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VOL. L.V. NO. 17,014.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CABINET AGREES TO
NOTE TO GERMANY
Draft Submitted by
Wilson Is Approved.
DETAILS MAY BE CHANGED
Demand for Adherence to Hu
mane Warfare Dominates.
LUSITANIA HELD UNARMED
Other German Contentions Set Aside
as Irrelevant Von Bernstorff's
Envoy, Going via Copenha
gen, May Delay Reply.
WASHINGTON. June 4. President
Wilson read to his Cabinet today the
draft of a note to be sent to Germany,
demanding:, In effect, an adherence by
that nation to the humane principles
of international law in the conduct of
maritime warfare as affecting: neutrals.
Comparatively brief, but described as
insistent and emphatic, the communica
tion will be cabled not later that! Mon
day for presentation by Ambassador
Gerard to the German Foreign Min
ister, Dr. von Jagow.
The Cabinet approved the note as a
whole. Minor changes in phraseology
may be made within the next two days,
and it is to be revised in detail to con
form with previous expressions in
diplomatic correspondence of the
United States.
Principle la Unalterable.
The principle is fixed and unaltera
ble that the United States must know
definitely and promptly whether Ger
many intends to ignore visit-and-search
rights and continue her prac
tice of .torpedoing vessels without
warning, placing the lives of non
combatants in jeopardy, or whether
rules of maritime warfare which have
governed for centuries will be fol
lowed. The alternative course is not stated,
but it is now generally known that the
United States in the event of an un
favorable reply will discontinue
diplomatic relations with Germany.
Contentions Held Irrelevant.
The note sets aside as irrelevant all
the contentions of the German reply of
last Saturday, except one whether the
Lusitania was armed and restates the
position taken by the United States pre
viously, that the Lusitania, after official
Investigation by competent inspectors,
sailed from an American port with no
guns aboard, either mounted or un
mounted. It further calls Germany's at
tention to the fact that the Lusitania
did not attempt any resistance, being
torpedoed without a moment's warn
ing. The arrival of a communication from
the German government today express
ing regret for the attack on the Amer
ican steamer Gulflight, offering to pay
Indemnity as soon as a claim is pre
sented and details arranged, and mak
ing a further promise to take into con
sideration any facts which the United
Elates may have on the dropping of
bombs by German airmen on the .Amer
ican steamer Cushing. made unneces
sary any discussion of these cases in
the new note to Germany.
Specific Cases to Come Later.
The United States had not. "for that
matter, been disposed to discuss in the
new note any of these cases. When th
principles of the main issue the sub
marine warfare on merchant ships are
settled, the Lusitania and Falaba cases,
in which more than 100 Americans lost
their lives, will be taken up.
Secretary Bryan had a private con
ference with President Wilson before
the Cabinet meeting began. Counselor
Robert Lansing, who had prepared some
of the memoranda on which the new
note is based, was invited by the Presi
dent to sit at the Cabinet table and ad
vise on points of international law
which might arise.
Von Bernstorff Chooses Envoy.
The meeting lasted two hours and at
its conclusion all the members, it was
said, had agreed to the principle set
forth in the note.
It was said the note to be sent to
Emperor William by Count von Bern
storff, the German ambassador, through
Meyer Gerhard, an attache of the Ger
man colonial office, as special envoy
to carry messages of the embassy and
to outline the American point of view
to the government of Berlin, would not
delay the dispatch of the American
note.
In German quarters here, however,
it is said that the reply would be with
held until Mr. Gerhard has arrived and
explained the situation. This,, it was
estimated, will take at least a fort
night, as the boat on which the envoy
sailed would not take him to Denmark
much sooner.
OiacnMlon Not Invited.
While there was a general reticence
to discuss the contents of the new note
because President Wilson had not
finally decided on its phraseology, the
impression prevailed In official quar
ters that the document as now drafted
was emphatic particularly In that it
does not invite discussion on any of
the points raised by Germany. The
communication, it was said, simply calls
attention to the statement in the Amer
ican note of May 13 that the Lusitania
was unarmed, and expresses the view
that the imperial government must
have been uninformed on this phase pX
the case. -
It was understood tonight that some
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$50 IS GIVEN TO.
