Morning Oregonian., September 27, 1916, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OKEGONIAN. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1916.
PERSONAL WAR' BK
American Interests. I venture to say
that no one Rreat nation, except our
own. would think of doing anything
of that fort. And I desire to say that
If I am vested with executive responsi
bility I shall regard it as my highest
duty to see that both in the State De
partment and in our representation in
other countries, great and email. Amer
ica is represented by her best." ..
Mr. Hughes will leave tomorrow
morning for Pittsburg.
PLANS FOR POTASH
PROJECT ON MOVE
ILSQN DENOUNCED
Hughes Challenges Adminis
tration to Deny Threat to
"Put Out" Huerta.
Jason Moore, Lessee of Abert
and Sumner Lakes, Gets
Financial Backing. .
MYRON HERRICK PRAISED
In ex-Ambassador's Home Town
Nominee Declares Dismissal in
Crisis From Post in France
Was Indelible Blot.
CLEVELAND. Sept. 26. Charles E.
Hughes challenged the Administration
here tonight to deny his charge that
John Lind was authorized by President
Wilson in 1914 to say to "the Minister
from a foreign power to Mexico" that
Huerta would be "put out" of the Presi
dency of Mexico if he did not get out
voluntarily.
Mr. Hughes issued his challenge in a
speech at the Central Armory. In the
same speech Mr. Hughes lauded Myron
T. Herrick. sitting on the platform with
him, for the manner in which he dis
charged the duties of American Am
bassador to France in the early days of
the war, and declared that the appoint
ment of a man to succeed Mr. Herrick
in a time of great emergency would
ever remain a blot upon the present
Administration.
tOIht Speeches Made During Day.
The nominee's speech here tonight
was the last of eight delivered on the
second day of his campaign through
Ohio. Among them was an address at
Toledo before employes of a large auto
mobile plant, during which several
workmen he addressed cheered repeat
edly for Wilson. This meeting closed
with a volley of questions from the
edge of the crowd, prompted by his
attack on the adoption of the Adamson
law. and by uncomplimentary reference
to the nominee himself.
"What about the Danbury hatters'
fase?" was the chief question. One man
started it. others took it up and when
the nominee closed his speech the
words were echoed by many voices.
Mr. Hughes heard the commotion and
thinking that it came from men on the
edge of the crowd that had not heard
his references to the Adamson law,
said:
"If von will tell my friends over
there what I have said I think they
will understand my views."
Adamiton Law Attacked.
l.ater Mr. Hughes said he had not
heard the reference to the Danbury
hatters' case.
In his second address at Toledo and
in his speech here tonight Mr. Hughes
renewed his attack on the Administra
tion for the Adamson law and declared
.it was the duty of the executive to
stand "like a rock for the principle or
investigation before legislation and not
to surrender to force. At both Toledo
addresses anil here he was cheered and
a pplauded.
Mr. Hughes' challenge to the Admin
istration was part of his attack on the
Administration for its Mexican policy.
"We cannot maintain our Just influ
ence, on this hemisphere. In connection
with our sister -republic unless we are
correct In our international attitude
and careful and correct in our interna
tional policy." he said. "That is the
deplorable thing about the conduct of
our affairs in Mexico. We have followed
no intelligible policy. "We have not Jus
tified ourselves to those acquainted
with international law. We have not
satisfied our ideals. We have not won
tii friendship, but rather lost the
friendship, of those -who are in the sis
ter republic of Mexico torn by disturb
ance. Principle Stated. ISot followed.
"Only the other day we had a clear
statement of the principle that should
govern us in this matter and in similar
matters. It is a statement which comes
from the head of the Administration
and it is very clearly put.
"It says, referring to Mexico: 'We
have professed to believe that every
nation, every people, has the. right to
order its own institutions as it will
and we must live up to that profession
in our actions in absolute good faith.'
That is the principle. I deeply regret
that the principle was not followed.
"I have here the statement of the
policy of the Administration as it was
set forth in the early part of April,
1914. John Lind was authorized to
make this statement to a Minister rep
resenting a foreign power in Mexico:
'Huerta will be put out if he does not
get out. It is the preference of the
President that it be accomplished by
domestic means if possible, but if it
cannot be done by domestic means,
other means adequate for the purpose
will be resorted to.'
