: action. -.They dispatched the salvage steamer Salvor from Victoria trrrs morning. - v ,'--;, w ' The Q. T. P," steamer Prince George, wuch is now at Prince Rupert under- Mlnp AMrllanl - wrtll K. .h.ntl t I. ;rlek vn thm rrt-m a.rvl-. PHONE YOUR -SUNDAY ' -M "WANT AD"; TO to the journal; Anytime Up to t P. M. Sitardiy ' i .' 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