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mm VOL.. L.VI XO. 1 7,30.5. rORTLAXD, OREGON, TI'ESDAY, 3IAY 0, 1016. rillCE FIVE CENTS. HE TO BEMJI! ACCEPTS REPLY Scrupulous Execution, of New Policy Demanded. U-BOAT SINKS SHIP FROM PORTLAND GERMAN CONSUL AT PRESIDENT SHARES LINER CYMRIC IS MARRIAGE "FEES" MAY BE ACCEPTED FUNSTQN TO. SEND PEANUTS AT CIRCUS BALTIMORE INDICTED. TORPEDO TROOPS ON TRAIL TWKLVE OF CREW RESCUED, BUT BOAT WITH 14 MISSING. HAT IS LUGHIXGLY POISED PAYMENT TO JUDGES, HOW EVER, MCST BE VOLUNTARY. OVEK KING; CROWD CHEERS. VICTIM BLOCKADE IS NOT DISCUSSED United States Refuses to En tertain Suggestion of How to Deal With Britain. LANSING GIVES STATEMENT Fact That Germany Agrees to Modify Submarine Warfare Basis of Acceptance. WASHINGTON, May S.A note cabled by Secretary Lansing to Am bassador Gerard today for delivery to the Berlin Foreign Office informs the German government that the United States accepts its "declaration of abandonment" of its former subma rine policy and now relies upon a scrupulous execution of the altered policy to remove the principal danger of an interruption of the good rela tions existing between the two coun tries. With this acceptance is coupled for mal notice to Germany that the United States cannot for a moment entertain, much less discuss, a suggestion that respect by German naval authorities of the rights of citizens of the United States on the high seas should in the slightest degree be made contingent upon the conduct of any other govern ment affecting the rights of neutrals and noncombatants. Reply Made to German View. This is in reply to the concluding statement in the-last German note to the effect that while submarine com manders had been ordered not to sink peaceful freight or passenger-carrying ships without warning or without safety for passengers and crew, the German government would reserve to itself complete liberty of decision un less the United States was successful in Its efforts to break the British blockade. The text of the note' follows: "The note of the imperial German frovernment under date of May 4, 1916, has received careful consideration by the Government of the United States It is especially noted as indicating the purpose of the imperial government asj to the future that it 'is prepared to do it utmost to confine the operation of the war for the rest of its duration to fighting forces of the belligerents' and that it is determined to impose upon all its commanders at sea the limitations of the recognized rules of international law upon which the Gov ernment of the United States has in sisted. Scrupulous Execution Expected. "Throughout the months which have elapsed since the imperial government announced, on February 4, 1915, its submarine policy, now happily aban doned, the Government of the United States has been constantly guided and restrained by motives of friendship in its patient efforts to bring to an amicable settlement the critical ques tions arising from that policy. Ac cepting the imperial government's dec laration of its abandonment of the policy which has so seriously menaced the good relations between the two countries, the Government of the United States will rely upon a scrupu lms execution henceforth of the now altered policy of the imperial govern ment such as will remove the prin cipal danger to an interruption of the good relations existing between the United States and Germany. "The Government of the United States feels it necessary to state that it takes it for granted that the im perial German government does not intend to imply that the maintenance of its newly announced policy is in any way contingent upon the course of re sult of diplomatic negotiations be tween the Government of the United States and any other belligerent gov ernment, notwithstanding the fact that certain passages in the imperial gov ernment's note of the fourth instant might appear to be susceptible of that construction. Responsibility Held Absolute. "In order, however, to avoid any pos sible misunderstanding the Govern ment of the United States notifies the imperial German government that it Concluded ob Fas . Column 4. J Grain Carrier Sent by M. H. Houscr to United Kingdom Was Loaded With Barley Worth $135,425. LONDON. May 8. The British ship Galgate, from Portland. Or.. January 4. for ports in the United Kingdom, was sunk Saturday, according to Lloyds. The Galgate was last reported as having- arrived at St. Michaels April 4. She was 2356 tons gross. BREST, France. May 8. The British four-master Galgrate, of Liverpool, was sunk by submarine Saturday night. Twelve of the crew were picked up by smack and landed here. One boat with 14 men aboard Is missing. The British bark Galg-ate was dis patched from Portland by M. H. Homer and cleared December 29 for the Azores for orders, getting away from the Co lumbia River January 4. She was com manded by Captain W. Griffiths and both ship and master are well known along the entire