Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, July 05, 1915, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text"J MTV VOL. L.V. "0. 17,039. rOICTLAND, OKKGON", MONDAY, JULY 19i.. Pit ICE FIVE CENTS. GERMAN REPLY VV1LL OFFER CONDITIONS Restriction on Passen gers Is Proposed. SUBMARINES NOT GIVEN UP Americans Advised to Avoid Vessels With Contraband. TONE TO BE CONCILIATORY 'Wilson on Return to Capital Also to Take Tp Xote to Britain, but "Will Consider It as Wholly . Separate Question. " BY JOHN C ALLAN O LAUGH LIN, 1 WASHINGTON. July 4. (Special.) .The return of President "Wilson the last of this week will be signalized by the following- momentous developments: 1. Receipt and consideration of the German reply to the American demands growing out of the Lusitania. tragedy. 2. Dispatch of a protest to London against British restrictions on Ameri can trade. 3. Inauguration of stern measures .to restore peace in Mexico. Germany' Reply to Be Friendly. Ambassador Gerard has notrfied. the State Department, as a result of his conference yesterday with Herr von Jakow, German Minister for. foreign affairs, that on Thursday or Friday he will receive the German reply. He has ieen advised that U will be friendly and conciliatory and that it will make counter propositions designed to meet the demands of the United States and assure the safety of innocent Ameri can citizens traveling upon the high seas. However. Germany will not surrender er right to continue submarine opera tions, though she is willing to do so if Great Britain will permit foodstuff and other contraband consigned to her civilian population to pass freely upon the ocean. . . - Separate Contraband Ships PrtpMed. The main- point of the German pro posals, according to all the information available, however, is that American citizens shall not take passage on liners carrying contraband, especially munitions of war. What the Berlin government will do with reference to the President's intimation that the United States will transmit any peace offers is not known, but the authori ties are confident there will be a sug gestion which they can advance to the allies. The United States has always Insisted on the right of Americans to travel safely on their own business, but it is recognized that the German pro posal that their transportation be limited to . non-contraband-carrylng .ships will open a question of import ance. There is no doubt that Mr. Bryan and others, including German sympathizers, will insist that this is a fair proposal and should be accepted. In anticipation of its submission the international law experts have been studying the question with care and will be ready to advise the President on his return. Danger of War Seems Past, The important facts stand out, how ever, in the negotiations with Germany that there is no longer any likelihood that they will lead, to war. On the other hand, the effort on the part of both governments is to reach an agree ment which will be satisfactory to public opinion In their respective countries. The United States, which immediately after the Lusitania was destroyed required the cessation of sub marine warfare, now is in the posi tion of being satisfied if this warfare shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of international law that is. that visit and search be exercised and that wanton destruction of life and ships shall not take place. Germany is perfectly willing to sur render the form if it can retain the substance. In short, the impression is growing that there is little prospect of any real results coming from the Lusitania negotiations. Protest to London Separate Affairs. While the United States is thorough ly cognizant of Germany's dispositions to stop mercantile attacks on mer chant ships if the British government should permit foodstuffs and other non contraband to reach the German peo ple,' there is no intention on the part of Secretary Lansing to base our at titude toward Great Britain on German representations. The protest to be sent to London will be entirely Independent of the Lusitania negotiations of Ger many's procedure. It will rest squarely on Interference with legitimate Ameri can trade as evidenced by recent seiz ures. The latest British statement showing that, as a matter of fact, this interfer ence has been comparatively mild and that there has not been any real suf fering on the part of American ship rers was reassuring to the authorities, but it failed to correct the situation of which this Government objects