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VOL. L.VI. XO. 17,283.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TIIURSDAI, APRIL 13, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GERMANY DEtllES
SIIIKIHG SUSSEX
Sketch of Attacked Vessel
Part of Reply,
OTHERS ADMITTED, JUSTIFIED
Tanker, Like Berwindvale, Is
Said to Have Tried to Es
cape in Darkness.
IDENTITY IS NOT CERTAIN
Berlin Says Rules of Sea War
fare Were Followed in
Each Instance.
' BERLIN, April 12. Germany's re
ply to the inquiries of the American
Government regarding the steamers
Sussex, Manchester Engineer, Eng
lishman, Berwindvale and Eagle
Point, signed by Gottlieb von Jagow,
the German Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, has been forwarded to Washing
ton by Ambassador Gerard.
The note denies that the. Sussex was
attacked by a German submarine. The
investigation covering the Sussex case
says the note was extended to all ac
tions undertaken on March 24 the
day of the Sussex incident in the
Channel between Folkestone and
Dieppe. One steamer was sunk, the
commander of the German submarine
reaching the definite conclusion that
it was a war vessel.
Sketch Is Inclosed.
.A sketch of this vessel, together
with photographic reproductions of a
picture of the Sussex printed in the
London Daily Graphic, were inclosed
with the note, the difference in the
two craft being indicated.
The steamers Englishman and
Eagle Point were sunk by German
submarines after they had attempted
to escape and time was allowed for
the withdrawal of those aboard.
The steamer Berwindvale was pos
sibly sunk by a "German submarine,
while definite details with respect
to the Manchester Engineer are lack
ing and there has been no sufficient
basis for investigation of this particu
lar case.
Full Text of Note.
The full text of the German reply
is:
"The undersigned has the honor to
inform Your Excellency, Ambassador
Gerard, in response to communica
tions of the 29th and 30th ult. and
the 3d inst. regarding the steamers
Sussex, Manchester. Engineer, Eng
lishman, Berwindvale and Eagle Point
that the mentioned cases, in accord
ance with our notes of the 30th and
31st ult. and the 4th and 5th inst.,
have been subject to careful investi
gation by the Admiralty Staff of the
navy, which hss led to the following
results :
Berwindale Takes Flight.
"First The English steamer Ber
windale. A steamer which was pos
pibly the Berwindvale was encountered
on the evening of March 16 in sight of
Bull Rock light, on the Irish coast,
by a German submarine. The steam'
er, as soon as she noticed the subma
rine, which was running unsubmerged,
turned and steamed away. She was
ordered to halt by a warning shot.
She paid no attention, however, to this
warning, but extinguished all lights
and attempted to escape.
"Th vessel was then fired on until
halted, and, without further orders,
lowered several boats. After the crew
entered the boats and received enough
time to row away, the ship was sunk
Name Not Established.
"The name of this steamer was not
established; it cannot be stated with
assurance, even with the help of the
details which were furnished by the
American Embassy, that the above-
described incident concerns the steam
er Berwindvale. Since, however, the
steamer sunk was a tank steamer like
the Berwindvale, the identity of the
ship' may be assumed. In this case,
however, the statement made that the
Berwindvale was torpedoed without
warning would conflict with the facts,
Vessel Held Mine Layer.
"Second, the British steamer Eng
lishman. The steamer, on March '24,
was called upon to halt by a German
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MORGENTHAU MAY
QUIT TO AID WILSON
AMBASSADOR TALKS OF STAY
ING HOME FOR CAMPAIGN.
Work at Constantinople Has Been
Highly Satisfactory Abram
Elkus May Be Successor.
WASHINGTON. April 12. Henry Mor
genthau, American Ambassador to Tur
key, is expected to submit his resigna
tion to President Wilson tomorrow.
Abram Elkus. of New York, has been
suggested as his successor.
Mr. Morgenthau has been home on
leave for several weeks. He was at
the White House today, but did not
see the President, with whom he has
an engagement tomorrow. He would
not discuss reports of his forthcoming
resignation directly, but said he might
not return to Constantinople next
month, as he planned.
