VOL,. L.VI XO. 17,252.
PORTLAND, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, 31 ARCH 8, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PRESIOENTWINS
FIGHIJUIOUSE
Warning Resolution Laid
on Table, 276 to 142.
TENSE SITUATION IS ENDED
Session Swayed for Seven
Hours by Most Sensational
t Episode in Decades.
LEGAL PHASES IGNORED
'Stand by President" in Dip
lomatic Negotiations Is
' . Burden of Cry.
WASHINGTON, March 7. Presi
dent Wilson today completely and de
cisively won his long fight to compel
Congress to acknowledge that it
stands behind him in the submarine
negotiations with Germany.
To the rallying cries of "Stand by
the President!" and "It is Lansing and
Wilson or Von Bernstorff and the
Kaiser!" a big Democratic majority
and nearly half the Republicans in the
House rolled up overwhelming votes
gainst the movement to warn Ameri
rans off armed ships of the European
belligerents.
Resolution Laid on Table.
The celebrated McLemore resolu
tion, around which the anti-Administration
forces centered their fight,
was tabled in other words, killed
just as was the Gore resolution for
a similar purpose in the Senate last
week.
From the outset of the fight today
the President's supporters, without re
gard to party, swept over the oppo
sition. On the first vote, which was a par
liamentary proposition to prevent
opening the McLemore resolution to
amendment and unlimited debate, the
Administration forces carried the day,
25(5 to 160. On that, 192 Democrats,
53 Republicans and one Progressive
voted to support the Administration.
Twenty-one Democrats, 132 Republi
cans, five Progressives, one independ
ent and Representative London, the
lone Socialist of the House, voted
against it.
Crucial Point Is Passed.
This was the crucial vote of the
fight, the one on which Administra
tion leaders were uncertain. With
victory in hand they moved on to the
next proposition, the adoption of a
special rule for four hours' discussion
of the McLemore resolution.
Again they carried the day, this
time 27i to 138, and then pushed their
victory to a conclusion by tabling the
McLemore resolution, 276 to 142.
In seven hours of tense, turbulent
session, in which the Administration
opponents charged that the President
was contending for a doubtful legal
right and was shifting the responsi
bility of diplomatic negotiations to
Congress, the House swayed back and
forth in the most sensational Con
gressional spectacle of a decade, prob
ably unequalled since the eve of the
declaration of war on Spain.
Wilson Expresses Gratification.
President Wilson, calm and confi
dent, heard the early results of the
voting in the Cabinet-room at the
l White House with some of the Cabinet
grouped about him. He told them he
was much gratified with the support
of Congress.
Released from the bond3 of embar
rassment forced upon him by the dis
sensions in Congress, which have been
represented in foreign capitals as in
dicating that he was making his de
mands on Germany in direct opposi
tion to the sentiment of the elected
representatives of the people, Presi
dent Wilson now stands prepared to
go on with the submarine negotiations
with the central powers.
The next step probably will be an
answer to Germany's last proposal to
settle the Lusitania case, in which the
United States probably will ask for
such further assurances as it consid
ers sufficiently broad and complete to
guarantee that the new submarine
campaign, which began on March 1
and in which notice has been given
that all ships carrying guns will be
sunk without warning, will not en
danger Americans traveling the seas
' on merchant vessels.
The President and his advisers re-
(Contludcd on J et;u 4, Ceiuaw A.)
TRAIN HITS AUTO;
1 DEAD, 1 DYING
XF.KVOUS DRIVER TRIES TO
SPEED OVER CROSSING.
George W. Barret Fatally Injured
Xear Grants Pass and C. L.
Dillon Is Killed Outright.
GRANTS PASS, Or., March 7. (Spe
cial.) Extra freight No. 2591, west
bound, ran over an automobile driven
by George W. Barret at the railroad
crossing near Hugo, 14 miles from
Grants Pass, in Josephine County, this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. C. L. Dillon,
the father-in-law of Barret, a pas
senger in the car, was instantly killed,
while Barret was probably fatally in
jured. The train was traveling at only a
moderate speed and repeated warn
ings were blown, but Mr. Barret ap
parently became excited and tried to
clear the crossing ahead of the train.
