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80 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 16 Six Sections' UN10J VOIi. xxxiv xo. 18. POItTLAXD, OREGON, SUXDAY 3IOKXIXG, MAY 2, 19 15. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i y t v v v r y r m t jjr , .sty WAR GIVES 110 SIGN OF EARLY ENDING Understanding of Allies Still Holds. FRANCE IS AMAZINGLY FIRM Eyes and Ears Shut to Temp tation in Heroic Decision. SPECULATION STILL RIFE Will Irwin Believes Germany Has Offered Terms, AVliicli Have failed to Satisfy Stalemate Outcome Is Among Hopes. BT -WILL. IRWIN. tCopvriRht. JOir, by the New Tork Trib tmo. Published by arrangement with the Tribune.) LONDOX, April 16. Tour corre spondent has been pinched again. In fact, he has at last t?- established a rec ord. I (to adopt at ono the person : proper to a war cor- respondent) was In the first party, of .g-Wlng lorresponaenu nr rested by the Ger- . mans during this ' war. But I shared if tho honor with three others. Later I was arrested by the Dutch on the charge of being a Will Irnin. correspondent. It is quite a unique honor to be arrested by a neutral; but again I had to share It with others. Now I stand alone on my dizzy emi nence. I am, so far -as I know, the only correspondent whom it took two great nations to pinch. I was ' ar rested simultaneously by the French and the British, the former taking charge of my baggage and the latter of my person. My person fared better than ray baggage. It was allowed to go to a hotel on parole, and later its cruel Jailers invited it to dinner. The baggage never appeared again until I was dispatched to England, a com paratively free man. Inofficial Overtures Made. Having now qualified as a war cor respondent, let me proceed to the bust ness in hand. This war is in mid-Channel. The situation, as I take it, resembles rough ly the situation in our Civil War, when Lincoln, during 1863 (wasn't it?) held his conference with the leaders of the South. There Is no moral doubt that Germany has been looking for terms. Everything indicates that, cir cumstantial evidence as well as "in side information." Of course, these overtures have not been made directly or even officially. Possibly, the neu tral powers have not been consulted. It is more likely that two strange gentlemen have just happened to reg ister at a hotel in Switzerland or Italy, and have just happened to meet at dinner in a private room to discuss the future of the war purely theoretically, of course. Allies as "Whole Not Satisfied. Whatever terms Germany has of fered have undoubtedly been unsatis factory to the allies as a. whole. So far as the general alliance la concerned, the war will probably go on. But there has been a special effort to tempt France and Russia into deserting the alliance. It is suspected that France could quit the war now at great present advantage an increase of territory, probably the security of Belgium, pos sibly some kind of indemnity. Ger many wants to free herself to attack that enemy which is frankly the object of all popular German hate and all official German ambitions England. Every one who has observed France during this war has been astounded by the fortitude of the French a forti tude hardly expected in a people so highly civilized, so polished and so es sentially peaceful. She has never been so strong as in her apparent answer to German overtures. France Kapeela'iljr Tempted. The French have always maintained that they entered this war not so much for the old, wistful dream of winning back the lost Alsace as for the perma nent security of France. If she stops now, on a minor advantage, she will have the work to do over again in the ' next generation or so she feels. But the temptation is great and special. She did not want war In the beginning. and she does not like it now. Tho men who must deoid for France have their sons ont there on the line. If they hare not had other sons killed they know what has happened to the sons cf their neighbors. Here is a chance to gain temporary advantage for France and to save the lives of those sons. 1 cannot imagir. a stronger bribe being offered to any man. Tet they seem to Lave shut their eyes and ears, these leaders of France, and to have made the heroic decision. British Mariners Still Kmelent. What would happen should Francs and Russia desert, forms beautiful ma terial for speculation. So far as tho Island of Britain is concerned, she could doubtless whistle at the Ger mans. So long as that navy holds. Eng land cannot be invaded from Germany direct. If, by miracle or by the doubt ful fortunes of a naval