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VOL. L.VI. XO. 17,287. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1916. - ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. ; '. ' V. ' i i """T i ' $205 NUGGET IS NOTE TO BERLIN LAST CHANCE TO 30 BURN TO DEATH PRESS OF BRITAIN PAPEN 4 REGISTER IS HERE FOUND IN OREGON ASSAILS CABINET TRAIN WRECK BLOW OP TARGET OTHERS NAMES NOT ON ROLLS TONICIIT PRIZK lysCOVERED IN PLACElt OF 15. S. WATTS AT WILLIAMS. COXSCKIPTIOX ADVOCATES PUT BLAME OX GOVERNMENT. STAY OF" UNTIL PRIMARY. 0 0 Bin MNE5 VOI! AND INDICTED IS CURT DAD President Frames Virtual Ultimatum to Germany. OPEN BREAK IS POSSIBLE Instant Disavowal, Reparation and Punishment Asked in Submarine Cases- GERARD MAY BE RECALLED Positive Statement Made That There Will Be No Further Exchange of Views. BY JOHN CALLAN OLAUGHL1N. WASHINGTON, April 17, (Spe cial.) President Wilson has complet ed his indictment of Germany for her submarine operations and it will go forward within the next 24 hours to Berlin. The communication, according to those who have seen it, will leave nothing to the imagination. It is vir tually an ultimatum without a time limit for response. As the alternative of refusal to make thorough repara tion and give complete guarantees that submarine operations hereafter shall be conducted in accordance with the principles of humanity and inter national law, Ambassador Gerard will be withdrawn from Berlin. Three Courses Considered. It develops today that the President has been considering three courses to pursue with reference to Germany. They are: 1. To present all the facts in pos session of this Government to Ger many and to demand an explanation f how that nation can square its deeds with its promises. 2. To send a note reciting that Germany has violated the solemn as surances made to the United States, and notifying her that unless prompt reparation be made Ambassador Gerard will be withdrawn. 3. To break off relations without discussion. It Is not understood the President is prepared at this moment to adopt Ihe third proposal. It is the second which appeals to him and which prob ably will meet with his approval. Withdrawal Seems Probable. Indeed, the belief for days has pre vailed in diplomatic circles that Mr. Gerard will be withdrawn unless dis avowal, reparation and punishment of the responsible submarine command ers should be announced. Germany has indicated a willing ness to go to any length in the matter of the Sussex and Manchester En gineer to comply with the views of the United States provided the evidence it should submit is regarded as suffi cient. It appears, however, that the communication of the President will deal not only with these ships but with the entire subject of Germany's submarine operations ever since the Lusitania went down, almost a year ego. It will be pointed out that no reparation has been made in the case of the Lusitania and that the assur ances subsequently given have been repeatedly violated. Blanket Disavowal Wanted. In other words, what will be wanted will be a blanket disavowal of the acts committed which this Government considers in violation of international law and action as well as guarantees assigned to put an end to surrepti tious attacks upon ships carrying Americans as members of their crew or as passengers. Whether Germany will go a3 far as the President will insist cannot be de termined by diplomats in advance of the publication of the American com munication. It is a matter of relief to these representatives that the United States is going to send a note at all. The irregular understanding, indeed, the understanding of everyone in Washington for a time was that the President would act and not write. Reflection has convinced the authori ties, in view of the character of the German response to the inquiries rela tive to the Sussex and other ships, that to make the record straight it is necessary to send a communication. But it is stated positively that there iCoaciudcd. on i'ltrfe v. Column !. New Record Made for Day of 2 64 4 and Total Exceeds 7O.000, but Is Far Below Year 1914. "It's here at .last!" will be the re mark today of politicians whose friends have all registered. " "What, already?" will be the sur prised exclamation of Mr. and Mrs. Good-but-Dilatory Citizen. Then the stampede will begin, for all who have not registered at the Courthouse before 9 o'clock tonight can't vote at the primaries unless they go to the trouble of being sworn In at the polls. This is April 18. to wtch public attention has been called frequently for months past, and the registration books will remain sealed after tonight until the election. May 19. A new, record was established yes terday, when registration for the day showed an increase of 250 Tbver Satur day, the highest of the year to date. Citizens to the numuer of 2644 regis tered yesterday, compared to 2391 for Saturday. Of the number registering yesterday, 1345 were women and 1299 were men. The registration total for the year bids fair to top the 70.000 mark, but even then will be between 6000 and 7000 short of the total registration for the primaries in 1914. Division of the registration for the year, by parties. Is as follows: Repub lican, 49,486; Democratic, 14,214; Inde pendent. 