The Oregon Daily Journal from Portland, Oregon • Page 1

THE WEATHER 1 Portland and vicinity I Sunday, joondltloas favorable (or fair weather 'aortherty winds. Oregon Sunday, conditions avor-able for fair weathers ooolar norta- i ttit portion northerly winds. Washington i Sunday, fain cooler Mil portion; northerly winds. VOL. XII.

NO. 4. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, PRICE FIVE CE1ITC Qeneral Hews torial. General A I I- i ll Tfc ir7r'- 111 Sports, Automo- Vestures I Tl I I XVl SUNDAY 7vNv I I JT -TV biies.Qood sod.tr, ciubs. I I lyS i O'-lic: iKl I Yr A Dramatic XSdi-6 Coinlo VLrjr Fjp' NEWS INDEX FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OFFICIALS PANIC TIMES HISTORY NOW, GREAT BRITAIN PREPARES FOR AERIAL RAID Wedding Gown Will Be Funeral Shroud of Bride Sirs.

Annie Jacobsen, Who Was Taken to Hospllxl Right After Marriage, Expires. The crepe de chine wedding gown which Mrs. Anule Jacobsen had made for a wedding gown Will be a shroud BIGSURP1 SAYS HAH ft' "js4s4-, WWW WVilll Left to right John PcfTin, phairman of tbe board of Twelfth district reserve bank, with headquar-. ters In San lYancisco, and "Charles S. Hamlin, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, Washing-'.

ton, D. C. Under Surface 4 Hours, Diver Is Pulled Up Safe William Longhman, Lowered to Submarine F-4, Rescued When It Was Believed He Was Lost. Honolulu. April 17.

(U. Diver William Lough man, whoivas reported to nave been lost while working on the wreck of the submarine F-4 In Honolulu harbor, was saved after being under the surface for more than four hours. His air hose fouled a cable 200 feet down preventing; his April XI-Ex-Governor SECTION ONE 16 PAGES Fur i 1. Great Britain Prepares for Aerial Bald. victorious in vsrpainiaaa, British TraniDort Sunk.

Panic Times Mow Past, Declares Hamlin. East Indiana Defeat Turks. Diver Louglunaa Rescued. Ex-Governor West Vindicated. Wedding- Gown to Be Funeral Shroud.

Turn in Land Grant Case Is Surprise, 8. Expert Beriew of the War. Official Bulletins. British Ship Renew Attack OS Turkish stronghold. Arbitration Offer Declined la Chicago, S.

Belgian Soldiers Optimistic Huerta Discusses Mexico's Problems. 4. Teachers Lose Way. Portland Would Bee- Liberty Bell. Btas Set for Boeievelt Trial.

6. Suggestions for Boss Festival Queen Children to Clean Tp Woodstock. Miss Do Graff Writes of Travels. Extension of Elactria Lino Planned. United States Attorney Baames Seeks raud order.

6, Plana of Federal Beservs Board. Alaskan Resource! Discussed. Tag Bale for Belgian Bed Cross. Wood Blocks Urged for County Aoads. 7.

Portlands Recall Baa Francisco Fire. Ban Francisco Celn brates "Nine Tear After." San Francisco Hews. Letter. 8. Club Women Interested in Convention.

Hill Pleased With Results of Road Bond Election. Commissioner Daly Addresses Civio Leaa-ue. Cregon City Locks Transfer to Occur xomorrow. Bishop Sumner to Enter Hospital. 9.

Conduct of City's Business Discussed. Candidates for Commiasioneranin Active. 10. Boses for Celilo Celebration Visitors. Couple Elopes ta Automobile.

Jitney Drivers for "Safety Artists' Work on View at Museum of Art 11. Program for Celilo Canal Celebration, 67 Dairies Score High in 18. Seattle Newa Letter. Illinois Valley Rich in Natural Resource. Industrial Aocidents of Week.

