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THE MOHXIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESPAT. NOVEMBER 3. 1915. WH1TLQCK SAYS NO PROMISE WAS MADE Germans Officially Absolved From Charge of Bad Faith in Cavell Case. POSITION IS DELICATE American Minister Kmburrassetl by Publication of Kcport in London, but Washington Itcgards Incident as Closed. WASHINGTON', Xov. 2. Brand Whit lock, American Minister to Belgium, has transmitted a lengthy report to the United States Government review ing in detail the steps taken by him and the members of his legation staff in connection with the execution by the Jerman military authorities of Miss Kdith Cavell, a British nurse. The Minister declares that the re ports by him on the subject consti tuted merely a recital of facts without expression of opinion, and that he had submitted them to Ambassador Pnsrp at London for his information, but not for publication. In the natural course the Ambassador, reporting on the care or British subjects by American diplo matic officers, transmitted the docu ments to the British Foreign Office, which made them public. MlnlBter Kmbarraxncd at First. Publication of the letters, Mr. Whit lock says, greatly embarrassed him in Brussels with the German authorities, although he adds that the latter now seemed satisfied with his explanation and there is no anticipation of further difficulty. His position from the time the German occupation of Belgium be aran has been a delicate one, since he nan no aipiomatlc status as Minister to Belgium, and is-permitted to remain at Brussels only by courtesy of the German military commander. Referring to reports from London that there was evidence of bad faith on the part of the German authorities before the execution of Miss Cavell took place, the Minister says the lega tion officially received no pledge or promise that it would be kept informed of the disposiiton of the case. Diplomatic Conversation Denied. There were no conversation, or a diplomatic character, he explained, the "my remarns on tne subject passing between an employe of the legation and a subordinate German official. With the exception of the plea for merry which Mr. Whitlock himself ad dressed to the German Military Gov ernor after Miss Cavell confessed her guilt of aiding allied soldiers io es cape from Belgium, no step was taken oy tne American legation in which the German authorities showed anv discourtesy. Officials here look on the incident as closed. They do not believe Mr. Whit lock's usefulness in Belgium will be impaired, although they realize he has been placed in an uncomfortable posi tion. GERMAN FAMINE DENIED News Agency Mays Situation Is Xot Worrying Nation. BERLIN, Nov. 2. (By wireless to Sav Tille. N. Y.) The question of Germany's food supply is not worrying the nation, notwithstanding statements to the con trary from sources hostile to Germany, the Overseas News Agency declared today. " The press in enemy countries," says the news agency, 'has recently printed reports regarding an alleged scarcity of food, in Germany which indicated that famine was impending, pointing to the recent measures taken by the Ger man federal government in establishing . maximum prices for various food prod ucts. All such reports regarding the food situation are incorrect. "Germany's enemies are doomed once moi-o to disappointment, since the feed- . ing of the German nation is as com pletely assured now as it has been dur ing the preceding months of the war." ROAD HOUSE JBRAWL FATAL Policeman, Sliowercd With Kmpty Bottles, Fires on Assailants. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2 James McVey was shot and killed today in a roadhouse brawl in which several mem bers of an automobile party partici pated. Frank Lotsey, a policeman, had attempted to subdue the uproar. He was met with a hail of empty bottles. In the melee Lotsey drew his revolver and tired. McVey dropped, crawled several hun dred feet, and then collapsed. He had been shot in the throat. Lotsey was taken to a hospital. Klmer Harden, a chauffeur, and Ed ward J. Strohmeier, a postal clerk, other alleged members of the party, were taken to police headquarters It is said the fight started over a woman. NEW LAW INCREASES TAX Clackamas to Pay S 10,000 for Higli School Tuitions. OREGON CITV. Or.. Nov. 2. (Spe cial.) More than $40,000 must be raised in Cla.