Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, March 25, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 fTl? ( CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY ... FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES rift s3 o ll PIES THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1916 DDTPT? TVf r-TTVTQ ON TRAINS AND NEW rlUCb TWO LLWTa stands five cent ft! o WITH CHANNeTbOAT Sussex Is Badly Damaged Bat Proceeds To Boulonge Under Own Steam Surviving American Passengers Declare . They Saw Torpedo Coming Toward Ship-Fifty Lives ' Are Believed to Have Been Lost, Although Some May Have Been Picked Up by Other Ships-Other Vessels ; Are Torpedoed By John H. Hearley, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Boulonge, via Paris, March 25. Two Americans are missing among the 50 persons who are missing and be lieved to be dead today, as the result of an explosion which damaged the steamer Sussex as she was crossing the Eng lish channel. Three Americans aboard declare they saw a torpedo coming toward the Sussex just before the ex plosion. There were at least 12 Americans on the vessel, in cluding myself. The missing United States citizens are Elizabeth Baldwin and her father of Philadelphia. Others endangered were W. G. Penfield, an American student at Oxford university, Edward Huxley, president of the United States Rubber company, Francis E. Drake, head of that corporation's European branch, and Miss Alice Ruz. Although the explosion damaged the Sussex so that passengers had to abandon her, the vessel arrived at Boulonge today under her own steam. There were "SO aboard when we, sailed from Folkestone yesterday noon. Kxtellent weather was encountered. jS'eir the French ort of Dieppe tne terrific explosion occurred. 1 was con-' versing with several Americans about j 4:;i(i p. m. when the blast shook the Sussex from bow to stern. One empty lifeboat was splintered and a huge fountain of water spouted over the side. Many passengers standing it the! rail were engulfed in this wave audi liurled violently into the sea. It wasj among them that most of the casualties I occurred. . L lifeboats were launched iinmedi ite- y, but I learned that several person I'pon arrival there tho wounded were rushed to the care of physicians. The survivors lias tended to breakfast, scat tering before an accurate list of those saved could be obtained. It is possible tjiat persons reported missing now miy later be found raved. Most of the survivors left soon for Paris or southern France, the authori ties waiving usual rigid formalities in examining their effects. Zeppelins Will Scout, (liy William G. Shepherd.) Paris, itar. 2." Equipped with a new horribly destructive devise, x great fleet of Zeppelins will accompany the struggling near t lie rail were not picked German navv when it dashes out to tip- ! meet the Hritish, according to stories Just after the explosion the Susses: ; told by Swiss boatuien ou Lake Con listed sharply and it was feared she ' stance." Mould sink. Passenger were panic Thev obtained their information they sdricken. Women And children rushed, said, from residents of Friedriehshafea Mmekitig about the sloping decks. Ut-, where the great Zeppelin works ire lo ticers finally quieted them; and the panic subsided when the vessel righted itself". Survivors remained aboard until 11 p. in. when most of tiiem were taken off by the Maria Theresyi and lauded at lloulogne eirly today. It is believed the estimate of fit) dead niay be ex aggerated, as there is a chance of some jia-sengers having been picked up by ships. The explosion occurred in the for ward part of the ship, wounding many. It shattered the wireless house, so there was no chance of calling for help by radio. For hours the Sussex drifted in the channel viinly signalling for aid. The wounded were taken to state rooms mid cared for as well as possible by the dip's surgeon. When the Mnrip Theresa came along side the wounded were first transferred 10 it. Then the vessel sent bouts over for the uninjured passengers. The Sus sex was apparently in no danger of id airing but as several lifeboats had been splintered by explosion, sailors feared they might leak if launched. Another