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AMICABLE A0JUSTW1ENT

SEEMS HAftY POSSIBLE

America Must Waive Demand i disavowal of Lusitania

Sinking, Or Submit To Arbii a by The Hague Tri-

' bunal, So Berlin Correspondent Asserts German Peo

ple Oppose Concessions Ambassador Von Bernstorff

Surprised At New Turn Negotiations Haye Taken

State Officials Not Optimistic

By Carl W. Ackerman

(United Press Staff Correspondent.)

' Berlin, Feb. 4. Unless America waives her demand

for disavowal of the Lusitania torpedoing, or agrees to

submit the case to The Hague for arbitration, an

amicable adjustment thereof is impossible, in the unan

imous view today of officials and newspapers.

The Lokal Anzeiger, one of the most influential papers

here, declared that Germany has done her utmost" to

prove her friendship for the United States and that she

cannot admit that the sinking of the big liner was a vio

lation of international law.

Though a semi-official announcement a few days since

said that instructions had been forwarded to Ambassador

Von Bernstorff at Washington which gave reasonable as

surance for a positive understanding, the general feeling

here has veered from that viewpoint since. The con

sensus of opinion is that Germany has gone as far as she

can in trying to settle the situation.

' Officials, however, hope that Colonel House, President

Wilson's envoy, may be able to present the German atti

tude as correctly as possible so that an amicable settle

ment may be reached.

Colonel House will take back to President Wilson

some mild criticisms of the

that it makes its diplomatic moves with too much noise,

it is reported here. American officials have told the

colonel that probably more might be accomplished in deal

ings with the central empires if greater secrecy were

used. For instance, it was pointed out that Austrian of

ficials have been leary of discussing some affairs with

Ambassador Penfield inasmuch as press reports of in

structions to him in the past have been printed in Vienna

before these orders reached Penfield.

Washington, Feb. 4. Ambassador

Von Bernstorff 's instructions from

Berlin in the Lusitania case are under

stood to have been that be should make

it clear to the l.'nited States that Ger

many will not specifically admit the

Lusitnoin torpedoing was illegal, as

America demands.

His instructions were presented tiiis

afternoon to Secretary of State Lans

ing. If their 11 minute conference

w:is intended to stave off a rupture of

icl.itions. it was futile.

Afterward, a break in diplomatic re

lations between the two nations was

freely predicted. The only loophole

miiigcsted was that the ISerlin foreign

office hud found a way to comedo the

point without appearing to do so. be-i-ause

of the construction of German

Jeaal jnguage.

One of the difficulties in the way of

disavowing tiie incident lies in the

lack of an exact German equivalent for

tiie word "disavow."

1 tot li Ambassador Iicrnstorff and

Si cn'tary Lansing said alter their brief

conference that the result w.is un

changed. Neither would discuss the

meeting in detail, but neither concealed

tiie fact that it had not succeeded in

Abe Martin

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A diastmns fire swept th hi me

' liev. Wiley ' Tanger, last night,

caused by th' faulty insulation of a

celluloid collar. Don't a feller feel

j.icd after he decides his overcoat 'II

Is t another niutert

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administration on the ground!

cimnsjing the difficult status of the re

lations between the two nations.

Another conference is likely after

President Wilson has considered a re

port from his personal envoy, Colonel

House" and the instructions given Bern

storff. The latest communication from Ber

lin was the subject of this disturbed

feeling. It was understood Secretary

of State Lansing had sent to President

Wilson the report of Ambassador Ger

ard regarding the officail attitude at

Berlin.

Moreover, dispatches from Vnited

Press Correspondent Ackerman at Ber

lin tod .iy served to confirm official

views that at least a large part of the

German people are opposed to grant

ing deninnded concessions.

Anything But Optimistic.

The view of officials here was any

thing but optimistic. Thev know that

the president will not yield in his

terms. Further, lie has indicated in his

addresses through the midwest that 1

Lusitania crises may develop; the gov

ernment feels that it cannot "dicker"

longer and that an understanding must

be reached this month.

The next, two days may determine

the fate of German-American relations.

Coincident with the president's re

turn this afternoon, Ambassador Von

Bernstorff expected to receive his lat

est instructions from Berlin regarding

tiie case and he hoped to be able to

present them to Secretary of State

Lansing either late this afternoon or

toniorow morning.

Bernstorff Surprised.

