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VOL. I.VI. NO. 17,321. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 37, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. L SEIZURES $500,000 SOL DUC HOTEL FIRE-SWEPT .HOUSFiK J. J. HILL BETTER; ONE DEAD; 1 HURT FROM COLLISION OR. WHITE TRIES TO FLIRT DURING TRIAL till I W I Will J T. R. NOT PLEDGED UL ROLE, btiWl WISH HOPE ENTERTAINED MOT SPRINGS RESORT IN OLYM PIC MOUNTAINS DESTROYED. NO PROMISE AS TO COURSE IN CASE COLONEIi IS NOMINATED. ALBERT ARNDT SUCCUMBS. EM IL GROSS IN HOSPITAL. A 1 ORDERED STOPPED American Note to Allies Is Vigorous. RADICAL CHANGE DEMANDED "Vexatious" Abuses Perpe trated by Great Britain and . France JVre Cited. LOSS CLAIMS PRESSED SOON United States Expecting Prompt Action on De mands to Belligerents. WASHINGTON, May 26. The United States, denouncing interference With neutral mails, has notified Great Britain and France that it no longer can tolerate the wrongs which Ameri can citizens have suffered and con tinue to suffer through the "lawless practice" those governments have in dulged in, and that only a radical change in policy, restoring the United States to its full rights as a neutral power, will be satisfactory. This notification is given in the latest American communication to the two governments, the text of which was made public by the State Depart ment tonight. The time in which the change must be effected is not speci fied, but the United States expects prompt action. " "Onerous" Abuses Cited. "Onerous and vexatious" abuses, which have been perpetrated by the British and French governments in seizing and censoring neutral mails, are recited in the communication, and answers are made to the legal argu ments contained in the reply of the entente governments to the first American note on the subject. It is vigorously set forth that not only have American commercial interests been injured, but that the rights of prop erty have been violated and the rules of international law and custom pal pably disregarded. Notice is served that the United States soon will press claims against the British and French governments for the losses which already have been sustained. The text of the communication, ad dressed to the British and French Am bassadors, to whom it was delivered Wednesday, follows : "Department of State, Washington, D. C, May 24, 1916. "Excellency: Note Is Acknowledged. "I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your excellency's note of April 3, last, transmitting a mem orandum dated February 15, 1916, and communicated in substance to the American Ambassador in London on February 28, in which are stated the contentions of the British and French governments in regard to the right to detain and examine parcel and letter mails en route by sea between the United States and Europe. "After a discussion of the use of the mails for the transmission of parcels and of the limitations to be placed on "inviolable mail,' the joint memoran dum of February 15 closes with the following assertions: "'First That from the standpoint of the right of visitation and eventual arrest and seizure, merchandise shipped in post parcels needs not and shall not be treated otherwise than merchandise shipped in any other manner. Hague Conference Recalled. " 'Second That the inviolability of postal correspondence, stipulated by the eleventh convention of the Hague of 1907, does not, in any way, affect the right of the allied governments to visit, and, if occasion arise, arrest and seize merchandise hidden in the wrap pers, envelopes or letters contained in the mail bags. " 'Third That true to their engage ments and respect of the genuine "correspondence," the allied govern ments will continue, for the present, to refrain on the high seas from seizing and confiscating such correspondence. letters or dispatches, and will insure their speediest possible transmission (Concluded on Fag. Column 4.) II. C. Bowers, Manager, Formerly ot Portland, Sends Word No One j Was Injured in Flames. ! PORT ANGELES, "Wash., May 26. The hotel, sanatorium, power plant, three cottages, stables and both houses of the Solduc Springs Hotel and Sana torium, situated In the heart of the Olympic Mountains, were destroyed by fire today, causing- a loss estimated at $300,000. partly covered by Insurance. Thirty patrons were in the hotel, but all escaped uninjured. A. J. Earling. president of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway; B. H. Earling, vice- president of the Milwaukee; Percy Rockefeller. C. A. Goodnow, assistant to A. J. Earling; J. A. Twachtman. a New York artist, and several other guests of Mr. Earling had Just arrived at the hotel when the fire was dis covered. The Earling party will return to Seattle tomorrow. The fire, which was caused by a de fective flue, started in the roof of the hotel, and, in spite of the efforts of volunteer fire fighters, spread rapidly to the other buildings. One row of cottages, situated at a distance from the main