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VOL. LiVI. NO. 17,277. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL G, 1910. PRICK FIVE CENTS. VOLUNTEER ARMY ' IS BELIEVED SAVED SLEEPER'S PERILOUS RIDE MADE SAFELY COLONEL Ifi OPEN FOR PRESIDENT AUTO CLUB MAY AID IN HIGHWAY PATROL SIRENS GREET FIRST LANE-COOS TRAIN GOVERNOR TO TRY TO AID BEAVERS EXECUTIVE HOPES TO GIVE XUCIC AT OPENING GAME. BRITONS CAPTURE MAX AWAKES TO FIXD TEAM CROSSING OPEX TRESTLE. HELP FOR TRAFFIC OFFICERS IS DISCUSSED. TURKISH POSITION Friends Assert Victory in Senate. NATIONAL GUARD OPPOSES Chamberlain Arraigns Activi ties of Militiamen. LOSBY IS DENOUNCED On-con Senator Says if Intimida tion Is Continncd ITc Will Fa vor Elimination of Guard as Military Factor. vVASTIINGTON. April B. Advocates of the Federal volunteer provision of the Senate Army bill believed the sec tion had been saved by a narrow mar pin when the Senate recessed tonight without having reached a vote on the l-.ee amendment to strike it out. Sen ator Chamberlain, chairman ofthe mil itary committee, asked again that action be deferred, as one or two Sen etors still desired to be heard. Debate on the volunteer provision lasted all day, champions of the Na tional Guard, supporting the amend ment, occupying most of the time. In the closing hours, however. Senator Chamberlain vigorously defended the provision as vital to any military plan and denounced attempts of National Guard organizations to interfere with legislation. Need of Army Predicted. He was joined by Senators O'Gorman and Williams In warning the Senate that at the close of the European war the United States would need a great Navy and an adequate Army to back her demands up on the belligerent powers for indemnification at losses sustained through violations of her richts as a neutral. '"As suBely as the sun rises tomor row morning." Senator Williams said. "u;iless this country puts itself into a. condition where it can resist and with stand bullying,, we are going to be in trouble with the victor in this war un less we surrender the positions we have taken and timidly submit to the rule which the victor may lay down for im munity or disclaimer." "Self-preservation is the interna tional code of the belligerents," said Senator O'Gorman, who contended that rights of neutrals had been invaded by all of the warring European powers. ProteKtM Iteqolre Forre. "Protests of neutrals will be re garded," he added, "only if backed by sufficient power to enforce their de mands." "When this war is over," said Sena tor Chamberlain, "if we intend to de mand recompense for American lives and property destroyed, if we are going to demand any satisfaction, then we ought to be prepared to back all our demands by force of arms if necessary. And in what condition are we? We have not the power to enforce a single demand we have made." Senator Williams declared that while increasing the Army was important, enlarging the Navy was of first im portance. The Senator favored euch a Navy by 1918 that it could meet and defeat any force that might be startod against it. Senator Chamberlain's arraignment of the National Guard's activities was supported by Senators McCumber and Nelson, who called attention to tele grams from National Guard officials sent to many, Senators, urging them to ote against the Federal volunteer pro vision. Chamberlain Denounce Acta. "If the National Guard intends to come here and undertake to control legislation calculated to protect Amer ica against the world," said the Oregon Senator. "I for one from now on shall favor the elimination of the National Guard as a military factor in this coun try. They have been here and are here for this purpose." Senator Nelson declared that he had never before seen "such lobbying as these outside influences have brought to bear to defeat Certain sections of this bill." Senator Sherman sought to introduce a resolution to investigate charges of lobbying. Senator Chamberlain said he would favor it when brought up in the regular way, but would not permit it to delay consideration of the Army bill. Senator O'Gorman and Senator Cham berlain both predicted that in the end the country must come to universal military training- to solve its Army problems. Both the