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Newspaper Page TextTITE MORNIXG OKEGOXIAX. TUESDAT, JUXE 3. 191T. 4 SUSPECTED AS NAVY SPIES CAUGHT Government Agents Hope to Clear Up Mystery of News of Flotilla. . DEATH PENALTY POSSIBLE Evidence of Plot to Send Wireless Outfits to Mexico 'and of Em ploying Sailors to Carry Mail rto Germany Found. KEW YORK, June 4. Evidence that two complete hih-powered wireless Installations. assembled here from various sources, were shipped piece meal to Mexico, supposedly for use of a German spy system In this country, was unearthed . today in connection with the arrest of three men on charges of conspiring to send mail containing military Information sur reptitiously from the United States to Germany through members of Nor wegian ship crews. It was intimated by the United States Commissioner be fore whom the alleged plotters were arraigned, that It was through their Instrumentality that advance news or the Impending arrival in England of the American destroyer fleet was sent to Germany before it even became gen erally known in this country that it had sailed. Indications have been found that the secret mail system was operated both ways between the United States, Ger many and Mexico. Several hundred letters have been seized and are being translated in the expectation that they will open the way to full revelations of the alleged spy plot. Two Frbonera American Born. The prisoners are Harry A. Perissl and Irving Bonaparte, both said to be American-born, employed by a German electrical company here, and Axel E. Melchar, said to be a naturalized cit izen from Sweden. They are charged with conspiring to Induce members of the crews of the steamships Bergens fjord and Kristianiaf jord, both char tered to carry regular United States mails, to take letters and packages from this country destined for Uer many, in violation of the law prohibit ing competition, with the United States mail. When the three were arraigned be fore United States Commissioner Hitch cock bail was fixed at ?25.00O for Perissi and Bonaparte and J20.00Q for Melchar. i That others are implicated and that the men under arrest are willing to tell all they know was indicated by counsel for Bonaparte, who said his client was willing to help the Govern ment in every way in his power. German Held, Too. A fourth man was detained pending Investigation of evidence connecting him with the others, particularly In the wireless part of the alleged plot. He is Ferdinand H. Adam, a German citizen, employed by an electrical company here. Evidence has been found indicating that with bis help the apparatus was assembled and consigned to Vera Cruz. Nothing was revealed today showing any criminal intent on his part, but the Government officers are seeking to de termine whether he knew the apparatus was to be used in a German spy sys tem. Parts of the outfits. It has been learned, got through, but part was held up in this country. Whether "a com plete set, capable of communicating with Germany, was received by the con signees in Mexico has not yet been determined. persons to purchase the corporation's stock, knowing it was not worth the price they paid for it. Prior to the indictment today a re ceiver for the company was appointed for an involuntary petition in bank ruptcy which had been filed. MONTANA TO GRADUATE 67 Bishop Faber, or Helena, and Dr. Foster, of Portland, Speakers. MISSOULA, Mont:. June . 4. Sixty seven students of the State University of Montana will receive degrees . on commencement. June 7." The 1917 class will be the largest to be graduated in the history of the institution. . . The Right Rev. W. F. Faber.. of Helena. Mont., bishop of the diocese of Montana of the Episcopal Church, will deliver the baccalaureate address to morrow. The commencement . day speaker is William T. Foster, presi dent of Reed College,- Portland. The graduating class will participate in " the class day exercises on the campus the morning of June 6. An nouncement will be made that the class memorial will be the portrait of Pres ident F. C. Schwalm. WILSON AT CAPITOL President Confers With Floor Leader Over War Measures. EX-CONFEDERATES CHEER I WARNING GIVEN BANKERS Germans Try to Obtain Funds to Foment Trouble In Latin America. WASHINGTON, June 4. At the re quest of the State Department, the Federal Reserve Board has warned member banks of the reserve system that German interests in Latin-America are seeking to secure American funds for fomenting trouble in this hemisphere, and that 'all transfers of money to neutral countries on both sides of the Atlantic must be scruti nized carefully. . t . The board suggests that each banker scrutinize accounts held by his bank for any resident alien enemy and re port to the board any suspicious trans actions. Express and telegraph com panies also are asked to co-operate. BIG SALES OF LAND MADE Three Transfers Reported Near Pen dleton Total 8000 Acres. PENDLETON, Or., June 4. (Special.) At a price of $81,665.95, H. C. Rosen burg, well-known farmer, today pur chased from Frank and Manuel Pedro 5444 acres of land In the Coomb's Canyon district, north of Nye. A large part of the land is being