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VOL. LVI.-XO. 17,283. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. limits GERMANS ENFORCE PUBLIC MODESTY E NOTE TO CHARLEY LOCKWOOD OUT FOR PRESIDENT BEER, 1000 GASES, INTO BAY GALE BLOWS GIRLS INTO AUTOMOBILE FILING CLOSES WITH RUSH OF ASPIRANTS TO AGREED OFJ CONSPICUOUS DRESS, POWDER, ROUGE FORBIDDEN WOMEN'. "OREGON'S FAVORITE SOX" 13 HOW HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF. ONE IS KILLED. ANOTHER SERI OUSLY INJURED. CARRANZA DEGISIV pursuers 1000 BERLIN DUMPED to INSISTENCE IS "INFLEXIBLE" Washington Meanwhile Makes No Change in Policy. FUNSTON'S ORDERS STAND fcciiator Stone Thought to Have El pressed Administration View in Saying: Intervention Is Alter native of Withdrawal. MEXICO CITY. April 14. The Mexi can government will insist with in flexible determination that an armed expedition of the United States which enters Mexican territory in the guise of a. punitive expedition must be lim ited to 1000 men of one service alone cavalry, according to a statement made to the Associated Press today by Juan Xeftali Amador, Sub-Secretary of For eign Relations. WASHINGTON. April 14. The United States is prepared to treat with General Carranza, as proposed in his note of yesterday. for the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico. Pending the outcome of the diplomatic nego tiations, however, the status of the expedition will remain unchanged and the pursuit of Villa continues. l.aiiMin? Willing to Negotiate. ' This- was the situation as officially Cesribed today r.fter President Wilson and his Cabinet had considered the new phases of the Mexican problem raised by General Carranza's communication. Secretary Lansing said he was pre pared to take up the subject with the de. facto government, but would not in dicate when a reply might be sent. Secretary Baker said no orders had been sent to General Funston and that none wore under contemplation. Both secretaries said there had been no change in the policy of the Admin istration which prompted the pursuit of Villa. Carranza Moot Show Ability. From other sources it was learned that the success of the Carranza gov ernment in demonstrating its intention and ability to continue the pursuit and extermination of the bandits, should American forces be recalled, would weigh heavily with President Wilson in reaching a final decision. In that connection an official r,cport from the commander of the American forces at tacked at Parral, Mexico, last Tuesday by civilians is anxiously awaited. Gen eral Carranza's information, transmit ted yesterday, was that his soldiers had done everything in their power to ttop the firing at the American troops. Unofficial versions of the incident, however, have asserted that Carranza aoldiers were among the attackers. Senator Stone, chairman of the for eign relations committee, is thought to have voiced the Administration at titude to the Senate, speaking after a conference with Secretary Lansing. Wilson Attitude Indicated. "The problem confronting this Gov ernment," the Senator said, "ia how long it would be wise to keep an ex peditionary force in Mexico. If we ad here to our policy towards Mexico, we cannot keep the Army there. To my tnind. the only alternative to with drawing the troops sooner or later is intervention." Senator Stone said that, while he had strongly favored the sending of the ex pedition, he had never believed it would succeed in capturing or killing the ban dit himself. The troops already had accomplished something, he added, in breaking up some of the Villa bauds. Some Army officers share the view that, the capture of Villa is most im probable unless the expedition is in creased in size and scope to a complete military occupation of all Northern Mexico. Since the Administration has no intention of taking such step, they feel that the one present mission of the expeditionary force is merely an offensive move in defense of the bor der. They do not believe raids on American lowns are iiKCly as long as the pursuit is kept up far south of th international line. Withdrawal Not Imminent. Communication is slow at best and when the fact that the officers at the front are too busy to give time to pre paring lengthy official reports is con sidered, an extended delay in securing material for investigation seems prob able. In any event, apparently, the possi bility of withdrawing