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E(oON CITY ENTERIPRIS 44444444 4 Th Weakly Enterprise l 4 worth In prico. Compiri 4 II with other and thn tub- etrie. Th InKrprlM Is th 4 nly Clackamas County 4 Nawapapar that print all of Iht naw of thl 4 growing County. 4 FORTVNINTM YEAR-No. 74. on .won citv kntjsi.I'Jiisk, kimhav. jini; ii, wr. ESTABLISHED IMS OK OSWEGO CEMENT PLANT HAY RUN IN FEW MONTHS BIQ MILL WILL SI RUSHtO COMPLITION DURING BUM MIR, 8AVI COOPIR. TO PETITION WITH 400 NAMES PLEDGES SUPPORT OF CITIZENS Operation of Plan! Cauitd Ruptur In Oowtgo Commercial Club Or ganliatlon Now an In corporattd Body. ' III ('. N. Murl. field man of Ilia male department ill ailm allmi, completed o weeks' work In Clark a rum rum ly Friday and I' ll fur Portland Frl day afternoon. Tho first week In I lila riiiinly, Mr. Maria apriit llh Huirlr WMt During Ilia last week lie visited u liiHila In I hi' east part of the county with Hupervlanr M'-Corinlrk. The ech'xda at which he appeared durltiaf th taut week are: Monday, Kataia da; Tuesday, Garfield; Wednesday. Klo Creek; Thursday, llorlng a lift Friday. Collrrll. Mr. Maria and Hiirvlnr M('or mlck with (1. K. Hlefer. of llorlim. via HpiI number of farina in the eastern part nf llio fiiiinly Thtiraday In Ihr automobile of I lie llorlni man. NOTE DECLINES TO SURRENDER OF U. S. RIGHTS OWBYRECU E AMERICANS FROM MEXICAN CAPTORS POSSe Or TIN CROS8IS BORDER AND TAKES BOVS FROM SMALL ARMY. The plant of tlm Portland Cement company at Oawrgo, w tilt h haa laid I lilln for several yeera. will la rom plcted at once and unrated before full, derlarrd V. F. Cooper, trustee of thn Oswego Commercial chili, who waa In Oregon City Haturdny. Mr. Cooper liaara lila alalt'inrnt on Infor mation which Ilia rlu ti haa aceurrd and which, he aald, la reliable. Tho announcement that thn Oawo Kti plant would be rinilitr and op erated, followa work on thn part of thn Oswego CoininniTlal rluli which haa ettrnded over a irrlod of several nmnlha. Tlm plant, during the two or three monllia necessary for rom plclloit. will prodalily employ two or three hundred men, according tu the opinion of Mr. Cooper and when op erat In at will give work for 150. It will he tun" of l tic lament plnnia of its kipd In thn t'nlted State and, aay Ihr promoter, wilt produce cement of ihe best quality. A jot n Inn with -tiiO eii."t'i haa hen circulated by thn Oaviw Coiirprr i lnl chili. The petition nicaatirea four fret and half long with tho tinmoa In two rnwa. The heading on tho no- tlllon which la addressed to Ihr r M'C.AI.LH. Arli., Jun 3. A poise inent rompuny follows: I of 10 Amcrlrun cowboys and mlnera "Wo, tho undersigned. cltlcna and rmo uiRxl mllca acroaa the border In realdeni. or Oswego Oregon, and ad- , , lucent terrltorv In Clarkamna count v.1 Oregon, hereby reapectlvi.ly petition ' thHr (tuna at tho colonel your company to, aa Mr aa poaalblo. ! iiiiniiiantlliiK tlm garrlaon- while HQ rndeavor to procord with your nn Mrxlcun aoldlera lookod on, aecurr.l dnHaklnK and opcrnlr the plant: nml'tbo Imnirdlato rrlraae of two Amerl can hoy a bldnapped by throe nf the POSITION WON IN WAR OF tit? WILL BE STOUTLY MAIN TAINED NOW. ADMINISTRATION INSISTS ON RECOGNITION OF WAR RULES Raply to Btrlln la Put on Carle and Mill bo Made Public Friday General Tone of Mtteage la Friendly. Too Much Oil On Road At Elk Rock Is Cause of Grief FIVE CARS ARE IN DITCH AT ONE TIME OR. VAN BRAKLE IS VICTIM. RECENT VISITOR AT BERLIN PFam S II WON ACCEPTS (tESIGN'ATION A YOUTHS, RETURNED TO HOMES, WERE KIDNAPPED BY RAIDERS Army Officers Start Force Toward Mexican Town But Croup of Citlzeni Arrive at Banta Crua Flrat. tho umlrralKiird will di all In their power to makr your oprretlona aitc cc. It la thn hopa and belief of lli underalRiird atihacrlhera that tho aplrlt of thn whole community la with your company and that your atircraM ful oprrnllona will bo of benefit t-i thn rntlrr roinmunlty." Thn plant, which la located on tho Imnk of tho Wlllametto river, la nl moat completed. Thn atipport