"That is a. declaration of personal
war upon Huerta to be carried to the
conclusion of elimination, despite the
statements that we have made and the
representations that we were to rec
v ognize the sovereignty of Mexico and
not attempt to Interfere in the conduct
of her affairs.
Statement la 2V ot Denied.
"Now. T referred to this the other
night and a leading organ in New
York City which is a strong supporter
of the Administration at once inquired
through its representatives whether
that statement would be denied. Ac
cording to the report in the newspaper
in New York it was said that the
charge would be answered by the Sec
retary of War. perhaps, or by the Sec
retary of the Navy. It did not say
that it would be denied, St made the
ambiguous statement that it would be
answered. l nave read that as a
statement which John Lind was au
thorized to say to a foreign minister
and I now challenge the Administra
tion to deny that such authorization
was given."
Mr. Hughes reference to Mr. Her
rick was as follows:
"In this presence I also desire to say
that we have had no one in recent
years who so commended himself to
a foreign nation, who so entirely won
their confidence and raised America
in the esteem of a great people by his
executive capacity, who was trusted
perhaps as no diplomat was trusted
before in a time of great emergency.
I want to say in this presence that we
have had no diplomatic representative
reflecting greater credit upon th
country than Myron T. Herrick, the
next Senator from Ohio.
Herrlclc Incident Is Lesson.
"I say this not simply to pay a just
iriDute to a man who stood in a dif
ficult hour, the embodiment ofpoise,
and received the confidence of the
people to w:hom he was merelv a for
eign Ambassador. I say it not simply
as a iriDuie, out to point to a lesson.
It does not make any particular dif-
jerencfl iiiai il was x ranee, it is not
the point that it was Herrick. it is
not the point that it was this country
or that country; out I say that at
time of war to have this country rep
resented in any foreign capital of a
belligerent nation by a man so loved
and trusted as he was was of the first
importance to this country and it will
ever remain a blot upon the present
Administration that it suffered him U
be suspended at that critical -time.
"That ia not the way to advance
LIQUOR CASE IS HEARD
Vancouver Kxpress Company Trial
Awaits Bellingliam Verdict.
VANCOUVER. Wash..' Sept. 26.
Special.) In the case of the State
against th6 American Kxpress Com
pany, in which it is charged that liquor
was shipped by the company to this
city and delivered without proper per
mits on the packages, C. L. Shaeffer,
local agent, was served with papers,
and Monday, before Judge R. 11. Back,
of the Superior Court, James G. Wilson,
attorneys for the express company, ap
peared in its behalf.
A case similar to the local one Is
being appealed to the Supreme Court
at Bellingham, and Mr. Wilson made
ja stipulation with J. O. Blair. County
Attorney, that this case Be set over
until the Supreme Court has passed
upon the Bellingham case.
CONVICT TRUSTY ESCAPES
W. T. I'atton, of TTniatilla County,
Kludes Penitentiary Guard.
SALKM, Or., Sept. 26. (Special.)
W. T. Patton, serving a term from
I'matilla County for obtaining mone)
by false pretenses, walked away from
the Penitentiary today while employed
as a truesty. lie nao. not Deen jocawu
late today.
Frank Wagner and Terrill Pope, sen
tenced from Multnomah County, re
spectively for burglary and obtaining
money by false pretenses, attempted to
escape Sunday night from the prison,
but were discovered. The men had
been employed in the prison bakery.
They were found by Superintendent
Minto and guards after they had dug
through a. brick wall and entered the
room formerly used as the "death
chamber."
FINAL TESTS TO BE . MADE
ALLIES CAPTURE COMBLES
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ous chorus as they prepared for the
charge'in today's attack.
"The usual artillery' preparation,"
said an artillery officer.
On his return, the correspondent de
cided that he would not pass through
that wilderness of British guns of all
sizes and caliber while he had any
hearing left. livery one of them was
firing at top speed. He chose a gal
lery which took him past many bat
teries which for two miles were pour
ing out their share of the raging
tempest of gunfire.
Sheila Frd Like t.rnln.
From the ruins of some German
trenches, whence the battle panorama
stretched before him, the correspond
ent had a near view of the French
gunners, who were feeding shells into
the gun breeches as grain is led into
a threshing machine and wirh the me
chanical precision of automatons.