-kamas County to pay tuition of high school students under the new tuition fund law providing that students living in districts with out a high school can attend a high school at the expense of the county The new expense will make neces sary a levy of 1 mill on all districts without standardized high schools as districts with schools are not taxed to raise this fund. Another law of the last Legislature providing for registration, will boost taxes in Clackamas County, as win the two elections next year. BULETS HIT NEAR FUNSTON (Continue.! From PI rat pacf.i Ing the boundary line were cleared of their occupants. Villa kept up his artillery fire for a brief period before dark and then ceased. The damage to Agua Prieta seemed to observers on the American side to be confined to two half-shattered windows, a few obliterated adobe houses, in which a, number of women and children camp followers were killed, and to torn places in the wire entanglements where Villa's Yaquis at tempted to storm the town last night. ' Ammunition and reinforcements from the east fcr the Villa armv. which were looked for shortly after noon were reported coming through Gal lardo Pass late tonight. General Villa made every effort to provide food arid water for his thirsty and half-starved men. This afternoon apparently he had succeeded. The water supply at Gallardo ranch, de stroyed two weeks ago by Genera! Calles' men, was restored, and a large supply of flour from some mysterious source reached his linea. It seemed probable, therefore, as the evening wore on that Villa had decided to wait until tomorrow before renewing his attack on Agua Prieta. meantime distributing provisions to his men. AMERICANS MAY SHOOT BACK Villa Said to Have Ijost 400 Killed at Agua. Prieta. WASHINGTON. Nov.. 2. War Depart ment officials conferred over General Funston's reports on the situation at Douglas, but no additional orders were sent to him. He will construe his in structions about returning fire into American territory according to his own judgment, but under no circum stances will cross the border without special authority. The Carranza government agency here made public tonight a message from General Calles. commanding the Agua Prieta garrison, saying: "I am telegraphing General Obregon as follows: " "At this moment military bands pa rade the streets of Agua Prieta cele brating the defeat of the Villistas. The battle ended at sunrise today and 1 have the honor to inform you that the Maytorenistas who took part in the engagement under the command of the laqui chief. Urbalejo, and attacked from the west, have fled in disorderly rout toward Anivacachi. Villa's own soldiers retreated in disorder toward Gallardo. 1 am clearing up the batttle field. The number of enemy 'dead near our lines exceeds 400.' ' SOL.DIEK DIES FROM WOCXD American, Shot in Fusillade, Suc cumbs, and Civilian May Iic. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Nov. 2. Harry Jones, private in Company C, Eleventh Infantry, died today of the wounds in flicted last night by a bullet from the Agua Prieta battle lines. Jones was shot in the stomach as he stood guard over an Army supply wagon several hundred yards from the bound ary. . Louis F. Taylor, the civilian wounded by the machine gun fusillade on the United States custom-house yesterday, was reported in a critical condition to night. Taylor's spinal column was in jured, paralyzing him. The other American victims of Mexican fire were said to be in favorable conditions. VILLA VICTORY IS REPORTED Aguas Calientes Said to Have Been Taken by General Banuclas. EL PASO. Nov. 2. A report that Aguas Calientes. in the state of that name, has been captured by Villa troops commanded by General Ban uclas, was circulated here today. Banuelas force was sent from Tor reon to Durango when Villa evacuated Torreon. Later Banuelas obtained permission to act independently and was last reported marching through Zacatecas. KING DECORATES HERO BRITAIN'S RULER, IXABtE TO QLIT BKD, PINS ON" MEDAL. Journey Across Channel Difficult for Injured Monarch Who Is Met by Ambulance. LONDON, Nov. 2. King George, who returned to London last night from the French front. Is recovering slowly from the effects of his fall from a horse last week. While King George was in an am bulance train yesterday being conveyed from an unnamed town in France to the coast, it developed today, he di rected that Lance Sergeant Oliver Brooks, of the Coldstream Guards, to whom the Victoria cross had just been awarded, be brought to the royal car, and there, despite his weakness due to his recent accident, the King pinned the medal on the soldier's tunic. He did so while lying prone and was so weak that he found it difficult to push the pin through the khaki. With his face flushed with pride, Sergeant Brooks knelt by the King's bed until the medal had been affixed. The King's journey across the Chan nel was exceedingly rough, but he bore it well. On his arrival at the Victoria station, he had to be carried on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance, which took him to Buckingham palace. 