POLITE CONDUCTOR
CONTINUOUS COCKTESr OF G.
K. 3HGADANZ REWARDED.
A. V. O co bock, Vour-Year Patron,
Is Uonor, Admonishing Secrecy
in Hearing of Newspaperman.
"Here's a little present for you," said
A. W. Ocobock, of 1078 Rodney avenue,
as he handed a roll of $30 in bills to
conductor S58 on a "V" car last night
about 7 o'clock. The conductor was C.
R. Magadanz, of 203 Stanton street.
"Now don't say anything about this
to the newspapers," cautioned the kind
ly philanthropist. Conductor Magadanz
readily assented. All this was interest
ing to the newspaperman sitting oppo
site. When Mr. Ocobock and his woman
companion left the car at Washington
street, the conductor could not keep his
good fortune to himself. "Guess that's
pretty nice to have a guy pass you a
wad like this," he remarked, diseas
ing the roll. "I've been carrying that
gentleman for four years on my car,
and this is what he just slipped me."
The newspaperman noted Hie conduc
tor's number, sized up the roll and
then told the streetcar man that he
might as well' come through, with the
rest of the story. Conductor Magadanz
was unwilling to break his promise so
sooiv but realized that he had been
caught with the goods and the secret
was out.
Mr. Ocobock is believed to be he
same man who recently made a bim-
ilar present to another streetcar con
ductor as a reward for cheerful and
courteous service.
AGE OF POETRY DAWNING
Librarian Tells Delegates American
Ma ti Is Turning to Verse.
BERKELEY, Cal., June 4. Miss May
Masse, editor of the American Library
Association Booklist, Chicago, told 600
delegates to the American Library
Association conference today that the
average American man is turning to
poetry for his literature.
She added that the magazines of to
day were printing pages of poetry. In
contrast to stanzas printed a. decade
ago; that verse Is the only proper form
of poetry and that the term prose
poetry Is an abomination.
True poetry," she said, "is the
breath and finer spirit of all our knowl
edge. Men must have poets for teach
ers, not schoolmasters, and there must
be greater audiences to beset grat
poets."
COLLEGE ROMANCE WINS
Robert Burns Powell and Miss Den-
hard, Oregon Graduates, to Wed.
A college romance came to light at
the marriage license counter in County
Clerk Coffey's office yesterday when
Robert Burns Powell secured a license
to wed Miss Gertrude N. Denhart. Both
are graduates from the University of
Oregon, Miss Denhart receiving her A.
B. degree in 1911 and Mr. Powell in
1912.
Miss Denhart was a student at the
University of Iowa previous to coming
to Oregon. After her graduation at Eu
gene in 1911, she was appointed assist
ant instructor, serving in that capacity
for two years. During part of this time
Mr. Powell attended her classes.
SUBMARINE TESTS FAIL
Dummy Torpedoes Stick in Tubes
When Fired at Newport.
NEWPORT, R. I., June 4. Tests of
the torpedo tubes on the submarine
G-l were unsuccessful' today, as it was
found that the dummy torpedo stuck
in the tubes and cculd not be launched.
The submarine will be returned to the
New York , Navy-yard, where her con
struction was completed.
The submarine tender Fulton, which
has returned here from her final ac
ceptance trials, also will proceed to
the New Tork Navy-yard for an over
hauling. It was announced tonight
that she would be recommended for
acceptance by the Government.
GOVERNOR TO MEET BELL
Mr. Withycombe to Travel 42 0
Miles to Welcome Relic.
BAKER, Or., June 4. (Special.) To
welcome the Liberty Bell to the State
of Oregon, Governor Withycombe will
come 426 miles across the state to
Baker and receive the clarion of lib
erty when It makes its first official
stop in Oregon, July 12.
While he was at Union today at
tending the stock show, the Baker com
mittee in charge of the Liberty Bell
celebration invited him to come here
and receive the bell Into the state.
He quickly promised.
Baker plans an all-day celebration,
including a parade of 2500 children.
GERMAN PRESS ASKS CALM
Attitude or America and Others Re
garded as Important.