Shortly after noon yesterday was the
time chosen for the infantry to rush
forward under the cover of a final in
tensive chorus of hell from the artil
lery. The ridges in front and on either
hand were flecked with racing sparks
of flame. Within an hour at least oo
OuO shells must have been fired within
sight of the correspondent.
Far to the south was Mont St. Quen
tin. two miles from Peronne and com
manding that town, which the allied
commanders say will fall like a ripe
plum when the time comes. The hill
lav hazy above the green foliage of the
river valley in the mist of vast bursts
of black smoke from shells of enormous
caliber.
Infantry Surges Korward,
At the appointed time the waves of
infantry surged forward to the attack.
Then the tremendous lire of tne tier
man euna swelled to its utmost volume,
until the whole field was lost In vast
clouds of smoke. The attacking in
fantry vanished in that grim hail while
hiizh overhead scores ot sausage Dai
loons and hundreds of aeroplanes, their
wings gleaming like silver iu the bril-
1
t sunlight, strove vainly to see what
was passing beneath them.
Then, across the dead- nelds arose
a signal from Morval which told that
the British infantry had reached an
other goal, and that another village
was taken. A. man at a telephone in
a nearby signal station called out the
capture of the different strong points
with the enthusiasm ot one wno scores
a hotly contested game.
Wounded in Uish Spirits.
Presently the British wounded be
gan to straggle back, and their bearing
as they moved along beside their
prisoners was another criterion oy
which the correspondent knew how
they had gone without making in
quiries of the staff. The German ma
chine guns had stopped tnem ior a wniie
at some points, but generally reports
told of every position being taken on
the minute set In the programme. The
British wounded said that of course
they got there, as they were used to
getting there.
Their great gratincation was mat it
was becoming an even fight since the
Germans had no more prepared lines.
but both armies were fighting In the
open. According to tne ttritisn orri-
cers the Germans on the lighting front
have no longer any trenches except
those which are dug under fire.
If Findings Are Satisfactory De
velopment on Big Scale Is As-1
feu red Engineer Black Here
in Behalf of Financiers..
Convinced more conclusively than
ever that the development of Lakes
Abert and Summer, in Lake County,
will be commercially feasible. Jason C.
Moore, lessee of the lakes by the terms
of a 40-year lease granted by the State
Land Board, arrived In Portland from
the lakes last night in company with
K. B. Black, an engineer of Kansas
City, who represents the financial
powers backing Mr. Moore in the Ore
gon enterprise.
Preliminary work in arranging the
evaporating vats on the site of the pro
posed new demonstrating plant will be
launched probably next week when Mr.
Moore will locate his family at Paisley
to be near the scene of operations at
all times.
Land Board to Be Seen.
Together with Chester A. Sheppard.
or Portland, Mr. Moore's attorney and
president of the Pacific Chemical Com
pany, the Oregon corporation handling
the project at present. Mr. Moore and
Consulting Kngineer Black will appear
before the State Land Board at baiera
Fridav in order to make final adjust
ment of the conditions and terms af
fecting the development of the project.
Mr. Sheppard endeavored to make the
engagement to meet witn tne btate
Board today, but on account of special
appointments at the State Fair and
other functions the state officials were
unable to meet.
At present. w. Ft. Levy, assistant to
Professor whitaker. head of the de
partment of industrial chemistry at
Columbia University, New York, is col
lectlng additional samples at Lakes
Abert and Summer and taking sound
ings to determine the depth of water
and sites suitable for foundations,
Probably about the first of the week
Mr. Levy will take the new samples
to the laboratories of the University
of Nevada, where he will pass perhaps
three or four weeks making exhaustive
tests of the salts deposits extracted
from the lakes.
Mr. Moore In Sanguine.
In the event these final tests cor
roborate the previous tests. all of
which were favorable, the development
of the lakes will be commenced im
mediately on a large scale.
"I am positive now that we are go
ing on with the work," said Mr. Moore,
while in conference at the Hotel Oregon
last night with Engineer Black and Mr.
Sheppard. "For the first time I have
been able to get someone besides my
self to spend money on the project
and the people who are back of me are
big enough financially to handle the
project, however extensive it may be
come.