of tho cement plant coHt thn Okwoko Commercliil club a few of Ita menibora. A rrmihitliin wna Introduced and iinunlniotialy paaaed at n mertlna: early In May, rIv- Inc Anian Moore, the promoter of thr plant, thn hearty atipport of tho rlnli. C.eorKO rroBser, who wna then pronl dent of thn body refused to oIrh III" riKoHillon. At tho next meet Inn. thn club mom hera iinnnlinoiiHly pnaned a motion do clarltiK tho chnlr vncnnt when Mr. I'roBKor rrfiiand ollhor to rcalRti or to rIkii tho document. Arthur McVoy, aocrolary of the club, left tho ormin Ir.atlnn Willi ItH proHldent. Aa an'in aa thn apllt waa made, tho lurKor faction which fnvnrod tho op eration of thn cement plant, filed ar ticles of Incorporation, and oloctod Frank Hoffman, proaldont, nnd J. N.I Wolmtor, aoc.retnry. The board of t ronton la composed of S. II, Clark, Frunk Hoffman, V. F. Cooper, J. M. Wolla and Amnn Moore. aoldlera on the Arlboiin aldo of the border earlier In the day. The colonel gave up hta two 17-year- old prisoners, (irorge VatiKhn, aon of tho atorekeeper at Punttcano, and Henry ('burnt, on of a t'hlneao-Amuri- enn cltixen, of Washington Camp, Arli.. without demur, and tho posse rode triumphantly back to the I'nlted States. Throe Mexican ttoldlera crossed to thn American aldo of tho boundary to day, lit WiihIiIiikIoii Camp. 25 miles enst of hero, and kidnapped two I year-old hoys, (ivorKO VniifUian, son of tho storekeeper at Iutiicane, and Henry ChmiR, son of a Chinese- Am erican cltlcn of WnshliiKton Camp. Army officer were notified at the same time nnd a posso under Sheriff McKnlKht. of Santa Crux, started from hero for tho econo, although tho first band in pursuit was a hurriedly formed posso of rltlaeiiR. miners and row-punchers from Duquomio, mile from WashltiKton Camp, who an nounced their Intention of roIdk Into Sonorn to rescue the boys. . SOUTHERN PACIFIC TAKES IN 6 ROADS rOKTI.ANO, Ore.. June 7. Direc tors of nix railroad lines sulmldnry to the Southern Puclflc. company In Oro- Kon today held n mcclInK In Portland and decl'led to riirry out tho terms of a roHolt'tlnn adopted by the stockhold ers of the parent company at a apodal mooting; sovonl months ngo In Ken tucky. Tho companies accordingly will Ioho their crporote Identity after June .10, mid ho known thereafter as divisions of the Southern Pacific. The railroads thus taken over nrc: Corvnl'ln X- Khstorn. Pacific PaMwtiv & Navliratlon Co. Salom, Kalis Cltv lc Weslorn. Wlllametto Pacific as fnr as It Is finished. Portland, Eugonc & Eastern's steam lino. Coos Hay, HoHnbtirg & Eastern Rail way & Navigation Co. All the stock In these companies has been hold by the Southern Pacific, and the roads have been operated by the parent compnny since construc tion. IlecatiHO of the separate Identi ties, however, It has been neresHory to koop their aerount separate, make Individual reports to regulatory bodies and maintain separate offices, most of whom were figure-heads. TO PAY FOR GULF LIGHT BERLIN CABLES AMERICAN 8HIP WAS 8UNK BY ACCIDENT CUSHING CA8E UP. WASHINGTON", Juno 4. Oermany, In a note cabled to tho state depart ment today by Ambassador Gerard lit Perlln, expresses regrets that through "an unfortunate accident" n Gorman submarine had torpedoed the Ameri can steamship (Iulflli;lit and declared Itself "ready to furnish full recom pense for the dnniago thereby sua tulned by American cltl.ona." In tho same communication the fir man foreign office said It had not yot been posslhlo to clear up fully the caso of the Amorlcnn steamer Cush lug, reported attacked by a German aer.tplnne, and asked thnt tho Vnlto States communicate the lnformntlor in Its possession concerning this incident. WAHIIINCJTON. Juno -The t'nlt I ed Htatre today e-nt tu l.cnim.y a note rrlt'-rattni Ita d tnind for repa ration for tho loas of Amerlian llvra In the sinking of the Limltanla and an ting forth clearly the rarntol desire of the American Rovrrnmmt that tier muny signify her rarl yadherrnce to the principles of International law that nctitrala be