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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIA2T, THURSDAY. 3IAY 11, 1916. MOOS E WILL NOT INSIST ON COLONEL OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS TROOPS MOVE TODAY George W. Perkins Says Party Wi!! Support Anyone of Progressive Tendencies. APPEAL IS FOR HARMONY Committee Declares Patriotism of People Must Be Awakened ajid y liecrks Xegative Stand of . ' Some Republicans. NEW YORK, May 10. The TrtteTess lve party -will not in3lst on the nomi nation of Theodore Roosevelt for Presi dent if the Republicans -will name a candidate at Chicago "who slands for progrettEi ve primri pies and is able to Tu t them through," according to a statement made here tonisht by George W. Perkins, after a meeting of the ex ecutive committee of the Progressive National Committee. 'We, of course, are for Colonel Roose velt," Mr. Perkins asserted, "and shall suggest his name to the Republicans. Jf they reply that they will not agree on the Colonel, we shall ask them to name their man, who ought to be as nearly unanimous a choice as our man is. We are willing to be reasonable for the sake of harmony." ? on part ian K fl'ort 1 rjred. Mr. Perkins statements supplemented one issued by the executive committee in which it was paid: "If the Republican convention is responsive to the patriotic spirit that brought the Republican party into being and made it dominant for half a century, it will meet this crisis a spirit of broad patriotism that rises above partisanship. Should the effort fail, the responsibility for the result will not rest on the Progressive con vention, but will rest on other shoulders than ours. "In this turning point in world his tory we will not stick on details. We will lay aside partisanship and prejudices, but we win never surrender the principles for which we sta.nd and have stood and will follow onlv a leader who we know stands for them and is able to put them through. We are for peace, but not for 'peace at any price. " A'ejcative Stand Decried. Tt was said that the Republicans and independent voters in general had responded understanding to the sen timents expressed" in the statement issued in January by the Progressive .(National Committee, which in effect was au appeal for Republicans and Progressives to "get together.1 It was added, however, that "there Is an element in the Republican party leadership which seems to be giving more thought to what that party is against, and jwhom it is against than to what it is for and whom it is for. Therefore, we again call attention to our Chicago statement as to the in evitable outcome of a failure to reach a common understanding. Patriotism IVow Needed. "Reports from the Progressive or ganization throughout the country how that the American people have become impatient with leaders who hold that comfort, prosperity and ma terial welfare are above honor, self sacrifice and patriotism; that we need a reawakening of our elder American ism, of our belief in those things that our country and our flag stand for; that our people are seeking a leader ship of the highest order and most courageous character leadership that will draw to itself for the country's benefit the unselfish and patriotic service of our ablest citizens. "Our people are demanding that prin ciples and policies shall be proclaimed and carried out by a man who has the wisdom to formulate them and the manhood to uphold them." Mr. Perkins Entertain Leaden. Complete delegations from all states will attend the Progressive National convention, it was announced. The to tal number of delegates will be more than 1000. After the morning session of the ses Flon of the committee, George W. Perkins entertained the members at luncheon. Colonel Roosevelt was pres ent, and sat at the head of the table, others attending were: Walter K. Brown, of Ohio; Herbert Knox Smith, of Connecticut; Matthew Hale, of Mas sachusetts; H. P. Gardner, of Maine; AV. IX Lewis, of Pennsylvania; C. P. rodge, of Colorado; Hurold. 1. Ickes, and B. F. Harris, of Illinois; Henry I. Stoddard and Oscar Straus, of New "York; William Flynn and E. A. Van Yalkenburg. of Pennsylvania. German. BERLIN, May 10. (By wireless to Sayville, X. Y.) The Germans have made further progress on Hill 304 on the Verdun front and have driven back French detachments on the southwest part of the hill, the War Office state ment today says. The statement follows; "In the Argonne, the enemy, after a mining operations, attempted to enter our lines, but was repulsed. "Southwest of Hill 304 advanced de tachments of the enemy were driven further back. One detachment was captured. The new German positions on Hill 304 were extended. 