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VOL. L.VI NO. 17,328. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. COLONEL GAN'T WIN BUT HE HOLDS KEY PEACETALK AMONG GERMANS CEASING MAN TIRED OF LIFE DIES BY OWN HAND BRITISH SAY FOE'S HUNT CLUB'S, HOME BURNS; LOSS $4500 10 ARE INJURED BY LOSS WAS HEAVIER AUTO REACTION NOTED AS RESULT OF RECENT NAVAL BATTLE. ERNEST BRYANT USES REVOL FLAMES QUICKLY DEMOLISH VER, AT MOTHER'S HOME. GARDEN HOME STRUCTURE. WAN LITTLE BOOMS RISING IN CHICAGO OVERTURNING One Fact Stands Out in Chicago. GREAT "MOVEMENT" IS MYTH Guesswork Ends With Delega tions Actually on Ground. POSITION, THOUGH, STRONG Roosevelt Still in Position to Make OP Unmake Any Candidate in the Field, With Single Ex ' ceptlon of Himself. CHICAGO, June 4. (Editorial Cor respondence.) I have ceased to have any kind of confidence in the claims and prophecies of the experts In political prognostication; but I do not hesitate to risk a single observa tion on my own account. I do not know what the Republican convention is going- to do. but I am sure I can tell what It will not do. It will not nom inate Theodore Roosevelt to be its candidate for President not unless tome three or four or five hundred delegates who are now unquestionably against him are miraculously convert ed within the space of a few days. I do not make this statement in any epirlt of elation, nor do I pretend that I have fallen upon a great discovery. It Is the result of a painstaking: in vestigation, conducted solely with a View of ascertaining the facts. But one with an open eye must see the un cscapable truth. Great "Movement Is Myth. The preat Roosevt-lt movement myth; it does not exist except in the abounding- Imaginations of sundry sensation-loving reporters and in the gos sip of hotel lobbies, barber shops, men's cafes and street corners, but not with the delegates. It has decorated the front pages of the New York and Chicago newspapers -until now, when a faint glimmer of the i real situation has begun to penetrate reportorial heads. When the delegates began to arrive in Chicago, the era of spacefilling guesswork drew to its close. States which had been listed in the Roosevelt column took their proper places and the Roosevelt totals dwindled from formidable proportions to a few handfuls. Take the state of ."Washington, for example It has been credited for the most part to Roose velt, and even this morning's Chicago Tribune assigns to the Colonel six votes there. He has one or two, and he may have none. Sentiment Wrongly Estimated. It has been thought that Oregon will be for Colonel Roosevelt as second choice. I violate no delegate's confi dence when I venture the assertion that it Is a sad mistake. California, too, was supposed to be fairly aflame with Roosevelt enthusiasm. Perhaps it is, but it is not reflected in the desires or probable course of the men and women with votes. I was told by a New York delegate that a careful canvass of that delega tion disclosed that there are 45 for Hughes, 36 for Root and three for Roosevelt. The chief Inspiration for swelling the Roosevelt balloon in New York is a gentleman from Syracuse, a Mr. Wilkinson, an amiable and opti mistic follower of the Colonel. He told me that he had devoted seven entire months to a personal survey of the country, and that everybody is for Roosevelt, everybody, everywhere. Actual Consideration Considered. One is led to wonder whether the be lief In Colonel Roosevelt's Invincibility and overwhelming popularity, common to so many minas, is seif-nypnosls, or what? For It Is so demonstrably an error that It would be interesting to know Just why It persists. v I do not, of course, mean to deny Colonel Roose velt's general popularity. I would have it borne in mind that I am dis cussing him now as a candidate for President among delegates to the Na tional convention. I am not concerned In any academic consideration of the situation as it ought to be; only as it is, or, rather, as I see It. But I have not in any way altered my opinion, heretofore expressed, that Roosevelt holds the key to the situa tion. He can make or unmake any candidate except