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5 LONDON IS AGHAST AT NAVAL DEFEAT view had apparently been general that the German fleet would not risk a full fledged engagement. Thousands of GERMAN FLAGS RISE AND HOLIDAY TAKEN TAJ LO 1 those who bought special editions of the THE 3IORNINO OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. JUNE 3, 1916. IT'S newspapers in the streets had friends or relatives in the big fleet and there were immediately many anxious in quiries. A considerable crowd gathered at the Admiralty headquarters hoping for some more definite news, but official sources yielded nothing beyond the brief bulletins. Nothing except the bat tle was talked of in the hotel lobbies, the clubs, streetcars and cafes. It was remarkable how the feeling of con fidence in the grsat British fleet kept its hold on the populace, despite the undeniably heavy losses chronicled in the official accounts of . the fight. Everywhere the talk was not so much of the loss as of confidence in the future and a determination to prepare to carry on the struggle against Ger many with increased force. EFFECT IS HELD IMPORTANT Admiralty Frankly Admits Se rious Nature of British1 Losses in Warships. Celebration of Naval Victory , Is Ordered in Nation by Army Staff. MINE FIELD IS SUSPECTED PRESS IS COMPLIMENTARY News First Flashed to Public in Newspaper' Extra Edition Fol lowed by Greatest Conster nation Since War Began. LOXDON, June 2. After rumors had been flying- about all day that a naval battle had occurred in the North Sea, the British public received news from the Admiralty tonight that will send a painful shock throughout the coun try. According: to the Admiralty an nouncement, in an engagement off Jut land on "Wednesday afternoon the Brit ish battle cruiser fleet met a German fleet, with the result that three British battle cruisers were 1 sunk, together with three cruisers and eight de stroyers. The battle seems to have lasted through the afternoon and the follow ing night. The German fleet's losses are stated to have been serious, but no very definite information of these losses is afforded by the Admiralty an nouncement. One battle cruiser is de clared to have been destroyed and an other severely damaged, while the be lief Is expressed that a large number of German destroyers were disposed of. The news was flashed out in special editions of the evening newspapers and caused greater consternation in the west end of London than had been wit nessed on any previous occasion since the declaration of war. Sertoli Loss Is Admitted. The frankness of the Admiralty an nouncement concerning the serious na ture of the British losses and the ap parently small losses of the Germans in comparison led to the assumption in most minds that the British vessels must have been led into a mine field. Following quickly upon the Admiralty announcement came the German offi cial version of the fight, which, in gen eral, confirms the British account, but carries the claim that the battleship Warspite also was sunk and other Brit ish battleships damaged. The German losses, according to the German version of the battle, were the small cruiser Wiesbaden, sunk by gun fire, and the battleship Pommern by a torpedo, while the cruiser Frauenlob and a. number of torpedo-boats are missing. The text of the early Admiralty an nouncement follows: "On the afternoon of Wednesday. May 31. a naval engagement took place off the coast of Jutland. The British ships on which the brunt of the fight ing fell were the battle cruiser fleet and some cruisers and light cruisers, supported by four fast battleships. Low Visibility Aids Germans. "Among these the losses were heavy. The German battle fleet, aided by low visibility, avoided a prolonged action with our main forces. As soon as they appeared on the scene, the enemy re turned to port, though not before re ceiving severe damage from our battle ships. "The battle cruisers Queen Mary, In defatigable and Invincible, and the cruisers Defence and Black Prince were sunk. The Warrior was disabled and, after being towed for some time, had to be abandoned by her crew. It is also known that the destroyers Tip- perary, irortune, Turbulent, Sparrow hawk and Ardent were lost and six others are not yet accounted for. No British battleships or light cruisers were sunk. The enemy s losses were serious. At least one battle cruiser was destroyed and one was severely damaged. One battleship is reported to have been sunk by our destroyers. During the night attack two light cruisers were disabled and probably sunk. The