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VOL,. L.VI 0. 17,319. PORTLAND, OREGON, T1IUKSUA, 3IAY 2.1, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. lH. H. COREY, BAKER, EFFORT TO CHANGE PASTOR CONFESSES GUILT IN LAND CASE CLUBWOMEN JAM CONVENTION HALL BRITAIN URGED TO ENCOURAGE PEACE .DEFEATS ED WRIGHT T BILL FAILS GHIGAGO IS BUZZING SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SERVICE HEV. RICHARD FYSIT, OF CALI FORNIA, PLEADS GUILTY. FIVE OVERCOME IX CRCS1I; PO LICE RESERVES CALLED. BODY 512 VOTES TO GOOD. PCD MA HP AO AIM CANDIDATE BOW IN iii iimuii.i uiiiiiii i ULiimniiu nunin nnilAIIMflNT GRAN iii uuunuiiiuiiir Last Reserves Thrown in to Turn Battle. FRENCH COUP SHORT LIVED Army Stripped of Clothes and Guns Fights With Hand Grenades Against Fists. TEUTONS ONCE OVERRUN Machine Guns Mow Assailants. Part of Cumieres Retaken From Kaiser. PARIS, May 24. The Germans have reoccupied ; Fort Douaumont, while the French hold the immediate approach to that position. This announcement was made in the official communication issued by the French War Office tonight, which says two new divisions of Bavarians effected the recapture after a series of furious attacks. French Re-enter Cumieres., The French, on the other hand, re took, after a series of desperate at tacks, several trenches and a portion of the village of Cumieres. The previous success of the offen sive undertaken by General Nivelle, . the commander at Verdun, and the re sults attained sent a wave of en couragement through the country. ' The Germans are said to have thrown in all possible reserves to re store the balance. French officers say the German Crown Prince has been using 80,000 men in his efforts to. swamp the French positions east and' west of Deadman Hill ' and to gain decisive advantages between that point and Hill 304. Offensive Front Too Short. It was expected the French artillery would' soon gain the preponderance. Deputy Andre Tardieu, foreign edi tor of the Temps, ; writes that the French offensive had been carried out over a front of less than 25 miles and that it failed invariably since the de- fenders have had time to bring- up re serves. The opinion is expressed by M. Tar dieu that in order for the entente allies to conduct a successful offensive it will be necessary to carry it on simul taneously over all of their fronts. At present the allies have not sufficient material to do this, although they pos sess means of producing that material Hence the proper policy, he writes, is to continue on the defensive for the present, the material now available being sufficient to wear down the man power of their opponents. . Master Stroke Sprung. When the war material of the allies exceeds that of the Germans, as their forces of men now do, the victory, M. Tardieu concludes, will be virtually mathematical certainty. With the Verdun operations at their height and while the German troops were fighting desperately to hold the position, which it is their Emperor's pride to have taken, France was thrilled with joy over the proportions and circumstances of the initial stages. , Hard pressed by insistent drives of German forces in bulk on the left bank of the Meuse, Generals Nievelle and Petain sprung one of .the master strokes, of the war on the other side of that river. ' Artillery Saves French. oeverai mvisions 01 me thrown rt 1 J ' f a1 y. Prince's army were engaged at Le Mort Homme field, which they them selves had chosen, and had begun to think that this line of defense was theirs at last. At the moment when it began to eppear to the French also that Le Mort Homme might fall, a sudden and terrific artillery fire opened, under Nivelle's. orders, directed into the German positions on the right bank, Fort Douaumont, which the Kaiser had called the keystone to the Verdun position, was weaker than usual, be cause reserves had been calledto the other side. It was defended at the moment by the crack Brandenburgers who had taken it by assault Feb ruary 26. Two miles of German trenches, I Concluded on. Page Returns From Eastern k Counties Show Conclusively That fnion Man Is Out of Race. ' H H. Corey, of Baker County, has been nominated as the Republican can didate for Public Service Commissioner in the Eastern Oregron district by a plurality of 512 votes over Ed Wright, of Union County, or the face of the available returns from last Friday's primary election. Mr. Corey, who is the present secre- j tary of the Commission, doubtless will be appointed as a member of the Com mission to fill out the unexpired term of CIyde B. Aitchison, who has resigned to become' solicitor for the Association of State Railroad Commissions. Gov ernor Withycombe has expressed his in tention to appoint the successful Re publican candidate to this position. If Mr. Corey formally is elected next No vember he will succeed regularly to a place or the Commission at the begin ning of next year. With the vote complete from most of the counties in the district, and fully 90 per cent complete in the other coun ties, the vote for Corey and Wright stands as follows: Corey. Wright. Baker f.ss 32.