916 ARDMORE CLAIMS PAID Santa Fe Settling Explosion Dam ages Without .Legal Aid. ARDMORE. Okla.. Nov. 2. Of the 1275 claims for personal and property damages growing out of the explosion of a tank car in the Santa Ke yards, here five weeks ago. 916 have been set tled to date without the services of a lawyer or court. The claims filed aggregated about J750.000. Already one-third of that sum has been paid out by the Santa Fe Railroad, it was announced, and the company expects to pay the remaining half million soon. The way for the settlement out of court was laid when S. E. Riley, presi dent of the Santa Fe, accepted liability for the claim. Forty-three persons lost their lives in the explosion and about 350 were injured. CANADA TO ISSUE LOAN People Urged to Economize and Pro duce Everything Possible. MONTREAL. Xov. 2. In announcing that a domestic loan in installments would be issued at the end of the month, W. T. White. Federal Finance -Minister, today told the Canadian Club that the Duke of Connaught had ex pressed a desire to participate, and that his name, therefore, would head the list of subscribers. Mr.. White said that he was nhn. lutely confident that the entente allies would win in the end, and warned Canadians to produce as much as pos sible and to economize. He explained how Canada's adverse trade balance of J300. 000,000 in 1913 had been changed to an excess of exports of t45.000.000 for the six months ended September 30. Bulgariuns Deny Atrocities. BERLIN, Nov. 20. by wireless to Tuckertown. N. J. Reports that Bul garian troops had behaved in a bar barous way during their invasion of Serbia and that Turkish troops had been sent into Macedonia to occupy the captured towns of Uskup and Veles are authoritatively denied by Bulgarian officials, the Overseas News Agency de clared today. . Robbers Loot Oklahoma Bank. iWIXONA. "Okla.. Nov. 2. Two rob bers, armed and masked, today held up. the First National Hank here, and escaped unmolested on horseback with $1200, ARBITRATION LIKELY IN HOCKING CASE Seizure of Vessel Brings to Issue Question Disputed by America and Britain. OWNERSHIP IS QUESTIONED Fife of German Money by Company In Buying Danlsli Steamer 'Which Is Under American Registry Expected to Be Contention. WASHINGTON. . Nov. 2. Sejzure of the American steamship Hocking by a British cruiser off the Atlantic coast has brought to issue a ' question on which the positions of the United States and the entente allies are so far apart that some officials here be lieve arbitration ultimately wili have to be resorted to for settlement.. Secretary Lansing cabled Ambassa dor Page at London today to secure from the British government an, ex planation of the facts connected with the seizure of the Hocking and the reasons therefor. When this informa tion is forthcoming the State Depart ment probably win protest immediately and demand the surrender of the ship. It is fully expected that, following its usual course, the British Foreign Of fice will claim tho privilege of send ing the Hocking to a prize court, and, as the United States Government, where no question of human life was con cerned, usually has consented to await the issue of the regular legal proceed ings, it is likely that no objection will be made, although all rights will be reserved. Vessel Formerly Danish. The last precedent to the present case was that of the American steam ship Dacia, formerly a Hamburg American liner, transferred to Amer ican registry at Galveston and dis patched with a load of cotton for Rot terdam. She was seized by a French cruiser and condemned by a French prize court as fair prize on the ground that the transfer of flag had been made after the outbreak of hostilities, in violation of the declaration of London. The United States Government has declined to accept this verdict, but as the prize court allowed the Dacia's owners three months (dating from