federalization of the militia and the volunteer scheme were experiments. Senator O'Gorman .aid, and should be tried as such. I nprcparedncM Most Feared. "Germany has 90,000 German reserv ists in this country, all registered in the offices of the German consuls.' Senator Chamberlain continued, "but i have no fear of war with Germany. I am not an alarmist. I have greater fear that when the time comes for this country to assert itself, we won't be in a position to do so. "We all know any proposal of any great nation for an alliance with, th ' country south of us would be gladly received." said Senator Chamberlain. "Only this morning, we read that one (.Concluded on rase T. Column 2.) Wheels Go Witliin Half Inch of Edge In Places Call For Help Given. Oncoming Car Is Stopped. VANCOUVER, Wash., April B. (Spe cial.) Awakening from a sound sleep on the seat of his wagon to find the horses traversing the open ties of a 1000-foot streetcar trestle, with the wheels on one side only half an inch from the edge in places, was the ex perience last night of William Ogburn. a storekeeper of Sara, 12 miles north of this city. When he awakened, amazed at his strange and perilous surroundings, Mr. Ogburn called for help. An oncoming streetcar was stopped only a short dis tance from the team and wagon. The wheels on one side were following the small timber at the end of the ties, but the remainder of the distance was tra.versed in safety. Mr. Ogburn at the time was returning home from a trip to this city. For three nights, he said, he had no sleep, owing to the illness of his wife. He remem bered nothing more of his trip last night after passing Thirteenth and Main streets in this city, more than two miles from the big trestle. Mr. Ogburn said the team was pur chased recently from a man who lives near the trestle. KLAMATH RECALL STARTED Councilmcn Charged With Ineffi ciency and Extravagance. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., April 5. (Special.) The . much-talked-of recall against certain members of the City Council of this city materialized today when papers were served upon Council men O. D. Matthews, of the Second Ward; A. D. Miller. of the Fourtk Ward, and M. I. Doty, of the Fifth Ward. The recall charge is "inefficiency is the administration, of the affairs of the city and lack of economy in the finan cial expenditures of the city." The movement has been brewing since the recent ordinance to create a salaried fire department in lieu of the volunteer department, which. has served the city for the past 16 years. GIRL SHOOTS AT PEEPER Advice Given Frightened Woman Is Followed and aMn Vanishes. LA GRANDE, Or., April 5. (Special.) Adopting the advice of -a girl friend. hastily given over the telephone, a young woman employed at the ex change shot at a window-peenr who annoyed her. The window was partly open and the bullet went through the aperture near where the man stood with hat drawn down and hands over his face. He fled at the shot, seemingly unhurt. He was first discovered when the young lady was at supper. Alone in her home and frightened, she called a girl chum at the station. The advice to shoot was given. BOATS MAY CARRY PUPILS Free Service Will Be Inaugurated if Districts Consolidate. r.OSEBURG, Or., April 5. (Special.) Free boat service will be inaugurated along Smith River to carry children who would have to go 15 miles to reach school, if the consolidation of Sulp'iur Springs, Upper North Fork, Liwer North Fork and the Long Reach dis tricts is effected at the special election that has been petitioned. Automobiles cannot be used because of the poor condition of the roads. 