2384; Prohibitionist, 1275; So cialist, 779. and Progressive, 600. ART NO DEFENSE FOR NUDE Photograph of Statue Permitted at Exhibit or Home; Not In Window. LOS ANGELES, April 15. Photo graphic reproductions of "Rising Sun," a statue of an undraped male, exhibited at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, were rilled to be indecent today by Judge Thomas 'P. White in police court in a case against A. L. Rose, an art dealer. Judge White held such a statue or a similar picture was "art" only when displayed In a public "art" exhibition or in a home. The case was brought by the police to get a ruling on the propriety of such pictures, displayed in shop windows. When the ruling was made the case against Rose was continued indefl- nitely. KLAMATH REGISTRY RUSHED Greater Portion of Voters In County Have Already Qualified. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 17. (SDeci:il.) There is r. big rush of the eleventh-hour brigade, now that the close of registration here is but a mat ter of hours. The County Clerk's office here has been kept busy with reiristntions. and big lists have been sent in br the registrars In outlying precincts. The County registration at noon to day was 3331. out of a voting strength of about 4000. Republicans total about two-thirds of this registration, there being 2153 members registered. City registration closes tonight at 9 o'clock. PAPER ECONOMY IS URGED Government Suggests Use of Light Weight Stock to Conserve Supply. WASHINGTON", April 17. The De partment of Agriculture, in a circular issued today, recommends the use ot lighter weight, papers to relieve the present stringency in paper-making materials. Many publishers and many users of wrapping papers have adopted this plan, it is said. In a single year the Government, through this plan, effected a saving of 3S.000. 72 KILLED IN CHINESE RIOT Mol Plays HaAoc t 1'ukien and IlaicUeng Also Disturbed. AMOY, China. April 17. The Foreign Office of Chang-Chow-Fu. Fukien, re ports that 32 soldiers of the northern army, and upward of 40 civilians not belonging in that locality, have been killed by a mob. Disturbances also are reported in llaichensr. Amoy is quiet but the streets are heavily patroled. TURKEY ADOPTS GOLD COIN Ilrrlin ltcMrl.s Old Debts AV4II Re Paid I- Former Standard. BERLIN. April 17. (By wireless to Sayville.) The Turkish government has introduced the gold standard with the gold piaster as the monetary unit, the Overseas News Agency says. "Long-standing debts will be paid in accordance with the former standard," the agency says. The government is operating official bureaus for changing money. RUSSIAN MUTINY REPORTED Berlin Hears Abused Soldiers Bum Barracks and - 7 Die. BERLIN, April 17. (Br wireless to Sayville.) The Overseas News Agency made public the following: "Russian soldiers at Nikolayevsk. government of Samara, mutinied and set fire to the barracks. Twenty-seven soldiers perished in the names. The men complained of ill-treutnient by their officers." Gilt Edge Flyer Hits Rear End of Local. TELESCOPED COACHES AFLAME Other Cars Are Set on Fire and Station Is Wrecked. 35 OR MORE ARE INJURED 'ew Haven Train Crushes' Into Standing Local and Crushes Many, Others Losing Life AVhen Wreckage Bla7.es. BRADFORD, n. I.. April 17. Thirty or more persons were reported to have been crushed or burned to death in a collision of trains on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad here tonight. The accident occurred at 7:30 o'clock and four hours later wrecking and hospital crews were said to have recovered 30 bodies. The dead were in the rear car of a four-coach local train, bound from Boston to New- London, and which had stopped at the local station when it was rut down by the Gilt Edge Ex press, bound from Boston for New York. Telescoped Coach Burns. This coach was telescoped, set afire and burned. The car ahead also took fire, and the flames, communicating to the passenger station and freight house, destroyed both buildings. It was stated that there were known to have been 37 persons in the de stroyed car and that only six of these had been accounted for several hours later. Among those reported to have been burned to death were Miss Janet Clark, daughter of William Clark, . president of the Westerly mill of the American Thread Company, and W. M. Barber, also of Westerly. Wire Service Goes On. Great confusion followed the col lision and it was long before a defi nite idea of the extent of the disaster could be had. As the flames of .the burning cars and building died out. the trainyard was left in darkness and those who went to the aid of the in jured worked under great difficulties. The only telegraph lines In the town went out of commission with