exact number of enemy destroyers disposed or during tne action cannot be ascer lainea witn any certainty, but must have been large. Eight British Destroyers Lout. A British official communication is sued later says: "Since the foregoing communication was issued, a further report has been received from the commander-in-chief of the grand fleet stating that it has now been ascertained that our total losses in destroyers amount to eight boats in all. The commander-in-chief also reports that it is now possible to form a closer estimate of the losses and the damage sustained by the enemy iieer. "One dreadnought battleship of the Kaiser class was blown up in an attack by British destroyers. and another dreadnought battleship of the Kaiser class is believed to have been sunk by gunnre. or tnree German battle cruis ers, two of which it is believed were the Derfflinger and the Lutzow, one was blown up, another was heavily en gaged by our battle fleet and was seen to be disabled and sloping, and the third was observed to be seriously damaged. "One German light cruiser and six German destroyers were sunk and at least two more German light cruisers were seen to be disabled. Further, re peated hits were observed on three other German battlshipa that were en gaged. ' Finally, a German submarine was rammed and sunk." Germans Scatter Mines. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele- eraph from Copenhagen says: "During the retreat of the German fleet large numbers of mines were thrown out. Today (Friday) several German floating mines were seen in the North Sea. Fishermen say that i cruiser struck a mine 50 miles north west of the Wyl lightship. Only a few of the men of the crew were saved." The attitude of the public for the most part was of astonishment. The THE ORIGINAL SYIAL7ED JVIILK Richmilk,malted grain extract.ia powder. Forlnfants.Invalida and growing children. Pure nutrition.upbuildingthewholcbody. Invigorates nursing mothers smiths agad. The Food-Drink for all Ages More nutritious than tea, coffee, etc. SHbslitnte cost YOU Same Pri London Express Says Superiority Not Endangered. LONDON, June 3. The Daily Ex press says: "Undoubtedly Zeppelins aided . the German fleet to return to port. These monsters of the air have shown them selves of small military value in raids over the British counties. Their real function, however, is to play the part of eyes of the fleet, and the withdrawal of the German ships Defore the British giants could deliver effective blows suggests that they were the far-seeing eyes. . . "If our losses were three times as great and the enemy had not lost ship, maritime superiority would still be ours. The" whole' thing is an un fortunate incident and nothing more. We deeply deplore the deaths of so many gallant sailors, but we must accept the episode as the fortune of war. And we may well be thankful that it can have no . sort of effect on the final issue. 'The British fleet will continue to hold the seas, and we shall retain the power to persist in the blockade of the enemy's ports. We have the power, ndeed, considerably to tighten the blockade, and ,ihe best reply to any German boastih'g concerning Wednes day night's battle will be to give an additional twist to the navy's strangle hold on Germany's overseas commerce." DISABLED WARSHIP IN TOW Windows in Danisb Houses Are Shattered During Battle. LONDON. June 2. A dispatch from Ringkjobing. Denmark, to Reuter's Tel egram Company under date of Thurs day, delayed by the censor, says: "From 4 o'clock yesterday (Wednes day) and during the greater part of the night a heavy cannonade was heard from several points on the west coast of Jutland. Many windows were brok en here and people left their beds to ascertain the meaning of the firing. 'At midnight a Zeppelin passed over the coast. At 11 this morning (Thurs day) a German destroyer appeared off Noerre Lyngvig lightship with engine trouble and unable to proceed. At J o'clock in the afternoon another Ger man destroyer arrived and left an hour later with the disabled destroyer in tow." SCHOOLS GIVE CONCERTS BENSOJf POLYTECHNIC ALSO HAS VAUDEVILLE FEATURES. Arrangement of Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs at Washington High Adds to Effect of Programme. The part that music is playing in the higher schools of Portland was demon strated last night at the vaudeville and concert given by the Benson Polytech nic School students at Lincoln High School auditorium and by the concert given by the various musical organiza tions at Washington High auditoriun by students of that