Coast. Her cargo consisted of 1S1.218 bush els of barley, valued at $135,425, and was fully insured. She was a. steel four-masted bark, built In 1888 and belonged to J. Joyce & Co., Liverpool being her home port. She was of 2356 tons gross and 2227 tons net register. being 293.2 feet long, with a beam of 42.8 feet and depth of hold of 24.2 feet. MILITIA TO GET AIR CRAFT Movement to Equip Guard Extends, Now Including SO States. NEW TORK, May 8 The movement to equip the National Guard with aero planes through public subscriptions has been extended to Indiana, Massachu setts, West Virginia and Oklahoma, it was announced here today by tbe Aero Club of America, which inaugurated the plan last Fall. The militia of Rhode Island, whose $25,000 has been raised, has been au thorized to organize an aeronautic sec tion, the club's announcement added. Thirty states iiave now joined the movement. $500,000 IS GIVEN YALE Standard Oil Director's Will Also Leaves $350,000 to Hospital. NEW TORK, May 8. A $500,000 be quest to Yale University and two be quests to the New York Presbyterian Hospital amounting; to $350,000 are con tained in the will of the late Charles W. Harkness. Standard Oil Company director, which was admitted to pro bate here today. The document gave no indication as to the total value of the estate. The chief beneficiaries are the widow, Mrs. Mary Warden HarkneES, and other rel atives. ROBBER TAKES POSSE AUTO "Pursuer Captured and Korced to Drive Highwayman to Safety. ADA. Okla., May 8. A robber entered the National Bank at Francis, Okla., today, covered O. G. Rose, the cashier, with a revolver and fled with about 14000. After an exchange of shots with a pursuing posse, the robber forced the driver of one of the posse's automo biles to take him in and, with a re volver held at the Sj-iver's head, dis appeared in the hills. 5 RIDE 173 MILES IN AIR Hydroaeroplane Carries PasscngeH at Speed of 106 Miles an Hour. NEWPORT NEWS. Va., May 8. The hydroaeroplane which flew to Balti more Saturday with five pasengers to day maae" the return trip from Arundel Cove in two hours and 11 minutes. flying the 173 miles and at times at taining a speed of 106 miles an hour. It at once began a flight to Wash ington. NAME "AMERICAN" IS TABOO Designation of Legion in France lie titrictcd by Britain. TORONTO. May 8. Americana who have enlisted for army service to Eu rope are denied the use of the name "American Legion," under instructions received here today from the Dominion government authorities at Ottawa, This action was taken in response t a request by the United States Govern ment to the British authorities. FIRE LAID JT0WAR PLOT Grain Klevator Destroyed at Chicago With Loss of $200,000. CHICAGO, May 8. Fire destroyed the Chicago Grain Company elevator and 60.030 bushels of grain today causing a $200,000 loss. Clarence E. Fcx. president of the company. Intimated that the fire might be attributable to a war plot. ANTIPODES SEND TROOPS Australian and New Zealand Forces Go to Front In France. LONDON. May S. Australian and New Zealand troops have arrived in France, and have taken over a portion of the front. This was announced in an official statement tonight. Carl A. Luederitz Is Held for Trial. FEDEREL GRAND JURY ACTS Official Accused of Getting False Passport for Spy. 3 OTHERS FACE CHARGES Wolfe von Igel and Two Companions Alleged to Have Conspired to Falsify Ship's Manifest to Send Oil Cargo to Germany. NEW TORK. May S. Carl A. Lu deritz, German Consul at Baltimore, Md., was Indicted by the Federal grand jury here today, charged with procur ing: a alse passport for Horst von der Goltz, confessed spy. Another Indict ment was handed down charging Wolfe von Igel, former secretary of Captain Franz von Papen, recalled German mil itary . attache; Dr. Walter D. Schelle. already indicted in the alleged- "fire bomb" plot, and Gustave Steinberg, al leged aide of Franz von Rlntelen. Ger man agent, with conspiring: to falsify a ship's manifest in sending a cargo of lubricating; oil. to Germany. PaMport Fraud Chanced. The indictment against Consul Lu- deritz charges that he obtained a pass port for Von der Goftz In the name of Bridgeman W. Taylor from the Secre tary of State at Washington on August 24, 1914, and that on October 2 of the same year the passport was vised by he Italian Consul-General here. On the following day Von der Goltz sailed for Genoa, Italy, on board the Italian liner Duca D'Acsta. According to Federal officials, the new Indictment against Wolfe von Igel and Dr. Scheele was made possible by the papers seized in the former office of the recalled military attache. Von Papen, a the t4me of Von Igel's arrest. They allege that papers found among Von Igel's effects chow that the freight charges for the shipment of oil were paid by Von Igel while acting as sec retary to Von Papen. Oil Billed an Fertilizer. The indictment states that the lubri cating oil was manufactured at the plant of the New Jersey Agricultural