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Newspaper Page Text3 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, MAT 27, 1916. AMERICAN PILOTS IN HOT AERIAL RATTLE In Duels Lasting Eight Hours v Three German Machines v Are Put Out of Action. TWO AVIATORS WOUNDED Lieutenants Rockwell and Chapman Had Narrow Escape For Their Daring Three Other Ameri cans Are Breveted. PARIS, May 26. (Special.) In one of the hottest of aerial battles Ameri can pilots hung three German ma chines to their belts last Wednesday morning:. Although several slight wounds -were received, the honors earned well repaid the damage. An official communique this morn ing: announced that a fokker was brought down near .Vaux and two aviatiks in the region of Ktain by "our pilots." In this case they were Ameri cans of the American Escadrille. At dawn Wednesday two of the num ber. Will Thaw and Kiffen Rockwell, mounted on patrol duty in their baby Nieuports. They sighted two German machines, a fokker and an avian, ana went to engage them. Lieutenant Thaw was in the lead, rose to a height above the fokker, slowed down his motor and then dived at him. Aviatik Driven to Shelter. - But soon the aviatik was using the name tactics on him. Lieutenant Rock well was soon on the ppot and attacked the aviatik, shielding Thaw and driving the German to the shelter of the Ger man guns. Meanwhile Thaw slipped up within 40 feet of the fokker. got his sights on the German pilot, and pressed the level releasing his mitrailleuse. During the very first rip of the gun, in which about ten shots resounded, the fokker fell. The avaltiks mentioned in the communique were brought down In a latr battle. Eight cf the nine Americans In the contingent went up at 8:30 with the French fleet and flew over the Ger man lines to ward off German ob servers, almost immediately engaging a group of German machines greatly outnumbering them. Eight Hurl Are Fought. What followed was not a duel, but a battle fought near the ground. The machines were never more than 2000 feet up. Sometimes an American was assailed above and from four sides at once, and, although the mitrailleuses rained on him in each instance, he es caped. The battle lasted eight hours, and by refusing to relinquish their prey the airmen took part in eight distinct duels. Lieutenant Rockwell picked an enemy machine called L. V. G., and was firing on It at close range when four others came to Its assistance. A bullet from one of them hit Rocwell's windshield and exploded, pieces wounding him a little in the mouth and nose. Americana Are Promoted. The L. V. G. was mentioned as one of the aviatiks brought down. Lieu tenant Chapman also was grazed but unwounded. His machine was hit by an explosive bullet as he chased two aviatiks. He is proposed for citation in armory orders. For his part In the battle Bert Hall has been proposed for promotion to Adjutant and for the military medal. To replace the two wounded men Clyde Balsley and C. C. Johnson have been ordered to Join the Kscadrille. Dudley L. Hill and Law rence Rumsey are ready and awaiting orders. Fred Prince and Willis Havi land, of Chicago, and Robert Rockwell, of Cincinnati, have been breveted. OFFICIAL COUNT IS SLOW Multiplicity of Names Written on Democratic Ballots Delays. After four days of hard work, the official count of the vote in the late Republican, Democratic and ProgreS' sive primaries yesterday had pro' gressed only through the candidates for delegates to the National conventions of the three parties. These results were tabulated first, as suggested by Secretary of State Olcott. so returns may be rushed to Salem to enable the Secretary to mail certificates to the delegates-elect at the earliest date. It probably will be at least a week, and perhaps several days more, before the official count is completed, ma count is greatly delayed by the neces sity of tabulating the votes for the many unofficial candidates whose names were written in on the Demo cratic and Progressive ballots, partlc ularly the former. SEATLE RAILROAD SOLD Twelve-Mile Line to Renton Bought In by Bondholders. SEATTLE. Wash., May 26. Superior judge Frater yesterday accepted the bid of John C. Hlggins, representing Pea- body. Houghteling & Co., of Chicago, and other Eastern bondholders, of Jl.200,000 for the Seattle. Renton & Southern Railroad, a streetcar line 12 miles long extending from Seattle to Renton. a suburb. The road has been in the" hands of . a receiver several years. Under the terms of the sale the bond holders must pay $150,000 obligations incurred by the receiver and expend $225,000 in Improvements. An appeal from the order of sale is pending. 