the burn ing of the station and the only com munication with the outside was a single telephone wire. Over this help was summoned by Providence and New London, the former sending a wrecking train and physicians and the latter city dispatching a hospital train. Thirty-five or More Injured. Estimates of the dead varied widely and in the absence of a positive of ficial statement the number could not be determined at midnight. At that hour the ruins of the burned cars were still so hot that they could not be thoroughly searched. Four bodies were early removed and (Concluded n l'aie 5. Column 2.) THERE'S NOTHING f fftth make no I BALL: -1 it ll fct promises S I J r Votrk fr- 'EUTfA.L ? THBKE S NO SUCH NO A.nciriT y?. SUM- lAOfSSHI fSZ- If 3Vv siVT-O iOC-Hi. SASC BLL -' 55?;V-'r ) s K-i0 ou-r -r-oosw Jttrrz Chunk That Obstructs Sluice Box Is 3 1-2 Inches Across, Half an Inch Thick; Weighs 11 1-3 Oz. GRANTS-PASS. Or.. April 17. (Spe cial.) One of the largest gold nuggets ever found in the Southern Oregon placer fields was brought to Grants Pass this afternoon by Ben S. Watts, of Williams. The nugget was pure golcv In the form of a thick cake and meas ured three and one-half inches in length and width, being about half an loch thick. It weighed 11 ounces, 11 pennyweights and 15 grams. Its value was $205. The nugget was found Sunday by O. A. McCailister, who, with B. S. Watts, is working the famous Watts placer on Munger Creek,- in the Williams mining district, 25 miles from Grants Pass. Mc Cailister was vigorously hoeing down the suice boxes to facilitate the flow of the gravel when he discovered an extra large rock which refused to budge. Finally It was discovered that some amalgam was clinging to the rock and he picked it up for a closer inspection. The total cleanup of 69 ounces, repre senting a six-weeks' run, was brought to town Monday morning. The Watts mine has been a famous producer for 60 years and it has never failed to reimburse its owners hand somely. s ' ' SEAMEN'S STRIKE SETTLED Wage Increase Granted and Chance of Further Trouble Is Kemote. NEW YORK, April 17. The Amer ican steamship Mongolia, which had been delayed in this port since Satur day on account of a strike of her crew for higher wages, sailed for London today, the strike having been settled. The demands of the seamen were granted by the Atlantic transport line, owners of the vessel. Several other lines operating Amer ican ships also have granted wage in creases. The possibility of a general strike now is remote. DUTCH BAR SEIZED SHIPS Berlin Says Portugal Forbidden to IJring In German Vessels. BERLIN, April 17. (By wireless to Sayville.) The German steamships which were seized in Portuguese ports shortly before the declaration of war between Portugal and Germany will not be permitted to enter Dutch ports, the Overseas News Agency announces. This decision was reached as a re sult of an investigation by a com mittee of Dutch naval officers and ex perts in international law. SEGREGATION LAW HELD UP Supreme Court Restrains Ordinance Keeping Blacks in Districts. ST. LOUIS, April 17. An injunction temporarily restraining the enforce ment of the negro segregation ordi nances of St. Louis was granted by the .Federal District Court here today. The ordinance prohibits whites or blacks from living in a block in which 75 per cent of the houses are occupied by persons of the opposite race. The other makes similar restrictions on a basis of 100 instead of 75 per cent. NEUTRAL ABOUT THE PORTLAND Tests Show System Is Highly Efficient. 10P ..nFER LIFTED Stunned Fish Dot River When Gunners Ashore Fire Charge. OLD GUNCOTTON IS WEAK Knthusiustic Citizens View Demon stration of Defense Work by the Coast Artillery Itapid-Fire Guns Score Many Hits. FORT STEVENS, Or., April 17. (Special.) Before an enthusiastic con course of citizens of Astoria and other lower river municipalities, the Thirty fourth Company, Coast Artillery Corps, commanded by Captain James Long, conducted a most spectacular sub marine mine target practice this after noon. Five mines, each containing 100 pounds of saturated guncotton, were planted in the mine field over which a Government boat towed a rapidly moving target. Only two of these mines were permitted to be ex ploded, thus complicating- the problem of locating the position of the mines with respect to the moving target. Vatit Upheaval Caused. Shortly after noon the first mine waa detonated and a thousand tons of water was driven into the air 100 feet high. The shattered remnants of the target fell in countless pieces. Numerous fish were observed floating to the surface, stunned by the tremendous shock. The towing boat was obliged to return to the dock to procure'a new target. The second mine fired was filled with old guncotton, as an experiment. It ex ploded without any great degree of force. However, the shore observers report that the explosion took effect close enough to the target to constitute a hit. In case of actual war these mines are arranged in