the troops is not viewed as an immediate one in official circles. It was evident at the War Department today that details as to supply and other problems of main taining the force at the front were be ing cared for without interruption. It also was evident that no move was be ing made by General Funston with out carefully weighing the' military chances, should there be an unfore teen resistance by Carranza troops. The military arrangements still are entirely in General Funston's hands, Secretary Baker said today. The only added directions he has received were eont last night and urged him to take every necessary precaution. The Department is not without cvi drnce of General Funston's watchful '.Concluded on Fut 3. Column. 2.). None But Cavalry Be Welcomed. Young Woman Arrested in Munich, While in Leipzig Youths Must Avoid Saloons and Movies. BERLIN", via London, April 14. What is characterized as a recru descence of the spirit of the blue laws is observed in some German cities. In Munich the police have been authorized to act as censor's of women's dress and have been ordered to arrest all women who are dressed too conspicuously. The first victim of these instructions was a younff woman who was on her way to r.ieet an officer. She was taken to a police station and compelled, ac cording: to the newspaper reports, to wipe the powder and rouge from her face before being permitted to leave the station. In Leipzig- boys and girls under 18 years old are forbidden to enter res taurants and saloons except when ac companied by adults, they may attend moving picture exhibitions only when special programmes for juvenile are given, and tl.ey must keep off the streets after 10 o'clock at night. ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT Total of 1958 Persons Register in Day, Bringing Total to 63,701. Three 'more days in which to regis ter! Today, Monday and Tuesday are left to the voter who would cast a bal lot in the franchises and who has not registered. Yesterday a total of 195S people reg istered, bringing the total for the year to 63,701. This is more than 10.000 short of the total reached at this time in the registration for 1914. Of the registrations yesterday, 1001 were of men and 957 of women. Registration by party affiliations is as follows: Republican, 45,916; Demo crat. 13,103: Independent, . 2210; Pro hibitionist, 1190; Socialist, 716; Progres sive, 566. 6 GRANDSONS BEAR COFFIN Mrs. Maria Anderson. Who Died in 9 1th Year, Borne to Grave by Kin. Six grandsons were the pallbearers at the -funeral services held yesterday afternoon from Pearson's chapel, Rus sell street and Union avenue, for the late Mrs. Maria Anderson, who died in this city at her borne. 341 Tillamook stree. Wednesday, in her !4th year. Rvv. "rJJ. Thoren, pastor of the Swedish Tabernacle, officiated at the services. nterment was made in Rivervicw Cemetery. Mrs. Anderson had lived in the state for 35 years, and is survived by the following children: Alfred Anderson, Mrs. F. Blled, Mrs. E. Blankholm. Mrs. Anna Ericsson and Miss Theckla An derson, of this city. CITY LOT BECOMES MINE Antimony Dnmpcd in Baker Some Years Ago Being Reclaimed. BAKER, Or., April 14. (Special.) Taking advantage of the soaring prices of antimony, George Fiske. of this city,, is busy working on a ready-made mine at Second and Washington streets in the business district. The ore. it is said, was brought from the Malheur district many years ago and because it was not worth handling at prices then prevailing, was dumped in the vacant lot. Mr. Fiske is removing this from under the sod that has formed on it. "SPEED COP" JOB SOUGHT Albany Man Wants riacc Created and'Himsclt Appointed. ALBANY. Or., April 14. (Special.) Plenty of men are running nowadays for offices already created, but C. D. Brown, of this city, has gone a step further bv asl:ing the City Council here to create an office and consider him an applicant for the job. He has asked for appointment as "speed cop." Albany- has no special officer charged with looking after violations of speed or traffic laws, this work being a part of the duty of all the officers. ROAD BONDS ARE PROPOSED Union Voters to Pass on Issue of $100,000 at Primary Election. LA GRANDE. Or.. April 14. Union County today ordered special election primary day for the purpose of sub mitting the question of issuing $400,000 in i s per cent serial ootids to jiruviue for