Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1915)
VOL. LT-XO. 16,966. " PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GERMANY DECLARES WASHINGTON IS LAX Failure tojnsist On Rights Is Charged. ALLIES GETTING MUNITIONS Berlin Thinks Notes to Britain Are Not Followed Up. REAL NEUTRALITY URGED State Department Will Keply All Belligerents Stand Alike and That Allies' Advantage Js , ' Due to Sea Supremacy. WASHINGTON". April 9. Germany lias sent to the United States Govern ment a note complaining that the lat ter has accomplished nothing in its diplomatic correspondence with the al lies to obtain for American exporters the right to ship foodstuffs to the civilian population of a belligerent conntrv. The communication intimates also that the United States has vir tually acquiesced in the British order-in-council prohibiting commerce with Germany. In" view of these considerations the German government calls .attention to the fact that the allies daily are ob taining large shipments of arms and ammunition from dealers in the United states, and declares that the American Government, while insisting on its legal right to ship arms to belligerents, does not with equal energy pursue its right to ship foodstuffs and non contraband articles to the civilian pop ulation of Germany. Real Neutrality I rued. " The note urges that irrespective of the formal aspects of the question of shipping arms to belligerents the spirit of neutrality . should . be observed. In support of this contention, a quotation Is cited from President Wilson's ad dress to Congress en - Mexican affaire In August. 1913. when he said: I shall follow the best practice of nations in the matter of neutrality by forbidding the exportation of arms or ammunition of war of any kind from the United States to any part of the re public of Mexico a policy suggested by several interesting precedents and cer tainly dictated by many manifest con siderations of practical expediency. We cannot in the circumstances be parti sans of cither party of the contest that now distracts Mexico or constitute our selves the virtual umpire between them." Officials of the State Department have begun the preparation of a reply, which will be delivered shortly to Count von Rcrnstorff. the German Ambassador here. The complaint that neutral countries had submitted to the influence of the allies in connection with the right to ship conditional contraband and food stuffs to the civilian population of a belligerent has been made before by Germany in her diplomatic notes, this being cited by the German foreign of fice as one of the reasons -for pro claiming a submarine war zone of the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland. The United States denied in its reply then that it had been silent on the question and called attention to its diplomatic notes to Great Britain dealing with these subjects. Acquiescence Will Be Denied. It is understood that the reply to the present complaint will deny vigorously that this Government has acquiesced in any way to the order-in-council, and probably will refer to the last note rent by the United States to Great Britain arguing at length its opposi tion to the viewpoint of the allies on the blockade question. As for the utterances of the Presi dent on the shipment or arms into Mexico, officials litre hold that the Mexican situation constitutes a special case in no way comparable with the relations between the United States and the European belligerents. Officials pointed out that the President said in the same address to Congress: "I deem it my duty to exercise the authority conferred upon me by the law of March 14, 1912, to -see to it that neither side of the struggle now go'ng on in Mexico shall receive any assist ance from this side of the border." There is no law by which the Presi dent of the United States, it was de clared, could exercise the same author ity, even if he were desirous of for bidding the exportation of arms to all belligerents, as to do so without au tnority from Congress would be uncon stitutional. The viewpoint of the American Gov ernment has been fronr- the outset that Its position with respect to the ship ment of arms has been enforced Im partially as to all belligerents, and Secretary Bryan's letter to Chairman Stone, of the Senate foreign relations committee, discussing this point con tended that if the Germanic allies were unable to enjoy the same advantages a to the delivery of arms into their country, this was due to the naval su periority of Great Britain and not to any circumstances over wbieh the United States