Chemical Company, of Iloboken. N. J., between January 1, 1915, and Novem ber 13, 1915, and that on August 6 of that year Dr. Scheele, as head of the concern, arranged for the shipment of 720 bags of the oil. chemically reduced to powder and billed as fertilizer, on the steamship Esrom, of the Inter- Ocean Transportation Company of America. Inc., to Germany via Sweden. It was in Dr. Scheele's plan that the bombs in the "fire bomb plot were al leged to have been manufactured. The oil never reached its destination. The Esrom was seized by the British and its cargo confiscated. The part that Steinberg played in the (Concluded on Page 2, .Column 2.) " ' L . " iyc, r- rt Clowns Who Perform Funniest Be fore " Party Find Appreciative Spectator In Mr. Wilson. WASHINGTON, May 8. President Wilson went to the circus tonight. Seated in the front row, fanning him self and Mrs. Wilson with a palm-leaf fan and sharing a bag of peanuts with Secretary McAdoo, he apparently lost nothing of the holiday spirit of the occasion. A group of clowns who car ried out their funniest antics Just In front of him found a particularly ap preciative spectator In the President, who many times leaned back In bis chair and laughed heartily. When the party entered tha big tent the crowd of several thousand rose and cheered. As he passed one of the rings the President took oft bis hat and laughingly made a motion as if to throw it in. The crowd quickly caught the point and applauded again. MAIN FLOOR RESERVED All but Democratic Delegates to Be? Seated In Galleries. NEW TORK. May 8. Delegates and alternates to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis. June 14, will occupy the main floor of the Coliseum exclusively, it was anounced today by Chairman William F. McCombs, of the National Committee. Visitors will be restricted to the galleries and boxes. It is said that this will be the first time In the history of national conven tions In this country that spectators will not be permitted on the main floor. Altogether, there will be accommoda tions for 11.000 persons In the hall, 7500 of which will be for spectators. CHIMNEY FIRE CAUTION OUT "Don't Turn In Alarm but Telephone Trouble,' Asks Marshal. "Please do not send in a lire alarm for chimney fires." The request 1 made by ire Marshal Stevens, as a result of several alarms having been sent in for such Urea. Instead of giv ing an alarm, he said, people should telephone the Are bureau, who will send a man to the scene to watch the (Ire and protect the house. To call the lire bureau on a chimney fire puts at least one station out of service, and increases the possibility of a disastrous fire In some other sec tion guarded by this first company. The same is true also of grass fires. ANNIVERSARY IS PASSED BY Discovery of Grays Harbor Years Ago Is Ignored. 124 ABERDEEN. Wash., May S. ISpe- clal.) Yesterday was the 124th anni versary of the discovery of Grays Harbor by Captain Robert Gray, but it was not observed, most residents of this section being Ignorant of the an nlversary. Captain Gray's stay In Grays Harbor, according to his logbook, extended from noon on May 7, 179 until the afternoon of May 10 of the same year. He called the harbor Bulflnch Bay in honor of one of the members of the Boston company which fitted out the vessel Columbia for him. THAT PERPETUAL GREASER, AGAIN ! White Star Steamship Reported Sinking CARGO IS CHIEFLY MUNITIONS No Amerif't - 10 Be in rf Numbers 100. NO PASSENGERS CARRIED Bi? Vessel Said to Be Inarmed German Due When Attacked by Submarine Craft at Liverpool Yesterday. Ql KBXSTOW via London. Mar , 3i3o A. M The Cymric was erpHsr4 t 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. It la reported that la till afloat and la proceeding ts an Irian port. LONDON. May 8. The 13.000-ton White Star liner Cymric, which for some time has been engaged In freight service, has been torpedoed by a Ger man submarine, according to advices received here. One report says that the Cymric was attacked In the At lantic, and the Information of the White Star Company at Liverpool Is that the steamer was torpedoed about noon to day. The Cymric left New Vork April :9 with an enormous cargo of war muni tions. As she usually makea the voyage from New York to Liverpool In 10 days, she was. therefore, within a day or two of her destination. It Is considered prob able In the absence of definite details, that the disaster to the Cymric occurred off the west coast of Ireland, but whether on the northerly or southerly route cannot be stated. The fate of the steamship Is not yet known, although an early message re celved in Ixtndon reported that the Cymric was sinking. The crew aboard numbered about 100 men, but the steamer carried no passengers. -Cymric i:Mo-To Vessel. The Cymric belongs to the Whits Star Line and was for years In the p&ssen ger service between New York and English ports. She Is a 13.000-ton vessel, 83 feet long and 4 feet beam. She was built In Belfast In 1898. The