The conductor of the train was W. E.
Kurtz and the engineer J. V. Hale,
both of this city. Mr. Dillon was a
farmer living at Hugo, coming to this
county from Kansas three years ago.
He was about 65 years old. Mr. Bar
ret was a druggist and came for his
health three weeks ago from Fort
Rupert, Idaho. He was 35 years old.
Both men are married and leave fami
lies. ' Mr. Barret was being treated
by a specialist in thi3 city for a ner
vous affection and to the strained con
dition of his nerves is' attributed the
accident.
SUCCESS FORMULA 'SWEAT'
Dr. John, II. Boyd Tells Pendleton
Students Brain Value Necessary.
PENDLETON, Or., March 7. (Spe
cial.) More than 300 members of the
boys' forum and girls forum of Pen
dleton High School listened to Dr. John
If. Boyd, of the First Presbyterian
Church of Portland, in his address on
brain value last night.
"A successful man today must have
a high rating in brain value," said Dr.
Boyd: "A man's success," he contin
ued, "depends upon his n-vestment In
mentality. If a boy or girl aspires to
be a leader the surest way is to go on
to a higher institution of learning."
His formula for success was summed
up in a word of five letters sweat.
PRAIRIE FIRES SPREADING
Fears Felt for Ashland, Kan., Now
in Path of Flames.
DODGU CITY, Kan., March 7. Two
prairie fires broke out in southern Ford
County today and are being driven
southward by a strong wind. Efforts
are being made to increase the forces
combatting the spread of the fires, as
it is feared the town of Ashland may
be destroyed.
A prairie fire that devastated thou
sands of acres in four counties north
of Dodge City was extinguished early
today after it had burned 36 hours and
had caused the death of a boy and the
severe burning of a woman.
CALDWELL BANK IS SOLD
Jordan A'allcy Bankers Buy Control
of $50,000 Institution.
CALDWELL. Idaho. March 7. (Spe
cial.) Controlling interest in the West
ern National Bank was purchased to
day by Fred Palmer and Fred Miller,
bankers of Jordan Valley, Or. At a
directors' meeting held this afternoon
Mr. Palmer was chosen president, L. S.
Dille vice-president and Fred Miller
cashier. The bank is capitalized for
$50,000 and the last statement showed
deposits totaling $221,191.75.
Messrs. Palmer and Miller will re
tain control of the Jordan Valley State
Bank, but will make their homes here.
4 DIE IN HOT WATER VAT
Cover, Used as Improved Seat for
Kvansclistic Meeting, Collapses.
CONN ELLS VILLE, Pa.. March 7.
Four men were drowned and others in
jured here today when the roof cover
ing a vat of hot water in the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad shops collapsed in the
course of a religious meeting.
The men had assembled to hear a
talk by an evangelist who is conducting
services in one of the churches, and
several climbed to the top of the vat,
which collapsed under their weight.
Six men were saved by the prompt
action of persons nearby.
FAIR VOTERS IN MAJORITY
More Women Than Men Registered
in Lebanon Precincts.
ALBANY, Or., March 7. (Special.)
In the voting precincts in the City cf
Lebanon, there are 35 more women, reg
istered than men. In all other pre
cincts in the county, men outnumber
women two to one in the registration.
Employes in the County Clerk's office
say that this condition is accounted for
by the fact that in Lebanon there Is
an active woman registrar clerk, Mrs.
G. W. Cruson.
BOYS CONFESSED BANDITS
Five Admit 25 Burglaries to Get
Money to Go to Movies.
CHICAGO, March 7. Five boys, the
oldest of whom is 17 years old, have
confessed, according to the police, that
they are members of a band which
committed 25 burglaries and holdups in
Chicago in the last month.
- The boys said they wanted money to
fepena in the motion picture theaters,
GERMANS SEEK NEW
WAY INTO VERDUN
Infantry Attacks to
Northwest Increase.
IMPORTANT GAIN IS MADE
Paris Admits Loss of Position
. in Carbeaux Wood.