The President has been greatly
pleased with the work done, by Mr.
Morgenthau in Turkey, and if his resig
nation is accepted it will be with re
luctance. Ever since the Ambassador's
return to the United States some of his
friends have been urging him to resign
in order to assist in the campaign for
the re-election of Mr. Wilson.
It has been suggested that Mr. Mor
genthau succeed Rolla Wells, of St.
Louis, as treasurer of the Democratic
National committee.
Ira Nelson Morris, at present Ameri
can Minister to Sweden, has been- pro
posed to the President by Senator
Lewis, of Illinois, for the Constanti
nople post.
5 DAYS MORE TO REGISTER
Total for Yesterday Is 1379, ol
Wliicli 7 43 Are Women.
Women voters again outstripped the
men yesterday- in the second heaviest
registration of the year. A total of
1379 voters registered, of which num
ber 636 were men, and 743 women.
Yesterday brought the registration for
the year to 59,913.
The auxiliary registration booths
that had been opened about the city by
County Clerk Coffey closed last night,
and all late comers must register at
the Courthouse, where the bureau will
remain open until 9 o'clock every night
until April 18, only five weekdays
away.
MISS WILSON BACKS BILL
Community Forums in Schools Are
Urged on House Committee.
WASHINGTON, April 12. Miss Mar
garet Wilson, daughter of the Presi
dent, before a House committee today
advocated a bill to permit the use of
the District of Columbia schoolhouses
for community forums. The measure
has aroused opposition, particularly in
the local school board.
"We are maintaining," Miss Wilson
said, "that a meeting of citizens is as
important as a meeting of their rep
resentatives, and it should 'have the
same machinery with which to work
as Congress."
SPOTTED FEVER IS FOUGHT
Spread of Epidemic in Grant Is
Traced to Ground Squirrel.
BAKER, Or., April 12. (Special.)
Renewed efforts in the fight against
the ground squirrel will be made by
the ranchers to keep down the spotted
fever epidemic that is traveling over
Grant County and at the western edge
of Baker County.
E. F. Averill, of the United States
Biological Survey, gave out the word
while here today that the sage tick
that causes spotted fever depends on
the squirrel for its existence. Ranchers
have been fighting the rodent because
of its damage to crops.
VOTER REGISTERS AS WHIG
Iklio Man Refuses o Consider Any
Other Parly Affiliation.
PENDLETON, Or., April
2. (Spe
f ollower
clal.) The Whig party has a
in Umatilla County, O. D. Teel
nent Echo man, who registered during
the week and refused to consider any
other party affiliation despite tiie fact
that he will not be able to vote at the
primary election and that his party
has been out of style for some years.
The total registration of 5324 in this
county represents only about half the
voting force. Of these the Republi
cans with S227 registered voters are
far in the lead.
COAST SURVEY IS BEGUN
Fleet Already Dispatched for Work
in Alaskan " Water.
WASHINGTON. April 12. The Coast
and Geodetic Survey announced to
day the dispatch of a surveying fleet
to Alaskan waters for coast survey and
wire-drag work.
Three of the survey vessels have left
the Pacific Coast to work in Clarence
and Sumner Straits and waters tribu
tary and on the west coast of Prince of
Wales Inland.
HORSE BUYING RESUMED
British Army Officers Appear Again
in Kansas City -Markets.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 12. British
army officers resumed the purchase of
horses in the Kansas City market to
day after a lapse of six months.
It was announced also that 600 mules
had been shipped from hero to New
port News to be loaded for Europe.
MORE TROOPS TO BE
SENT INTO MEXICO
Supply Problem Over
shadows Pursuit.
MILITIA IS NOT TO BE USED
Authority Says President Is
Not to Call Guard.
VILLISTAS SACK TOWN
El Paso Receives Report That Villa
Himself Was at Sierra Majada
on April 5, Having Dou
bled in His Tracks.
