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v THE BIORXING OREGOXIA2T. FRIDAY, APRIL .23, 1915. 6 GERMAN SOCIALIST PEACE MOVE BEGUN Autonomous Alsace-Lorraine, Retirement From Belgium, No Annexation Suggested. RUSSIA NOT CONSIDERED Durable Settlement Regarded as More Likely to Result From Deal ing "With France and England. " End of War Is Foreseen. THE HAGUE, via London, April 22. The Socialists of Germany are making an earnest effort to seek for a basis on which the cessation of the war can be brought about. Dr. Breltscheidt, a prominent member of the German So cialist party, is now in Holland con sulting the Dutch Socialist leaders, with a view to fretting into communication with the British and through them with the French Socialists in an endeavor to bring- pressure to bear on the vari ous governments. It is declared that the German Social ists are virtually unanimous in favor of peace and against any annexation of territory. It is said that although the Socialist newspapers in Germany are not permitted, under penalty of suspen sion, to publish criticisms of the gov ernment and express skepticism re garding the results of the war, at a meeting where only members of the party were admitted, and from which the police were absent, free discussion in favor of peace took place. Autonomous Province Favored. The general view of the Socialists, it Is said, is that Alsace and Lorraine should belong to neither France nor Germany, but should be autonomous. The argument is that If France re captures the provinces a rankling for vengeance would be held by a large part of the population, which, it is asserted, does not desire to be gov erned by the French, and that there fore the situation would be as bad as ver. , It Is reported that the great East Prussian landowners are trying to treat for peace with Russia, owing to fears that their property will suffer, but the Socialists are said to have expressed the opinion that the prospects of a dur able peace are more likely through an arrangement of terms by Germany with France and England and by evacu ating Belgium. Neutral Dardanelles A'ot Feasible. With reference to the Dardanelles, it Is declared that the German Socialists believe that it will not be feasible to internationalize or neutralize the straits until a United States of Europe has been formed. They assert that the fu tility of neutrality already has been shown. The Socialists of Germany assert that it will be impossible to starve Ger many, but express the belief that the war cannot continue much longer in consequence of the disastrous effect on the economic conditions of all the coun tries engaged. COUNCIL OUSTS MAYOR WESTPORT EXECUTIVE DEPOSED AS NON-RKSIDENT OF CITY. Lone Councilman Who Stand by-Official Also Loses Place as Police Justice. ABERDEEN. Wash.. April 22. (Spe cial.) The City Council of Westport, 16 miles west of here, last night sum marily deposed I E. Cook from the office of Mayor and appointed William Ingram, a former resident and Coun cilman of Aberdeen, in his stead. The action against Mayor Cook was taken because he resides outside the city limits and it was contended that there fore he could not hold the Mayor's of fice. Political feeling is said to be be hind the affair, together with dissatis faction in certain quarters over Mr. Cook's conduct of city affairs. Coincident with Mayor Cook's retire ment, Fred D. Hill, Councilman, lost his place as Police Justice. Mr. Hill was the only member of the Town Council to oppose Cook's removal. He contended that the Council had no au thority to depose the Mayor, but that legal proceedings to oust him should be instituted or that he should be re called by a vote of the city. He also urged that a request for the Mayor's resignation should be made. The Council voted against him on all points, and then declared the Mayor's chair vacant, following this action by electing: Mr. Ingram. E. ROGERS GETS LICENSE Attorney Leaves Trial to Prepare' for His Weddins. LOS ANGELES. April 22. Earl Ro arers left the courtroom, where he was defending C. E. Sebastian, candidate for Mayor and suspended chief of po lice, on a charge of moral misconduct, long enough today to procure a license to marry Mise Edna Landers, formerly of Winnipeg, Canada. The date of the wedding was not announced. Miss Landers was the winner sev eral years ago of a singing trophy of fered by Earl Grey, tiien GoVernor General of Canada. Mr. Rogers was chief counsel for Clarence Darrow in Darrow's trial for alleged attempts to bribe witnesses