TEUTONS SEEK HILLTOPS
Effort Now Directed to Storming
of Positions From Which French
Artillery Had Harassed
Previous Advance.
PARIS. March 7. The German in
fantry attacks have been greatly in
creased to the northwest of Verdun be
tween Bethincourt and the Meuse, and
the Germans have made a gain in that
important sector, getting a foothold in
the Corbeaux wood, which lies to the
southwest of the Cote de role.
The official statement issued by the
War Office tonight makes this admis
sion, but declares all other attacks in
that neighborhood were repulsed.
Foiled in their attempts to carry
Douaumont plateau, says a semi-offi
cial account, the Germans are now
turning their attention to other parts
of the line and are driving at French
positions west of the Meuse, while
their artillery keeps the French busy
elsewhere and their infantry has been
making attacks in the Woevre district
in the vicinity of Fresnes.
Lons line Being Stormed.
As the first result of their drive
to the west of the Meuse, the Germans
took the town of Forges and since
have advanced farther to the south
and southeast. The capture of Forges,
which was only an advance post and
not strongly held, was apparently the
first step in a serious effort to storm
the long line extending from the Mcusc
to the Forges brook.
The fire from the highest points
along this crest, the Mort Homme and
Oie hills, took the Germans in the
rear when they were attacking Douau
mont by way or acnerauvnie and was
partly responsible for their fail
ure of Sunday, while the violent and
persistent bombardment of the German
artillery had little effect on the fire
of the French batteries along the
cresU
French Declared Prepared.
It would be natural then for the
Germans.- according to their known
methods, to turn to the alternative of
trying to storm the heights with
masses of infantry.
The desire of the Germans to reduce
the awkard salient formed by the Meuse
north of Verdun was anticipated bv
the French, who are fully prepared
for its defense with every confidence
that the German attempt would only
result in heavy losses for the attack
ing forces.
Hawaiian Sugar Crop Increased.
WASHINGTON. lUrcb 7. Hawaii's
1915 cane sugar production was 648,000
tons, an Increase of 34,000 tons over
1914, according to a canvass completed
today by the Department of Agricul
ture.
ONE
INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS
The Weather.
TESTE RD AT S Maximum temperature. 51
degrees; minimum. 44 decrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain, southerly winds.
War.
German artillery fire at Verdun beyond
precedent in all warfare. Pace 2.
Britain replies to German note announcing
intention of taking reprisal at aea.
Page 3.
Germans seeking to hew new path Into
Verdun. Page 1.
Germany seriously considering; possible ad
vantages of break with United lata tea.
Tage 2.
oreign.
Chinese troops capture two rebel strong
holds. Page 2.
National.
Votes of Northwest members divided on
warning resolution. Page 4.
President sustained by House on armed
merchantmen issue. Page 1.
Food prices soaring In European capitals.
Page
Domestic,
Telephone official describes battle with
February storm. Page 3.
Three more shot in Kan Francisco tons
war. Pago 6.
Sports.
Hoppe defeats Tamada at billiards. Pace 34,
Long hockey tour by Uncle Sams foreseen.
Page 3 4-
Columbia University beats Washington High
School at basketball. k Page 15.
Vernon Club apparently not much stronger
than In 11H.". Page 15.
Pacific Northwest.
Lane storm may bo fatal to aged farmer.
Page 7.
One killed and one fatally Injured in auto
struck by train near Grants Pass. Page 3.
Syndicate iii buy and reopen Cougar mines
in Grant County. Page 1.
Southern Pacific rushing in cars to relieve
shippers. Page 7.
Hi Gill re-elected Mayor 61. Seattle ap
parently by big plurality. Pago 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Northwestern farmers refuse to sell wheat
at present prices. Page 19.
Chicago wheat drops on belief Dardanelles
may be reopened. Page 11.
Stock market strengthened by favorable
news from Washington. Pace 19.
Captain describes sinking of French bark.
Page IS-
Portland and Virlnity.
Utah and Indiana have rural credit banks.
Fage S.
Morton Colin buys National Theater,
rage 12.
Welfare Commission pledges to avoid radical
action. Page 1
D. J. Malarkey tells of trip to Europe.
Tage S.