Ambassador Von Bernstorff did not

conceal his surprise and concern when

shown the Ackerman message this fore

noon, but he withheld comment. Oth

er embassy authorities said tlicy could

not understand how Foreign Secretary

Von Jagow had permitted such def

inite views to get out, but they were

silent when it was snggested that the

censorship hail been lifted as soon as it

wis known that cither the report of

Colonel House or Ambassadr Gerard

iia l reached the president.

Confers With Lansing.

Waslu'ngtn, Feb. 4. Ambassador

Von Bernstorff arrived at Secretary of

State Lansing's office at 3:5.1 p. m.

with the memorandum from Berlin re

garding the Lusitania negotiations and

was immediately admitted.

Leaving at 4:0il the ambassador

would not discuss the situation.

GUARDS STRENGTHENED.'

Washington, Feb. 4. Fear that

cranks inspired to inccndiaruin by the

destruction of the Ottawa parliament

j buildings might attempt to wreck the

Icapitol here, caused the police to

I strengthen the capitol guard force.

fM0US OLD GENERAL PUTNIK CARRIED IN BOX DURING 8

FAMOUS OLlJ JRBIAN retreat THROUGH ALBANIAN ALPS

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Retreating Serbians in Albaniajarrying General Tutnik in box.

This is one of the most tragic plntos of the war. Marshal Putnik, the aged Serbian commander-in-chief who

distinguished himself in many Serbian campaigns and who was the. directing genius of Serbia's determined fight

against Austria, was forced to drink the bitter dregs of defeat. - Enfcbled ly age and the strain of battle against

superior Teuton odds, the old commander was unable either to mount a horso'or walk. An improvised rickshnw

was secured and the old general retreated with his army through the Albanian Alps on the shoulders of his faith

ful followers.

BE

EARLY

This Outcome of Campaign

Is Freely Predicted By

Political Observers

Aboard Tresideut . Wilson's Special

Train En Route to Washington, Feb. 4.

President Wilson's preparedness pro

gram will be adopted by congress be

fore the end of JIarch, those close to

him predicted freely today. Whether

this forecast was based on the enthus

iasm which greetej his speeches

throughout the middle west or was in

the light of international developments,

could not be learned.

The fundamental theme of his pro

gram stands as maintenance of per

sonal and business rights of America.

The president was due in Washing

ton early this afternoon and it was un

derstood he will soon begin plans for a

southern trip. While he holds that the

middle western trip "far exceeded the

most optimistic expectation," his

friends believe that he should go farth

er west and through "the south to arouse

those portions of the country for pre

paredness. The enthusiasm with which the presi

dent has been greeted was equalled by

the welcome his wife received. She has

kept a watchful eye on him, in nddition

to appearing with him at his speeches,

but despito her attention he is suffer

ing from a'slight cold.

President Reaches Home.

Washington, Feb. '4. Prosident Wil

son returned here at 1:.10 o'clock this

afternoon from his middle western pre

paredness trip.

The president did not appear weary,

and his wife was fresh and cheerful.

"It hna been a most interesting

trip," said the president ns ho shook

hands with all members of the party. .

Former Claim Agent

Found Gulity of Forgery

Olympia, Wash., Feb. 4. John P.

Gillies, former claim agent of the state

industrial Insurance department, was

found guilty at 10:,10 o'clock this

morning of forgery in the first degree

by a jury which deliberated since 8:15

o clock last night.

This is the first of a series of charges

filed against Gillies and two alleged

confederates, Frank W. Stone and J.

W. Kearns. It is claimed that hetween

them the state was looted to an amount

of 15,000 to $25,000.

Gillies announced he would appeal

to the snpreme court.

: THE WEATHER J

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Oregon: To

night nnd Satur

day rain south

west, rain or

snow northwest,

and snow east

portion; not so

cold noith por

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OTTAWA PARLIAMENT

BUILDING DESTROYED

WITH LOSS OF LIFE

DISASTROUS FIRES 0

Fire destroyed the Gothic parliament buildings at Ottawa, with

known loss of six lives and property damage in the millions.

Six dead and one missing in fire that wrecked the palatial home of

Mrs. Casimir Taj; at New York.

Five perished in x fire nt the Overbrook hotel, Atlantic City.

Ottawa, Out., Feb. 4. The giant

Gothic parliament buildings here stand

today a gaunt smoking ruin, while six

persons are known" to have lost their

lives, as the result of a fire that swept

through the structure during the night.

Shortly before 3 a. m. the lire had

been controlled, though flames still

dimly flickered through the senate

side." The great library appeared like

ly to be safe.