and which is declared to be inimical to the principle of "freedom of the seas." Editor's Condition Unchanged. SEATTLE, July 4. The condition of Colonel Alden J. Blethen, editor and publisher of the Seattle Times, who has been critically ill at his home here, for the past two months, is unchanged tonight. HOLT SUSPECTED -OF WIFE MURDER IXFOHMEB SAYS MAX IS EOR MER HARVARD STUDENT. Disappearance From Eastern I'nU verslty, Reappearance Under New Identity, la Related. CHICAGO, July 4. Information pointing to Frank Holt, the would-be assassin of J. P. Morgan, as Erich Muenter, a former student at the Uni versity of Chicago, who disappeared from Harvard University following the death of his wife in 1906, was given to a newspaper here today by a college man. an assistant of Muenter during his Chicago days, who said he knew of Muenter's rehabilitating himself as Holt, and that he had known of him as 'Holt in Vanderbilt University, Nashville, and in Cornell. The informer, whose anonymity was pledged, says, as quoted by the news paper: "Frank Holt, who shot J. P. Morgan, is the Erich Muenter who took his degree of A. B. at the Uni versity of Chicago in 1899 and later fled from Cambridge, Mass., following the death of his wife, and bas since been a fugitive. "There is no doubt that Muenter and Holt. are the same." DALLAS. Tex.. July 4. O. F. Sensa baugh. of Dallas, father-in-law of Frank Holt, after hearing the state ment that Holt was thought to be Erich Muenter, of Harvard, exclaimed: "I can't believe it! It is so unreason able compared with anything' that I know of Mr. Holt. I have never heard or suspected anything of the sort." CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 4. The police tonight awaited word from the New York police regarding: the possi ble Identification of Frank Holt, who shot J. P. Morgan, as Erich Muenter, the former Harvard instructor who disappeared from this city after the death of his wife on April 16, 1906, of alleged poison. Pictures of Muenter and full descrip tion were mailed to the New York police tonight. Captain Patrick F. Hurley, irk charge of the Cambridge detective force, who took an active part in the investigation of the Muen ter case, declared that the description of Holt tallied well with that of the Harvard instructor. BRITISH AVOID FRICTION Courtesies of Discipline Observed in Relations With Allies. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. Frane. July 14. One of the first considera tions of the British army officials Is the avoidance of all friction with the Inhabitants of the occupied districts of France and the maintenance of most cordial relations with the French sol diers. A principal factor in keeping on good terms with the allied army has been the steadfast insistence on the courtesies of discipline. I Military etiquette, for example, de mands that when a party of British officers are saluted by a British pri vate, only the senior officer acknowl edges the salute. When, however, the salute Is given by a French private, the acknowledgment is made by all the officers. DOCTOR SEEKS MAYORALTY Klamath "Falls Now Has Throe Can didates in Vield. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., July 4. (Special.) The third man to announce his candidacy for Mayor of Klamath Falls is A. J. Lyle, manager of the Blackburn Hospital. Dr. Lyle has re sided here for several years, having come to this city from Duluth, Minn., where he was for six years connected with the municipal government of that city. He favors plainclothes policemen In a city of this size, and wants a non salaried Board of Public Works. He also advocates the taking over of the local cemetery by the city and Im mediate steps against the old Ankeny ditch, which runs through the center of the residence district. LONG DYKE IS COMPLETED 1 aw. slight Thousand Acres Reclaimed Near Klamath Falls. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., July 4 (Special.) The big dyke, five and a half miles long, which has been under course of construction for months around the lowlands on the E. P. Mc Cornack ranch on Upper Klamath Lake west of this city, has been completed. This dike will be the means of reclaim ing 8000 acres of splendid tule land by preventing the waters of Upper Kla math from overflowing it; This land is practically the first in stance of such a large tract In private ownership being reclaimed in this state, and Governor Withycombe on his recent visit bere visited the ranch to inspect personally the work being accom plished, and was pleased at the result. FOREST FIRE IS RAGING Dry Weather Makes Fighting Diffi cult Near Ashland. ASHLAND. Or., July 4. (Special.) A forest fire one mile north of Rogue River, covering a front of about three milel. has burned without control dur ing the day, progressing nearly to the mountain summit. So far as known, there has been no loss of life or property damage beyond the value of the timber destroyed. Dry weather for the past three weeks has produced conditions In the lower hills rendering f ire-fighting difficult and dangerous and volunteers for the work are scarce. DEATH OF MORGAN FAMILY PLANNED Holt Tells of Intent to Take Hostages. DYNAMITE MEANT FOR USE Assailant Bares Details of Scheme to Police. MR. MORGAN IMPROVING Physicians Say Bullet Did Not En ter Abdomen and That Xo Bones Were Injured X.Ray Ex amination Is Made. GLEN COVE. N. Y, July 4. Mrs. J. P. Morgan and the Morgan children were to be held as hostages in their own home and killed with dynamite if J. P. Morgan refused to use his Influ ence to stop the exportation of war munitions, Frank Holt, who yesterday attempted to assassinate Mr. Morgan at his home near here, told Police Com missioner Woods In his cell at Mlneola today. Holt said his plans miscarried: that he planned to send Mr. Morgan out to stop the exportation of munitions while he held the other members of the fam ily in an upstairs room. Mr. Mora-an Still Inprorlic. Mr. Morgan, the victim of the bul lets which Holt flred. continued to show improvement today. The only bulletin Issued was reassuring. It said the bullet did not enter the abdomen and that an X-ray examination showed that no bones had been damaged. Late tonight it was said the finan cier was resting easy: that he had slept all afternoon. No reference was made to the other, bullet, which was said yesterday to have come out of the up per part of the leg. Neither Mr. Mor gan nor members of his family were told of the startling statement made by Holt to Commissioner Woods. The Morgan home was closely guarded, and all suspicious-looking persons weie kept at a distance. Every Incoming train was watched. Prayers Offered for Recovery. No more than a dozen visitors were received at the Morgan borne. Mrs. Morgan remained at the bedside of her husband. Junius Spencer Morgan. Mr. Morgan's son. and his bride and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee went to church at Lattingtown chapeL where prayers were offered for Mr. Morgan's speedy recovery. The text of the bulletin Issued at 3:10, P. M. today by Mr. Morgan's physicians was: "The bullet did not enter the ab domen and an X-ray examination showed that no bones have been dam aged. Mr. Morgan's condition contin ues most favorable. "JAMES W. MARKOE. "H. H. M. LYLE." Holt, who had spent a sleepless night 1 Cor.cl udfd on Page 2. I'olu m n 2, ) J - ; SAFETY FIRST. J i (iMExicAWh ! 445lfy BORDER j : immk x&mim r v ; INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TE-TERDAT"- Maximum temperature, Tl degreee; minimum, degree. TODAVB Probably fair; westerly winds. llaanoe and Industry. Cdw.rd Cooklngham doubts If state banks will Join Federal rixrvt system. Pace . Coeur d'Alene mining- companies pay $1. lb4.4o& la dlvldenua In bait year, face a. War. London's aristocratic artillerymen give good account of themaelvea In Franca. 1'ase z. Mexico. Huerta spends Fourth ot July in Jan. Face S. National. German reply will propoae that American passengers refrain from traveling oa ves sels carrying conu-mt.nd. 1'age 1. Domeetle. J. r. Morcin'i assailant planned to kill fam ily if millionaire refused to stop munitions shipments, page 1. Liberty bell to start on Journey today, rage 2. . Ex-enator Burton and Representative Mann are regarded as asplrsnt for Kepubilcen Presidential nomination. Page 2. Man who shot Morgan 'said to hare been Harvard student mho killed wife In lwotf. Page w. Letter to Kaiser, advising him to he "rea sonable." found In suitress of Urt Mor gan's assailant. Page '2. Sparta. Pacific Const league results: Portland Oakland 8 (11 Innings): Salt Uk. -. Io Angeles 1-5 tsecond game 10 In ning. 1 ; Venice -6, fcaa Francisco I'sge 10. Detroit puts dent In Chicago White tax. Psge 10. One killed and one Injured In Tacoma auto race which Ruckstell a Ins. l'ags 10. Far-ino North weet. Cent Dry of British-American pesce celebrated at Blaine, Wash. Psge . Two girls drawn at rslcm In rescue effort. Page i. ' Thousands attend concert and community sing at Vancouver. Page 5. Portland aad krtaity. All Portland will pay homage to Old Glory today. Page 1. rierroons deal with patriotism. Psge . New motion picture programmes sre offered. Psge T. Patriotism runs high at Oaks. Psge 14. Mrs. Oeilta 4'oulson. 