3 MERCHANTMEN ARE SUNK Two Italian Vessels and One Briton Are Destroyed. LONDON'. May 28. Lloyds reports that the British steamer El Argentino, the Italian steamer Cornigllano and the Italian ship Australia have been sunk. El Argentino was a vessel of 6S09 tons and was last reported as arriving at Marseilles, April 27 from La Plata, The Cornigllano sailed from the Clyde April 24 for Genoa and was last re ported as passing Gibraltar May 1. Sh was a vessel of 2663 tons. The Australia, a vessel of 1586 tons, sailed from Norfolk April 10 for Savons, Italy. Vermont Instructed for Hughes. MONTPELIER, Vt.. May 26. The Vermont delegation to the National Re publican convention will go to Chicago instructed for Justice- Charles E. Hughes. A resolution to this effect was adopted when the state convention opened today. OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS French. PARIS, May 26. There has been lit tle change In the situation on the Verdun front, says the French of ficial announcement. The text of the statement follows: "In the Argonne French troops ex ploded a mine with success at La Fille Morte. "On the left bank of the Meuse there has been violent artillery fighting in tho sections" of Avocourt and Deadman hill. At this latter place a German attack which was about to be made was circumvented, by -our curtain of fire. "On the right bank of the river a counter-attack brought into our pos session a Bection of trench occupied yesterday by the enemy between the wood of Haudremont and the farm of Thiaumont "North of this farm, we last night made progress with hand grenades and took some prisoners. "The artillery bombardment was vio lent about Avocourt wood and Le Mort Homme. At the latter place a German attack was stopped by the French cur tain of fire at Its Inception. "On the right bank of the Meuse, the French succeeded in recovering part of the trenches occupied yesterday by the Germans between Haudremont wood and Thiacourt - farm. Otherwise the battle-front was calm." The War Office communication issued this evening says: "On the left bank of the Meuse the artillery has been particularly active in the region of Avocourt and Hill 304. An intermittent bombardment of our second lines has taken place. "On the right bank of the Meuse during the afternoon the enemy carried out a strong attack against our trenches on the approach to Fort Douaumont. This attack was repulsed with heavy losses. "Our artillery caught under Its -fl and scattered German troops on the move In the Chauffeur wood. in the Vosges the fire of one of our batteries caused the exlosion of an ammunition depot near La Chapel- iciict, uurinwesi or ceiles " German. BERLIN. May 25, via London, May 28. :45 P. M. The . allairatlnn (t, h French War Office report of May 24 that the French had retaken a part of Fort Douaumont meets with a flat de nial Dy tne German supreme military commander. It is possible. It is de clared, that isolated patrolline- iurti may have reached approach trenches soutn or the fort, but none of them ever entered except as prisoners. Since Fort Douaumont first was re ported taken on February 25, it has BATTLE'S END IS FAR ierman Crushing of Verdun Is Somewhat Slower. FIGHTS AS VICIOUS AS EVER French Slake Violent Counter At tacks With Each Advance by Enemy Road Important to Defense Is In Peril. CHICAGO. May 26. (Special.) Os wald Schereth, in a special cable from Berlin to the Daily News, says: The capture of Cumieres by the Germans shows that the battle of Ver dun, though it has been in progress months. Is far from being ended. "Reports received here of the fight ing on both banks of the Meuse tell stories of battles as bloody as any waged since the Germans in February began crushing the French lines about the great fortress. The crushing pro cess, however, is now far slower than it was then, owing no doubt to the stiffened French resistance. This is shown by the counter attacks which follow every advance of the German lines. "For a week the German advance on the west bank of the Meuse has been steady, until now the Esnes-Chattan-court road, which is of great Impor tance to the French, is in peril. "In the German assaults east of the Meuse the artillery fighting is heaviest." SUDAN SULTAN IS ROUTED British at KI Frasher Beat 3000. Causing Loss of One-Third. LONDON, May 26. The War Office tonight issued a report concerning fighting May 23 in the Sudan, which resulted in the defeat of some 3000 troops of Alt Dinar, Sultan of Darfur, by Colonel Kelley's force. The fight took place at El Fasher. The British losses are given as five men killed and 23 wounded, while the losses to the Sultan's force are estimated at 1000. The Sultan, whose attitude toward the Sudanese government for a long time has been truculent, is reported to have fled with a small number of his followers. HOUSE MAY SAIL AGAIN (Continue! From First Pagre.) crushing results of the Austrian of fensive in the Trentlno. Whether these events are enough to induce the entente allies to retire from what is looked upon here as a losing game, and whether the changed tone of the utterances of Premier Asquith and Sir Edward Grey, and what is consid ered a disavowal of their desire to crush Germany as a nation and com mercial rival, and dismember the eni; nire. are indicative of receptivity toward reasonable peace proposals is an uncertain factor- in the reckoning. Neutral Referees Suggested. The best-posted neutral observers here, particularly