in the MeNamara case. A final decree of divorce was granted several days ago to Rogers' first wife, Mrs. Belle Rogers. ASTOR BUYS FLYING BOAT Craft Is Built for Two and Wife Probably Will Go Along. NEW yoRK, April 22. Vincent Astor has bought a flying boat for his personal use and probably will make trial flights in it within the next few weeks from the Hudson River near his home, Ferncllff, at Rhinebeclc, N. Y. The boat is built for two passengers and it is said that Mrs. Astor intends making flights wit?i her husband. WILLIAM THAW. KILLED? Aviator, Nephew of Harry, Reported Dead Near Verdun. PARIS, April 22. A report has been received here that William Thaw, an American aviator serving with the French army, has been killed near Ver dun. The report has not been con firmed, however. A postcard dated April 17, sent by him to a friend. showed that he was in good health on that date. William Thaw, 2d, is the son of Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, of Pittsburg and New York. He joined the second regiment of foreign volunteers fighting for France, soon after the war began, at about the time he became of age. He offered to serve either as an engineer or an aviator, in both of which activ ities he had had considerable expert ence. Thaw is a nephew of Harry K. Thaw and did considerable work as an aviator In this country before the war. On one occasion he began a flight at New Haven, circled the Statue of Liberty and flew under the four bridges across the East River. He was appointed to the French aviation corps in December and was the first American to be ac cepted as a pilot In the French serv ice. Since that time he has seen con siderable service in the air. PITTSBURG. April 22. It was said at the residence of Benjamin Thaw, father of William Thaw, early today that no report regarding the death of Mr. Thaw had been received, and mem bers of the family were inclined to dis credit it. Th elder Mr. Thaw returned from New York last night. It was said he had not heard anything from his son recently. MRS. STORY IS ELECTED PRESIDENT-GENERAL'S ENTIRE TICKET CARRIES. Balloting: by Delegates of Patriotic American Women Ends Just Before Midnight. WASHINGTON, April 21. Mrs. Wil liam Cummin; Story, of New York, was last night-re-elected president-general of the Daughters of the American Revo lution over Mrs. Georgb Thatcher Guernsey, of Kansas, by a vote of 695 to 461. Balloting continued until near mid night. From early morning the 1203 members of the congress filed through the polling place, wnere voting ma chines had been installed. Supporters of Mrs. Story and Mrs. Guernsey elec tioneered vigorously until the last mo ment. The election result was a clean sweep for the Story ticket. , Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, of Washing ton, 3D. C, was re-elected chaplain general without opposition. All other places were filled with Story candi dates by large majorities. Those elected were: Recording secretary-general, Mrs. William C. Boyle, Ohio, re-elected; corresponding secretary-general, Mrs. Julia C. Burrows of Michigan, re elected; organizing secretary-general, Mrs. William A. Smooth, Virginia; registrar-general. Miss Grace M. Pearce, Washington, D. C. ; treasurer-general, Mrs. Joseph E. Ransdell, Louisiana, re elected; historian-general, Mrs. Williard s. Augsbury, New York; librarian general, Mrs. George M. Sternberg, Washington, D. G, re-elected; editor of D. A. R. magazine. Miss Natalie S. Lincoln, Connecticut; vice-presidents-general, Mrs. Rhett Goode, Alabama; Mrs. Edmund Moody, Delaware; Mrs. William H. Smith. West Virvinia: Mrs. Charles S. Thomas, Colorado; Mrs. William H. Thompson, Kentucky: Mrs. John F. Swift, California; Mrs. John Lee Dinwiddle, Indiana; Mrs. Kent Hamilton, Ohio; Mrs. Samuel McKnight Green, Missouri; Mrs. Sheppard W. Foster, Georgia. A rousing demonstration was given the successful candidates by the mem bers of the congress who had sat in the hall far into the night to await the announcement of the result. ALLIES' LANDING REPORTED Force of 2 0,0-00 French and British Said to Be Near Dardanelles. BERLIN, April 22. The Tages Zei- tung today publishes a special dispatch. the origin of which, However, Is not given, saying 20,000 British and French troops have been landed near Enos, in European Turkey, on the north side of the Gulf of Saros. A heavy cannon ading took place between the Turkish batteries around Enos and the war ships of the allies. WASHINGTON, April 22. Informa tion has reached some of the embassies here that the allies are about to rein force the naval attack on the Darda nelles forts by a powerful force of troops gathered largely from India and Southern France. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 22, by wire less to Berlin and London, April 21. An official report by the War Office says: It is now definitely known that six torpedo-boats attempted to penetrate the Dardanelles Monday night." PASTOR'S SON ARRESTED Clarence Hoy Said to Have Con fessed to Being "Peeping Tom." Clarence Hoy, 19-year-old son of the Rev. Charles Hoy, 114 East Twenty- eighth street, was arrested Wednesday nlgnt by Motorcycle Patrolmen Gould stone and Crane on & charge of peeping through the window of W. H. Fellow. 1066 East Washington street. The police say young Hoy has confessed that he Is the notorious "Peeping Tom of Sunnyside," who has annoyed that district for several years. Hoy first maintained that he Deeked in the window because he saw two young persons courting as he Dassed along the street. "Peeping Tom of Sunnvside." an h is called, has been chased rebeatedlv. Deputy District Attorney Deich leaped oui or nis window and pursued him with a revolver on one occasion, but was unable to get sight of him. DEGREE 0FH0N0R ELECTS Women Choose Officers and End Session With Reports. The Degree of Honor closed its bi ennial convention Wednesday at the Jiiiltnoman Hotel with the election of officers. The session included reports from officers and. the installation of the officers. Those elected were: Past grand chief of honor, Mrs. Maggie Gilchrist; grand chief of honor. Mrs. Mora Hendricks, of McMinnville; grand lady of honor, Mrs. May R. Moorhead, Junction City: grand chief of ceremonies, Mrs. Millie Pugh. Salem; grand recorder, Mrs. Mar garet Becker, Portland; grand treas urer, Mrs. Ida Moeier, Portland; grand archer, Mrs. Lizzie Read, Albany; grand Inner watch, Mrs. Hattle Koepke, Eu gene; grand outer watch, Mrs. Myrtle Randall, Lebanon; supreme representa tive, Mrs. Sadie Moore, Portland. Four Autos Damaged In Mishaps. Two automobile accidents were re ported to the police last night. J. M. Morrison. Thirteenth and Flanders streets, drove his automobile into a machine driven by C. A. Speer, 42S Flanders street. L. Bogs, a Jitney driver, collided with a truck at Haw thorne and Glen avenues. All the ma chines were damaged. I Everett, Wash., Youth Tells of Capture and Destruction by German Warship. CAPTIVES TREATED KINDLY Food Not Good, but Kaiser's Men and Prisoners Fare Alike and Latter Are Permitted to See Other Vessels Sunk. Duane Tweeddale, 19 years old, a resident of Everett. Wash., who was on the American bark William P. Frye when it was captured by the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrlch January 28 off the west coast of South America, arrived in Portland yester day as quartermaster on the American-Hawaiian steamship Hawaiian. The Frye was sunk by the German warship. Tweeddale said that while his ex perience had been unpleasant at times, the Germans were kind to their cap tives. He saw no cruelty on board the Eitel Friedrich and received the same kind of food that was given to the German sailors. "We sailed from Puget Sound No vember 6. bound for Queenstown fof orders," said Tweeddale. "On board were Captain H. Kienhe. a crew of 31 and the captain's wife and two daugh ters. Our cargo was wheat. Germans Offer Pay. "On the afternoon of January 27 we were sighted by the Eitel Friedrich, which was sinking the Russian bark Isabella when we came along. Cap tain Theirckens. in command of the German ship, placed an armed guard on board our ship and told us that we would have to dump part of our cargo overboard, leaving just enough for bal last. He said that he would pay us 50 cents an hour for working daytime and 75 cents at night. "The Eitel Friedrich then sighted the French bark Pierre Lot! and, tak ing off its' provisions and crew, sank it about 10 P. M. At 1 o'clock in the morning of January 28 the German cruiser returned and said that we would have to leave the Frye in the morning, as our ship was to be sunk at 5 o'clock. We took off provisions and then lowered the lifeboats contain ing ourselves and our belongings. The reason we were told to unload the Frye was because the Germans wanted to get dynamite in the hold near the skin of the ship "I don't think that they ever had any intention of paying us for our work. The Frye was dynamited and went down at 7:40 A. M. Ships Caught in Calm. "The French bark Jacobsen was sunk by a shot on the