battle, the navy should fail to hold. England would be whipped, whether or ro France and (Concluded on ras; , Column 4.j SUBMARINES SINK 2 ON TRADE ROUTE GERMANS AVIDKX ZONK OP OP KIIATIONS AT SKA. British Vessel Is Torpedoed Off Scilly Islands and Russian OTf ' Coast of Ireland. SCILLY ISLANDS, England, Slay 1. The crew of 24 of the British steamer Edals. which was sunk off these islands by a submarine today while on a voyage from the River Platte, South America, to Manchester, with a cargo of grain, have been landed here by a British patrol boat. They say that the Edals was torpedoed without notice, and that they did not see the sub marine until after they were in their lifeboats. A patrol boat is reported to have been struck and severely damaged by a shell fired by the submarine. LONDON, May 1. The Russian 2000 ton steamer Svorono, bearing W'eish coal to Archangel, a Russian port on the White Sea, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine believed to be the U-23 on Friday, near the Blasket Islands, on the West Coast of Ireland. The Svorono's crew of 2t men mostly Russian barely had time to take to the boats when tho vessel sank. All were rescued by a patrol boat. The steamer Edale from tho River Platte, South America, for English ports, was sunk by a submarine today off the Scilly Islands. The Edale was a steamer of 2000 tons net and was 325 feet long. She was owned by the Dale Steamship Company, of Middlesbrough, England. Tho Edale was built in 1801. She sailed from Montevideo, Uruguay, for England on March 2 9. FROST DANGER IS PAST Drizzling: Rain liaises Temperature and lniprois Crop Prospects. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. Tho 50,- 000,000 scare which fell on the Pacific Slope last night, because of a threat ened severe damage to fruit by frost has turned to rejoicing. A drizzling rain swept most of California and Ore gon, keeping the temperature up and tremendously improving all crop pros pects; already above the average. In Southern California the apple crop suffered considerably apples gener ally being planted on higher ; eleva tions than other fruits. No other mis fortune was reported. Snow fell today in Flagstaff, Ariz. RAIDERS STAY AT NORFOLK Eitel and Williclm to Keep Each Other Company at Navy-Yard. NORFOLK, Va.. May . 1. Secretary Daniels, after a conference here today With Rear-Admiral Beatty, announced that the interned German raiders, Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm, would be held at the Norfolk Navy- Yard for the remainder of the war. The Wilhelm is still at Newport News, but it was said tonight she prob ably would be brought here Monday. PHOTOGRAPH - .j .W.,-'f':tSr V Tup Left, the Vndlne ra"lng Throna; h Five-Mile Locks. Right, Misa Wllraa Donnell. BrldesnaM CaiMrn by The llonforri, of the 1 mllnp. Itlght, An other View pt the I ndlne aa She Is AesotAaMac tho SNAKE IS REACHED ON UP-RIVER TRIP "r 6 Library Undine Lies at Pasco Over Night. POINTS OF INTEREST NOTED 'Admiral" Gray Takes Wheel at Dangerous Points. CALL MADE AT UMATILLA Ahunota Will Be Keaclied Toniglit and After Brief Call at Kiparia Delegates to Celebration Will Land at Lowistoii Monday. BY SHAD O. KRANTZ. PASCO, Wash.. May 1. (Special.) This steamer Undine is no place for a tenderfoot or for a newcomer in the Columbia Itiver country. The old timers and the pioneer river navigatora have, the right of way. They are the ones who are entertaining- the reat of the passengers on this interesting and delightful journey toward Lewiaton. ' As the vessel moved up the Columbia today and as it entered the. Lower Snake tonight a continuous round of tales was told of tho early days and reminiscences of the times when . the land around here was young. Auditors 3Iake It-vlea. As the story-telllnff progressed the listeners were" required to enforce rules, so keen was the competition among" the "ancient mariners' of the Columbia, It is strictly forbidden now to relate any tale dealing- with incidents subse quent to .1878. That is the date arbi trarily fixed by the self-appointed um pires as the limit for stories of value.' The stories also have been divided into classes, vl-w tales of adventure, of physical endurance, of experiences with the Indians, of performances on the pioneer steamboats and of encounters with ivild and game animals. Of course there are early day fish stories, but they are in a class all by themselves, Caitalu Gray Winner. Captain "VV. P. Gray, who will be ad miral of next week's festival fleet, has earned the prize in the endurance con test, his tale of walking 45 miles to at tend a dance and then dancing all night only to return to work the next day was awarded the money. But no one has been able to beat Joe Day's steamboat story, and that is say ing a great deal. too. since Joe left the Undine at The Dalles yesterday, and a lot of competitors have been busy (Concluded on Pas 2, Column 1. TAKEN ON UP-RIVER TRIP OF THE UNDINE, FLAGSHIP IN THE 1 11 it lb-- i - .!