permitted to travel on unarmed ships without bring su JihI to tho dangers of submarine war fare. Couched In much more friendly terms than It waa Iwllrvrd would be .isi-d when the unsatisfactory answer to thn American note of May 13 ar-. rtvrd from Germany, the common ration waa raided to Ambassador Ger ard for presentation to the (ierma.i foreign office. It will be glvrn out tomorrow night for publication In morning papcra of Friday. As the all Important document on whh h President Wilson and hla ad visits have worked for ten days went forth, it had behind It tho united sup- IMirt of the rahlnet. The one man who had opKaed It terms because he Iwv lli-ved It might precipitate war Wll llnin Jennlnga Hryan had resigned the iKirtfollo of sccrvtary of state at the moment the note waa dispatched. A statement issued by Mr. Hryan re-vi-ulrd that President Wilson haa re jected hla suggestions for an Investi gation by a commission for a year s time of the legal phaaea of thn dis pute with Germany, during which Am erl.'nni should, according to Mr. Ary an's view, be warned against taking passaKO on any belligerent ships or American vessels carrying ammunition. A nuuiltef of cars lund frum Port land to Oregon City li.Krd duon th aoothrrn side lit Klk Him k hill late Monday afternoon, oalng to a thl k. frrah coating of bravy nd oil applied to the highway. The nmtorlalS would tiKcesfully rlltnb the hill leading a ay from Port land and atari down Hie steep Inline at the other aide. I' fore they could atop the rar. It wooM start to slide. Heveral rar went Into the dllb and at one time la'e Monday afterno-in five were off the road. t'r. J. A. Van Urakte, tonnty heatlii officer, was on of the thtlms of the oiled road. He left Portland lata In the afternoon and reached the top ol , Klk Itork hill without accident. Hut before he started down the other aide, he atoped to fti Ms engine and be fore he started, learned of the ron dltlon of the road. He drove lak tp Portland and raaie to On gun City by the east aide route. VAN CHELL CELOEMEESTER. OF HOLLAND, ON SICNIFICENT MISSION TO AMERCIA. TRIP TO UNITED STATES IS UNOFFICIAL, SAKS AMBASSADOR Prominent Dutch Cltlun Brings Word That Many In London and Berlin Ar In Favor of Peace. MUCH PIPE ARRIES HERE. HVty thousand feet of lClnch pipe fore the South Fork project have ar rived within the last week and pipe Is being distributed at the rule or 2000 foot a day. Several cars are being unloaded at Gladstone but a majority of tho shipments are consigned to Oregon City. Thief Robs Rails Of BondingWire; Traffic Hindered SPECIAL DETECTIVES JOIN THE LOCAL OFFICERS IN HUNT FOR MAN. WASHINGTON. Juno 7. Van Chell (ieldemrester. son f the religious ad viser to Queen Wllhelmlna of Holland. j has by a brief visit to Washington, after conferences In Hrrlln with high ' German officials, set In motion much ; speculation In official and diplomatic quarter here about tho possibility of peare In Europe. Mr. Geldrmeester. It became known today, aaw Dr. von Jagow, the German foreign secretary, and other member of the Imperial ministry shortly after the Lualtanla waa auuk. and received certain Impression concerning the German attitude toward the war and the ultimata making of peace. With the knowledge, though not with the authority of the German of ficial, he started for Washington In the hope that Informally he could por tray German feeling In official quar ter a. On his arrival here last week he vis ited Count von Dcrnstorff, the German ambassador. The latter. TWO BIG ARMIES UNITE EOR HOVE NOTE TO GERMANY IS CAUSE OF ACTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE. ON THE RU SIAIi CAPTORS OF PRZEMV8L AND STRY COMBINE IN CAM PAIGN ON LEMBERG. GERMANS DECLARE RECOVERY OF (MIA IS IN SIGHT COUNSELLOR LANSING WILL STEP INTO CABINET POSITION TODAY No III Feeling Said to Eaiat Beti President and Retiring Offi cialLetter Ar Mad Public Colossal Battl I Raging With Front of Many Mile Troop of Czar Make Many Attack. that Mr. Geldemeester had been In -i I Perl In