saYne aftenoon. the crew having been removed along with provisions for them. All these ships were caught in a calm and had collected together. "We then traveled east and west at a speed of four knots while looking for other victims. February 9 the Nor wegian bark Thallasse, bound for Sweden, was sighted, but was allowed to go unharmed, as it was a neutral ship bound for a neutral port." The sinking of other vessels was de scribed in about the same words used by the German commander on reach ing Newport News. "The French mail steamer Florida was picked up through her location becoming known by a wireless signal," said Tweeddale. "She was dynamited and almost burned up before sinking. "Not once did we sight a German ship of any sort, but the captured ves sels furnished coal and provisions for the Eitel Frederick. "The citizens of neutral nations were kept aft, while those of . the enemy were placed forward. I un derstand that the women and children from the French mail steamer were very sick. If there was scurvy on board or beri berl I didn't see any cases. Watching of Sinking; Allowed. "Our food was not very good, but it was the same as the Germans ate. Coffee and black bread for breakfast and in the evening, at noon we got some kind of a stew and tea.- We had vegetables when the Germans had them, and there 'was no cruelty on board. "When a ship was sighted we were ordered below, but if it were the ship of an enemy we were allowed to re turn to deck and watch the passen gers taken off and the vessel sink. The disagreeable conditions were due to sleeping in the open in cold weather as we neared Hampton Roads, and to the women having to occupy the same quarters as the men in the forward part of the ship. "On the morning of March 10 when we awakened an officer announced that we were anchored in Hampton Roads. Virginia. 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Let our scientific examination determine whether glasses will benefit you. OPTICAL INSTITUTE 209-10-11 Corbett Building, Fifth and Morrison- been like a dream and we had passed by British ships which would have blown us to atoms had they observed our passage. The lights of the Eitel Frederick were always extinguished at night. We were not even permitted to light a match. My trip on the Frye was to gain nautical experience in pre paring to get a license and I guess that I had my share." DR. GAEBELEIN SPEAKS "THE GREAT JEWISH ftCESTlOS" IS TOPIC AT WHITE TEMPLE. Lecturer Declares Race Will Vet Be One Through Which Others Will Be Blessed Scripture Quoted. A large number of Jewish men and women were among those who heard Dr. A. C. Gaebelein give his address Tuesday night in the White Temple, where he spoke on "The Great Jewish Question," which was one of the series of sermons he is giving this week in con nection with the Bible Conference un der the auspices of several of the city's churches. Dr. Gaebelein said that the Jewish race would yet be the one through which others would be biessed. It only remained, he said, "for the Jews to realize that Christ is the Son of God." The speaker cited instances of Jews who had been converted to Christianity and who had been among the foremoBt workers for the cause. The Scriptures were quoted freely In support of Dr. Gaebelein's convictions. He said that although God had pre dicted many sorrows and wanderings for the Jewish race, he had never said that these conditions would continue for all time. The speaker said, "Their eyes will be opened. They will be brought home. The Jewish people in reality gave salvation to the Gentiles. God wants to provoke the Jew to jeal ousy. His salvation will yet be given to the Jew. "Four hundred years ago the Jews were driven out of Spain. Today every thing in Spain is mortgaged to the Jew. When the great day comes and the scattered nation shall be received back, how great will be the fulness of its riches." FINES END PUPILS' STRIKE One Thousand Quit School When Principal Is Let Out. YONKERS. N. Y.. April 22. The strike among the 1000 pupils of public school No. 20, who refused- to attend school because William S. Maxon. their former principal, failed to be reappoint ed, collapsed today, when 13 of the boy strikers were fined $2 each by City Judge Beall. Seven of the lads had spent a night of reflection in Jail and promised today to go back to school. Mr. Maxson himself was partly re sponsible for ending the trouble. He went among the pupils urging them to go back to their desks. 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