Morning Oregonian., April 04, 1916, Image 1

VOL. LVI NO. 17,2T.l.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL. 4, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
I iff I I iiiiumi innrn
STUDENTS GET OUT
EUGENE NEWSPAPER
WILSON LIKELY TO
FORD VOTE BIG IN
MICHIGAN PRIMARY
ARMAMENT LIMIT IS
COUNTY COLLECTS
$1,000,000 IN DAY
TAXES TO DATE ARE ESTIMAT
ED AT $2,805,092.
STATE BOARD NAMES
NEW COLLEGE WORK
l VILLA, miWUUNLItlJ
I ' a a
HAb UNLY 8
. DANIELS' m
CliASSKS ARE ABANDONED FOli
PKACTICAL WORK.
SENATOR' SMITH'S LEAD SMALL
IX PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
IN
GHANGEU
BOATVlEw
Bandit Chief Is Said to
Have 60-Mile Lead.
FUGITIVE HEADS FOR PARRAL
Army Left Behind to Check
Advance of Americans.
LEADER AVOIDS CONFLICT
fctory of 'Wound Said to Have
Been Concocted With View
of Misleading General
Pershing in Pursuit.
EL PASO, April 3. Francisco Villa,
nnwounded and accompanied by only
eight men, was at SateTO, 50 miles
eouth of Chihuahua city, two days ago,
according to information received here
today from Mexican sources.
If this information is correct it bears
out previous reports that the bandit
chief is headed toward Parral and is
leading his American pursuers by at
least 60 miles. The nearest point to
Satevo which the American troops srre
known to have reached is San Antonio,
60 miles to the northwest.
Route Familiar to Villa.
The route said to have been taken by
Villa is one with which he is thorough
ly familiar and which, indeed, is known
among the peons as "Pancho's road."
From Guerrero it leads across the con
tinental divide, through the Bachinaba
Pass into a broad valley, which runs
east to San Andres, Villa's old head
quarters, thence south to Santa Ysabel.
the scene of Villa's massacre of 18
mining men, and then southeast
, through Satevo to Parral.
The man who brought the story of
Villa's arrival at Satevo here gave a
circumstantial account of the bandit's
maneuvers and plan of campaign. While
his story is impossible of verification,
his own credibility is vouched for by
business men here, who have employed
him for several years.
Villa Avoid Klghtins.
"Villa," he said, "has never taken
part in any fighting with cavalry,
whether American or Carranza troops,
lie left the main body of his troops in
the Guerrero district with orders to
oppose as far as they could the Ameri
can, advance. At the same time the
peons" were instructed to give informa
tion freely to American officers, al
ways ' provided that the information
was false. The story of Villa's being
wounded was carefully concocted for
the express purpose of misleading
General Pershing and Colonel Dodd
into the belief that the bandit was in
hiding in the mountains and thereby
inducing them to split their forces into
small searching parties who would
waste their time in the wild search,
while Villa was making his way safe
ly southward."
, This part of the story is given color
by the admission of General Pershing
today that his intelligence department
has been given much misleading in
formation and -that it was becoming
more difficult to secure reliable guides.
Junction With Reyes Possible.
Continuing his story, the man con-
tinued:
"American officers were fooled at
first, but they have a fair knowledge
of the real situation now and the ad
vance column is driving southeast with
all the speed they can command. Their
one chance of catching up with Villa
is that they have a good road and
should not be handicapped by the big
problem of forage and water. The
trail from San Antonio to Satevo leads
through a broad valley, where there
is generally plenty of water at this
time of the year and which is fairly
fertile and well cultivated. Of course
the peon farmers will try to conceal
their grain, but American gold and sll
ver will be a temptation many of them
will be unable to resist.
"If they can catch up with Villa be
fore he gets into the Torreon district
they ought to be able to kill or capture
him, but if he is able to join forces
.' with Canuto Reyes they will have
difficult task ahead of them."
Mexican officials here and in Juarez
refused to discuss the probability of
A'illa being close to Parral, but they
showed no inclination to belittle the
story. General Gavira, the Juarez
commander, said he had no direct news
from the front, as the wires between
Juarez and Casas Grandes were again
out of commission, owing to heavy
. storms.