construction of permanent roads, to be payable in 10 equal annual pay ments, $40,000 each year beginning five years from date of issue Petitions for the election carried 100 signatures in excess of the number re quired. FARMS IN IOWA FLOODED Serious Situation Is Threatened by Breaking of. Dam. MUSCATINE, la., April 14. The over flow of 5000 acres of cultivated farm land lying opposite Muscatine is threat ened as a result of a break in the levee protecting the Drury township drainage district. ' Early today the . high embankment collapsed and a flood is rushing through an opening loO feet wide. Scores of families were forced to the roofs of their homes. A. grave situation, is feared.. President and Cabinet Are in Accord. "BREAK" NOT SUBSTANTIATED Reply to Be Last Word, but Not Ultimatum. OFFICIALS KEEP SECRET Graity of Situation in Evidence on Every Hand Case Held Com plete Without Further Data, Washington Holds. WASHINGTON. April 14. President Wilson and the Cabinet wen t over ' the submarine crisis -again tod:ty and re affirmed their intention to bring the situation with Germany to an issue. The decision to inform Germany that recent accumulation of evidence of ships destroyed in submarine warfare leads to the inevitable conclusion that her promises to the United States are not being fulfilled, remained unchanged. The time of dispatching a communica tion to Berlin appeared to be the only point .undecided. Story of Break IJnconfirmed. In Congress today a report was widely circulated that the forthcoming note would in itself give notice of a severance of diplomatic relations. There was nothing to substantiate the story anywhere In official quarters. Cabinet officers did not deny it, on the ground that they all had been bound in honor by the President not to speak on the subject in any way. There were repeats ' .dications to night that the note would be a state ment of the American case up to date without anything in the nature of an ultimatum, and still would leave the way open for Germany to avoid the long-feared break in diplomatic rela tions. It was plain, however, that it would be. Intended as the American Government's last word. Senators .Vot let Conaulted. Senators of the foreign relations com mittee, who have been told by the President that they would be con sulted before any final or drastic steps were taken, declared tonight that they had not yet been advised of the details of the next step. Chairman Stone con ferred with Secretary Lansirig in the course of the day but declared there was nothing new in the situation. At the State Department there was renewed evidence that the United States- considers its case complete even without the affidavits which arrived on the steamer fet. 1'aul. Secretary Lansing acknowledged that evidence gathered by the French government from a captured German submarine crew to prove the identity of the sub marine inveflved in the Sussex attack had been placed in possession of the American government. Such evidence. properly substantiated, was regarded (Concluded on Page 4, Column 3.) PIPING HOT ; I n w s urn : ! 3 - -'LS EMFSH Mix ! t ST .XL J5 , I ttt .....A Breathless Messenger Boy Rusher" In With Entry One Minute Be fore Books Close at Salem. SALEM. Or.. April 14. (Special.) Charles E. Lockwood, of Portland, came in under the wire as a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States with but a minute to spare, when the time for filing dec larations of candidacy expired tonight at 5 o'clock. At 4:59 P. M., a postal messenger breathlessly blew into the office of the Secretary-of State bearing Mr. Lock wood's declaration. He was just in time, for a minute later the clock struck five and the official book of entrants was closed. Here is the ballot elogan which Mr. Lockwood hopes to aid him in nosing out Roosevelt. Hughes Cummins. Bur ton and all other possible aspirants for the Presidency of the United States: "An American Representative, Republi can Progressive Administration: One Term Only, Oregon's Favorite Son." James Inman, Looking-glass. Or., did not tile for President this year. BRITISH FIGHTING IN WEST Heavy Losscs of Officers Indicate Unusual Activity. LONDON, April 14. Evidence that heavy fighting has been going on re cently along the British front in Francn was given in the casualty lists of the last two days. Today's list contained the names of 21 officers killed and 107 wounded, some