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DAILY EDITION
VOL, VII., No. ion.
! NTO PAM' '08EPHIIIB COCOT. OREGON, 81NDAY, JAM All Y 21, 1017.
WHOLE KUMUEB lsVM.
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IS LAID TO REST inB ranUM1M(ES OMnH-JWI - rmwm
WASHINGTON
TIUIUTK M PAID TO MEMORY OP
ADMIRAL tiEOHUK DEWEY
AT FUNERAL
EMM SERVICE IS ID
Taj HouiwVd fir lilul r the Am.
rrtcsm People Who Died
at Ills Home Ijmt
Wednesday
Wsahlngton, Jta. to. With lrlf
but impressive ceremonies and be-
for distinguished representation of
United States foreign officialdom,
peblle formal services over the body
f Admiral George Dewey were held
ftt noon today In the rotund of the
eapHol,
The thirty. minute servl? In
Which the rigorous simplicity of hlp
board wi obeerved were conducted
by Chaplain J. H. Fraier. Dewey'
... .. .
Kiiiins iiariog ui nn iignip oimp
lle t the belli or Manila lay.
Well before II o'clock-the hour
t for the arrival of the funeral
eortege from the Dewey home, where
private ervlce were held the vnut
rotund wa filled. A wild hank of
naval officer In full dree uniform.
4 many of Dewey'a companion at
Manila bay. occupied one section.
They were flank by the chief of IIT
and officer of the rmy.
The diplomatic corps. Including
fo-elgn naval anil military attaches.
In full uniform, were present,
Shortly before the hour, Presldcnl
and Mr. Wilton arrived with mem
fcr of (he cMlrfnet. They were fol
owed by member of the house and
ensle, and the peclal commit Ice 0f
both houte In formal black
Precisely t II o'clock the massive
st door or the capital iwiiiik out
laid and the riait draped rnskei,
tmrns on the houlder of twelve
bluejacket, wa brought In ami plac
ed on the throuded ratafalniie In t!'c
wnter of the chamber.
The service ronslslcd of a brief
prayer, a hort reading from the rit
ual -and three of Dewey'a favorite
hymn "Uad Thou Me On." "Near
- r My Ood to Thee" and "Abide With
p Me." The assemblage remained
tandlnK during the nervier,
r A the body wa removed to the
lMon, 111 (tin uoomed put from
r the lower Potomsc.
Midshipmen from Annapoll form
ed an escort for the funeral proces
sion' from the house to the capital.
Practically every officer of the navy
r "department and many from the At
lende fleet, a well a the entire stu
dent body of inldhslpmen marched
the four mile to Arlington.
President Wilson and his party
bad met with tho supreme court Jus
tices and other dlgnatarle ibcfor the
funeral train entered tho capltol.
With member of the house and sen
ale, these group mnised about the
rtmTlqito n ureal rotunda where
funeral aervlce of other noted men
ihad called forth the nation' tribute.
Ths casket reeled on a base' which
baa served at the funerals or Lincoln
and McKlnley, Olant flower pieces
rested at either end.
When the cortege entered the Kates
of Arlington the artillery men begun
firing th 1 9-Ktm salute,
, Chaplain Fraxor and Roy, Holnml
Hmlth of flu John', sppke the flnul
words of commitment when the body
Was taken from the caisson, Pros
Went Wilson, Secretary Dnnlolit and
other high officials stood In ft semi
circle with bared Irnds while , the
band plnyed "Nearer My Ood to
Thoo."
"Taps" w sounded by Mnnter-nt-Arms
Mitchell a tho body w placed
IB tho Nelson A. Mlleti mausoleum,
(Continued ou Two fllt.V, ,
No Other Town in the
Many Hutu Are Taken From the
Ruins, Mid at Least loo Were
Kerlounly Injuml
l-ondon, Jan. JO. -Thirty or 40
bodlea have already been recovered
rrom th wreck caused by last nlnhf.
explosion In a munition olunt near
l-ondon, the' home office offlcldly an
nounced today.
Probably 100 were seriously In-
lured In (he explosion.
Th bom office, however. esti
mate the casualties were tea than
had been feared. The statement
laid practically all explosives In the
factory let K0 and (hat th factory
waa completely destroyed.
The explosion caused fires In
nelRhborlng factories and three row
of house were demolished. There
waa considerable damage to other
property.
Th government ((ement tald the
accident will make practically no dif
ference In (he output of munitions.
A fir engine which wa playing a
(ream of water on (he fire when
(he explosion occurred, was blown
np and destroyed. Two firemen were
killed.