steamer came up in th dark ness in the midst of the transfer and cated. Thev have watched German sky cruisers experiment with the new death missile. Suspended from the gondola of the Zeppelin is a wire more tiian two miles long. At the end ot the wire dangles a cluster of bombs, filled with hitfh explosives. Scouting ahead of the fleet at l great height the Zeppelin, boatmen say, will drop its explosive bait to the war er anil drag it at a high rate of speed When the bomb cluster strikes the side of an enemy wirship, the Zeppelin com mnnder, two miles above the water, wil touch u electric button, Betting off the charge. The bomb dragging feat, it is said has been practiced several tunes in the past fortnight by a new Ceppelin that apparently maintained a speed of 100 miles an hour. Battle In North Sea. London, Mar. 23. Rattling ia the ..orth sei February 29, the German' commerce raider Grief and the British armed merchant cruiser Alcantara were both so badly damaged that they sank, the admiralty Announced today HUNTING MEXICAN BANDITS A FAVORITE SPORT IN NEW MEXICO . xIA 0ss ft 4; X , 1 rt3ga BStfaF r v Huntinpr Mexican bandits is a favorite sport in New Mexico these clays. Photo shows members of citizens posse of Columbus who accounted for some of Villa's outlaw followers. A cood Villista meaning a dead one ii shown in the forecround. L m Return of Crisp Spring Weather Signals Aggres sives Operations EXTRA! CAPITAL JOURNAL TONIGHT! $ if ! VERDUN IS .BURNING Berlin, March 2"). German artillery has set fire to Verdun, it was officially announced to day. There were no important charges on the western front during the night. ft:); The pink sport section of the Daily Capital Journal will be issued late this evening as an extra and sent to all subscribers. It will contain a full account of the Willard Moran fight by rounds. The fight begins in New York at 9:P0, which is about 6:30 here in Salem, and the extra editions should be out by 8 o'clock, if the bout is pulled off promptly. The fight will also be bulletined by rounds tonight at the Capital Journal office as fast as it comes in over a wire direct from the ringside. Tlia i:rnf ft iinnmla.iU,! ,-.. 7 art- 1 offered to convey the Sussex to. port.! of 2028 tons. She carried a crew 'of! Thereupon the Man i Therest hurried to: By Carl W. Ackerman, (United Press Staff Correspondent., Berlin, March 25. Keturn of crisp spring weather to Verdun signals the renewal of heavy infantrjv fighting there which is expected to slowly squeeze out tho French from the Mal-ancourt-Bcthincourt salient. The re cent lull was due to fog and rain which hindered artillery. Now the weather is so fine that German soldiers from their newly gained positiojis on the Meuse we.t bank can look down on Verdun's glistening spires. - Shells from German 42 centimeter guns have greatly damaged forts on the eastern and northeastern sides of the city. Neither Russian attacks nor allies re ports of heavy German losses at Verdun have shaken German confidence in the Hiccoss of their smash against the strong fortress. Reports of 200.000 Teutons lost at Verdun are deemed absurd here. The disorganized Russian offensive convinced German critics that the czjvr was not ready when General Joffrc asked him to aid. Boulogne with its cargo of sufferers. ABE MARTIN sCc i(e 3c afc Jc s(c sfe ae afe 3c afc 9e French Attack Briskly. The Alcantara was probably a crack! ,,(s' d ; th(! ni ht infiit,ted "r J- ,,7 01 l"e uo " I severe losses on Germans in a defensive .. purler, needing to the admiralty 'ir pw r u nvwe.n;iii t no mill n .'innn.t rn u" "i"-'" oi . in-..v . repeal1 exploits of the German com- F5 m.t i MY " m ml Mr. Lemuel Akers, once rated at tli e;ilthiest man in th' country, died a grocer here yisterday. Th' feller who wears eyeglasses alius gits credit fer knorin' twice as much as he does. ! merce raider Moewe. When the shins came together enn j non fire sank the Germ jn. As she went! described, down she launched a torpedo which siriicu me. Aicamara nmiosmps ana sent her to the bottom. It is believed 1H0 of the Grief's crew perished. Five officers and 116 were made prisoners. The Alcnnt irn lost five officers and G9 men. According to