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VOL. L.VI. NO. 17,243. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1916. TRICE FIVE CENTS. 2G, CONGRESS AVOIDS OPPOSING WIL50K Action on Submarine Situation Put Off BRYAN IS AGAINST PRESIDEN Ex-Secretary Wants Pass ports Refused Americans. PLAIN TALK EXCHANGED Members Hold Conference at White . House President Declared Un alterable Jones Wo'nld Put Check on Ultimatum. TvASHINQTON, Feb. 15. Congress ttled down today to await develop ments in the submarine controversy between the United States and Ger many with an overwhelming majority of both houses apparently definitely determined to take no action which might embarrass the Administration in the present stage of diplomatic nego tiations. A few of the more ardent advocates of legislation to keep Americans off armed ships continued thtir activities, and ex-Secretary Bryan's support for them was shown in the form of a tele' gram, but even most of them admitted there was no prospect of immediate action. Vote M ill Not Be Opposed. So far as the Administration is con cerned. it was said authoritatively to night that while any agitation of the issue just now was undesirable, there was no disposition to oppose a vote on the pending armed-ship resolutions if their sponsors tried to force one. It was declared that reports from the Capitol during the day showed con clusively that both the Senate and the House would stand behind President Wilson in his refusal to permit any abridgement of the rights of American citizens on the seas, as outlined in his ietter to Senator Stone last night. The PrestdentreUerated. his state ments in that latter to Speaker 'Clark, Majority Leader Kitchin and .Repre sentative Flood, chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, early In the day when they called at the White House to tell of the situation on their aide of the Capitol and hear the Execu tive's views. Both Sides Speak Plainly. There was plain speaking both by the President and his callers. Mr. Wil eon said plainly that hia, efforts to keep the country at peace were likely to be hindered by impressions sent abroad by Congress, and the Congress man were equally frank in giving no tice that a strong sentiment existed at the Capitol against risking the pos sibllity of war by permitting Ameri cans to travel on armed belligerent ships, whatever might be their rights under international law. Although wholly different reports came from other sources during the day, Speaker Clark declared he be lieved a resolution to warn citizens oil armed vessels would carry in the House by two to one if it reached a vote. The House delegation went back to the Capitol with word that the Presi dent stood unalterably by his position. There the situation reste, and while there probably will be many more con ferences and possibly some speeches, the generally accepted opinion is that no further serious effort to bring about action will be made, unless develop ments occur to make a rupture of rela tione with Germany imminent. Cabinet la Unanimous. The Cabinet discussed the matter at length today and one of the secretaries taid afterwards that the members stood behind the President "to a man." There was no change In the diplo matic status of the situation. The State Department is still await ing a response from Germany to its request for assurances that the an nounced policy of sinking armed meV chantmen without warning will not af fect previous pledges given regarding tiie conduct of submarine warfare. Members of Congress heard in the course of the day of intimations that the Teutonic, powers would postpone inauguration of their new policy from February 29 to April or May. No in formation of this kind had reached the State Department, however. In spite of the prospect of inaction, there really was more evidence of con cern apparent in the Senate today than before. Many Senators conferred with House leaders, and Senator Stone held open house in his committee-room for consultation with his colleagues. Some told him that they were opposed .to the president's policy, while others insist ed that Congress should stand firmly behind the Administration and frankly asserted that they did not believe any of the proposed measures could get the approval of the Senate. Democrat Predicts Action in House. One Democratic Senator who said he did not wish to be quoted because he did not desire to do anything to fan the flame of discord, declared he did not