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7 f. '1-41 I ' 1 .VII V VOL. L.VI. NO. 17,323. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 1, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V it I i (fill INSISTS -JnitBd States Soldiers Are -Considered Invaders. VIOLATION IS CHARGED ote From Carranza Declares roops Crossed Border -Without Permission. 'RIENDSHIP IS DOUBTED ''ouble in Mexico Laid to Washington's Attitude in Keeping Out Arms. EARLY WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS THOUGHT IM PROBABLE. 4surariTOfI. Mav 31. Gen eral. Carranza's latest note, bluntly questioning the good " faith of the United States Gov ernment, and with a threat of armed resistance, demanding withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, was presented at the State Department today. A translation of the document was laid before President Wilson, who at 'once began considering how it should be answered. There was complete unanimity 4n official circles in the belief that there would be no immediate withdrawal of the Pershing ex pedition. "V - i -! MFirO CITY. -May SL Contend- i? g that the words and protests of the i nifed States have been entirely in rHrrfcion of their acts. and. in ?viite of protests not to interfere in ." e affairs of Mexico, soldiers of the nited States are in Mexico without ne consent of the Mexican govern ment, and in violation of Mexico's wjereignty, the Mexican government ks for the immediate withdrawal of . 4se troops. ' -V The request is made in a 12,000 Sord note, made public- at the For- figrt Office today about noon. Crossing Construed as Invasion. fm i-- Zl T i- AMn:AnH -"troops crossed the border after the Crfumbus incident without the per t yi.iission of the Mexican government. ''he act was not considered one of in .asion then, solely because the United tates said they had misinterpreted i 'ie attitude of the Mexican govern- j lent.' When the second expedition f rossed the line, after the Glenn prings incident, the note maintains, I K- ie plea that this was done with the ' jnsent of the Mexican Consul at Del ..io, Texas, is untenable, and that act in only be considered as one of in- jsion. X'The Mexican government therefore rites . the United States to bring to w j end this unsupportable situation,' f i protestations and declarations of ' lendship by an immediate with- "awal of American troops." - Friendship Is Doubted. . Maintaining that the protests of Xiendship by the United States and e expressed desire for non-interven-C on have been contradicted by the , -ts of the Washington Government, ie note eays the time has arrived hen Washington must declare itself 1 1 - ii . -. r early and unequivocally as to its fu- re intentions toward Mexico. jfV: Atjr reciting the facts which led V e first crossing of the frontier - merican troops after the Villa ' ht Columbus, the note insists that t contradiction of the word of Gen-'-als Scott and Funston, another ex udition crossed the boundary line, ms violating all the precepts of in l. matronal law and committing an act : inv.sion. American Government Blamed. American Government," says :e, "has admitted that the work it I the expedition, which entered after ti 'volumbus raid, now is over. But c ' .4w,vti wwpa ill remain on Mexican soil. To con .nd that political disorder in this ltry justifies this act of the Amer an military forces is in conflict with ie repeated professions of the Wash igton Government relative to non lterference." The note points out that much of ie trouble in Mexico is due "to the ANTI-WAR COUNCIL QUESTIONS WILSON PRESIDENT ASKED TO INDORSE . NEUTRALS CONFERENCE. Netherlands Organization Sends Cable Message Asking if Session, for Peace Has Sympathy. THE HAGUE, via London. May 31. The following- cable message was sent this morning to. President Wilson: "With regard to your address to the League to Enforce Peace we beg to ask if the general idea of a conference of neutral governments in behalf of peace would have your sympathy? "NETHERLANDS ANTI-WAR COUN CIL." The Dutch Anti-War Council, send ing this cable message.' was established at the Hague on October 8. 1914. It aims chiefly at the- co-operation of states instead of mutually hostile al liances, limitations of armaments by International conventions, compulsory arbitration and the holding of national assemblies when peace, treaties ' are drafted. ITALIANS PRESSED BACK Austrlans Continue Advance and Bring Prisoners Total to 30,388. BERLIN, May 31. (By wireless to Sayville.) The Austro-Hungarian ad vance on Italian territory has been carried further in the region of Asiago and Arsiero. The official. Austrian statement today says that the Italians have been driven from Gallio and heights to tUe northward. Montebaldo and Monte Fiara have been captured by the Austrlans. Since the beginning of the Austrian drli e, 30,388 prisoners have been taken. MUNITIONS MELON IS BIG Du Pont Firm Declares Quarterly Dividend of 2 5 Per Cent. WILMINGTON, Del., May 31. The directors of the E. I. Dupont de Ne mours & Company, powder manufac turers, today declared a regular quar terly dividend of 1 per cent on com mon stock and a special dividend of 23Vi per cent, a total of 25 per cent, payable 5.8 in cash and 19.2 in Anglo- French bonds at 96. On the debenture stock, a regular dividend of li per cent was declared. HOOD PARK BILL PROMISED Senator Chamberlain Not to Press Early Action, However. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 31. Senator Chamberlain said today he intended to Introduce bill creating the Mount Hood National Park in Oregon, but will not press it to early consideration. His object in delaying is to give those opposed to the bill full opportunity to name the grounds of their objection and see if a bill which will be gener ally satisfactory can be framed. GERMANS SEIZE 195 SHIPS Neutrals With Goods From Scandi navia Taken Into Fort. LONDON, May 31. One hundred and ninety-five neutral ships, loaded with goods from Scandinavian countries for the United Kingdom, have been cap tured by the Germans and taken into German ports since October, 1914. Thomas J. MacNamara, financial secretary of the Admiralty, made this announcement in the House of Com mona today. PENROSE ON COMMITTEE Pennsylvania Republican Body Names Senator to Suceed Wasson PHILADELPHIA. May 31. United States Senator Boles Penrose was to day unanimously elected National com mitteeman from Pennsylvania at a meeting of the Republican State Com mittee. He succeeds Henry G. Wasson. who was chosen to the position four years ajt ROSE FESTIVAL OREGO NIANS, FIVE ISSUES, IN CLUDING POSTAGE, 15c Mail to your friends in the East The Oregonian during Rose Festival Week, beginning Wednesday, June 7, and ending with the Great Sunday Edition, June 11. Complete and exhaustive re ports with numerous high-class,, half-tone illustrations will be featured daily. The Portland Annual Rose Festival has been w i d e l'y advertised throughout the United States, and no more attractive testimonial to your friends could be given during the event than a subscription tp the Greatest Daily of the Great Northwest, Orders given now in the business office or sent in by mail to The Oregonian will receive prompt and careful at- tention. f Subscription price of the five issues, including postage, is 15 cents. See order blank elsewhere in this issue. ATTACKS ON HUGHES SHOW RIVALS' FEAR Hitchcock's Power Re cognized by All. 1908 CONVENTION RECALLED Attack on Jurist by Colonel Makes Root Camp Hopeful. FAIRBANKS FORCES NOISY Big Delegation Expects to Swlns JIany Votes to Indiana Man. ' I Weeks Arrives at Scene and Opens' Campaign. HUGHES FAVORITE OVER T. R. IN NEW YORK BETTING. NEW TORK, May 31. (Spe cial.) Fred Schumm, political stakeholder . of Brooklyn, re ported the following odds against three candidate for the Chicago nomination as compared to those of yesterday: Today. Yesterday. Hughes 8 to 6 Even Roosevelt .......2 to 1 8 to 6 Root 7 to 1 8 to 1 Schumm reported a bet of $250 against $500 that Roosevelt will be the next President. CHICAGO. May 31. (Special.) Justice Charles Evans Hushes and Frank H. Hitchcock were the targets today of all the big and little guns of the avowed candidates for the Republt can nomination for President by the convention which is to begin in the Coliseum one week from today. Hitchcock, the man who engineered for Colonel -Roosevelt the nomination of Taft in 1908, it could be plainly seen wherever one went along candidate row. is the man the' managers fear. Still Mr. Hitchcock insists he is not to be taken in the light of a manager. Attacks Show Hughes' Strength. In a statement to the press replying to the attacks on him, he said: "The concerted attack the managers and publicity agents of certain candi dates are making on those of us who favor the nomination of Justice Hughes only serves to show how formidable they consider the movement In his be half." John W. Weeks, United States Sena tor from Massachusetts, a candidate for the nomination, arrived today and took the leadership of his staff against Hughes. Root Hopes to Gain by Fight. It will be the Root plan to let the nugnea ana nooseven DatLie rage as long as it will. Mr. Dwlght and the other Root managers are hoping' that Roosevelt and Hughes will fight until they exhaust themselves. The one ob jection they raised to the Hitchcock Interview, which reached to all sections of the country and was the one big political happening of the week, was to the statement that Hughes has a Concluded on Pane 2. Column 4.) THE BIG CAMPAIGN INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather, YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, S3 degrees; minimum, oO aesrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Politic. Republican National Committee to take up contest, today. Psirs 2. No candidates of note In race for Vice-Presi dency. Page 2. Colonel sayi Mr. Wilson . uses weasel words." Pace 3. Attacks on Justice Hushes and Mr. Hitch cock, snow tear In rival camps. I J Mexico. Mexico demands withdrawal of troopa Pace i. Wir. More than 5,000.000 In British volunteer army. Pace French forced from another Verdun defense.. Page 4. Official reports. Pace 4. Forelcn. Netherlands anti-war council asks President Wilson if he would Indorse peaco con ference by neutrals. Pace 1. Shackleton arrives safely at Port Stanley from Antarctic. Pace 1. National. Lobby and near filibuster prevents action on land crant bill In senate, pace J. Honse naval bill amendments provide armor plant and more planes and sailors. Page 3. Domestic. Mrs. Cowles' supporters claim her election oa face of early returns. Pace 3. 8 port. - ., Pacifio Coast Leasue results: Portland a. Ixa Angeles 8: Vernon 8, Salt UM o; Kan Francisco 8. Oakland 0. Face 16. Yanks take two from Athletics. Pace 1. The Oreconlan Roller Marathon entrants will visit course. page 17. Cards win. 5-1, then Cuba nab 6-3 victor'. Pace 16. Pacific Northwest. Esgrene Bible University ulna 50,000 Hill gift. Pace 4. Commercial and Marine. Deadlock between wool buyers and sellers In Eastern Orecon. Pace 21. Wheat breaks at Chicago because of record world stocka Page 21. AH Coast shipping may be tied up today by moor trouoiea page I. Portland grain exports greater than all Puget Sound porta . Page 18. Specialties are firmer In Wall-street trad ing, page 21. Portland and Vicinity. Bishop W. M. Bell opens Orecoa United tretnren conference, pace e. Mr. Ballln gives views on education. Pace T. Industry stops to honor J. J. Hill. Pace IS. 15O0 women attend Mrs. Vaughn's cooking lecture. Page 14. Girls of Benson Polytechnic exhibit work today. Page 13. Union president says labor favors prepared ness by otg majority, jrage -i. Contrlbutlons for starving Armenians be gin. Page 11. Marital mixup Is undoing of R. C. Turner, alias McElroy. page 14. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 21. Cruiser Marhlebead gets ovation coming up river. pace o. Professor Crawford's funeral will be held today. Pare 5. . Success In South Portland's campaign la predicted. Page 6. PICNICKERS ARE POISONED Iiebano! 'llfgli .-School-" Seniors , Gcf . Ptomaine in Salmon. . LEBANON, Or, May 31. (Special.) More than a dozen members of the Leb anon High School senior class were taken down by ptomaine poisoning last night while on a graduating picnic at Waterloo. All were able to be up and about today. Canned salmon was served at a 10 o'clock supper.- It seemed that only one can caused the trouble, about one third of the party being made ill. Doc tors were rushed out in autos from this city and prompt treatment given. EDGAR E. CALVIN ELECTED Short Iilne Vice-President Becomes President of Union Pacific. NEW TORK. May 31. Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad today elect ed Edgar E. Calvin, president, to suc ceed A. L. Mohler, whose resignation, due to ill health, takes effect July 1. Mr. Calvin has been vice-president and general manager of the Oregon Short Line, a Union Pacific subsidiary. TO SMOKE OUT HUGHES IS NOW LOBBY HALTS LAUD GRANT LEGISLATION Senate Argues All Day, Then Doesn't Act. LENROOT LEADS OPPOSITION Defeat of Chamberlain Amend ment to Bill Sought. FURTHER DELAY POSSIBLE Filibuster Threatened Today and IX Vote Is Not Taken Passage- Will Go Over Until After Two Political Conventions. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lngton. May 31. (Special.) But for i personal lobby conducted on the floor of the Senate today by Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin, the Oregon Si California land-grant bill would have passed the Senate early this afternoon in the form In which it was reported by Senator Chamberlain on Monday. As a result of Mr. Lenroot i activities, a protracted debate, savoring at times of filibuster, .consumed the entire day. forcing a recess until tomorrow noon when the bill will coma up again. Mr. Lenroot. a member of the other house, had access to the floor of the Senate through courtesy. Sole Object la Defea- of Asaeadment. His sole object was to defeat the Chamberlain amendment providing for the distribution of receipts. Mr. Lenroot made his canvass among the conservationists the disciples of GifCord Plnchot- He converted Senator Norris. of Nebraska, and Senators Hus ting, of Wisconsin. Poindexter of Wash ington, La. Follette of Wisconsin and Newlands of Nevada. Not all these Senators participated in the debate, but all will be prepared tomorrow to make a Joint onslaught on the principal Chamberlain amendment. After the. Senate adjourned Senator Chamberlain expressed confidence in his