August 23) to file an appeal, diplomatic representations have been withheld for the present. Accepting the statement of the pres ident of the American company owning the Hocking that the steamer is wholly American, the State Department is ex pected to base its demand for the sur render of the ship on the general au thorization of international law for th sale of a merchant vessel to a neutral, even if the vessel was originally of belligerent ownership, which is not al leged in the case of the Hocking, for merly a Danish ship. Uernian Ownmblp Suspected. The British contention, it is believed, will be that the American Transporta tion Company used German money to purchase the 10 ships which it operates and that the real owners of the vessel are Germans. The British government in the early stages of the war practically operated under the American construction of in ternational law to the effect that the flag s registry actually fixed the char acter of the ships so that only those vessels under German or Austrian flags were fair prizes. Last week, however, in order, it was explained, to con form to the policy of France. Great Britain published an order in council declaring u to be no longer expedient to be governed by the declaration of London in regard to registry and adopting the French rule that owner ship and not flag determines a ves sel's nationality. OIL TRADE INVESTIGATED FKOKRAL COMMISSION PROBING. .M3AHLV EVERY ' PHASE. Action Is Taken Following Receipt of Complaints by Many Producers and Consumers. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it had undertaken a "careful and complete investigation of nearly every phase of the production, refining and marketing of crude petroleum and its refined products in this country" The announcement said the inquiry was in response to the Owen and Gore .reso lutions passed by the Senate. The scope of the investigation is in dicated by the Commission's outline of the complaints on which it Is based. "Some of the complaints," said the announcement, "allege unfair practices by former subsidiary companies of the Standard Oil Company and others are directed against various of the so called independents. The Commission has received complaints from persons engaged in producing oil. from oil com panies engaged in buying and trans porting crude oil from oil refineries and o:l jobbers, from retailers and from consumers. These complaints come from all parts of the country and are of a confidential nature " Protests against alleged price dis crimination in the sale of gasoline the commission said, had come from vari ous localities. particularly Georgia California. Idaho and Missouri. A spe cial investigation of gasoline prices is in progress now. M'CALL VOTES. SHOW LEAD (Continued From First Page. 1 1" Republican, five Democratic and one Socialist Mayors elected. Rev. George R. Lunn. ex-Mayor of Schenectady Is the Socialist. ' Buffalo selected two Republican and two Democratic City Commissioners making effective the commission form of government adopted a year ago. The Commissioners. with Mayor Fuhrmann, will control the affairs 'of Buffalo City, the Mayor's continuance In office having been provided for in the commission charter bill. The fea ture of the election was the overthrow of Colonel Francis G. Ward, who has held the office of Commissioner of Pub lie Works for 14 years. UTICA, N. Y..-Nov. 2. John G Thomas (Rep.) was elected Mayor of Utica by 32 votes. TROY. N. V., Tov. 2. Cornelius Burns (Dem.) was re-elected Mayor over H. W. Gardiner (Rep.) by about 1200 plurality. ROCHESTKR. X. V., Nov. 2. Hiram H. Kdgerton (Rep.) was re-elected Mayor of Rochester by a plurality of more than 10,000. SYRACUSE. N. Y.. Nov.. 2. W. R. Stone 1 Rep.-Prog.) was elected Mayor over Wille (Dem.) by 9514. ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 2. Joseph W. Stevens (Rep.) was .re-elected Mayor, aeieatlng Salter .F.. Vanguysling (Dem.-Prog.) by an indicated plurality of SO. 000. . COHOES. N. Y.. Nov. 2. Mayor Calkins (Rep.) was again elected Mayor of Cohoes by about 600 plurality. SMITH WINS IX PHILADELPHIA Republicans Register Important Vic tory in City Campaign. PHILADELPHIA, 'Nov.'. 