group, was not burned. Michael Earles, a wealthy lumber man, who built the hotel in 1912, said it would not be rebuilt this year. II. C. Bowers, pioneer Portland hotel man, ie manager of the Solduc Hot Springs Hotel. Mr. Bowers, who for many years had charge of the Portland Hotel and later of the Multnomah Hotel, left this city about a month ago to take charge of the Solduc Hotel. His daughter. Mrs. A. A. Wright, of 737 East Broadway, received a message last night telling, about the fire. It said that the hotel is a complete loss, but that no one waa injured. Mrs. Wrights son, H. A. Wright, is chief clerk of the Solduc Hotel. CHEHALIS jHJPILS DRILL Preparations Are Made for Decora tion Day Parade. CHEHALIS. Wash.. May 26. (Spe cial.) Preparatory to the Decoration day parade to be held here Tuesday, the pupils of the Chehalls schools are holding marching drills, that they may present a better appearance. Details have been worked out to maKe the celebration thiB year the most elaborate one ever held in this section. O. J. Albe-rs. president of the Che halls Automobile Club, has arranged for autoa to transport the veterans and their wives both to the cemeteries and in the parade. Active participation of various faternal societies of the city in the parade to Millett Field, where a programme will be held in the after noon, is assured. Chehalis business houses will close most of the day. W, H. Cameron is to be the orator for the occasion. GERMAN AGENT INDICTED Franz von Rintelen, Held in Eng land, Wanted Here as Party to Plot NEW YORK, May 26. Franz von Rintelen, the German agent who has figured in several alleged German bomb plots and is now detained in England, was indicted today by the Federal grand jury as a basis for obtaining his extradition to this country. The in dictment charges him .with fraud in connection with the procuring of a false American passport. Von Rintelen is supposed to be want ed by the United States authorities to aid them in the case against Repre sentative Frank Buchanan, of Illinois, and against men who are alleged to have participated with Von Rintelen in a plot to "block munitions shipments to the entente allies. VOTE ON BRANDEIS IS SET s OpiKJuents Concede Supreme Court Nominee M ill Win. WASHINGTON. May 26. Victory for the Administration in its fight to'make Louis D. Brandeis an associate justice of the Supreme Court was regarded as assured tonight when the Senate agreed to vote on the nomination next Thursday, June 1. Republican Senators who have been opposed to Brandeis concede tonight that he would be confirmed beyond question; that he would receive practi cally unanimous Democratic support and in addition would get at least four Republican votes. This would give ap proximately 60 votes in favor of con firmation, leaving only 36 opposing votes, should every Senator be present. GERMAN N0JES ACCEPTED Offering of $10,000,000 Will Be on " 6.2 Per Cent Basis. NEW YORK. May 26. Negotiations have been virtually completed, it was announced tonight, between Germany and a New York banking house for a new offering in this market of $10,000, 000 6 per cent serial German govern ment notes. They will be offered in this country on about 6.2 per cent basis, The notes, it is understood, will be dated June 1, and will mature April 1. 1917. GREEK CABINET RESIGNS Dispatch From Homo Tells News, but No Details Are Given. LONDON. May 26. According to a dispatch from Rome, the Athens cor respondent of the Agenzla Nationales reports that the Greek cabinet has resigned. No confirmation - of the report has been, obtained.- Berlin Expects Wilson Envoy to Visit. KAISER'S TERMS MODERATE Teutons, Like Poker Winner, Ready to Retire. STATUS QUO IS POSSIBLE Belief of Itestoration ' of Belgium and French Provinces Prevails, in Spite of Imperial Chan cellor's Statement. BERLIN, Tuesday, May 23, via Lon don. May 26. Another visit by Colonel E. M. House to Europe would come as no surprise to initiated quarters here. The American rumors to this effect are regarded as having a certain basis in fact, although the opinion prevails that the trip would naturally be postponed until after the National conventions. It is hoped here that should Colonel; House pay such a visit he will come this time s a harbinger of peace, or at any rate, to prepare, if possible, the foundations for & peace proposal, dif ficult as this task Is recognized to be. Situation Ik Changes!. During his last previous visit to Europe, Colonel House made no effort and conducted no investigations in the direction of . peace in Berlin at any event having, perhaps, found abso lutely adverse conditions in capitals of nations hostile to Germany. Presuma bly also he had previous information that American mediation was not desired and it would not be accepted as long as the United States continued to supply Germany's foes with . munitions. Moreover, no intimation had "been given at the time of this visit that Irascibility in high quarters here on the munitions questions was in