Cymric, when she left New York, April 29, carried a crew of about 100, none of whom, so far as Is known. I an American. She was commanded by Captain Beadnell, an Englishman. Ship Said to Be I'narmed. According to the line's officials, the Cymric was in their service, denial be Ing made that she had been taken over by the British government. She was unarmed and carried a general freight cargo. It was stated by officials of the line that the Cymrlc's cargo Included the usual amount of war supplies which are carried by the line's freighters. The manifest disclosed that she had on board 101 cases of rifles and other L.oii"ludeci on Pbi 2, Column 3.) Attorney-General of Washington Says Bridegroom's Offering Is in Form of Gift. VANCOUVER. Wash., May 8. Spe ciaL) A superior Judge, when per forming a marriage ceremony. Is not entitled to demand a fee therefor, but it does not follow that to accept a gift from the person being married Is illegal, according to an opinion given by Attorney-General Tanner. The Attorney-General holds that tha money given by the person being mar rled is not a fee, so that the Judge la not required to turn the money over to the county. " Mr. Tanner says: "The judge does not receive compensation for the per formance of these services, but performs them gratuitously. The gift of the money, while perhaps caused by the marriage ceremony, is not regarded as compensation either by the judge or by the person paying the money. So it is not a fee. nor perquisite of office. . The law does not compel the superior judge to perform marriage ceremonies, but he Is clothed with the power if he so desires." Judge Back, of the Superior Court, of Clarke County, has married several hundred couples since his term of office began and has been using the money to buy a library for the office of the superior judge and he asked the Attorney-General for an opinion. YUBA GOLD TO BE DREDGED Guggrnhrims Prepare for Extensive Mining Operations. MARYSVILLE. Cal.. May S. (Spe cial.) The Guggenhelms are preparing to make the Yuba" River field the most extensive gold dredging field In North ern California. A number of mam moth dredges are to be erected at once. The first haulinir of dredge steel and material began today, when three 12 mule teams departed i from Marysvllle with 13 tons each of steel. There are 250 tons of steel and Iron to be hauled, and the hauling will take three month.-, it was announced. PRETENDERS ARE ACTIVE Several Conducting Propaganda for Albanian Throne. . PARIS. May . A Havas dispatch from Athens says that severs! pretend ers to the throne of Albania are con ducting active propaganda. They are said to Include Prince Cyr- llle of Bulgaria, Prince William of W'ed. former ruler of the country, who has the support of Austrian; Assif Pasha, who is supported by part of the Albanians, and the young Turk, Basari Bey, who contends that a Turk should be selected as Albanian sorer eign. SHOT TAKEN FROM BRAIN Ex-Highwaymen Loses Bullet Has Carried 2S Years. He SACRAMENTO. Cal.. May . Chris Evans, famous California ex-hlghway-man, today submitted to the surgeon's knife at the Sacramento County Hos pital and a buckshot was removed from the right side or his brain whers it had been imbe-lded during the last S3 years. Despite the seriousness of th opera tion and his advanced age, Evans is expected to recover. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The, Weather. s VESTKRDATS Maximum temperature, B dftrAfi. Minimum ifmperatur, 44 de gree. TODAT'S Shower, southwesterly winds. Mexico. Funitnn empowered to talc trail of raiders. Pe i. American cavalry swings to Bis; Bend dis trict, rase Z- Wir. White Star liner Cymhrlc torpedoed by Ger man suomarine. i'age l. Grain ship from PorMand Is sunk. National. Fare, 1. House rejects proposal for Army of 250.000. Face . German Consul at Baltimore. Indicted. Pat 1. Htnit passe SSS.OOO.OOO road bill. Page President shares peanuts at circus. Pas X. Big complimentary vote In convention for ex-Senator Root I predicted. Pave J. America sends short note to Germany, face i. President's letter urging Brandels reveali cabinet post waa almost ivcn. Pace &. Germans convicted of bomb plot. Page Sport. Oaks let out Chabek and seek new hurlers. Pace 12. Yanks shut out Red Sox, 4-0. Pace 13. Cubs win. 2-1, then lose to PVstes, 6-4. age i. Pacific North arret. Washington Attorney-Oeneral save Judrsa may accept dui not armaria marriage fee. r . Washington Insurance Commissioner resigns io escape removal ty Governor. Page Moiiila rated high by Addison Bennett. i-age . Commercial and Marine, Oregon Winter wheat crop will be less than as. year a fag it. Chicago wbeat unsettled by selling on crop Record pric paid for yearling steers local stockyards. Page J 7. Offvhcr rate s;lil hold up. Pag 14. Portland aad Vleh-Hy. at IM re -t or of Chamber aeked to back hul'd ing or railway io umtni valley. Pae-e Iron Cross nails aid Teuton war sufferers. nit 19. Prorreseiva Rn1nes Men's