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
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