and had been at the German foreign offlre, gave hi visitor a b t Operatlon of the Willamette : ter of Introduction sotting these fact line of the Portland Eugene ) East- f()rt0 em railway was hindered for a time Tne tm)asiiador aaked the pres to- vtednesuay wnen a inter stole an tne. Knt ,0 emohaBlte that Mr . Gelde- LOXDO.V. June Austro-German forces which broke the Russian line at Stry are rapidly moving northward, while the array that swept over Prze mysl I continuing eastward. Iemberg apparently being the objective of the two columns, according to dispatches from Vienna. A rollosal battle, unsurpassed In desperation. Is now raging along vir tually the entire Gal Ida n front, with learning the Austro-Certnana continuing their dogged attacks with bayonet, rifle and hundred of cannon of all calibers, while the Russian are resisting vi ciously, using; reserves, which Teu tonic reports aay Include men show ing signs of age, as well as the class STATE LOSES FIGHT 1 JUDGE BAGLEY HOLDS FOR C. S. TEVIS IN MILWAUKIE MILL CASE. POPE TO CALL PEACE SESSION. GENEVA. Juno 7. Pope Henedlot Is busy on a plan to call a peace confer ence, according to reports received here today from Rome. The scheme Is said to have the support of Aus tria and several neutral nations. ER B. SAN DIEGO, Cnl., June 3. Suit for an accounting of the funds of the Protestant EpUcopal church of Ore gon was filed here today agulnBt Charlei ft. Pfahler by Walter 1. Sum ner, bishop of the Protestant Episco pal church of Oregon. Hishop Sumner avers thnt upon suc ceeding the late Illehop Charles Scad ding he was unable, to g.'t an account ing of all tho funds of the diocese from Pfahler, who had acted as ac countant. 1 District Attomoy Hedges has ro- relved the verdict of Circuit Judge nngloy. who Is In Hlllsboro, In tho ap peal of S. C. Tevls, mnnager of the t. n. Menofee Lumber company. Tho decision 1b In favor of Mr. Tovla. Over a yenr ago the state began an ttempt to force the Menofee com pany to Install blowpipes to take t' dust away from the shingle machines'. The Mllwntiklo plant was visited In March, before operation hud begun, by deputies from tho stoto lnbor com mission. The University Park mill of tho sr.mo company, located In Multno mah county, was visited at tho same time. The state officials Instructed the proprietors of tho mills to Install the blowpipes and an appeal was tak en to a board of arbitration nnd the decision was In favor of the mill A second notice was rorvod on the Mennfee company nnd when Mr. Te vls, ns mnnnger of the firm, Ignored tho order of tho state commission, ho was taken before Justice of the Peafe Slovers and convicted. An appeal was taken at once to the circuit court, nnd nrmtetl Saturday. May 2!. .Indue nng loy, who hoard tho cose, took It under advisement. Judge rtngley ruled that tho action by tho board of arbltrotlon was a bar to all subsequent legal action. Mr. Hodges, In his arguments, maintained that the first Inspection of the plant on which the board of arbitration ruled, was not valid as the plant was not In operation at the time the In enoetlon was mode and it would b impossible to see clearly flaws In the machinery. Ho quoted tho state law, In arguing his case- which provides that Inspections shall be made while the plant was In operation. Judge Bagley hold that tho plant was com plete and ready for operation at the time the first Inspection was made. bonding w-re from the tracks between Oswego and West Linn. Ninty-flve pounds of the wire, which la used to connect enda of Mils, have been found by Sheriff Wlhwn. together with a large pair of nipper. At S o'clock Wednesday morning John Iiwry left hi home to plant o tatnea in a field near West l.lnn. While crossing the track he saw a man rutting the wires from the rail and notified the sheriff at once. Sher iff Wilson was In West I.inn before 6 o'clock and took two shots at the man when he waa running down tho road. Detective I.ou Wagner, of the Port land Railway, Light & Power com pany; 8eo!al Agent Joe Morrocco. 