Club enters ran "'"i m k-i Festival queen contesi rtie iu. Knishis of Columbus -ote Msrshfield for .next convention. lag- t Advance In price of "liver stimulates mln inc. i-'sge . womini Exrhtnr shows balance of 12T via runs; year i' n aencit. rsre 20. Vancouver soldier reports ra-1ng Mlae EI May Harris on rivers brink. Page a. Tather report, data and forecast. Page 1 Latest Oregon political news. Page T. Militia Not Likely to Be Sent to Mexico. BORAH WANTS BIGGER FORCE Senator Insists Carranza Can not Protect Border. BANDIT CHASE ON ANEW Soolt-Ohrcgon I)isr-uclon Said . to Tic Concerned Only In Tresent Kxpcditlon New Pursuit Said ti Ic Covered by Tact. WASHINGTON, May S. Administra- ion officials are still hopeful that ef fective co-operation between American and Mexican troops to exterminate the band of Mex'.can outlaws, which raided Glenn Springs. Tex last Friday night 11 result from the conference at El Paso between Generals Scott and Obre- gon. In the meantime both at the War and State department?. It was stated officially that General Funston has full authority to send his troops across the border on any hot trail. Secretary Baker conferred with Pres ident Wilson this evening, but he said later (her bad been no developments In the situation. He declined to dis cuss what steps had been tiKm by General Funston of what recommen dations he had made. .aard Kmt Likely t. Be t ailed. Officials would n6t comment of bor der advices saying General Funston had repeatedly urged that his forces be strengthened. The question of call ing out a portion of the National Guard Is not under immediate consideration, however, and as the only means of adding materially to the border guard would be to employ coast artillery troops as Infantry for that purpose, there Is nothing to indicate that Gen eral Funston's force Is to be Increased. Senator Borah issued a statement tonight urging that additional troops be ordered to the border, and that any man or party In Mrxlco which sought' to embarrass the task of protecting American Interests be treated as an enemy of the country. rarrsnsa Regarded aa Powerless. It must be apparent to anyone at all familiar with the situation," said the Senator, "that Carranza cannot re store order in Mexico; ha cannot es- blish a government and what con cerns ua most, he cannot protect the borler." The Gelnn Springs raid has served to make clear the attitude of the State Department regarding General Carran x"s note suggesting the withdrawal of the American expedition. It was stated officially today that the agreement suggested by General Carranza In the first exchange of notes for a recipro cal right to cross the border on any recurrence, of the Columbus raid, still was assumed to be In force. Only the status of the present expe dition Is Involved, it waa said, in the present diplomatic situation and In the Scott-Obreion military discussion at El Paso. The right to pursue, outlaws, who engaged in subsequent raids waa clearly stated In the original proposal irom carranza and If Funston's men go serosa in pursuing the Glenn Springs raiders, they will be covered by that agrtoement. regardless of tha status of General Tershlng's expedition. Origin of Raid Investigated. Secretary Lansing declined to ssy what steps were being taken to in vestigate Intimations that the Inspira tion for the Columbus or the Glenn Springs raids had come from the Amer ican sida of the border. The making of any announcement, he said, merely would serve to block the Investigators. Secretary Lansing forwarded repre sentations to Carranza through Special Agent Rodgera at Mexico City last night, when the news of the Glenn Springs raid was confirmed. The d facto government waa notified of tha facta of the raid and it waa indicated that Mr. Rodgers was Instructed to In form Mexican officials tbat the United Statea assumed that they would take prompt steps to capture and punish the raiders. No additional information as to the Identity of the bandits waa received. Beyond the report of the men of the little garrison that cheers for both Villa and Carranza were heard, there is nothing aa yet to say to what faction they belong. Withdrawal May Re lrlard. It Is regarded aa unquestionable that tbe latest Incident will have a strong Influence upon the time when Amer ican troops will be withdrawn from Mexico. A request from an American oil com pany at Tuxpam that a battleship be sent there to protect foreign inter) against alleged threatening action by Carranza soldiers was referred to by the State Department to the -American Consul at Tamplco. He was instructed to Investigate and to consult with th commander of the gunboat Marietta, now at Tamplco with the Marhias. as to the necessity for sending a ship to Tuxpam. All recent official reports from tha oil region have stated that quiet rrevalled. War Department reporta today not ed that a force of Carranza soldiers was berng sent to San Geronimo and tCcjf .acitd on I'ac 2. Coluna 2.)