himself. The Repub lican convention is willing to negotiate with him and to compromise on any candidate except himself. It will probably accept any suggestion from him as to anyone except himself. If he should declare against Hughes, it may confidently be expected that the Hughes castle would topple over, and It Is the same with any other. If he says he prefers the nomination of Root or a dark horse, undoubtedly Root or the aforesaid dark horse would be lift ed near to a nomination. But what will he say or do when he learns, as he must learn, that the convention is not In a heroic mood? That is the great mystery of the hour, the subject o most anxious and nervous speculation. Knowing; Ones Expect Bombshell. It is thought by the wiseacres who know the Colonel's political habits that he is likely to toss a bombshell into the Republican camp at any moment. It is inconceivable to them that he will sit quietly by his Oyster Bay fireside (Concluded on fag 2. Column 2.) Popular Feeling Grows That Na tion's Salvation Still Lies in Pursuing Strong War Policy. BERLIN, June 4. (Special.) The general committee of the Conservative party has unanimously adopted a reso lution approving- the attitude of the party leaders and particularly the stand of the Conservative members in the Reichstag and the Prussian Parliament on submarine warfare and peace con ditions. It also extended a vote of thanks and confidence to the Conserva tive party chief. Van Heyderbrand. In this connection considerable com ment has been aroused by the frequen cy with which Grand Admiral von Tir pltz's name has been mentioned as e. result of the recent naval battle. No little significance Is attached to the fact that the Prussian House sent tele grams of congratulation not only to the Kaiser and Vice -Admiral Scheer, the commander at Sftager-Rak, but also to von Tirpitz, whose name evoked stormy applause. Many other congratulatory messages have been pouring In on von Tirpitz and these facta all tend to indi cate a strong reaction against peace talk and a growing popular feeling that Germany's salvation lies in a strong war policy. The Germans have been goaded into this reactionary state of mind by the fact that Germany's repeated intima tions of readiness to make peace have been Interpreted in Prance and Eng land as evidence of a weakening on Germany's part, and it has created a prejudice in high official circles against any further peace talk for the present. JAPANESE HONOR J. J. HILL Notable Orientals at Seattle Pay Tribute to Memory of Friend. SEATTLE, Wash., June 4. To honor the memory of James J. Hill for his part In developing trade between the United States and Japan, 60 Japanese business men of Seattle gathered at a dinner tonight as guests of C. T. Taka hashi, president of the Japanese Asso ciation of North America, and for 20 years a friend of Mr. Hill. Tributes to the dead "empire builder" were given by prominent Japanese. A large portrait of James J. Hill, supplemented by an emblem with an elaborate wreath, hung at one end of the hall and at one side was a group picture of Louis W. Hill and, his family. CHINDA SOON TO LEAVE Japan Prepares to Transfer Ambas sador to British Post. TOKIO, June 4. Japan has asked Great Britain to approve the appoint ment of Viscount Sutemi Chlnoa, now Ambassador to the United States, as Japanese Ambassador to the Court of St. James, as successor to the Marquis Katsunosuke Inouyo, who desires to re turn home. Viscount Chinda's chief activities in the United States have been in connec tion with the anti-alien land agitation In California, and he recently conferred frequently with Secretary of State Lansing with reference to a clause In the Immigration bill which was objec tionable to his government. WASHINGTON IS DIVIDED Majority Favors Root, but Commit tee Will Look for Winner. CHICAGO, June 4. (Special.) The Washington delegation, at a conference tonight, appointed a committee of five, one from each Congressional district. to size up the political situation and if possible pick the winner In the race for the nomination. The committee will report to a caucus of the delegation to be held tomorrow noon, at which time the delegation may take a definite stand. At present a majority of the delega tlon favors Root. A poll made en route showed eight for Root, five for Hughes and one for Weeks. COLONEL WILL STAY HOME Delegates Demands for Personal Attendance Not to Be Met.