-s . jit- am wnii TKia'iliTiia J i Hi! fi"" ' ftSJ if il' ' . "1 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTKRDAY'S Maximum temperature, s. degrees; minimum temperature, iiti de- I greee. . t TODAY'S Occasional "rain ; --.winds becoming; , .westerly. . " t - War. - ; . wmen at The Ha true' Issue manifesto de- i daring- that this w-ar .must lo laat one. Section J, psg J, German Embassy warns Americans againat voyaging abroad while aea blockade ia on. Section 1, page Vf, . Allies' airmen locate gun .that an el led. Dun. kfrk and drop bombs on them. Section 1, 'Page 9. -Lull " comes -'on westerm front. .-'Section- 1. pa-e . . ' j---..- i. War prisoners' are I men of many .moods. . Section l. page .;7. . f - Will Irwin' says war gives no. sign of early ending. Section 1, pago 1. Ambassador Gerard says Germans treat ail prisoners alike. Section 1, page 7. . ' German submarine sink Britisher-off - Pally Inland and Russian off coast of Ireland. Section 1, page 1. National. Supreme Court may make alternative de cree, ordering Oregon and California lands-sold. Section 1, page 8. Domestic. Woman worth $15,000,000 wed young wid ower worth $1,000.000. - Section J. -page 3. Attorneys for Colorado strike leader demand either acquittal or death penalty. Sec tion 1, page 5. Julius Kruttschnitt gives views on adjusting wage differences. Section. 1. paffe 2. Oscar S. Straus suggests that-time may have come for United JStatea to reverse Washing-ton's policy of aloofness. Section 1, PS"e 5. ' Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Tortland 5, lxs Angeles 3;'. Oakland S, "Venice l innings) ; San. Francisco 4, alt Lake 3. Section -2, page 1. Umpire Uigler and Manager Hcrzoa fight on baseball field." Section 2, page 2. Oregon track team swamps Multnomah ; Northwest record , broken. Section 2, ' page 0. . .. Xew York -Americans Jump. to top of league. Section 2,. page.. 1.. Bobby Keefe. new Beaver, ptlrber. says 1 It feels just like home to be back In Coast League. Section 2, pace 2. Oregon ata't- shoot over. -Northwest' contest to be -held at Portland (iun Club traps ' , geta attention. . Section; 2. page 4..' lfayward -thinks . Califoralans are too. fast for his men. . Section 2, pax 3. -Matty insists major, league ballplayers have no cinch, even if , t hey uu work short hours. Section 2,. page 2. Jess WUlard most mismanaged boxer ever In upper flights, says Jimmy Brltt. Section 2. page .4. - ; ...... v- .... . . . - Pacific Northwest. -Undine "reaches Snake Itiver on way to Lcwlaton celebration.- Section 1, page I. ' Portland and Yicialty.' Two men killed and two women Injured aa racing machine strikes party In " small c ar on a ay to speedway. . Section 1. page 1., . , , . . Plon-ers celebrate natal day. of Oregon ,"at Champoeg. - Section J,- page 1T. Craft "will gather in lower river' to welcome fleet from Columbia. Section 1. page 14. All Germany , is declared behind Kaiser in war. Section'!, page 12. More than $1,600,000 la given" into Y. M. t, A. coffers -since - January 1. Section 1, page IS, . , .- Chief, backed' by Mayor, refuses to reinstate Patrolman Crow. Section 1, page 12. Muts report debt of 1388 for charities. - Sec. . tlon J4 page 1.1. , . Grand Jury recommends ' various changes after M-day session. Section-, J -page-11. E?lght candidates ; and. nine measures, and probably -mora of each, to be voted on at June election. Section 1, page 10. House where- T. - Scott Brooke met death scene of previous tragedy. Section 1. . page 10. - Icemen oppose "delivery ticket" provision in proposed law. . Section 1, page 30. Twelve candidates in contest for iueen : of Roje Festival. Section 2. jage !ti. May-day celebrations numeroua. Section page 16. Mr. Daly will urge approval of water-met-system by voters in June. Section page ltf. i ii. ii. Schwartz makes plea for regular trade with Alaska and development of coal. i Section 2, page 16. 