school. The pro grammes at both places were heard by large audiences. It was evident there is much talent in each of the schools, and W. H. Boyer. supervisor of music in the Port land Bchools, sounded the keynote of the purpose of the occasional concert programmes, when he said: "I want you to understand that we have made music a real study in the school. The large Benson Polytechnic Band, under the direction of C. S. Brereton, and' the vocal and Instrumental num bers, under the direction of Fred Strick land, received hearty applause. The entertaining vaudeville acts had been worked out by the participating stu dents and brought into evidence the talent and originality of the students. At the Washington High School the programme was devoted exclusively to music. On one side of the stage were the members of the Girls' Glee Club, in white frocks, and on the other the Boys' Glee Club, in dark suits. Mr, Bpyer and Harold Bayley directed the young musicians. Big Fire Is Spreading In Texas. mahatho.n, Tel., J una Z. A moun tain fire in the Glass Mountain district, 12 miles west of here, today has de stroyed 30 sections of timber and grass lands, and is spreading rapidly. DESCRIPTION OF HE British dreadnought Marl-, borough, said to have been struck by a torpedo, was of the Iron Duke class. She was built at Devonport in 1914. displaces 25,000 tons, was 620 feet long, 95 V4 feet beam and 27 feet deep. She carried 10 13.5-lnch guns, 12 six inch guns and a number of smaller arms. She also was equipped with four submerged torpedo tubes. The Invincible was laid down in 1907. ghe displaced 17,250 tons, was 562 feet long over all, 78 feet beam and 26 feet deep. Her normal complement was 731. She was armed with eight 12-inch guns, 16 four-inch guns and three torpedo tubes. The Invincible took part in the naval engagement off the Falkland Islands In December, 1914. in which the German Pacific squadron, after defeat ing a British squadron off the Chilean coast, was destroyed. The Defence was built in. 1907, dis placement 14,600 tons and ordinarily carried 755 men Her length was 525 feet, her beam i4 feet and her maxi mum draught 28 feet. She was armed with four 9.2-inch and 10 7.5-inch guns, 16 12-pounders and five torpedo tubes. The Black Prince was built in 1904, displaced 13,550 tons and carried 704 men. She was 480 feet long and 73 feet beam. Her armament was six 9.2 and 10 6-inch guns, 20 8-pounders and three torpedo tubes. The Warrior,- which was disabled, displaces 13,660 tons and is 480 feet long. Her complement is 704. She car ries six 9.2-inch and four 7.5-inch guns, 24 3-pounders and three torpedo tubes. The dreadnought Warspite was a sister ship of the Queen Elizabeth, both of which played a prominent part in the attempt of the British Mediter ranean fleet to force the Dardanelles. The Warspite was 650 feet long and displaced 27.500 tons; She was built in 1914 at a cost of $12,500,000. The War spite is reported to have carried eight 16-inch guns in place of the 15-inch guns carried by the Queen Elizabeth. She also was equipped with 12 or 16 six-inch guns, 12 four-inch guns, four three-pounders and was fitted with four 21-inch torpedo tubes. Her com plement was 750. Jha Queen, Alarjr and thtt lndeXati- British Fleet Declared Superior in Numbers Victors Rescue Sur vivors of Destroyed Enemy Vessels Dead Numerous. BERLIN, via Amsterdam to London, June 2. An army order issued today commanding that flags be raised throughout the city and 'a holiday de clared in th9 schools in celebration of the German naval victory. The German . press comments ex tensively on the battla in the North Sea between' the German and British fleets. Captain . Perslus, naval expert of the Tagcblatt, says: "Our high seas fleet in open battle and without any support of coast forti fications, gave a victorious battle to the mightiest fleet in the world. The whofe of Germany thanks the commander-in-chief and the commanders and crews. Our losses were extraor dinarily small, while England's were extraordinarily large." . Nation Is Gratified. The Tages Zeitung says: 430ur fleet has resisted brilliantly in this battle the greatest which has been fought since the invention of steel-plated armor and our flag has been covered with everlasting glory.' In the Reichstag. Dr. Johannes Kaempf. president of the Chamber, in referring to the battle, said that though Germany's losses had been heavy, those of Great Britain had been much heavier. Dr. Kaempf expressed the nation's gratitude to the navy. The text of the German Admiralty report, which Is dated June 