diplomats in touch with the sentiment in both camps, are inclined to give a negative answer to these questions and to hold that some thing further must occur to convince the entente allies that the expulsion of the German armies from occupied ter ritorles and the completion of the "on to-Berlin" campaign are impossibilities. even with the aid of the blockade and economic pressure. As one possible means of bringing about this receptive attitude in entente caotals, one of these neutral diplomats, who is not suspected or partiality xor either side, recently suggested the presentation of evidence, gathered by neutral, impartial agencies, or uer many's ability to continue the struggle indefinitely, despite the food situation and the other effects of the blockade, Should the results of such' neutral investigation of the number of men and the amounts of munitions ana pro visions still available in the empire be brought informally to the attention of opposing governments, with sufficient evidences of Its authenticity ana re been continuously In German posses sion, it Is asserted. The text of the statement says: "Western front On the east bank of the Meuse, we successfully continued our attacks. Our positions west of the tone quarry were extended, the Dou aumont ravine was crossed and the enemy south of Fort Douaumont was thrown further back. Another 600 pris oners with 12 machine guns were cap tured. "On the left bank of the Meuse a hand-grenade attack by Turcos west of Hill 304 was repulsed. "In the vicinity of Loevre, northwest of Rheims, a French gas attack was ineffective. "The enemy aeroplane brought down south of Chateau Salins, reported on May 21, was the fifth put out of action in aerial engagements by Lieutenant Wintgens." . i Friday's War Moves HEAVY fighting in the region of "Verdun continues, with the Ger mans -still - the aggressors, but accord ing to the latest French official com munication no new changes in posi tions have taken place. Following up their recapture of Fort Douaumont, northeast of Verdun, the Germans have striven, but ineffectu ally, to drive out the French from the approaches to the fort, where fchey drew lines when forced to vacate the fort itself. The attack was a strong one, but Paris reports that it was repulsed, the Germans suffering heavy casualties. This was the only infantry attack in all the Verdun region, cays Paris, but the artillery of both sides has been extremely active on all sectors and especially in the region of Avocourt and Hill 304. The British and Germans have con fined their recent fighting mainly to bombardments and sapping operations. There have been several minor infan try attacks and bomb-throwing expedi tions by both sides, but in these no material advantage accrued to either. Comparative calm prevails along the Russian front, the only fighting of moment noted being north of Lake Miadzlol, where the Russians put down a German attempt to capture their trenches. In the Caucasus region, where the Turks and Russians are engaged, the situation is reported unchanged. Eighteen persons have been killed and a score Injured in an Austrian air raid in Italy. liability, and should this showing con vince them of the Improbability of breaking through the German line of iron and fire in a future appreciably near, a long step would have been taken, in the opinion of this advocate of peace, toward the opening of peace negotiations. German Terms Moderate. The plan In question may seem im practical and fantastic and possibly be catalogued by the German government witn tne plans of Henry Ford and other American pacificists, and It Is mentioned only owing to the promin ence of its originator a diplomat of the practical school who is the very antithesis of a dreamer. Germany's peace conditions are ex tremely moderate, in view of the mili tary position of Germany and the entente allies, according to opinion here. un at uerraaoy was open to reason regarding the lot of Belgium and the occupied regions of France, and that arrangements for the restoration of the Belgian kingdom and the return to France of the provinces captured in tnis war were easily within the bounds of possibility was the belief In many quarters here months ago. That belief still prevails In such quarters, even despite Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg's phrase about the impossi bility of the restoration of the status quo, which may be interpretable in the sense of Belgium's political and mill tary relations to the Western powers. ;so, too, it is considered In these Quar ters, are arrangements possible on most or tne territorial and financial ouea tions involved in an ultimate settle ment, provided the entente allies give up tne expectation of crushing the mil itary power of Germany and exacting financial compensation for Belerlum. or most of all reversing the results of the Franco-Prussian war and taking irom uermany Alsace and Lorrnlna Nothing, it is declared, would force anv "cuon or tne nation, even the most extreme or the peace advocates, to en tertain the last