ability ' to defeat the conservation opposition, but admitted the possibility of a further filibuster, which could easi ly prevent a vote tomorrow. Delay la Possible. If the land-grant bill does not pass the Senate tomorrow. Senator Cham berlain says it must go over until after the conventions, as it will be impossible to muster a quorum after Thursday. Senator Chamberlain, after calling up the land-grant bill, read an ex tended report of Special Attorney Will lama to the Attorney-General. In stantly the Senators left the chamber, and within 10 minutes only tlx Sen ators were left. The Senators gener ally are not interested. The Oregon Representatives were on hand to natch proceedings, and Representative Len root, who proved to be Oregon's enemy in the House, conferred at length with Senator Norris in opposition to the Chamberlain amendment increasing the staters share of the proceeds. Senator Korrla Declares War. Senator Norris asked that the bill be allowed to go over until tomorrow so the Senators may have time to study (Concluded on Page in. Column 3.) ON IN CHICAGO. SHACKLET0N SAFE AT PORT STANLEY ANTARCTIC EXPLORER ARRIVES AT FALKLAND ISLANDS. British Lieutenant, Cut Off Irom Malt of Party, Makes Way With ltemnant From Ross Sea. LONDON. June 1. Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton. the Antarctic ex plorer, has arrived safely at Port Stan ley. Falkland Islands. The news that Lieutenant Shackle- ton was safe reacheoj London shortly alter midnight. The message from the explorer himself announced his arrival at Port Stanley. v The message said his ship, the En- aurance, tiad been "crushed in a Sea ice floe last October but that it drifted until mid-Winter w,hen he and his party landed on Elephant Island, in the South Shetland group. The explorer left in a small boat with five men a week later to summon help, leaving 23 men behind. All of hem were well but in a situation which demands the Quickest possible relief. The message of Lieutenant Shackle- ton was dated Port Stanley. May 31 It said be left Elephant Island April 4. The news of the safety of Sir Erne and the small party with him has not lessened the necessity for relief, which Is even more pressing now on behalf of the men left behind In the ice on Elephant Island, probably scantily provided with provisions and other necessities as well as in behalf of the Ross Eea party, which was stranded on the great barrier through the break- ng away of the relief ship Aurora, which returned to New Zealand early n the year. 'ATTACK" ON T. R. IS HOAX Knife Incident Kehearsed Carefully, Say Police. KANSAS CITY Mo.. May 31. The police tonight branded the so-called attempted assassination" yesterday of Colonel Roosevelt, as a hoax, "the work of certain fakers, carefully re hearsed in advance with a knife in troduced aa a "stage property" to give it color, according to a story printed here. Patrolmen in the guard around the visitor, the story says, were unaware of any untoward incident until the mai, who turned the weapon over to the jolice, stooped over the running board of the automobile, in which the Colonel was riding, and then banded a small pocket knife to one of the of ficers. The blade was closed. JUDGE IN SOLOMON ROLE Court to Decide Who Is Mother of Alleged Spurious Heir. CHICAGO. May 31 Jessie Bryan to day for the hrst time saw the baby she claims as her own. when in the arms of Mrs. Anna Dollie Ledgerwood Matters. The little girl wan brought Into the courtroom on Federal Judge Landis' order, who is to decide which of the two women shall be given the right to call the child her own. On charges of attempting to foist the child on the Probate Court as .heir to the estate of her husband, the late Fred Matters, Mrs. Matters recently was ac quitted. The Bryan girl claims the child was taken from her in the Miseri cord la xloxpltal. Ottawa. Ont. PEACE TRIP HINT IS DENIED Ford Manager Says Visit to Europe Is for Business Only. HOBOKEM, Jf. J.. May 31. Gaston Plantiff. business manager for Henry Ford, was one of the passengers who sailed today for Europe on the steam ship Frederick VIII of the Scandinavian-American line. Mr. Plantiff denied today that his trip was the forerunner of another peace expedition and said he was go ing abroad to look over sites where it is possible assembling plants may be erected as branches of Mr. Ford's factory. MUNITIONS EXPORTS VAST Total Value Since Start of War Al ready Reaches $388,000,000. WASHINGTON. May 31. Kxport sta tistics assembled today in the Bureaus of Foreign and Domestic Commerce In dicate that munitions shipments to Eu rope will pass the $500,000,000 mark before the war has gone two years. At the end of April, guns and ammu nition valued at $388,000,000 had been exported. BRANDEIS REPORTS READY Senate, In Kxecutlve Session, Consider Nomination Today. to WASHINGTON. May 31. Majority and minority members of the Senate judiciary committee today completed their reports for and against confirma tion of the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis for the Supreme Court. They will be submitted to the Senate in executive session tomorrow. 