admiralty accounts the Grcif slipped out from Kiel canal dis guised is a Norwegian tramp. Alcant ara, patrolling in the Nortn sea, met and hailed her. When asked to identify his vessel the commander of the German raided re plied with a fictitious name, nrouaing the suspicions of British officers on the Alcnntara. They hunched a boatload of armed sailors to board the raider, and examine her papers. Suddenly as the small boat approach ed, guns were unmasked on the Oreif ind a German flag was run up. Brit ish and Teuton gunners fired simul taneously. Struck in several place the raider continued fighting. Gunners working like mad amid scenes reminiscent of old time sea bat tles. With several holes below the water This was the only trench fighting mentioned. Aritllery fighting on the W'oevre plain and in tho Moulainville sector was (Continued on Bags Saren.) BRIEFS FROM THE WIRES Kuiiene. Or.. Mar. 25. Chewing to bacco. savs J. II. Lee, is the secret of longevity. Lee is a third cousin of General Robert K. Lee. He celebrated his 103 birthday yesterday. Pendleton. Or.. Mar. 2.". Romeo Ha zen. of Seattle, hid another scalp at his belt today. Last night he knocked out Kay McCarrol, of Dillon, in the second round of a icheduled ten round fight. Grass Valley, "catTirar. 25. When W. J. Mow had i doctor examine a spot in his neck that pained, he lcirned that his neck had been broken since last August. The bones of the neck were "plintereJ. FISHERMEN LOST enice, tal., Mar. . l'ortions of a gasoline launch washed ashore today, led to the belief that a party of fisher men may have met death in the storm which raged off this coast Thursdiy. When the storm was at its height a launch waa sighted helpless off I'laya LVI Reve. No trace wai found Of it at- iter the storm abated. TWELVE THOUSAND WILL ATTEND FIGHT IN NEW YORK TONIGHT New Vork, Mar. 2.". Between 12,000 and l.'!,000 persons are expected to at tend the ten round fight between .less Willard and Frank Moran at Madison Squire Garden tonignt. fliore man 1,000 women will probably be there. Ev ery seat in' the house has been sold and today, long oerore me aoors openeu, crowds iegan gathering around the arena. Training camp eleventh hour reports said both men were ready for the big quarrel. Willird was regarded as a heavy favorite, as Moran must put him to sleep in order to win the champion ship. The Irish challenger is confident of his ability to lullaby Willard into a brief doze by caressing him with right swings, but' few betters seemed dis posed to stake anything on it. Kor his labors this evening Willird will receive $. 100. Moran 's share is to be $-i'),7.")0. The increase is due to the fighters receiving shares in the mo tion picture rights. Boxing enthusiasts flocked into New York today from all over the country. Somo camo from as far uway as the l'a cific coist. Most of them had their sents purchased in advance. Those who hud not were forced to delve deep into the wallet, as speculators held all available seats and sold them i'or thrill ing figures. A little sentiment in tavor or wil lird winning by a knockout developed! today. With the champion outweighing Moran by !)0 pounds, a number be lieved it would not be difficult for him to ease Frank into a state of coma. Moran, however, ridicules tue suggest ion that thero will be resin in his hair when the affair ends. He nppirently honestly believes such a thing out of the question. Moran says he never felt better in his life, and "points with pride" to the hard fights he has engaged in during the past months while Willard was posing before the camera ind getting corpulent. Tex Hickard, promoter of the battle, is said to have cleared .t"i0,0O0 as his share of the profits. SERIOUS SITUATION THREATENS RELATION WITH GERMANY NOW By Charles P. Stewart. (United Tress staff correspondent.) London, Mar. 25. The most serious situation since the l.usitania incident threatened German-American relations today as a result of the alleged torpedo attack on the channel steamer Hussex and the sinking of the Dominion liner F.nglishman, in the view of British o ficials. Dover dispatches said nearly lofl vivors of the .Sussex explosion, includ ing several Americans, had landed