10, sas home and fam ily should come first. Page 14. Flftjr boy. from Cleveland Y. M. C A. guests In Portland fur day. Page ft. Third Itrglraent of militia to entrain In Portland ttxlay fr annual encampment at tirarharu Page 14. Vaudeville to be given agsta In Orpheum Theater. Page It. Large fleet of lumber carriers due. Page 11. 1000 INDIANS IN POTLATCH Qulnlault Tribe and Their Neigh bors Are Gathered at Tabolah. ABERPEES, Wash.. July 4. (Spe cial.) Nearly 1000 Indians are reported to be gathered at Taholah for the July pctlatch for the Qulnlault tribe. Seven fat beeves have been prepared for the barbecue tomorrow. In addition to the Qulniaults and Wlllapas, the Hohs, Quests, Chehalls and Oukvllle Indians a . attending. From the Puget Sound the Hquaxons. Nisquallys and Indiana of Mud Bay are leprcsented. NORTHWEST INCOMES PAY Indii itltial in Oregon Taxed 1 2 1 , SOS, Corporation $184,433. OREUONIAN NEWS BL'MEAL, Wash ington. July 4. During the fiscal year ended June 30 the total lncomo tax col lected from individuals In Oregon amounted to J12I. 305 and the tax col lected from corporations In Oregon amounted to 1184.432. In the Washington-Alaska district the Individual tax netted $203,135 and the corporation income tax amounted to 1330.743. The Idaho-Montana-Utah district yielded 1120.727 Individual tax and HI!. 089 corporation tax. TWO GIRLS DROWN IN RESCUE EFFORT Heroism Exhibited In Salem Accident WADER STEPS IN HtAi. Four, Unable to Swim, Answer Cry for Assistance. FIRST IMPERILED IS SAVED Dorothy Itaucli, 1 4, of Hood Hit er, and Maude Smith, 23, ot Lebanon, Are. Victims Bodies Recovered Quickly, but LIT Extinct. SALEM. Or., July 4. (Special.) While bathing In the Willamette River here today two girls were drowned while trying to save a third. The one first In peril and two others who also went to her assistance were rescued. None of the girls could swim, and Salem has never known a finer dis play of heroism. The dead: Dorothy Itauch, H. high school fresh man. Maude Smith. S3, bookkeeper In Leb anon. Rescued: May Itauch. 22. achool teacher. Ruth Rauch. 20, school teacher. Uratchcn Brown. 15, high achool freshman. Wader tieta lata Hole. The happy party of gjrls was wading in the water not more than 10 feet from the Polk County shore near the sus pension bridge, when Miss May Rauch stepped Into a deep hole. A dredge operated there last week and the young women did not know there were holes near the bank. Miss Rauch called for help and her sister. Dorothy, was the first to respond. One after another In a few seconds the others became struggle In the deep water. . . , . John Tsir. employed at Brown's planing mill: Robert Paulus. manager of the Salem Fruit Union, and Harold Stsrr, employed by the Salem Boat Company, who were on the Salem side of the river. Immediately put out In motorboats to the aid ot the girls. They arrived In time to rescue Misses May and Ruth Rauch and Miss Brown. Pwlsaotor ef Avail. Although the body of Dorothy Rauch was recovered In about 10 minutes, it was evident tlist life was extinct. The body of Miss Smith was recovered in about 20 minutes. The Salem tire de partment rushed its pulmotor on a fl re truck to the scene, but efforts to re- uacltateythe young women were un availing. Their bodies were removed to the . undertaking establishment of Webb & Clough. Coroner Clous h said an Inquest would not be necessary. The Miases Rauch are daughters of ll'onvluded on Peg 3. Column 4.1 Sunday's War Moves AT a rate estimated at five miles a day. General von Mackensen'a forces are swinging northward in Gallcla and Poland In a colossal and daring endeavor to drive a wedge into the Russian center and dislodge the Russians from the Vistula River and force them back over the Rug. thus splitting the Grand Duke'a forces Into two sections, with thousands of acres of swamp p' j4 rsh. land between them. e.V ')f''.U8tro-Crmani can continue O T. progress another week, even the British press admits the Russians will have to give up Warsaw and with it the whole line. Meanwhile the Ger mans are massing more troops In the Baltic provinces, and the recent en counter in the Baltic seems to suggest that they contemplate co-ordinate naval action, but it Is poxalble the sea opera lions were only a feint- In Southeast Gallcla the Russians are fighting