1400 PER CENT GAIN SHOWN Express Net Rcvcnuos Increase $0,167,000 in Six Months. WASHINGTON. April 5. Returns of the great express companies to the In terstate Commerce Commission for De cember, 1913, show an increase of more than 400 per cent over December, 1914, in net revenues available for dividend and interest on bonds. The showing for the six months ended with December is even greater. The Increase in net revenues rose $6,167,000, or more than 1400 per cent. PEANUT WAGONS BARRED Council Refuses to Extend Hours in Pmvntown District. Peanut and popcorn wagons must keep out of the principal retail business district between 9 A. M. and 7 P. M The City Council yesterday rejected a request from the vendors that they be permitted to stand on the streets after 3 P. M. and that their license be cut from $600 to $400 a year. The ordinance ousting the wagons from the streets took effect April 1. It was passed as a traffic regulation. PAPER CHANGES 22 TIMES Interests in Cottage Grove Sentinel Shift Often In Five Ycurs." COTTAGE GROVE, Or., April 5. (Special.) The 22d change in the news paper and printing business in Cottage Grove since Elbert Bede bought' The Sentinel less than five years ago, took place this week when Elbert Smith took over a quarter 1 interest in. The Sentinel. Mr. Smith had been foreman of the Eugene Register for some time. No "Pussyfooting" to Be Indulged In. PREPAREDNESS IS HIS ISSUE Fight Against Wilsonism to Be Vigorous One. HYPHENS PUT UNDER BAN Colonel Sajs Every Citizen "Has Got lo Be Pro-United States All Time, and Xot Pro-Any-thing Else Any of Time." OYSTER BAT, N. T., April 5. (Spe cial.) Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is out In the open, a candidate for the Re publican nomination for President of the United States. ' The fight which has been made by his followers to have him named when the convention meets in Chicago, June 7, will be carried on with redoubled vigor from this time, shorn of all quib ble and pretense. The Colonel's position, summed in a few words, is this: He is in a re ceptive mood, ready to headline fight against Wilsonism and for adequate preparedness and Americanism, if the country wants him to, and that desire is reflected in the action of the Repub lican convention. "No Pussyfooting" Promised. The Colonel made known his atti tude today in a conversation with a visitor from a nearby state who has been nominated for Congress and ex pects to go to the Republican National Convention as a delegate. He told this candidate, among other things, not to expect him to "pussy foot" ori a single issue, he had raised if he were nomi nated. He was not for war, he said in fact, he abhored war but felt that preparedness was the only guarantee of peace. When the Colonel made his declara tion there were five men present in the trophy-room at Sagamore Hill who heard the conversation, which was, in fact, a declaration of the platform on which he stood and his message .to the delegates, who are to select their leader in the campaign. Colonel Gives Piece of Advice. The Colonel, with his characteristic vehemence, had been talking of Mex ico and other international problems when the visitor interrupted: "You know. Colonel," he said, "I may make up my mind that we will have to nominate you." Like a flash the Colonel turned to his visitor. "Well now, let me give you a piece of advice," he said. "If you have any doubt on the subject do not nominate. Get it perfectly clear in your head that if you nominate me. It must not be be cause you think it in my interest, but because you think it is in your inter est, the interest of the Republican Kor.cludM on Fa 4. Column 2.) Prevention of Congestion by Ira- '. provement ot All Roads Advised. New Director Elected. . Means of assisting county traffic officers in patrolling highways were discussed at the annual meeting of the Portland Automobile Club last night in the Oregon Building. "The traffic is getting away from us." reported Public Safety Commis sioner Coffin. "We all ought to get behind Sheriff Hurlburt and Mr. Coffin In supporting strict enforcement of the traffic laws," said President Overmire. Judge Robert G. Morrow suggested that it would be well to see that all county roads were placed in perfect condition so that too many motorists would not congest on a few highways noted for their smoothness. The reports of officers showed that the club Is more prosperous than it was a year ago, with. 145 new members, and a total of 606. On the recommendation of the nom inating committee W. J. Clemens, C. K. Wright and W. B. Fechheimer were elected to succeed themselves as di rectors and F. A. Nitchy was elected to succeed A. I Fish. LA F0LLETTE MEN BEATEN Governor Phillips Gets Four-Eifths of Wisconsin Delegation. MILWAUKEE, April 5. Governor Philipp's forces are practically assured of four-fifths of Wisconsin's delegates to