- Croolt 310 153 Gilliam D7 100 Grant 418 61 Harnev 112- M Hood River 242 I l.V 3etferson 253 45 Klamath .' 625 los Uke i5(t 1 :;5 Malheur ..................... ItVJ J2il Morrow J4 112 .erman ' - 113 Cmatilla flu 701 t'nton lis 1.47S Wallowa llI Wasco 441 304 Wheeler .............. 213 71! Totals 4. Rift 4.30-t The total vote for the other candi dates was as follows: Kyle, 2377; Mc Culloch, 3753; Rusk, 2160; Service, 203. WIDOW'S JOB PERMANENT Mrs. W. E. Hall Selected Again as Head of Blind School. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 24. (Spe cial.) Mrs. W. B. Kali, widow of Dr. Hall, superintendent of the Washing ton State School for the Blind, of this city, has been made permanent super intendent of the institution. When Dr. Hall died suddenly last Fall after a game of tennis Mrs. Hall was placed In charge of the school temporarily by the State Board of Con trol. Now the Appointment has been made permanent. Mrs. Hall also has received a leave of absence for two months, beginning June 1. She will visit institutions for the blind in Boston and Philadelphia, nd the National convention for In structors of the Blind at Halifax. N. S. DYE PROPOSAL IS HELD UP Britain Considering Giving Permit for Shipments to America. LOSDOX, May 24. Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade, informed the House of Commons today that a pro posal had been received to permit the exportation from Germany to America of dye stuffs, but that r.o answer had been given. The war trade minister denied re ports that licenses had been granted for the export from Germany, to the United States of $5,000,000 worth of dyes, part of a shipment which might reach $30,000,000. BUREAU TO DOLE MEAT OUT German Government to Take Over ' Nation's Supply. BERLIN, via London. May 24. The expropriation of all supplies of meat in Germany is foreshadowed by the is suance today of an ordinance placing all meat supplies on hand on May 25 at the disposal of the Imperial Meat Bureau, which has just been created This bureau will authorize the sale or further disposal of meat at "rea sonable prices." A census of all meat supplies will be taken May 25. NEW LINE TO ORIENT NEAR San Francisco Is on Route From Xew York to Orient. SAN FRANCISCO. May 24. San Fran cisco is to be made a port of call, be ginning early in June, for a new line of steamers operating between New York and the Orient by the Nippon Yusen .Kalsha Company. This was learned here today, when local coaling contracts were negotiated IMPOSTOR TO GO TO PRISON David Lamar, Who Impersonated Congressman, Surrenders. NEW TORK, May 24. -David Lamar today surrendered to the Federal au thorities. He then was taken to the Tombs prison to await removal to Atlanta penitentiary ,to serve his two years' sentence for impersonating a Congress man. AUSTRIAN CITY IN FLAMES Italian Shell Blows Munitions De pot, Setting Roverto Afire. . PARIS. May 24. An Italian shell has blown up the largest munitions depot at Roverto. The town is in flames, according to a dispatch from Rome, Final Vote to Be Taken This Morning. DEMOCRATS IGNORE ALL PLEAS Passage Halted by No Quorum Point After Hot Debate. AMENDMENTS ONLY. MINOR Counties' Share in Proceeds Put Bark to 3 0 Per Cent, as in Original, Sleasure Efforts of Oregon Delegation Futile. OREGON-IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 24. At the close of seven hours' debate, some of it acrimonious, the House o.f Representatives was about to pass the Oregon & California land-grant bill. Just as it was reported by the public lands committee.- when a point of no quorum was made by Rep resentative Foster, of Illinois, which forced an adjournment.- The final vote will be taken tomorrow. Representative Foster was in a nasty mood because the House, after having adopted in committee of the whole an amendment offered by him cutting down the counties' share of the pro ceeds from 30 per cent to 20, reversed Itself when the bill was reported back to the full House and restored the 30 per cent for the counties carried by the bill as reported by the public lands committee. Only Minor Chances Made. With this single exception, the House made no important amendment to the land-grant bill; in fact, the only amendments, three in number, were mere changes of phraseology that do not Alter the effect' of the legislation. The first vote tomorrow morning will be on the Foster amendment, on which a rollcall has been ordered. What the outcome will be is problematical. With that disposed of. the bill will be put upon its final passage and undoubt edly will be agreed to. In vain did the Oregon delegation strive to secure an increase in the allotment to the state and to the coun ties; in vain did they strive to get some allotment for the pert districts. They were met by stout resistance from