KAISER TO PUNISH AIRMEN
Apology Made for Dropping Bombs
on Swiss Village.
LONDON", April 3. Germany has
apologized to Switzerland for dropping
bombs on the Swiss village of Poren
trup by German airmen last week, says
a Reuter dispatch from Berne. A
promise to punish the aviators, who
supposed they were over Belfort, has
been made.
A dispatch from Berne last Friday
raid that two aeroplanes of unknown
nationality had dropped five large
bombs on Porentrup, with some dam
age to property.
liegiilar Staff of Evening Guard
Takes Vacation, While l'oung
Journalists Handle Sheet.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON'. Eugene.
April 3. (Special.) Doing everything
but the mechanical work, 100 journal
ism students of the university are en
gaged this week in issuing the Eugene
Daily Guard, the evening newspaper.
The regular Guard staff is off for the
first vacation in years.
The first edition of 10 pages, con
taining the late telegraph and local
news, appeared on the streets of Eu
gene at 4:30 this evening. In an edi
torial headed "We Are in Charge," the
announcement is made: "Students in
the school of journalism of the Uni
versity of Oregon have taken over the
editing of the Eugene Daily Guard for
the first five days of -this week. Our
purpose is to try ourselves out against
actual working conditions. To the
readers of the Guard we will say we
are your humble servants. We are
trying to give you a good paper- it is
you we are anxious to please."
The students have been divided into
shifts under, the supervision of Dean
Eric Allen and Professor Colin V.
Dyment, of the journalism department.
All the advanced students are required
to work every day from three to four
hours. The freshmen are assigned
from one and a half to two days' work.
Twenty students are on a shift.
Classes have been suspended. Care
ful check is being kept on each student,
and the results at the end of the week
will count practically as a final exam
ination mark for the individual.
CANAL FOUND FAVORABLE
Major-General Goethals Says Open
ing Will Be April 15.
PANAMA, April 3. Major-General
George W. Goethals, Governor of the
Canal Zone, made an examination to
day of the slide area in the Gaillard
cut. He said that the situation looked
even more .favorable to him than he
had expected, and that April 15 would
remain unchanged as the date for re
opening the waterway.
General Goethals expressed the belief
that the canal would not again be
closed to traffic on account of slides in
the cut.
RECRUIT TO SERVE IN JAIL
Xewly-Signcd Soldier Mulcted Out o
$180 In Celebration Sjree.
Burley Trembley will not serve his
country for some days to come but he
will serve a. 10-day jail sentence unless
he can pay the $20 fine Imposed by
Municipal Judge Langguth " yesterday
forenoon. He was -arrested by Patrol
man Maxwell for drunkenness.
Four dayB ago he came from Camas,
Wash., with $180 in wage savings. Fri
day he enlisted at Vancouver, Wash.
Yesterday he tood up for judgment,
with less than 180 cents of his fortune
remaining.
SUPREME COURT CRIPPLED
Government Asks Postponement of
Its Important Cases.
WASHINGTON", April 3. With one
vacancy on the Supreme Court bench.
Justice Day absent from illness, and
Justice McReynolds disqualified from
participating in some cases, the Gov
ernment today suggested to the Su
preme Court that it postpone until next
Fall most of the important Government
cases coming on for argument this
Spring. '
The case in which Justice Mc
Reynolds cannot sit involves his action
when he was Attorney-General.
NAMES FORGED TO RECALL
Six Thousand of 10,383 Xames In
valid; Investigation to Follow.
SAN' FRANCISCO. April 3. Six
thousand names out of a total of 10,
383 signed to a petition for the recall
of Percy V. Long, City Attorney, were
found invalid by the county election
commission here today. Grand jury
investigation would follow, it was in
dicated.
Thirty-seven out of 40 names were
declared forgeries. An attorney named
Danel O'Connell started the petition
BULGARS TO LEAVE GREECE
Evacuation of Invaded Territory
Is Ordered.
PARIS. April 3. A Havas dispatch
from Athens says the Bulgarian gov
ernment has notified Greece that it" has
given orders for evacuation of points
on Greek territory occupied by Bul
garian troops.