Orecon mothers threaten break with Mrs.
Sclioff. Page O.
Itiiidell divorce jR held up on motorboat
t lief t charge, then signed. Page 1 8.
Ulr. Hfgelow aroused over slide controversy.
Page it.
Appeal on trading stamp injunction rests
with state. Page 9.
All apron stork sold and orders taken for
dozens more. Tage 0.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19.
SCHOONER'S CREW SAVED
British Steamer Rescues Men Blown
orr Course in Atlantic.
BOSTON. March 7. The loin of the
schooner Ella L. Davenport, of this
port, with the rescue of her crew by
tho British steamer Pinna, from Eng
land for Tort Arthur, Tex., was re
ported today by the captain of the
Pinna in a wireless message to the
schooner's owners.
The Davenport was bound from Nor
folk to Providence and was last spoken
off Bermuda, having been Mown off
her course.
PROHIBITION IS REPEALED
Local Option Carries Vermont by
Majority of 13,16 1 Votes.
RUTLAND, Vt., March 7. Local op
tion won over prohibition in this state
today by a margin of 13,164 votes. The
prohibitory amendment was first placed
on the statute books In 1852 and was
repealed In 1903 by a majority of 729.
The vote today on the question of
re-enacting the amendment was: Yes,
18,503; no, 31,667. Every county in
the state with the exception of Orleans
gave a majority in favor of- local option.
OF DEATH'S GREATEST TRIUMPHS.
HI GILL RE-ELECTED
BY BIG MAJORITY
One Third Count ives
T"
CALDWELL LEADS BRADFORD
Vote Light Because of Cold
Rain and Disagreeable Day.
RACE FOR COUNCIL CLOSE
Almost X Interest Taken in Two
Charter Amendments Before
People KIcction Quietest in
Years After Hot Campaign.
SEATTLE, Main., March 7. (Spe
cial.) One hundred prrcineta complete
oat of 277 in Seattle give mil. for
Mayor. 12,2.181 Griffith. 9257. A .mai
ler vote vraa rut than In the primary
wo imki ago. mil appears to have
heen re-elected by a large majority.
SEATTLE, Wash.. March 7. (Spe
cial.) Mayor Hiram C. Gill was re
elected today, according to his usual
custom.
Hugh M. Caldwell appears to have
the lead over Corporation Counsel
Bradford, who is righting Tor re-election.
No returns are available yet on the
Council, but the election of ex-Mayor
William Hickman Moore and former
City Engineer R. II. Thomson appears
conceded, with Otto Case and Council
man Fitzgerald fighting for third
place.
Vote la Light.
Light voting characterized Mr.
Gill's fifth contest for the Mayor
alty of Seattle. The weather was
disagreeable all day. with a cold rain
prevailing, and it will be surprising if
the total vote cast exceeds that at the
primary, two weeks ago, when 68,000.
out of 74.000 registered voters, appeared
at the polls. -
I Terry, Treasurer, and Harry W.
Carroll, Controller, aro practically un
opposed for their positions, their com
petition being from obscure men not
known to the voting public.
Charter Amendment Voted On.
The latest dope on the rare would
indicate that the three first named are
winning. The first two had a long
lead in the primaries, Moore polling
the heaviest vote of anyone at that
time, but it looks like a toss-up for
the third place, with odds possibly on
Fitzgerald.
Besides the officials there are two
charter amendments, one affecting the
civil service and tho other providing
for preferential voting, on the ballot.
No interest has been aroused in these.
There is something of a contest against
the Port Commission's propositions for
the transfer of bonds to permit of the
construction of a public belt line rail
road along the waterfront and docks
and warehouses on Lake Union.
While the campaign has been warm
at times, the general tone of the elec
tion today was one of the quietest ever
experienced here.
REPUBLICAN VOTE
HEAVY IN INDIANA
PX.MOCRATS AND PROGRESSIVES
LOSING GROUND.
Watson and Goodrich Lead In Re
turns From Only Few Precincts.
Count Coming in Slowly.