9 Portland, and Detective McShane. of the Southern Pacific. Joined the sher iff. The railroad men with Sheriff Wilson and Deputy Frost thoroughly covered the West Linn district and saw the mar. several times In the woods north of Polton. Detectives Wagner and Morrocco were walking along tho road In West Linn Wednesday nfternoon when a stranger strolled past. Once by the two officers, the man ran down the road nnd later dodged off Into the brush. The description given by the detec tives to Sheriff and subsequent Incl dents lead tho local officers to believe that the stranger was the thief. of 1917. meester carried no credentials from! German report ay Russian occupa Germany and had absolutely no offi-jtlon of Gallcla la beginning to end. rial connection with his government. Russian observers declare that the Mr. Geldemeeater left Washington; battle, while mora terrific than any Saturday without seeing any protnl- j previous clashes, ran be regarded as a nent officials of the American govern-) continuance of the serle during ment. He started on atrip to New j whlrh Tarnow. Jaroslau and other York. Chicago and other cities, with cltlea changed hand frequently, even I (ha l,tn nt Mt. wlnnl n 0 t V. n A,lfnM f ' T 1 V. . . 1 ...v- (irn.iiuiiin a v.. ii-1IJB Having UttH IBpiUreU UJ German-American newspapers of the! both aide. The Petrograd expert pre help they ran render in promoting diets that the Russians will recapture more friendly relations between Ger many and the I'nlted States. While In Washington, the visitor from The Netherlands gave the Im pression to those with whom he talked that there was a peace party of some importance In Great Prltaln. as well as in Germany, and that what was most needed at present was a contin ued pressure by the neutrals for mediation. 15000 IH GO BACK TO HIS IN OHIO Fire losses and the expense of fire prevention cost the United States more each year than the total value of Ita production of gold, silver, copper and petroleum. CLEVELAND, O., June 9. Fully 10,000 men have already returned to the deserted Ohio coal mines, and five thousand more will be at work next week. Their return Is the result of tho agreement reached In Clevelund last month, ending one of the longest coal strikes in the history of the In dustry. Over forty mines were affected by tlio decision of the operators to pay the scale of 47 cents a ton demanded by the men. During the strike which began on April 1. 1914, many -owners of oorI mines lost the bulk of their business, but they are resuming opera tions. . Thlrteen-nionths fight of the coal minors was brought about by the re- to all roads leading Into the city. L GET HARD SURFACE THREE MILES OF PAVEMENT WILL BE LAID AT ONCE ' PLANS EXTENSIVE. Przemy8L Vienna observers admit that the German army tinder General Von Mackensen Is likely to meet a check when it reaches the fortified Russian positions which are partly composed of a chain of lakes extending north and south, about IS miles west of Lemberg. Russian rear-guards are fighting de laying actions south of the Dneister river against the Austro-German forces advancing from Stry, to cover the passage of that river. A series of daring attacks are also being launched against Von Macken sen 's troops north of Przemysl, while still other Russian forces are exerting heavy pressure against the Austrlans in the triangle between the rivers San and Vistula. SALEM, Ore., June 3. Now that the weather gives promise of be coming settled road work throughout Marlon county will begin In earnest, according to an announcement made by County Roadmnster Culver, and be fore the end of the year over fifty miles of hard surface and macadam roads will have been completed In the county. In the very near future Mr. Travis, who represents an asphalt concern, will arrive to install a concrete as phalt mixing plant at the penitentiary which will supply the county with 20.