mentioned possibility. PJLAXS FOR TRIP ARE DENIED Colonel House's Only Comment Is That Ho Is Flattered. NEW YORK. May 26. Colonel E. M. House said tonight that he had no plans ior returning to Europe. When told of press dispatches indicating that he would be welcomed there as . hr binger of peace, his only comment was that he was very much flattered. He and President Wilson had a conference here Wednesday, when, it was indicat ed. that the chief subject of their con versation was peace prospects in Europe. When Colonel House went to Berlin several months ago on a mission for the President, the submarine issue was understood to have been the principal subject discussed by him. He returned with the Impression that at that time tnere was little prospect of peace. BASE WELL ADVANCED MR. STRUBLB BELIEVES DELEGA TION NOW IS UNITED. cnamberlaln-Harley Spat Not Con sidered Important, as Both Are Working for Same Canse. "Substantial progress has been made in Washington for a naval base of the first class at the mouth of the Columbia River," said Wallace R. Struble, secre tary of the naval base committee, last night. "Both Senators Chamberlain and Lane have agreed to secure hearings before the Senate committee on naval affairs for the pending measure In troduced "by Senator Lane, and Repre sentative Hawiey will do the same be fore the naval affairs committee of the House on behalf of his own bill there. "This means that the Columbia naval base measures will have a full hearing on their merits." Secretary Struble characterized the reported personal differences of Sena tor Chamberlain and Chairman Harley "mere incidents or the campaign. "The more Important fact Is that both are now agreed that full hearings shall be given. Without doubt both will do their best," he said. "I have said from the beginning of the campaign for the Columbia naval base that victory is possible by the united, insistent action of the Oregon Congressional delegation. I see no rea son to change this view." Typhus (arms are said to be mora deadly anions tna uerman aoiaiera man in in Russians. Tha latter seem to have de veloped a higher degree of resistance. L SEIZURES ORDERED STOPPED American Note to Allies Is Vigorous and Radical Change Demanded. LOSS CLAIMS PRESSED SOON Onerous and Vexatious" Abuses Cited by United States, Which Has Suffered Property Damage. Wrongs Not Be Tolerated. fContlnued From First Pa.) as soon as the sincerity of their char acter shall have been ascertained.' Tn reply, the Government of the United States desires to state that it does not consider that the postal union convention' of 190S necessarily applies to the interference by the British and r rench governments with the oversea transportation of malls of which the Government of the United States com plains. Furthermore the allied powers appear to have overlooked the admis sion of the Government of the United States that post parcels may be treated as merchandise subject to the exercise of belligerent rights as recognized by International law. But the Government of the United States does not admit that such parcels are subject to the exercise of the rights of police super vision, visitation and eventual seizure which belongs to belligerents as to all cargoes on the high seas.' asserted in the Joint note under acknowledgment. It is noted with satisfaction that the British and French governments do not claim, and in the opinion of this Government properly do not claim, that their so-called, 'blockade measures are sufficient grounds upon which to base right to interfere with all classes of mail matter In transit to or from the central powers. On the contrary, their contention appears to be that as genuine correspondence' is under con ventional stipulation Inviolable mail matter of other classes is subject to detention and examination. While the Government of the United States agrees that 'genuine cor respondence mail is Inviolable, It does not admit that belligerents may search other private sea-borne mails for any other purpose than to discover whether they contain articles of enemy owner ship carried on belligerent vessels or articles of contraband transmitted un der sealed cover as letter mail, though they may intercept at sea all mails coming out of and going into ports of the enemy's coasts which axe effectively blockaded. The governments of the United States, Great Britain and France, however, appear to be in substantial agreement as to principle. The method of applying the principle la the chief cause of difference. Agreement Held Violated. Though giving assurances that they consider 'genuine correspondence' to be 'inviolable' and that they will, 'true to their agrements.' refrain on the high seas from seizing and confiscat ing such correspondence, the allied governments proceed to deprive neu tral governments of the benefits of these assurances by seizing and confis cating mall from vessels in port in stead of at sea. They compel neutral ships, without Just cause, to enter their own ports or they induce shipping lines, through some forma of