Bulgaria assured Greece of the in
tention to do everything possible to
maintain friendly relations between the
two nations.
CONGRESS PUTS ON SPEED
Speaker Clark's Resentment of Crit
icism Has Eifect.
WASHINGTON, April 3.--Congress
resumed its labors today, spurred by
Speaker Clark's statement branding as
"a bald and malicious lie," charges
that both houses have been idling In
their work.
The statement, issued last night, in
answer to critics, is expected to put an
end to all such criticisms.
Recent Sinking of Ves
sels Alters Status.
BERLIN SPEEDS INVESTIGATION
Reports of Submarine Com
manders Not to Be Awaited.
CABINET -TO . MEET TODAY
Situation Is Complicated Further
by Arrival in American Port of
First French Merchantman
Armed for Defense.
WASHINGTON, April 3. Accumula
tion by the State Department of cir
cumstantial evidence indicating that
the Sussex and other unarmed mer
chant ships have been attacked by Ger
man submarines probably will -make
necessary a change in the Administra
tion's plan for dealing with the broad
questions of submarine warfare and the
arming of merchant ships for defensive
purposes.
This became-known tonight after the
State Department had announced the
receipt of a dispatch which quoted on
of the survivors of the Manchester En
gineer disaster as saying that he had
seen the periscope of a submarine. .
Other dispatches received-during the
day brought the Information that a
number of affidavits from survivors of
the Sussex were being forwared by Am
bassador Sharp at Paris and that Am
bassador Gerard at Berlin had received
a promise of an early reply to his in
quiries regarding the Sussex, the Eng
lishman and other ships within a few
days.
Germany to Start Probe.
It waa indicataed in the dispatch that
the German government would not wait
for submarine commanders to report,
but would have inquiries made at sub
marine bases.
The entire submarine question prob
ably will be discussed at the meeting
of the Cabinet tomorrow, but no final
decision as to action is expected be
cause all the evidence is not at hand
Until a number of unarmed merchant
ships recently were overtaken with dis
aster in the war zone, the United States
had planned to issue, for the benefit of
the belligerent governments, a com
plete definition of its position regard
ing the arming of merchant ships for
defensive purposes and the conduct of
submarine warfare.
Recent AttacKs Chanse Status.
The proposed declaration probably
would have involved some changes in
the regulations under which American
port authorities undertake to examine
the character of the armament on mer
chantmen entering American waters to
determine whether it is defensive.
Scretary Lansing, during a recent va
cation at Pinehurst, spent considerable
time at arriving at conclusions on the
subject, which would be Just and fair
to all concerned and which no govern
ment successfully could challenge.
However, these conclusions were
reached on the basis of the understand
ing which had been reached with the
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THERE IS NO MISTAKING THE DIRECTION THE G.
Many Write In Name of T. Ii, as
Republican Choice Wilson Is
Only Democratic Candidate.
DETROIT. Mich.. April ' 3. United
States Senator Wlliam A. Smith, of
Grand Rapids, was leading Henry Ford,
of Detroit, by a small majority for the
Republican nomination in Michigan's
first' Presidential preference primary,
according to scattering reports received
here late tonight.
Ford was polling quite a vote in the
Lower Peninsula and indications were
that he would receive a majority over
Senator Smith In Detroit. The local
polls did. not close until 11 o'clock
tonight.
William G. Simpson, of Detroit, third
candidate on the Republican Presiden
tial ticket, was polling a small vote.
Many counties reported that Repub
lican voters had written the name of
Theodore Roosevelt as Presidential
choice.
Woodrow Wilson was the only Demo
cratic candidate. The National Progres
sives had no- standard bearer. They
had filed sufficient petitions to have
Roosevelt's name placed on the ballot,
but it was taken off at the request of
the ex-President.
FALL FROM BUGGY KILLS
Woman Trips Over Lap Robe
Plunges Vnto Curbing.
and
SALEM Or., April 3. (Special.)
Mrs. L. J'elson, of this city, was in
stantly k. lied here today when she
attempted vo alight, from a buggy and
her foot cs ught in the robe, throwing
her bead l?remost onto the curbing.