Chicago. Charles Vols. New York
architect, may have hi choice of any
et of bedroom furniture left jy Ms
wife. The remainder of her $50,000
estste goe to her two son.
CHIEF GILHAM OiES
IN SEAM FIRE
Seattle. Jan. 20. Ilattallon Chief
Krvd O. Oilhani, of the Swutle fir
department, died under half a ton of
ruins, end eight firemen wore In
jured wncn the roof of the (Irand
theater caved In whl.le they were
fighting flames thore at 6:30,. in.
(oday.
The charred Interior of the theater
heaped with smoking timbers, waa
still being combed for other possible
victim, at noon today. All the In
jured firemen, however, are believed
to have been rescued.
Gllhnm lost hi life Just aftor ho
had d I rested his men to carry a hose
on (o the roof. He waa standing In
the gallery. Other firemen said he
stepped back and toppled downward
to (he balcony.
A moment later, the roof caved In.
burying him. When found, Ollham's
feet hsd been burned to stub, He
was rushed (o (he City hospital,
where physician tald h had been
dead for several minutes. '
The theater building waa located
on Cherry street, between Second
and Third avenues, and was gutted
Ivy (lames. The walls are standing.
No estimate has yet been msde of
mo imanciai lost. , ,
Guests In the Rector hotel, adjoin
ing the theater building, fled to th
street In their night clothes, but re
turned to their apartment when they
found there wa no danger.
The Alaska building IT atorlea, waa
adjoining the Grand theater on the
west, H wa undamaged.
CONVICT IH WOl NDIOD
IN FIOflT AT BALKM PKN
8alo.ni, Jan. 20. One convict waa
badly out In a knife fight In the Ore
gon state prison yesterday, accord
ing to the admission of penitentiary
officials (oday. ...
Frank White committed from Port
land, attanked Jni'k YVeUou, and
slashed his faee and arms, It 1
charged. White obtained his weap
on In the shoe shop. -
I'KllNIIINd'H K.XPKDITION
NOT ON ITH WAV IIOMK
, Ban Antonio! Jan. SO. -"Absolutely
nothing to It," said General Fu niton
today, when asked If 'report that
Goners! Pershing's expedition was on
World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.'
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RAKLV MORMNO CONTLAGIU
.TIOJT TOTALLY DKSTKOYS
FRA.MH M IMMXM
ESCAPE OF PATRONS GUT OFF
Mrs. Attempted to DniUi Through
flame I (at Were Over. .
IWore Aid Oosld
Reach Them
Portland. Jan. 20. Fire which
wept th Ross hotel at 6 a. m. today
killed three men, slightly burned four
others and totally destroyed the
three story, frame building.
The dead are: A. Burt. Kelso.
Wash.; Ernest Marquette of Port
land, and Tom Lourer, address un
known. They wore scorched beyond
recognition.
Frank Talbot austained a fractured
arm and severe cuts In Jumping from
a window. All were "transients,"
aorordlng to ths police.
Breaking out In s lower hallway
at 5:45 a. m., the blase swept up the
stain, cutting off all means of es
cape. Patrolman Maxwell (urned
on (he fir alarm.
Nine men and two women made
(heir way to ssfct.r out the rear win
dow, Jumping Into an alley. Two
of the men who perished tried to
dash (hrough flame down (he main
(airway. Both were driven back.
When found, (heir charred corpses
were crouched In a corner, arm held
up',(rylng to shield their faces from
the heat.
Tho third victim's body wa found
on the top floor, just outside his
bedroom door. He had suffocated.
After the fire had broken out, an
old man appeared In an upper win
dow, with tho flames close behind
him, He seemed about to Jump,
when a ladder was placed against
the building and he rltnrbed down
unassisted.
The damage Is about 150,000.
One woman waa carried Intq the
street nude. She ran through the
crowd and waa handed a bathrobe
by another woman. A man made
hi escape clad In a light kimona.
STORY OF SUFFERING TOLD BY ARMY
AVIATOR AFTER
San Diego, Cal. Jan. 20 A story
of endurance and herolo endeavor
against den(h was written today In
to (he annuls or the srlalion corps
of the United States army when Lieu
tenant W. H. Robertson Jr.. missing
army airman, came back from the
dead.' '
Out in ths desert, south of Yuma,
Arts., a party of men was bringing
Into Yuma Lieutenant-Colonel Harry
0. Bishop, whom Robertson waa forc
ed to leave exhausted and all but
dead, In the Mexican waste, before
he mado hla final desperate try for
I life and assistance,
'Although weakened, and worn.
neither man will suffer snv 111 con
sequence of his experience after
food, rest snd. wai m olothing have re-
Kored (hem Iboth to norma: health.
