THE MOItXIXG OREGONIAN. - FRIDAT, JULY -G, - 1917.
JAPAN TO EXAMINE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Creation of National Advisory
Council Is Unprecedented
iu. Step for Country.
END OF WAR THOUGHT NEAR
Premier Thinks Nation Should Ad
licre to Sturdy Constructive
Policy Opposition Leader
Declines to Take Part.
TOKIO, June 15. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) Belief that the
Kuropean war is nearing a. climax and
Japan's conviction that she should care
fully examine her own international
situation are thought to be the chief
reasons for the recent creation of a
national advisory council, which shall
. be responsible to the Emperor. It is an
unprecedented step that Japan has
taken.
The new council Is officially called
the temporary diplomatic investigation
committee and it is composed of promi
nent men both inside and outside the
Cabinet. Premier Count Terauchi orig
inated the idea and it received the
sanction of Emperor Yoshihito.
Count Terauchi is anxious to secure
national unity, particularly on ques
tions of foreign relations. He seems
convinced that Japan has reached a
period of life when a sturdy construct
ive policy should be rigidly adhered to
In the interest of national progress. As
a. means to this end he seeks the sup
port of the elements In the Diet who
fLTe opposed to his administration.
Kato Declines Place.
Sis attempt to enlist the principal
opposition party in his new ommission
failed completely. Viscount Takaaki
Xato, the leader of the Constitutional
party, which was defeated at the last
elections, declined the offer of a place
in the new council. He said that the
proposed advisory board was in the
nature of a super-cabinet and was
against the principle of a responsible
ministry and submitted that the opin
ion of the nation could be better
gleaned by forming a national or coali
tion ministry.
Takashi Hara, the president of the
Seiyokai party, which is supporting the
Terauchi Cabinet, accepted membership
in the council, as did also Takeshi
Inukai, the leader of the Kokuuilnto,
or Nationalist party.
Ito's Aide Is 9fember.
In addition to these men, the new
council includes several members of
the Cabinet and the following:
Viscount Miyoji Ito, member of the
Privy Council, who helped the late
Prince Ito in the drafting of the Japa
nese constitution; Baron Nobuaki Ma
kino, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs,
who formerly was Minister to Home
and Vienna, and Viscount Tosuke Hl
rata, a member of the House of Peers
and Minister for Home Affairs in the
ICatsura Cabinet. The Cabinet mem
bers of the council are: Premier, Count
Terauchi; Viscount Ichiro Motono, Min
ister of Foreign Affairs; Baron Shim
pel Goto, Home Minister; Admiral To
masaburo Kato, Navy Minister, and
General ' Kenichl Oshima. Minister of
War.
The council, which will meet at the
palace, will be a guide to diplomacy,
something as the Genro, or elder states
men, have been in the past. For the
execution of matters decided on by the
committee the Cabinet will bear all re
sponsibility. It is believed that an Important ques
tion of study will be prepared for the
peace conference and Japan's interna
tional position and activities subse
quent to the war. Great interest Is
felt as to whether the council will de
cide to advise a more energetic partici
pation in the war.
TEACHERS ASK FOR RISE
(Continued From TMrat Page.)
School, be elected to the principalship
of Glenhaven.
'He is not a university graduate!"
said rr. Sommer. "My goodness! Mr
Alderman, you have turned clear
around. You used to insist that all
principals must be college graduates."
"No, not that." said Mr. Alderman.
"But if you will pay the salaries, I'll
get men."
"You ought to promote teachers in
the system who want to be principals
Instead of importing talent from out
side, but you don't promote them; you
don't move them along. When you want
a principal you get a man from out
side," said Dr. Sommer.
Dr. Sommer moved the adoption of
the schedule of changes in principals,
with the exception that Mr. Williams
tie not elected. He said Portland teach
ers should be given a chance. This
was carried.
War Pay Is SouKht.
James R. Burke, former swimming
instructor in the Portland schools, now
enlisted in the United States Navy
and stationed on Puget Sound, ap
peared before the board and asked that
the difference in his pay in .the Navy
and his salary in the employ of the
School Board be made up by the board,
as is done by the city and county and
other employers. Action on this mat
ter was deferred to give opportunity to
consider a definite policy.
Director Plummer pointed out that
the school budget next Fall will prob
ably amount to a levy of 6.6 mills or
more and, because the recent Legisla
ture placed the limit of school ex
penditures at 6 mills, an appeal to the
people will have to be made to have
them vote an added appropriation of
from $150,000 to JiOO.000 to meet school
expenses. He suggested a propaganda
be started to acquaint the people with
the necessity for this appropriation.
