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Newspaper Page TextVOL. IVI NO. 17,290. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 21, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SALVAGE WORK ON FIFIELD IS STOPPED WASHINGTON FEARS FORGING OF ISSUE MEXICANS GET TIP ON GERMAN CRISIS NEBRASKA SHOWS IT IS WEARY OF BRYAN TORNADO KILLS 20 IN MIDDLE WEST BIG RUSSIAN MM LANDED IU FRIGE i SPEECH IS PATRIOTIC TONE PEOPLE GET PACTS OP SITUA TION BEFORE AMERICANS. AXX1ETY FELT FOR SAFETY OF TOWS OF STOVER, MO. HEAVY SI5AS FORCE AVKECKISG TIT. TO LKAVE SCENE. BURTOI Possibility of New At tack Considered. BERNSTORFF GIVES VIEWS Lansing, However, Regards Opinion as Purely Personal TELEGRAMS POURING IN President Widely Congratulated on His Stand German-American Districts Protest Bryan'on ,a Hand to Prevent Trouble. WASHINGTON, April 20. While the United States -waits for Germany to re ply to the note demanding the im mediate abandonment of present meth ods of conducting submarine warfare, one of the chief sources of concern here is the possibility of another at tack on a peaceful ship carrying- Ameri cans before the Berlin government has determined on its course. In such an event. It is admitted that an immediate rupture could be prevented only by proof that Germany has been unable to communicate with her submarine commanders. In explaining the demand of the United States today, officials said that while abandonment of th present il legal methods at once was essential lo continuance of diplomatic relations, the United States might agree to Ger man submarines operating under the strict restrictions of cruiser warfare. Cessation First Step. It was emphatically reiterated, how ever, that a discussion of that phase would not be entered into untij the present campaign was brought to a stop. The United States stands firm in its determination not to tolerate the unlawful and inhumane sinking of an other ship. Cruiser warfare such as would be regarded as legal by the American Government would make imperative the exercise of the right of visit and search, the passengers and crews be ing accorded a degree of safety ade nuate. The mere placing of passengers and crews in small boats far from land and in dangerous eeas would not meet the requirements. Mediterranean Plan Unsatisfactory. The Mediterranean plan of warfare as announced in the German memo randum on January 7 to the United States has not worked satisfactorily. Administration officials consider. It is held that in many instances submarine commanders operating in the Med iterranean have disregarded the un derstanding in letter and in spirit. Count von Bernstorff, the German Am bassador, is understood to have sug gested to his government that it issue a new declaration applying to all sub marine operations similar to that cov ering the campaign in the Mediterra nean. The Ambassador called at the State Department today and had a 25-minute conference with Secretary Lansing. Mr. Lansing listened with much interest to the suggestions made by Count von Bernstorff. which he understood the Ambassador was ready to make to his own government for its guidance in framing a reply to the American note. The Secretary, however was not dis posed to accept the views expressed by the Ambassador as being official. Anbauidor'i Views Unofficial. He was described authoritatively as being inclined to regard them as the Ambassador's own opinions and infor mative of the latter's desire to prevent a break between his country and the United States. The President having laid down the condition that there must be an abandonment of the present sub marine methods. Secretary Lansing takes the view that there must be a direct and formal response from the German government itself before there can be a discussion of the various phases of the subject or of any alter native propositions short of absolute compliance with the American demands. As a result of his conference Count von Bernstorff sent another communi cation to his government tonight. ' It was made clear at the German embassy later that the Ambassador did not ex pect to call on Secretary Lansing again until- after his government had made formal reply to the American note. "KeaMnable Time" -Not Ueflned. Just how long the United States is willing to wait for the German reply has not been disclosed. All officials agree that "a reasonable time" will be allowed. Press dispatches announc ing that the note had arrived in