- 000 yards of pavement according to a contract entered into by the county some time ago. The amount of ma terial contracted for 'will be sufficient to lay three miles of hard surface pav ing nt a cost estimated by Mr. Travis of approximately 65 cents a square yard. The pavemeut Is In the nature of an experiment and If It proves sat isfactory the county court will doubt less arrange for applying this surface fussl of the operators to meet the de mands of the men that they be paid on a mine-run Instead of a screen basis, and Insisted thnt their demand for 47 cents a ton was equivalent to the rate of 69 i cents a ton under the screen system. Under the fo'rmer sys- . According to Mr. Culver the desire for good roads Is apparent even in the most remote sections of the country. He states also that nearly every dis trict' along the railroad linos is taking advantage of the moderate rates of tho railroad companies for hauling OF OPENS ROSE FESTIVAL PORTLAND'S ANNUAL FESTIVI TIES ARE IN FULL SWING . QUEEN IS CROWNED. torn, the miner Is paid for all the coal , prave, am, , many )nBtanc.e tne grav. n procures, nnin rnuip aim biuck. ooi;c, lg ,aken tQ tne roada by voiUIlte,r tho Bcreen system pays only for lump al)or ll8ng the fund8 appropriated cool. The Eastern Ohio Operators' for acUmI purchase of material, association reached its decision on ,. . ., , , . " . , , , . , , Twenty-five road districts have May 9 to pay the scale demanded by ... . . . ... , , ... tho or. Monnuhllo tlmnanmln t'c" " .v.. the men had been driven by hard the regular 4 mill tax levied by the county court for road purposes gives the considerable money with which to put down permanent work; the special taxes In every case being vot ed for that clans of work times to leave the coal fields and find employment In other lines. Industry throughout the Btate was badly hindered by the trouble, and there was much Buffering among the miners' families last winter. The strikers received benefits from the United Mine Workers' organization durlnr the ereater nart of the strike and their families, for the most part. I FAJtifc, June b. veraun ioiay was continued to live in houses owned by shelled by the Germans, the same the coal companies. Rent for these type of long range, heavy calibre guns houses will be taken from the mlnera' which bombarded Dunkirk being used. py. Little damage waa done. GERMANS SHELL VERDUN. PORTLAND, Ore., June 9. Port land's 1915 Rose Festival began this morning with the Human Rosebud of children's parade on the east side. It as a fitting Inaugural of the Rose City's annual fiesta of roses and moved like clockwork from the min ute of half past 10, when the proces sion started at Hawthorne avenue un til the very Inst of the 26 schools In line reached Holiday avenue. The movement of the pageant was one round of continuous applause, vig orous handclapping and cheers ns the youngsters passed along drilling, danc ing and singing 89 the case might be. With thousands of magnificent blos soms on exhibition the twenty-third rose show of the Portlnnd Rose so ciety opened this afternoon. The judges on the completion of their delicate task of choosing prize winners this afternoon franktly stat ed that the high grade of flowers shown made their work extremely hard and called for niceties in judg ment In making the awards. The Bhow will close tomorrow night. The show room. Is reached either from Alder or Morrison streets. Temporary stairways have been con structed and in addition elevators have been installed to handle the crowds. Miss Sybil Baker, successful candi date of the Woodmen of the World and the Women of Woodcraft for queen of the 1915 Portland Rose Fes tival, was crowned queen of the fiesta at the formal opening of the festival center In the park block this after noon. The ceremony waa conducted by the Roya' Rosarians with Professor Rob ert Krohn In charge. WASHINGTON. Juno J. fleoretary of State William J. Hryan rralgned thl afternoon because of dissatisfac tion with the position taken by Presi dent Wilson In hi forthcoming note to Germany. Hryan' resignation waa forecasted thl morning when It was evident that