35 i i f si &u4MKa HPim,hm .va--yua THIS WAR 1ST BE LAST, SAY wore Manifesto Issued by : Peace Congress. DEMAND IS MADE ON NATIONS Hungarian Delegate Encoun ters Spirited Opposition. PERMANENT BOARD NAMED Resolution Kclattns to I'ortirica- tions So Amended aa to Provide , Simply Tliat Seas Khali lie Oion , to Kvcryone. THE HAGUE, Miy 1, via London. The International Congress of Womm concluded its sessions here today. At the final meeting- there was adopted I proposal to send delegations represent ing tl-.e congress to the President of the United States, and to the head of all the European.powers for tlie pur pose of demanding Immediate cessation of the war. Mrs. Ilosika Echwlmmer, jiroidcnt of the Hungarian Woman Suffrage Asso ciation, moved this resolution. She was confronted with sharp opposition, in furtherance of which many parliamen tary technicalities were resorted to. This precipitated a clash' which threw the gathering into confusion. . Xot Talk. But Action, Dealrrd. "We are not here only to talk, but to show the way to action," said Mrs. Schwimmer. "We . wish to take positive-steps to enl.this terrible w'ar." After the motion had been finally adopted, another resolution, brought forward by Mrs. Schwimmer and Miss Julia Grace Wales, of the University of Wisconsin, was approved. The res olution reads: "The International Congress of Women resolves immediately to ask neutral countries to take steps to create a conference of neutrals, which, with out delay, shall offer continuous media tlon by inviting suggestions for a set tlement from each of the belligerents and by submitting to all of them si multaneously reasonable proposals as a. basis for peace." . "I.ut War." Manifesto. Mrs. Fannie Andrews, of Boston, read a manifesto .covering ail the points dealt with by the congress. This mani festo, which will be issued among women throughout the civilized world. t Concluded on I'age 0. Column 1. DALLES - CELILO CANAL OPENING a .' f'l iffaafci ill H A ruin- ; Dallea for "Wedding of the Water" e it Wntrrrraj, Sho-nlng Government Bnlldlnga 7 ' Saturday's War Moves GKHMAIC submarines, which for a couple of weeks had been confining themselves to the North Ses, where they sank several trawlers, attain have made their appearance on the trade routes off the west coasts of Ireland and Kngland and caught two vit-llms. They were the Uriti.sh steamer Edale, which was sunk off tho Scilly Inlands, and the Itussian steamer Svorono. which was attacked off tho Blasket Islands. In both cases the crews were saved. This, taken in connection with the warning issued to American travelers on trans-Atlantic liners, is taken to mean another attempt with a greater number of submarines to combat the blockade by England. It has only just been announced by the English papers that the Admiralty has found a means of dealing with submarines and tho people of England, in view of the latest attacks on steamers, are waiting the result with renewed interest. In face of these submarine attacks, Zeppelin raids and the bombardment of Dunkirk, which bring the war closer home, England, according to London dispatches, remains as calm as ever. There are some who feel anxiety over the Western battle line, but generally the feeling is one of optimism, based on the success with which the allies have withstood former attempts of the Germans to get through to tho coast porta Tho bombardment of Dunkirk, which was repeated Friday and which has re sulted in considerable loss of life, has caused many women and children to leave the town. The Germans can re peat this bombardment whenever they desire, with the big guns which for merly were posted on tho coast to ward off uttaeks from the allied fleet and which have been moved up in the di rection of Nlcuport. The extent of this new raid hus not been disclosed. Although the Germans announce that tho Russians evacuated and burned Siawlu and retired toward Mitua, there is no evidence of any big battle. Along the Kast Prussian frontier and in Central l'oland th.jre has been a renewal of the fighting, which the spring floods Interrupted, while In the Carpathians where the ground is dry ing, the Russians and Austrian. ag iln are contending for L'isok I'ass. For foe moment the Russians have turnci from their offensive against that pass to attack the Aiistrlans who were threatening their communications in the direction of Stry and have, ac cording to their report, won consider able success, capturing two heights aid some prisoners. They also say they have repulsed an attack by tho Germans who hold a line near Wysi kow, further to the eastward. It is expected that a big offensive soon will be undertaken on the East ern front, probably by the Germans, who have been feeling their way to ward the Russian positions around the East Prussian frontier, although this may be a feint to hiJa a move ment on some other part of the line. Switzerland Calls More Men. EEKXR, Switzerland, via I'aris. May 1. The federal council decided today to call out the tiixiri Division of the Swiss army. CELEBRATION. 