Berlin were read with much interest, but offi cial word of the delivery of the com munication had not been received from Ambassador Gerard. The fact that a series of religious holidays which are scrupulously ob served in the German Empire begin to. morrow. Good Friday, to continue until next Tuesday, has been suggested as a possible source of delay on the part of the German Foreign Office. The State Department has not been advised that Ambassador Gerard has received a supplementary note in re gard to the case of the Sussex. Press dispatches have described the supple mentary note as containing the state ments of Swiss and American passen gers. Indicating that a mine and not a tConcludcd on i'uge Column 2. Greater Interest Shown in Contro versy With Berlin Than In ""Pursuit of Bandits. EL PASO. Tex., April 21. On Mon day the Chihuahua City newspapers printed flispatches supposed to have come from Juarez, saying that Presi dent Wilson was about to deliver an ultimatum to Germany and that war would be declared within a week. This information was brought here today by Americans returning from Chihuahua, who brought copies of the newspapers In which the dispatches appeared. The arrivals said that the news of the crisis between Germany and the United States was common talk in Chihuahua City on Sunday, 48 hours before the facts were made public in this country. On Monday an American who visited General Gutierrez was greeted with this remark: "Well, I suppose the Mexican situa tion has become of minor importance, now that the United States is going to war with Germany." The Americans who returned here said that the Mexicans were being kept fully acquainted with every step in the controversy between Berlin and Wash ington through an official agency in Mexico City and that they knew more about the crisis between the United States and Germany than they did about pursuit of Villa. BOSTON ASKS PRECAUTIONS Removal Prom Wharves of Interned Teutonic Vessels Urged by Mayor. BOSTON, April 20. Mayor Curley today requested Collector of the Port Billings to order the removal from wharves on the local waterfront of German and Austrian steamers which are tied up there, as a means, he said, "of safeguarding lives and property in the event of a break in the rela tions between the United States and Germany." s The Mayor explained the request was made in view of the situation, as it is known to the public, and not be cause he had received any special in formation. FATHER SHOOTS DAUGHTER Man Then Commits Suicide After Quarrel Over Money Matters. BINGII AMTON, N. Y., April 20. Al fred L. Sharpe, formerly Collector of Customs at El Paso, Tex., is dead and his 18-year-old daughter. Holland, is seriously wounded as a result of a quar rel last night between father and daughter which ended when Sharpe seized a revolver and shot the girl twice in the back and sent a bullet through his own heart. Doctors say the girl has a chance to recover. Money matters are said to have caused the quarrel. LIQUOR LAW INTERPRETED Receipt of Friend's Allowance iu Washington Adds Hanger. ABERDEEN. Wash.. April 20. (Spe cial.) If a friend sends for liquor un der a permit and has it shipped to you in trust for him, and you are caught with this liquor and some of your own, you are guilty of having an oversupply in your possession, according to the decision rendered by Police Judge Glen Snider here this week. Since the dry law went-into effect many of those desiring liquor have had it shipped in care of someone else. DRINK LIST TO BE PRINTED Pendleton Takes Step to Curtail Cases of Intoxication. PENDLETON. Or., April 20. (Spe cial.) To curtail the number of drunks in Pendleton and to enforce" the prohi bition laws the purchasers and amount of liquor sold each month by each of the drug stores will be published. For thus far in April there have been 31 arrests for drunkenness and only three of these have been from any other cause than alcohol. The drug gists say it is impossible to tell whether the purchaser is attempting to evade the law or not in many cases. BIRDH0USE GIVEN MAYOR Kiglit-Ycar-Old Children . Make At tractive Abode for Fowl. Out in one of the trees at Mayor Albee's home is to be an attractive birdhouse made of twigs in the shape of a log cabin. It was built by 8-year-old children, members of the "Peace and Plenty Club." The youngsters, with Mrs. Grace Bransford. Mrs. Alva Lee and Mrs. Robert Clark, appeared in fhe Mayor's office yesterday