WASHINGTON. April 12. Further in
crease of the United States .forces in
Mexico is again prominent in official
consideration. It was learned tonight
that on the return here tomorrow of
Secretary Baker from Cleveland there
might be important developments.
In this connection it was officially
said that General Pershing's future
movements in the hunt for Villa would
include adequate preparation for any
eventuality.
Confidential advices were . received
late today from General Funston, un
derstood to refer to the question of
the line of communication.
CarrRniiitaH Cause Concern.
Concern of Army officials on the
border regarding movement of Carranza
troops towards Casas Grandes was re
flected to some extent in official quar
ters here tonight. It was officially an
nounced that General Funston had com
plete authority for any movement of
troopS on the border to safeguard the
United States' advance columns and
their lines.
Persistent report that use of the Na
tional Guard was contemplated drew a
statement on high authority that the
President was not considering such a
step.
The problem of maintaining General
Pershing's lines and transportation of
supplies tonight overshadowed the ac
tual pursuit of Villa. Neither the State
nor the War Department had any fur
ther information regarding rumors of
Villa's death. The report was scouted
in all official quarters as a futile hoax
to gain time for Villa.
' Direct Shipment Made.
It was said that the use of the Mexi
can Central, or National Railway, from
Juarez, as ywe.ll as the Mexican North
western line, might largely solve trans
portation problems. The first use of
the Mexican Central was made yester
day, and shipment was understood here
to have been made for the first time by
an American official direct, without re
sorting to the subterfuge of consign
ing through brokers or mining con
cerns.
Officials asserted that use of the
Mexican Central road was not formally
requested by this Government from the
de facto government. It was explained,
however, that objection by Carranza to
this "commercial" use of the Mexican
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OLD NEPTUNE NOTES ANOTHER BAD SPELL OF SUBMARINE WEATHER.
S sunk in 3ge Ly ymS
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INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS
Th Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 67
degrees; minimum, SO degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair, variable winds.
.National.
Germany denies torpedoing of Sussex; Jus-
tines other acts as lawiui, so lar as
investigated. page 1.
Daniels promises submarine base for Colum
bia Ktv-r if congress will pass lump
sum appropriation. Page 1.
National banks show enormous increase in
resources. Page 2.
Sentiment of Senate favora Government
nitrate plant. Pate 3.
Mr. Ha w ley says state's benefits from pend
ing land grant bill will be long delayed.
Page 2.
British, reply on seizure of passengers from
American steamer China not unsatisfac
tory. Page 4.
Mexico.
More troops to be sent into Mexico. Page 1.
War.
Members of American ambulance at Verdun
dare death hourly without quavering.
Pace 4.
Iomestlc.
Roosevelt pets two Republican delegates
in Illinois. Page 1.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 7.
Oakland -3; Vernon 4, San Francisco 1;
L03 Angeles-Salt Lake game postponed.
wet grounds. Page 15.
Phils, Cubs, Braves and Cards take honors
In National League. - Page 14.
Senators. Red Sox, Tigers and Browns win
in American League. Page 14. -Anglers
find McKenzie River trip source of
much joy. Page 15.
Oregon tennis champion not to defend title
this year. Page 14.
Eastern man may direct athletics for Oregon
- Aggies. Page 14,
raclfic Northwest.
British army orders Oregon onions. , Page 1.
Cummins and Burton ask place on ballot.
Page 7.
Roseburg line may tap rich Douglas timber
belt. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Fifteen per cent of Western wool clip bought
to date. Page 19.
Wheat higher at Chicago on bullish crop
news. Page 19.
Another break in French and Russian ex
change rates. Page 19.
Order for two big steel steamers is con
firmed. Page 16
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland Presbytery holds Spring meeting.
Page 9. ,
Druggists are still hunting for lid to put
on alcohol sales. Page 20.
Forty applicants take tests for playground
director positions. Page .
All Portland barkens to clean-up cam
paign call. Faifu S.
George E. Anderson. Hongkong Consul, on
visit here, explains trade situation.
Page 7.