'German -airmen dropped numerous bombs on factories at Dombasle (Ar- onne), and Raon L'Etape (Vosges). "Eastern front A Russian attack south of Garbunovka along a small front was repulsed. The enemy suf fered heavy losses." Freneli. PARIS, May 10. The text of today's official statement by the War Office is: 'Between the Oise and Aisne, a coup de main upon one of our trenches southeast of Moulain Sous Toutvent was completely checked. In the Verdun region, the bombard ment west of the Meuse noticeably di minished. East of the Meuse and in the Woevre there was intermittent cannonading. Hand grenade skirmishes were re ported during the night in the woods of Avocourt and south of Fort Douau-mont "In Upper Alsace, the enemy recon- noitering party which attempted to seize one of our small posts near Hirz- bach, south of Altkirch, was repulsed with losses. Tonight's supplementary official re port says: On the left bank of the Meuse. after violent bombardment, the Germans launched a strong attack on our posi tions in the neighborhood of Hill 287. This attack was completely repulsed. Some prisoners remained in our hands. A small offensive action carried out by our troops on the slope west of Le Mort Homme permitted us to occupy some parts of a German trench. We took 62 prisoners and captured two machine guns. The day was comparatively calm on tne rest or the front. Turkish. CONSTANTINOPLE, via London, May 10. A .statement issued today by the .turKisn war unice says: Caucasus tront In local engage ments on the right wing and in the center, we made several prisoners and captured booty. In the center an at tack by an enemy company was beaten back with great enemy losses. ' Tne statement says Russian detach ments were repulsed in the regions of Kirvaz and Mount Bathll and several prisoners and some booty captured, and continues: "On the left wing, the enemy is en gaged in different sectors in the vicin ity of the coast in building fortifica tions. As a reprisal against the Russian fleet which bombarded open towns and villages on 'the Anatolian Coast and destroyed harmless sailing vessels and fishing boats, we destroyed, between Eupatoria and Sebastopol, a ship of 4000 tons and several sailing vessels. An enemy guard ship, which ap peared west of Kouche Ada, in Smyrna waters, was taken under fire by our artillery. One shell was observed to explode on board the ship, destroying the - commander's bridge. The ship tnen withdrew in the direction of Samor." " Remainder of Twenty-First Infantry Leaves Vancouver. Wednesday's War Moves. ARTILLERY TAKES POST COMPARATIVE calm prevails on the western front in France, notably in the region of Verdun, which for weeks has been the theater of the most sanguinary conflict of the war. The French, however, have been able to capture portions of & German trench on the west slopes 'of the Le Morte Homme and to resist successfully a German attack near Hill 287. between the wood of Malancourt and Le Morte Homme. Late reports show that the Russians have been repulsed in an attack on the Germans south of Garbunovka. suffering heavy casualties. On the Austro-Italian front the usual bom bardments and isolated infantry at tacks still are in progress. Constantinople announces victories for the Turks against the Russians Northern Asia Minor and northwest of Mush, and the defeat of the Russians with heavy losses and the capture of some prisoners near Mount Bathli. The recent attack by the Turkish cruiser Breslay against Russian Black Sea ports is said by Constantinople to have been made as a reprisal against the Russian fleet. which bombarded open towns and villages on the Ana tolian coast." The bombardment by the Teutonic allies of points on the Dorian-GIevgeli sector of the Macedonian front con tinues, according to unofficial advices. The Germans, these reports say, after having thrown numerous shells into the town of Mayada, occupied the place but were compelled to evacuate under a French counter attack. Numerous ten-inch guns are being placed along this front by the Germans. A royal commission has been ap pointed to investigate the Irish rebel' lion, which now seemingly has been entirely put down. Premier Asquith has informed the House of Commons that there seems to be no necessity for further extreme measures against the rebels. Debate on the Irish situa tion has been postponed in the House of Commons pending which no further executions of leaders In the revolt will take place. Baron Wimborne, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has resigned. As the only way in which their as pirations for self-government possibly can be realizedhe Irish Parliamentary party in a manifesto has called upon the people of Ireland to support the constitutional movement and oppose the "insane course of Irish policy. . Germany, in a note to the United States, admitted that a German sub marine torpedoed