and presented the birdhouse. It is a remarkable piece of work for such young children. ASSETS' ARE $8,614,650 Portland Gas & Coke Company Makes Quarterly Report. . The value of the plant and property of the Portland Gas St Coke Company is $8,614,650.44, according to the quar terly financial statement of the com pany filed yesterday with City Auditor Earbur. The value as given includes the entire plant within , Portland, in cluding the St. Johns district. ; The report shows that the company has 861 miles of distributing mains valued in excess of f4.O0O.00O. Family Is Eliminated From State Politics. PET FAD IS TURNED DOWN Prohibition Rejected, Brother Charles Defeated. HOME TOWN IS HOSTILE Hitchcock Beats Bryan Man for Sen ator Henry Ford Leads Cum mins by 1000 for President on Repubilcan Ticket. OMAHA. April 20. (Special.) The Bryan family faction in Nebraska poli tics was completely wiped out in the primaries this week. William J. Bryan stands defeated at every turn by heavy majorities and even though he received a proxy by some other state as a dele gate to the Democratic National con vention at St. Louis, he will have small influence in that meeting, since his own state has repudiated him so definitely. Although no particular effort was made in the primary to defeat Bryan as delegate-at-large. Nebraska voters, of whom he was once the idol, turned against him of their own accord and defeated him decisively. Not only did they defeat Bryan himself, but they turned down the friends for whom he had campaigned, and defeated his new pet, prohibition, for which he made 100 speeches in three weeks. In his own city of Lincoln, Charles W. Bryan. W. J. Bryan's brother, was defeated by 10.000 by Neville, the "wet" candidate 'or Governor. Charles Bryan was el&cted Mayor of Lincoln only a year ago. That Lincoln voters have grown tired of his administration is shown by the result of the vote in that city. That the entire state has grown weary of the dictatorial manner and the fads of JLhe older Bryan, is indi cated by the results of the vote, in which William J. Bryan was concerned. Mr. Bryan stands sixth in a list of seven candidates for delegate-at-large. Mr. Bryan's latest inconsistency was the making of prohibition his chief issue and then having all the members of his slate, except his brother, well known "wet" men. Two of these Brj-an "wet" prohi bitionists were elected delegates-at-large. bet the Bryan family today stands completely eliminated from Ne braska politics. Even should Mr. Bryan manage to squeeze in as a delegate to the convention, his escape from defeat will have been so narrow as to dis credit him. Bryan made a tremendous effort to defeat Senator Hitchcock for renomi nation, but Hitchcock's majority over Bryan's candidate is more than two to one. Returns indicate that John L. Kennedy will be the Republican nomi nee for Senator. The latest returns give Henry Fora a lead of 1000 over Albert B. Cummins for the Republican Presidential nom ination. Charles E. Hughes is third. DEFEATED IX NEBRASKA, Hundreds Have Been Injured iir Area Swept by Storm Two Counties Suffer Loss. KANSAS CITY. April " 20. Rains which fell throughout the sections of Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri, which 'last night were torn by tor nadoes, were believed by weather of ficials to have marked the end, at least temporarily, .of the "tornado pe riod." Inefficient wire communication today permitted few added details of damage and loss of life, but the lat,ter, which at noon today stood at 20, was believed to be approximately correct. Hundreds have been injured. Anxiety was felt tonight for the safety of Stover, in Morgan County, Missouri. The town still was cut off from the outside world tonight and re ports that six persons had been killed and many injured there last night could not be positively confirmed. Property damage, although not per mitting of accurate estimate, was be lieved to amount close to $750,000, Ver non and Bates counties, In Missouri, re porting losses which are expected to total $500,000. INDEX OF TODAY'S' NEWS Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 62 degree; minimum, 45 degrees. TODAY'S Showers; winds mostly south erly. Submarine Crisis. Washington fears crisis will be forced by another attack before Berlin makes reply, l'age 1. Editor of Chicago German paper says United States is in for a "cleaning up." Page 1. Mexicans get tip on German crisis. Page 1. Von Igel's status depends on lease. Page 2. Mexico. Further advance of Americans opposed by Chihuahua commander. Page Z. War. Britain and France contend American prin ciples are met in their manner of con ducting blockade. l'age o. Fall of Trebizond makes move on Con stantinople from weat possible. Fage -. Von der Goltz's confcskn further implicates Von Papen In plot to terrify Canada from United fctatcs. Page 3. Foreign. British Cabinet crisis averted by com promise Page -. Domestic. Vote shows Nebraska is weary of Bryan. Page 1. Tornado kills 20 in Middle West. Page 1. Sport. Pacific Coast. I-cague results: Portland 6, Salt' Lake u US' innings); VeVnon Oakland 1; fcJan Francisco 0, 3-os An geles 6. Pes a 14. Heilmann's two-base .drive .beats White fcox. I'age 14. v Oregon title golf play schedule is announced, page Jo. . Phillies brat Giants in lli-inning game. Page 14. ra4ific Norlhwfht. Two big rf-alty deals closed in Union County. Pago 6. Senator Borah heads Idaho delegation to National convention. Page tl. Wife of Seattle Chinaman battles deporta tion on insanity charge. Page 7. Oliver H. CUne confesses theft of $120,000 in Seattle. Pago . feteam schooner Fifield in danger of going to pieces on rocks. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Local wheat - market higher with Chicago advance. Page 19. Storms in Spring wheat belt lift Chicago prices. Page 10. War stocks decline on heavy liquidation. Page 19. Last American-Hawaiian New York cargo reaches Columbia. Page IS. Shipowners will grant conference. Page 18 Portland and Vicinity. Junior National Guard boys hike to Van couver. Page IS. Good Friday is here with its solemn church services. Page 0. Portland commercial body indorses National defense programme. Page -0. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 1. Latest Oregon political news. Page o. Chamber to discuss finances at meeting to night. Page 8.. BILL SUDDENLY HEARS A PACIFIST CALL IN WASHINGTON. Czar Ser" . .vr W ii Line. FLOTILLA'S VOYAGE SECRET Military Critics Speculate on Great Offensive. WARM WELCOME IS GIVEN French Soldiers and Sailors Re ceive Allies With Military Hon ors and Jotfre Issues Spe cial Order of Day. PARIS, April 20. Official announce ment today of the arrival of a large number of Russian troops at Marseilles electrified all of France. It was pre sumed that the new reinforcements were to be used against the Germans, and possibly that they would see duty before Verdun. It is again recalled that General Pe tain recently announced that he in tended to cease "ceding" any more ter ritory to the Germans in this sector and it was noted also that the French farces last night took the offensive on the right bank of the Meuse. I.nrBor Offenwive Expected. That. General Petain knew the Rus sians were on the way when he made his statement is taken for granted. Speculation is rife also as to the inten tion of the allies at an early date to launch the most general, most terrible drive of the entire war. The appear ance on the Verdun front of Germans known to have been recently in Russia is regarded as an indication, at least, that the Teutons are beginning to feel the strain. The secret of the number of Russians who have arrived is being closely kept. That it was large -is proved by the fact that a "great flotilla" of transports was used in bringing them to France. Wide Detuur Made. The route taken by the Russian flo tilla is also unrevealed, but unofficial military opinion is that the men were embarked at Archangel, in the White Sea, and that the ships made a wide detour far to the north and west avoiding the "war zone around the British Isles before making for the entrance to the Mediterranean. That all this was accomplished before even a hint was given is regarded as a re markable achievement. The first transport bearing the Rus sian troops drew up to the quay at Mar seilles at 3:15 o'clock. French troops, headed by the Sixth Hussars and the 115th Territorials, lined the landing to extend the arrivals a. welcome. Yard. 