the Republican National convention, according to late returns today from yesterday's election. Charles H. Crown heart, campaign manager for Senator La Follette, admitted that 21 of his 26 La Follette candidates have been de feated. The lead of Daniel W. Hoan, Social Democratic candidate for Mayor, over Mayor G. A. Bading, non-partisan, has been increased to about 2000 votes. DEATH DREAM COMES TRUE Mine Laborer Fatally Injured in Snowslidcs, as Warned. NORTH YAKIMA, Waah., April 5. (Special.) Two days after being warned in a dream that he would be caught in a snowsllde and fatally hurt. Joseph Stillwell, a laborer at the Ball mine near the summit of the Cascades above Bumping lake, was the victim of such an accident. Stillwell and others were clearing the cut at the mouth of the mine on Friday, when a slide carried him 1000 feet down the mountainside. He died late Saturday night. PASSENGERS ARE HELD UP Two .Masked Men ' Rob Persons in Rock Island Smoker. MUSKOGEE, Okla., April 3. Two masked, men held up and robbed the passengers in the smoking car of Chi cago, Rock Island '& Pacific passenger train No. 4 1 as the train was leaving Howe. Okla.. tonight, and after obtain ing about $1J5 and four watches, com manded the conductor to stop the train to allow them to escape. Posses wcro formed at Howe and Red Oak to pursue the robbers. THE SPECTATOR. Inauguration of Ser vice Is Celebrated. CROWDS MASS .SaUK Towns Congratulate. Each Other on Achievemnet, RICH RESOURCES TAPPED Stage Lines That Have Operated for I'cars Suspend on Day of Rail Connection Wharves and Spurs to Bo Built. KUGEXE. Or., April 5. (.Special.) The first Willamette-Pacific train from Marshfield to Kngrne nrrived here at 6 o'clock; tonight. 40 niinutrx late. Standing room only was available af ter cronlngr the Impqua ferry, -where the delay resulted in making the trans fer. , All alone the line, especially aonh oC the I'mpqnn, crowds met the train at the depotff. MARSH FIELD. Or., April 5. (Spe cial.) Introduction of railroad traffic today over the Willamette-Pacific Railway created a sensation in every town along the line between Coos Bay and Reedsport. The train pulled out of Marshfield with 300 passengers, bound for the Umpqua terminus, Lake side and way points, and returned with 150 from Portland, points in the Wil lamette Valley and districts along the way from Eugene. Crowds of hundreds crowded the de pot grounds at Marshfield and North Bend this morning as the people were buying tickets. The train had to leave before all could be supplied, and many boarded the train after it started. At North Bend there was a big jam, and on the return tonight at 4:20 both cities turned out en masse to welcome visitors and returning excursionists. Toniu Welcome Visitor. An interesting feature of the service was the transfer of passengers and baggage and sightseers at Reedsport, where a number of crafts were brought into requisition. The throng was wel comed by hundreds from Reedsport, Gardiner and the countryside. On the return of the train to Coos Bay, North Bend had out nearly its entire population, and whistles blew, the band played and a general welcome was sounded. A number of Southern Pacific offi cials came in on the train. Including Attorney Ralph Moody, of Portland and Engineer H. P. Hoey, of Eugene. From Reedsport 50 people came down to spend the night. Marshfield greet ed the arrival of the train on return ing by a crowd of 700 or S00. Rich Reaoureea Tapped. With the establishment of railroad transportation to Coos Bay today another isolated locality, rich in re sources and possibilities, is opened to Concluded on page 6, Column 2.) 