the French steamer Sussex. The submarine commander declared not to have acted according to instructions, and it is stated that he has been "appropriately punished." STATE ACTION WINS Suffrage Conference Rejects National Amendment Plank. MRS. CATT TALKS PLAINLY Pendleton Educator Honored PENDLKTON. Or.. May 10. Sp rial.) R. E. Chloupek. head of the vo cational department of the Pendleton schools, has been notified of his ap pointment to the head of the vocational department in the State Teachers' As sociation. A letter from E. F. Carlson, president of the association, contains the information that Professor Chlou pek is to have supervision of all ar ticles pertaining to hi3 work, which are published iu the Oregon Teachers Monthly. We Give Trading Stamps. It Pays to Buy the Best Rosenthal's 129 10th St., Near Wash. No Branch WjftH m st m "Women Told Xot to Delude Them selves Into Believing Present Congress Is Going to Sub mit Amendment. MINNEAPOLIS, May 10. A proposal to include in the resolutions a plank committing the Mississippi Valley suf frage conierence to the support of the campaign for a Federal amendment en franchising women was defeated at the closing business session of the as sociation's annual meeting here today, after a lively debate. The result, leading suffragists said. placed the conference on record as fa voring the campaign methods of the national American W oman Suffrage Association for state action as advo cated here by the National president, Airs. Carrie Chapman Catt. and against the methods of th Congressional Union for Federal Action. Anne Martin, of Xevada, represented the Congressional union. Amendment Called "Dream." Miss Laura Clay, of Kentucky, who led the attack on the proposals for Federal action, referred to the passage of the constitutional amendment as "dream." "Kven if it did pasF," she said, "there is little likelihood that the necessary 3S states would ratify it." She added that the Southern states could gain suffrage only through state work. Don t delude yourselves into believ ing we are going to get the suffrage amendment from the present Congress, said Mrs. Catt, speaking in opposition to the Congressional Union plan. "Not withstanding all the optimistic chatter you hear, just set it down that we are not. "We may obtain a majority vote In the Senate, but a two-thirds vote is necessary. And in the House we can not look f or- a majority. You might as well know that half of Congress xa owned by somebody else. Remarks Cause Stir. Her remarks caused a stir among the delegates. The delegates held a public mass meeting in St. Paul tonight. Mrs. Frederick Eggert is chairman. and Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy and Mrs. David L. Povey, representing, respec tively the Republican. Democratic and Progressive parties, are members of committee which has charge of the I work of the National Suffrage Assoc ation in Oregon. This committee has sent letters to everv candidate to tne national con ventions of the three parties from thts state, asking them if they will support plank declaring for National womun suffrage, which is to be offered at each of the National conventions. About 30 of the candidates have so far replied that they will support such a proposed plank. N. and the North Bank railway com panies. and eight individual owners of property abutting on the street, who asked that the city and its officers be restrained from letting a contract fo the proposed improvement. In the ab sence of Circuit Judge Eakin, County Judge Cornelius granted a temporary injunction pending the hearing of the case, and signed a temporary restrain ing order fixing the bonds at 2000. The complaint Is a voluminous on and. recites several . causes of action Among its principal allegations are: That the city has no authority under its charter to improve streets by th construction of viaducts: that the char ter amendments do not authorize differ ent character of improvements in th declaration of intention to make im provements; that the ordinance provid ng for the improvement differs from the resolution, in that it requires th contractor to guarantee the plans are correct. ASTORIA CITY IS ENJOINED Railroads and Others Oppose- Street Improvement. ASTORIA. Or.. May 10. (Special.) I The city of Astoria has been enjoined from Imnrovlne Commercial street be Itween Tenth and Seventeenth streets by constructing a reinforced concrete viaduct and laying a bitulithic pave ment. The suit was filed in the Circuit I Court this af ternooa by the O.-SV. R. & BANKERS TO CONVENE GROUP XO. 1 OK STATE BODY TO GO TO OREGON CITV FOR SESSION Varied I'rocramme Arranged for Gathering; Saturday. Including; Luncheon for Vlaltora. OREGON' CITY. May 10. (Special.) The programme for the third annual meeting of group No. 1 of the Orego State Bankers' Association, which will be held here Saturday, was completed today. The committee on arrangements consists of O.. I. Eby, T. W. Sullivan and E. E. Brodie, of the Commercial Club, and E. G. Caufield. of the Ban or Oregon City; M. D. Latourette. the First National Bank, and Lerov D. waiKer. or tne uanK or commerce. The morning session will be held a the Commercial Club. Luncheon wi be served at noon by the local bankers n the afternoon the guests will visit the local mills and go on an automobil ride. Portland bankers figure promi nently on trie programme, which fol lows: Call to order by Chairman Lerov Walker, president Bank of Commerce. I(::t0 A. M. : invocation. Rev. J. K. Haw kins. I irst Methodist Church; address welcome. O. D. Eby, president of the Ore tron City Commercial Club; response. A. Smite, president of the American Xaliona Bank, Hillsboro; reading of minutes. ports of officers, appointment of committees and general buine.s: talk. "Cost Accountln and Banking Methods." D. YV. Morton, dea of the school of commerce. IJniversitv Oregon.; luncheon, to which all iruests are Invited as iruests of the bankers of Ore' (ton City; Oregon Cits Past, Present an Kuture. Eva Amery Dye. author of "Mc Louphlln and Old Oregon'; "Rural Credits.' Hector MacPherson, Oregon Agricultural College; The National Thrift Campaign, T. H. West, vice-president of the American Institute of Ranking and transient manage! of Ladd Tllton Bank. Portland: "Relation of the Banker to Agriculture," C. L. Smith, gricuHurist. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company; unfinished business, general cilscufsion of above topics; elec tion or ortlct-rs; adjournment. Two Hood River Bankers Coming. HOOD RIVER. Or.. May 10. (Spe cial.) V. C. Brook, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, and C. H. Vaughan, cashier of the Butler Bank ing Company. will represent Hood River at the semiannual convention of Group 1 of the State Bankers' As sociation next Saturday at Oregon City. Entire Regiment Will Be on Duty m Mexican Border Part of. Fourteenth to Fass Through , City on Way South. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., May 10. (Special.) The Ninety-third Company, the Coast Artillery Corps, in command of Captain 1. T. Waldron, ar rived here late today and took quarters in the post. This company, in addition to about 75 Engineers of Company F will be the only troops here for a time. the Twenty-first Infantry leaving be fore noon tomorrow. v The Second Battalion of the Twenty- first Infantry, and Company C of the First Battalion, will go from here to 1 uma, Ariz., and Company C will con tinue to Nogales, to be Joined en route or later, by the three companies now at the Exposition at San LMego. The Third Battalion already Is at Calexico, Cal., In command of Major J. T. Dean. Major Brooke is in com mand of the Second Battalion. The headquarters of the Twenty-first Reg iment win oe at Yuma, and It is likely the band, now at the exposition, will soon Join headquarters. In command of Colonel Francis H. French. Lieutenant Colonel David J. Baker. Jr.. will be with headquarters. Captain Murray Baldwin. rost Quar termaster, will remain here, and Cap tain R. C. Moore, in command of the Engineers, also will remain. Captain C. T. King, of the Medical Corps, will go with the Twenty-first Infantry, Ma jor Peter C. Field remaining in the post. The passenger cars for the officers and men will arrive early tomorrow from San Francisco, but the freight cars have already been partly loaded. There will be i!l cars in the special train, which will take 374 soldiers and 17 officers. There will be nine esoort wagons, 3t mules and 11 saddle horses for officers. Captain L T. Waldron, of the Coast Artillery Corps, will he in command of the post. Major William H. Cruik shank. Adjutant of the Seventh Bri gade, will remain at his headquarters in the post. The families of the officers will re ain here for a time, though some are planning to go to various places to visit relatives, or until such time the Mexican situation Is cleared up. As the Twenty-first Infantry has been here three years, and as the headquar ters is being taken away, some think that this regiment will not return here at all. though thin is merely a surmise SEATTLE TROOPS ARE COMING Fourteenth Infantry Detachment Is Due In City This Morning. SEATTLE. Wash.. May 10. The Sec ond Battalion, headquarters, machine gun company, and band of the Four teenth United States Infantry Regi ment. Colonel Richard H. Wilson, de parted for Douglas, Ariz., late tonight on a special train of two sections. The first section was made up of freight and baggage cars, the second of pas senger coaches. The cars were drawn up in the Great Northern yard at lnterbay, a mile and a half from Fort Lawton, this morning, and the field equipment, baggage and horses were loaded by the soldiers, who worked until after dark loading sup plies and equipment. . The soldiers then marched through the woods of the post and through city streets to the railroad siding, where their cars awaited them. At Portland the Great Northern will turn the train over to the Union Pacific, which will haul the cars to Denver, where the Santa Fe system will take them. A large number' of people gathered to see the soldiers depart. The men were In Jolly spirits over the prospects of active service after having been or dered to make ready for a long period of duty at small posts in Alaska. Th trotp train bringing the Four teenth Infantry troops from Fort Law ton, Seattle, will arrive in Portland at the Union depot this morning between 6 and 7 o'clock. The train was sched uled to depart from Seattle at midnight on the Northern Pacific line. The train will stop In Portland only a short time. Ij : f fa W -ft itKH i -i ere. 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Self -Opening Man's Umbrella the kind that wi.ll not turn inside out guaranteed rainproof. Special at. each v 81.29 TROOPER KILLS BAD Ml ME3HCAX Sni'lfGLKR ANI COMPAX. IOX SLAIN IX KIFLK BIEL. on the poll sheet, and that votes were cast by non-residents, are talking to night of asking Judge W. L. Bradshaw. of Tho Dalles, tomorrow, for an injunc tion preventing the consummation of the sale. Villa Ilnnds Reported to Be Coneenlrat. lug Xear Scene of Last Raid Over Border. MARATHON. Tex.. May 10. Demet- rio de la Garza, once known as the bad man of the Big Bend country. met his death in a long-range rifle duel with an American trooper on Monday in the hlllar near Boqulllas. The cav alryman not only killed Le la Garza. but killed the Mexicans companion. De la Garza kept a smal trading store on the American side of the Rio Grande, but ranchers have long known him as a smuggler. He resented the presence of the American soldiers as a border patrol and in Itocjulllas he is said to havt given advance information to the Villlsta bandits before their raid. The informer, with an assistant, observed the American cavalryman on patrol duty near Boqulllas on Monday and the two Mexicans opened fire. The cavalryman returned the fire and killed the two Mexicans. Villista bands in large numbers are reported to be concentrating at Kl Pino. t.". miles south of Boqulllas. The two bo-iies of bandits split their forces after the Glenn Springs raid, with the under, standing that they would Join their commands at Kl Pino. These bandits have been operating several months in the vicinity of Sierra Mojada and re cently began their movement to the north, with designs on American bor der towns. Columbia Baptists Mete. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. May 10. (Special.) Fifty delegates from the Baptist Church of the Takima Valley today attended the opening session of the annual convention of the Columbia Baptist Association, which will continue three days. Greetings were given hy Mayor Barton for the city and Rev. W. F. Turner, of the First Christian Church, for the North Takima Minis terial Association, and t. V. Morthland for the First Baptist Church, of this city, in whose edifice the convention is hold. Rev. F. A. Houston, of Cleo Klum. preached the annual sermon. Rev. Myron Cooley. of Kllensburg. and Rev. F. C Whitney, of this city, addressed the young people's meeting tonight. Rev. L. W. Terry, of Sunny side, was elected moderator. Rehearsal Is Called. The Portland Grand Opera Associa tion will hold a rehearsal this evening in Kllers Hall at 8 o'clock of "Fra Diavalo." which will be produced by the local association of singers. All who have boen enlisted in the produc tion and others who feel qualified to sing in the chorus are asked to be at the hall by 8 o'clock Fharp. SCHOOL BONDS AWARDED Hood JUier Issue, However, lie Contested. May HOOD RIVER. Or.. May 10. (Spe cial.) With competition from seven other bidders, among them some of the large bond houses of the country, the Butler Banking Company, a local in stitution, this evening was awarded a $45,000 bond issue authorized by vote of electors of the city school district recently, to be used in the construc tion of a new grade school and an addi tion to the High School. Li tiK.it Ion. however, is likely to fol low. Citizens of the city who opposed the bond Issue, and who declare that the election was Illegal in that the name of several citizens appear twice 664,552 GERMANS KILLED British Kt-timate Total Casualties of I'oe at 2,822.079. LONDON. May 10. An official Brit ish estimate of German casualties in April, issued here today, places the tota at 91.162. 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