- CHICAGO, June 4. The Progressive National Committee will meet tomor row to make final arrangements for the convention at the Auditorium, Leaders thought it possible that some statement might be Issued bearing on the relations of the Republicans and Progressives. Despite incoming demands by Roose velt supporters today for the personal attendance here by Colonel Roosevelt, his secretary, John W. McGrath, de clared positively tonight that the Colonel would remain at Oyster Bay during the convention. YUKON NAVIGATION OPEN Dawson Reports Last Ice Has Dis appeared From Lake Labarge. DAWSON. T. T., June 4. The last ice disappeared from Lake Labarge yester day and navigation is open the full length of the Tukon. The first steam ers from White Horse for through trips to interior Yukon ports will leave White Horse Monday, when the Yukon will sail for Fairbanks and the Casca for Dawson. They will be followed by sailing dally until the whole of the White Horse- Dawson-Fairbanka run is dispatched, Conditions Merciful to Tender Growths. EVANESCENT QUALITY IS SEEN Citizens Assert Their Right to Run for President. UNKNOWNS ARE AMBITIOUS Mr. Cobb Finds That Noah Webster Covered Whole Ground in His Celebrated Work, Now Ap plicable to Situation. BT IRVIN S. COBB. CHICAGO, June 4. (Speclai.) In framing- my dispatch for this day and data I have sought the able, although posthumous, collaboration of a promi nent member of the well-known Web ster family of New England not Dan iel, but Noah. Daniel was a Republi can, or would have been had he lived until this time, but Noah wrote for all parties. He Is dead, but his dictionary goes marching on. To him then have I turned for help. In the sterling dictionary bearing his name I find for the short word "boom" the following array of definitions: Boon" Variously Defined. 1. A long pole or spar run out from various parts of a ship or other ves sel for the purpose of extending the bottom of particular sails. 2. A strong iron chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a har bor, to obstruct navigation or passage. 3. A pole set up as a mark to di rect seamen how to keep the channel in shallow water. 4. A hollow roar, as of waves, of cannon; the hollow cry of the bittern. 5. That space on the upper deck of a ship between the fore and mainmast. where spare spars, etc, are stowed. Verb; to make a hollow, sound or roar. "Hollow Roar" Descriptive. How vivid Is the English language. Here in Webster we discover that a boom Is a hollow roar, which exactly describes most of the booms presented to the attention of the delegates to the Republican National Convention now assembling. Some of them are so hollow you can see right through them and back again. We find, too, that a boom Is a thing used in connection with a device for catching the wind. That also applies. If it were not for wind, there would be but few booms here tonight in Chicago, whereas they are present in numbers amounting to a great multitude. Also a boom is space on an upper deck, as may be noted. There is any amount of space in the upper decks of some of these booms. In fact, on the upper deck they are practically all space wide, deep, (Concluded from Page 3, Column 2.) HAVING THE TIME OF Suicide Follows Talk With Neighbor, in Which Despondent Turn of Mind Is Indicated. Ernest Bryant, 67. for 18 years book keeper of the First National Bank of Corvallls. shot and killed himself Jast night about 7:30 o'clock at the home of his mother, 5351 Eighty-ninth street Southeast. Despondency is the apparent cause of his action, rle had complained to neighbors of his moth er and particularly to J. G. Kennedy, 5424 Eighty-ninth street, southeast. that life was not worth living." Mr. Bryant came here from Corvallls about five months ago, severing his connection with the First National Bank of that place about last October. At the time the tragedy took