had any control. Historic Steps Being Torn l"p. WASHINGTON. April S. Stone ma ons today began tearing up the his toric step leading to the main entrance to the Capitol. The sandstone had tailed to endure the grind of footsteps during a century and will make way for utw marble slabs. WARORNEWREGIME IS ITALIAN THREAT o POLITICAL PARTIES ADOPT WAItXIXG RESOIXTIOX. Berlin Prohibits Exports to Latin Nation and Holds Rome's Empty Freight ' Cars. ROME (via Paris), April 9. Political parties favorable to Italy's Immediate intervention in the war, comprising democrats, radicals, reformists, social ists and nationalists, have arranged great meetings to be held Sunday throughout Italy in an endeavor to J bring about the participation of the country in the conflict. The Journal d'ltalia, commenting to day on the event, says that it has as sumed the character of a warning to the monarchy, since the National League, which arranged the meeting, adopted a resolution containing this sentence: "If, after long waiting, there are disillu sions, no matter of what nature, a pro found political upheaval is inevitable." Professor Mussolini, a Socialist lead er, explains this section of the resolu tion thus: "In other words, if the monarchy Is unable to make national war. the mon archy will cease to exist in Italy, as a profound political upheaval means a change of regime." GENEVA, Switzerland, April 9. The German government today, besides pro hibiting exports from Germany to Italy, is stopping at the frontier station all empty Italian freight cars bound home ward. Passenger trains arriving in Switzerland today from Italy are crowded with German families. Railroad rolling stock is being with drawn by Italy from the Swiss frontier, it is reported here, for the transporta tion of troops and military stores in Northern Italy, destined for the region bordering on the Austrian Tyrol. WHEAT IS SENT BY MAIL Stream of 50-Pound Parcels Going From La Grande to Burns. BAKER, Or., April 9. (Special.) A stream of' 50-pound packages cf wheat Is going through here on their way from La Grande to Burns. Several car loads are on the way and more are expected. The Sawyer-Clark Company is loading the wheat at Island City, near La Grande, and it is going to different parties at the interior city. It will travel 136 miles by rail and near ly 100 miles by stage, but is in the 100-mile parcel post zone. The Burns district is a grazing dis trict nri raises little wheat, which at times brings 6 cents a pound there. ThA T.n Grande firm has also received an -order for a carload of potatoes to be sent to John Day, also in ine in terior. POWDER PLANT ADDS MEN Japanese Steamer Takes 1000 Cases r Dynamite to Russia., TmI Wash.. April 9. (Special.) Forty-five men. have been added to the payroll of the Dupont Fowaer Works south of Tacoma. it was an nounced today. Increased demand for explosives is the reason. The Japanese steamer HaKUSiiina ir,i in nort loading will take 1000 cases of dynamite for Vladivostok. The steamer Robert Dollar, which leit tnis tnr Vladivostok, took a similar shipment and 1000 cases of dynamite will be sent from the Dupont works to Mon tana next week. All employes of the Dupont Works recently were given a wage increase of 20 per cent. HOLLAND DENIES RUMORS No Incident Found to Justify Tale of Hostilities With Germany. THE HAGUE. April 9. via London, April 10. The closest inquiries made today in diplomatic, ministerial and military circles failed to discover the reason for the alarming rumors printed in London newspapers relative to the possibility of hostilities between Hol land and Germany, or for the charging of high insurance premiums. Nothing appears to have arisen re cently at any point along the frontier which would cause Holland to cease to maintain her position of strictest neu trality. SWEATER TABOO AT ISSUE Ise or Official Letters by Co-Eds to Be Settled at Willamette. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Or. April 9. (Special.) That no co-ea will be allowed to wear any sweater bearing the official "W" won in irac. baseball, basketball or football by Wil lamette men probably will be the deci sion by members of the official "W" club who have the matter under con sideration. During the reign of Dr. Swcetland. no man was allowed to loan his award sweater, but latterly the custom has been disregarded. 812,000 ALLIES CAPTIVES More Than Half Million of Prison ers Are Russians. AMSTERDAM, via London, April 9. A dispatch received here from Berlin says that on April 1 S12.S0S prisoners of war were being held in Germany 10.175 officers and SOI. 633 men. The dispatch gives the prisoners by nationality as follows: French. 