of- whom were Cana dians. There is a good deal of comment on the brevity of the official reports of the recent fighting. TRAINING BILL IS PASSED New York Senate Acts on Measure Affecting Boys 16 to 18. ALBANY, N. Y., April 14. The Senate today considered out of its regular or der and passed, by a vote of 41 to 1, the Walsh-Slater bill to provide for gen eral military and physical training for boys between the ages of 16 and IS. This action was taken after Governor Whitman had sent a special message urging preparedness legislation. GRAND JURY INDICTS VILLA Mexican Bandit Leader Is Charged Witli Columbus Murders. DEMING. N. M., , April 14. The county grand jury, which has been investigating the Columbus raid, re turned an indictment today against Francisco Villa, charging him with murder in the first degree. Similar indictments were returned against the eight bandits captured after the ra.d. Britain Releases German Gloves LONDON, April 14. An order issued by the British prize court today re leasing a consignment of gloves sent by parcel post from Germany to a New York importing house is the first in stance in which seized goods of Ger man origin have been released since the adoption of the orders in council March 11. 1915. FROM THE KITCHEN OF WATCHFUL WAITING! Hi Gill Helps Loading of Fireboat's Cargo. DRUG STORE Fl';; -n Seattle Court Denies Right to Cart Off Property. POLICE JOIN IN CAMPAIGN Ietectives Are Instructed to Make Every Efrort to Clean City of Bootleggers $2000 Worth of Liquors Is Captured. SEATTLE, Wash.. April 14. (Spe cial.) Mayor Gill was on the job with his coat oft today with Chief Becking ham and Port Warden Paysse, when eight trusties of the City Jail and sev- ral volunteers from the fire depart ment began the work of transferring 1000 cases of contraband beer from the Bell-street dock to the fircboat Du wamish. loiter the Duwamish went up the bay where the water is plentiful and deep. There the whole cargo of booze was unceremoniously dumped. All three officials worked side by side with their assistants in doing the "heavy work" of moving the cargo onto the ship. ' Court Checks ProMccutor. ' Despite the protests of Prosecuting Attorney' Lundin that the court was "taking the teeth out of the dry law." Judge Ronald in the Superior Court late today refused to permit the Sher iff to remove the expensive bar and fixtures of the combination drug store and soft drink establishment at 115 James street, which was raided Wednesday on Mr. Lundin's orders. "We have proof that the law has been violated," said the prosecutor. "Under the law we have the right to seize and remove the fixtures of a place, as well as liquor, on the author ity of a search warrant.' It is pre sumed that some discretion rests with officers of the law." Law Declared Weakened. "Do you mean to tell me that on the preliminary authority vested in search warrant you can tear out fix tures and furniture before it has been determined that an actual violation of the law has taken place?" demanded the court. And when Mr. Lundin nodded in the affirmative, the court said : "I don't believe that is law. I'll di rect the Sheriff to seize the fixtures. but not to remove them." "You're taking the teeth out of the law," returned Mr. Lundin. The prohibition law provides that the authorities may seize "fixtures or it plemenis" used in the illegal sale of liquor, and hold them pending trial of the offender, when, on conviction, they may be sold. Two : thousand dollars worth of whisky, wine and other liquors were Conolmied on Pago Column 1.) Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay Vis ited by Heavy Slorm High Stack Falls, Craft Go Adrift. BALTIMORE, .-pril 14. A 40-mile-an-hour gale sweeping over Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay today and tonight did heavy damage. Sophie Dover, aged 10. and her younger sister. Lillian, while rolling-skating on Cross street, were blown into an automobile. Sophie's neck was broken and her sister was badly hurt. Several other persons were injured. A steel 110-foot smokestack of the Baltimore Drydock Company was blown down, breaking through the roof of a building and injuring William do Cou and .several "other persons. The steamer Ella Wood broke adrift and smashed into the Pennsylvania Railroad piers, causing damage of $15, 000. Other vessels were blown from their moorings and several small bay boats were capsized. CAR