1, says: "During an enterprise directed to the northward our high sea fleet on May 31 encountered the main part of the Eng lish fighting fleet, which was consid erably superior to our forces. Engagement Is Heavy. "During the afternoon, between Skagerak and Horn Riff, a heavy en gagement developed which was suc cessful for us' and which continued dur ing the whole night. In this engagement, so far as known up to the present, there were destroyed by us the large battleship Warspite the battle cruisers Queen Mary and In defatigable, two armored cruisers, ap parently of the Achilles type, one small cruiser, the new flagship of the de stroyer squadrons, the Turbanant, Nest ore and Alcaster, a large number of torpedo-boat destroyers and one sub marine. "By observation which was free and clear of objects, it was stated that large number of English battleships suffered damage from our ships and the attacks of our torpedo-boat flo tilla during the day engagement and throughout the night. "Among others the large battleship Marlborough was hit by a torpedo. This was confirmed by prsoners. Germans Rescue Britons. i "Several of our ships rescued parts of the crews of the sunken English ships, among them being two and the only survivors of the Indefatigable. "On our side the small cruiser Wies baden by hostile gun fire during the day engagement and His Majesty's ship Pommern, during the night, as the result of a torpedo, were sunk. "The fate of His Majesty's ship Frauenlob which is missing, and of some torpedo boats, which have not returned yet, is unknown. "The high sea fleet returned today (Thursday) into our port." GRAND FLEET NOT ENGAGED Britisli Buttle Cruisers Said to Have Prevented Escape. LOXDON, June 3. The Daily Graphic's naval expert says: "It is quite clear that the main German fleet was trying to come out and that our battle cruis ers intercepted them and held them, and that they finally were forced to re turn to port. In other words. Admiral Jellicoe's grand fleet came up after our battle cruieers had held the enemy and the enemy retired. The German fleet admitted its inability to meet our grand fleet and is securely locked up, despite its success, as it was before. "There remains, nevertheless, a black page in our naval history In jo far as loss of splendid ships and splendid lives are concerned. It is Illumined, however, by glorious fighting against vastly superior weight of metal, but the blow remains and it is a desperately heavy one." WARSHIPS SUNK gable were both British battle cruis ers of 27,000 and 18,750 tons displace ment, respectively. The Queen Mary was 720 feet long, 87 feet beam and drew 30 feet of water. She was com pleted in 1913. She carried eight 13.5- inch guns, 16 four-inch guns and was equipped with three 21-inch torpedo IUDC8. The Indefatigable was 578 feet long, iVYx reet beam and 27 feet deeo. This battle cruiser was equipped with eight li-mcn guns, lb four-inch guns and had three 21-inch torpedo tubes. The Queen Mary and the Indefatigable carried complements of between 900 and 950 The Queen Mary cost about $10,000,000, wnue tne inaeiatigaDle cost nearly fo,vuu,uuv. The German battleship Pommern which was sunk by a British torpedo displaced 12,997 tons. She was 398 feet long, ii reet beam and 25 feet deep. The Pommern was built in 1907 at a cost of about $6,000,000. She carried 729 orucers ana men. Her armament con slsted of four 11-inch guns, four 6.7- inch guns, a number of pieces of smaller cauoer ana six 17.7-lnch torpedo tubes. The Frauenlob, which did not return to the German base after the naval en gagement, was a small German cruiser uispiacing z no ions. The German battle cruisers D.i-f. flinger and Lutzow, one of which the British officials announced tonight was Dlown up, are vessels of the same ciass. tacn snip displaces 26,600 tons. is dj ieei long, o ieet beam, with draught of 27 feet. The Derfflinger was completed in July, 1914, and the Lutzow a year later. The ships carried eight 12-inch guns, 12 six-inch guns and 12 24-pounders. They also were equipped with four torpedo tubes each. The Derfflinger once before was re ported by the British to have been sunk, when she participated in an en gagement in the North Sea on January 24, 1915. A later report said that she had been badly damaged in the fight and was drydocked at Hamburg for re pairs. The German crulser'Wiesbaden, men tioned in the German official announce ment as having been sunk, is not listed in Una naval annals. That I Want to Keep Busy Thousands of Dollars are being sent out of Portland daily for clothing