3S35 officers and ;."8.49S men: Russian, 5149 officers and 501.110 men: Belgians. 647 officers and 39.6:0 men; British, 320 officers and ii'.Jol men. BRITISH EMPLOYER ACCUSED BY LABOR Men Say Huge Prof its Are Exacted. COST GF LIVING IS RISING Poor Man Held Better. Off in Germany Than in England. DRINKING IS EXPLAINED Worker Says It Is Because Point of . Fatigue Is Passed That They Re sort to StimulantsMcdals Promised as Rewards. BY CAROLYN WILSON. (Copyright, 1013. by the Chicago Tribune. Published by arrangement.) , LONDON. March 21. Lord Kitchener Just recently made one of his infre quent speeches in Parliament It was directed against the strikers and com- plalners In various parts of the coun try, who. by their unwillingness w work and their demands for more time and money, are seriously hinder ing the progress of the allies and are Indirectly responsible for more deaths and more battles lost. Will Kitchener be obeyed? That is the question. Which is more probable that the companies which are auto matically making immense fortunes out of the war will come forward on a profit-sharing basis, or that the men who are working double shifts at the same old wages will be convinced that patriotism demands their sacrifices and go on working without complaint? Medal Promised for Work. Since we aren't at the millennium yet, it looks like 60-50 to me, and I fancy the trouble will go on until the gov ernment takes a direct hand in it, al though Lord Kitchener holds out the hope of a pretty medal to any work man who Is loyal and thorough straight through to the end of the war. Since his words will undoubtedly hav- great effect both on companies and men alike, 1 will quote the most important: 'While the workmen geenrally have worked loyally and well, there have. I . A .-1aA !nBtanM WtlPrO regiei. iv .sji ........ ..... - - - . absence, irregular timekeeping, and slack work have 'ed to a marKea diminution in the output of our fac tories. Kitchener' Anxiety Manifest. "T hovo he-ird rumors that the work men in some factories have an Idea that the war is going so well that there is no necessity for them to work their hardest. "I can only say that the supply of war material at the present moment and for the next two or three months is causing me serious anxiety, and I wish all those engaged In the manu ( Concluded on Page 4.) t YOU Iff INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS . .- - : ' The Wetfaer T YESTERDAY' S Maximum temperature, 74-2 degrees; minimum, 42.2 degrees. TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness, followed by unsettled and threatening weather; cooler; variable winds, becoming south erly. War. Britain will release to America goods bought in Germany before March L Page 4, Russians are In possession of principal chain of -Carpathians. Page 4. British workers say employers are exact ing inordinate profits for war supplies. Page 1. Labor and Granges expected to vote' for road bond issue. Pag a 11. Mexico. Washington protests against Villa govern ment's threat to confiscate foreign-owned mines In Chihuahua. Page 1. - National. Germany complains that Washington has ac complished nothing by its correspondence with the allies regarding food shipments. Page 1. Domestic. t Labor leaders praise lat E. H. Harrlman as friend of workingman. Page 1. Lost American submarine long distrusted by commander now dead. Page Spore. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 4, Salt Lake 2; San Francisco 9, Venice S, (10 Innings); Oakland , Los Angeles C. Page 13. Columbia meet today to be greatest indoor track event In West. Page 13. Mayor orders Chief of Police to stop all amateur boxing bouts. Page 13. Matty writes that Herzog la becoming more and more like McGraw. Page 12. . Pacific Northwest. Prisoner In Baker stage robbery case taken to scene of holdup. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. . Australian demand gives better undertone to cereal markets. Pago IT. Wheat higher at Chicago on predictions of large shrinkage in visible supply. Page 17. Stocks made big advances on heavy trading. Page 17. Industrial reports most favorable for many months. Page 17. Oregon City plans big canal-locks observance May 6. Page 14. Plans for repairs of dry dock adopted by Port Commission. Page 14. Five political Italian parties demand war, threatening upheaval. Page 1. French now dominate plains of Woevre, Page 4. Portland and Vicinity. Realty men Indorse road bond Issue with unanimity. Page 11. Jovians launch campaign to reinstate elec trical parade in Festival. Page 7. Portland Chinese fight yielding, to demands of Japan. Page 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. W. S. U'Ren has new single .tax plan to sub mit to voters in Fall. Page 7. SUBMARINES' NEST FOUND Xorway Orders Scattering of Ger mans Krom Sheltered Base. COPENHAGEN', via London, April 9. Norwegian airmen who have been scouring the coasts of Norway investi gating rumors that a German subma rine base was situated in some shel tered spot of these - neutral waters fou. several German submarines gath ered behind the cliffs ai Bergen Bay. The submarines were ordered to leave Immediately gr be Interned for the remainder of the war. WOMAN MASTER OF TUG Mrs. Xellie Ij. Sporman In Command of Craft; Husband First Mate. SEATTLE, Wash., April 9. Mrs. Nellie L. Sporman, having obtained a pilot's license for the waters of Puget Sound, British Columbia and Alaska, has been appointed master of the steam tug Hero, of which ., her husband is mate. She will take-active command of the vessel, which is one of a fleet en gaged In general towing. ' The appointment was made on merit by the tug's owners. TAXPAYERS PAY LESS FOR BETTER ROADS. UJ hf VnMRONDSTO I K Li to PAY INTER"1 U1 SAME roaos..... J SAVING. . ... - V WILL PAY Ltbb, ROAD TAX UNDER BONDING- PLAN AN H flCT r r sr ai ' i.wuy,iiOI POOR ROADS MM .A.-':.- rJt x -y iii i 1 1 . r s s s ' i fir SE WASH Nu I UN PROTEST TO VILLA Threat to Confiscate Mines Disturbs. HARDSHIP IS P0...iD OUT Order, Compelling Operation Declared Injustice. BATTLE RESULT DISPUTED Carranza rorces Still Assert Obre gon Was Routed in South, but Opponents Declare Victory Was With Other Side. WASHINGTON, April 8. The State Department today sent a formal protest to the Villa government at Chihuahua, Mexico, against its threat to confiscate foreign-owned mines. The following statement was issued tonight sum marizing the situation: "The department is advised that the Villa administration at Chihuahua on March 19 issued a decree with ref erence to mining operations, providing that if operations at the mines are sus pended or if taxes are not paid the mines will be forfeited. It is said that the decree will be in effect from April 1, and that 120 days from the date of the promulgation of the law will be allowed for the resumption of op erations. Hardships Are Pointed Oat. "The department has made a protest against the provisions of this decree, pointing out the hardships that would be imposed upon companies in com pelling them to operate their mines when either the condition of the work or the political situation would make such operation highly Inadvisable and unprofitable.'' Definite Information as to the prog ress of the campaign in the region of Irapuato, in which General Villa is leading his troops in person against the Carranza forces under General Ob regon, still were lacking late today, although a report to the State Departs ment, dated Irapuato, April 7, said Ob regon's men had retreated toward Que retara after a short skirmish and prob ably would make a stand there. Mes sages to Villa representatives here tended to confirm this, but dispatches from. Carranza's headquarters at Vera Cruz continued to assert that Obregon had won a great victory. Reports of Flsbtlng Conflict. A report today from Consul Canada at Vera Cruz said news received on April S by Carranza officials from Ob regon was interpreted there as indi cating that a decisive victory had been won. "It was intimated on the th, said the message, "that fighting was still in progress, notwithstanding that 1 . oriAmv hud 1. o n 11 rlrtven nnrthwanl SO kilometers. The bells in Vera Cruz (Concluded on Paeo 4.) ifrOAD zro w ' - (,2,500. 00 nn c vJ riurc, 4l Friday's War Moves THE Russian successes in the Car pathians where the Muscovites are said to control nearly all the Important passes and are preparing for a descent to the plains of Hungary have revived unofficial talk of separate peace for Austria-Hungary, and 'seemingly in crease'1 anxiety on the part of the in "..,"J mists in Italy for their country I1' Ke up arms on the side of the allies and secure territory which they have failed to get in the negotiations through Germany with Austria. The Russian newspapers seem con vinced that Hungary, if not the whole of the dual monarchy, is ready to seek peace and it is said that Emperor Francis Joseph has requested Pope Benedict to Intervene in his behalf. Except in Italy, the neutral country most directly interested In this ques tion, little credence is given this re port, although the opinion is expressed in