Dr. IS. A. Sommer filed his statement
of expenses in connection with the re
cent school election. His expenditures,
he said, were $5. J. V. Beach, also a
candidate for Director to succeed him-
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"West iith bU New Xork ity
self, filed his statement showing $26.25
in expenditures.
Frances Dewar, a teacher In the Ver
non School, and Lottie Milam, of the
Girls' Trade School, filed resignations,
the former to be married and the lat
ter to accept a position in the exten
sion division of the Kansas State Agri
cultural College.
Dr. Sommer again went to the front,
after a recommendation of the build
ings and grounds committee that the
Benson School foundry be given a sand
and concrete floor and the science de
partment a wooden floor. He declared
a dirt floor was good enough for com
mercial foundries and should be for a
school teaching the traGe. The recom
mendation was adopted, however, Xr.
Sommer alone voting against it.
Fees for attorneys in the Alexander
and Kerchen. cases will probably be
delayed some time in payment. Notice
was received yesterday that the claim
of $1200 put in by the attorneys in the
Alexander case would be cut to $800.
However, payment was not directed.
Yesterday's meeting of the School
Board was the most spirited in years.
It was so full of vim that the delega
tion of teachers who came to ask; high
er salaries stayed until the close. Since
Director Sommer went into office on an
anti-Alderman platform, it is assumed
he will continue to enliven the Board
meetings by warm opposition to every
thing the Superintendent proposes.
ALIBI TO BE PLEADED
attorney for mrs. mooxey
opens case: for defense.
Witnesses Will Prove. Sara Lairrcr,
Prisoner Was Not Near Scene
of Explosion,
SAX FRANCISCO. July 5. With, a
brief opening1 statement by Attorney
Maxwell McKutt, the defense today
opened its case in the murder trial of
Mrj. Rena Mooney, which grew out of
the bomb explosion here last July.
After McNutt closed, the defense put
three witnesses on the stand in an ef
fort to impeach the testimony of Airs.
Mellie Edeau, one of the state's wit
nesses.
Mr. McNutt said the defense would
prove an alibi for Mrs. Mooney.
"We will show that Mrs. Mooney
was on the roof of the building In
which she resided Instead of at another
point nearer the scene of the explosion
where state witnesses said they saw
her," declared McNutt. "We will prove
this alibi with witnesses and photo
graphs."
McNutt said the defense would) prove
that Warren K. Billings, under sen
tence of life imprisonment for the
bomb murders, was not on the roof of a
building with a suitcase, as was testi
ied to by Mrs. Estelle Smith, a state
witness.
The state contended that the bomb
was contained in a suitcase and that
Billings had originally intended to
launch It from the top of a building,
but that lateness in the starting of the
parade caused' a change of plan.
BANKS ASK $100,000,000
FARM IO.UI ASSOCIATION SEEKS
ll,601,9O5 IN LOANS.
Large Volume of Business Called From
Mississippi Valley Country, bat
California Ranks Third.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAC. TVasa
ngton. July S. Farmers of the North
west are not making heavy demands
on the Federal Land Banks. A state
ment Issued today by the Farm Loan
Board shows that up to July 1 only
K330.750 had been loaned the farmers
of Oregon by the Spokane Bank, and
Washington farmers had secured loans
aggregating 9720,135, and Idaho 9365,
200. WASHINGTON, July B.A total f
$11,661,905 in first mortgage loans to
farmers at 5 per cent interest had
been asked by the 230 Farm Loan As
sociations chartered by the Federal
farm loan board up to July 1. The
loans are now being made through the
12 Federal land banks. Nearly $100,
000,000 more has been applied for by
the 12 banks, but not yet approved.
A large volume of the loans is in
Texas, Indiana. Illinois, Nebraska,
Kansas, Minnesota and Oklahoma
Texas leads in the amount of loans,
having more than $1,240,000; Oklahoma
is next with $1,140,000 and California
third with $956,000.
BRITISH TAKE 117,776
ENGLISH LOSE 51, OSS AS PRISONERS
THROUGHOUT WAR.
Total Loss of Guns 133, While 73a
Are Captured No Gun Lost on
West Front Since April, 1015.
LONDON. July S. Since the begin
ning of the war the British have cap
tured 117.776 prisoners, exclusive of
natives taken prisoner in the African
campaigns, i many of whom have been
released, said Major-General F. B.