Chairman Ferris, from Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin, and from Rep resentative Raker, of California. ' Representatives Johnson and La Fol- lette, of Washington, and Mohdell of Wyoming came valiantly to the aid of the Oregon members, but all in vain. Democrats Block Oregon Requests. Chairman Ferris had arrayed on the Democratic side a stubborn majority of the few members present, and all of the amendments rejected by the House were voted down almost entirely by Democratic votes. Seldom was there Republican opposition to the Hawley and Sinnott amendments, and what there 'was came from Representatives ('onclufTd on Panre Column 1.) MAKING LI ZZ : Use of Mails to Defraud Applicants to ' Buy Grant Tracts Admitted to Sparc Wife. SAN FRANCISCO, May 24. The trial of the so-called Oregon & California Railroad jand-f raud - cases, which be gan here today in the United States District Court, was marked by the con fession of Rev. Richard Fysh. ex-Methodist minister of Calwa. Fresno County. California. Fysh. one of the eight de fendants, pleaded guilty to the charge of using the mails to defraud in obtain ing applicants to purchase grant lands belonging to the Southern Pacific Com pany in Oregon. He was led to confess his guilt, he said, by. the desire to spare his wife the suspense and anxiety of awaiting the outcome of his trial. . Following his plea of guilty he was remanded to the custody of the Mar shal for sentence Monday. Fysh declared that he had been led into the alleged conspiracy by John Cogburn, who was recently convicted on similar charges in Oregon. FLOATING COURT TO SAIL Criminal Cases on Alaskan Islands to Be Tried. SAN FRANCISCO. May 24. The United States Coast Guard cutter Mc Culloch ' sailed from here today for Unalaska. She will cruise west from there along the Aleutian chain to Atka and Attu, thence to Valdez to take aboard a floating United States Court to try criminal cases of the various islands stretching almost to the Asiatic Coast. PENDLETON HAS 4TH FIRE Dwelling Damaged in Early Morn ing, With. . Insurance Small. PE.N DLETOS, Or., May 24. (Spe cial.) Fire, which broke out early this morning, damaged the dwelling of Al W arner to the extent of $7o0. Insurance to the amount of $500 was carried on the house by Mrs. Frank Qulnlan, who recently disposed of the house, and $150 insurance was carried on the household goods. This is the fourth fire Pendleton has had in the past week. FRENCH ARMY QUESTIONED Deputies in Move to Quiz Govern ment Regarding Verdun. . PARIS, May 24. A motion demand ing a secret sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, at which the government should give full explanations in regard to the first phase of the Verdun oper- I atlons is being circulated in the legis lative lobby and already has obtained 150 signatures. It is not likely, however, that the motion will be moved until Premier Briand has again appeared before the army committee. HENRY CHESEBROUGH DEAD Lumberman Stricken 'With Apoplexy at San Francisco. ' SAN FRANCISCO. May 24. Henry Chesebrough, who has bean well known in the lumber business on the Pacific Coast for .years, died here today from a stroke of apoplexy suffered Monday. He was about 67 years old. Mr. Chesebrough was president of the Tacoma (Wash.) Mill Company, his in terests there being quite large. A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME Pre-Convention Show to Open Today. ADVANCE GUARDS ARRIVING .v Root, Weeks an- rairbanks Forces Ready for Start. HARMONY NOTE IS SOUNDED Belief Increasing That Roosevelt and rfughes . Champions Will Try to "Eat One Another Up" in Early Part of Session. CHICAGO. May 24. (Special) To- I morrow is the big day for the opening of the Republican pre-convention show in candidate row in Michigan Avenue. More advance guards got in today to herald the coming of the real managers tomorrow. Chairman Charles D. Hilles. of the National committee, will be in on the Broadway Limited tomorrow. His secretary, James L. Phillips, came in this morning with these tidings. Chair man Hilles left New York yesterday and stopped onjthe way to confer with some of the "old guard" enroute. Headquarters Being Opened. John W. Dwight. with several aids, is coming tomorrow to open the ElVhu Root headquarters in the Congress Ho tel. The Senator John W. Weeks man agers are headed thla way, and will pitch the Weeks tenta in the Congress. The Charles W. Fairbanks guard has been augmented by the arrival of James B. Goodrich. Republican nominee for Governor. He Joined Will Hays and Joseph R- Kealing In boosting the former Vice-PreBident as the "best equipped" man ,for the Presidential nomination. John Eversman. secretary of the Re publican Congressional committee, as sistant secretary of the convention and right hand man to Representative Will iam B. Me Kin ley. came in and got busy at once. Mr. Eversman was full of en thusiasm for the prospects of a har monious ending of the big