military circles in London that if Russia succeeds in overcoming the Joint resistance of the Austro-German troops in the Carpathians, as she ap parently has that of the Austro-Hun-garian armies, Hungary at least will be ready to bring the war to an end as far as she is concerned. However, the Russians have some way to go as yet before they reach the plains of Hungary, and the Austro German forces are placing every ob stacle in their way. The whole south ern slopes of the mountains have ben strongly fortified and troops are being poured into the region in dispute. It is said there are now 2 Austrian and six Ge-man army corps facing the Rus sians and that more are on the way. On the other hand the Russians still are bringing up reserves, and accord ing to thi Austrian report they are at tacking without any regard for the loss of h'lman life. The British military critics express the greatest admiration for the manner in which the Russians have handled the Carpathian campaign. Their advance between Pollanka and Bartfeld. they say, squeezed the Austrians out of the Dukla Pass, that from Dukla squeezed them out of Mczolaborcz, and from west to east this process has continued until all the passes are in the hands of the Russian Emperor's troops. The critics contend that the Austro-Germans must now return from East Gallcla and Bu- kowina or they will find themselves cut off. Just as fierce a battle, but on a smaller scale, is going on in the west between the Meuse and the Moselle, There the French are persisting in their offensive against the Germans, and, ac cording to the Paris reparts, continue to make progress. The French report. however, is at direct variance with the reports from Berlin, which announce that all the French attacks have been repulsed with heavy losses. The French are bombarding inces santly St. Mihiel, the point of the wedge they are trying to force out and, at the same time, are attacking the two sides of -the wedge with Infantry and artil lery In an endeavor to reach the roads which lead from St. Mihiel to Metz. If the progress already Is as great as the French claim it to be, these roads should be almost within reach ot the French guns. The Germans have made an attack on the British lines in Northern France, which was repulsed, and, according to Berlin, have recaptured from the Bel gians the village of Drel Grachten, on the Yser, which has changed hands sev eral times within a few days. Else where, so far as the public has been informed, there has been no lighting worth mentioning. Nothing official has been forthcom ing regarding a reported naval engage ment off the Norwegian coast and news from the Dardanelles grows lees as the time approaches for the expected new attack there. Submarines appear to have become less active. Incoming steamers report having seen some of these craft, but no vessels are reported to have been sunk by them. ' An authoritative denial has been re ceived from The Hague of the report in circulation in London yesterday that the relatione between Holland and Germany had reached the breaking point. PASTOR USES HOE AT .87 Kev. Joseph Holicrg ami Wife, Mc Minnville, Wedded 63 Years. M'MINXVILLE, Or., April 9. (Spe cial.) Rev. Joseph Hoberg, for 46 years a resident of Yamhill County, cele brated his S7th birthday here today, working In his little garden back of his quaint Grant-street residence In Mc Minnville. He came to this country In 1869, residing at Lafayette as pastor for all Of Yamhill County north of the South Yamhill River and a portion of Washington Counts'. He Is the second oldest Methodist minister In the state. Three daughters were here today in anticipation of his 87th birthday, Mrs. Verona Nelson, of Newburg; Mrs. Evaline Millsap. of Lebanon, and Mrs. Ella Metzger, of Dallas. Mr. Hoberg is in good health. He and his wife expect to celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary November 13. ANIMALS TO HAVE WEEK Humane Association Designates Time for Special Kindness. PHILADELPHIA, April 9. Announce ment was made today that the Ameri can Humane Association has designated the week of May 17 to 22 as "kindness to animals week." during which the or ganization purposes to interest people throughout the country In the more humane treatment of animals. The association has also designated Sunday, May 18, and Sunday, May S3, as "Humane Sunday." Clergymen will be asked to pleach sermons on klndiiCES to animals on oae of these two dat a. j UNION IN PRAISE LATE FiiR. HARRIMAN Railway Head Declared Friend of Workmen.