18. Discovery of Crater Lake Recalled. Frost Precautions in Rogue River Valley. Experiences of Girl School Buparintendant 14. Work on Interstate Bridge piers Begun.

Japanese Girl Champion Speller. Warrentoa Sella Water Bonds. Suburban' Hew. 15. U.

C. T. Banq.net. Lgal Points Affecting Married School Teachers. Germans Defeated in Bayonet Charge.

J. G. Richardson Gets Appointment, Milwaukie to Vote on Water Issue. 16. Forest Fir Danger Discussed.

Compensation Act Approved by Metal Workers. SECTION TWO16 PAGES (Sports, Automobiles. Good Roads, Want Ads, Marine) SECTION THREE 13 PAGES Page, 4 1. How to Construct Public Auditorium. 8.

Dramatio Hews. 8. Photoplay Hews. Hot Lunch in Rural Schools. 4.

Illustrated Hews Review. 6. Hews from Foreign Capitals. 6. Editorial.

7. City Hews in Brief. Who's Who in City Hall. 8. Parcel Post Brings Together Producer and Consumer.

America's Power 'tremendous Herman Angell. 9. Early Days is Btenmbontinr en Columbia. Japan in China K. K.

Kawakami. 10. Real Estate and Building Hews. 11. Markets and Finance.

-Dock Commission Ordinances. Women 'Made Prey of Ciar's Men Edward Lyeli Fox. 12. Clinton-Kelly Cooperative Garden. University and College Hews.

Culture and Efficiency Ms bis Holmes Parsons. SECTION FOUR lO PAGES im wee a in nociexy. 6. The Realm of Music. 0.

Women's Club Affairs. Parent-Teacher Hews. Social Service Activities. 7, Fraternal Hotes. Tour Horoscope.

Oataonathv Dr. P. Bloxham. 8. What Well Dressed Women Will Wear.

8. What Every Woman Wants to Know. 10. The Housekeeper's Council SECTION FIVE 8 PAGES (Magazine and Pictorial.) Page. 1.

Springs Davs Are PlaDays1n the Parks. 8. Clemencia's Crisis Edith Ogden Harrison. 8. The Hiss That Binds.

4. T. k. Tin A Sail Bov'a Storv. 6.

What Will Stay Death a Hind lor airmen I Ob the Sunny Side of Life. Statesmen Real and Hear. Random Facts and Fancies. With the Cartoonists. Science and Near-Science.

Cartoonagrams Charles A. Ogden. Story of the Giant Georgene Faulkner. SECTION SIX (Comic) PAGES lOODrownedWhen British Ship Sunk by Turk Torpedo Transport Attacked After Landing Troops From Great Britain on Coast of Asia Minor. London.

April 17. (U. In the first naval battle of the war between Turkish and British warcraft, 100 of the crew of the British-transport Manitou were reported to hays been drowned and a Turkish torpedo boat destroyed. In official dispatches to the admiralty tonight. The battle was fought off the island of Chios, near the Gulf of Smyrna and about 109 miles south of the entrance to the Dardanelles.

Only meager dispatches had- reached the admiralty early tonight, but it was believed here that the transport was torpedoed and sunk, after she had landed British troops on the of Asia Minor. The engagement occurred thin forenoon. I The torpedo boat is believed to have emerged from the Gulf of Smyrna, penetrating the blockade maintained by Vice Admiral Peirse's fleet sine the bombardment of Smyrna began. Three torpedoes were shot at the British transport, according to dispatches 'to the admiralty. All missed fire.

The light cruiser Minerva, which had participated in the bombardment of Smyrna, gave ohase and forced the torpedo boat ashore in Kalammult Bay, Chios Island. The Turkish war-craft was destroyed and her crew made prisoners. The Maintou was a steel, screw schoner, taken over by the British government from the Atlantic Transport company, in whose service she was used as a liner. She was of 6849 tons. Czar Departs for The Battle Front Emperor Believed to Be En Koate to Carpathians to Tiew xtenewal of Offensive Operations of Troops.