show of the Republicans which open June 7 in the Coliseum. . Thratrlcal Convention Kipertrd. "This 4s going to be the most the atrical convention in the history of the Republican party," said Mr. Eversman. "They are going to tear the roof off that big building with enthusiasm." "Who is going to be the man?" ven tured a reporter. "Only a few days ago Senator Ten rose told me in Washington that the Pennsylvania delegation is coming to the convention with open mind," par ried Mr. Eversman. "The- delegates are going to deliberate and go over the situation carefully and settle their dif ferences of opinion and make this thought reconcile and when they are through they will have the candidate that is going to win." As the advent of the "big guns" ap proaches the Impression continues to 'fonolurtd on Pat .. Column X) COURT. Governor Whitman Pays Tribute to Activity of Clubs and Spread of Woman's Place In Affairs. NEW YORK. May 24. Nine thousand delegates, alternate and visitors from all the states in the Union and from Cub " 'orto Rico. Alaska and the Phil- . . . auenaea nere inigtic me ursi onerai session of the 13th biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. More than 2000 spectators were turned away. Of those in the Armory, where the convention met. 1500 were men. The crowd be came so dense before the convention opened that the doors were closed and police reserves were called. Five wo men were overcome in the crush and received attention at an emergency hospital. With the arrival of Governor Whitman and Mrs. Whitman, the convention was called to order by Mrs. Percy V. Pen- nybacker. president of the federation. Mrs. William Grant Brown, president of the New York biennial board, which arranged for the convention, presided with Mrs. Pennybacker. Miss Marsraret VV ilson, daughter of the President, oc cupied the seat of honor between them. Specially arranged sounding boards carried the voices of the speakers to the remotest corners of the room. Governor Whitman, the first speaker. paid high tribute to what he called the new woman." after welcoming the delegates In behalf of the state of New York. Today women fill our schools, col leges and universities." he said, "and their clubs, rooted in the life of every community, discuss all topics known to human interest. No door of opportun ity is closed to them. Of the 428 oc cupations that go to make up the busi. ness of life, the so-called 'weaker sex' Is laboring in all but five or 10. Over S. 000.000 women are engaged In gain ful occupations and in the trades and in the professions the rewards of pref erment increasingly wait upon merit rather than sex." AMERICAN -GIRL TO GO FREE Germans Hold Teacher Month t Suspicion of Espionage. BKRLIN, via London. May 24. The American Ambassador, James W. Ger ard. has been informed that an Amer ican woman. Mary Silliman. a teacher In the American School for Girls at Con stantinople, who was arrested on sus picion of espionage at Warncmunde, Germany, a month ago while on her way to the United States, will be re leased at an early date. Miss Sillimnns arrest, it is said, was due to the discovery in her trunk of the draft of a code for the transmission of messages. Mis8 Silliman explains that this probably was placed In her trunk by a revengeful pupil of the school. INCREASES- GRANTED Firemen and Policemen Get Month Rise on June 1. 130 95 a A total of 130 firemen and policemen were granted increases In salary by the City Council yesterday dating from June L Each of the men will receive an increase of $5 a month except Wal ter Creech, clerk in the office of Fire Marshal Stevens, who will get a $15-a-month Increase. The. increases will be granted to S3 firemen. 16 stokers in the fire bureau and 31 policemen, all now receiving less than $100 a month. The total increase will amount to $665 a month in the payroll for the two bureaus. CO-ED BEATS YOUNG MEN Miss Hope Blair Wins Albany Col lege Oratorical Contest. ALBANY. Or.. -May 24. (Special.) Miss Hope Blair." of Albany, won the annual temperance oratorical contest of Albany College, held in the college chapel yesterday, defeating four young men. Clifford Fairfax, of Portland, took second place. .They received cash prizes. Miss Blair spoke, on "The Mission of America." and Fairfax spoke on "The Alcohol Problem." Other contestants were Thomas Kirkwood. of Reedville: Kolmer Jensen, of Portland, and David P. Martin, of Rogue River. 