duress, to send their mail ships via British ports, or they detain all vessels merely calling at British ports, thus acquiring by force or unjustifiable means an illegal Juris diction. Acting upon this enforced Jurisdiction, the authorities remove all mail, genuine correspondence as well as post parcels, take them to London. where every piece, even though of neutral origin and destination. Is opened and critically examined to de termine the 'sincerity of their charac ter,' in accordanoe with the inter pretation given that undefined phrase by the British and French censors. Finally, the expurgated remainder is forwarded, frequently after Irreparable delay, to Its destination. Ships are detained en route to or from the United States or to or from other neutral countries, and mails are held and delayed for several days and. in some cases.' for weeks and even months, even though not routed to ports of North Europe via British ports. This has been the procedure which has been practiced since the announcement of February 15, 1916. To some extent the same practice was fol lowed before that date, calling forth the protest of this Government of Jan uary 4, 1516. But to that protest the memorandum under acknowledgment makes no reference and is entirely un responsive. Empbatlc Notice Given. The Government of the United States again must insist with emphasis that the British and French governments do not obtain rightful Jurisdiction of ships by forcing or inducing them to visit their ports for the purpose of seizing their malls, or thereby obtain greater belligerent rights as to such ships than they could exercise on the high seas; for there is, in the opinion of the Government of the United States, no legal distinction between tha seiz ure of mails at sea. which is announced as abandoned, and their seizure from vessels voluntarily or involuntarily In port. 'The British and French practice amounts to an unwarranted limitation of the use by neutrals of the world's highway for the transmission of cor respondence. The practice actually fol lowed by the allied powers must be said to Justify the conclusion, therefore, that the announcement of February IS was merely notice that one illegal prac tice had been abandoned to make place for the development of another more onerous and vexatious in character. "The present practice is a violation not only of the spirit of the announce ment of February 15, but of the rule of The Hague convention, upon which It Is concededly based. Aside from this, it Is a violation of the prior practice of nations which Great Britain and her allies have, in the past; assisted- to establish and maintain, notwithstand ing the statement in the memorandum that "as late as 1907 the letters and dispatches themselves could be seized and confiscated.' War With Mexico Recalled. "During the war between the United States and Mexico the United States forces allowed British steamers. to en ter and depart from the port of Vera Cruz without molesting the mails in tended for inland points. During the American Civil War Lord Russell en deavored to Induce the United States to concede that 'Her Majesty's mails on board a private vessel ehould be ex empted from visitation or detention." This exemption of malls was urged in October, 1862, in the case of British mails on board the Adela. On October 31 Secretary Seward announced that 'public mails of any friendly neutral power duly certified or authenticated as such shall not be searched or opened, but be put as speedily as may be con venient on the way to their destina tion.' In accordance with this announce ment the Government of the United MAI m '-.ID HI' T A : 3 Ti : Si IJL Choice of any $125 QCn Ladles' Handbag.. 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States In the case of the British steam, ship Peter Hoff, which had been seized with her malls against the protest of Her Majesty's government, had her malls forwarded to destination unopened.- The same rule was followed by France, as I am advised, in the Franco Prussian war of 1870; by the United States in the Spanish-American war of 1898; by Oreat Britain in the South African war; in the case of the Ger man mall steamers Bundesrath and General; by Japan, and substantially by Russia in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904. And even in the present war,, as the memorandum of Great Britain and France etates, their enemy, Germany, has desisted from the practice of in terfering with neutral malls, even on board belligerent steamers. This Is Il lustrated by the case of the French steamer fFlorlde. captured by the aux iliary cruiser Prinz Eltel Friedrich, cited by the British and French gov ernments in support of their argument regarding parcel malls. In this case the letter malls of the Florlde, amount ing to 144 sacks, were forwarded to their destination by the commander at the first opportunity on arriving In the United States. It would seem, there fore, to be conclusively established that the interferences with malls of which this Government Justly complains are wrong