Petrograd. April 17. (XT. Czar Nicholas has left for-the battle front, according to an official statement issued here tonight. The announcement is taken to.

mean, that the emperor Is en route to the scene of the Carpathian operations to observe the renewal of the Russian offensive. Practically Challenges Ger many to Fight in Skies, Declaring Enemy Will Get the Worst of It. SAY ZEPPELINS DARE NOT BOMBARD LONDON Anti-Aircraft Guns Ready to Engage in Battfe With Big Dirigibles. By Wilbur S. Forrest.

(United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, April 17. London virtually threw down the gauntlet to Count Zeppelin tonight and challenged Germany to a combat In the skies. The newspapers assured the public that every preparation has been made for the. expected Zeppelin raid and that'the German airships will meet with a most disastrous recep Jon. Despite recent attacks upon east coast towns, many war office officials were certain tonight that no Zeppelin wlH bombard the city of London.

a' Taube or two may dash over the city-and drop bombs." said one official. "But our anti-aircraft Runs would make an easy target of a big; dirigible. And nobody knows that better than Count Zeppelin." The latest enemy aviator to visit England appeared over Selby today but, according; to official advices, fled back across the North Sea without dropping any explosives. Supposedly he was on a scouting: trip. Military officers generally scoffed at the Berlin claim, cabled here from America, that a Taube actually dropped bombs on Greenwich, five miles from London.

The enemy's aviators who appeared off Bbeerness, probably thought he was well pp the Thames, they de-clared. Berlin tonight confirmed the report that three Zeppelins participated fn raids over Suffolk and Essex towns. RUSSIANS, IN BAYONET j)ASH; GAIN VICTORY Austrians Lose Heavily in Battle in Wooded Section Zu'ella Region. Petrograd, April 17. (U.

In- a two days battle in the wooded section of the Carpathians Russian forces have captured a fortified height, tak-. ing 1164 Austrian -prisoners and. three guns, according to official dispatches tonight. The fighting occurrea in the region between 'Zitella and Telepotch. Because of the nature of 'the country neither side could use its artillery effectively.

The Russians drove the enemy from the heights at the point of bayonets then repulsed several counter attacks. The Austrians lost heavily. Ths official communique tonight contained no information that the battle had been resumed on any lare scale. Unofficial dispatches said that the spring freshets continue to hinder operations in the Ussok region. There are further indications that the Germans are about to resume their attempt to reach the Warsaw-Petro-grad railway.

Near Marlampol, and all along the line In Poland north of the Vistula, the war office tonight reported increasing activity on the part cf the' German outposts. ENGLAND WANTS SUNDAY ionaQn, April iv. u. P. In an effort to induce William (Billy) Sunday to lead the prohibition campaign in England, Henry Randall, chairman of the committee of business men for England, decided to go to "the United States to confer with the evangelist.

He will depart in ten days. Cheesemaker and Phonograph The name of the classification In which It appears today precedes each of these Journal Want AdS. ftwap Column as "Omega cream separator for hogs or hack or .13 repeater for chicken -wire." "Large brown feather boa, plumes, new, for furniture or what have you? JTelp Wanted" Hill 1 "Wanted at once, a first class cheesemaker." launches and Boats 4 MTh. best buy on the river; ft fine JS ft, motorboat, with new boa.tnouse; must be sold at once." j. -j.

Pianos, Organs and Musical 34 Instruments "Phonograph and 30 records for $15. Automobiles Wanted 78 -Will exchange 10 acres Mosier fruit clear of Incumbrance, for 1914 roadster. Buick FORTIFIED HEIGH Instead. On April 3, just before she was to have been married, Mrs. Jacobsen then Miss Annie Johanson, was stricken with appendicitis jand the -wedding ceremony was solemnised five hours ahead of the planned time in order that the bride might be rushed to the hospital.

The iceremony was performed by Rev. J. Richard Olson, who Immediately took the bride to the hospital in his machine. Mrs. Jacobsen seemed to rally nicely from the operation, but Friday suffered a relapse which ended with her death.

The funeral will be! held from Dunning' undertaking parlors at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Following her wishes she is to be burled In the pretty gown in which she had expected to be married. I I The, members of the Order of Vasa, of which Mrs. Jacobsen was a member, will attend the funeral In a body. WSBBssswSMssitSlssssssasswwssfSsMssssskBsMastsksks Cruiser Arrives to Watch Japanese XTw Orleans anchors at Turtle Bay, Southern California, and Com -manger Will Xeport on Wild Washington, 'April From his flagship at Mazatlan, Admiral 'Howard notified the navy department tonight that tbe cruiser New Orleans had reached Turtle Bay to see Just what Japanese warships there are doing.

Commander Irwjn of the cruiser will report to Howard and i the latter will advise Secretary Daniels, Because the administration believes the are trymff merely to float the mikado's stranded cruiser Asama, his embassy here was Informed of the New Orleans' visit and assured it was friendly. I Navy officials insisted that the reports of a great Japanese force ashore, a mined harbor and many Japanese warships at Turtle Bay was due to a misunderstanding, They were embarrassed also by assertions that Japan was acting in! bad faith and did all they could to convince Tokio that at least officially 0lts motives are not questioned. Incidentally, It was pointed out that the Panama canal i was open again and the Atlantic fleet could reach the Pacific in a hurry. ViUa Victory in End Is Predicted Sinai Ontoome Stltl TTnoertalnj Americans Preparing to Tie Capital to Escape Starvation. Washington, April 17.

(I. N. Aansrtmfint believes General Obregon has defeated General Villa in the first period of the battle of Celaya. th sreatest engagement since began in Mexico, but" the final outcome has yet 1 been aedaea. ibritu.nr rtf the war deoart- fnent, however, decline ts believe that General Obiegon nas any advantage and that thalr opinion is mat ueiwrui Villa will come out the victor.

Ac- ty.ittr information. Villa is maintaining hl3 circle of troops around the town of ceiaya.i wniie airaiiii arrival of reinforcements. KaHtA la nf arrea.t interest to the administration because It may decide the outcome of tne civil war now raging in Mexico. I I Advices from the Brazilian minister at Mexico City show that Americans and other foreigners are preparing to flee the capital to; escape threatened starvation. 'I Nicholas Shooting Report Discredited Grand Duke Operated on i for Gall Stones or Cancer, According to a Berlin Beport.

Berlin, via' Sayvllle wireless, April 17, (U. Official circles tomgnt discredited the report published In a provincial newspaper that the grand duke, Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the Russian was shot in the abdomen Baron SieverS, commander of the Slav forces defeated in the Masurian lakes. tKa o-a-ovtA tfltilr. j.rnnr.lln ff ta infor mation received here tonight, was op erated upon yesterday to determine whether he was suffering from cancer or gallstones. The German i surgeon.

Bergmann, was but declined to perform the operation. A Riga professor was then summoned. The re sult of the) operation Is not known here. i -v 1 7 Carmen Threaten To Declare Strike Flan of United Ballroads in TMs earring Men Wbo JTola Union Cause 'of Trouble. Ran Francisco.

April 17. -(U. Relations between the I officials and employes of the United 'railroads of a statement from President Llllentban that thei car company will continue its policy or discharging men who become affiliated with labor or ganizations. The. carmen insist they will strike A unless permitted to unionise.

v'-v A' The statement President Lill- fnllnsed a eonf r.ri the supervisors appointed by May or rvoiii i-" auijusw the differences, Liuentnat declared condition to permit the men to union ize. (organization, ne saia, wouia De followed by demands ror Increased wages which could not be met and would result In a disastrous strike. Department of Justice ly Impatient With Action Oregon Legislature in It Interference. WHOSE WELFARE IS INVOLVED, QUESTIO: Are Whole People or, Privat: Interests Back of Move to Influence Court? (WASHINOfOV TU'REAU OP 1113 JOITRNAIa) Washington. April 17.