Her neck was broken. The tragedy
occurred on Winter street in front of
the residence of Mrs. O. G. . Smith,
where Mrs. Nelson had stopped to de
liver bread.
Mrs. Nelson was 49 years old, and
with her husband conducted a bakery
on D street. Besides her husband a
young son survives her.
AMERICANS0N LOST SHIP
Submarine Said to Have Given
liengairn No Warning.
LONDON, April 3. Lloyds reports
that the British bark Bengairn has been
sunk by a submarine. Part of the
crew were picked up. It is said the
vessel was not armed.
SEATTLE, Wash.,"' April 3. There
were two Americans in the crew, of
13 in the British bark Bengairn, sunk
by a submarine. The Bengairn sailed
from Seattle December 10 for Queens
town for orders, with a cargo of wheat
valued at $135,000. The vessel, owned
by J. and K . Rae, of Liverpool, was
valued at $100,000.
BAR ON MEXICANS WANTED
Los Angeles Would Stop Influx of
Destitute Persons.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 2. A pro
gramme of action to stop the influx of
Mexicans into Los Angeles County and
to obtain the aid of the Federal Gov
ernment In deporting such undesirables
as may be found in the Mexican popu
lation of about 75,000 was Instituted
today by the 3oard of Supervisors.
Reports were made to the Board that
nearly 2000 Mexicans were dependent
on county aid and many were afflicted
with diseases and that sanitary condi
tions in camps were "frightful."
Secretary Assailed in
Committee Hearing
COMPROMISE BILL PROPOSED
2 Dreadnoughts and 4 Battle
Cruisers May Be Provided.
NAVY HEAD ASKS BIG FLEET
Contention Made That United States,
With Powerful liuilding Pro
gramme, Would at End of War
Be Able to Move for Check.
WASHINGTON, April 3. The House
naval committee brought to an end
today its prolonged hearings on the
1917 naval appropriation bill. Secre
tary Daniels closed a three-day state
ment before the committee with a final
appeal in support of the Administra
tion's five-year building programme.
A sub-committee will begin lmmediat
ly framing the bill.
It became known tonight that a de
termined effort would be made to pro
vide for six capital ships, two dread
noughts and four battle cruisers, as
a compromise between the recommen
dations of the Secretary and of the
Navy General Board.
Amendment Limit Forccaat.
Mr. Daniels parried all efforts today
to get from him a statement as to the
relative place among naval powers the
United States should occupy. He said
the five-year programme he had
mapped out would not put the country
in second place, in his judgment, and
that the present Congress could not
be asked to make up for his deficien
cies of 20 years past. At the close of
the European war, he said, he believed
a great opportunity would come for
international limitations of armament
and with a strong building programme
adopted, the United States would be
in a better position to urge that move
ment successfully than if its fleet
were weak.
Representative Butler, of Pennsyl
vania. Republican, assailed the Secre
tary s recommendation for a Govern
ment projectile factory. He asserted
that the specifications for Navy armor
piercing shells were so high that they
could not be met by manufacturers.
and also declared he had reason to be
lieve that the specifications for Navy
14-inch guns and other material had
been revealed during Mr. Daniels' ad
ministration to the Russian and Ger
man governments. He suggested that
Rear-Admiral Strauss, chief of ord
nance, be asked to produce a letter to
the Krupp Company, of Germany.
Letter From Krnpps Read.
Admiral Strauss was summoned later
and read the letter in question. It was
a reply to an offer made before the
war by the Krupp Company to supply
14-inch guns for the United States
Navy. The ordnance bureau answered
that if guns to meet the requirements
outlined in the offer could be provided,
the company's bid would have atten
tion. "These are not the specifications of
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O. P. WIND BLOWS.
Three Big Concerns Pay First In
stallment, Trolley Company Be
ing Largest, With $177,4 50.
About $1,000,000 in taxes were taken
in by deputies of the tax department
under Sheriff Hurlburt yesterday, ac
cording to the estimate of Chief Deputy
E. S. Huckaby last night. Totals were
not figured up for the day, but. In
cluding the mail contributions, the
1.000,000 estimate was not considered
extravagant.
Among the 2000 people who blockad
ed the passageways in the tax depart
ment yesterday were three representa
tives of big corporations, checks of
which materially swelled the total. The
corporations were the Portland Rail
way, Light Sc. Power Company, the
Oregon-Washington Railroad &. Navi
gation Company and the North Pacific
Terminal Company. The first install
ment of the trolley company was $177,
449.71. The O.-W. R. Sc. N. check for
the first Installment was for $78,960.11,
"and the North Pacific Terminal Com
pany paid $51,023.52 for the first half
of its annual assessment.
The total collected up to last night
is estimated at $2,895,092. and the total
to be collected for the year Is $7,981,937.
KANSAS MOOSE FOR T. R.
Delegates Named and Nation-Wido
Prohibition Favored.
KANSAS CITY. April 3. Progressives
of Missouri met in state convention
here today, elected 40 delegates and
alternates to the National convention
of the party In Chicago and adopted
resolutions favoring the nomination of
Theodore Roosevelt for President and
declaring for Nation-wide prohibition.
The delegates of the Chicago conven
tion were instructed "to vote first, last
and all the time" for Roosevelt.
RUSSIAN TRANSPORT SUNK
Turkish Submarine Strikes
Ship in Black Sea.
Troop
BERLIN, April 3. (By wireless to
Sayville.) A 12.000-ton Russian trans
port with troops and war materials
aboard was sunk by a Turkish sub
marine in the Black Sea on March 30,
the 'Turkish War Office announced to
day. A surprise attack on British troops
in Mesopotamia caused them to retreat
after they had suffered heavy losses,
the War Office also said.
CLINE ADMITS IDENTITY
Alleged Seattle Embezzler Denies
Charge and Waives Extradition.
NEV ORLEANS. April 3.01iver H.
Cline. arrested here last night under
the name of C. B. Howard, charged with
embezzling funds of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company. of Seattle, of
which he was cashier, today admitted
his Identity and told the police he would
return to Seattle without extradition
proceedings.
Cline denied the embezzlement
charges and said he was merely taking
a vacation without asking leave of his
employers.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTKR DAY'S Maximum temp-ratarc, 69
desreeM. minimum, 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Showers; winds becoinia- south
erly. Mexico.
Villa, unbounded,
him. page 1.
only
eight men with
Colonel Cano aids Americans,
rage 'J.
War.
Holland said to fear dash bv allies across
Dutch soil to Belgium. Page 4.
German soldiers use tin cans as candelabra.
Page .1.
Iiussia reports destruction of hospital ship
to Washington. Page 3.
Koreign.
First officer of Aurora believes Sir Ernest
i-hackleton succeeded in trip across pole.
Page 6.
National.
Secretary Daniels thinks at end of war in
ternational limit on armament may be
effected. Pago J.
Senate passe? amendment giving National
Guard place on General Staff. Page 5.
Wilson likely to alter plan of dealing with
submarine warfare. Page 1.
Von Papen letters ask aid for German spy.
Page 7.
Domestic,
Henry Ford gets big vote in Michigan Presi
dential primary. Page 1.
Jury disagrees in trial of Chico (Cal.)
preacher. Page ii.
Chicago facing serious milk famine, page 2.
N Sport.
Pacific Coast baseball season opens today.
with Beavers at San Francisco. Page 14.
Trout and thrills reward fishermen. Page
15.
Northwestern League prospects are bright.
Page 14.
Slogan for opening game in Portland la
"20,000 or bust." Page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Both factions at Turner demand Investiga
tion. Page 6.
University students get out Eugene Evening
Guard. Page 1.
Eugene co-ed to wed Saturday. Page 1.
State Board fixes new college work at Eu
gene and Corvallls. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Local wheat bids raised , in
Chicago bulge. Page IB.
response to
Prediction of big decrease in Winter crop
sends up wheat prices at Chicago.
Page 19.
All stocks except rails are higher In Wall
street. Page 19.
Strong demand for cattle at local stock
yards. Page 39.
Big German steamship line may make Port
land its terminus. Page IS
Sydney. N S. W., April 1. Sailed Steam
er Kauri, for San Francisco.
Portland and Vicinity.