4 Dall to Be Tossed Is One Given Mr. Withycombe at First Contest iu, Portland East Year. EM, Or, April 5. (Special.) -u Governor Withycombe throws tha ball into the diamond for the start of the opening game In Portland for the Pacific Coast League 1916 season he Is optimistic that it will prove a better augury of future luck for the Beavers than on a similar occasion last year. The executive today accepted the invitation of J. K. Werlein. represent ing the Portland Baseball Boosters' Club, to be present at the initial game in Portland April 18. I hope I can give the Beavers a better start this year than they had last," said the Governor, who is an en thusiastic baseball fan. "From what I have read of the team working out in the South it teems to me that the chances are bright for a winning nine this year." At the opening game in Portland last year the Governor received two base balls bearing the autographs of the different members of the Portland and Venice teams. The executive expects to use one of these spheres this year when he throws the ball into the di amond to signalize the beginning of play. JITNEYS MAY BE BONDED lloscburR- Law Requiring Posting of $1500 to $2000 Considered. ROSE BURG, Or.. April 5. (Special.) Owners of Roseburg Jitney lines and others operating automobiles for hire within the city limits of Roseburg may be compelled to post a bond of from $1500 to $2000 in the event an ordinance Is adopted here, in accordance with sug gestions offered at last night's meeting of the Council. Drivers of the cars also may be re quired to pay an annual license of $20. The suggestion regarding the furnish ing of bonds by jitney drivers followed the presentation of a petition asking that owners of the jitney systems in operation here be required to pay suf ficient license to guarantee the safety of the public against reckless and care less driving. ZEPPELIN RAIDS ENGLAND Antl-Airorat't Defenses Force En- cmy to Withdraw. LONDON,- April 6. A Zeppelin at tacked the northeast coast of England about 5:50 o'clock Wednesday night, but was driven off by the anti-aircraft de fenses. The official announcement says that some bombs were dropped, but there is no information yet as to the casualties or damage. T.tali Democrats for Prohibition. SALT LAKE. April 5. The Demo cratic state convention here today in structed its National delegates to vote for Wilson for President and for a National prohibition plank in the plat form. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temprature. 68 degrees; minimum. 41 degrees. TODAY'S Fair. northwesterly winds. Mexico. American troopers murh chanced by cam paign in Mexico. Page 20. War. British capture Turkish position on Tigris. Page 1. American steamship Sacramento blacklisted by Great Britain. l ass 6. Bcthmann-liollweg says (JtTtnany has no desire to gain footing on any part of American continents. Page, 4. French regain ground lost to Germans iu Cailette Wood, page 4. National. Cattle shrinkage while awaiting buyers costs millions. I'age 2. Friends of volunteer army bclievo feature has been saved in Senate. Page 1. Domestic. Wife of American Consul In Berlin arouses ire of British. Page 4. Progressive Republican Senators who were for Roosevelt lu 1012 now favor Cummins. Page 2. Miss Modjeska breaks down when testifying against father. Pai;e 2. Dentist says he wants to "pay price' quickly. Page 7. Colonel Roosevelt in race for Kcpubllcan nomination. Pago 1. Sport. Pacific Coast League results: San Fran cisco 8, Portland 4; Salt Lake Oak land 2; Los Angeles 6, Vernon 0. Page 14. Governor Withycombo and Mayor Albee to be battery at opening game. Page 14. Will G. MacRae regards Tigers as strong as Angels. Page 15. New hockey league in California seems likely. Page 14. Governor Withycombe hopes to give good luck to Beavers. Page 1. Harry B. Smith rates Portland as better than Seals. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Wool buyers and Yakima growers do not agree. Page 21. Improved field reports weaken wheat at Chicago. Page 21. Railway shares are strong, but war stocks decline In Wall street. Page 21. Disabled tug Navigator, towing oil tanker, refuses aid. Page 20. ' Pacific Northwest. Eugene and Coos Bay rail service inaug urated. Page 1. Dream of Willamette-Pacific engineer real ized. Page 6. Kalama progresses despite mill and bank loss, says Addison Bennett. Page 7. Parent-Teacher convention opens in Cen tralis Page 8. Sleeper makes perilous ride safely. Page 1. Portland, and Vicinity. F. G. Taylor is convicted of elnbezzlemcnt. Page US. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 21. Shipping men farm union independent of Chamber bureau. Page lti. Reed teachers and students ply hose In campus cleanup. Page 20. II. W. Stone asked to take higher Y. M. C. A. position, with headquarters in New York. Page 22. Council row ends in purchase of water meters. Page 22. Judge McGinn stops trial; awards plaintiff $1000 judgment. Page 9. Umm-el-Henna Is Car ried by Storm. TOYNSHEND'S RESCUE LIKELY Relief Army Is Only 20 Miles From Besieged Force. LONDON'S HOPE RENEWED Russians Advancing; I'rom Caucasus Inspected to Join Allies in Meso potamia, but .Must Mee HiS Body of Turks. IX.NDOX, April 5. A victory for the British over the Turks on the Tigris below Ivtit-el-Amara has been reported by General Lake, in command of the British forces there. The Turkish intrenched position at Umm-el-Henna was attacked and car ried at 5 o'clock this morning by the Tigris corps. General Lake telegraphed, and the operations are proceeding satis factorily. Umm-el-Henna is on the Tigris River, about 20 miles below Kut-el-Amara, where a British force under General Townshend is bclcaguer.ed. Hope Held for Townshend. The capture of Umm-el-Henna is the most important news from this theater in some time, and is regarded here as giving promise of the eariy relief of General Townshend's force, which has been besieged in Ivut-el-Amara since the first week in December. Umm-el-Henna is a strong position at an important bend of the river, and is said to be the last serious barrier to the relief of General Townshend, al though two or three less strong posi tions are still to be overcome before Kut-el-Amara is reached. Next to the Dardanelles expedition, the operations in Mesopotamia have been a subject on which the govern ment has been more criticised than any other, not only on account of the break down in the hospital arrangements, but on the responsibility for the advance with insufficient forces toward Bagdad. MintaterM Are Accused. As in the case of the Dardanelles, the critics accused the ministers at home of insisting on the expedition against the advice of military authorities in India and on the spot. This accusation, however, met with an unqualified con tradiction by Austen Chamberlain, Sec retary for India, in the House of Com mons yesterday. Mr. Chamberlain de clared that the advance on Bagdad was undertaken on the advice of the commander-in-chief in Mesopotamia. PETROGR AD. via London. April .". Although there has been no recent of ficial news concerning the develop ments on the Caucasus front, it has been learned from private sources that the Russian armies beyond Erzerum and in Tersia are progressing swiftly, and that the Turkish forces are offering only occasional resistance. Main Forre Not Met. It is evident that the Russian troops advancing through Persia to the Meso potamia frontier have not yet met the main Turkish forces. These, consist ing of the Bagdad divisions and rein forcements sent southward after the fall of Eitlis and Mush, are reported to be assembling in the Hanikin Pass, and when the Russians reach this point thy will be confronted no longer by moun tain bands and remnants of broken and demoralized divisions, but with the full strength of the organized Turkish army. Therefore, although an ultimate junc tion with the British force is not doubt ed here, it Is not supposed that this consummation of the Russian plans will be reached easily. EUGENE AIDING ASTORIA Cash Subscribed Toward Naval-Base Campaign l'und. EUGENE, Or.. April 5. (Special.) Eugene is the first city in the state, outside of the city of Astoria, to give financial assistance to the Astoria, committee working for a naval base at the mouth of the Columbia River. Actual money to assist in the rain -paign was thrown on the table Ht the mid-week luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce today, following addresses by Wallace R. Struble, secretary of the Astoria committee, and P. L. Campbell, president of the University ot Oregon. Members of the Chamber volunteered to make a canvass of the city, follow ing the luncheon, and within three hours $110 toward $300 the city pro poses to give was contributed. GENERAL H0STT0 WILSON President Breaks Precedent by IMit injr Outside of Cabinet. WASHINGTON. April 5. President Wilson broke a precedent tonight by going to Fort Myer, Virginia, for dinner with Major-General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the Army. It is c iutomary for the President to accept dinner Invitations only from members of his Cabinet.