The department of Justice is frankly impatient with the action of the Oregon legislature in sending Attorney General Brown to, Washington, with a resolution apparently calculated- to prejudice the supreme court la the government's suit against the Oregon California railroad. 1 remedy desired could be obtained through It Is pointed out, while the present effort might defeat litigation worth millions to the people if successful. One suggestion heard is that the promulgators of the resolution may have had this very thing In mind, and may have been seeking the railroad rather than the welfare of the people. Is the resolution backed by the people of the state or by private is one- question asked and considerable curiosity Is expressed as to the character of the legislature responsible for It. Monday is the time set for hearing; argument but press of business before the supreme court may put it off a day or two.

Government attorneys feel that they scarcely can Ignore the action that Attorney General Brown is scheduled to take at that time, but of course they do not intend thnj: it shall lessen the vigor of, the government's case. RESOrDTION SLIPPED LEGISLATURE DURING LAST HOURS "The only way In which the court could carry out the spirit of the resolution would be to defeat the government," auld United States District Attorney Clarence L. Ilaanfes, In speaking of the attempt of the Oregon IckIb-lature to influence-the United State supreme court In the O. C. land errant case.

The resolution wjis ellppl through the Oregon legislature at the last moment by those evidently look lng well, after the Interests of (Cwnrluded i'agft Two, IVIwmn ()n Big Crowds Swell Exposition Eeceipts More Than 3,200,000 persons Have Passed Through Gates During First Two Mob the. San Francisco, April I7-(U. -More than 3,200,000 persons nave passed through the turnstiles st the Pacific international exposition during the first twp months of the fair's Ufa. This was the estimate made, for Die United Press tonight by officials the exposition ocmpany. They declare that slightly' more than 3,100,000 persons had attended the fair when the gates were thrown open, today between 80,000 and persons were attracted to the grounds by the "nine years after" celebration during tbe day.

president Moore of the exposition company tonight pointed to tbe financial statement issued a few davs ag by the directors showing that the receipts during the -first month of tl exposition showed a balance over th expenditures of 184,000. Principal exposition interest during the coining week will center in tin cargo of the V. S. collier Jason, whl has Just arrived after a tempentuou voyage with the Inst of the Kuropeati exhibits. They represent the governments and merchants of England, Germany, Austria.

Spain, Portugal, France, Greece, Switzerland and Italy. indications are that the tide of travel westward has already set In. When the schools of the east coh the fair's promotion department predicts such westward travel as thi country has never seen, Prince Tries Hard To Keep Italy Out Ton Buelow Begotlates Through XT' 'a Officials, in Hope That nation trill Decide Against Joining Allies. Pari, April 17 (U. -Prince von Buelow, German ambassador to Italy, is now making a.

supreme attempt to stave off Italian participation in th war on the side of the allies, according to a dispatch from the Rome correspondent of the Temps today. according to the Temps correspondent, is negotiating through von Merray, former German ambassador Rome, to induce Franz Josef to off-" additional concessions to Italy, hopir thereby to gain time. "The mission Is considered quick and certain failure," wire the Temps' correspondent. Governor of Federal Reserve Board Tells Bankers i and Business Men Country's Money Is RESERVE BANK MET WAR'S EMERGENCIES Gold Pool and Cotton Loan Put Confidence Into Business at Critical Time, "If a panic ever tries again to steal through this country that panic, when it sees our present federal reserve system, 'will fold its tent like the Arab and silently steal away. "J- Charles Sumner Hamlin, governor of the federal reserve board, speaking yesterday noon at the Arlington club to a group of leading Portland bankers and business men, epitomized his faith in the federal reserve act in the above paraphrase of Longfellow's well-inown line.