that can just as well be made in Portland. Let's Keep Our Home Tailors Busy They are men of families, steady and industrious, trained in the art of building good clothes. They can do your work here just as well as if they were in the East. The Advantages of a Tailor-Made Suit You have the selection of any piece of goods of upwards a thou sand styles, built into a suit any way you want it. You will have it tried on in the bastings to insure a perfect fit You will have it inspected by an expert tailor, whose business it is to see that the suit fits you perfectly before it leaves the establishment Be Loyal to Portland's Interest I LAY ASIDE The Best Suit You Ever Had in Your Life for RAY PORTLAND'S LEADING TAILOR MASS MEETING GALLED DISAPPROVAL OF DISMISSAL. TEACHER TO BE VOICED. OF School Board to Be Taken to Task for Discharging J. L. Kerchrn. Resolutions Are Adopted. By a protest mass meeting, at which a number of prominent and influential community leaders, including preachers, writers, business men and lawyers, will be invited to .speak, it is proposed to voice disapproval of the dismissal of J. L. Kerchen by the School Board re cently following his trial for alleged educational heresy. The mass meeting will bo held June 12 at the Central Library. Tentative plans for the' gathering were mapped out last night at a meeting of a volun tary committee, numbering 12, which met at the Library. The committee meeting was presided over by Mrs. J. R. Oatman, and a resolution was sub mitted y Colonel C. E. S. Wood, set ting forth reasons for calling the mass protest meeting. The resolution was adopted without dissent and In effect it declaims as follows: Whereas It has been the decision of the School Board of DlBtrlct No. 1 to dismiss from the teaching force of the Portland public schools J. 1. Kerchen: and Whereas, There was Introduced into the case evidence which has to do with the personal, religious, evolutionary, sociologi cal and patriotic views of said Mr. Ker chen ; and Whereas. These views were of personal concern to Mr. Kerchen only and were al most solicited by the board members con ducting the trial, and further that It wu shown that these views were personally ob jectionable to certain members of the board whnsA oninlon may be biased thereby: and Whereas, It seems that such evidence was a determining factor In the decision or tne board: and Whereas. This is a matter which vitally concerns the liberty of Portland citizenship nnri since the admission of such evidence strikes at the very heart of freedom of opinion and of our fundamental rights, and further, that It is more a question or prin flnU than nf Individuals. Therefore, be it resolved. That on June 12 a mass protest meeting be held for the purpose of publicly expressing our disap proval of the board i action. CITY ERRORS ARE EXPOSED Zone System for Firemen Given Vp and Victims Complain. More of the wreckage from the com plicated system of government experi mented with in Portland during the arlv davs of commission form came to shore yesterday at the City Council meeting. It was the zone system adopted for the fire bureau, which was a beautiful theory that failed to work and accordingly was cast overboard, Under the system firemen were placed In zones and the salaries based upon the zone. Eleven firemen suffered de creases In salary by the rearrange ment. The 11 now are asking that they be' put back to the salary they had before, inasmuch as tne system has been dropped and their opportunity of overcoming the handicap has disap peared. STATE RESTS ITS CASE Effort Made to Prove Innes Got Mrs. Dennis Money. ATLANTA, Ga.. June 2. The state rested its case lata, today in the trial of Victor E. Innes," charged with lar ceny after trust of $4000 from Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis, who. with her sister, Beatrice Nelms. disappeared in Texas In 1914. The state tried to show by, today's testimony that Innes and his wife, who faces a similar charge, got at least part of the money from Mrs. Dennis in Atlanta shortly before she went to San AAtonio, Air, and Mis. Jjxaes were ac- Made to Order Are ALL PROFITS TODAY-SATURDAY BAR quitted there of having murdered the missing women. Mrs. R. A. Gantz. of Salt Lake City, testitied that early in 1914 Innes and his wife personally negotiated with her for the purchase of land which she held at a. value of $4000. J. Walter Lecraw. an attorney, testi fied that in an investigation at Salt Lake City and in Montana last month he was unable to find records of prop erty purchased by Innes. Mrs. Viola Sickles