tenaciously and have the ad vantage of a remarkable series of parallel rivers beyond the Gnlla LI pa, and the Austro-German advance is like ly to be extremely costly. Thus, on their two extreme wings, the Russians appear to be firm, and where they are retreating. It is still claimed, their retirement Is orderly and accompanied by vigorous rear-guard operations. The Auatro-Germana who are advancing in the center are. more over, getting .deeper into a country cov ered with forests and streams and bar ren of railroads between the middle Vistula and the Bug natural advan tage to the Russians which military writers here repeatedly emphasise. They point out, too, the daily lengthening chain of the Austro-Uerman communi cations, which brings an added burden to the Teutonic allies. Some sections of the British public think the time has come for Great Britain and France to begin a general offensive in the west and thus force a transfer of German troops from the eastern theater, but the more conserva tive military writers think that the beat aid England can lend is to pour Into Russia every ounce ot ammuni tion that can be spared. One of the main alms of the German operations In the East seems to be di rected to a vast turning movement be hind Warsaw, embracing Bresl-Litovsk. one of the strong Russian bases. Civil Ian residents of Warsaw, according to Petrograd dispatches, already are leav ing the city, fearing German occupa tion. Circulars droipe-d from German aircraft on the Polish capital predict the fall ot Warsaw by the end of July. Russia bas not denied that In the re cent naval engagement In the Baltic the Russian warchtpa violated Swedlah ter ritorial watery and Xl.af lb .itu.Uoa ia not -tinlike In circumstances the affair off the coast of Chile, when British cruisers sank the Dresden. The Swedish papers comment on the episode In mild tone, assuming that an apology and explanation will be forth coining. According to Copenhagen ad vices the greater part or the battle was fought In Swedish waters, and the crew of the Ocstgarns lighthouse bad to lie flat to escape the shrapnel. The effects of the Italian campaign against Austria are somewhat obscure, although an unofficial dispatch says that sine July 1 the Italians have gained nearly ten miles to the east of Carnla and that they are pushing the Austrians back along the entire front. German aviators have been active of late. They have bombarded a fort near Harwich. England, and a British de stroyer flotilla. They have also at tacked the town of Nancy and the rail road station at Dombasle. The concern felt in Italy over the occupation of Duraxxo. in Albania, by the Serbians. Is Indicated by the report that the Italian Minister at Duraxxo is proceeding to Rome for a conference with the Italian government. Another striking feature of the late war news Is the return of the Germans to the offensive In Belgium and France. For many dajg It the French who were forcing the issue in thst riercely contested territory to the north of Arrss: now- the Germans have assumed the aggressive. Similarly. In the Argonne the Germans have taken mat ters In hand and have raptured 255 officers and men. 25 machine guns snd a large number of mlne-tbrowers. They have occupied a section of the forest east of Fey-en Ha ye. after hav ing stormed the French positions. The Germans, in their attack north of Arras, suffered severely, according to the French War Office, being repulaed at this point, ae well as In their attempt lo storm the village of Fey. west of I'ont-a-Mousson. Heavy bombardments have been In order In Belgium, along the Meuse and In the Vofgn. SERBIAN ACT STIRS ITALY MlnUlcr at Darazxo .r to Motive, Following Occupation. ROME, via Paris. July 4. A dispatch from the Island of Corfu lo the Cor riere d Italia says that the Italian Min ister at l'uraxxo ia reported to have left for Rome to confer with his gov ! ernment on the situation In Albania. I'uraixo having been occupied by two Serbian regiments. Uuruszo Is an Albanian seaport oa the Adriatic 51 miles south of Sculsrl. MARSHALL IS THREATENED Vice-President Kcclnlent of More Than Doifn Death Letters. ST. IjOVIS. July 4. Thorns R. Mar shall. Vice-President of the United States, has been threatened with death In more than a dozen anonymous letters which he has received during the last six weeks. Vlce-rresldent Marshall maie this statement to newspsper men here tonight. llfll I PORTLAND WILL PAY HOMAGE TODAY Patriotic Celebrations Widely Planned. ALL COMMUNITIES PREPARE Mass