But Mr. Hamlin's half -hour talk was not merely a panegyric; it was rather a sane and sensible and logical presentation of what the federal reserve board is what the federal act does and what it is hoped that each will ac-cvomplish. "The federal reserve act is now In full operation," said Mr. Hamlin. "Its principles are not new; they are known all over the world and in in other countries.

The United States has been slow to take them up, that is ail. In this country re discounting perhaps the must leature of the reserve act has been looked upon with suspicion and tAe people have entertained a fear of -a. centralized bank. "The reserve act, however, provides, as is well known, for 12 federal reserve districts with federal reserve banks In as many cities. ICach is as separate and distinct as any ordinary bank, only the group is under the broad general control of a federal reserve board that sits at Washington.

No Extreme Centralization. fThis form of control and this. system 12 coordinate banks jdoes away with the extreme form of centraliza tion to which there has always been so- mueh. objection. "This board that sits at Washlnrton is, first of all, a human board.

Its personnel is made up of men of varied and broad interests. They are men of red blood and big hearts with a firm conviction that it is their duty to make the federal reserve system a success. "There is no bank in the entire system so small but what its suggestions will be welcomed; there is no business man who deserves credit who can't get it with the assistance of the federal reserve system. "Under the-act one-third of the reserves of the member banks have been put into the federal reserve banks as a common fund for the redlscountlng; of paper and to help the people of the United States generally. "The purpose of these reserves, of this fund, i use use for the benefit (Concluded on Pass Eight.

Colomn One) Germans Cannot Surrender Belgium So Declares Former Colonial Secretary; Belgium Offers Teutons Only Trade Outlet to Open Sea. Portland, Maine, April 17. (U. Prevented by illness in his home from attending a great mass meeting In this city. Dr.

Bernard Dernberg, former secretary of Germany, wrote a letter to be read at the meeting. In it he presented the German idea of permanent peace and stated plainly that "Belgium cannot be given up. Ir. Dernberg's- letter says in part: "Germany does, not strive for territorial aggrandizement in Europe; she does not believe in conquering any subjugating unwilling nations. Belgium commands the main outlet of western German trade, is the natural foreland of the empire and has been conquered with untold sacrifice of.

blood and treasure. "It offers to German trade the only outlet to an open sea and has been politically established, maintained and defended by England in order to keep these natural advantages from Germany. "The -love of small peoples that England heralds now will never stand investigation, as shown by the destruction of the small Boer republic So Belgium cannot be given up. A per. manent' peace will mean, that German activity must get a wide scope without infringement upon the rights of -v Crook Co.

Ranchers Shoot Each Other 'A A' E. T- Sanaa and Austin JClzer Engage in GunTlarat Sea Bivsrside, About Twenty Miles East, of Prinevtlle. Prineville, April 17. K. T.

Danna and Austin Kizer shot each other todaj near Riverside, about 20 miles east of Neither was fatally wounded. Officials say bad blood has existed between the two men for some time. Kizer's present wife came to this section -some time ago and worked as housekeeper for Danna; later she was married to Klzer and since1 that time the men have had frequent altercations, While the details concerning today's Shooting are meager, it was learned that Danna, opened fire" on Kizer and bis wife, wounding Mrs. Seizing a gun, Kizer returned the seriously wounding; Danna. The sheriff is now en 'route "here with both men.

WEST WINS VERDICT FROM BAKER JURY ELD CASE Former Governor Upheld for Use of Militia in Closing Saloons and Taking Liquor Oswald West was tonight vindicated by a Baker county Jury for his action in using the state militia to -close the saloons at Copperfield, and confiscating their liquor, in January, 1914. This Vindication came in a verdict favorable to the former governor in the case of William Wiegand, former councilman and saloonkeeper of Copperfield, who sued West, Colonel Lawr son of the militia and others, to recover $4500, which he alleged was due him for his stock of liquor taken when the saloons at Copperfield were closed. The, verdict was signed by nine of the 12 Jurymen, as follows: K. B. Carlile.