IMPRISONS OCCUPANTS Howard and Milton Church Injured at Deer Creek. ROSEBURG. Or.. April 14. (Spe cial.) Howard Church, constable of Deer Creek District, and his brother. Milton Church, are suffering from seri ous injuries sustained early yesterday. when an automobile in which they were riding overturned. According to Milton Church, who was at the wheel, the car bocame unruly while plowing through some soft gravel and started to ascend the embankment at the side of the highway. When about 20 feet up the incline it listed and overturned, pinning the occupants underneath. RUSSIAN SAVINGS PILE UP Increase of 2,000,000,000 Rubles Attributed to Drink Reform. PETROGRAD, via London. April 14. Discussing the budget before the Council of the Empire today, Pierre L. Bark, the Russian Finance Minister, said: "Despite war expenditures, amount ing to 12.000,000,000 roubles, and thanks to the abolition of the alcohol monopoly, the financial strength of the country is growing. The savings of the na tion since the beginning of the war have increased by 2,000,000.000 rubles." WOMAN HANGED IN BARN Mrs. .Maria Agren's Suicide Is Laid to Her Ill-Health. SHERIDAN", Or., April 14. (Special.) The body of Mrs. Maria Agren. 66. was found hanging from a rope in a barn near here yesterday. Death is believed to have been self-inflicted, and to have been brought about by despondency over ill-health. With her husband and one son she had lived-for five years on a small farm near here after their arrival from Finland. One son lives in San Fran cisco. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. u6 degrees; minimum. 47 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly winds. Mexico. Mexico to insist on limitation of punitive force to luOO cavalry. Face 1. War. British rout Turks In Tigris marshes, rage 4. National. Wilson and Cabinet agree on decisive note to Berlin on submarine question. Page 1. Nitrate plant included by Senate in Army bill. Paso 2. Virginia CJovernor Rays packers do not com pete in buying: cattle. Page 3. Ioineatlc. Baltimore heavily damaged by storm. Page 1. Name of Modjoki lirtion of actress to conceal heart ttory, nays letter read in trial of divorce suit. Pace 4. Federal investigators still seeking higher-ups in bomb plot against munitions ships. Page a. Hiram Johnson commends "United Repub lican" movement in California. X'uge 2. Sport. Pacific Coast League results Portland 4. Oakland 1; Salt Lake It. I.os Angeles u; fcian Francisco 3, Vernon 2. Pago 12. Four games scheduled In Commercial League today. Page X'2. Cincninatl takes uphill gamo from Cubs. Page J 2. Pacific Northwest. Mayor Gill helps to dump beer Into Puget Sound. Page J. Iavld Torbet. professor of Albany College, dies at age of 71'. Pago 7. O. A. C Y. M. C A. helps students througn school. Page 7. Hotel Belle proprietor convicted. Page 6. Coast Port llitrict to ask (Jovernment to keep faith in land deal. Page (i. Filing at Salem closes with record rush of political aspirants. Page 1. Commercial and Murine. Forty cent bids put out for Oregon mohair. Page 17. Wheat breaks at Chicago on baseless rumors, page 17. Late rally produces material gains in stock market. Page 17. Business outgrows facilities for production. Page 17. Norwegian shipping Interests ask St. Helens Shipbuilding Company for figures on scl'ooner. Page 10. City of Portland to bo launched today. P.nse 16. Portland and Vicinity. Dr. Chllds' "remedy" formula is exposed in court. Page 30. Ci-.y sued for infringement for -ising street flushers. Page Noted Chicap-o railway head here. Page 3. Warrant shaving by county employes is placed under ban. Page lt. Mrs. Maud c oilman -nominated by (1. A. R: and Woman's Relief Corps for Festival Queen. Page 9. Reed College students present Shakespeare's Twelfth Night." Tago 10. State Veterinarian T.ytle latest to file charges asaim-t George R. Mokel. Page S. Direct pleas made to individuals in behalf of naval base. Page I'd. Move on foot to locate State University special departments and schools in Port land. Page- 5. , Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. Office-Seeking Army Numbers 423. FEW USE STATE PAMPHLET Oregon Primary Ballot List Breaks All Records. MANY CONTESTS PROMISED Wooilrow Wilson for President Is Alone on Hcmocratic" Ticket. Republicans Have l-'otir Candidates in Race. STATU CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. April 2 4. (Special. 