The dead:

Mcsdames Bray and Morin, guests of

the wife of Speaker Sevigny, cut off

in apartments of the speaker's suite.

Alph D-cs Jardins, a dominion police

man. Robert Fanning, a waiter.

Two other men buried when a section

of wall collapsed.

Included in the list of injured were

several officials.

The origin of the conflagration is a

mystery, though officials who under

took an investigation immediately sus

pected incendiarism, possibly German.

However, as policemen guarded both

doors of the Commons reading room

where the fire began, and other police-

I men were inside, it would nave Been

particularly rtifricnlt tor anyone to

start the fire undetected. At the samo

time there were stories of explosions at

the outset, giving perhaps tangible sup

port to a bomb theory.

Damage Is $4,000,000.

The fire, which caused damage esti

mated at from $4,000,000 to $j,000,000

began in the reading joom about 0:00

o'clock last night. The flames were

soon shooting in spirals through the

Gothic towers, and spreading sparks

some distance beyond. The red light

against the sky could be seen for miles.

Great blankets of firo rolled rapid

ly through the structure. At midnight,

the tower chimes boomed out above the

roar of the flames but an hour and a

half later the tower crumbled with a

crash audible for blocks. Long be

fore this, both tiie senate and commons

chambers had liecn wiped out.

Volunteer fire brigades and the full

city department were unable to make

nn impression on the fire, so aid was

, hurried from Montreal by special train.

Colonel John l ume, who distinguish

ed himself in the battle of St. Julien

proved himself a hero when, rushing

from the flaming building, he organ

ized parliament members, police and

telegraph operators into a volunteer

squad. Heedless of the smoke and the

fire, the colonel dashed Into the build

ing at the head of this force, and led

the work of fighting the fire with em

ergency hose.

The first word of the fire came just

before 9 o'clock as a handful of legis

lators were debating a fisheries meas

ure. Members scrambled for safety,

while gallery spectators, in a panic,

made for the exits.

Women Trapped By Fire.

The fire trapped Mme. Sevigny, the

speaker's wife, in her suite with her

two children and three guests. Mme.

Bray and Mme. Morin were found un

conscious; physicians tried vainly to

resuscitate them.

Mjne. Sevigny calmly cared for her

children first. Standing in the window

outlined darkly against the flame, she

screamed at firemen below, who hast

ened to spreS'l life nets. Then she

hurled the children Bafely to the net,

and deliberately plunged herself out of

the window. Mme. DiiBsault, the third

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guest, followed safely, but the other

two women, apparently hysterical, fail

ed to escape.

High Officials Escape.

Minister of Agriculturo Burrell was

alone in his private office at the first

alarm. Groping his way nut into cor

ridors, already dense with smoke, he

stumbled part way down me hall, only

to be rescued by the Becretury of state,

the minister of public works, nnd the

minister of customs. Doctors said he

would recover.

Premier Borden fled uninjured. Fred

erick V. Pardee, liberal whip, at first

thought to have died, was later re

ported to be out of the city. Dr. Mich

ael Clark, M. P., was burned in

groping through tiie flames for his

coat, while William S. Loggie, M. P.,

was reported missing.

Members Are Heroic.

Staid members of parliament showed

that they were made of heroic stuff.

General Hughes, militia minister, res

cued .1 number of persons and at once

called out an overseas regiment to po

lice the lines.

Many men and women, dining in the

restaurant, found egress cut off ex

cept through windows at one corner of

a corridor. Pale and panicky, they

seemed ready to jump before life nets

could be rigged. Above the tumult,

firemen and officnils warned against

this course, meantime running up ex

tension ladders and bringing out the

people.

J Mayor Martin of Montreal, two oth

er memoers, anil a policeman claimed

today that the fire was preceded by

sharp explosions and that it spread

with terrible rapidity. This seemed to

strengthen the bomb theory, but auth

orities are not certain yet that the ex

plosions were not duo to spontaneous

combustion.

How Fire Started.

Mrs. Alphonse Verville, wife of a la

I boritc member, was inside the building

when the lire begmi.

"I heard a light explosion," she

said. "It was just a sort of a puff,

bnt the smoke and flames rolled toward

me as I fled."

Members of the house of commons

told today of narrow escapes. Some of

them jumped from windows or groped

through the smoke, forming a human

chain until they found an exit. The

cry of "fire" electrified the chamber.

The speaker jumped from his rostrum

and joined with the others in the mid

rush for the outer doors. Some of the

exits were already blocked by walls of

fire, forcing the men to seek egress at

other points. Some of the members,

trapped on upper floors, leaped into

life nets below.

The front and side walls of the sen

ate side of the buih';ng remain stand

ing, while the library, containing price

less volumes is untrouched.

The building rost $4,000,000 to build,

but is is estimated that it would re

quire double that amount to replace it.

Arrangements for holding sessions of

parliament elsewhere are being made,

but nothing has been arranged about

rebuilding.

Not Incendiarism.

Colonel Sherwood, head of the domin

ion polieo, declared thnt rumors of. in

cendiarism were "impossible as the

fire started right under a policeman's

nose." He explained the rapid spread

of the flames because of the fact that

the reading room was full of pnpers.

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WEATHERMAN SAYS

Snow SHil Falling In Many

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Portland, Or., Feb. 4. The worst

of the storm may be yet to como, said

thn weatherman today in spite of the

fact that the prolonged snowstorm and

sleet haw have exceeded all records for

duration and damage.

With the exception of wireless, Port

land yesterday was practically shut off

from communication with the outside

world. Thousands of feet of "duplex"

insulated wire have been rushed to

Portland to lay- along tho ground,

bridging hugo paps . where telephone

ami telegraph lines have been torn

out.

Snow fell continuously last night. It

had censed this morning, bu more is

I'i'uicicii iuiiuv ii mi me coin continues.

The sleet and thaw, which were re

sponsible for most of tho damage in

Portland, have gone.

Fifty per cent of the Btreet car lines

were able to operate today, officials

announced. Several thousand people

still are stranded downtown. Automo

biles cannot negotiate the huge snow

drifts nnd scores of them have been

abandoned in the streets.

After business men held an indigna

tion meeting yesterday, Mayor Albce

issued a call for one thousand men to

showel snow off the principal busi

ness streets. He got four thousand.

Schools will be closed until Monday,

it was announced today.

Stores opened late and closed early,

practically no business being trans

acted. Theatres and hotels did a rush

ing business.

Trains reached Portland slowly to

day after rotary plows had cleared

the tracks.

Damage to wires, buildings and trees

as a result of the storm is estimated

at $200,000.

Snow Storm Continues.

Seattle, Wash., Feb. 4. Snow fell

steadily last night and continues to

fall today everywhere in this state

with the exception of tho immediate

vicinity of Seattle.

Idaho and British Columbia are in

tho grip of the storm nnd the weather

indications aro that the worst of the

blizzard is yet to come.

There is no indication of warmer

weather for Borne time.

All trains stalled by the snow storm

in the mountains were reported safo

by local railway headquarters hero to

day. Rotary snow plows have been work

ing 24 hours a day in an effort to

clear the way into Seattle. Northern

Pacific trains are expected to get

into the city late today and Great

Northern westlwund trains will be

pulled through by midnight, it is be

lieved. Twelve hundred shovelers have aug

mented tho rotary plows in clearing the

Northern Pacific tracks over the

mountains.

Snow stopped falling in the moun

tains at 4:30 o'clock Thursday morn

ing. Milwaukee rotaries aro battling up

tho summit from Garcia. A 400 foot

snow slido took place there yesterday

afternoon. One rotary was wrecked.

Business Is Hampered

Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 4.-r-Business

was still badly hampered and traffic

conditions were little improved today,

with every indication of a resumption

of the snow storms that have pre

vailed almost without cessation here

for many days.

Although largo crews of men toiled

all night and flnow plows were sent out

at frequent intervals, few street cars

operated early today and thousands of

persons wnllied to thoir work.

The first eastern mail to reach

since Tuesday is expected to arrive

late todny, being routed ovor .North

Bank road via Portland. No trains

have como in over the direct lines

across the Cascades.

' Deliveries of fuel and provisions are

being mado with great difficulty.

Schools are open today but the at'

tendance is very light.

Soldiers Assist In Work.

Victoria, B. C, Feb. 4. Soldiers are

leading the work, in the attempt to

dig the city out of the snow. The

snow is idled more than 10 feet deep in

ninny places.

The dnmago here has been slight,

the most serious being the collapse of

tho roof of the mess house at the Wil

lows barracks. No one was injured.

Coliseum Caves In.

Bremerton, Wash., Feb. 4 Tho roof

of tho coliseum, where Pacific reserve

fleet sailors have staged dances for

the last three years, caved in under the

heavy snow yesterday afternoon. The

loss was f J,000. .o one was injured.