groups so placed that if war vessels attempted to run the chan nel they eventually would impinge upon some of the mines. Mines 'Fired Fran Shore. The mines today were electrically fired through observation conducted from shore stations. However, they are so equipped that they wil explode upon contact if that method is deemed preferable. Ah arrangement within the mine causes it to complete an elec tric circurt when tilted by an approach ing battleship. Nothing that floats can withstand the effect of a submarine mine ex plosion, it is believed, hence they are regarded as one of the most effective means of coast defense. It is esti mated that 70 per cent of the effec tiveness pf the Dardanelles defensive system is due to mines. The entrance to the Columbia is better adapted to (Concluded on Page 3, Column 2) BALL FAN TODAY. Blunders of War Reviewed and Pos sibility of German Attack on England Brought Out. LONDON, April 17. Today, the date fixed for the Cabinet Council to make a final decision as to whether married men should be conscripted, the attacks on the government by newspapers de voted to the cause of conscription reached the climax of vehemence. All the government's alleged blun ders at Antwerp and In the Darda nelles and Mesopotamia its alleged mistakes and delays in connection with munitions and the air service, were reviewed and contrasted with the per fect organization in enemy countries. The Times' military correspondent printed an article with an elaborate map, purporting to show the exact dis positions of enormous forces of German troops massed along the British front in Flanders and France, and drawing the conclusion that Great Britain still is lacking the necessary reserves to meet a big attack. These newspapers are openly advo cating the overthrow of the "ineffi cient" ministry and exhort the mem bers of Parliament not to lose the opportunity in approaching debates to compel the government to conscript married men or resign. Throughout the afternoon in the lob bies of Parliament there were rumors of grave Cabinet dissensions and of possible resignations of minority mem bers who favor universal service. LABORER DIGS UP WATCH Rust-Encased Timepiece, Evidently Buried lor Years, Runs. While digging a trench for a road near Bertha Station, John Cronquist. a laborer, dug up what appeared to be a round piece of metal encased in about half an inch of rust. He carried the metal home and, dig ging off the rust, found that it was a watch. The shaking caused it to start running. Mr. Cronquist cleaned the case off carefully and it has been keeping perfect time since. Apparently it had been under ground fcr years. DEMOCRATIC RANKS RENT Opposition in Louisiana Is First of Serious Nature in Years. NEW" ORLEANS-. April 17. The most vigorous Gubernatorial campaign Lou isiana has seen in a generation closed tonight, with managers for both Ruffin G. Pleasant. Democratic nominee, and John M. Parker, indorsed by the Pro gressives and so-called Independent Democrats, predicting success at the polls tomorrow. It is the first time in many years that the Democratic ticket has had serious opposition. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 53 degrees ; minimum, 4-4 degrees. TODAY'S Showers; southwesterly winds. Mexico. Death of ViPa Is yet unconfirmed. War. Page Berlin checks meat feasts. rase 4. Russians near Trebizond Page 4. British press assails cabinet. fortification Page 1. National. United action of Northwest delegation in Congress saftl to be only lioye of Colum bia River naval base. Page 4. Shakeup is ordered in' avlat Ion service. Page President Wilson says America's only ex rune for war is good of humanity. Page 3. President prepares virtual ultimatum to Germany. 1 tge 1. Attorney-General wants grant land contract holders to have right to test statv.p. Page u. Von Pa pen and four others indicted for alleged conspiracy. Page 1. Oomeetir. Ralph Modjeski, on witness Mand, says wife was first to attack his parentage. Pago 3. Cincinnati Presbytery dopts resolution to drop New York body from church. Page 1?. Thirty killed la New Haven train wreck. Page 1. Convict delars he helped bury Dorothy Arnold. Pagu 4. Sports. Beavers, and Bees are ready for opener here today. Pane 14. Stanley Coveleskle fans Cobb, but loses for Cleveland, 3 to (. In twelfth. Page 14. Chamber promises to attend opening game. Page 14. Hipp-Mi rome. Club will give smoker tonight. Page 15. Pacific Northwest. Oddfellows assemble at Vancouver celebra tion. Page B. Seattle to dean up district below Vesler worth Way. Page 6. t Nupget found in Southern Oregon fO.'t. Page I, Mines blow up targets at Columbia mouth. Page 1. Commeiclal and Marine. Butter stocks are accumulating in Mver local market. Page in. Cattle and hoys firm at North Portland. Pago 1. f Heavy unloading at Chicago depresses wheat prices. Pag It. War stocks weakened, by new rumors. Page 10. Government to sell condemned property. 