place. Mr. Bryant's mother, who is nast 80 years of age. was out walking with her grandchild, and Mr. Bryant was in the house with an aunt. When he shot himself, his aunt ran across the street to the home of William F. Kelly. Mr. Kelly found Mr. Bryant dying, and he lived but a few minutes after Mr. Kelly's arrival. Mr. Bryant was a cousin of Fire Mar shal Jay Stevens. PROGRESS OUSTS SCHOOL Engineers, Straightening River, to Raze Building Near Puyallup. TACOMA.Wash., June 4. (Special.) The little red schoolhouse which stands in the path of progress must go. In the tremendous task of straightening' the Puyallup River engineers have laid out their lines through many farms, have moved or torn down many buildings and they now have arrived at a point where the little Bryan School, near Puyallup, stands directly In the way of the giant excavators. A huge suction pump, nosing steadily ahead, is nearlng the building and the work of razing the structure will be started this week. ICE SWEEPS ALASKA TOWN Floating Cakes Demolish Buildings In Council City. NOME, Alaska, June 4. Council City was almost completely swept away by floating ice cakes from the Neukluk River late yesterday. Many buildings in the lower part of the town were de molished. The ice Jammed In a canyon a short distance buuw the settlement, causing the water to back up, and, with its burden of heavy ice, to flood the streets. A blizzard raged here today, and sluicing operations which began last Wednesday were suspended. MARINES ARE REINFORCED Additional Regiment Ordered to Haiti and Santo Domingo. SAN . DIEGO, Cal., June 4. The Fourth regiment of Marines, stationed here, will leave tomorrow for New Or leans, where it will embark for Haiti and Santo Domingo on the transport Hancock. It is understood the Fourth regiment will supplement the marines already on duty in the turbulent Island repub lies. The eight companies will be dis tributed between Port Au Prince and Santo Domingo City. HIS LIFE TOUCHING OFF THE 18 German Warships Declared Destroyed. NATION IS LESS PESSIMISTIC Admiralty Blamed for Needless Candor, at Outset. FEW OF OFFICERS SAVED Casualties in Line on Cruisers Sunk Are Noteworthy; Lord Beresford Says Beatty Won Brilliant but Costly Success. LONDON. June 4. The British Ad miralty tonight Issued a statement saying there was the strongest ground for the belief that the British navy In the battle with the Germans off Jut land last week had accounted for a total of 18 German men-of-war, and that there was nothing to add to 'or subtract from the original announce ment of the British losses. The statement gave the German loss es as two battleships, two dread nought battle cruisers, four light cruis ers, nine torpedo boat destroyers and a submarine. Feeling; of PeMUnlm Relieved. The pessimism which prevailed as a result of the Admiralty's original state ment of losses, which now Is considered to have been needlessly candid and conservative in underestimating the extent of the German losses, as com pared with those of Great Britain, has been greatly lessened by the latest statement. A dispatch from Copenhagen says rumors are current in Hamburg that two additional German warships be sides those announced in the German communication the battleship West falen and the battle cruiser Lutzowd were sunk In battle. A wireless dis patch received here Saturday from Ber lin said the German Admiralty ad mitted the loss of the- Westfalen., Admiralty Still Cautions. The Admiralty statement tonight de clares that the German losses in the fight were not only relatively, but absolutely, greater than those of the British. Maintaining its practice of caution, the Admiralty still refrains from giving the names of the lost German ships. The official list of the casualties among officers shows that hardly a single officer of the line escaped from the British cruisers sunk in the battle. An additional casualty list of petty officers shows that 43 of them were saved from, the Queen Mary, Invincible, Fortune, Ardent and Shark. None was saved from the Indefatiglble. Defence, Black Prince, Tipperary, Turbulent. Nomad - or Nestor. Beresford Defends Strategy. The list