Workmen Art Lijiini

Wnlla Walla, - Wash., Feb. 4. With

possibly one exception, all seven work

men injured in a snow slide on the

O. W. li. & X. near Kiparia will re

cover, the physicians at the hospital

here report, the avalanche buried 30

AUSTRIAN

RAIDS

INDICATE GREAT

AERIAL ACTIVITY

Tma Reports That Alban-

tm Cities Are Attacked

From Air

RUSSIAN AND AUSTRIAN

AIRSHIPS FIGHT BATTLES

London Claims Germany Has

Lost Twenty-One Zeppelins

To Date

Vienna. Feb. 4. Raids on Avion

and Durazzo, Albania, were reported

in today's official statement which de

tailed the greutest Austrian aerial act

ivity since the war started.

'.rive Austrian aeroplanes -on Janu

ary 25 attacked Durrazo said tho state

ment, "and then two attacked on Wed

nesday and three on Thursday. Thesa

shelled the camps with marked success.

"Ihree aeroplanes shelled tne Ital

ian encampment at Avlona Wednes-

lay. The motor of one was struck and

it was forced to head out toward tho

sea. J ho commander or anotnor drop

ped down besido the machine and res

cued the aviators."

Other raids on the Galiciun front

were detailed.

In these, Russian aud Austrian air

squadrons fought battles high in the

skies. ,

"Russian infantry raids northeast of

Boyon failed," the statement con

tinued. "Livoly artillery action oc

curred on the Italian front. .

"Austrian vanguards reached dis

tricts west, of Kruova, (20 miles from.

Durazzo.) ' '

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Twenty-One Zeppelins Taken.

London, Feb. 4. Twenty-one Zep

pelins and eight other German diri

gibles havo been, destroyed or lost since

the start of (he war, according to es

timates today by experts in com

menting on the reported disasted to a

Zopnclin in the North sea.

The roport that ono was seen in a.

sinking condition there, is believej to

be true, thought Berlin officials claim

ed thnt the Monday night raiders re

turned safely.

The Mail approved the action of the

trawler thnt found tho airship in not

taking off the crew, inasmuch ns these

might have outnumbered the sailors.

"The German has proved," said the

paper, "that nobody dare trust him."

Submarines Change Flags.

London, Feb. 4. Submarines operat

ing in the Mediterranean are believed

to be shielding their identity, by nsinsr

both German and Austrian flags. Whea

attacking British vessels, they appar

ently use the German flag, but when

meeting Italian ships, they fly the Aus

trian emblem, inasmuch as Germany is

not at war with Italy.

The report of the captain on the TAQO

ton British liner Commodore today de

clared that x submarine sank his ship

Wednesday in the Mediterranean after

nnfurlinir the German flag. He said,

however, she carried a second flag, un

doubtedly the Austrian and flew tba

German flag only after ascertaining

the nationality of the Commodore.

Germans On Greek Border.

London, Fcb. 4. Two German regi

ments, the first to appear on the Greek

border, have arrived Aorth of Lak

Doiran, according to Salonika dispatch

es today an J have replaced Bulgaria

troops there.

Ihree Turkish regimnets and four

sqiiRdrnna of cavalry have arrived at

(iumuldjina.

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Pruflfrian Losses Hery.

London, tFeb. 4. Prussian losses ia

dead, wounded and missing men bava

reached the enormous total of 2,337,009.

according to Copenhagen reports to tl

Man today. These said that over 3t,

000 casualties were recorded during th

past month.

Sweeney Gets Leave.

London, Feb. 4. Lieutenant Chariest

Sweeney, a Cnlifornian, wounded in

foreign legion's participation in the

French drive during September in taa

Champagne, has been granted leave of

absence to visit America, said Paris ad

vices today.

Fear Swede Invasion..

Copenhagen, Feb. 4. Petrograd re

ports today admitted strong concentra

tion of Slavs in northwestern Russia,

but denied that this move was due to

a belief thnt Sweden is planning an in

vasion via Finland.

men, but after three hours work the

rescuers succeeding in digging them

Out.

8t. Mary's Church Falls.

Seattle, Wash., Feb. 4. Weighted

down Ly its heavy load of snow at

the tower and roof of the old St.

Mary church on Lane street, between

Twelfth and 21st avenues, caved in

late yesterday afternoon No one was

injured. The damage was estimated at

,000. The, church was built in 130U