INDIANAPOLIS. March 7. Returns
from the first Etate-wide preferential
primary in Indiana were slow in com
ing in, but those received up to 10
o'clock tonight Indicated an unusually
heavy Republican and the falling off
in the Democratic and Progressive vote.
Unofficial returns from 26 out of the
3177 precincts in the state gave the
following for the Republican candi
dates: For United States Senator Harry S.
New, 847; James E. Watson. 1038.
For Governor James R. Goodrich.
983: Warren T. McCray. 743.
Thirty-two scattering precincts gave
in the Democratic race for Governor:
John A. M. Adair. 1230; Leonard B.
Clore. 84 4.
United States Senator Kern was .un
opposed for renomination on the Demo
cratic ticket, as were also President
Wilson and ex-Vice-President Fair
banks, candidates for the nomination
for President on the Democratic and
Republican tickets, respectively.
VETERAN DENIED VOTE
Man AVIio Helped Elect Lincoln Is
Not Eligible Now.
EL'GKXK, Or.. March 7. (Special.)
"Do you realize, young man, that I
have voted in every Presidential elec
tion since Lincoln was a candidate for
office? Do you realize that I have
served as a soldier through the entire
Civil War and that it will be almost
impossible for me to find my father's
naturalization papers?"
With this statement. William Dor
ward, aged 73, end a veteran of the
Civil War. replied to the County Clerk
when informed that he could not regis
ter because he was born In England.
coming to this country as a boy and
claiming naturalization under his
father's papers, which have long been
lost. Dorward voted for Abraham Lin
coln and at every Presidential election
since that time, but the statute enact
ed by the last session of th j Legisla
ture requiring proof of citizenship
bars him.
MORGENTHAU MAY RESIGN
Ira, Nelson Morris Considered atj
Successor at Constantinople.
WASHINGTON. March 7. Admin
istration officials were concerned to
night over reports that Henry Mor
genthau. American ambassador to Tur
key, might resign. It was understood
some of the ambassador's friends were
urging him to remain in this country
to assist in the next Presidential cam
paign. He is at home in New York on
leave.
Ira Nelson Morris, now American
minister to Sweden, was being men
tioned tonight as a possible successor
to him should he decide to give up his
post.
SWEDISH BRIG IS RESTORED
Germans Apologize for Seizure
AVitliin Territorial Waters.
COPENHAGEN, via London. March 7.
The Berlingske Tidende publishes a
dispatch from Malmoe. Sweden, which
says that a German torpedo-boat cap
tured the Swedish brig Tnez off Land
skrana, Sweden, and placed a prize
crew aboard. The Swedish torpedo
boat Regulus came up hurriedly and
drew attention to the fact that the
capture of the Ynez was made half a
mile within Swedish waters.
The German commander thereupon
made apologies and removed his crew.
LAD IN FUN KILLS HIS CHUM
Wild West Gamo W illi Ririe Is Fatal
to North Yakima Boy.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., March 7.
(Special.) While playing Wild West
with his chum, a lad named Allan,
William Dulin, aged 15, son of Dr.
Charles T. Dulin, was fatally shot this
evening and died an hour later in the
hospital.
The shooting was done with a .22
caliber rifle, which the boys supposed
unloaded.
4 MORE GERMANS SEIZED
Portuguese Take Over Vessels In
East African Port.
.
LISBON, via Paris, March 7. Four
German steamers which had taken
refuge in the port of Lourenzo Marquez,
Portuguese East Africa, have been
seired and the Portuguese flag hoisted
on them.
The crews of the vessels were in
terned.
COUNTY JUDGE IS MAYOR
Burns Elects Mr. Levens Unani
mously and Vote la Light.
BURNS. Or, March 7. (Special.)
County Judge Levens was elected
Mayor of Burns today.
A very light vote was cast. He had
no opposition.
Wilson Congratulates Clark.
WASHINGTON. March 7. Presiden
Wilson today wrote a warm letter of
congratulation to Speaker Clark of the
House on the occasion of his esth
birthday.
lUflRC PUftHRCC flRT
uimmulu hui
TO UPSET BUSINESS
Pledge Against Radi
" cal Action Given.