LONDON. June 5.-"The German
newspapers," says the Exchange Tele
graph's Amsterdam correspondent,
"while admitting that the fall of Prze
mysl is a satisfactory' achievement,
warn the public against attaching ex
aggerated importance to it, declaring
that this event is overshadowed in im
portance by the threatening situation
created by the attitude 'of the United
States, Roumania and Bulgaria.
Private messages from Berlin are pes
simistic, and a rupture with the three
countries is feared at an early date.
BERLIN WILLING TO
PAY FOR GULFLIGHT
Sinking of American
Declared Error.
BRITISH PATROLS BLAMED
Flag Not Seen Until Torpedo
Had Been Discharged.
DEEP REGRET EXPRESSED
Further Details Asked For Concern
ing Attack by Aeroplane on
Cushing Possibility or Er
ror There Also Admitted.
WASHINGTON, June 4. Germany, in
a note cabled to the State Department
today by Ambassador Gerard at Ber
lin, expresses regrets that through "an
unfortunate accident" a German sub
marine had torpedoed the American
steamship Gulflight and declared It
self "rtady to furnish full recompense
for the damage' thereby sustained by
American citizens."
In the same communication the Ger
man Foreign Office said it had not
yet been possible to clear up fully the
case of. the American steamer Cush
ing. reported attacked by a German
aeroplane, and asked that the United
States communicate the information in
its possession concerning this incident.
British Patrol Boats Blamed.
Blame for the attack on the Gulflight
was placed by the Foreign Office on
the proximity of two British patrol
boats and the absence from the steam
er's freeboard of the distinctive mark
ings usually carried by neutral ships
in the war zone. "That the attacked
steamer carried the American flag," the
note adds, "was first observed at the
moment of firing tha..shot."
The Gulflight was torpedoed in the
English Channel five weeks ago, while
bound from Port Arthur, Tex., for
Rouen, France, with oil. She was towed
to Crow's Sound and beached for re
pairs. Two seamen were drowned when
the crew took to the boats immediately
after the attack and the captain died
of heart trouble the next day.
Outlined Principle la Followed.
The expressions of regrets and offers
of reparation in today's note follow the
principle outlined In the circular re
cently sent to neutral nations by Ger
many, disclaiming any intention of at
tacking neutral vessels carrying non
contraband cargoes.
The text of the note, which was
signed by the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, follows:
"Referrfhg to the note of May 28, the
undersigned has the honor to inform
His Excellency, the Ambassador of the
United States of America, James W.
Gerard, that the examination under
taken on the part of the German gov
ernment concerning the American
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tbfl Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 79.2
degrees; minimum, 50, degrees.
TODAY'S Saturday fair and continued
warm; northwest wlniis.
War.
German
British condemn
Page 1.
spy to be shot.
Two vast Aultro-Germin armies
are mov-
ing- on Lemborg. Page 1.
Seven vessels, - three neutrals, sunk by Ger
man submarines. page U,
Mexico.
Carraora to make friendly reply to Wilson's
note. Page 1.
National.
Cabinet approves President's draft of note
to Germany. Page 1.
Federal deficit grows more serious .but Ad
ministration gives ho sign. Page 3.
Secretary laniels predicts deadly develop
ment of aircraft tor war purposes. Page a.
Berlin admits German submarine torpedoed
Gulflight; declares it was error and of
fers reparation. Pase 1.
Domestic
Rock Island - thrown into receivership with
out action by board of directors. Page 3.
Exporters cay right to combine is necessary
if they are to compete with otiifcr nations
for foreign trade. Page ...
Sport
Pacific Coast League results: Portland ,
Oakland 4: Salt Lake 3, Venice 1; San
Francisco 6, Los Angeles 0. Page IS.
Spring meet to ba held at Hunt Club, today.
Page IS.
White Sox shut out Boston. 2 to 0. Page IT.
Jefferson High athletes win city champion
ship in track and field meet, page io.
Amateur baseball bookings. Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Washington Orange closes session at Cen
tralis. Page S.
Willamette-Pacific railroad construction is
ordered ruahed. Page u.
' ' Commercial and Marine.
Cables report unusual advances in Chinese
tea market, page 17.