County may check warrant shaving among
employes. Page Jv.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19,
Latest Oregon political news. Page 7.
W. L. Finley returns. Page 5. .
Oregon political gossip. Page 7.
DUFUR VOTES NEW SCHOOL
District Will Expend $12,000
Construction of Building.
in
. " PUFUR,. Or.. April 12. (Special.)
The patrons of School District Kfl. 29
voted to issue $12,000 in bonds for a
new sceool buildintit the election to
day. The vote was nearly unanimous.
The school directors have adopted
plans drawn by Architect Charles II
Burgraff, of Albany. Construction, it
is hoped, will commence not later than
June 1, next. The new building will
hav accommodation for domestic and
manual training departments.
ESCAPING MAN LOCKS JAIL
Man Wlio Replaced "Broken Padlock
Willi New One Is Retaken.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 12.
The Sheriff found a brand new padlock
on the county Jail front door today.
Lbren Kreigh, a prisoner, was gone.
The old lock was destroyed from the
outside, but Kreigh before his tinal
leavetaking. saw to It that all the other
prisoners were safe behind the new
lock.
Kreigh was captured later by a Dep
uty Sheriff.
ROOSEVELT GETS 2
VOTES 111 ILLINOIS
Old Friends, However,
Stay Home.
HARLAN NEARLY VICTORIOUS
oV
'
uoionei uecigrsv-o - ore
In Rac man Ever.
RETURNS ARE ANALYZED
Mr. Ilurlan Himself Says lies ult In
dicates That T. It. Has Gone
Into Republican Camp and
Won Over Thousands.
CHICAGO, April 12. (Special.)
Medil! McCormick continued to hold his
lead today as the high man in the
Sherman slate of eight delegates at
large who won in the Republican pri
mary yesterday, John Maynard Harlan,
who made a lone race flying the Roose
velt standard, however, made a good
showing and nearly broke the slate.
This and the fact that two out-and-out
Roosevelt delegates were elected In
Chicago districts. breaking a solid
Sherman "'favorite son" delegation, are
the consolation prizes the Roosevelt
men get.
A it was, rr. Harlan beat four of
the Sherman eight in Cook County and
It was the downstate territory that
kept him from going to the Republican
National convention as a Roosevelt
champion from the state at large.
Trio Will Support Koonevelt.
City Treasurer Sergei, in the Second
District, and City Clerk Siman, in the
Sixth, are the two who break into the
delegation of 58 to the Coliseum' con
vention. They will support Colonel
Roosevelt, cutting down the Sherman
vote to 56.
On the Democratic end, Roger C. Sul
livan carried through Robert E. Burke
unpledged and the Sullivan men believe
the complete returns from the state
will show all of their eight won. If
this is true Michael Zimmer, who ap
pears elected on incomplete figures,
will be defeated. Governor Dunne was
on both the Sullivan and the Harrison
slates. Incomplete figures indicate that
Mr. Burke has defeated ex-Mayor Har
rison, whose campaign manager he was
in the days of Harrison ascendency.
T. R. in Race, Saya Harlan.
Mr. Harlan insists the vote of yeater
day puts Colonel Roosevelt more
strongly in the race than ever.
"The significant thing ts that the
Harlan vote seems to have come from
the old line Republicans in Illinois,
said Mr.-Harlan today, after analyzing
a table of returns by counties. "That
means that Colonel Roosevelt has gone
into the 'stand pat" camp and won over
thousands on thousands of Republicans
who in 1912 were for Taft and against
Roosevelt.
"If one takes time to examine the
returns he will find that the so-called
Roosevelt strongholds, with possibly
one or two exceptions, returned a plu
rality vote for the Sherman delegates
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Column o. )
BRITISH TO DINE
ON OflEGON ONIONS
OHDER FOR 800O TONS FOR
"HOT MULLIGANS" GIVEN.-
Contracted Supplies Are Moving to
Seattle for Transfer to English
Army In France.
SEATTLE, Wash.. April 12. (Spe
cial.) To be used ultimately as the
chief ingredients In hot "mulligans"
for the British soldiers in the trenches
in Northeastern France, between 8000
and 9000 tons of California and Oregon
pinions and carrots have begun to move
-om Seattle under contracts recently
placed by the Ladner Vegetable Can
nery, of Ladner, B. C.
The first consignment of - the new
order was carried from Seattle last
week by the motor freighter Wakena,
of the Clatskanle Transportation Com
pany. The Wakena is now loading an
other shipment. '
The orders were placed in California
and Oregon after the Ladner plane had
exhausted the available supply of.
Western Washington. The vegetables
are brought from California to Seattle
by the coastwise liners. Most of the
Oregon shipment came to this port by
rail.
The Wakena is a twin - screw
freighter, with gasoline engines. Al
though owned In Portland, she has op
erated on Puget Sound for a long time.
OLD BURIAL PROMISE KEPT
Alaskan Brings Back Body of Wife
to Oregon Girlhood Home.
SHERIDAN. Or., April 12. (Special.)
A sad journey from the frozen North
terminated here yesterday, when Will-
lam T. Foster arrived from Fairbanks,
Alaska, with the body of his wife for
burial. Four hundred and thirty mile3
of the trip was made by sleds over
the wind-swept freight trails in. 36
days.
Mrs. Foster was the daughter of
Oregon pioneers of 1847. Mr. Foster
is a pioneer miner and prospector of
Alaska, and when he and Mrs. Foster
went North in 1899, a promise was
exacted that in case of the death of
Mrs. Foster her body was to be brought
back to her childhood home for burial.
She died at Fairbanks, March.. 6. 1916,
at the age of 52.
CIGAR COUPONS MAY END
With Some States Prohibiting Girts,
Plan Becomes Lottery.
WASHINGTON. April 12. Manufac
turers of snuff, tobacco, cigars and
cigarettes face leaving out gift cards
and. premium coupons altogether or
putting them in all shipments, includ
ing those to states which have passed
laws prohibiting the practice.
The Treasury Department, in an or
der made public today, holds that un
less such cards or coupons are Included
in all shipments regardless of destina
tion, the practice comes within the law
forbidding lotteries, because consumers
in localities where premiums are
omitted would not have the same op
portunity to obtain valuable prizes as
those in more favored localities.
ASSURANCE GIVEN HOLLAND
France Says Allies Never Planned
to Violate Neutrality.
THE HAGUE, via London. April 12.
tne f Tencn Minister to Holland, on
behalf of France, has given Holland
the assurance that neither France nor
her allies ever contemplated, directly
or indirectly, attacking the neutrality
of Holland or the inviolability of its
territory, says a communication issued
by tho Ministry of Foreign Affairs
today.
The assurance adds that the recent
conference of the allies in Paris did
not occupy itself with Holland at all.
FRENCH TO FIX PRICES
Discussion of List of Articles to Be
Included Continues.
PARIS. April 12. The French Senate
has just adopted the principle of fixing
by degrees the maximum selling prices
of necessaries of life. The discussion
as to what articles shall be included in
the regulations has not yet ended.
The government proposes to fix the
prices of the following articles: Bread,
meat, milk, butter, imitation butter,
eggs. lard, potatoes, sugar. Cheese,
green vegetables, wine, cider, table
beer. fertilizers, petroleum and alcohol
for" burning purposes.
HEAD JANIT0R PATRIOTIC
City Council Decorated With Flags
as 'These Are Troublous Times."'
Head Janitor Simmons Is patriotic.
He demonstrated his patriotism yester
day by decorating the City Council
Chamber with American flags. The
decorations were put up to stay.
"These are troublous times," said Mr.
Simmons, "and times when patriotism
is needed. I feel that display of Amer
ican flags in public places is in the
Interest of patriotism."
CASH ACTUAL CONTRABAND
AH Negotiable Instruments Are
eluded in List.
In-
LONDON, April 12. A royal procla
mation was issued tonight extending
the list of articles which hereafter will
be treated as actual contraband.