farmed. Loren Seward has bought three sec tions and a fraction of the old Pros pect farm from H. L. Moody for $45, 000. A third transaction made public today is the sale of the interests of C. E. Zerba in about a section of land northeast of Helix to M. W. Hansell and wife, of Athena, for a considera tion reported to be around $35,000. Senate and House Take Recess . to Observe War Registration Day, but Opposition on Railroad Control Is Indicated. WASHINGTON, June 4. President Wilson went to the Capitol late today and conferred for nearly an hour with Senator Martin, Democratic floor leader, regarding the general legisla tion situation In Congress. After ward Senator Martin said no new legis lation was proposed and that the pres ent programme was unchanged. Crowds of visitors, including Confed erate veterans here for their reunion, cheered the President on his way to and from the Capitol. He was rec ognized by many and doffed his hat. smiling to those about the Capitol and within the 'corridors. Senator Martin and the President talked over the important war meas ures, including the revenue bill, food legislation and the Administration bill authorizing the executive to regulate railroads to insure priority in trans portation in food and other neces saries. Discussion of the railroad bill was halted in the Senate today by recess until tomorrow for observance of war registration day. The House was in recess until Wednesday for the same reason. In the course of today's brief ses sion Senator Smith, of Georgia, vig orously attacked the railroad legisla tion. He said it would be impossible to consider it hastily because it con tained "astounding propositions." MO r4 DEATH MAY BE PENALTY Military Court. Would Have No Al ternative In Conviction. ' WASHINGTON, June 4. If the three men arrested in New York in the mails plots case are connected by the evi dence with the -forewarning which reached Berlin regarding the sailing of American destroyers, a military court-martial is one of the possibilities facing the prisoners. No comment on the case was forth coming tonight, either from the Depart ment of Justice or the War Depart ment. If a military trial develops, it would be conducted under article 88 of the articles of war, which provides that: "Any person who in time of war shall be found lurking, or acting, as a spy m or about any of the fortlfica tlons, posts, quarters or encampments of any of the armies of the United States or elsewhere shall be tried by a general court-martial or by a mili tary commission and shall, on convic tion thereon, suffer death." While War Department officials were not prepared to express in advance any opinion on whether the New York case might fall within this clause. It was pointed out that the taw is sufficiently oroaa to cover any kind of espionage, If charges are made that the men in volved actually transmitted or attempt ed to transmit to Germany information as to the movements of the American destroyers, it was believed they could be turned over to the Army for trial ana. In the event of conviction, would be condemned to death, as the clause gives a military court no alternative from that sentence. GAINS LOST BY AUSTRIANS Captured Italian Positions "Held Only Brief Time. ROME, via London, June 4. Italian troops yesterday withstood a heavy at tack by the Austrlans on the western slopes of San Marco in the Gorizia area. The war office announced today that at the points where the Austrians had been able to penetrate lines lev eled by- their artillery they had been promptly driven out again and back to their own positions with severe losses. Austrian attacks elsewhere between Vertoibizza and the coast were stopped in their incipiency by the Italian fire. FREEDOM IS DENIED FOES Habeas Corpus not Efficient in Cases Involving Draft Opposition. ST. PAUL, June 4. The United States Court of Appeals today denied the petition of Attorney J. D. Shew alter. of Kansas City, for a writ of habeas corpus for the release of six persons imprisoned at that place on charges growing out of opposition of the draft registration. The court decided it had no Juris diction. 14 INDICTED FOR FRAUD Four Corporations Also Accused In Emerson Motors Company Case NEW YORK. June 4. A Federal grand Jury today indicted 14 Individ uals and four corporations on a charge of conspiring to defraud through the mails investors of the Emerson Motors Company, a Delaware corporation with a stock of $10,000,000. The Indictment accuses the defendants of inducing Phelactine, New Wonder Worker for Hair Growths (Causes Even the Roots to Come Oat) Bv an ftntirftlv tiaw nnrt n,pfninv harmless method, any woman afflicted with a growth of superfluous hair can now remove the disfigurement com pletely roota included in Just a few seconds. Isn't that glorious news? The recently discovered phelactine process is altogether different frnm electrical, depilatory and other methods nereiorore employed for the purpose. It is the only thing that enables one to remove roots and all in one's own home without expert assistance. The result cannot be doubted, for the user sees the hair-roots with her own eyes. A stick of phelactine. with almnl in structions, can be procured at any nrujs HLure. ii in ouoness, non-lrrltat-Ing. non-poisonous fa child could eat it without injury). Always sold under a money-back guarantee. The method Is so thorough that the skin is left per fectly smooth and hairless, bearing not tne icasi evidence at its lormer blem fcah. Adv. BRUSSILOFF IN COMMAND New Chief of All Armies of Russia Is Appointed. PETROGRAD, via London, June 5. General Michael V. Alexieff, Commander-in-Chief of the- Russian armies, has resigned. General Alexis Brussl- loff, Commander-in-Chief of the armies on the southwestern front, has been appointed to succeed him. General Gurko, commander of the Western front, replaces Brusslloff on the southwestern front. 