7T-. V n v 4 J ' ' f J I Wrdnndif. Bettom Captain L. 1. at Left. " TWO KILLED, 2 HURT 111 CRUSH OF AOTO Powerful Racing Car Hits Party of Four. RACER ARRESTED AT TRACK Involuntary Manslaughter Is Charge Bail $5000. WOMAN, HURT, BETROTHED Theodore C lljuV, Rcslaiirant Man, mid If. S. Miller, Driver, Dead, and lrh. Josephine Sjen-er and Anna Ivasterbec Injured. I.KADIi. I'Hil nv.n IV ALTO- IOHII.l-; '1 It At. K I IV. The Mead. Theodore C. Hyde, age 13. of J the Hotel Rev. t Harry S. Miller, asre TS. of the Nokoinis Apartnienls. The Injured. Miss Anna K. Eaterbce. of I'll Grand a enue North, ae -. ? wrenched arm. hruiseM. Mrs. Josi'phme Spem-cr. of lfil 4 Grand avenue North, sg SO, fractured riOs. 1 (river of Ieah-l)eallnK Or. Enimerson Held, age 27. . i . Two men were killed and two women injured wlien a powerful racing ma chine bound for tlio Rose City Speed way grazed a small pleasure automo bile at East Forty-ninth and Tilla mook streets at 1:S5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, with buflicicnt forc to send tho rnialler car thinning a distance cf 3." feet. turnliiK over twice In transit ar"i ending wltli wl.cels In tho air. Theodore ". Hyde, a restaurant man and. part owner oT 11. e a utomoru 1 struck, was pinned beiieatu the lnachino and instantly kille d. J lurry S. Miller, driver of t' machine which ordinarily did duty as a Jitney on the Twenty third wtreet line, was thrown a dozen feet away Into the grass of the park ing and died while being taken to the Good Samaritan hospital. Mrs. Jose phine Su.-ncer. hnlf owner with Mr. Hyde of a restaurant at SO'.i North Sixth street, was thrown clear of Lie car and had several rihs fractured. Miss Anna E. Easterbee. t'.ie financre of Mr. Miller, was cautrht beneath the automobile, but. except for numerous bruises and a wrenched aim, was un injured. Emmerson Reid. ace -7, an automo bile driver for elk;ht years past, was the pilot of car No. X, a liulrk from the Dundee garage, which struck the smalt rive-passenger machine in trying to pass it 011 the road. He slopped his machine 1100 feet further on. sent bis mechan icians back to Investigate the accident, snd when they reported that one man (ppeared to be badly hurt, but that ihere was not much they could do, rushed on to the speedway. Twenty minutes later he vaa arrested on the ground by Detective Captain Raty and taken to the City Jail, where he la be Ing held on a charge of Involuntary manslaughter, with ball rlxcd at 13000. Inqueat Held T.m orrow. An inquest will be held by Coroner Dammasch Monday evening. But for a bent hub cap on the rejr right wheel, the lacing rar was un injured. The other machine was wrecked badly. field was hurrying to tho race course, for he was scheduled to drive his car, which is owned by Earl Birch. '11 the five-mile and IS-mile veins. Ho adults driving between 20 end 23 miles nn hour, which is above the limit enforced In that sec tion of the city, but witnesses assert that in their Judgment the rating car wac going nearly S3 miles an hour. The small car was said to have been bowling along at a f.ir clip. The owners of the wrecked car, both of whom were killed, were taking the two young women to the races. A "Twenty-third and Thurman" Jitney sign was found In the rear reat The car had been used this morning on the Jitney run, but was commandeered by Its owners In the afternoon. The driver was planning cm making enough money this Summer with tho Jitney to marry Miss Easterbee next Kali. Mrs. Spencer, the business partner of Mr. Hyde, was divorced, anil an engagement between them had been rumored also. C'auae of Accident Lnknovcn. , The racing car attracted the attcn- . lion of tho occupanta of the other ma chine by the loud explosions from Its exhaust, and tho ffc with which It was speeding along. In passing the. Hyde-Miller car. which was on the right side of the road, the hub of the rear right wheel of the racer struck the front wheel of tho smaller machine. Whether this was caused by Iteld turn ing too soon, or by Miller awluglng his automobile to the left prematurely. Is not known. Both machines were nearing the cor ner of Forty-ninth street. The light enr was swerved from ita course and struck the curbing. With two complete somersaults it shot into the nlr, grazed a telephone post on the corner, and ended on the curbing and i,lre.;t 011 Forty-ninth, about 12 feet south of Til lamook. When residents living near the scene rushed to where the wrecked car lay, iCoucluicii vit l'afo J. Cu.uam