gives the names of 65 men killed aboard the Warrior and of 27 men wounded. On the other ships en- (Concluded on Page 4. Column 2. LITTLE SIZZERS FIRST. Fire's Origin Undetermined, Care taker Having Left the Building Only Few Minutes Previously. Fire of unknown origin, which start ed In the clubhouse of the Portland Hunt Club at Garden Home, about 9:20 last night, totally destroyed the build ing, with a loss of approximately $4500. Hard work on the part of people living Ui the vicinity was all that prevented the fire from spreading to a number of nearby residences. There was no one In the clubhouse at the time, the caretaker having left only about five minutes previously. The flames were first discovered by a. M. Cronln.- who lives nearby, and he Im mediately gave the alarm So rapid was the spread of the flames that It was impossible to save any of the furniture or furnishings of the clubhouse. The residences of Dr. W. L. Wood. Fred A. Martin and A. M. Cronln, all within two or three hundred feet of the clubhouse, had close calls, but were undamaged. The Hunt Club building was erected about three years ago. AUTO KNOCKS WOMAN DOWN Mrs. Marlon Cowdon Becomes Con fused When Machine Approaches. Mrs. Marlon Cowdon. 5616 Forty-first avenue Southeast, was knocked down and slightly injured at Holladay and Grand avenues last night by an auto mobile driven by K. W. Hanson. 997 Alder street. Mrs. Cowdon was re moved to the Good Samaritan Hos pital by the Ambulance Service Corn pan:. Mrs. Cowdon alighted from a street car to catch a car at Union avenue. She started down Holladay avenue when Mr. Hanson was driving down the same street. She stayed in the middle of the street and when the automobile was close to her she be came confused. MEXICAN PARADE PROTEST Vera Crux Labor Unions Hold "Silent Manifestation." VERA CRUZ, June 4. The labor union organizations carried out a "el lent manifestation" today against American troops in Mexico. There was an immense parade, but it was con ducted la an orderly Tmanner. The unions sent a cable message to president Wilson, asking for the re moval of American troops and war ships and a protest was sent to all the labor confederations in the world. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 84 aesroa; minimum, od degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwesterly winua. War. British admiralty says German's actual lorn in sea light was greater than that of jsnusn. page 1. Peace talk wanes In Germany as result ot aea oattie. page 1. Chicago .t-onventlon. Republican will not nominate ROosevelt. Page 1. Oregon plan for conference of Hughes sup porters in high favor. Page. 2. Favorite aor.s not successful In efforts to combine against leading candidates. rage 2. Irvln 8. Cobb describes rising of Presidential boom lets at Chicago. Page 1. Chairmanship of Oregon delegation undo elded. Page 8. Roosevelt leaders admit prospects of gain ng Kepubiican nomination have dimin ished. Page '2. Moose favor plan of delaying choice until Jtepu-Dllcans have acted. Page 2. nomeatH. Oriental cargo of WHo tona and pier de stroyed at fran Francisco; loss $300,000. page . Sports. Pacific Coast league results: Portland 4-4, l.oi Angeles l-O; Oakland 1-4, Ban Francisco 0-8 (first came 16 Innings, second game 10 innings); Vernon 9, Salt 1-ake 7. Page 12. Indians Increase lead In American league. Pago 12. Klrkpatrlcks boot game away to Bradford. Page 12. Oakland wins sensational 18-lnnlng game. 1 to 0. Page 12. sixty take part In practice at traps. Page 18. State golf championship qualifying rounds begin today. Page 13. Gruman's backers think he can defeat Kltchle. Page 13. Pacific Northwest. Ice sweeps away Alaskan city. Page 1. Falem has $4000 fire. Page 14. Ten injured, two possibly fatally, when auto overturns near Salem. Page 1. Vancouver woman kills her husband. Page 4. Marine. Portland Chamber gives out strike situation statement. Page S. Rom Festival. Queen Muriel arrives to reign over Rose Festival. Page 10. Royal Rosarlans ordered out in force for Rose Festival. Page 0. Cruiser South Dakota due today, battleship Oregon arrives tomorrow. Page 9. Portland and Vicinity. Railroad