121 NEUTRAL SHIPS SUNK Leclanaw Is Only American Listed as Victim of Submarine. WASHINGTON. May 31. Official figures published by the British Em bassy show that up to the end of April neutral nations had lost 121 ships sunk by submarines. In the list appears one American ALL COAST SHIPPING TIE UP TODAY River. Steamer Lines Also Face Walkout. UNIONS' DEMANDS REFUSED Liner Beaver Not to Be Load ed Pending Developments. ALL PORTS ARE AFFECTED American Labor Federation Said ta Have Advised Government Long shoremen's Strike Will Be ' Violation of Agreement. EFFECTS OF LO.NGSHOREMEVS AND U I V 7. It STEAM BOAT MEX'S' STRIKE ORDERS. Portland Coasting vessels pre pare for possible tie-up. ruver r t craft may be operated by non union men. Steamer Beaver not to load. Seattle :000 men at noon. Employers' to fight. Aberdeen Tie-up aticaL Less than vessels In harbor. Astoria Northern continue passenger may be out t Association -t problem- ilf dozen t t Pacific to service, but freight may not be handled and other craft mar be held up. San Francisco Interruption in entire coastwise bay and river services expected. San Diego Steamers Tale and Harvard may carry passengers only. J Pacific Coast owners of deep water vessels have decided to lay up their ships today rather than pay Increased wages and overtime.' and meet certain new working conditions demanded by longshoremen at all ports from Puget Sound to San Diego, according to tele grams received yesterday. River steam boat owners also had until today t meet a new scale on the Coast Sad have so far refused. One of the first moves affecting Portland's commerce was receipt of an order not to load the big steamer Beaver, Captain Mason, of the San Francisco &. Portland Steamship Com pany's line. The order was received yesterday, and the vessel completed discharging the last of her cargo, a shipment of cement for rellnlng the O.-W. R. Sz N. tunnel on the PeASnaula. at Alblna dock last night- Order la Precautionary. She is to return to her berth at Ains- worth dock before 6 o'clock this morn ing, and while her sailing Saturday has not been positively cancelled, it is said a continuation of the trouble means she will remain Idle. San Francisco advices last night were that G. L. Blair, general manager of the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company, said tonight that the orders not to load the Beaver at Portland had been Issued by him. and affected only the Beaver. "I issued the order he said, "to avoid having a lot of freight tied up In the ship in the event of a strike. The order will hold until we see how the cat jumps, and we ought to know all about that tomorrow. Shipowners who are getting wartime freight rates may be able to stand the raise demand ed by the longshoremen. but the freights we are able to- charge in the regular coastwise trade will not justi fy any increase. "We are hoping there will be no strike and. until one is actually de clared, will make no plans for operat ing. The Beaver order was merely a precautionary measure taken in the In terest of the shippers." The steamer Bear, of that line. whJch sailed from Portland Monday after noon, reached San Francisco yesterday, and the Rose City, the third member of the fleet, sailed from San Pedro for San Francisco yesterday and is dus there today. The turbtner Northern Pacific, of the Great Northern Pacific fleet, reached Flavcl at 13:50 o'clock yesterday. Impending rtrike trouble will not be permitted to Interfere with the prompt sailings of tht Great Northern and Northern Pacific, which today Inaugur ate the regular trl-weekly schedule between Flavel and San Francises. Both ships will sail on time, headquar ter . officials say, and. if necexsity forces the action, freight will not be carried. C. 'W. Wiley, marine superintendent of the North Bank system, who is now in San Francisco, has not joined in an agreement to tie up ships until the strike Js over. He was In conference by wire with President Gilman and It was stated last night that the position of the Great Northern Pacific Steam ship Company was not quite the same as that of some other lines that are heavy freight carriers. As the turblners are almost exclu sively devoted to the passenger busi ness, it was announced that the North ern Pacific and Great Northern would sail today carrying passengers, but that If the strike interfered with loading the freight would be left on the docks. Until late yesterday it was the im pression that operators of coastwise AY (Concluded on Page 3. Column i.) ship, the Leelauaw, sunk l&Julv. ICuacluUed oa face II Culuuut A "Gil 106.2