in principle and practice. Americans Are Sufferers. "The arbitrary methods employed by the British and French governments have resulted most disastrously to cit izens of the United States. Important papers, which never can be duplicated, or can be duplicated only with great difficulty, such as United States pat ents for inventions, rare documents, le gal papers relating to the settlement of estates, powers of attorney, fire Insur ance claims, income tax returns and similar matters, have been lost. Delays In receiving shipping documents have causd great loss and inconvenience by preventing prompt delivery of goods. In the case of the MacNlff Horticul tural Company, of New York, large shipments of plants and bulbs from Holland were, I am Informed, frozen on the wharves because possession could not be obtained tn the absence of documents relating to them which had been removed from the Amster dam, Oosterdyk and Rotterdam. Busi ness opportunities are lost by failure to transmit promptly bids, specifica tions and contracts. "The Standard Underground Cable Company, of Pittsburg, for example, sent by mail a tender and specifica tions for certain proposed electrical works to be constructed tn Chrlstlanla; after several weeks of waiting, the papers having failed to arrive, the American company was told that the bids could not be held open longer and the contract was awarded to a British competitor. Checks, drafts, money orders, securities and similar property are lost or detained for weeks and months. Business correspondence relating to legitimate and bonaflde trade between neutral countries, cor respondence of a personal nature and also certain official correspondence, such as money order lists and other matter forwarded by Government de partments, are detained, lost or pos sibly destroyed. . For instance, the postmaster-Gen eral informs me that certain interna tional money lists from the United States to Germany, Greece and other countries and from Germany to the United States, sent through the malls. have not reached tneir destination, though dispatched several months ago. It was necessary to have ome of these lists duplicated and again dispatched by the steamship Frederick VI IL which sailed from New York on April 19. and from which all the mails intended for Germany have been taken and held in British Jurisdiction. 1.S3 Bags of Mall Lost. "As a further example of the delay and loss consequent upon the British practice, the Postmaster-General also sends me a copy of a letter from the British postal administration, admit ting that the mails were removed from the steamer Medan In the Downs on January 80 last and not forwarded until some time "between February 2 and March 2.' and that 182 bags o. these mails were lost during transmis sion to Holland on February 26 by ths Dutch steamship Mecklenburg. The Medan arrived safely at Rotterdam a day or two after she left the Downs. ' "Numerous complaints similar to the foregoing have been received by this Government, the details of which are available, but I believe I have cited sufficient facts to show the unprece dented and vexatious nature of the in terference with mails persisted In by' British and French authorities. 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I can only add that this continuing offense has led to such losses to American citizens and to a possible responsibility of the United States to repair them, that this Gov ernment will be compelled In the near future to press claims for full reclama tion upon the attention of His Majesty's government and that of the French Republic "The principle being plain and defi nite, and the present practice of the governments of Great Britain and France being clearly in contravention of the principle, i will state more in detail the position of the government of the United States in regard to the treatment of certain classes of sealed mall under a strict application of the principle upon which our governments seem to be in general accord. Merchandise Is Classified. "The Government of the United States is inclined to the opinion that the classes of mall matter which in cludes stocks, bonds, coupons and sim ilar securities is to be regarded as of the same nature as merchandise or other articles of property and subject to the same exercise of belligerent rights. Money orders, checks, drafts, notes and other negotiable Instruments which may pass as the equivalent of money are, it is considered. to be classed as merchandise. Correspond ence, including shipping documents, money order lists, and papers of that character, even though relating to enemy supplies or exports, unless carried on the same ship as the prop erty referred to. are. in the opinion of this Government, to be regarded as 'genuine correspondence' and entitled to unmolested passage. "The Government of the United States, in view of the Improper methods employed by the British and French authorities, interrupting malls passing between the United States and other neutral countries and between the United States and the enemies of