VOL. 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.)