To newspoiper men at Well ton and
Yuma, Arts., Robertson gave a gra
phic description of his nine day battle
with Che desert. After he and Col
onel Bishop left 9an Diego Wednes
day, January 10, to fly for Calexlco,
he said, their aoroplane mounted
high 1n order to cross mountain
range. This swung tbe machine Into
a strong current of wind which swenl
YOTTHrTb DKHI'KKAJKJKH MAKK
AWAY WITH CI5 B3X0.
IXU TO "HILL- LIST Kit
WAS WIG HUGE FOB IADS
I'nalile to Identify Any of Trio, and
They Have Not Yet Beca
Apprehended by the
PoUoo
Lste Friday evening as Wm. Lister
was going to his bom be wa ac
costs! by three small boys, one oi
whont asked It he could change a
piece of money into coins of smaller
demonlnatlon. Mr.. Lister waa oc
comodaUnx the fcoys, taking hi
purse from his pocket to get the
cbang. On of th boys made s
grab for th purse, and th trio of
youthful bandHs daahed away, Mr.
Lister being unable to identify any
of them. Th purse which was stolen
contained about $25', Including
number of $5 gold pieces. I
Saturday morning the police were '
on the lookout for boys and f 5 gold
pieces. A lad Of 11 vean of ara
entered a business house to get a coin
of tnLklnd changed, and when the
change was declined ths boy went
to a meat market and made a 10
cent purchase of welners. taklnit hi
welners and It. 90 In change. The
boy waa soon In the hsnds of the po
lice nd In (he sweat bos denied that
he had been Implicated in the rob
bery of Mr. Uster. Ibut admitted that
the gold flee had been stolen from
his brother, snd took (he police to
where he bad hidden tbe $4.90
change which had had received.
Mr. Lister's pocket book and coin
have not yet been, recovered.
WARN MERCHANT SHIPS
TO WATCH FOR RAIDER
New York, Jan. 20. A British
warship Is again ' sending warning
(o allied merchant ships to be on the
lookout for a German raider, believed
to be near th Atlantic steamship
lanes, near this port, wireless sta
tions reported today.
10 DAYS IN DESERT
The airmen found it impossible to
detect the wind, however, and wtren
they saw, at noon, a large body of
water, they both thought It the Sal
ton sea. Instead, It was a laguna far
over the border in Mexico, aa they
discovered when they tried to make
a landing because their gasoline was
low. In landing, ono wing of the
machine broke and made the car use
less. Then It waa that the flyers
found that, Instead of being In their
own country, they were 250 miles
from San Dlegb In uMexIco." "
Abandoning the aeroplane, the two
men took all the food t'hey had car
ried along with them and one gsl
lon of water and started the long
hike northward to clvlllindon and
safety'- ''
Robortion, in his statement touch
ed only lightly the 'hardships they had
endured the desolate stretches of
country through which they nassed.
the almost overpowering rain. ' by
day and icy cold 'by night. ;.;,
Defyllle nhvslesl exnresjilnn. the
two officers kept up delr walking
night and day. For tour, days they
subsisted on on gallon of water,
Berlin, via SayvHle, Jan. 20. The
arrival or ths British steamer Tar
rowdals, as a German prise at the
port of Ssinemnnde, was announced
officially tody. "
Th prise crew on iboard number
ed 1 men. 8h brought tti orls-
oners, member of th crews of on
Norwegian snd seres British ships,
captured by an "auxiliary cruiser In
the Atlantic" the statement said.
"The cargo of the captured ships was
msiniy war materials," ths statement
said. "The ships were bound from
America with 'materials for our ene
mies, including 17,000 tons of wheat.
2,000 tons of Hoar snd 1,900 horses.
"Ths Tarrowdale carried '117
automobile trucks, one passenger
automobile, elx cases of ride cart
ridge; 30,000 rolls of barbed wire:
2,000 tons of steel bars: much meat.
bacon and sausags.
"Of the sunken steamers, three
English were armed. ' Among the
crew of the captured ships alto
gether were 103 subjects of neutral
states who. as far s they bad taken
service on board hostile armed ateam-
s ; ers, were taken as prisoners of war.
likewise as subject of hostile states."
Th commander of the prise crew
was Officer Badewskl. th statement
said, who Is a non-commissioned of
ficer. V: . .-.3 5, J ; :
T
OF COAL IN CHICAGO
Chicago. Jan. 20 With the coal
aupplies at several hospital Inade
quate to carry them over Sunday and
wnn tiarely enough In the bins st St.
Lake's hospital to last throueh the
day, business men and city official
are striving to secure an adjustment
between the striking ooal wagon driv
ers snd the dealers.