Included in the list are gold, silver
and paper money and all negotiable in
struments and realizable securities.
DANIELS
PROMSES
SUBMARINE BASE
Secretary Is Willing if
Cash Is Supplied.
ACTION URGED ON CONGRESS
Full Naval Base on Columbia
May Come Later.
INQUIRY WILL BE MADE
Oregon Delegation and Astoria Rep
resentative Call at Navy Depart
ment to Ask Support for
Defense . Project.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 12. Secretary of the
Navy Daniels today promised the Ore
gon Congressional delegation that he
would locate a submarine base on the
Columbia River if Congress would in
corporate in the naval appropriation
bill a lump sum appropriation which
he has recommended for the establish
ment of several such bases at points
to be selected by the Navy Depart
ment. He further said he was urging Con
gress to authorize the appointment
of a special naval board to investigate
the entire Pacific Coast with a view
to determining its needs in the way
of naval defense and land stations. If
this board is authorized, the Secre
tary gave assurance that it would
make particular investigation of the
Columbia River to determine the avail
ability of that point as the location of
a full naval base.
Board'a Report to Be Guide.
The department, he said, would be
guided by the report of the board,
which it is proposed shall submit its
findings not later than December 1.
As the result of an agreement
reached at dinner last night, the en
tire Oregon delegation met F. C. liar
ley, of the naval base committee, at
Secretary Daniel's office today and in
a body waited on the Secretary to ex
plain the grounds on which they are
asking for a naval base, and to urge
departmental support. The Secretary,
after hearing the arguments, committed
himself to the extent indicated, but
said the department would not ask
for appropriations this session for the
establishment of any naval bases, other
than for submarines. Future recom
mendations, so far as the Pacific Coast
is concerned, will depend on the in
vestigation and report of a special
board.
Secretary" Eyes Opened.
Secretary Daniels again expressed
deep interest in the Columbia River,
but manifestly his eyes were opened
by statements made to him today by
the delegation from Oregon. Mr. Har
ley read to the Secretary the telegram
from the Portland Chamber of Com
merce and explained the widespread in
terest throughout the Northwest in this
project. The Senators and Represen
tatives dwelt on the facilities afforded
and impressed on the Secretary the
fact that there is strong sentiment
back of the Hawley and Lane bills.
In the course of the hearing Sen
ator Chamberlain alluded to the re
cent assertion of the Secretary of the
Navy that the channel was but 26 feet
deep and the resentment this state
ment created. The Secretary said he
knew that an error had been made
and, without disclaiming responsibil
ity, inferred the error was made by
subordinates.
Representative Hawley and Mr. Har
ley will adhere to their plan to have
a hearing before the House naval
committee as soon as the naval appro
priation bill is reported and Mr. Har
ley also will ask that a date be st
when he, can appear before the Sen
ate committee.
"I am determined to take home the
bacon," said Mr. Harley, after the con
ference. WALLA WALLA ADDS PLEA
Commercial Club Vrges Support) for
Naval Base Movement.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. April 12.
(Special.) The Commercial Club to
night telegraphed to Senators W. 1
Jones and Miles Poindexter and the
Congressional delegation in Washing
ton, D. C. strongly urging support for
the proposed naval base at the mouth
of the Columbia. This base is needed
for the protection of the Pacific
Northwest, the message declares. The
telegram follows:
"We heartily Indorse the movement
initiated by Astoria and Portland for
a naval base at the mouth of the Co
lumbia, The location is a strategical
key for the protection of the Pacific
Northwest. Preparedness programme
should Include this necessary improve
ment. Trust you will use your in
fluence to bring about desired legis
lation." SIXTH TELEGRAM DISPATCHED
Democratic and Republican Leaders
Unite in Naval-Base Plea.
The sixth telegram of the series to
the Oregon Congressional delegation,
urging support of a naval base of the
first class at the mouth of the Co
lumbia River, contained the n.a.nies of
Bert E. Haney, chairman of the Demo
cratic state central committee, ana
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