there. The chief engineer of the Kin sex and a Belgian passenger were kill ed outright. Their bodies have been re covered. One American-it missing and is beliered to have drowned, Dover re ported. Confusing reports concerning Amer icans aboard the Hussex were circulat ed. One news agency deared F.lizjibeth Baldwin and ner -parents," of Philadel phia, had been aved, the girl'a leg having been broken. Other accounts said Miss Baldwin and ber father were missing. . French dispatches asserted flatly that PASO WANTS WAR AND WANTS II BAD City at Gateway to Mexico Seethes With Sentiment for War and Same Feeling Exists Along Entire Border Texan Naturally Hates Mexican Tricolor and Speculators and Adventurers Are Strong In Sisalar Feeling-Funstoa Will Be Compelled To Ask For More Troops-Villa Seems to Have. Escaped Again By E. T. Conkle, (United States Correspondent.) El Paso, Texas, March 25. El Paso, war capital of the United States, is frankly for war. The more war the bet etr El Paso will like it. Mexico in America's hands is El Paso's dream. Its hotel lobbies today are lined with, millioraires who have made their stake in Northern Mex ico and who dream of the day Uncle Sam will throw his protection over the rich mining and cattle region of the south and allow them to pile up their millions without fear of revolution. They are frankly adventurers. Some have discarded the high boots for patent leather pumps, the horse for the motor. Others, new products, have still the look of the pioneer. For all Mexico in American hands spells millions. "Hell, ain't we Americans? Ain't we entitled to the same protection as New York? We made our money just as honestly as Wall Street did and a more so," said one gold miner who sits in the big boards in Wall Street. la tomedo was responsible for the ex plosion. John Hearley, L'nitcd I'rcss .staff correspondent aboard the Sussex, I said three Americans were positive they hnd wen a torpedo speeding townrd the vessel an instant before the crash. Agnts of the line owning' the fSussex refused to comment on the affair. The company officers issued a statement that the vessel had "met n mishap." Further information was withheld pend ing receipt of a detailed report from the commander. The American emuafrsy arranged to obtain affidavits from American sur vivors at Dover, and similar arrange ments were made in Paris. London newspapers were horrified at the Sussex tragedy. It was the first disaster of its kind to befall the steam packets which carry hundreds of non combatants across the Knglish channel every day. Information eoncerning the number missing in the Englishman sinking was vague. Reports merely stated the big liner was sunk with a probable loss ot i fuur American lives. , ' - They own vast tracts, rich mines, great forests, mostly by grant of somo Mexican dictator. Labor was cheap. It was easy to run a -.shoestring into a shoo store. They did it. ' They took a chance but now they usk Uncle iSam to double-rivet their title.' Ask them why Kt. Louis, New York and Chicago Slioum mun;u 10 iieiiiu iu ti-;u men title and they don't undemt-.iid. In fact most of them are as ready to tad die and go to battle as they uro to send others. A notch down arc the merchants, ho tel keepers, businesj men, to whom un interrupted traffic spells good living. They fatten as the men higher up pros per. Their workers- have tho Bume interest. Then, too, thev believe ;.V.t rp.m vnr would mean the cirl nf the i.'iuce :'ut has lasted rive th"! AI.il.i. Ll ti.ro, with her 75 ( 00 pep,.?, is r p'.r c I Alexican. '.".. ss the b d 'r nie 15,'0li nioro Mexicans at Jure:',, ivi'h o the shalU i.- l:io O i' 3 ivlncli ttereiul Fiuiiitou cn.i.l wade, not swiri between them and Mi:' I'nitJl Mntec. Curtr.n soldiers sr, t'n other i!ij -f tho internutionatbridgc Inking toll. Hut beyond the appeal of gold, lead iiiid cattle iB another appeal. Tho border has suff'i'.'d. A.'i.eiichn cattle havo been- stolen. Amilicnn mines and ranches hn.c been pliii'doico. American women hav : l ecn ravished and their babes 'it brci:;t slain, l.tery town, every hnmWt nl'ug the l.o-dor has the proof in gravestones or wrecked lives. The average Texnn hates the Mexican tricolor as the crusader hated tho cres cent. War with Mexico may bo a mat ter of politics, business, statesmanship with tho great east and centr".l starts, but with the border it ii as deep as human hatred. Hight or wrong. wKe or 'foolish, the border is for war. The rest of the l'nitcd States might as well consider that a.', il e tlurt. VILLA MAY HAVE ESCAPED By E. T. Conklo. d'nitcJ Press staff correspondent.) Ill Paso, Texas, Mar. 25. Francisco Villa is believed to nave escaped tho American-f 'arrnnzista trap laid for him near Namupiipn. With a great number of his followers lie is thought to have renched the San Miguel country. Military men expressed this convic tion today when a report of a decisive battle with him failed to materialize. In the absence of word to coitrnry, it is believed the American expedition lost Villa's trail. The bandit chief was Inst reported at Naniifpiipa a week ago. The American expedition did not reacn ther until Thursday or Fridi.y. Consul Garcia had no further word today with regnrd to the situation at IX Oio where Villa was reported backed up in a canyon between Nnmipiipa and Santa Clara fighting for his life. Vil listnr havo cut kit telegraph wire? south of Casas Orandes. It is apparent tha? Villa his scatter ed tiis forces. A small number lire perhaps surrounded in the N'amiiuipi district from which come persistent re ports of the American expedition en veloping the bandits. Another group probably set 'fire to .Tnnos, a small town vhrh tho United States trooi found bu'ning. Villistas are lielieved to have heen cetit.ected with tjie wreck of in Amort' ran troop train south of Casai r.run des. Th engin and several ears taraed over near Cumbrea. There wdre no fa talities; but a number of eavalrv.horae ere to badly hurt tliey had' to- b hilled. The -column mnrched ov-sr'and for tho remainder of tho journey. Eunston May Need Aid. Sun Antonio, Texas, Mar. 25. Major General Fred Funston may be compile! to ask for more trcips as a result of many urgent demands for protection from, alarmed communities in Texns. Arizona, and New Mexico. Army hind quarters: intimated today he might ns'c tho war department to call the militii of three states to patrol those districts. Funston is reluctant to do so, feirintr that the presence of additional sol.lior on tho border would embarrass Venus tiano Currnnza. He is also loath to insure the extra expense. Headquarters was very apprehensive at reports of Villistas having " ( three Americans at Gibson ranch. The story was not confirmed, however. Ma jor Sample, commandant, urged that ac curate information be rirshcd to head quarters. Sheriff Edwards was expected to ask Governor Ferguson 'for militia to pro tect Kl Pnso if need of guarding Gen eral Pershing's communication lines further deideted tho force of regulnrs thoro. Additional troops to protect tha lino required now must be sent either from here or from another department of tho army. Mn.jor General Funston, in replying to General Pershing's demand that ho take over the Mexican Northwestern railroad and operate trains from Kl Paso to Casus Graudes, told him author ities for such a proceeding had not been received from Washington. Flans May Be Cnanged. Douglns, Ariz., Mar. 25. Sweeping changes in the plan of campaign agaiiidt Villista bandits was predicted by mili tary lenders here following unconfirmed reports that three Americans had beea murdered a few miles west of Gibson runch by Mexican bandits. Preparations were being rirshed to day for a troop movement hero. While' United Stutes army officers refused ti talk to correspondents it wan hinted that several troops of tho Firnt cavalry stationed here would bo sent to tho vicinity of Gibson's runch just insida tha American territory, whore tha raid waa reported. Owing to tho strict military censor nhip'iiractically nothing could b learn ed of tho affair in which two Amer ican women and one mnn wero said to havo been killed. Tho Mexicans were mounted and numbered nearly a hundred aiicordinp to the story brought hero by a party of five motorists who were guarded by (Continued on Svna.) THE WEATHER 3 TrnTTs N Oregon: To night and' Sun day rain; south erly wiachv fresh, to atrowj a er the CanC ,