"The survey of the Shahorn railroad
runs between the two lakes at a point
about three and one-half miles distant
from our probahle location on each
lake. Until such time as this road is
built it will be necessary for us to
use motor trucks to get our product
to the markets.
Railroad Survey Planned.
Mr. Black admitted last night that
one of his purposes In visiting the
lakes personally was to locate tenta
tively a railroad survey from Lake
view to the lakes. If the proposed
Strahorn railroad i too long coming,
he said, the backers of the Pacific
Chemical Company might grow tired
ana proceed to build their own railroad.
"There is no question but that the
development of the lake deposits will
be carried forward with unlimited
backing." said Mr. Black. "At first we
will confine our efforts to soda ash
and potash salts, for the reason that
we will be cramped in transportation
facilities. Later, when the railroad
supplants the motor truck, we will be
able to avail ourselves of the by
product common salt."
0 SQUARE RULES CONQUERED
30,000 Germans Captured hy French.
Since July 1.
PARIS. Sept. 26. A semi-official ac
count of the battle of the Somme from
its beginning (July 1), appearing in the
Bulletin Des Arniees, says that the
French have captured 180 square kilo
meters (about 70 square miles) of ter
ritory, captured 30.000 unwounded pris
oners, removed 4503 wounded and taken
144 cannon, most of them of heavy call
ber, 500 machine guns and other mate
rial.
It is pointed out that the entente
allies have broken the spirit of the
Germans at Verdun. Since the opening
of the battle, the account says, the
Germans have thrown into the battle
67 new divisions and1 17 battalions, of
which 34 divisions were on the English
front and the remainder were on the
French front.
Reservations Due Early.
Reservations for seats at the lunch
eon of the Civic League for next Sat
urday at the Portland Hotel must be in
not later than Friday, according to
A. C. Newlll, who is in charge of the
programme. Dr. Earl V. Morrow, who
served in the American Red Cross in
Belgium, will give an illustrated, lec
ture on the European war. Reserva
tions should be phoned to A 3340 or
Main 8550.
ROAD AID IS SOUGHT
JOSEPHIXE COUXTV JUDGE TO LAI
DEMANDS BEFORE STATE BOARD.
Annual Grant of S250O for
to Crescent Cltyj Route
Caves Also Desired.
Highway
to
GRANTS PASS. Or., Sept, 26 (Spe
cial.) C. G. Gillette. County Judge,
lett yesteraay ror saiem to present
the application or this county for Fed
eral aid in the building of highways I
before the fatate Highway Commission.
He will also lay the application before
the district forester at Portland, as
the aid sougnt is ror the improve
ment of roads largely within the Siski
you reserve. me applications are I
based upon the recently enacted I
Shackleford. bill.
ine county is asKing ior XZ500 a
year for a period -of three years for
the improvement of a portion of the
road between Waldo and the Oregon-
California line on the Crescent City
Highway. The county agrees to ex
pend a like amount, the work to be
largely upon what is known as the
Oregon mountain. Application will
also be made for aid in building the
road to tne uregon caves. It is pro
posed to have this road built from the
upper portion of the Williams Creek
Valley across to Sucker Creek, going
over urayrjacic Mountain, the caves
being near the summit of the moun
tain. Estimates made by forestry offi
cials place the probable cost of this
road within the forest at $43,000. The
county agrees to construct good roads
at both the Williams Creek and the
Sucker Creek sides of the mountain to
connect up with the Government road.
Roseburg Pastor Departs.
ROSEBTJRG. Or.. Sept. 26. (Special.)
After serving as pastor of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church here for the past
three years, William Riley Jeffrey de
parted today for Lebanon to attend the
conference of the church. From there
he will go to his new post, which prob
ably will be Ja the vicinity of Po and.
POLK COMMITTEE CALLED
Meeting to Plan for Campaign to
Be Held Saturday.
DALLAS, Or.. Sept. 26 (Special.)
The Polk County Republican Central
Committee will hold a meeting in Dal
las next Saturday afternoon. The
woman's auxiliary will meet at the
same .time and will be permanently
organized.
Chairman J. C. Talbott has sent out
notices to each of the precinct com
mitteemen and a large attendance is
expected. Plans for the campaign will
be made. The Polk County committee
is one of the best of its kind in the
state Indications point to a sweep
ing KepuDiican victory. . - -
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