T. C. Huff. A. Pratt.

David Turner, B. Moore, Bert Rogers, D. W. Heard. B.

Henlnger and R. R. Sparks. The other Jurymen. Amos Hottell, Milton Eddy and James Dai-ton, did not sign.

Attorneys Claude McColloch and Frank Collier, of Portland, for Gov ernor West, thanked the Jury and con-. gratulated Its members on their verdict. The Jury retired at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The verdict was returned at 8 o'clock tonight. Crowd Became Tired.

All afternoon, after the Jury went out, a large crowd thronged the 'courthouse, many believing that the Jury would arrive at a decision soon, but when 6 o'clock came and the Jury was taken -out to dinner, the belief was that the case result in a "hung Jury; and; when, the agreement was' announced 'there were no- people left the courthouse, and when the verdict was not than a dozen people were except attorneys, court officials and newspaper men. There was much' speculation on the result and numerous wagers were made. West was not in the courtroom when the verdict was announced, but later at tbe hotel, surrounded by a crowd, he expressed satisfaction that he had been vindicated of the charges, against him, and that he had been put right before the people of the county and the state by a Jury In the county where the trouble that brought on the suit against him, occurred. 1 do not want to crow' about it." said West, "1 am a good loser and hope a good winner. There are things in connection with my acts at Copper-field that are unknown to the public, and they never will be known, but I am glad that my conduct has been exonerated.

I appreciate the treatment here at the hands of the court, press and public, and had the decision of the Jury gone against me, I would have felt the same'way. Bad Studied Case. "I went ir to the law of the case to the very depths, I believe; before I made a move1 and the Baker county court has said that my acts were lawful acts. I am leaving tonight with Mr. -Collier snd Colonel Lawson for Portland, but carry away kind feelings for" te treatment accorded me in Baker" After the verdict was returned, a number of the Jurors visited the hotel and personally -congratulated West as did many others.

The result means that the other damage suits against the former governor. In which Stewart and Warner are suing for 'the same amount as Wiegand, will not be tried. -Greek Steamer Torpedoed. Amsterdam, April 17. (I.

N. The Dutch Admiralty announces that the Greek steamer Ellispontis of 2889 tons from Tmiuden for Montevideo, was torpedoed yesterday Noord-hinder lightship. The crew of 21 men an'd the Dutch pilot escaped. COPPERFI DEFEAT OF TURKS BY NDIANS HARD BLOW TO KAISER'S DREAM Germany's Hope of Conquest in Far East Shattered; Sul- tan's Troops Retreating, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, April 17. Germany's dream of conquest in the far east has been completely crushed.

In one-of the most remote corners of the earth a handful of British Indian troops has won the most important victory ''for British arms since the war began. The Indian office officially announced tonight that a 'Turkish force that attempted to drive the British from the Tigris and Euphrates valleys In Mesopotamia has been disastrously routed. Tie Turks are in full flight and have abandoned their campaign to drive the British from the Persian srulf "region. In their hasty retreat through the desert they I left behind a large part of their muni- tions of war. Severe Blow to Germany.

Officials of the British war office tonight declared the defeat of the Turks the greatest blow German ambi tions have suffered since the war be gan, une isriusn appareniiy are now in undisputed possession of the southern part of the ancient kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar. The kaiser's plans for a new route to the east over a Bagdad-to-the-gulf railway have been shattered. Spurred on by, German influences at Constantinople, the Turks assembled a force estimated at from 16,000 to 000 to drive out the They marched southward over a caravan road leading to Zobelr. Their object was to drive the British southward from Busra, 60 miles northwest of the gulf, cutting off the British at Kurna, 40 miles to the north, and forcing their surrender. 4 Wight Attack Surprises.