1 A battalion of candi dates for nomination to National. State and District offices will face Oregon's electorate May 19. when the battle for party preference will be fought. Today, the final one in which aspir ants might list themselves for the pri maries, witnessed the greatest rush of candidates in the Oregon history. More than two score swarmed into Secre tary of State Olcott's office , in per son, or sent their petitions and declara tions by mail. When the official cur tain was runpj down at 5 o'clock to night, and the last eleventh-hour can didate had filed, the number totaled 423, exceeding all past records. Purl lea Are Hxted. This army of office seekers is com-' posed of 328 Republicans. S5 Democrats and 10 Progressives. In comparison with the number of candidates, few are taking advantage of space in the official election pamphlets. Secretary .Olcott said tonight, when the tiino limit for contributions to the pam phlet had CNpired. that only about .0 had sent in matter for printing. But one Democrat Elliott M. Major, of Missouri, candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for Vice-President has sent in material for the Democratic pamphlet, and prospects are that the state must go to the expense of print ing and mailing more than SO, 000 pam phlets to Democrats of Oregon contain ing only Mr. Major's statement. Klcction supplies were shipped today to tho several counties by the Secretary of State. Five RepublieniiK Nnnied. For the Republican nomination for President of the United States the ballot this time will offer the names of Theodore C Burton. Albert 10. Cum mins, Charles K. Lockwood, of Port land, and possibly Charles K. Hughes. For Vice-President William Grant Webster, of Chicago, is the only Re publican candidate whose name will be printed on, the ballot. With ten delegates to the Republican National convention to elect four from the state at large and two from each of the three Congressional districts. 29 candidates are listed. There are IS run ning in the state at large, four in the First District, three in the Second Dis trict and nine in the Third. .The Democrats must elect an equal number of delegates to the St. Louis convention. Fight are aspirants in tho state at large, three in the First Dis trict, five in the Second and four in tho Third. ProKrr.lvr Mame Five. The Progressives, who are supposed to send five delegates to tho National convention, two from the stato at large and ono from each Congressional district, have just the required num ber of candidates. Oregon is entitled to send five elec tors of President and Vice-President, and running for their respective party nominations at the coming primaries are seven Republicans, five Democrats and five Progressives. Neither W. C. Hawley in the First District, nor N. J. Sinnott in the Second, District, have any opposition in the primaries or general election for Re publican in Congress. In the Third District, comprising Multnomah County, however. C. N". McArthur, incumbent; K. V. Littlcfield and A. W. Lafferty will vie on the Republican primary ballot for nomination. The winner will con, pete with John A. Jeffrey. Democrat, Mr. Jeffrey has no opposition in th primaries. With no candidate for Democrat!": nomination for Secretary of State, the race between Ben W. Olcott, incum bent, and Charles B. Moores, for tho Republican nomination promises to bo. one of the interesting features of tho campaign. There were no other filings for this office today. For the Republican nomination for Justice of the Supreme Court. Frank A. Moore, present Chief Justice, and George II. Burnett, Associate Justice, have no competition, either in the pri maries or the November election. Woodrow Wilson's name will stand alone on the Democratic primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for Pres ident, but the Vice-Presldental nom inees, Thomas R. Marshall and Elliott W. Major, of Missouri, will vie tor preference. Dairy CommlsiiloDrr Alone. John D. Mickle. present Dairy and Food Commissioner, has no opposition for the Republican nomination nor in the general election. The Republican primary ballot will contain the names of six candidates for, rublic Service Commission in the East ern Oregon district. The winner will receive the appointment of the place on the Commission left vacant by the resignation of Clyde B. Aitchison. ao tConciuded un Page 7, Column. 1. 1