any "way abated. The situation, it may be said, has now changed. Apparently there is no harm from either a political or a strategical standpoint in saying that Germany would welcome peace. Germany Ha All Winnings. As Arthur Vcn Gwinner, the manag ing director of the Deutsche Bank in Berlin, said to the Associated Press correspondent recently, Germany is in the position of a poker player who has gathered in all the money on the table and naturally is willing to break off ah all-night session and retire with his winnings, while the others persist in continuing in the hope of recouping soma cf their losses. The cards, how ever, to continue the simile, are run ning strongly in the Germans' favor. It is pointed out, as shown in the re newed postponement of the long-heralded Anglo-French offensive in the west, the steady though, slow progress of the Crown Prince at Verdun, the victories of the Turks, and finally the (Concluded on Page 4. Column 2.) ....... . ' iT JSV " ' : Professor Declines to Make Answer to. Query- Based on What He Calls Violent Hypothesis. NEW YORK, May 26. (Special.) A good deal of interest was aroused here today by a report that William T. Taft would support Mr. Roosevelt if ha were named by the ' convention. Mr. Taft. who is in Washington to attend a peace meeting, ' characterized this report as a "violent hypothesis." "I do not feel called on to answer any such violent hypothesis," said Mr. Taft smilingly. A friend fully in the confidence of Mr. Taft said in connec tion with the report: "The rumor is being circulated for a purpose. There is absolutely nothing in it. It has been in circulation for some time. The report is not a figment of the imagination. - It is an absolute falsehood put out to make Mr. Roose velt appear strong as a Republican can didate. Mr. Taft believes Mr. Roose velt is not less of a menace to the country than Mr. Wilson. Instead of there being a reason for the assump tion that Mr. Taft will support Mr. Roosevelt if he is nominated, it is to be assumed that Mr. Taft will feel it his duty to be active in opposition if Colonel Roosevelt is nominated." THAW DROPS FOE'S PLANE American Airman Victorious Over German in France. PARIS, May 26. Lieutenant William Thaw, of the Franco-American aviation corps, shot down a Fokker aeroplane in the region of Verdun yesterday. Lieutenant Thaw, whose home is In Pittsburg, has been decorated twice and twice cited in the orders of the day for daring exploits in the air. On April 11 he brought down his first German aeroplane at Verdun. On May 21 he was proposed for citation for driving an enemy aeroplane across the German line and compelling it to descend. BUL M00SERS TO CRUISE Steamship Theodore Roosevelt to ' Become Floating Hotel. CHICAGO, May 26. Arrangements were made by the local committee for the , Progressive National Convention today to charter the steamship Theo dore Roosevelt and convert it into a floating hotel for the accommodation of delegates and alternates. The steamer is to be anchored in Lake Michigan and will cruise between 2 A. M. and 8 A. M. The boat will ac commodate several hundred Bull Moose visitors.. TRAINING BILL UP SOON Chamberlain Measure Modeled After- Swiss System Due Wednesday. WASHINGTON. May 26. The Senate military affairs committee today agreed to take up next Wednesday the Chamberlain universal military train ing bill modeled on the Swiss system. All able-bodied men between the ages of 21 and 23 years, who are citi zens or have declared their intention to become citizens, would be liable for training under the bill. Specialist Decides Op eration Unnecessary. CONDITION IS SATISFACTORY Great Northern President Rushes Aid to Parent. ADVANCED AGE FACTOR Railroad Builder's I'rescnt Illness Assigned to Bad Teeth Poison, Which Is Said to Have Reached the Bowels. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 26. The condi tion tonight of James J. Hill was re ported as "satisfactory" by Dr. James S. Gilfillan, of St. Paul, who with Dr. William James Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., 'made a careful examination of the aged railroad builder at Mr. Hill's Summit-avenue residence late today. As a result of the consultation be tween Dr. Mayo and Dr. Gilfillan it was decided not to operate upon Mr. Hill, and tonight Dr. Mayo, who ar rived in St. Paul aboard a special train late this afternoon, returned to Rochester. Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad, who personally brought Dr. Mayo from Rochester, was with his father tonight. Special Train Used. Dr. Mayo was rushed to St. Paul on a special train to attend Mr. Hill. Mr. Hill, who has been ill for 10 days, took a bad turn this morning. L. W. Hill, went in a special train im mediately for Dr. Mayo. They arrived in St. Paul about 5 P. M. - Mr. Hill was stricken May 16 with a bowel complaint, which later developed complications. . Advanced A are Vital. It is understood Dr. Mayo was called in case an operation should become imperative. Attending physicians were loath to advise an operation, on ac count of Mr. Hill's advanced age. He was 78 years old a few months ago. Dr. Mayo four days ago examined MY. Hill and said the complaint was a common ono and that he would soon recover. Mr. Hill's present condition y at tributed to bad teeth poison, which, is said to have reached the bowels. MORGAN'S PAYROLL GONE Orfice Boy, Aged 18, Missing With $ 10,51 5, Week's Salaries. NEW YORK. May 26. J. P. Morgan & Co. today requested the police to search for William McManus. an 18-year-old office boy on a complaint that he disappeared shortly before noon to day, taking with him $10. 615. " repre senting the firm's weekly payroll. Motorcycle Riders Crash Into Truck Driven by J. B. Hubbard Driver Is Declared Blameless. One young man is dead and another, seriously Injured, is In St. Vincent's Hospital as the result of a traffic acci dent at the intersection of Grand ave nue and East Glisan -street yesterday noon. Albert Arndt. 19. of 1209 East Main street, sustained injuries from which he died at the hospital a few hours after the accident. His skull was fractured. Emil Gross, 19. of 1249 East Salmon street, has a frac tured shoulder and an injured foot. Gross and Arndt were on a motor cycle, going north on Grand avenue. Their course paralleled that of an American Express Company's truck driven by J. B. Hubbard, of 609 East Seventeenth street. At the Glisan street intersection the truck turned to the west, and the motorcycle struck it fairly, throwing both riders and wreck ing the machine. Motorcycle Patrolman H. L. Coulter, who was summoned to the scene, called the ambulance service and ordered the Injured men removed to the hospital. It is his opinion that Arndt's injuries were received from the falling motor cycle, which crushed the rider be neath it. "The truck made a square turn, and from the Investigation made I do not believe Hubbard was to blame," de clared Patrolman Coulter in his report. Emil Gross is a teamster and Albert Arndt was An automobile machinist. Both were unmarried. Paul Eckelman 1003 Belmont street, was a witness of the collision. LAVA FLOW CARRIES TREES Hawaiian Volcano, Mauna Loa, Is Increasingly Active. HONOLULU, T. H.. May 26. The vol cano of Mauna Loa Is flowing with in creased activity, according to reports received here. A new flow of lava started Wednesday, and at last reports was moving at the rate of two miles a day. The lava was passing through a heavy forest of mahogany trees, burning stumps and carrying the trunks on the top of the molten flood. The Kahuku water system was be lltved to be in danger from the lava stream, which was reported as being about a quarter of a mile wide. ' AMERICANS IN DANGER Syrian Uprising Menaces Mission aries and Other Christians. WASHINGTON. May 26 State De partment officials expressed anxiety today over the situation of American missionaries and native Christians in Syria, who are reported through French sources to be threatened by an anti-Christian uprising. An inquiry has been sent to the American Embassy at Constantinople. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The M'eather. TESTERDATS Maximum temperature. 1 deirr.es: minimum, SO decree.. TODAY'S Partly cloudy; warmer; north westerly winds. War. German police use awords on food rioters. Fase 1. Mexico. Bandit, second in rank to Villa, killed by Americans. Page 2. National. American note demand allies stop mall selsurea at once. Page 1. Army appropriation bill calls for 152,0oo,- (on. page 2. 'President Wilson expected to open way for peace tonight. Pas. .. Domestic. San Francisco anarchlst-eounterflter alaln In battle with police after Sergeant had been killed. Page 3. Dr. Walte. "Immoral monster," trie to flirt when on trial for murder. Page 1. No operation necessary on Jamea J. 11111, is specialist's advice. Page 1. Mother's affections for defendant son must be !?a demonstrative, rules court. Page 3. Member of J. P. Morgan firm testifies of wire leakage revelations. Page 2. p ports. Pacific Coat League results: Portland 4. Vernon '21 Loi Angeles . Oakland 4: att Lftke n, San Francisco 1. Pag. Giants take 14th straight, overwhelming Braves, 12 to 1. Page 13. Yanks take double header from Red Sox. . 2-1 and 6-3. Pag. 12. Willamette wins nonconference baseball championship. Page 12. O. A. C. ready for track meet with Wash ington today. Page 12, Results Harvard tryout. Page 13. Lincoln nosed out In track meet by Jef ferson. 3U-3S. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Prison emergency fund of $13,000 authorized. Page 6. McMtnnvllle orator wins state contest Page S. Salem man kills wife, babe and self, leaving no explanation. Page 6. Commercial and Marine, Foreign wheat advices offer no hope of high price, in near future. Pag. 17. -Crop damage reports strengthen Chicago market. Page IT. Wall-street traders take to selling side of market Page 17. Battleship Oregon and other war craft to be here for Rose Festival. Page 16. Rlvermen's demands partly met, but strike is threatened. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. "Visiting day" draws thousands to memorial exercises In schools. Page 9. ' Robert noils r doesn't look for early end of war. Paee 16. Lumbermen are optimistic over outlook. Page Hi. Mr. ral" proposes franchise for jitney. Page 10. Mrs. Vaughn to give advice to brides. Page 11. Thief of 19 freed, older companion sent to rockplle. Page 18. Oregon City gay for carnival today.' Pags 3. One dead and one hurt as result of collision. Page 1. Clubwomen Indorse Mrs. Blumauer's candi dacy. Page 7. Thompson denies he had package officer says he saw. Page T. Route fT Taktma line is decided on. Page 18. "Immoral Monster," Is Alienists' Verdict. INSANITY EVIDENCE BORES JURY Scientists" and Prisoner Admit He Knew He Was Murderer. SLAYER DOZES IN COURT Wife Hears Testimony That She. AVas Married for Her Money. Defendant Says Profession Was Means to Murder. NEW YORK. May :6. Alienists sworn by the defense In behalf of Dr. Arthur Warren Walte testifled today at his trial for the murder of John E. Peck, his father-in-law, that the young dentist was a "moral imbecile" and an "immoral monster." who had only an insane knowledge of right and wrong, and saying he had tried to flirt with a girl in the courtroom during the trial. The defense rested its case on . the testimony of the mental experts. The alienists of the prosecution will appear tomorrow In rebuttal. Waite's wife was in the courtroom again this afternoon and heard the medical witnesses for her husband tes tify that he had told them he married her only for her money. The prisoner himself appeared to doze while a long hypothetical question designed to show that he was Insane at the time ht killed his wife's parents was read to the alienists. Jurymen Are Bored. The jurymen seemed bored by the testimony of the experts. Dr. Morris J. Karpas and Dr. Allen Rose Diefendorf testified that Waite was a moral imbecile, and declared they had arrived at thei- conclusion without consultation together. Both admitted Waite knew what he was doing when he was plotting the death of Mr. Peck, but they declared he had no moral . sense. Both asserted they did not want the prisoner set free, and Dr. Diefendorf said he should be kept In an insane asylum as long as he lived. Dr. Karpas declared that while moral Imbeciles had no moral sense, they ap peared like rational men. He said he believed criminals should confess their crimes because they owed It to society to do so. "Do you think the fact that Waite's great aunt was Insane away back in 1870 had anything to do with the kill ing of Peck?" he was asked. Walte Writes Poetry. "1 don't know,' was the reply. "I don't know what kind of lunatic she was." Dr. Diefendorf said that when he first examined Waite. May 13 at the Tombs, he found the defendant com posing a poem on "Love." Waite told him, he testified, he loved poetry, but knew the names of no modern poets and admitted that the only books he had were those In an old dental library he had. bought for 145. "Life is one hollow, miserable shell,' the dentist told him. Dr. 'Diefendorff asserted. "What makes you unhappy?" the doctor asked Waite. "I don't know," the defendant re plied. "Have you had disappointments in lover Private Life Caosen Worry. "No; I don't believe I ever loved. Walte answered. "Not even Mrs. Horton?" "I fear that is only a temporary mat ter, doctor. I don't want to be consid ered insane. I know what I have done, and I know I shall be punished for it," the witness declared Waite told him. Walte told the alienist he had "a worry," and said it referred to his pri vate life. The defendant told Dr. Diefendorf he would not go on th: stand to testify because Mrs. Horton would be there, and he didn't want her to lose confidence In him, and in the next breath promised that he would testify. Waite said his degenerate habits, he thought, had brought about "a lack of feeling in him," the witness testified. "This and his weakness for women were changing him. He added that he had a 'buzzing noise in his 'head, and sai'd finally: Profeaaloa Entered to Murder. " 'It's no use. I can't understand." "He said he practiced medicine for the sole purpose of learning how to get rid of people," Dr. Diefendorf declared. "He said he had read the Bible. He told me that when with Mrs. Peck he took J 80 out of her purse on the dresser ir her room." Waite told the alienists, according to the evidence, that he knew he ought to love his parents, but "Never had very much." Detailing a conversation with Waite after his trial had begun Dr. Diefen dorf said: "Waite told me he liked pretty girls; that he had tried to flirt wfTh a beau tiful girl in the courtroom, but that he could not catch her eye." Defense Rests Case. The alienist asserted that as far as he was able to determine, the defend ant had "No feeling of sorrow, no feel ing of shame, no strength of will." In his opinion the witness declared, Wait (Concluded on Pag. 8, Column 1.) I