1'ae IS. Portland and Vicinity. Interchange of telephone calls between com panies thought feasible. Page 7. Seoul Young Auxiliary inducts Hal Hibbard a Salem. Page 18. N- Twerty "dentists are robbed. Page 20. Hotel men are asked to meet State Welfare C-nnmfssion. Page S. Baptist pastors scored for neglecting tithe. Page 0. PoolhplI operators business. Page Semi-monthly pay ct-unty employes. take steps to elevate 20. system proposed for Page S. Health Bureau tells how to overcome fly nuisance. Page 1 1. This 1 last day of registration before pri mary election. Pase 1. Nonsuit allowed in $l,6im.0f0 damage suit. Page T. I, ate political gossip. Page IS. Woman candidate's citizenship questioned. Page 19. Roste Lloyd, another famous English actress In vaudeville, is topliner at Pantages. Page 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. Five Accused of Plot to Blow Up Canal. PRECEDENT SET BY ACTION Offense Not Extraditable and Chance of Trial Is Slim. THREE ARE MERE AGENTS Arrest of One Prominent German. Expected Today Former At tache Is Described as the "Iirains" ot Conspiracy. NEW YORK, April 17. Captain Franz von Papen. recalled military at tache to the German embassy at AVasb ingrton. was Indicted todav by the fed eral grand jury here as the organizer and financier ot am alleged conspiracy to blow up the Wetland Canal in Can ada. With him also were indicted Captain Hans Tauscher, alleged agent of the Krupps in the United States and husband of Mme. Johanna Gadski, the prima donna; Constantine (Jovani. Alfred J. Fritzcn and another man whose name has not been revealed. It was learned from a reliable source that the last named is a prominent German whose name has been men tioned frequently in connection with, German propaganda. His arrest Is ex pected tomorrow. Federal officials do not expect to brinj? Von Papen to trial. While he is no longer immune from prosecu tion by the United States civil au thorities, since lie ceased to be a mem ber of the German embassy staff, the offense with which he 'is charged is not extraditable under any treaty with a foreign government. Von I'aprn "Brains" of Conspiracy. The indictment, it is understood, was returned with the sanction of the De partment of Justice, and is believed to establish a precedent. No effort will be made to have Von Papen brought here, but the indictment will be held in abeyance in case he should ever return- to the United States. Von Papen waa designated by Fed eral ofiicials as the "brains" of the alleged conspiracy. It is alleged in the indictment that he. with the others, "began, set on foot, provided and pre pared the means for a certain military enterprise to be carried on from within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States against the territory and dominions of ttie King of Great Brit ain, with whom the United States at all times mentioned was and is at peace." The other three men whose names were made public were, according to the indictment, merely agents and em ployes of Von Papen, who planned the conspiracy and furnished the money and high explosives. Attorney Is Accused. The five men alleged to have carried dynamite and other explosives in suit cases to Niagara Falls, where the plot was abandoned, were Ilorst von Der Goltz, also known as Franz llobart Wachendorff, known also as Bridge man Taylor: Fritzen, Govani, Carl Tuschendler and Joachim Busz. John T. Ryan, an attorney and promi nent in politics in Buffalo, N. Y., was named in the indictment as the man who acted as intermediary, in the pay ment of money by Von Papen to Von ler Goltz. On two occasions in Sep tember, 1914, it is alleged, Von Tapen paid $20i to Von Der Goltz through it Buffalo bank and Ryan. A previous payment of $200 also Is said to have, been made to Von Der Goltz. Checks and checkbook stubs of these transac tions are in the possession of the United States District Attorney. Captain Tauscher, head of the Taus cher Arms Company here, supplied the explosives to Von Der Goltz, the in dictment charges, while. Von Papen furnished "electric generators, fuses and wires." In August, 1914. according to the indictment, rive sailors from the in terned German liner Bavaria, at Balti more, were brought to New York by the alleged conspirators to aid in the plot, but they were subsequently re turned to their ship. Arrangements then were made, it is charged, for thf five men named in the indictment to undertake the expedition. STRIKE AUTHORITY VOTED Doslon & Maine Trackmen Ready to Obey Orricers' Call. B.OSTON, April 17. The track men of the Boston & Maine Railroad sys tem have voted to authorize their gen eral officers to declare a strike at ojr time in the furtherance o demands for reduced working hours and ad vanced wages, it was learned today. About 4000 men are included in the trackmen's organization. BORNEO 0ILJCAUSES DROP St. Louis Reports Cut in Price of Giisoliitc to 19 Cents. ST. LOUIS, April 17. Gasoline in St. Louis today sold at 19 cents a gallon, drop of. 1 cent. The decline was attributed to the im portation of oil from Borneo. 0