Great Britain, can tolerate no longer the wrongs which citizens of the United States suffer, and continue to suffer through these methods. To submit to a lawless practice of this character would open the door to repeated viola tions of international law by the bel ligerent powers on the ground of mil itary necessity, of which the violator would be the sole judge. Manifestly a neutral nation cannot permit its rights on the high seas to be determined by belligerents, or the exercise of those rights to be permitted or denied ar bitrarily by the government of a war ring nation. The rights of neutrals are as sacred as the rights of belligerents and must be as strictly observed. "The Government of the United States, confident in the regard for in ternational law and the rights of neu trals, which the British and French governments so often have proclaimed and the disregard of which they have urged so vigorously against their ene mies iu the present war. expects the present practice of the British and French authorities in the treatment of malls from or to the United States to cease and belligerent rights, as ex ercised, to conform to tha principle governing the passage of mall matter and to the recognised practice of na tions. Only a radical change In the present British and French policy, re storing to the United States its full rights as & neutral power, will satisfy this Government. "ROBERT LANSING." HARBORS BILL DELAYED SEVERAL SENATORS ARE TO OFFER AMENDMENTS. Motion to Recommit Measure Is With drawn, but Is to Be Renewed Today or Monday. WASHINGTON. May 26. An attempt by Senator Husting, of Wisconsin, to have the $43,000,000 rivers and harbors appropriation bill sent back to the com merce committee to be cut in half was deferred today, despite a declaration by Senator Clarke, in charge of the meas ure, that he was willing to have a test vote of Senate sentiment taken at once. At the request of several Senators, who desire to offer amendments. Sen ator Husting withdrew his motion to recommit with the understanding that he would renew It tomorrow or early next week. Debate on the bill, now in its third week, then continued. Two plans were submitted today de signed by their authors to prevent fur ther contests over rivers and harbors bills. One, by Senator Shafroth, would provide that no appropriation be passed except Willi Uie provision that tbf ALDER STREET AT WEST RUBK -MABSHALL 4-70O-tlQME A 6171 J Use This Coupon 20 EXTRA 20 Bring this coupon and get 20 extra S. & H." Trading Stamps on your first tl cash pur chase and double Stamps on the balance of purchase- Good first three floors today. GIFT aiay -7. A 2 C. P. OI.n-STYI.F3 CAR BOX LAMP ISES CO WATTS, A 24 C. P. "SrSbEAM" MAZDA LAMP ISES 25 WATTS. Thus making your bill less than half for the same amount of light, provided - CIIUDCAM " u.e .... wwiiuknisi Sold in blue cartons of f i v e lamps. CI 10. 15. 25 and 40 watts, box Vln-J Sixty watts on sale at. CI on the box. OliCU BATHING SUIT SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY &. SATURDAY All $5.00 Bathing C nfl Butts now for O'tiUU 60c Bathing Caps onCfln sale for JUb 50o Frank's EarOCn Stoppers for JJb FLOOR POLISHES One quart O'Cedar Polish CI f(l now for 01 lUU One quart Wood - Lark Cedar-7c- oil now for I wb One quart Old English WaxQfl- now for. 3Ub One quart Wiley's Waxene now gQg One quart Wood-Lark Furnl- CE ture Polish for 00b One quart Boyles" Brlghtener 7 Ei now for ' I 3b 2n quart Duncan Cedar Polish: on Boss Triangle Mop. large CI AQ size, both for 0 1 140 J. B. L. CASCADE THE INTERNAL BATH. Aalc for the Booklet. community to be benefited should pay at least 20 per cent of the costs of the project. The other, by Senator Poin dexter. would authorize an investiga tion by a special engineer of all pro posed improvement projects, on which a report would be made direct to the two committees In Congress which frame the legislation. WOMAN JUROR ACCIDENT Mr. Uagley, Called In Liquor Case, Proves to Bo Milliner. By accident. Mrs. M. Bagley. a mil liner In the Fltedner building, yester day was called on a Jury in the Mu nicipal Court. C. M. Brink was charged with a violation of the prohibition law in selling ethyl alcohol to Bessie Will iams and Cleo Sheperd. well-known ln temperates.' BrlnK Is a druggist at 460 vasnington street. He called for a jury trial, and four men, presumably, were called to sit as Jurors. The name of Mrs. Bas-lev In the directory appeared only as M. Bag ley. Mrs. Bagley served without de mur. The Jury deliberated three hnt-r b. fore a verdict of not guilty was agreed upon. New Arrivals in Portland Should First rind Their . Way to Hotel Cornelius Many factors, such as location in center of retail district, ex cellent rooms and s r 1 o e, have combined to make this on of Portland's distinctive hotel equally attractive to the commercial traveler, tour- ' 1st and local visitor aa achievement quite unusual for reasons that any guest can best explain. RATES 91 A DAT AND CP. C. W. Cornelias. 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