2. After a contest waged with great vigor on the part of the reformers, the Republican organization won a noteworthy victory in today's municipal election. Four years ago the reform candidate for Mayor, Rudolph Blankenburg, de feated the Republican candidate. George H. Earle, by 4495 votes, wrest ing control of the government from the Republican organization, after it had held the reins for 30 years. To day the man selected by Blankenburg as his successor, George D. Porter, who was Director of Public Safety in Blank enburg's cabinet, was defeated by from 60,000 to 80.000 plurality. The Democratic candidate. B. Gordon Bromley, had fewer than 5000 votes in a total registration of 290,800. The Republican hosts are parading the streets tonight with bands and banners flying in celebration of their return to power. On the nonpartisan judicial ballot in Pennsylvania George B. Orlady and John S. Head, present Justices of the Superior Court, were re-elected, and J Henry Williams, of Philadelphia, was chosen to fill the third vacancy in the court. No other state offices were voted for this year. REPUBLICANS WIN' IX JERSEY Gain of Two Senators Increases Con trol of Legislature. TRENTON, N. J.. Nov. 2.The elec tion in New Jersey, today involved mainly the control of the next Legisla ture. . State Senators were elected in six counties. The Republicans elected three in Burlington, Cape May and Passaic and this will make the next State Senate stand 13 Republicans to eight Democrats a gain of two. The next House of Assembly will stand 37 Republicans to 23 Democrats. The 1916 Legislature, on joint ballot, will stand 50 Republicans to 31 Demo crats. . . . .. BOTH SIDES CLAIM KENTUCKY Democrats Lose Heavily, as Com pared "With Figures in 1911. . LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 2. Unoffi cial returns from 60 counties out of 119 for Governor give ex-Representative Stanley. Democrat, 63.204; Edwin P. Morrow, Republican, 69,555. Both Republican and Democratic leaders are claiming victory, the Re publicans by 20.000 majority and the Democrats by 15,000. Heavy losses have been sustained by the Democratic ticket in many sections as compared with the McCreary-O'Rear race in 1911. REPUBLICANS GO TO CONGRESS Gould and Snell Are Elected In New York Districts. LYONS. N. Y., Nov. 2. Norman S. Gould (Rep.) .was elected Representa tive in Congress from the Thirty-sixth Congressional district.. MALONE, N...Y.. Nov. 2. Bertrand H. Snell (Rep.) was elected to Congress from the Thirty-first 'Congressional district. - Pueblo Retains Single Tax. PUEBLO, Colo., Nov. -2. Pueblo to day voted, by an emphatic majority, to retain single tax, according to re turns from 15 out of the 35 precincts of the city. REFUGEE NAMES FAKED SO.MK AIDED BY TREASURY FAIL. TO RETIRX TO AMERICA. Publication of Names la W York Does Sot Cause Delinquents to Rush. .Vany In Chicago Pay. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Publication here of the list of the delinquents who borrowed money from the United Stater Government in order to get home from Europe when the war started did not cause :iuy rush to the United States Sub-Treasury office to repay the funds lent. Of the names made public by the Secretary of the Treasury, 552 were suppos-d to be residents of New York City. Random investigation of some of the names and addresses contained in the list showed that many of the borrow ers were not residents of New York, but gave fictitious names and addresses. Some of them 'never returned thiu country., CHICAGO. Nov. 2. The Government's action in publishing the names of Chi cagoans who borrowed money of it to get out of Europe bore fruit today when many of the delinquents pa'd their deots at the Sub-Treasurv. Many of them explainer, that hard' times had made it difficult to pay up before. JACKSON VALUATION DROPS Cut in Assessments of Last Year Is 12 Per Cent. 7" JACKSONVILLE. Or.. Xov. 2. (Sne- cial. ) A summary of Jackson County assessment rolls for the years 1914 and i9i3 ioiiows: . .. 1913. . f. 063,45 ).9S 1.003 1.093,340 1.076.4S.'. i.391,430 1.73 337.743 206,433 431,370 1BS.190 . T.7.IW3 :i31.3PO 4.-.n..i.-, 4:i.703 .-.,243 i.::75 Tillable 1914. $ 9,064.330 . 11.026.6M 1,106.370 3.411.230 - 4. 3112.380 25.470 60S. 160 ' ' 308, 6S3 555. 505 . 190,020 " YnY.sr.S "70.343 . 3KS.203 :15.370 3H.200 5.170 3.640 land. 89.399 acres Non-tillable land. l."ft.:;."is acres.... 1.- I m p r o v emeiits deeded lands. .-. I m p ro v e meats town lots ...... Town lots I m p r o v ements on or lauds not deed patented .'. . M e r c h a ndifte . and .took in trade Machinery and equip ment ... Money, notes and acc ts. stocks, etc.. Farming implements.' Hotel ana oince fur niture, etc Automobiles. r. : . . . Horses, mules oT 1 0. . Cattle. 