Maurice, director of military opera
tions, at the War Office today.
The British have lost to the enemy
51.088 men including Indian and native
troops. These figures take in all
theaters of war.
The British have captured 739 guns
during the war and lost 133. Of the
guns lost, 37 were recaptured and of
the 96 remaining in enemy hands 84
were lost by the British on the west
front early in the war.
"The British have not lost a single
gun on the west front since April,
1915," said the General.
TEAM GOES OVER GRADE
Owner Causes Arrest of Auto Driver,
Charging Murder Intent.
MARSHFIELD, Or., July 5. (Spe
cial.) Two accidents occurred yester
day. Ed Thomas' automobile went over
a grade on the Seven revils road and
several of his ribs were broken. Four
horses and a wagon belonging to Nate
Kirkendall, of Camas Valley, fell over
a precipice on the Middle Fork road
150 feet high.
lirkendall says an automobile
driven by L. W. Jacobs, a typewriter
agent, tried to rush past his team. The
leader next to the automobile crowded
his mate over the brink and the fall
dragged the entire outfit down.
Jacobs was arrested on a complaint
by Kirkendall of assault and battery
and intent to commit murder and is
being tried at Myrtle Point. Kirken
dall jumped from the wagon and was
unhurt. His two sons, who were with
him, also got out before the wagon
tumbled into the river.
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GERMANS SET BACK
ON 11-MILE FRONT
sians and Poles created with the ap
proval of the Russian provisional. gov
ernment, according to an announcement
by Boris A. Bakhraetief f, the Russian
Ambassador.
. M. Bakhmetieff declared the provi
sional government's pledge of inde
pendence for Poland would be kept
scrupulously. " ' '
Strongest Offensive Effort
Since Verdun Repulsed by
French Troops.
EARTH STREWN WITH DEAD
At First Onslaught in Vicinity of
Czerny Frencli Give Wag, but
Recovery Is Quick and
Trenches Are Captured.
(FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE. July
5. (By the Associated Press.) After
their strongest offensive effort since
Verdun the Germans found themselves
today thrown back everywhere along an
l l-mlle front on the Chemin-des-Dames,
leaving the ground thickly
strewn with their dead and having
failed to take even one French soldier
prisoner.
The first lines remained intact and
the French commanding general, who
watched the operations throughout the
front French trenches, was able to de
clare tonight that not a single yard of
territory had been lost.
The Germans came forward every
where in the closest formation and in
successive waves, preceded by tho fa
mous shock troops, who were mowed
down by the French fire.
German Trenches Taken,
At the first onslaught in the vicinity
of Cerny and on the Californie plateau,
the P'rench were obliged to give way,
but their yielding was only momentary
and a counter-attack remedied the
slight cent immediately and in addi
tion gave them possession of some Ger
man trenches in the vicinity of Cerny.
wnicn tney held.
The German infantry appeared to
have all the dash taken out of them by
the French defense and made no at
tempt to regain the lost ground by
the French reaction. Their artillery
throughout today, however, maintained
weeping fire, but its effects were
minimized by the enemy's lack of obser-i
vation posts.
Artillery Battle Continues.
PARIS. July 5. Today's official
statement reports heavy artillery fight
ing near Moronvllliers in the Cham
pagne, and on the Verdun front. North
of the Aisne, the activity was In the
region or the Hurtebise Monument and
the northern part of the Bois de Beau
Marais, In the region of Mont Carnil
let, and on the left bank of the'Meuse
in the region of Hill 304.
Four hundred shells were fired
against Rheims.
The Eastern theater reports moder
ate artillery activity on both sides
along the whole front. The enemy
after violent bombardments sent two
strong columns against the right wing
of the Italian front, but these were repulsed.
Germans Give Usual Denial.
BERLIN, July 5. Renewed attacks
by the French on the Chemln des Dames
east of Cerny yesterday and early to
day were-broken up with heavy losses,
army headquarters announced today.
Only raiding, artillery and aerial oper
ations are reported from the other.
British Line Is Advanced.
LOXDOK, July B. The British made
an attack last night southwest of
Hollebeke, in Belgium, near the Ypres
Canal. Today's official statement says
the British line was advanced on a
front of 600 yards and several prisoners
captured.
POLAND IS TO BE FREE
Russians and Poles Work Plan for
Xew Government.