141 ALIEN ENEMIES TAKEN Government Reports Results In New York District. . NEW YORK, June 4. The Govern ment's activities against alien enemies. it was learned here today, have re suited In arrests of 141 persons in lu cent weeks in this district, which in cludes parts of Northern New Jersey and Western Connecticut. The specific charge in each case has not been made public Zenlr Family All Patriots. WHITE SALMON,: Wash.. June 4. (Special.) The members of - one of White Salmon's prominent families are doing their part in the present crisis. Dr. C. R. Zenir has passed Inspection and applied for a commission in the medical officers' reserve corps, for for eign service. Carlos R. Zenir has en listed in the Eighth Regiment Engi neers' Reserve, and will leave this week for American Lake. Bertram F. Zenir has received his appointment as first alternate to Annapolis, and will take the examination this month at The Dalles. Mrs. Dr. Zenlr is vice-chair man of the White Salmon Red Cross branch of the Hood River chapter. Pasture Law Violated. OREGON . CITY, Or., June 4. (Spe cial.) Antone Ulsky, a farmer living near Tualatin, was fined $10 and costs by Justice of the Peace N. O. Say Sat urday for allowing his cattle to run at large. This is the first conviction under the recently enacted law pro hibiting the pasturing of cattle on county roads. PRINCE SEES VICTORY PAILIKB OF BRITISH TO BREAK THROUGH FRONT" IS ME"TIO'ED. "Enemy la Now Making Ills Last Ef forts," Says Bavarian In Address to East Prussian Division. AMSTERDAM, via London, June 4. The Lokal Anzeiger publishes a speech by the Bavarian Crown Prince to the Thirty-fifth East Prussian Division, which sustained the first British as saults on the Arras front, in which he claims that the division stopped an as sault of superior forces. The Crown Prince speaks of the "British failure to break through our front," and con tinues: "The enemy is now making his last efforts. He must finish the fight be cause he cannot continue any longer, owing to his losses and the distress of England caused by our heroic subma rines. "We will and shall hold out and be victorious. Thanks to the abundance of ammunition which is supplied to him from all parts of the world the enemy has been able to destroy our trenches and penetrate them here anKihere, but this does not mean that we are conquered." RIVER WAS DEATH TRAP HIGH WATER IX JOHN DAY CITS AWAY ROAD. , Robert Sutherlln, Rancher, Who Is Bflsslnar, Believed to Have Ridden Into Swlrlhole and Drowned. BAKER, Or.. June 4. (Sneeial.1 Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Robert Sutherlln, a rancher, who uvea near uayvuie. It is feared he was accidentally drowned in a swirl hole on the main highway through Pic ture Gorge, the high water of the John Day River having cut away the bank and part of the road. Mr. Sutherlln left home last Thursday morning to go to M. Cart's place in Butler Basin, and it is supposed that in the dark he rode into the hole, which is said to be 20 feet deep, and was drowned. His horse was seen Friday by an Indian, with the saddle turned and wet. The Indian Informed the nearest neighbor,, who gave the alarm, and several of the ranchers immediately went to the gorge. All they found was Sutherlin's hat In a willow bush. A grappling iron is being made and the swirlhole will be dragged to see if the body Is still there or has been washed down the river. Sutherlln was 28 "years old. TORPEDO GETS KARUMA BRITISH FREIGHT STEAMSHIP HIT, TWO LIVES LOST. American Seaman, Snrvlvor, Tells Tale of Submarine's Work on April 27. Russian Bark, Too, Victim. NEW YORK, June 4. The British freight steamship Karuma, of 2995 tons gross, was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a German submarine April 27 near the Spanish coast, according to Christ Thornton, an American sea man, a survivor of the ship, who has arrived today. The second engineer and a sailor lost their lives, he de clared. The Karuma was In the Admiralty service. The Russian bark Imberhorne. of 1958 tons gross, from Mobile. Ala- March 18, for Greenock, Scotland, was sunk by a German submarine on May 1 off the west coast of Ireland, accord ing to American members of the crew, who have arrived here. The crew escaped. Fare for Men In Service Cut. WASHINGTON. June 4. The War Department made public, today a let ter from the Pacific Mail. Steamship Company, of San Francisco, announc ing a reduction of 25 per cent on single-trip rates over its trans-Pacific and Panama lines for officers of the Army and Navy or their families mak ing the passage at their own expense. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 6035. SOUTH BEND SENDS 15 Batch. of Recruits Feted and Ranker Presents Bouquet. CENTRAL! A, Waeh., June 4. (SDe ciai.) Fifteen young South Bend men left here this morning for Vancouver Barracks, ail having enlisted In tne Army yesterday. Sergeant James Gunn, in charge of the local Army recruiting station, was caiiea to- south Bend-Sat urday night to enlist the men. Yes terday citizens of South Bend gave them a royal send off, a huge bouquet of flowers Delng presented at the train to the men and recruiter by J. G. Hime, president or a eoutn send bank. The boys who enlisted were Joseph Randolph, George Dever, Charles Poape, This great sale began Monday it's to continue all during the month of June! See the windows today they tell of .much that you will be glad to know about ! -"W asn't it splendid?" said King Cotton, "to see the crowds the enthusiasm and the buying!" It than splen- -It brought back was more did it was inspiring! the old time confidence that you have had that we all have had in Portland and the Northwest! Business was good wonder fully good yesterday and it's going to be good today and every day for King Cotton has prepared wonderful values ! But; today we're thinking of more than big sales totals we're happy in the thought that hysteria and false economy have been banished! Today let us all do the little bit our country asks of us if it isn't to be at the front, let it be a Liberty Bond! We can all help, too, by keeping the dollars on the move! and remember it matters not whether your dollar is spent with your neighborhood store with the specialty shop or with the department store! Your dollar moving means five dollars' worth of prosperity! 1 w J "Merchandise of cJ Merit Onljr Dan F. Coulter, Earl V. Footer. Wal ter E. Dresser, William Nonnan, Louis Elliott, Donald J. Gillis, Frank and Al bert Brunner, John A. Price, George Rogers, Albert Taisvik, Gus Eusby and William Stone. i H. S. FARGO 'RITES TODAY Past Commander of Grand Army of Oregon to Be Laid to Rest. The funeral of. Henry S. Fargo, past commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of Oregon, whose death came unexpectedly Sunday at his home, 772 East Twenty-sixth street North.wlll be held this morning at 10 o'clock from the undertaking establishment of Miller & Tracey. Interment will be in Rose City Park Cemetery. Mr. Fargo was 81 years of age and served in a Michigan regiment during the Civil War. He is survived by his widow and three daughters, Mrs. T. W. Sharpe and Mrs. E. K. Scott, of this city, and Mrs. H. F. Hall, of Hartford City, Ind. He conducted a real estate business at East Fifteenth street and Broadway. Pendleton Banker Not Badly Hurt. ' PENDLETON, Or., June 4. (Special.) Fred Judd. Pendleton banker, who was Injured yesterday when he tainted at the wheel of his car In Walla Walla, is not seriously hurt. His head was bruised slightly. The fact that the car struck a post kept it from over turning and prevented dangerous In- Jury to the driver. Mr. Judd brought home today. Dallas Boys at Clackamas Voted. DALLAS, June 4. (Special.) Tike members of Company L, Oregon Na tional Guard, stationed at Clackamas, overlooked sending for their registra tion cards until this morning. The County Clerk secured extra assistants, and the cards were rushed to Clack amas by auto In time for the boys to vote before the polls closed. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 035. PIMPLES? RASH? SEE HOW QUICKLY POSLAM HEALS Tou apply a little Poslam on some affected part at night. In the morn ing, when you look, your own eves give evidence of this healing remedy's work. If it was a slight trouble an adolescent Pimple or inflamed spot the chances are that it has disappeared. If a virulent eruptional trouble, it should be subdued, so much so that you will want Poslam to keep right on. Sold everywhere. For free sample write to Emergency Laboratories. 243 West 47th St.. New York City. Be careful of the soaps you use on your skin. Poslam Soap is safe, bene ficial, delightful. Inactive Kidneys Cause Disease ! "I shall not aooa forget the benefits I derived from the line of Foley Kidney PHI." AL A. Godfrey. Fii cat Grove. Or.Kiin. Too much work and too little work seem to have about the same effect on persons past middle age. Proper action of the kidneys Is necessary to good health. They act as a filter and remove from the blood poisonous waste matter which if permitted to remain in the system leads to many complica tions. Many nervous, tired, run-down men and women suffer from pains in the back and sides, dizzy spells. Madder weakness, sore muscles and stiff joints and fail to realize that rheumatism, diabetes or even Bright's disease mav result. If you have cause to believe that your kidneys are weak, disordered or Inactive you should act immediatel v. Foley Kidney Pills have been lined bv young, middle aged and old with com plete satisfaction. They act quickly and surely and have given relief In cases of ten years' standing, tiold everywhere.