TIME PROMISED EMPLOYERS
Suggested Rulings Denounced
by Both Sides.
DR. EQUI ATTACKS CAPITAL
Formal Proceedings Postponed Un
til March 21 Manager or Out
bide Company Declares Prca- !
cut Law Is Hurting State.
Further rulings by the Industrial
Welfare Commission affecting the
wages and hours of employment of
women workers of the state will not
be .made without full and complete op
portunity for all who are interested to
be heard on the subject.
This position was thoroughly im
pressed upon delegations of employers
and employes who gathered in the
commission's offices in the Courthouse
yesterday to attend tho initial meeting
or a conference committee recently ap
pointed by the commission to investi
gate the present conditions of women
workers and to determine whether any
further regulations are necessary.
All Declared atUfled Now.
E. L. Thompson, Senator A. M. LaFol
lette. W. P. Olds and others represent
ing the employers asked the conference
to postpone indefinitely all intended
action on tho plea that both employers
and employes are well satisfied with
tho present conditions and that further
changes will serve only to disorganize
industry and business. ' i
The conference had before it yester
day tho informal and preliminary report
of suggested changes recently drafted
by W. L. Brewster, Mrs. L. Gee and
Thomas Roberts, members of a sub
committee. This report, among its
principal provisions, aims to limit tho
employment of women to 48 hours a
week and to fix the minimum wage of
industrial workers at ?8.64 a week, in
stead of $8.25 a week.
Misconception la Apparent.
It was the circulation of copies of
this report that had brought together a
big company of employers from all
parts of the state at the Chamber of
Commerce Monday afternoon. It was
apparent that many who attended Mon
day's meeting were under the mitap
prehension that tho suggested rules
contained in the sub-committee's report
actually were the final orders of the
commission.
At the opening of yesterday's meeting
Rev. Father E. V. O'Hara. chairman of
the commission, explained, as he had
done at Monday's meeting, that the ad
vance report never has been formally
presented to the commission, and that -it
never may be presented. He ex
plained the report at considerable de
tail, and consequently the report was
placed before the conference "without
recommendation."
ConscrTBtiam Is Promised.
Father O'Hara insisted that the Com
mission does not intend to make rad
ical changes in its rulings. It has been
learned, however, he said, that the '
spirit of the present law is being vio
lated in some isolated instances and
that some of the regulations are so
vague that they cannot be properly en
forced. He'called attention to the fact
that one employer who had been given
a special license to employ a girl for
$1.60 a week to learn whether she was
fitted for the work actually deducted
13 hi cents from her wages for the half
holiday that the employes were given
on Saturdays. It is to correct such
evils as these, he exclaimed, that the
present conference has been called
not to harass industry.
Members of the conference then or- .
ganized by electing E. B. MacNaugh
ton as chairman and Mrs. G. J. Frankcl
as secretary. The full membership of
the Commission follows: Everett
Ames, Arthur C. Callem and. Thomas
Roberts, Sr., representing the employ
ers; Mr. MacNaughton, Mrs. Frankel
and W. L. Brewster, representing the
public, and Mrs. L. Gee, Mrs. Rose
Herst and Miss Neil Younger, repre
senting the employes.
Mr. Ames Calls for Code.
Mr. Ames declared at once that he
wanted to go on record as opposed to
many provisions of the sub-committee's
suggested code, and it was
through his insistence that the code
was placed before the conference with
out prejudice and without recommen
dation. Mr. Brewster then suggested that the
conference dispense with further formal
proceedings until each member had op
portunity to determine the following
points: First, which provisions of the
proposed code are satisfactory; second,
which provisions are approved in sub
stance, and. third, whether the detailed
arrangement of the code is satisfac
tory. When the conference finally ad
journed, to meet on Tuesday afternoon.
March 21, it was with the understand
ing that the individual members shall
proceed along the lines that Mr. Brew
ster suggested.
Inasmuch as a number of represen
tative employers were present, the con
ference granted them the privilege of
expressing their views.
K. L. Thompson, manager of the Port-
(CoociuiKii uu i'se la. Uiuua 1.)