'Manned by Sailors. The sailors of the French fleet in tha harbor manned the yardarnos of their vessels, and the bands of the fleet took up the Russian national anthem as the first transport. La Touche Treville, drew up. The Russian officers and sailors were lined up along the decks and on the bridges of the transports, and the Rus sian bands played the "Marseillaise." fConct-.Kied on Pace 3. Column, t.) m t Belief at Bandon Is That Vessel Cannot Re Saved, Although $10,000 Has Been Spent. BANDON. Or.. April 20. (Special.) Heavy seas this afternoon forced a cessation of the efforts of the wreck ing tug Iaqua to pull off the steam schooner Fifield, wrecked on the bar here on February 29. The Iaqua had to abandon all lines and run for the open sea. Although it is estimated that $10,000 has been spent to date in the effort to salvage the Fifield. it is now be lieved by marine men that the vessel will go to the boneyard where she lies. Ten days ago she was pulled high and dry on the beach, but slid back, broadside to the breakers, near the south jetty. She is partly buried in eight or nine feet of sand and is being heavily pounded. The engine room cabin is crushed in and' every high tide carries away part of the bridge. Two lines had been made fast to the Fifield. One was run to the end of the jetty and then to a donkey en gine on the beach. The other was made fast on the wrecking tug. Last night at high tide, strain was put on the lines, but the Fifield did not budge in the slightest degree. The hold had been filled with empty casks, by which it was hoped to give suf ficient buoyancy to free her bow from the sand. It was stated tonight that one more attempt would be made to float the Fifield when the sea calms down enough to permit the Iaqua to resume operations. CO-EDS SPEND $20 MONTH "Washington University Sorority Girls, However, Use $35.71. SEATTLE. Wash., April 20. (Spe cial.) Sorority women at the Univer sity of Washington spend an average of $35.71 a month, while the women living at the dormitory spend an aver age of only $20.25, according to a re port completed today by Ethel H. Cold well, dean of women. The least spent by any sorority woman was $26.92 and the most $46.42. The report is the result of an inves tigation which included the members of 15 of the 16 sororities and the girls who live in Clarke Hall, the women's dormitory. A. questionaire, covering the general, annual and monthly ex penses of the women, was sent out at the beginning of this semester and the reports received tabulated by the dean. The average initiation fee for the 15 houses was $26.66. The least paid by any woman was found to be $15 and the greatest $35. WILSONS HOLD RECEPTION Oaughtcrs and Children of Revolu tion Visit White House. "WASHINGTON". April 20. President and Mrs. Wilson today received sev eral thousand members of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution here for their annual congress, and also of the Children of the American Revolu tion. For nearly two hours the women filed through the blue room of the White House while the marine band played patriotic music. The Daughters today elected Mrs. Amos G. Draper, of the District of Co lumbia, editor of the organization's magazine, by a vote of 444 to 368 for Miss Eliza O. Dennison. of Pennysl- vania. In a ballot taken yesterday the two candidates got 499 votes each. CITY TO RENT OUT ITS JAIL Clatskanie Bastile Not Occupied for More Than Year. CLATSKANIE. Or.. April 20. (Spe cial.) Clatskanie has decided to rent out its city jail. The city bastile has not been occupied for more than a year. The pound, unused for some time, also will be rented out to relieve the financial stress that the city is now under. The newly-elected officials took oath of office at the regular meeting of the Council on Monday night: Mayor, W. A. Hall; Councilmen, G. F. Puzey, J. T. Petersen, Al Flippen and G. A. Sagar; treasurer, M. W. Markham; Recorder, George B. Conyers. and Marshal, Ben Birkenfeld. AUDITORIUM WORK GOES ON Pouring of Concrete lor Footings to Do Started Next Week. Pouring of concrete for the footings of the Portland Auditorium will start next week, according to present plans. Architect J. A. Fouilhoux said yester day that the work of preparing the ground for the concrete is being rushed and should be completed early next week. As soon as the concrete work is start ed it is expected a large force of men will be employed. Materials for the superstructure have been ordered and are either in the city or on the way here. CANARY- ISLANDS SHAKEN Accompanying Loud Rumblings Ter rify Population. FUERTEVENTURA. Canaries. April 15, via Paris, April 20. An earthquake lasting 12 seconds rocked the houses of this island today. The shock was accompanied by loud rumblings, and terrified the population. The damage was small. Ovation Follows Plea for Unity in Crisis. REPUBLICANVICTORYFORECAST Candidate Scores Democratic Foreign Policies. AUDIENCE GIVES APPLAUSE Ohio Presidential Aspirant Says People Look to G. O. J, to Res cue Nation I'rom "Ignoble International Status." A review of the inconsistencies of the present Democratic Administra tion, particularly in its dealings witli the belligerent powers of Europe and with Mexico, was presented before an appreciative audience at the Masonic Temple last night by Theodore K. Bur ton, Ohio's candidate for the Republi can nomination for the Presidency. Mr. Burton, who is ex-United States Senator from Ohio, spoke under the auspices of the Oregon Republican Club. His address was essentially political in its nature, but in view of the present difficulities confronting the Nation it was touched throughout with a highly patriotic tone that again and again aroused the plaudits of his hearers. Ovation Is (.Ivcn. The audience that filled the great hall manifested its unequivocal ap proval by a tremendous ovation when he said: "At times like this we are not Re publicans nor Democrats, Socialists or Prohibitionists. we are American citizens." But Senator Burton was emphatic in his declaration that the very presence of these international complications calls for firmness and experience in handling the affairs of the Nation. Under such conditions and under such circumstances, he asserted, the thoughts of the people Instinctively turn to the Republican party the party of expe rience, the party of vapabil ity. the par ty of accomplishment. Vacillation la fcored. "The one fact more obvious than any other in all the conflicting current of events," he said, "is that the present ignoble status of the United States in relation to other countries has been brought about by the halting, the vacil lation and the hesitancy of the present Administration." Senator Burton was introduced by John McCourt. president of the club that conducted the meeting. Jte lost little time in plunging into the impor tant issues of the day. He congratu lated the Republicans of Oregon on the apparent unanimity of purpose to se cure Republican victory next Fall, and encouraged them in strengthening their organization. "Auspicious omens cheer the Repub lican party," he said. "Defeated in 1913 by the misfortune of a division in its ranks, every present indication points to a reunited front, and an old-time victory. The Republican party always comes back. So invariable is this cus tom that it has become a political proverb in recent American history Not once since the Civil War has a Democratic - Administration succeeded itself. The Democrats are always ush ered in with noisy shouts of acclaim, and followed out with a universal sigh of relief." Old rolieien Fixed. Issues in the approaching campaign the speaker defined as two-fold first, the problems that have been debated in previous campaigns, and, second, tho problems growing out of the interna tional situation. "Let us consider," he continued, "these two phases of the campaign. On the old familiar issues the Republican party stands where it has always stood. First of all, it stands for a reasonable protective tariff, one which, while fos tering no monopoly, shall "give to in dustry stimulus and support and afford to labor not only its fair share of tho country's prosperity, but an assured position surpassing, in its opportuni ties, that of the toilers of all other lands. Upon this issue there never was, and never will be, any division in Re publican ranks. . "The tariff issue is a most vital question before the people today. and the arguments of the Republican party are sure to gain greater acceptance because of the frightful war now wag ing in Europe. At the close of this struggle we may expect fiercer com petition than ever before, partly from stocks of goods which have accumu lated, but which cannot now bo sent here, and partly from the sale of ar ticles which the poverty of the na-' tions engaged compels them to sell. Moro important than this, however, will bo the universal effort of tho combatants to rehabilitate themselves by entering our own markets and other markets ip which we compete with them for a larger share of the trade." Industrial Phase Touched. He touched lightly on the money question, pointing out that the Republi can party always has stood resolutly for the principle of sound money against "every folly and heresy that, the Democratic leaders have con ceived." He called attention to the fact that (Concluded ou 4, Column o.)