Wheat siumps at Chicago on larger offer
ings cf new crop. Page u.
lecislon In Steel case leading factor In stock
speculation. Page 17.
Wheat will be shipped to New York. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Taxpayers asked to increase burden for Mr.
Daly garbage scheme. Page 11-
Glfta to Charities for poor still short of Im
mediate needs, page 13.
Adventist - conference adopts resolutions
against Sunday laws. Page 12.
Mr. Daly and E. G. Hopson, ex-Federal en
gineer, debate Issue of meters. Page 11.
Washington newspaper man says right kind
of Republican can deteat Wilson, page is.
War is condemned by Dr. David Starr Jor
dan. Page 18.
Trolley car patron gives courteous conductor
$50. Page 1.
Boys' and Girls Aid; Society has cared for
4537 children, says superintendent el an
nual meeting. Page 13.
Taylor-street Methodist Church controversy
Is still unsettled. Page 4.
George Tuttle says Mr. Daly mistaken on
shortage of water at intane. page 4.
Weather report,' data and forecast. Page 13.
SUBMARINE DEFEAT HINTED
Merchant Ship Captain Says Oil
Arose After He Fired on Diver.
LISBON, Portugal, via Paris, Juno" 4.
Newspapers of this city say that the
steamship Demarara, from Lisbon for
Liverpool,, fired on the periscope of a
submarine, which was following her.
It is said the submarine disappeared
and that soon thereafter large quan
tities of oil were seen floating on the
surface of the sea.
GERMANY ASKS INDEMNITY
Pay for Damage to Subjects
Italy Is Demanded.
in
PARIS, June 4. A demand for in
demnity for damage done German prop
erty in Milan during anti-German dis
orders has been addressed by Germany
to the Italian government.
The demand was made through the
Swiss Legation at Rome, says a Geneva
dispatch to the Matin.
MAKE HIM BUY IT BY THE GALLON THAT'S THE QUESTION.
TWO VAST ARMIES
MOVE ON LEMBERG
Captors of Przemysl
and Stry to Unite.
COLOSSAL BATTLE IS RAGING
Germans Declare Recovery of
Galicia Is in Sight.
RUSSIANS ABANDON SAN
All War Material Removed From
Doomed Fortress Before Evacu
ation, Declare Petrograd
Military Authorities.
LONDON, June 4. Austro-German
forces which broke the Russian line at
Stry are rapidly moving northwavd,
while the army that swept over Prze
mysl is continuing eastward, Lemberg
apparently being the objective or the
two columns, according to dispatches
from Vienna.
In a dispatch from Petrograd the
Morning Post's correspondent savs:
"The River San, except on its lower
reaches, has been abandoned, as well
as Przemysl. The Russians removed all
their stores and munitions from Prze
mysl and retired to prepared positions
east of the fortress."
Ports Are In Ruins.
The Times Petrograd correspondent
says:
"By the capture of Przemysl the
enemy has come into possession not of
rortress, but of a heap of ruins.
Everything of value had been removed
during the past month.
"The loss of the fortress does not de
cide the Gallcian campaign, but it em-
und.siz.es me necessity for a. greater
supply or munitions and equipment.
wnicn the Russian industries are tin
aDie single-handed, to provide. Until
these supplies can reach us it will per
force be necessary for the Russians to
assume the defensive."
A colossal battle, unsurpassed In des
peratlon. Is now raging along virtually
the entire Galician front, with the
Ausiro-uermaiiB continuing their dog
ged attacks with bayonet, rifle tmi
hundreds of cannon of all calibers.
wnne me .Russians are resisting vi
ciously, using reserves, which Teutonic
reports say include men showing signs
' age, as well as the class of 1917.
Recovery of Galicia Forecast.
German reports say Russian occupa
tion or ualicia is beginning to end.
Russian observers declare that the bat
tle, while more terrific than any
previous clashes, can be regarded as
continuance of the series during which
Tarnow, Jaroslau and other cities
changed hands frequently, even
Przemysl having been captured by both
sides. The Petrograd expert predicts
that the Russians , will recapture
Przemysl.
Vienna ODservers admit that the
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BRITISH CONDEMN
SPY TO BE SHOT
SENTENCE PASSED ON SIAN
WHO USED INVISIBLE INK.