believe action in the House ceuld be forestalled unless the President changed his views or there should come some development to alter the situa tion, and expressed the opinion that Congress would not support the Ad ministration in any policy that would lead- to a severance of diplomatic re lations. Senator Stone eald ho saw no cause for immediate excitement and no rea fnn why anyone should get the "Jim Jams." Staunch supporters of the President from the Republican side of the Senate came from Senator Lodge, ranking Inority member of the foreign rela- tConcluded od f'age 3. Column l.i r, SOME CO-EDS READY TO WED $800 MEN OTHERS OF MINNESOTA WANT $10,000 EAUIA" INCOMES. One Would Ijot Hubby Orf One Night Weekly to Play Poker and Many Wont Smokers. MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 25. The Minnc sola Daily, the student newspaper of the University of Minnesota, which has asked the women students of the insu tution the question "How much salary must a man receive before you would consent to marry?" today received re plies ranging from 800 to 10.00ff a rear. Most of the girls were conserv ative in their demands, however, and the averagje, based on daily replies, is about $1600. A larcre majority of the girla de manded that their future husbands be good dancers, some said they must know the latest steps, and one went so far as to say that she would marry only a man who was "a dreamy dan cer." Smoking would be permitted, even demanded, by a large majority of the girls, but. drinking would be pro hibited, and those who advocate card playing say bridge should be substi tuted for poker and one girl concedes her husband one night a week for the latter game. ' WOMEN TO URGE DEFENSE Miss Morcan to Be Delegate to Mayors' Preparedness Meeting. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25. Miss Anne Mor gan, daughter of the late John Pier- pont Morgan, will be a delegate to tne conference of mayors on National pre paredness which will begin here March 3, according to an announcement today by Mrs. Philip N. Moore, president of the National Council of Women. Mrs. Moore said that Sunday, March 5, a women's mass meeting wouldbe held here to "clinch the sentiment of the women of the country In the effort to prepare the Nation to defend itself." MARINE RISKS ADVANCED Activities of German. Haiders Re flected In Insurance Rates. KBW YORK, Feb. 25. There was an other advance today in Trans-Atlantic marine insurance rates, attributed to the recent cable reports of the re newed activity of German sea raiders near the Azores. The rates were advanced from one per cent to 1 per cent. There was also an advance Trom 2 to 3 per cem in South American rates. Rates from England to South Anierlca were re ported to have risen to 3 per cent. FLETCHER IS CONFIRMED Indlanan Believed Choice for Am bassador's Chile Post. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The Senate today confirmed the "" nomination of Henry Prather Fletcher as ambassador to the government of Mexico. The vote was 49 to 16. J S. Shea, of Indiana, was under stood tonight the probable choice of President ' Wilson to succeed Mr. Fletcher as Ambassador to Chile. Sena tor Kern will urge the appointment of Mr. Shea at a conference with Presi dent Wilson Monday. BUILDING - PERMITS JUMP For Last Two Weeks Daily Average Has Gone as High as $30,000. Take a. lock at the building permit records if you wish to see how business is picking up in Portland. During the last part of last year and first part of the present tne permits averaged $2000 or $3000 a day. They went as low some days as $200. For the last two weeks the average daily has been $30,000. according to figures gleaned from the permit records at the City Hall. FRENCH HONOR ROOSEVELT Warmth of Reception at Martinique Described to Parisians. PARIS, Feb. 25. The Minister of Colonies. Gaston Doumergue, has issued Jengthy note to he public, reeount- ng incidents of the visit to Martinique, rench West Indies, of Colonel and Mrs. Theodorev Roosevelt. ' - The note describes the. decorations at Fort de France, the "review' of troops, the banquet to Colonel Roosevelt and the toasts given, and the wormth of the reception to the ex-President. SNOW FALLS OVER FRANCE Storm Sweeps Battle Front tnd-Cold Is Intense. PARIS, Feb. 25. Snow is falling heavily throughout France. In Paris, the snowfall has been heavy since 4 clock.thls morning, having attained a depth of five inches. The Storm is in progress along the battlefront. At some places the cold is intense. RIOT IN BERLIN RUMORED Cavalry Slays 100 in Streets, Says Report to Echo Bclgc. " AMSTERDAM, via London, Feb. 25. The Echo Beige, a copy of which has been received here, says it learns that a serious outbreak occurred in Berlin three days ago. Cavalry, charged the crowd, and In the fight which ensued more than 100 persons ''were killed. EOF.KBB DRIVE IS UNABATED Paris Estimates Foe's Losses at 1 50.Q00. ARTILLERY DUELS ARE INTENSE French Assume Battle May Continue for Fortnight. HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING Kaiser Said to Have Ordered Re hear sal Before launching Great Offensive Defenders Are Heavily Reinforced. PARIS. Feb. 25. The fighting in the region of Verdun continues unabated according to the French otticiai com munication issued tonight. Several in fantry attacks launched by the Germans with huge effectives have been re pulsed. The artillery duels are going Hth fi-rn.t Intensity east of the Meuse. desDite a heavy snowfall. The Germaa losses during the first four days of the battle around Verdun are authortatlvely estimated' at 150,000 by French military men. Effort Only Beginning;. The German offensive is recognized ligw as probably only the beginning of effort to take the fort ress, formerly the key to the French front, and compares in violence and i.,c..'tA tho hat tin of the Yser. The French assume that the battle may con tinue a fortnight It is believed the calm last night was only a lull required hv the attacking forces to bury their dead, carry off the wounded and bring ud reserves to take the place or divi sions half destroyed by French artillery and machine guns. - The German forces are known to be at least 300,000, supported by numerous 15-inch and 17-inch Austrian mortars, with all the heavy artillery used in the Serbian campaign and part of that formerly employed on the . Russian front.- - " Preparations Made In December. Preparations for the battle were ob served early in December, when the first troops assigned to the operation were brought up. Eight divisions tnat re turned from Serbia were sent to Bel gium for a rest and then transported to the region of Verdun in January. Five army corps in all are known to have been brought up to reinforce two corps which previously held that part of the line between Etain and Vauquers. These were the best troops of the German army, including, as it is learned from prisoners, the famous Third Corps of Bradenhurg, supposedly equal in valor to the Prussian Guard, and the fifteenth army corps, command ed by General Von Deimlingr, known in Franca as one of the most brilliant of the G jrman general officers. Moral Advantage Sought. The determination of the Germans to capture the fortress is explained by the fascination that the name Verdun has (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) FOR 1 - f .......................' . . - INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 54 decrees; minimum, 40 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds. War. , German drive on Verdun is unabated. Page 1. Natiuoal. Admiral says whole naval system should bs made over.. Page 2. Postmaster Myers' efforts to name Oregon postmasters curbed by Senators. Page 1. Chamberlain and Hawley present views on land grant bill before committee. Page 4. Congress avoids taking issue with President in submarine controversy. i'age l. Domestic. Baby elephants ordered and delivered trom Jungle like dairy luncn. rage . Minnesota co-eds willing to wed $800 men. Page 1. 'Clairvoyant'" arrested on charge of carrying on big swindle. Page 8. Hint of attack on woman's character In split. pay probe brings "glass house" warning. Page 4. Educators nrmoBc military training In schools. Fags 4, Dr. James says Nation should encourage de volopment of leaders.1 Page 4. Supposed "Dr. Lyman" abandons legal fight for liberty. Page 4. Howard Elliott says cost of valuation of railway ought to be spent tor Deter ments, .rage u. Sport. Catcher Haworth is released by Cleveland to Beaveis.- Page 12. Multnomah- plays Washington State quintet nere lonignt lor woriowe nno. bbd Park Superintendent Convill says city needs . olf links, rage li O'Connell says that if he wins. Miller must Give up belt. Page 12. Umpire Bill Evans takes another view at big leaguers. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. William T. ' DovellV noted Seattle lawyer, dies. Page 8. Train robbers escape with thousands. Page 6. Northwest bankers to confer on proposed lower interest rates. Page a. "Commercial and Marine. Wheat movement better at interior points, Page II. Heavy export buying lifts wheat prices at Chicago. Page li. Stock market recovers most of losses oi preceding day. Page 1'. Mills unable to keep up with trade orders. Page 17. Walmarino will finish loading paper cargo today. Pae 16. Portland and Vicinity. Medical freshmen strike. Pake 1. Lumbermen end successful convenuou. Pa fro 1 Realty men oppose plan for Astoria rate celebration in Portland. Eage 7. Children to make canvass for Vista House fund. Pace 6.. Better service to be demanded before jit nevs are'eranted March licenses. Page 7. Flax growing to be industrial factor in Ore gon, jyage -to. Dr. Anna Wheeler charges conspiracy to defameT Page 1-i. Mavor Albee to permit "freeze out' for lunch checks in Jiurnsiae sireei. men White witnesses to testify against long fynnmen. Paire ltl. Inforation on where to head in is imparted to Hon. Frank by Sen. Harry. rg o. CARS .100 A DAY' FEWER Road Has Orders for 5 74 Closed Cars and Has 140 on Hand. SALEM. Or.'. Feb. . 25. (Special.) For the last few days the carshortage in the state has been growing- at the rate of more than 100 cars a day and no immediate relief from the situation is yet in sight. Word received today by the jyuDiic Service Commission wasthat the South ern Pacific today had .orders on file for 574 closed cars and 215 open cars. The officials report that they have on hand 65 closed. 28 stock and 61 flat cars belonging to their own system, and 75 closed, 29 open cars from other roads. Arrivals at Ashland yesterday totaled 4 closed, four stock and 41 open'cars. Roumania Calls Its Citizens. LONDON, Feb. 25. Reuter's Amster dam correspondent sends a report re ceived there from Bucharest that the Roumanian office has announced that all naturalized Roumanian citizens be tween the ages of 21 and 46 must re port themselves for military service. WHEN IT COMES TO A CRISIS. POSTMASTER FLYERS ESSAYS TO DICTATE Officiousness Curbed by Oregon Senator FAVOR SOUGHT FOR SISTER Plan to Give Miss Myers For est Grove Plum Fails. SCOPE OF ACTIVITY WIDE Efforts to Name Hillsboro and Drain Postmasters Sat On New Light on Cattso of Mr. 'Myers Pres ent Visit to Washington. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Feb. 25. During more or less stormy Interviews which he had within the last few days with Senators Lane and Chamberlain, Postmaster Frank S. Myers, of Portland, was given to under stand that control of postofBce patron age in Oregon rests exclusively with the two Democratic Senators. The Portland postmaster was informed that he has no right whatever to dictate as to postofnee appointments through out the state, nor has he any ground to expect that the Postmaster-General and the President will accept his rec ommendations as against those of the Senators. This being a Democratic quarrel, the participating parties are- reticent about disclosing the facts, but the trouble cen ters around the recent appointment of R. P. Wirtz to be postmaster at Forest Grove, and the later nomination of Lewis C. Beebe as postmaster at Drain. Senators Stand by Wlrta. Wirtz was recommended By Senators Lane and Chamberlain about the first of the year and nominated January 11. After the recommendation had been filed Postmaster Myers urged the Sena tors to appoint his sister. Miss Minnie Myers, as postmaster at Forest Grove. Miss Myers had no. indorsement other than that of her brother. She had no support whatever from Forest Grove; the Senators had selected Wirtz from among1 11 candidates, and regarded him as better qualified than any of the! other aspirants. Moreover, Wirtz had strong local backing both from Forest Grove and from the county Democratic organization. Postmaster Myers made repeated pro- tests against Wirtz, and insisted that the indorsement be withdrawn and that his sister be recommended instead. The Senators refused to respect his wishes, and Wirtz was duly nominated and confirmed. Mr. Myers Active In Hillsboro Case, More recently Postmaster Myers sought to bring about a change in the Dostoilice at Hillsboro. Or., where J. C. Lamkin was appointed in August, 1913, As Mr. Lamkin was named on recom endatlon of both Senators for a four- year term, the Senators have refused to listen to talk of a change. Who Mr. Myers is backing for this ofnee has not been learned here. On January 11 Lewis C. Beebe was (Concluded on Pago 5, Column 2.) BABY ELEPHANTS SOLD LIKE FOOD EPRKSS COMPANY GISTS Oil 1)EK ANI DELIVERS GOODS. You ns Animal Is Captured in- Jan gles an Received in Anterha iVN i'lonths Atlcr Sale. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, (Special.) Do you want a baby elephant from the jungles'of the Straits settlements? If you do, place your order with the Wells-Vargo Express Company, for it has opened up a baby elephant depart ment and is ready to supply all comers. About four months ago the represen tative of a local bird and animal store called on J. O. Ellis, foreign agent of Wells-Fargo. "I want one baby elephant, fat and in good form," he said across the coun ter. Just like giving an order for ham and eggs at a downtown dairy lunch. This was four months ago. The suc cess of the Wells-Fargo venture In the baby elephant business was disclosed the other day in the arrival here on the Chlyo Maru of- "Jim Glidden," the baby elephant. Jim was captured some where around Singapore by a Wells Fargo elephant catcher under instruc tions from the San Francisco ofllce. It was then shipped to Hongkong and later reshipped here. The elephant was then reshipped to Venice on orders of the local purchaser to the Winter quarters of a circus. SCOTTISH COAST DARKENED Stringent Lighting Order Is Kn forced for First Time. LONDON, Feb. 26. Scotland, from Aberdeenshire to the English border, was darked last night for the first time as a result of a stringent lighting or der. Aberdeenshire is on the eastern coast of Scotland. From there to the eastern border on the north coast are the coun ties of Klnkardine, Forfar, Perth, Fife. Edinburgh, Haddington and Berwick. Included in this territory are the im portant cities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, Edinburgh, Lelth, Dunbar and Berwick. HUGHES REFUSER VIEWS Justice Writes He la "Not Candi date, Actively or Tucitly." NEW YORK, Feb. 25. In a letter to Henry A. Wise Wood, made public here today, Justice Hughes reiterates his declaration that he Is not a candi date for Presidential nomination. Mr. Wood had requested a statement as to Justice Hushes' position on prepared ness. Justice Hughes replied in part: "In view of my judicial office I do not feel that I have any right to take part in any political discussion or to make statements of the sort that would be expected from candidates for office. "I am not a candidate, actively or tacitly." 14,000 T0J3E NOTIFIED City Must Mail Notices of Intent to Extend Street. Commissioner Dieck's plan of waiv ing the formality of sending out 14,000 notices to property owners of intention to extend Greeley street from Killings worth avenue 'to Delay street, failed to get Counellmanic sanction yesterday. Accordingly the notices will be sent out. Mr. Dieck contended that the project is of such magnitude hat everybody to be assessed knows of it and that send ing of notices would be an unnecessary expense. The Council held that too much notice of Buch improvements can not be given. EPIDEMIC HITS MILWAUKEE Hospitals Are Swuniped; Pupils Take ISoiled M ater to School. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 25. An epidemic of typhoid became so threatening here today that city water was ordered shut off from all schools, following a report that 18 new cases of fever had devel oped over night, bringing the list up to 109 cases. School children have been ordered to bring bottles of boiled water to school until the situation is under control. Every hospital in the city is reported to be filled to capacity and Hulling lists are the rule. TURKS REINFORCE ARMY Strong Effort to Relieve Erzerum Reported Under Way. LONDON. Feb. 26. Turkey is mak- ng great efforts to dispatch troops to the Russian front in an endeavor to recapture Erzerum, says the Bucharest correspondent of the Times. All ordinary traffic on the railway from the Bosphorus to Angora has been shopped, according to the corre spondent, and trains carrying troops and supplies there are running inces santly, but as the distance from Angora to Erzerum will consume at least a month's march there is little likeli hood of the success of the movement. COLLEGE BEQUEST CERTAIN Confirmation of $30,000 for Philo math Is Received. PHILOMATH, Or.. Feb. 25. (Special.) Definite confirmation was received hero tonight of the announcement from Los Angeles last Tuesday that the sum of $30,000 had been left to Thilomath College by Mrs. Sarah A. Baker, of Monrovia, Cal. The bequest was made in a