Meeting to Be Held at Multnomah Fiekl. CHURCHES TO PARTICIPATE Game and Content Will i;eplce llmcracker IUer lioats and Railroads Expect to Carry Thousand, of Picnicker. Though one may go from limit to limit of Portland today and never smell a whiff of powder, except when th National Guard fires a salute. Inde pendence dsy will be celebrated within ihe city with a more neatly universal observance than ever before. Since firecrackers and plnwheels are contraband, every community has put forth a ipecial effort to make the day a great one for the younger genera tion by every olher means that can be devised to fill up the time-honored uproar which was forced to give way a few years back before the march of the "safe and sane" movement. Maaa Me-etlag Biggest Fr.lsre. The biggest celebration of the Amy. of course, will be the great mass meet ing whl.h will be held at the Mult nomah Field at 10 o'clock. At the same hour, however, more then a dozen community renters will begin their local celebrations in the park and playgrounds throughout the citj. and the attendance at fhee commu nity celebrations will Involve practi cally the entire population of the city aside from those who have gone en out-of-town picnics or have joined th great central gathering at Multnomxh Field. Cawrvtiea 4e Celebrate. Churches and Sunday schools have Joined forces for a great pageant and celebration at Columbia Park. At Pen insula rark another all-day celebra tion will be held, lrvlngton Park and Irvlngton Club are ready with their own local celebrations, the latter of which will -ast all day and close with an open-air dance In the evening. Ken ilworth, Lincoln Park. Srllwood. Wash ington Park slso will have celebra tions, and so on through practically the complete catalogue of the commu nity centers of the city, one may find everything in readiness for observance ot the day with patriotic exercises and athletic events. The celebration by Portland people will extend outside the llmlta of the city into the parks and amusement re sorts along the river and along all the railway lines leading out of the city. Fraternal organizations. National so cieties, parish members and numberless others will go by boat and rail today to celebrate the Fourth with excursions to the country and patriotic pro grammes lo the suburban groves. Beau Are la Dew.ai, Every boat on the river Is running a special excursion today and every cne will carry practically full capacity ot past-enters- The same is true of the railroads to the country and the seashore, on nod of which special schedules have been arranged for the accommodation of sicail Individual par ties, in addition to the special service for large picnic crowds. Further yet. the celebration ot Port land extends clear to the summit of Mount Hood and Mount Su Helena. If the day Is clear and one watches the summit ot Hood at noon today, it is probable he will catch a glimpse of the heliograph signals sent from a party on Its summit to a parly on Su H lens. Oatalde Tew as Observe Day. Or If one desires to attend a cele bration organized by others than Port land people, Sandy. Gresham. lUtacada. Oregon City. Vancouver and many other cities within easy auto or trolley dis tance are holding celebrations today. It Is probable that many of the peo ple of Portland will go to Vancouver or other na-arby towns after the prin cipal celebration of the morning here. The various celebrations In the play grounds snd parks are community af fairs, but the big morning celebration Is an event for the entire city, and it Is expected that between 20.000 and 25,000 will assemble In Multnomah Field to participate In It. Vcteraaa Wilt March. The Grand Army. Women's Relief Corps. Spanish War Veterans. the Women's Auxiliary and other patriotic organlxallona will assemble at the Courthouse this morning at 9 o'clock and will march at 9:30 up Salmon street to Multnomah Field. Members of the varioua National societies which will take psrt In the programme will either Join the line or go to the field Indi vidually, according to their own choice. Professor Krohn's class of flag girls snd Professor Boyer's chorus of school children will gather at the Lincoln Mich and Ladd schools and march down West Park street to Join tho Grand Army line en route for the field. I On Multnomah Field at 10 o'clock the ' programme will be opened with patrl- j otic singing snd a salute to the flag, I followed by the drill by Professor J Krohn's clas of ;io girls. Governor iCoci.au.d oa l ags 8, co.uina 3.)