Right or Appeal, However, Is Al
lowed Companion to Serve
Seven Years in Prison.
LONDON. June 4. Official announce
ment was made here tonight that a
German spy named Muller had been
sentenced to death. The statement fol
lows: "The trial of two alleged spies.
Muller and Hahn. held in camera at
Old Bailey before the Lord Chief Jus
tice and Justices Avory and Lush, was
concluded today. The Jury found both
prisoners guilty. Muller was sentenced
to death by shooting and is to be
handed over to a competent military
authority for execution, subject to his
right to appeal to the Court of Crim
inal Appeal.
"Hahn was sentenced to seven years'
penal servitude."
Muller and Hahn were arrested with
Anton Kuepferle, who committed sui
cide In Brixton prison, London. All
three were accused of sending military
information to Germany by means of
Invisible ink. Kuepferle, who once lived
in Brooklyn, claimed American citizen
ship and Muller professed to be a nat
uralized ' Englishman. Hahn admitted
he was a German subject.
JEWS IN WARSAW SUFFER
Homeless Number 10 0,000 in Rus
sian Poland, Says Report,
i
LODZ, Russian Poland, via London,
June 4. Warsaw newspapers, which
have been smuggled through the lines,
say the number or homeless Jews on
the Russian side Is Increasing steadily.
At a conference In Moscow recently of
the Jewish Aid Society, it was esti
mated that the number of these home
less persons is about 100,000.
The greatest distress prevails among
the homeless in the government of
Lomza, numbering about 22,000. Thus
far It lias been almost impossible to
give them substantial assistance. At
the Moscow conference it was decided
to appeal to Jews throughout Russia
for aid, and a plan was discussed for
taxing wealthy Jews for the benefit of
the sufferers.
WAGNER GIVEN IN STADIUM
Crowd Almost or Football Propor
tions Sees "Siegfried."
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 4. Music
lovers, almost equaling In number the
crowd of a big football day, witnessed
a noteworthy outdoor performance of
Wagner's music-drama "Siegfried" In
the Harvard stadium tonight. The cast
follows:
Brunnhilde, Johanna Gadski; Erda,
Ernstine Schumann-Heink : Waldvoget,
Alma Gluck; Siegfried, Johannes Sem-
bach; Mime, Albert Reiss; Wotan,
Clarence Whitehall; Alberlch, Otto
Gorltz; Fafner, Basil Ruysdale.
Alfred Hertz, leader of German opera
in the Metropolitan Opera-House, New
York, was the conductor.
Friday's War Moves
WITH th
though
Przemysl, al
tnis does not appear to
be the limit of their efforts against the
Russians in Galicia, the Germans have
again turned their attention to the
western front and simultaneously with
the news of the arrival of the German
reinforcements in Flanders and the
province of Artois, France, come offi
cial reports of their attacks on posi
tions recently captured by the British
and French.
iney have succeeded In recovering
some trenches taken by the British
northeast of Givenchyand have stormed
the chateau in the village of Hooge,
part of which the British still hold, al
though for a time the British were
compelled to evacuate the building
which they had captured Monday night.
The Germans also say they are in
possession or me sugar refinery at
Souchez. the loss of which they have
not previously acknowledged. While
these in themselves are considered
Small matters in military circles in
London, they are believed by the Brit
ish to be the forerunners of a resump
tion of fighting on a large scale.
For some time it has been reported
that the French were slowly driving out
the Germans from strong positions
north of Arras, and were, in the words
of a British officer Just returned from
the front, "punching a. hole in the Ger
man line." To stop this movement and
also to relieve their troops, who, ac
cording to the British accounts, are
suffering severely from attacks and
through their own counter-attacks, the
Germans have dispatched new troops
to the Arras-Ypres line and apparently
are making an effort to take tne ini
tiative. It is not believed in London that any
of these new detachments have teen
brought from the eastern front, as all
accounts indicate that the Austrians
and Germans are still vigorously at
tacking, the Russians, who are falling
back to positions between Przemysl
and Lemberg. The Russians are en
deavoring to hold the line formed
roughly by the lower San, the Wisnia
and Dniester rivers, where there are
strong natural positions, which are cov
ered partly by the great marshes of
the Dniester.
