VOL. JLVI. XO. 17,231. PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY, .UAHCII 7, 191G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOUSE DEMOCRATS HURRIEDLY CALLED ANTI-SALOON BODY OPPOSES BRANDEIS SHIP HITS ROCK; 400 MAY BE LOJT 4 SHELLS MURDER CHARGE IS DISMISSED AT TRIAL NHL CAMPBELL TO SHDHTHDURS ORDER MILLION AT VERDUN ATTOKXEY IS SAID TO BE IX FAVOR OF LIQCOK TRAFFIC. SPANISH STEAMER PKlNr 'J KLAMATH FALLS CASE COMES TO ABRUPT END. DK AST FR IAS SINKS STIRS EMPLOYERS Merchants and Factory Heads Raise Voices. HURLED AID INCUR SHORTAGE Partisan Alignment in Ship Issue Rises. BRYAN ATTENDS CONFERENCE Ex-Secretary Declines to Ad vise Those Favoring Warning. DEBATE ON FLOOR IS HOT Xtepuhlican Leaders Insist Demo crats Are Trying to Force Issue Which May Lead Amer ica Into War. WASHINGTON. March 6. On the eve of what friends of the Administration have planned as the final fignt to end agitation in the House over the ques tion of armed merchant ships, debate on the subject broke out on the House floor late today and continued hotly for more than an hour. When it was over there seemed to be more of a partisan alignment than at any time since the issue arose. Representative Mann, of Illinois, the Republican leader, and Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin, Republican member of the rules committee, gave notice that they would opVose the rule tomorrow under which It is pro posed to table the McLemore warning resolution after 90 minutes of debate on the rule and four hours' discussion of the resolution itself. On the other; hand. Chairman Flood, of the foreign affairs committee, who has oeen under stood personally to favor a warning resolution, voiced an appeal to all patriotic Congressmen to stand by the President. Absent Democrats Summoned. Realizing this task ahead of them, the Administration whips sent out calls to all absent Democrats within reach to hurry to Washington in time for the vote tomorrow. The President's sup porters believe that a large majority of the Democrats, as well as man Re publicans, will stand together to put through the rule and kill the McLemore resolution. There will be formidable opposition, both in and out of the party, however, and the influence of AVilliam J. Bryan is being taken into account as a big factor to be dealt with. f Fourteen Representatives and two Senators met at lunch today with Mr. Bryan in the private dining-room of a hotel near the Capitol and discussed af fairs generally. What happened there remained a secret, except that Repre sentative Bailey, of Pennsylvania, who was the host, said no general agreement was reaoned on what action should be taken on the armed-ship question. Bryan Remains Silent. "Several of the diners asked Mr. Bryan for a direct answer as to what they should do," Mr. Bailey said, "but it was not forthcoming. While all of us felt strongly favorable to a warning resolution, we do not want to do any thing that would embarrass the Admin istration at the present time." Those present were Senators Kern and Vardaman and Representatives Loberk. Stephens and Shallenberger, of Nebraska; Ayers and Helvering, of Kansas: Bailey and Steels, of Penn sylvania: . Slayden and Callaway, of Texas: Hansagy of Missouri, Gordon of Ohio, Tavenner of Illinois, Huddleston of Alabama. Dill of Washington, Sisson of Mississippi. Tillman of Arkansas and Van Dyke of Minnesota. Mr. Bryan left tonight for Wilming ton, Del., to deliver a lecture. Mr. Mann Loudly Cheered. Speakers on both sides of the warn ing question were applauded during to day's debate until it was difficult of determination which sentiment was the stronger. When Mr. Mann vigorously protested that the question never should have been thrown into the House and criticising Americans ' for taking passage on armed ships, expressed the hope that such an act would never draw the country into war, he was cheered heartily by the whole House. The first step toward getting the Mt-I.emore resolution before the House was taken by Representative Fosa, of Illinois, a Republican, at the request of the Democratic members of the rules committee, it is said. He asked that it be placed on the calendar, and It was done without debate. A short time later the rules committee reported its rule and the House, relieved of its long days of anxiety as to when debate would start, settled down contented to await