Friendly natives of Zobelr brought word of the Turkish advance. Instead Of waiting to be attacked the British by forced marches made their way in a southwesterly direction and threw themselves on the Turkish outposts near Shaiba fort in a surprise night battle continued all the next day in the date groves of the Zobelr region. At dawn on Friday the Turks retreated in the direction of Nakhailah. 20 miles nortawest of Zobeir. A dispatch to the Indian office to night said that Che enemy has evacuated Nakhailah and is retreating in disorder in the direction of Helua.

The British have captured nearly 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition. A second Turk ish threat from the region of Ahwaz, 80 miles northeast. of Bursa, was' easily repulsed by British artillery ire. derm any Schemed 40 Tears. The defeat of the Turks at Mesopo tamia, according to war office offi Is a far more serious blow to the kaiser than the loss of his colonial possessions in the far east.

For nearly 40 years tiermany nas steaoiiy schemed for a new trade route to the east through Mesopotamia. German merchants first established themselves among the pearl fishers near the Persian gulf and began nego tiations; for treaties with the jiatlve sheiks. Later -the Kaiser himself visited Constantinople and soon afterward plans for the Bagdad railway to the gulf were announced. -xne railway was financed by German capital and -bad been completed several miles below Bagdad when the' war broke out GIRL SMALLEST AVIATOR San Francisco. April 17 (U.

Francisco- boasts of the youngest and smallest aviator In the world. She is Bertha Christofferson, aged' 10 months. Bertha made an extended flight with her father. Aviator Harrv Christofferson. and hex mother over the bay jruiey weni 10 xne rescue auu unfolded Lough man after two hours' work.

Naval officers In charge of the work of raising th wrecked -submarine K-4 to the surface tonight expressed the belief that it would take two or three weeks to complete the task. At a conference held this "morning it was decided to tow the hulk of the diver to shallow water before attempting to bring it to the top. This be accomplished by lifting the diver a few feet at a time, thep towing it toward shore until it "again touches bottom. An attempt to raise the vessel in its present position might "wis wuou-nm submarine was near the surface. If such an accident should occur, naval officers say, the shell of the submarine would be crushed when it struck the floor of the ocean.

Four lines have been attached to the submarine and the first attempt to lift it will be made Monday. The first intimation received by those on the surface that Loughman was in trouble was when he telephoned that his lines were fouled. He worked alone for a time to free himself and after asking for aid further communication failed and he groped along on the floor of the ocean until Crilley reached him. StevenA. Kunich Commits Suicide Domestic Trouble Said to Save Been Cause That Prompted Act ZTo la-quest Will Be Held.

Steven A. Kunich, buyer and salesman for the Shreve Produce company, drank four ounces of carbolic acid at 7 o'clock last night.1' He died an hour later at the Good Samaritan hospital. Domestic trouble, members of tbe family said last night, was the" cause, and Mrs. Kunich was planning divorce proceedings. Kunich was 44 years old and the father of two girls, one of 18, the: other 14 years.

He lived at 181 Twelfth street. Mrs. Kunich and Robert F. i Ward were seated In the dining room, talking. Kunich left the table and at the kitchen door drank the acid.

Motorcycle Patrolmen Crane and Gouldstone administered antidotes, but without success. The body was 'removed to the public morgue. No inquest will be held. i Seppala Winner in Alaska Sweepstakes Dog- Team Bao of 413 Idles Captured by IS Siberian Wolfhounds la Thrfll-in Contest. Nome, Alaska, April 17.

Leonard and his team of 16 Siberian wolfhounds won. the 412 mile Ail-Alaska, sweepstakes, dogteam raee which was finished shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon. j. S. A.

(Scotty) Allan, driving the Allan-Darling team of 16 1 Alaska bred malamutes, finished second, and was five miles behind the winner, The finish was one of the most exciting In the! history of the big dog derby. A. snowstorm was raging; at the finish and the trail between Cape Nome and Nome was swept by a strong wind, making travel difficult..