will dis posing of a $250,000 estate to several religious and educaUonul institutions. MEDICS ON STRIKE IfJ FUSS OVER FROG Class Resents Remark by Dr. MacLaren. PICKETS REPORTED ON DUTY Brain Comparison in Favor of Amphibian Offends. OTHER CLASSES IN COUNCIL Moral Support Irom Entire Ilody i of College Men Seems Likely. Request for Apology Merely Adds Fuel to l'lanics. The freshman class at the iiK-di'iil department of the University of Ore gon yesterduy went on strike uKalmt their instructor. Dr. John D. MncLaron, as the result of a remark in which tin: instructor compared the "gray matter" of ono of the students with that of ;i fcog in a manner said to bu compli mentary to tho ainphlhlitn. The. students are said to IihV )M' l pickets at the doors of the building to dissuade any dutiful classmates who wanted to attend Dr. MacLaren's das. Later the whole student body took the matter tinder consideration at a meet ing in tho general room of the school at Twenty-third and Lovejoy streets. While none of the students would dis cuss the meeting, it was understood last night that the freshmen will he supported hy the whole student body. Fro Startlra Student. Archibald N. McDonald is the student offended by the remark of Dr. Mac Laren. Dr. MacLaren took charge of the class February 1. The trouble between Dr. MucLaren and Mr. McDonald dated from tlu llrst day. Dr. MacLaren divided tliu stu dents in groups of twos, and had them studying the effects of Usui on the skin of frogs. The frogs were In glass jars, afrly imprisoned by tluht-iittlng covers. Mr. McDonald removed the cover from the Jar he was studying. The frog Jumped out Mr. McDonald duplicated tho am phibian's movement, but both tho stu dent and the frog seemed to have "Jumped out of the frying p:,n Into Ih. tire." "A student ought to have butter nerves than that," Dr. .McLaren Is snl.i to have told Mr. McDoi.ahl. "If you haven't," the doctor is said to have continued, "tho frog has more nitty matter than you have." . Apology Disputed. The class tittered after the manner of the young. Dr. MacLaren felt that the tables had been turned on the youthful offender against class de comm. Studies were resumed. Versions of the next act in the pro- gramme vary. Some say that Dr. Mac Laren demanded un apoloirv from Mr McDonald as ihe result of the f rog escape. On the other hand It is sul.l that the student asked Dr. MacLaren to apologize for his comparison. Hostilities were renewed later when Dr. MarLaren spoke in class of an apologv. which Mr. McDonald had glv n him. The student refused to ajinit that he had apologized. Other student s say' that tho apology never was made, and that the idea of apology Is out of tho question. Tho strike followed as a direct result of the disputed apology. Dr. MacLuren's methods hod previ ously been the subject of student criti cism. When the present senior meili cal class was in freshman. Dr. Mac Laren organized them Into group called companies. Each company had a captain and a lieutenant in command. Joklns; n!ute Complimented. Tho students resented the military formation, not because of their pacifi cism, but because they felt it resembled the tactics of primary schools. As a reprisal against Dr. MacLaien. the students one day planned to give the Instructor a military salute when they passed into his class. They dll It. They expected him to be angry. Dr. MacLaren is alleged to have missed the joke. He commended tho embryo physicians for their exemplary conduct. "I am strongly Jn favor of disci pline," the doctor is said to have an nounced. "Your military formation i excellent." ' Dr. MacLaren Is Instructor of the physiology class. He declined to make a statement last night. SEATTLE 2, PORTLAND 1 Victoria Hockey 'Team Scores . Dluiiking Vancouver in North. in the start of tho second period tlie Seattle-Portland Ice hockey score was 2 to 1 In favor of Xeattlo. In the first period Seattle scored the first point on a pass from Koyslon to Carpenler.This caine after four minutes and 20 sec onds of play. ' "Moose" Johnson scored the I'wle Sams' point tj seconds later, unsssl.-t-ed. The second neriod had only none x seconds when Wilson accepted a pa:-.-from Morris for another tally for the Metropolitan a. More than 4000 persons pissed through the gates at the roitland lc Hippodrome. VICTORIA. I!. C, Feb. 2 a. f Special, i In a llstleta and one-sided Rime h' r. tonight the Victoria hockey r. i t- i scored six goals and shut out the Van couvtr team