Dentist names 17 reasons for divorce in
cro s-eomplaint. Page 20.
Twenty-six registration booths are added.
Pago 18.
C. B. Altchison. Public Service Commis
sioner, signally honored. Page J.
Frank Wlldrr killed in battle Page 8.
Tax payments for day estimated at ?1.00O,
000. Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 1J.
Musical number at Pant ages la his hit.
Page li.
Study Courses Added
to Cover Demands.
UNIVERSITY CHANGES MANY
Heads of Eugene and Corva!
lis Institutions at Meet.
FARM STUDY REORGANIZED
Added Courses at lugcnc Include
Theory of Coaching Sports at
High Schools Pharmacy
Classes Readjusted.
SALEM. Or.. April 3. (Special.)
New- courses whereby the work of the
University of Oregon and the Oregon
Agricultural College will be given en
larged scope for the next school year,
were authorized by the Oregon Stats
Board of Higher Curricula, which nut
here today for its annual session.
Besides Dr. C. J. Smith. Portland;
A. G. Beals. Tillamook, and J. E.
Hedges, of Oregon City, members ot
the Board; P. I. Campbell, president
of the University of Oregon, and Dr.
W. J. Kerr, president of the Oregon
Agricultural College, were present.
-ew Courses Approved.
For the University of Oregon the
Board gave its sanction to new courses
in the departments of architecture;
chemistry," commerce and industry,
economics and sociology, education.
English literature, German rhetoric
and American literature, English, his
tory, hygiene and physical education,
journalism, Latin, law, mathematics
and astronomy, physics, philosophy,
physical training, psychology and ro
mance languages.
O. A. C. Change Ken.
Few changes are contemplated in the
curricula of the Oregon Agricultural
College for the next school year, and
most of these are of minor importance,
required in adapting the work to
changed conditions occasioned by ad
vancement of the standard and the
consequent better preparation of ma
triculates. The Board authorized a slight reor
ganization in the department of
agronomy. Heretofore the department
contained four subdivisions drainage
and Irrigation, farm crops, farm me
chanics and soils and farm manage
ment. It is now the intention to estab
lish three separate departments for
each of these divisions.
Subject Are Same.
President Kerr advised the Board
that the object of the change is to
place responsibility more definitely
upon the specialists in charge of the
different lines of work in agronomy.
The subjects of instruction will remain
essentially the same as for the present
year, except for minor changes.
The general arrangement of the
work of the school of vhome economics
was modified so as to adapt it more
perfectly to the needs of the two prin
cipal classes of women who attend the
college for this work.
Beginning next year, certain subjects
now given in the department of
pharmacy to those only who are candi
dates for degrees will be organized into
a two-year vocational course. The
purpose of this is to meet the needs
of mature students who have had drug
store experience and are unable to
complete a degree course, but who re
quire additional training for the state
pharmacy examinations.
Additions Are Provided.
Additional subjects of instruction
will also be provided at the agricul
tural college in the departments of
agriculture, forestry, commerce, minc-y,
engineering and service.
The Board decided not to authorize
the re-establishment at the agricul
tural college of a department of civil
engineering, although a number of re
quests from engineering societies and
others were received. It was believed
that the demand for this department
was not general enough.
At the University of Oregon one of
the new features which will be put into
operation next year will be instruction
in the theory and coaching of high
school sports. During the first semes
ter football will be studied, and the
second semester track work. W. L.
Hayward, physical director, will under
take this instruction.
SEATTLE ATTORNEY KILLED
Bam ford A. Itobb Leaps or Ftall
From Eighth-Story Window.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 3. Bamford
A- Robb, a prominent attorney, leaped
or fell from a window of his office on
the eighth floor of a downtown office
building tonight, suffering injuries
which caused his death a few minutes
after he was taken to the hospital.
The police said they believed Mr.
Robb had slipped and. fell through the
open window overlooking an alley.
Apparently he. had tried to save him
self by . grasping a. bookcase by the
window, for articles which had been on
top of the case had fallen to the floor.
Mr. Robb was alone in the office, hav
ing locked the- door after telling a
business associate he intended taking
a nap before going home.
Mr. Robb- was 47 year old and
native of Oregon.