WASHINGTON, July 5. Material
progress toward working out a scheme
of independence for Poland is being
made by a special commission of Rus-
M0QNSHIN1NG IS CHARGED
Sheriff Makes Arrest as Still Is in
Operation in ' Kitchen.
TILLAMOOK. Or.. July 5. (Special.)
Fritz Bush, a well-known rancher,
and Millard Morley, who has been liv
ing at the Bush home for -some years,
were arrested today by Sheriff W. L.
Campbell f or tuoonshining. The men
were operating a still made from en
oil can and 20 feet of copper tubing
coiled in a tub of cold water. ' Prunes
were used to make the alcohol.
When arrested the still was in active
operation on the kitchen stove in the
Bush home. The men claim that this
was their first attempt at the business.
Bush was released on his own recog
nizance after he had been brought to
town, but Morley is still lodged in Jail
while formal complaints are being prepared.
0XMAN CASE CONTINUED
Eastern Oregon Cattleman Appears
in San Francisco Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5. Frank C.
Ox man, Oregon cattleman under indict
ment for attempted subordination of
perjury growing out of the trial of
Thomaa J. Mooney, who is under sen
tence of death for murder In connection
with the preparedness day parade bomb
explosion here last July, appeared to
day in the Superior Court. His case
was continued until Friday.
Oxman is accused of having- at
tempted to induce F. E. Kigali, of
Graysville, IU., to give false testimony
against Mooney. ,
WOMAN LICENSED PILOT
Mrs. Pyle Passes Perfect Examina
. tion at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. (Special.)
The first woman ever to be granted a
first-class pilot's license for San Fran
cisco Hay and its tributaries is Mrs.
Esheranza C. Pyle, who has just passed
a perfect examination before United
States inspectors of steamships.
There are several women who have
operators' licenses for small craft, but
the examination passed by Mrs. Pyle
and the certificate granted her allows
her to command any vessel up to 150
tons register in the waters mentioned.
MRS. WICKS, 77,, DIES
Aged Resident Who Sold Apples to
Save Husband Succumbs.
THE DALLES, Or., July E. (Special.)
Mrs. Isabel Wicks, 77 years old, died
In The Dalles Hospital last night. Mrs.
Wicks had lived, with her husband,
for many yeare on the Mill Creek forks
south of The Dalles. She attracted
Portland attention c. year or so ago,
when she invaded the public market
there with a consignment of apples on
which to raise fuuds for her ill hus
band. Mrs. Wicks was born in Iowa and
bad lived In Oregon for many years.
Bakers to Cancel Unsold Loaf Act.
BOSTON, July 6. Frank H. Shep
pard, of this city, chairman of the
bakers' war emergency council, which
is composed of12 bakers from as many
states, today issued a statement saying
the bakers will cancel the unsold loaf
return privilege of retailers, as - re
quested by the Council of National Defense.
California Completes Her Quota.
WASHINGTON, July 6. California
completed its quota of recruits for the
regular Army yesterday, making 12
states so far to have supplied the num
ber of men allotted to them in the dis
tribution of recruiting by population.
Total recruiting yesterday was 1489,
making a grand total of 137.018.
Railroads Withdraw Pleas on Rates.
DENVER. July 6. The Denver &
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Rio Grande, Colorado & Southern and
Midland Valley Railroads today with
drew their application for a 15 per
cent increase in Intrastate freight
rates. It was . announced other rail
roads in the state will take similar action.
TWO SONS SLAY FATHER
YOUTHS TAKE TIRXS WITH BASE
BALL BAT,
Cruelty of Old Man Toward Mother and
Stepmother of Boys Given
aa Cause.
ST. UOUIS. July 5. William Dan-
necker, 58 years of age, was beaten to
death here today by his two sons, Theo
dore, 13 years of age, and Herman. 23
years old.
The brothers took turns at hammer
ing their father with a ball bat.
Herman, the elder son, said that they
killed their father because of his long
continued cruelty to their stepmother.
He said that his own mother killed
herself because of her husband's cruel
ty; that Dannecker's second wife ob
tained a divorce, and that . the third
wife, the present Mrs. Dannecker, had
attempted suicide because of ill-treat'
menL
Dr. II. C. Clay Made Captain.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, July 5. The War Department
today notified Senator McNary that Dr.
Harry E. Clay, of Salem, had been com
missioned Captain in the Army Medical
Reserve Corps.
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Voile Blouses at. . . ........ .75c
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Hemstitched Huck Towels at 15c
42-In. Pillow Tubing at, yard . 19c
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