ho waa gravely dissatis fied with the firm tone to be taken In the president's communication to Ger many demanding safety of tho live of all neutral at sea. President Wilson announced that Hryan' resignation wa accepted. Intimation that serious trouble ex isted between Hryan and President Wilson over the latter' (land on the German crisis have been frequent for the past week, but few expected that the secretary of state would go so far a to throw up hi portfolio. Th new created a sensation here when It waa made public. It I believed to indi cate the president la determined to se cure from Germany absolute assur ance that all danger to noncomhatants from submarines must cease even If the United State Is forced to take ac tive part with the allies to attain that end. Hryan' resignation aa not effective today. He will go out of office tomor row. Counsellor Lansing will succeed him automatlcaly. It la not known as yet whether Lansing will permanently occupy the secretaryship, but It Is probable he will do so until the Ger man crista is aettled one way or the) other. In official quarters after the new became public great emphasis was put on the statement that only good feel ing existed between Hryan and the president and that the secretary' res ignation was due solely to differences of opinion over the German note. President Wilson will write a let ter to Rryan expressing the greatest appreciation of his services. Dryan made It clear that he quite office be cause he had no desire to In any war embarrass the president In his foreign policy. Just what Hryan's exact views on this foreign policy are was not de clared by those who spoke for him. For day Hryan has been almost openly hostile to the president's views. He has obtained the draft of the president's note to Germany, which is on the verge of being sent, and time and again has worked It over to see if the phrasing acceptable to him might not also be made accept able to the' president, lu this he has consistently failed. Secretary Bryan's letter of resigna tion was made public this evening. It read: "My dear President: It is with sin cere regret that I have reached the conclusion that I should return yo-i the commission of secretary of state with which you honored me at the be ginning of your administration. "Obedient to your sense of duty and actuated by the highest motives, you have prepared for transmission to the German government a note in which I cannot join without violating what I deem to be an -obligation to my coun try. The issue Involved Is of such mo ment that to remain a member of your cabinet would be as unfair to you as; it would be to the cause which is near est my heart, namely, the prevention of war. "I, therefore, respectfully tender my resignation, to take effect when the German note Is sent unless you prefer an earlier hour. Alike desirous of reaching a peaceful colutlon of the problem arising out of the use of sub marines against merchantmen, we find ourselves differing irreconcilably as to the methods that should be em ployed. "It falls to your lot to speak offi cially for the nation. I consider It to be none the less my duty to endeavor as a private citizen to promote the end which you have In view by means which you do not feel at liberty to use. "In severing the intimate and pleas ant relations which have existed be tween us during the past two years, permit me to acknowledge the pro found satisfaction which It has given me to be associated with you In tho Important work which has come be fore the state department and to thank you for courtesies extended. "With the heartiest good wishes for your personal welfare and for the suc cess of your administration, I am, my dear Mr. President, "Very truly yours, "W. J. BRYAN." In reply to Bryan, the president wrote: "My Dear Mr. Bryan: I accept your resignation only because yon insist up on its acceptance and I accept It with much more than deep regret Vith a feeling of personal sorrow. Our two years of close association have been (Continued on Page 4.)