the official opening at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, the time set by the rules committee. Mr. Gardner Launches Attack. Mr. Gardner did not wait. The House was in the committee of the whole considering the homestead bill when ! heard the report and, obtain ing: time for a speech, he launched into a vigorous attack of the rules commit tee, declaring that its failure to re port a straight warning resolution cpuld be attributed only to partisanship i'jind fear of the resu( of such a vote. "I hope to see the vote come directly fjn the question of adoption or rejection .f the McLemore resolution," Mr. Gard- ; ner declared, "because it has been her , aided to the world that our action on ! that resolution is to bo the test show ing what our attitude is on this aues- t tion of supporting the President or (CoaCiUded en psge 2, Column 2.) Public Utterances Quoted and Rec ord of Argument When Counsel for Brewers Is Submitted. WASHINGTON. March 6. Rev. James Cannon, Jr., of Virginia, chairman of the executive committee of the Anti Saloon League of America, protested against confirmation of Louis D. Brendeis' nomination to the Supreme Court today before the Senate investi gating committee because of statements made by Mr. Brandeis in 1891, when he was counsel for the Protective Liquor Dealers' Association and the New Eng land Brewers' Association before the Massachusetts Legislature. Senator Chilton charged that this in cident occurred 25 years ago, and that there was quite a difference between the public attitude toward the liquor question then and today. Dr. Cannon insisted, however, that Mr. Brandeis' public utterances had failed to show any change in his position. He said the objection was not based so much on the fact that Mr. Brandeis appeared for the liquor interests and opposed pendng legislation as on the sweeping statements he made about the liquor traffic in his arguments. Particular at tention was directed to certain quoted statements, one of them to the effect that liquor dealing was not wrong. Dr. Cannon submitted photographic copies of the records of the Massachu setts legislative committee, including an argument by Mr. Brandeis. COAST STORM HAS BROKEN Southern Pacific Train Is Blocked for Two pays on Trip. MARSHFIELD, Or., March 6. (Spe cial.) The storm has broken and af fairs are expected to be at normal within the next two days. The South ern Pacific train was blocked for two days between Myrtle Point and. Co quille and went no farther lhan the county seat. Mail arrived today which should have reached Cobs Bay on Sunday. Water stood a foot over the tracks at the Schroder place. The Smith Powers logging1 trains could not oper ate on Sunday or today, and the East Side mill ran out of logs. The rain fall for three days was six inches and a fraction. NAVAL SECRET GIVEN OUT Target Practice Figures Correct: In former Declared Traitor.. WASHINGTON, March 6. The House naval committee became interested to day in finding out where Representa tive Gardner got the confidential fig ures on target practice of the Atlantic fleet, which he made public some time ago Admiral Fletcher, testifying be fore the committee, said that the fig ures were approximately correct, and that such information was regarded in the Navy as highly confidential. "Whoever told them," said Chairman Pagett, "was false to his trust and a traitor to his country. If I find out who did it, I am going to publish his name." FRANCE RESTRICTS SUGAR Government Takes Monopoly on Imported Product. "WASHINGTON, March 6. The French government, by Presidential decree is sued March 2. has prohibited the impor tation into France, after March 3, of raw, refined or powdered sugar of for eign origin. The prohibition, reported today by the American Consul-General at Paris, does not apply to sugar imported by the government or that purchased prior to February 1. RIDES STOLEN AT OWN RISK Hobos Injured on Trains Cannot Collect Damages. WASHINGTON, March 6. Hobos and others who steal rides on railroad trains may collect no damages for in juries and are liable to penalties under the anti-pass law. The Supreme Court today reversed a $10,000 judgment against the Illniois Central awarded to a man injured while riding with the consent of the engineer. BRITISH STEAMER IS SUNK Masunda. From Siain. Lost, but All of Crew Saved. LONDON. March 6. The British Steamship Masunda has been sunk. All the members of the crew were saved. The Masunda sailed from Bangkok, Slam. January 28, for England and ar rived at Colombo, Ceylon, February 7. Her movements since that; time have not been reported. She was of 4952 tons gross. AMERICAN CONSULATE HIT Russian Shell Kills Man 20 Feet From Consul's Desk. WASHINGTON. March 6. The Amer ican Consulate at TrebUond. a Turkish port of the Black Sea. was struck by a shell-during the bombardment by two Russian torpedo-boats March 1 and a Persian subject was killed within 2 feet of the desk of Consul Heizer. Another shell struck the residence of the Vice-Consul adjoining. PLEA SENT WELFARE BOARD All Shades of Opinion Heard at Big Meeting. WORKERS ALSO PROTEST Special Delegation Will Appear Be fore Commission Today Reg ulation Approved, but Lack of Notice Stirs Ire. Employers of Oregon want no fur ther regulation by the Industrial Wel fare Commission. They expressed themselves, with em phatic voice, on this subject yesterday. At the close of a meeting that packed the assembly room of the Chamber of Commerce to the outer walls they adopted a series of resolutions appeal ing to the commission not to place in effect the new wage and time sched ule suggested by a conference commit tee recently appointed by the commis sion. The principal changes that the sub committee suggests provide a maximum of 48 hours a week for women workers of the state, instead of 54 hours as at present, and a minimum wage of $8.64 a week Instead of $8.25 a week, as at present, in the industrial occupations. The opposition centered against the time regulation rather than against the wage regulation. A special delegation of employers will appear before the commission when it meets in its rooms at the Courthouse today to present this view point. The meeting yesterday afternoon heard almost every shade of opinion on the Industrial welfare question from the ultra-radical employer who wanted to repeal all such legislation, to the ultra-radical agitator, who wanted to confiscate all private property. Meeting J Arranged. As a consequence the meeting adopt ed a conservative middle course and agreed to meet the commission as "man to man" and present its views. With only one or two exceptions, ever? employer who spoke gave em phatic approval to the minimum wage regulations and the limited time regu lations for women. More or less criticism was directed at the commission because employers had not been given adequate notice of the meeting tomorrow. Various speak ers declared that had it not been for the employers, themselves few of them would have known of today's meeting. "It was only by the merest accident that we heard of these proposed changes," declared W. P. Olds, depart ment store owner, who was the first speaker following the opening remarks (Concluded on Page 16, Column 4.) BIG CHIEF WHITE FEATHER PITCHED HIS TEPEE IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY. Vessel Founders in Five 3 and Those Aboard Have tie Time to Escape. SANTOS, Brazil. March S. T ish steamship Principe de Ast been sunk by striking a r went to the bottom in five Eighty-six members of the ci passengers have been brough by the French steamer Viga RIO JANEIRO. March 6. here that 400 lives have the sinking of the Span! Principe de Asturias. Tl mained afloat only a sb striking a shoal off San there was little time f or, - escape of passengers and crew in the boats. Steamers have gone out to -search for additional survivors, 143 of the passen gers and crew already having landed at Santos. BUENOS AIRES, March 6: The agents of the Spanish Transatlantic Line have received reports that about too persons lost their lives in the sink ing of the steamship Principe de Asturias off the coast of Brazil. Details of the disaster, however, are lacking. LONDON. March 6. A Lloyd's die patch from Santos says that 3S8 pas sengers and 107 members of the crew of the Principe de Asturias are missing. The steamer was wrecked off Sebastiao Point, the western extremity of the Island of that name,, near the entrance to Santos Bay. FRUIT AGENCIES UNITED Yakima Growers' Exchange and Horticultural Union Merged. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., March 6. (Special.) Merger of the Yakima Fruit Growers' Exchange with the Horti cultural Union was announced today, the latter organization Issuing treas ury stock for stock of the exchange and taking over the warehouses and other assets of the latter. The exchange marketed 200 cars, chiefly apples, last year through the Yakima fruit sellers, joining the union and Richey Gilbert Company in form ing that agency. In the two previous seasons it marketed through the Northwestern Fruit Exchange. J. T. TREADWELL IS DEAD One of locators of Famous Alaska Mine Stricken on Oakland Ferry. OAKLAND. Cal.. March 6. James T. Treadwell; who, with his brother, John, located the famous Treadwell mine on Douglas Island, opposite Juneau, Alaska, and afterwards organized the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Com pany, which was later sold to the Rothschilds, died suddenly tonight, pre sumably from heart failure, on board a ferry steamer. He was returning from San Francisco to his 'home in this city. Snow Deep at Yacolt. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 6. ("Special.) Heavy snows have fallen in the north end of the county during the past few days. Above Yacolt the snow is from three to four feet deep and In consequence all logging operations In the Weyerhaeuser camps have . been stopped. The Christensen camp on Lewis River is running with several inches of snow on the ground. No other camp on Lewis River has started yet. i I "he t lnd'57 I Iintos b If Bt bv mm- e' ' w . 'tmship f tier re ; a after 1 . . lao, and Kaiser Rushing More Troops to Front. VILLAGE OF VAUX WIPED Fighting Nv uv!?Sers on Fort Tavannes, 4 Miles Away. 80,000 GERMANS KILLED Ground Taken by French Year Ago Is Won, However Town Is Va cant, but Little Pamaged, Says Associated Press Writer. BERLIN, March 6. Capture of near ly 1000 French, near Verdun, on Sat urday and Sunday, was announced to day by the War Office. LONDON. March 6. The Central News correspondent at The Hague says dispatches received there from the front show that the Germans are making vigorous efforts to capture Fort Tavan nes, four miles northeast of Verdun, but that the French are resisting them resolutely, Inflicting heavy losses on the attackers. Fighting; la Stubborn. Stubborn fighting continues near Verdun, the correspondent says. The village of Vaux no longer exists. More than 10,000 Germans carried out an assault upon the French positions at Vaux, but, the correspondent says, were repulsed with hevy losses, sev eral German lines being swept away by the famous French 75s. It is also said that 27 train loads of German wounded have left the Verdun battlefields for Germany. Important movements ' of German troops in Belgium, are reported in a Central News dispatch from The Hague. It is said information has reached The Hague from Maestricht, Holland.- that 40,000 German cavalrymen of the Land Sturm are on their way to the front, near Ypres. VERDUN, via Paris, March 6. Nine inch shells fell around the Gath bridfes and railway stations of Verdun yester day. They came from long-range guns seven, miles away and dropped me thodically. The gendarmes on duty near one gate told the Associated Press correspond ent he had kept a tally of those that fell last night and that there were 117 of them. The correspondent, shel tered by a massive earth' and stone work at one of the gates, counted proj ectiles exploding about three minutes apart in the neighborhood. Not a bridge nor an entrance to the abandoned fortifications has been struck. The city is vacant. It Is more like the ghost of a city than a modern, well-built town. There are no civilians and no soldiers here. Firemen have remained, however, and are busy stop ping the work of the incendiary bombs. Concluded on Page 4, Column 2.) t i -i Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hunter Freed From Charge of Complicity in Killing Mrs. Alma Kuehne. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. March 6 (Special.) Judge Kuykendall. in the Circuit Court today, dismissed the in dictments against Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hunter, charged with complicity in the i tilling of Mrs. Alma Kuehne in Dodd lollow December 20, last. Dismissal came after District Attor ney John Irwin had moved for a post ponement of the Hunter trial until after the trial of A. Ernest Lawrence, who also was indicted on a similar charge. Judge Kuykendall stated that the Hunter case had been set for today and the Lawrence case for next Mon day, and that they would be tried in the order set. Attorneys for the de fendants announced they' were ready for trial. One juryman was examined by the defense, but District Attorney Irwin declined to proceed with his ex amination, stating that he was not ready to go to trial. After' soma further parley the jurors were dismissed and arguments by Ir win and defendants' attorneys were heard. Following these. Judge Kuyken dall adjourned court until 3 o'clock this afternoon, and, upon reconvening, dis missed the indictments against Mr. and Mrs. Hunter. The trial of Lawrence was set for next Tuesday, due to the fact that Monday comes on the thir teenth. This change was made at the request of Lawrence's attorney. Mrs. Kuehne was killed in a general fight between members of the Hunter and Kuehne families. G. P. PUTNAM JOINS GUARD Private Secretary Follows Example . of Governor's Teaching. SALEM. Or.. March 6. (Special.) George Palmer Putnam, private eecre tary to Governor Withycombe, today enlisted as a private in Company M, Third Regiment. Oregon National Guard. "I believe in preparedness," said Mr. Putnam, "and so I propose to practice what I preach." Governor Withycombe recently urged that all state employes join the Na tional Guard, and, as a result, a large number have already enlisted in the Salem company. CLOCK ENDS 60-YEAR RUN Old-Fashioned Timepiece Will Get Its First Repairs. INDEPENDENCE, Or.. March S. (Special.) The old-fashioned weight clock in the J. E. Elkins family was recently taken to the jeweler to be re paired for the first time in its history. It was purchased from a. settler in the year 1856 for 50 bushels of wheat. and lias run continuously for the past du years. Mr. Elkins is one of the earlv nio neens of the state, having taken up a donation lana claim near Monmouth in 1845. Policemen Get Shorter Hours. MINNEAPOLIS, March 6. Mayor W. G. Nye today issued an order reducing the hours of policemen from 10 to eight a day in the hope of bringing about greater efficiency and cutting down the number of crimes. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 45 degrees; minimum, 3S degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; westerly winds. War. Zeppelins raid England, covering: wide ter ritory. Page 4. Four million shells fired at Verdun. Page 1. Foreiftn. , Spanish vhip. with 445 aboard, sinks off coast of Brazil. Page 1. National. Anti-Saloon League takes stand against Mr. , Brandeis. Page 1 Addition of several swlf t battle cruisers to America s fleet proposed. Page 3. Newton D. Baker, ex-Mayor of Cleveland. Is appointed Secretary of War. Page 2. Gifford Pinchot directing- lobby against Shields water-power bill. Page 3. Partisan alignment appears In House on armed ehlps question. Page 1. Trading stamp tax upheld. Page 3. House Army bill Introduced. Page 2. Colonel House reports Germany Is In earnest In Its submarine stand. Page 2. Domestic Nine prisoners bum to death In Hi Paso Jail. Page 4. Price of food declines in year. Page 1. Bight In family killed ; Oklahoma farmer may be murderer and suicide. Page 3. Five shot, four fatally, in resumption of tons; war at San Francisco. Page 5. Pacific Northwest. Car relief promised by President Sproule, of Southern Pacific. Page 1. Eugene storm ends, but flood troubles are not over. Page 0. Clackamas court upholds Gill act. Page t$. Sport. Fox and Benjamin meet in headllner at smoker tonight. Page 13. Jack Cody advocates abbreviated swimming suits for women. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Wneat bins are raised at country points. Page 17. Crop scare reports send wheat up at Chi cago. Page lT Stock market strong, with substantial gain at close. Page 17. Cattle and hogs advance at North Port land yards. Page 17. Multnomah, dryocked for repairs, will be returned to coast service. Page lti. Portland and V trinity. Thurman-srreet slide stirs up feeling at City Hall. Page 10. Prisoner, on tiny ledge feet above street, braves death and escapes. Page !.;. Judgment against Joe Howard for $30,000 by default pending. ge 13. Employers and employes resent attempt to change workers' hours. Page 16. Inspection of all militia units to be made within n-xt two weeks. Page It. Rural credit plans of Missouri and Montana cited. Pago 7. Cupid's dart shot In hospital room. Page 7. Weather reToit, data and forecast. Page 17. Apron day is here. Page i. Mr. sprou'e active in efforts to relieve car au-jriage. Page 5. S. P. Will Open Office in Portland. MR. SPROULE TAKES ACTION Conference Held With Public Service Commission. RELIEF ONLY TEMPORARY Kailroad President Not Optimistic ad to Future, Expressing Opin ion That Condition in Fall Will Bo Far More Acute. SALEM. Or.. March S. (Special.) Return of P. W. Campbell, assistant general manager of the Southern Pa cific Company, to Portland within the next 30 days and the establishment of a car distribution bureau at Portland immediately, was promised to the Ore gon Public Service Commission today by "William Sproule. president of the Southern Pacific, after a conference here in which plans to relieve the pres ent car shortage in the state were dis cussed. Prospects for permanent relief for Oregon lumber mills in the Willamette Valley and other industries were de clared by the Commission after the conference with Mr. Sproule to be small, though assurances that the Southern Pacific will do its utmost to supply thi3 territory were given. Worse Condition Looked For. "I see nothing to prevent the great est car shortage this Fall that the country has ever seen, as it is cumu lative." President Sproule advised the Commission. "Our cars are being held in the East until they can be unloaded, and even then it is difficult to get them back unless they come empty. The pressure which the Western roads are exerting on the Eastern lines it is hoped will prove effective." That there will be no discrimination against Oregon shippers as far as sup plying cars is concerned, was the re peated assurance of President Sproule today to members of the Commission. He declared that Oregon would receive its Just proportion of cars, but was not optimistic that the relief would be adequate to the needs. Cars Ordered Unloaded. "Mr. Sproule was unable to offer us any absolute assurance that the situa tion will be materially bettered in the number of cars the state is now re ceiving," said Commissioner Miller. "We called his attention to the fact that the Southern Pacific now has 1500 cars in San Francisco, which have not been unloaded. He said he had ordered 100 of them unloaded today and that this state would receive its just pro portion. "The trouble is that apparently the Southern Pacific hesitates to ship empties to Oregon when the cars can be loaded in California, thus saving the extra haul without load. President Sproule said that his road had just ordered 2000 cars built, but they would not become available until after the Fall crops are moved, if it is possible to move them." Further Trouble Expected. According to the commission. Mr. Sproule could offer but little hope for permanent relief for Oregon ship pers his Fall, though he said a tem porary relief now might possibly be given. One of the principal causes of the car shortage in Oregon and why no relief has. been provided was declared by the Commission to be the lack of a chief executive in Oregon. At present ail questions must be referred to tbe San Francisco office. The car distributing bureau and Mr. Campbell's permanent presence in Portland are expected to relieve this situation. Lack of Head Criticised. "Clerks in the dispatcher's office are now handling the distribution of cars in Oregon," said Commissioner Miller. "Under the present system of absentee management, the head office muBt de pend upon the filed reports of agents for its knowledge concerning the needs of shippers. There i a state law re quiring a resident manager in Oregon and when we called the attention of President Sproule to this, he acquiesced immediately in our request that Mr. Campbell remain in Portland rather than San Francisco or Chicago. "President Sproule admitted to us that one trouble has been that South ern Pacific officials have not under stood the potential possibilities of the business in Oregon." The Commission has been advised that all serious car shortages have been relieved bv all railroads in the state except the Southern Pacific. ALLIES LOSE SUBMARINES Thirty-Five Is Estimate Made by German Newspaper. LONDON. March 6. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Amsterdam, says the Frankfurter Zei tung, declares that the entente allies must have lost during the war 33 sub marines Great 'Britain 19, France . Italy 4 and Russia 2. Only three of these boats are ttii-J by the newspaper to have been de stroyed by German warships. 1