In Eastern Galiicia the Russians as
sert they have had successes. These,
however, are denied by the Austrians.
There has been no change in the
Austro-I talian frontier, where the Ital-
is, in minor engagements, have cap
tured a number of positions, but have
not as yet come into contact with the
main Austrian forces..
CARRIZA'S REPLY
WILL BE FRIENDLY
Hope Seen for Consti
tutionalist Cause.
HINT OF RECOGNITION NOTED
Leader Thinks Wilson Indicat
ed Him as Man Most Fit.
EARLY SOLUTION EXPECTED
Word Received lYoru Mexico City
That Americans and Other I-'or-ciguers
Will Leave There
Soon, for Vera Cruz.
VERA CRUZ, June 4. "Appreciative,
friendly and serene." Such will be the
tone of General Carranza's reply to
President Wilson's note. After care
fully considering the note, General Car
ranza concluded that It contains noth
ing other than hopefulness for the con
stitutionalist cause, and It was officially
announced today that his reply to Presi
dent Wilson would be handed to John
R. Silllman, personal representative of
President Wil3on in Mexico, for trans
mission to Washington within the next
few days, probably on Monday or Tues
day. The reading of the note by Carranza
officials and members of his Cabinet has
created a feeling that President Wilson
intended no harsh action toward Mexico.
Carrania 13xpects Recognition.
A distinct feeling prevails that a.
more definite attitude at Washington
will result in hastening a solution of
the Mexican problem without foreign
aid. General Carranza expresses the
opinion that his intended reoccupatlon
of Mexico City soon will place the con
stitutionalists in a better position to
be recognized by the Washington Gov
ernment. .When Mr. Silliman called at the light
house today he was informed that a
reply to the note was being formulated
by the constitutionalist Foreign Minis
ter. It was said that the tone of the
reply would be "appreciative, friendly
and serene."
Note Interpreted as Hint.
General Carranza, it was learned. In
tends to Interpret the note as a tacit
hint that he is the man best fitted to
assume ascendancy In Mexico, and most
likely to receive recognition once the
constitutionalists return to Mexico City.
It is understood that the reply will
point out a steady progress by the con
stitutionalists indicating an early vic
tory over Villa. Also General Carranza
will point out that American recogni
tion would greatly expedite peace in
Mexico.
Mr. Silliman received word today from
Mexico City that Americans and other
foreigners probably would leave there
next week for Vera Cruz.
BRITISH AIDING l'OREIGNERS
Preparations Being Made for All to
Leave Mexican Capital.
WASHINGTON, June 4. British au
thorities in Mexico City are arranging
to take out foreigners by horseback
and automobile to points from which
there is train service to Vera Cruz. The
Brazilian Minister, in charge of Ameri
can interests, reported today that a Mr.
Cummins, an ex-British Consul, would
start Tuesday with a party on horse
back for Pachuca. The British Charge
d'Affaires will take a party of foreign
ers Wednesday to Pachuca by automo
bile. - President Wilson's statement was de
livered yesterday In Mexico City for
transmission to Generals Garza and
Zapata. Department officials believe it
has by this time been delivered to Gen
eral Villa, and, therefore, is in the hands
of all the Mexican leaders.
Dispatches to the Carranza agency
here from Vera Cruz indicate that Car
ranza has begun taking steps to dis
tribute food.
HERE IT IS IN A NUTSHELL.
From an economical or busi
ness point of view, installing; of
meters at this time is wrong and
should be voted down. Water is
plenty, lots of it going; to waste
and taxes already too high.
Business conditions are bad and
this is no time to experiment.
Also the city garbage can be
handled most economically and
efficiently by private contrac
tor. At present large quantities,
consumed in' private furnaces,
will not be so when handled by
the city. The increase will re
quire building another incin
erator; also Mr. Daly's $3
minimum wage will apply to
this work when done by the
city, doubling or tripling pres
ent cost. We are all interested
in better pay and particularly
more jobs for our working peo
ple, but unreasonable and un
necessary taxes will not bring
new .enterprises and employ
ment. S. BENSON.