3o,Ul5. Sheep, goats, 15.C41.. Swine, ll.wvS.-i Dors. 0"t. Stands of bees, J71... .Totals t2S.373.740 32.520.675 The cut is 15 per cent. This does not include the value of public service cor porations, which are assessed bv . the State Tax Commission, which are made up In January. They were assessed last year at more than J 4.000.000. JAPAN AIDS MISSIONARIES Even financial Help. Is Favored by Premier Okuma. BATTLE . CREEK. Mich..' Nov Speaking of the progress of missions in Japan before the seventh annual interdenominational medical missionary M Knitted Overcoats Heretofore $20.00 $14.75 One Day's Selling Should Dispose of Every One of Them KNITTED OVERCOATS The last Word in mens overcoat fashions. They are favorites with men now because of their great "warmth without weight" feature, for their serviceability) and smartness. ' For constant service they are un paralleled. Today rve shall certainly demonstrate once again io men the worth of a Lipman, Wolfe & Co. coat sale. Come, see these Knitted Top Coats. Tailored in the latest semi box style, patch pockets, soft rolling collar silk lined yoke and fv'ridrl'8 and darle Oxford AND THE NEW HEATHER MiXIURES. Shovm on the Mezzanine Floor. Km This Is Of the Weil-Known Lipman-Wolfe Qualities in the Most Fashionable and Popular Weaves Yard Wide Chiffon Taffeta 89c Our Standard $1.00 Grade -Chiffon taffeta has this season attained greater popularity than ever before it is used for fashioning evening as well as afternoon apparel. In this sale we enable you to buy the best $1 Chiffon Taffeta at the most exceptional price of 89c the yard; and not only of a superior quality, but in the scarcest and most wanted colors, such as black, white, Copenhagen, Labrador blue, navy, brown, flesh, laurel green, apricot, rose and several of the very newest two-toned effects. 42-Inch Wide Satin Charmeuse $1.19 ' Our Standard $1.50 Grade Better opportunity there could not be to buy the softest, most exquisite quality of $1.50 Charmeuse. When you see the quality you will at once appreciate the sale price. In black, white, reseda, Copenhagen, navy, rose, pink, maize, light blue, brown, emer ald, gray and taupe. . More Novelhj Silks for 98c The Finest Qualities to $2.50 Yard This includes fancy check Gros de Londre, Striped Messalines in all the very best shades, new Scotch Stripe Messalines, Striped Taffeta in many colors, 40-inch colored Crepe de Chine, and plain black taffetas, messalines. Duchess Satin and Peau de Soie. 36 inches wide. conference here today. Rev. William Axlingr, of Tokio, declared the present Japanese government, headed by Pre mier Okuma, favors the work being done by the Christian churches, even to the extent of aldingr it in a financial way. Mr. Axlins said the so-called "Japa nese peril" exists largely in the minds of jingoistic journalists irk the United States and Japan. He quoted Premier Okuma as saying: "A serious conflict between Japan and the United States is unthinkable." City Paving Contractor Fined. OREGON" CITT. Or., Xov. 2. (Spe cial.) W. O. Wellman, superintendent of the Standard Paving: Company, charged witn working men on munici pal work more than eight hours a day, was fined $50 by Circuit Judge Camp bell today. Upon payment of the costs Society Women Learn Hair Curling Secret "If your hair U straight, flat, dull look ing. I need not ask if you Ions to possess perpetually navy, light, fluffy, glossy tresses," Bar Gladys Coleman, in Society World. "I'll tell you what to do. Tonight, after your hair has had its usual brushing, take a clean tooth brush, dip It In a saucer of pure liquid sllmerine and run this through the hair from crown to tip. "When morning dawns and you have yawned . yourself out of your drowsy cot, you will have a real surprise, quite an agreeable one; Your hair will have a pret tier and more natural-looking curl mil there will be nothing streaky, greasy or anything unpleasant ab- you will get the liquid sllmerine ; druggist it will require no preps all. and four or five ounces wlii months. This is just the finest thins . , - mioie lor tne purpose. aqv. TPTfH Jjz- j f -If t ii I i i Mini i 1 en the Week of Second Floor nerchandise ofc Merit of the action. $27.10. the fine was re: mitted. Wellman. who was Indicted! All This Week The Incomparable 11 jruFoxsImperial Masterpiece ' Sk Sales Only by the grand jury last week, entered a plea of guilty yesterday. 1U EDA il IN BARA 'CARMEN' J