attorney declares action on land grant bill premature. Page 16. Captured burglar's home yield big loot. Page 18. Mrs Pankhurst wins affection of audiences. Pe 6. Woodmeu held memorial for departed mem bers. Page 11. Home-coming service held at Bonnyslde Con gregational Church. Page 11. United Brethren Church conference Is brought to close. Page 11. Dr. J. H. Boyd stirs wealthy congregation by request for endowment. Page 11. Despondent man dies by own hand. Page 1. Alumni of Oregon Medical School to hold three-day session. Page 16. Weather report, data and forecast, rage 13. Dry Lake postmaster admits thefts and says he spent money on woman. Page 10. Fire destroys Portland Hunt Club clubhouse. Page 1. Demonstration parade rouses Portland patri otism. Page e. Congregation applauds pastor favoring more troop In Mexico. Page 6. Cruiser Marblehead crew host to public. Page 10. Theaters. Hippodrome bill delight. Page 11. Lyric play Is bright. Page 9. Snappy bill opens at Strand Theater. Pact 4. Accident Near Salem May Cost 2 Lives. PARTY IS FROM GOLDENDALE Corvallis Co-ed Badlv Hurt and May Lose Parents. TURNOUT CAUSES ACCIDENT Passing Antomoblllsts Render As sistance Speedily Driver Little Experienced; Machine Pur chased Six Weeks Ago. SALEM, Or., June 4. (Special.) Ten persons were Injured, two perhaps ratally, when a large touring; ear In which they were rldlngr turned turtle on the Independence-Salem road In West Salem early tonight. The injured are: Robert McCrow. of Goldendale, Wash., collarbone and ribs fractured, face and body cut and bruised; may die. Mrs. Robert McCrow. of Goldendale. skull crushed and collarbone broken. Internally Injured; may die. Miss Ilughretta McCrow. daughter, ribs broken and body crushed and bruised. Joseph Fisher, of Stayton, hip crashed and body cut and bruised. Mrs. Joseph Fisher, face and shoulder painfully cut and bruised. Norval Fisher. 10. son. bruised about body and suffering from shock. lira. W. A. Ward, of Goldendale. sis ter of Mrs. Fisher, collarbone broken and body seriously bruised. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fisher and son Eric, of Shaw. Or., all slightly bruised. Accident Occurs Near City. The accident occurred In Polk County, a short distance from the approach to the bridge across the Willamette River at this city, about 6:30 P. M. Mr. Mc Crow, who was driving: the heavy car, turned out of the highway to avoid a passing automobile. The automobile skidded on the grass at the roadside when Mr. McCrow applied the brakes, and turned a somersault, alighting- bot tom side up and pinning- the 10 occu pants beneath. There was much traffic on the road at the time, and witnesses to the acci dent immediately rescued the injured occupants from under the car. Physi cians were summoned, and shortly aft erwards the injured were removed to the Salem Hospital, where their in juries were treated. Machlae Is New. According- to all accounts. Mr. Mc Crow was driving his car at about IS miles an hour when the accident 00 curred. lie purchased the machine about six weeks ago and had just driven it to Oregon from Goldendale. He Is said to have had comparatively little experience in driving- an automo bile. Mr. and Mrs. McCrow were In the state visiting relatives at Stayton and Shaw, and also had come to attend the commencement exercises at the Ore gon Agricultural College, Corvallls, where their daughter, Ilughretta, was a student. When the car overturned Mr. McCrow was pinned down by the steering- wheel, which rested on his neck and chest. Both he and Mrs. McCrow were ren dered unconscious. Other occupants of the car who were seated In the rear of the tonneau, were hold In the machine until passing automobllists lifted the car and dragged them out. Mr. Punno Not Ready to Speak. SAX FRANCISCO. June 4. (Special.) p. F. Dunne, of the Southern Pacific company, said today that fee had not sufficiently read the land grant bill to enable htm to discuss the railroad's probable attitude. He said he doubted if the railroad was ready for Its next move. ROSE FESTIVAL OREGO- NIANS, FIVE ISSUES, IN . 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