3 WOMEN WONT REGISTER All Others Eligible In Lebanon Havo Xames on Books. - ALBANY, Or., May 24. (Special.) The city of Lebanon has a record doubt less unequaled in the state for the largest proportion of its women voters being registered. All but three of the women eligible to vote residing in the thr.ee precinct within the corporate limits of Ibanon are registered. Mrs. Hattie A. Cruson. one of the official registrars for Lebanon, made a house-to-house canvass to register women. Three absolutely refused to register. ILL EMBASSADOR BETTER American Convalescing From Pneii- monia in Paris. PARIS. May 24. William Graves Sharp, the American Amhassador, Is convalescing from an attack of pneu monia. His physicians hope he will be able to resume his duties in the course of fortnight. Liberal in Commons Assails Diplomats. ETIQUETTE IS HELD ONLY BAR Sir Edward Grey Insists War Must Go to Definite End. OBLIGATIONS MADE POINT Arthur I'onsonby Refers to Vsc of American Press as Platform for Peace" and Asks Secretary to Reveal Pact With Allies. LONDON. May 24. In an impromptu speech in the House of Commons to night the question of peace and 4.he. propriety of "employing the American press as a platform." subjects unex pectedly raised by Arthur Ponsonby. Liberal member for Stirling. Scotland. in a strong address attacking the gov ernment for allowing diplomatic eti quette to stand in the way of possible peace pour parleurs. Sir Edward Grey the British foreign secretary, set aside all ideas that peace negotiations were possible at the present stage and plain ly reiterated that the position of the allies In no way was changed. Sir Ed ward declared that it was impossible to consider terms of peace without a previous agreement between the entente allies. Further he expressed the decided opinion that the hostilities had not yet reached a stage where it was possible to talk of peace, especial ly as the German public was constantly being "fed with lies" by their ministers. Obligation Not Known. Mr. Ponsonby's reference to the use of the American press "as a platform" was the outgrowth of a recent inter view with Sir Edward Grey. Sir Edward in replying to this at tack, while admitting that important disclosures of policy ought first to be made to Parliament, argued that a crisis might arise during the war when considerations of etiquette should not be allowed to stand in the way. tie contended that since German states men constantly were giving interview and statements to the American press. It would be mere pedantry which would hinder British statesmen from counter ing -these statements in - the Interests of their own country. ' Mr. Ponsonby argued in favor of countenancing peace possibilities and against prolonging the war merely for the sake of obligations to Great Brit ain's allies. The speaker said that if the war had to be continued until Con stantinople fell, or until the unknoWn obligations to allies were fulfilled, the country ought to be told -what those obligations are. and if there was no essential difference between Germany and Great Britain and no such obliga tions, the government ought to tako the earliest opportunity to press for a termination of the war. Allies Bound by Part. Sir Edward Grey, In replying, pointed, out that his interview contained no new declarations. He said if he thought the German government or German opinion had reached the point where, the allied government could bring a peace compatible, with their desires by making speeches about peace, he would make dosens of them. But. the For eign Minister added, the time has not yet arri ve-d and the allies were bound by common obligations not to put for ward any terms of peace evcept by mu tual agreement. Mr. Ponsonby attacked the govern ment's diplomacy. He said the pearfl of Europe, would depend on the capac ity of statesmen for surveying the great problems in a broad spirit. The insu larity which had characterize! British diplomacy In the past constituted the. real danger. The government must recognise that the war had reached a deadlock nnd at the Fame time the su perior position of Great Britain also must be recognised. The latter was due to the spirit and valor of the peo ple ami not to statesmen. Broad View Advocated. The speaker said he hoped the states men were not going to imperil the sit uation by delay and inaptitude. Noth ing had helped Germany more than the extreme Jingo utterances of responsible statesmen. They had enabled Prussian ism to keep Germany together. Mr. Ponsonby said recrimination must cease. He considered it wanting in re spect to the. British people for the ministers to disregard Parliament and adopt the American press as a plat form. The war never would end. Mr. Pon sonby continued. if Great Britain waited until Sir Edward and Dr. von Bethman-IIoIlweg (the German Impe rial Chancellor) agreed as to who was responsible for it. Had Germany re fused to restore Belgium, evacuate France and Serbia and form an inde pendent Poland; had she refused to agree to form an international council to maintain European peace. Mr. Pon sonby asked? If she had refused these things the country ought to be told. Sir Edward Grey in the course of his speech characterized Chancellor Von Bethmann-Holl weg's recent statement that Great Britain was prepared to go to war over Bosnia as a "first-class lie." The real reason fir the prolonga tion of the war was that the German government continually were telling I Concluded uu rale 4. Column i.) H: 107.2