- MACHINISTS' F000 IS LIMITED Representatives of Labor Con tinue on Stand at Hearing. SPOTTERS' METHODS TOLD Quarrel and Treachery Promotion and Discouragement Declared Their Mission' Guards Are Said to Be Criminals. ' CHICAGO, April 9. E. II. llttt-rlmnn. It appeared in testimony given before the United States Commission on In dustrial Relations today, was a friend of labor. S. H. Grace, of Omaha, busi ness agent of the International Aso clation of Machinists on the Cnlon Pa cific, testified that when trouble roa on that road in 1902 Mr. llorrlman tele graphed that it was his first labor trou ble and that. If ho could avoid It. It would be his last. J. W. Kline, general president of the International Association of lU(k smiths and Helpers, testified: "Mr. Harrlman felt for the women and children who would suffer by a strike, and he made concessions which resulted in the settlement Kf tho troubles ot 1902. I feel that had he lived the dis astrous strike of 1911 on the Harrlman lines would not havo taken place." "Spotter" Methods Ontllaed. Today's evidence dealt with physics! examinations of applicants for mechan ical positions, with violent acta of the strike, the methods of strike breakers and so-called detectives, and other phases of the railroad labor situation. John G. Taylor, of Oakland, Cal., buid ness agent of tho Southern raciflc Rail road machinists, testified that "cpot tcrs" engaged in disrupting unions gen erally workod In trios. He designated them as follows: 1 The promotor of quarrels who gains membership In the budding union and by his wiles sets Jew quarreling with Gentile, Italian with Austrian, nd so on, thus weakening the strength of the membership. 2 The "good fellow," who niskes friends with everybody and spends his money so freely that those who try to keep up their end of the entertainment presently' find themselves financially embarrassed and thus open to sugges tlpns of treachery to the union. '3 The "discourager." This man is a professional pessimist, who Is stored with objections to unionism and pre dicts nothing but trouble for organisa tions which try to compel powerful cor porations to grsnt the men their rights. Strikebreakers Are ActsmiI. Hugh Montgomery, of Macomb City, Miss., told of the riots there when the Illinois Central took in strikebreakers to take the places of union shopmen. "We were enjoined from interfering with railroad property," related the witness, "and when telegrams came that a ralnload of strikebreakers was on the way, assaulting Inoffensive citizens and Insulting women by the way. every body in Macomb City was anxious to see them. I went along, as one of the oldest citizens, to remind the boys against violating the injunction, for once they got us Into the Federal Court at Jackson we were helpless. When the train arrived the windows of the cars were suddenly thrown up and we were pelted with stones snd a few shots were llred. I was hit by a rock, and news was flashed all over the country that I was killed. I got over It. though." Mr. Mongomery said that the stay ot the strikebreakers was a long night mare characterized by much violence. He di scribed the houses of the strikers as "boxes." He had paid for his before the strike, but others who were paying for theirs lost them, he said. Food Uerlarrd l.lmKnl. "Myself and one other shopman sre the only ones left who still own their homes In Macomb City." said he. "Tell us how the average shopman lives." instructed Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the Commission. "Bread, bacon, country syrup there is lots of that In Mississippi yams and sweet potatoes." replied tho 'Witness. "That is the general bill of fare yesr In and year out. You have to manage carefully." "What about clothing?" "The same standard." Mr. Kline told of being sent for. to gether with other union leaders, by the then Governor Noel, of Mississippi. who. said the witness, was "between the devil and the deep blue sea." "Governor Noel wanted to please the Illinois Central by keeping the militia at Macomb City, and he wanted to please the citizens of that town by recalling the troops. He wanted us to request that they be kept there, as a way out or his dilemma, but we de clined." This witness said that there wss leu violence on the Western lines thn on the Illinois Central because the strikers were afraid of the "bad men" emplod by the Western lines. Uuarda Alleged Criminal". "The further West you got the ilicr these bad men were," said Mr Kline. "They were particularly bad in Wyom ing. C. K. Horton, at Laramie, was one of them. He shot a man snd ws tin. feretd lo tho Illinois Central. Imir. iJOllLiUtKU o.i I'l