Innes, former wife of Innes. here to testify for the state. has Instituted habeas corpus proceed ings to get possession of her 12-year-old son, awarded to Innes when he ob tained a divorce from her. The child is under care of Innes' sister here. SONS OF NEPTUNE TO COME Organization Sponsored at Astoria Will Take Part in Festival. The Sons of Neptun, of Astoria, have chartered the steamer Undine for a special excursion to Portland on the evening of June 6. and expect to par ticipate in the Rose Festival activities 100 strong. The Sons of Neptune are composed of admirals and officers of the Astoria nnual regatta, and the membershiD includes many prominent Portland business men as well as Astorians and residents of other cities. The officers of the United States ships South Da kota. Albany and Snohomish were in itiated last year as honorary members, including Rear Admiral Pond, (-amain Tozcr, Captain Alexander and Lieuten ant Blackburn, the latter being now In command of the Marhlehead. -imiiimiiiiiiiiimiimi 'iMiiiiiiiiiimmimiiim Support Home Industry Clothes Made in Portland KHU CORNER SIXTH AND STARK DR. MARCOTTE GULLED FLATTERING PASTORATE OFFEIl IS RECEIVED FROM ILLINOIS. Chiraao Educators Urge Westminster Church Leader to Aceept De cision la Not Yet Made. A flattering offer of the pastorate of a large church and a substantial salary was received yesterday by the Rev. Henry Marcotte. for the past 12 years pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church of this city. The call is from LaGrange, 111., near to Chicago. In addition to the telegram from the church Dr. Marcotte received telegrams from leading educators of Chicago asking that he consider the call and accept It. Last night Dr. Marcotte was unde cided what answer he would make. Under his leadership the church has grown from 163 to 760 in membership. The old church at Eaet Tenth and Weidler was enlarged and later the big. beautiful edifice at East Seven teenth street was erected. Last year Dr. Marcotte was offered & large salary to become the secretary of church erec tion in University centers, but this he declined, as it would keep him out on the road much of the time and instead of being & preacher he would have been compelled to give most of his time to business. In two years the Westminster Church has reduced its debt $9000. which Dr. The Cole Eight Is a Prize Winner Enter the Floral Parade with the one we have ready for delivery. Its beauty will put you among the prize winners. Its performance will delight and surprise you. The Cole is the car of today and of the future. It is trie car you want. Eight cylinders, 70-h. p., seven-passenger, 127 wheel base, aisled front seats. $1595 factory. Northwest Auto Co. Broadway at Couch ZlZZ&ZiSrJnr. Phones : Broadway 887 ; A-4959 To Rose Festival Visitors The convenience of our location so near to depots, hotels and lines of parades, is at your service. Have your mail addressed in our care and keep your appointments with your friends the latch string is out. r-'' ( V-V lisjlf"-'"""-'.. -V--' v A 4 . , - x -V. --.rr" I Made to Order Every garment made under my personal supervision in my own sanitary workshop on the premises. Marcotte declares is a good showing considering the depressing financial conditions. Dr. Marcotte's former home was Chicago, where he attended school and college. MAN OF 97 TAKES HIS LIFE Henry IJennctt, Sorrowing for Wife, Hungs Himself in Woodshed. Henry Bennett. 97. of 826 East Ash street, yesterday carried out the threat of suicide that he has made frequently since the death of his wife, which took place nine years ago. The body was discovered by his son, J. M. Bennett, with whom he lived, when the latter re turned from work at 4:30. He entered the woodhsed 'to discover the form of his father swinging by a rope from a rafter. Deputy Coroner Smith was sum moned and investigated the case, which was so plainly one of suicide that he permitted the body to be removed by an undertaker. 11 of 16 New Citizens Are Britons. EUGENE. Or.. June 2. (Special.) Sixteen applicants were admitted to citizenship in the Lane County Circuit Court today. Eleven, including one woman, renounced King George of Eng land. The others were natives of ijen mark. Norway and Sweden. Rranilrin to He Sworn In Jane 12. WASHINGTON. June 2. Louis D. Brandeis will be sworn in as a mem ber of the Supreme Court probably June 12. The Senate yesterday confirmed Mr. Brandeis' nomination by a vote of 47 to 22. He succeeds the late Asso ciate Justice Lamar, of Georgia. imiiiiimmiimiiinmi- imiiiiimimiiimimii.-: