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FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . CIReULAMON K OVER 4Mf DAM.Y allouraol FORTIETH YEAR NO. 50 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TBATNB AMB STANDS riVH AMERICAN WOMEN I! In Addition Six American Sea men Are Among the Missing NO WARNING WAS GIVEN BEFORE TORPEDOING Submarine Officer Talks to Victims But Does Not Offer Aid By Ed L. Keen (United Press staff correspondent) loiidoii, Feb. 27. Two American wo men were among the thirteen killed in a lie, nan submarine's unwarned tor- pcdoiog of the Canard liner Luconin. They were Mrs. .Mary (Mrs. Albert, Harris) Hoy and Miss Kli.ahcth Hoy. American Consul Frost at Queens-1 town made this report to the American ' Kiiibussy here today, adding that the: lour other Americans aboard the ship' were saved. They were Floyd P. (libhons. Mrs. F. E. Karri, A. T. Kirby and Rev, Father Wincing. Mrs. Hoy and Miss Hoy died from exposure in an open boat. Thev were buried at sea. They were among eight who survived the two torpedoes launch ed at the Cunarder and later succumb ed to their suffering while waiting eight hours in an open boat for rescue. I 'i e were d rowncd. Six others were reported by Ameri can Consul Frost to be in hospitals re covering from injuries or the exposure which they sntfered. At (Queenstown 2."7 survivors were liiiuled. Ftautry, Ireland, reported 14 ar rived there. Thus, the total death list is thirteen, two Americans, both women. Survivors at Queenstown reported admirable discipline among the officers and crew of the liner nnd very little of anything like a panic. The lights went out Immediately after the first torpe do struck and this caused some slight confusion. Two torpedoes found their mark in tin- vessel, the first exploding at the tent anil the other further forward. The weather was comparatively calm but there was a heavy swell running on the sea. Comment of the London newspapers today was almost unanimous in the be lief that the I.nconia was "a second Lusitania. " London editors professed their belief that President Wilson overt act" had been accomplished in this torpedoing. "If it is ignored or condoned," de clared the Chronicle, "what will in effect be admitted by the American government is the claim that Germany has a right to prohibit American citi zens miller the penalty of death from traveling to England on English lin- The Official Statement .Washington, Feb. :7. The state de partment today received a cable from Consul Frost at Queenstown confirm ing officially almost every detail press dispatches regarding the unwarned tor - .. i,.:.... .i. ........ t r',,,,,.,,1.,,. i jM.n.uit. oi i..i givoi I FROM GOLD IN HUM'S BOATS rost s message said two torpedoes:'" V, rr . , a. i . struck the liner and snid Mrs. nni Miss Between the I ...ted Mates and i Japan Hoc, both Americans, were buried at were pointed out by W. Teyoklchi lyen gc(l ga in a statement to the United Press; frost ' cable under Queenstown date, , . .,, ... , . , . 6:30 a. m. todav, after giving names "dapan 's attitude toward the 1 nited of the saved 15 in all. reads: Btates," continued Dr. Iyengu who to "Total survivors landed here 267; looked upon as the ablest spokesman tot , the Japanese government in the I uited ' (Continued on page three.) (States today, "depends entirely upon ( the treatment the United States accords 5- j. .k j. 51. j; j; ;;; ;; ;- - -j- the 80,000 Japanese within its borders. - "That is the only possible thing that inn U I DTIU cou(l disluPt the long standing friend-, nUb Hi A It 1 1 it slli!' between the two nations j! "And it is such a small thing and so s, v4 a.j.j.j.j.i.i..j.4 easily settled if properly dealt with at r.F,l,i time thoi-o i flio cllohtesi nccnun.ii - Ut "I'll le glad when 'Fast I.ynne' comog an' goes as I kin wear my good chillies ever' day." said.Miss Fawn l.ippincut, t'day. Ther's too many fr.lks that-uivlv know enough-about a subject t ' start it. I lit Mm Ml Portland Warehouses Hold Many Potatoes Portland. Ore., Feb. 27. In ware houses of Portland there are today prob-ubl- 25.000 sacks of Oregon potatoes B f Some, say the number will ex cel ' t But whatever the total there ii q se for alarm. Nobody is at tempt - secure a corner on the mar ket am. ey were it would be found a diffic.u lei taking at this stage of the marke -ices are too hijjh. Kvery sa " potatoes stored here has been I), 'i at prices ranging from $2. 25 to a tack and all of ! I ! : i i I i i i them have been to go to eastern points at prices i JlSO to $4- They are merely awaiting cars and whenever cars come in will be sent on their way. The ear shortage is more acute today than it has ever been. Railroads have orders on hand for not Iocs than S00 cars, it is snid, and are unable to supply them These are wanted entirely for the movement of produce of various kinds. Houses with orders in for 30 to 50 cars for this week have been nble to get only one and two cars and in desperation, shippers of potatoes and onions have grftDbed box earn, lined them with straw and are taking chances that the ship ments will not freeze en route. Refriger ator ears are as scarce these days as other kinds. SAYS GERMAN RETREAT IS ONLY TO NEW LINE BETWEEN TOWNS OF ARRAS AND CAMBRAI By William Philip Simnis. (I'nited Press staff correspondent.) W ith the British Armies Afield, Feb. 27.-Therc seems every reason to be- beve the present Oeruuii, retire,, out will not be ended until the Teutons! reach, a tin .. ,. , n imrnvi mil 1 1 11 ir Till trout i rr"" t - - between Arras and Cainbrai- Meanwhile, the British are stiil press ing forward today. They are constant ly in touch with the Germans and the Ceimans are breaking many war Pec ords in their retreat. The British pres sure is toward Bapaume and the ad vance is being rapidly pressed. The Germans, however, are offering stiff resistance with large caliber guns, which are evidently mounted on railway trucks, all ready for a quick getaway at the psychological moment. .lust before the Germans took flight they blew up their strongest defensive works. But this didn't worry the Bri tish. A new line is being established by the British troops far back of what was the old enemy front line. 1 am told the Germans had many thousand soldiers and civilian prisoners working in the defensive works in thei line from Arras to Cambrai for the past few weeks. Fur the present moment, all eyes are turned toward Bapaume. The Germans1 hove converted the city into an under- j ground Gibraltar and have lavished on! L Says Japan Wants Only Friendship of This Country and Fairness to Japs By George Martin. ( I'liited Press staff correspondent.) New York, Feb. 27. The way (,,,1 .,,, till. WIIV tfl Ill-rillllllPllt HMfl' for Japan and the United .States to' ; quarrel. "All Japan wants is a square deal for her 80,000 countrymen in this land. Those of us east of the Bocky moun tains get a square deal. Those of us west of the range do not. ' 1 We Japanese and you have given the matter fair thought recognize and edmit that there is an uudesirabld ele- j nient among the 80,000. Sixty thousand of them are located: west of the Roekys. The undesirables are there: and it is this group of ignor ant and unthinking Japanese of the common laboring class which has caused prejudice and mistreatment of the Japanese in that section of the conn-' i try. "We are doing our beat to make them : leave themselves. They ore nothing! more than the undeairable element iu any body of men anywhere. "The trouble now ia local, but it has an international angle. I leave it to the . resourcefulness of the American gov- ernment to settle amicably and quickly this situation. "It would be presumptuous for me, a foreigner, to suggest the method, but 1 wish to quote your citizen, Mr. Elihu Root, who proposed that when the ac- (Continued on page four.) THERE IS ONLY ONE AMERICAN IN HELL Fort Worth, Texas. Feb. 27. M. II. liossett, manager of the municipal free employment bureau, is in receipt of two let ters from widely divergent place. One was from a woman in Paradise, Texas, seeking a cook. The other was from a friend in Hell, Norway J. A. Norton of Boston who bragged that he was the only American in Hell, the others being Nor wegians EGGS T TUMBLE Chicago, Fe -Kggs took a tumble on th local wholesale market today fo wing unusual- lv henvv receipts. VFresh eggs dropped from 4 12 to cents per dozen, while ordinaries declined from 5 to li cents- Retail prices, which a few days ago were be tween 53 nnd 110 cents per dozen, have dropped to as low as 40 cents. it all the arts of modern fortress building. Many explosions have been Uear1 iu tlle city aU(i tjlcre waM vrious todav that the garrison had wonderful cellars , "f " ...,,.,,,.,, ,.,,,,, U1MI MUIltCB. il l,-ll in III.- lit, 15 KL-llO 1 ' j preparatory to leaving when the pres Mire of the British forces becomes I stronger. i The clearer weather of the last few ; days has enabled the British to harass i the retreating Germans and has permit- ted aeroplane activity. The British forward sweep stretches from south of Commecourt as far as Le Translov. Gommccourt is tottering. Prisoners taken by the British say the i it ay AME I hi It,, German retreat is an " unpleasant job" I PiSO(i doors, the senate committee broke worthy of protection nnd as valuable." because the British guns keep ham-1 nj,. No decision had been reached. I The chancellor found fault with the mering away making the roads all but Not all the minority members, how ' abruptness of Gerard's recall and eom impnssable .either by day or night- ever, joined in the complaint against plained he did yet know off ieially This has been onejof the great moves' the measure. It appeared likelv thatiwhv America had broken o"f rela- of the world warwith deep signifi-! ance and rich possibilities for the Bri tish. Steel Netting for Protecting Puget Sound ; Settl, Wash-, Feb. 27. Puget Sound will be protected against submarines in case of war, by a steel net across Admiralty inlet and will be opened up in the day time to permit steamships to pass in and out. Mines, sown in the sound off Port Townsend will be operated from Fort women, j Senate committeemen, while failing to ; I Although a strict censorship has been actj . 8ai,it however, that the measure , maintained by government ncws,wouu reportd out "in modified : j sources, it was known that the nets and form.'' : mines are already at Fort Wonlen amL I reach six miles across the inlet. AMERICAN FREIGHTER SAILS FOR WITH CARGO OF COTTON The American freighter, the City of 'Tiebia. sailed for Havre, delving the, tonnage, ;u leet o incnes long ami .is 1 l'orn"1 wr decree. She is owned feet 6 inches beam, has 2fi feet 3 inches I by the Harvey Steamship company of!l'P"- hold and is a single screw 17 Battery place and was built Cramps' yard in Philadelphia in 18S1 for the Alexandre line, which operated a mail and passenger service between, New York, Havana and Mexican ports. CONGRESS CANNOT E All THAT IS ASKED Main Objection Is Permitting Arming of Munition Ships SOME WOULD COMPEL ARMING OF VESSELS Sinking of Laconia Weakens i Opposition Measure Will Carry j Washington, Feb. 27. The house for ' i igu affairs committee, split on Presi dent Wilson's request for authority in the international Situation, failed today to report out thai Flood bill giving the president that power. Instead, several committeemen sought to inject amendments. Shortly nfter the meeting broke up Chairman Flood made an appointment with President Wilson to discuss the amended resolution. It is probable the president will in form Flood of the new and critical de velopments resulting from the l.acouia sinking and urge reconsideration of the resolution to include exactly what he asks for. The upshot ,wa that the committee voted to send the amendments to the president for consideration this aftei noon. The committee is to meet again at 4 p. m Tho main tis&l wan a (fa i net ffivinc i the president power to arm American ships carrying munitions. In the meantime, the sain objection i was met at the senate foreign rela-; tions committee sessinff". i After a tw o hour session behind ' two republicans would swing in with the democrats, while possibly one or: more democrats might join the republl- can opposition. May Act Before Night. ( Members who came from the session about noon said the democrats probably onbl and w ould swing things their way. RE ON GIVING i but that a vote did not then seem near. I Imperial Chancellor Von Bcthmann- Representative Porter, Pennsylvania, Hollweg so outlined them in a speech j republican, sought to keep armament : before the reichstag today, : 0fi munition carrying vessels, while1 "There is onlv one necessity of the B&retentative Milier, Minnesota, re-'day," he declared. "It dominates all .publican, offered an amendment to strip ; questions of policy both foreign nnd I President Wilson of "other instrnmen-: domestic it is to fight nnd gain a ; talitios" than guns, gunners and mon-, victory. " , ey "While our soldiers on the front (Continued on pago four.) The City of Puebla is of 2,fl2."i gross' u...nn..,U. . . wilh tt.ir.la nfin . - ., ii-ii... ...... . ..... . j '.. Oil.: ..... '.;.. ,. , , , ; j,ei. an averagc speed of twelve to thir- UlfQ IV II U' dllll ' I IllillH U K(" teen knots. The picture snows the City of Puebla loading with cotton. The American flag is painted on her side. 1 ' - CITX OF PUEBLA LORDING WITH COTTON CHANCELLOR SAYS GERMAN EIGRTERS "10 FREE SEAS" "Reparation, and Guarantee of Existence of a Strong Germany" THESE ARE COUNTRY'S ONLY TERMS OF PEACE Will Stop at Nothing That Will Tend To Achieving Victory Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Feb. 2". German Chancellor Von Bethiniinii Hollweg told the German reichstag to day that President Wilson's action in breaking off relations with Germany was "unprecedented." He character ized the method by which America term inated irienulv intercourse as "brusque." He drew parallel between President Wilson's course ia the Mn ican inibro;j!;o of 1913 and the tier man situation after the start of tin war. The chancellor called attention to President Wilson's notification to eon gress in 1913 that he would "follow in teruational usage" nnd put an embargo on shipment of arms to both Tactions in Mexico. But a year later, the chan cellor said,, "these usages apparently were no more considered good." Holl weg dilated on the "countless" war material shipped from America to Ger- many s enemies i i l lif v hjuii't1 nr referred to Amrricji s insistence upon right of American eiti- zens freely to travel to France and Kngland, but he declares "the same right of American citizens toward the central powers did not seem to be as tions- Speech to the Reichstag, Berlin, via Wayville wireless, Feb. 27. Germany 'a peace conditions are based on "reparation for all wrongs suffered and guarantees for the existence and fu- lure of a strong iTermany. stand in the drumfire of the trenches and our submarines, defying death, hasten through the seas, while we at home have no other absolutely no oth ' (Continued on page three.) HAVRE FOR THE ALLIES This makes five American freighters tnai nave saueo irom new 1 orn ior Kurope since the publication of the ; German note announcing the new sub mnrinA i.,.lw v Th.. firat Wflu th,. I r . llir. ...... . .. . . ... . . . ..n -" ' " " at,., .,,. ,,.. -. .1 ku th.. Rochester and the Orleans, both for IVI . I. .1 . v ...... ... J ' ttordeaux, aad tnc oswego tor i.enon. These ships are now approaching the war danger zone. 30.000 GREET STEAMER Bordeaux. Feb. 27. Thirty thousand persons stood on the waterfront here today and cheered the American freight v - - i j i i . I V biiiu siii-iiirs iiw silt! uurftni. Schools and factories were dosed and their students and workers swelled the welcoming throng. The crew and officers of the boat were taken through the streets in a parade to the city hall. Later a lunch was given them. ' WANTS THEM EXAMINED Portland. Ore., Feb. 27. Major B. M. Marcellns of the Oregon National Guard today advised Multnomah club members to undergo physical examinations at army or navv recruiting headquarters He emphasized that such tests would not be for the purpose of enlisting them or recording their names, but merely so the members themselves could have the satisfaction of knowing whether they were fit for military duty. CREW LOST LIVES Check Up In Cunard Office Gives Number As Among "Missing" New fork, I'Vb. 27. Six Americans of the twenty Americans listed in the crew of the laconin lost their lives when the big Cunarder was sunk Sun day, according to the best figures avail able today. The Cunard line list named twenty American seamen and trimmers signed when the ship let'l this port and the company said one or two others may have been signed. Consul Frost names fifteen American seamen saved. His list accounts for 14 named by the Cun ard company and gives one name not included iu the line statement. A check up of the Cunard list of Americans signed and the Frost list of survivors gives the following as miss ing: II. Shepherd, fireman, New York. L. Donnell, trimmer. New York. A. Dwyer, trimmer, Now York. P. Cleveland, trimmer, Brooklyn. P. Coffey, trimmer, Brooklyn. William Hughes, sailor, Astoria, N. y. The Cunard list gives the name of Benjamin Carter el New Vork as among the Americans in the crew. Consul Frost lists Benjamin Parker of New Vork as among the saved. Ijouis Darnell, survivor listed by Prost, was not carried in the Cunard announcement regarding the crew. E HAS 62 LITTLE FOLKS Cost of Care Is $17.50 a Month, the State Paying of This $10 I'I... ivirmrii lunnbi'i- of i-lliblrcil in the Baby Home, 10(11 Woodward avenue Portland, is sixty two, according to the twenty eighth annual report, just is sued. The largest nun, tier at any one time was , I anil tlie total numoer oi admittances for the year was 103. Sixteen of the babies were from the juvenile court and M were placed out' for adopt ion. Pour are now in the homej' at rue age imni ano waning 10 urn trans ferred. Owing to the close attention of the nlivsicinns, each making two visits a day, there was but little sickness in the home during the year. The babies are in the care of eight regular day nurses, one reUC nurse ami one nigiii nurse. The most of maintaining each child in the home is $17.80 a month. The state pays $10 of this but if the child is in the home only u part of the month the home receives only that proportion of the )10. In some states, the children arc i armed out'1 but the more modem method, the report claims, has been Ifn.mH 'nwli m d. sirable. that of k..nr.in the i hibl.ei, i n t he home where they have the benefit of tho attention i ;., i V Hyvimevu Mum At n recent meeting ot tnc associa- ion, it was the general opinion that if tion the citizens of Portland and vicinity provided the grounds and buildings, Ci state could well afford to provide for its wards and pay the full expense of 17.50 a month tor each child. As tin situation now stands, the $7.50 not pro vided by the state must be given by the citizens of Portland and secured by other donations. TO OPEN BIDS FOB OTJNB Washington, Feb. 27. Bids will be opened by the navy department tomor row for 2,400 one-pound guns and mounts, 3,"r0 three inch guns and mounts and several four and five ineh mounts. These guns are the type most effec tive against submarines and are the lea suns that would be mounted on merchant ships iu ease congress so or-1 dered. EVERY OCCUPANT OF PULMAN CAR KILLEDJM CRASH Fast Freight Plunges Into Passenger Standing at Station SEVEN OF ONE FAMILY . AMONG THE VICTIMS These Were On Way to At tend Funeral of Wife's Mother Altoona, Pa., Feb. 27. Every pattien ger, 20 in all, in the Pullman sleeper Bellwood, was killed this morning when the Mercantile Express on the Pennsyl vania railroad, which hud stopped at Mount Union for minor rcpaiis to the brakes, was run into by a fast' freight 1 1 ain. At 8 o'clock this morning nine bodies were recovered, all unidentified. The engineer of the freight, A- T. Cash, of Harrinburg, and a Pullman poller on another car received minor hurts. They were the only persons re ported injured. Chester A. Minds, coal operator and' former fullback on the football team of the University of Pennsylvania, is Re lieved to have been one of those hilled. It is also believed his whole family was killed, including bis yonng wife, baby, two relatives and a nurse." They were on their way to Utica to attend the fu neral of Mrs. Mind's father. The following is the official list of dead in the wreck at Mount Union this morning: P. J. Kelly, Brooklyn. H. A. I.oefler, Plattsville, Wis. C. A Minds, wife nnd one child, Ban- ey, Pa. Mrs. Mori. Owen, sister of Minds. Bichard Owen, age 7, Bancy, nephew of Minds. Dottie Owen, age (i, Gene Owen, age 4, nieces of Minds. M. A. Calfisch, age 20, brother of Mrs. Minds, Kaney. Mrs. Megur Helling, Cleveland, with Minds partjr. Bright, porter on Pullman, New York. Roton Hymes, 474 West 178th street, New York. Charles I-evine, New Vork. Philip Poland, New York. T. B, Manning, Plnltsburg. Manning's bride, who had a Bible in suit case marked Miss Kiln Palmer llovt, Denver. 0. Medskei, New York. Two unidentf ied bodies, believed to be women. A pocketbook was found in the debris containing money and a visiting curd be:, ring the name of Mrs. Chester A. Minds. The express train was standing at the station at Mount Union and was about to pull out when the crash came. Thn Bellwood, the rear car, received the full force of the blow and crashed into the next car ahead, splitting it in two. Immediate identification of the bod ies cageit in tlie wreckage was aimosc , impossible. " j JyfQ BHtish StCairS Sunk by Submarines Ion, Feb. 27. The British steam- rs llcndly and Aries have been sunk. Twelve survivors of the Aries were al'ely landed. j , tt jf The Uoadley was a steel screw lleadley was steamship of 4,903 tons, owned by tho J Mitre Shipping company, Ltd., and I registered at London. She was built n l!IM. The Aries was a steel screw steamer of :!071 tons, owned by the Reindeer Steamship company, Ltd., and regis tered at West Hartlepool. She waa built in 1H95. News" from Germany Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Feb. 27. "On February 22 u terrible ex plosion took place in the large amnniiii- tion depot at Puns which ruined more ! t ban HIMMIO tons of ammunition ami I killed 200 persons," .Icelan d the or- fii inl uress airencv todav, ((noting a I - i rt-il siS s it- I'launturier ,r m "T" ; .erland from a private source in Paris aria. Seven hundred were wounded," it was said. THE WEATHER ( WANT Co Oregon : To night and Wed ueedny fait: var iable winds most ly southerly, e