More than 6,000 drivers and chauf
feurs, who went out without ivlnar
advance notice at 6 o'clock this morn
ing, indicated that their future ac
tions would be governed by union of
ficials, After a conference with labor lead
ers at noon. Mayor Thompson sent
for representatives of th dealers. No
agreement was reached. Coal will
be dellverd to hospitals, according
to John Sheridan, president of the Ice
Coal Wagon Drivers union, as soon
as orHciaJs of the Coal and Ice chauf
feurs' union csn be reached.
Preparationa to go before the fed
eral court to secure an Injunction re
straining the men from continuing
th strike, were under way - today.
Hotels which reported this morning
that they 'had barely enoush coal to
Inst through Sunday, are making des
perate efforts to get deliveries.
The management at the Congress
hotel announced that their coal sup
ply would bs exhausted before night.
Conn(y buildings, (bs city numnlng
stations, schools and apartments sll
over ths city, hsve but imstl supplies
of fuel on band.
I1H1TISH FREIGHTER
FIGHTS OFF BIT1MAUINK
I '
New York, Jan, 10. Th British
oargo steamer Llndenhall, arriving
Hero today from Naples, (brought a
tale o a battle oft Sicily on the last
trln across, durlni which a submar
ine was fought off with a little twelve-
pound gun mounted at (he ships
item. Thirty shells out or about
200 fired by the submarine, It ws
stnted. 'hl the. steamer, but none In
a vital piles.
Lynnl Mass. A fruit dealer her
sent 4 bill for (24 to the olty. He
says policemen on hi beat ate that
MIKIATVRK WVER8 ACCOMPANY
THE (HERMAN CRCI8KK MOBWB
ON HKK DEPREDATIONS
LIE W OF KIER
Teatoa Thoronghnees 1 Eridesircd hi
the Kqaipcaeat of the
to .
Shippfasg
. By Charles P. Stewart :
(Copyright, 1917, by United Press)
Buenos Aires. ' Jan. 20 Pirmr.
submarines it feet in length ar
carried by th German raider which
has wrought such damage to allied
shipping in Atlantic waters.. The
captain or th captured British steam
er Netherby Hall, among those land
ed at Peraambuco from the' German
prise ship Hudson Mam. was au
thority for this statement today.
There are three submarines tar
ried by, the raider," , he said in an
interview at Pernambuco. ' "They
are capable of operation over a small
radios and are equipped with tor
pedoes, dynamite and ammunition."
Such additional details as these.
indicating the typical German
thoroughness with which th raider
was prepared and equipped, led ship
ping circles to predict a long chsse
by allied warships before th sea
scourge is cornered. Certainly she
has not been definitely located to
day, according to dispatches at South
American ports and this dtsptte the '
(act that a big fleet of warships 1
now. literally raking ths dceaa for
her. Wireless disnatchM nuiv4 in-
day said that the auxiliary British
cruiser Macedonia and Oram had
arrived off Pernambuco. -
American port and this despite th
the German raider yet given was re
vealed by the captain of ths Netber-
by Hall In dispatches from Pernam
buco.
"I began calling for help by wire-
lees the moment I sighted the raid
er," he said. " I kept this tut until
a-shot across the bows of my ship
showed it was useless for, me to try
to' escape. The raider was equipped '
with several machine cuna In addi
tion to her cannon and In addition,
carried three submarines about sis
meters (18.74 feet) long, caoeble of
being operated over a small radius
and equipped with torpedoea, dyne- '
mite and ammunition. - r
"I would put the raider's speed
st 22 knots snd shs always traveled
at top speed during ths day time.
At night she slowed up, but her ea
glne room crew was always held In
readiness to Jam on her full speed." "
Additional description from th
captain of the Radnorshire today '
gave these new details of his ex
perience, further Indicating the raid
er hsd converted one of her 'prises
Into another commerce destroyer:
"Another ship waa constantly with
the raider. The captain or the ves
sel which captured us which was
the raider herself was most cos- :
cldernle. '
" 'I am delighted that you did sot
resist .us,' he told me, 'otherwise, I '
would have been compelled to shoot
you and your ship to pieces.'
"Immediately after our capture
this commander told me he expected
the captured Hudson Mam within
a few day and would put prisoners
aboard her. Questioning ms about
the whereabouts of the steamship
Araguaya, the German officer 'said:
'Dont be afraid, I'm only destroying
ships, , I am not killing women and
children.
, "The German officer who was la
charge of prisoner taker off the .
raider's various prises urged lis to .
IU .!' oul of M.-mIbo, wen true,
Jit rapidly southward. '" . - .
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much fruit and peanut,
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