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S4 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 20 SIX SECTIONS VOL. XXXV XO. lO. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH o. 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEMAND WILL BE MADE ON AUSTRIA ATTACK jv PORTLAND SHOWS GAIN IN. RESIDENTS GRIFFITHS' MEN " SEIZE LAST HOPE G. 0. P. FAR AHEAD IN HIGH PRAISE GIVEN TO SCHOOL SYSTEM OREGON REGISTRY PUT OFF 111 HOUSE STOLsTui:aURIVE VIEXXA'S VERSION" OF PETRO LITE AFFAIR REJECTED. LEAD OVER DEMOCRATS 4 0.72 OFFICIAL ESTIMATE BY DIREC TORY PUBLISHERS 281,435. PER CENT OF TOTAL. AGIO 0 WARNING Vote Not to Be Taken Before Tuesday. BRYAN APPEARS ON SCENE Ex-Secretary Denies He Is Organizing Opposition. WILSON STILL INSISTENT Administration Demands Vote on McLemore Resolution; Rules Committee Fails to Agree on Limit to the Debate. ' WASHINGTON March 4. The House again today postponed fiction on pro posals to warn American citizens not to travel on armed merchant ships, de feat of which has been requested by President Wilson to strengthen his hands in the negotiations with Ger many. It was decided that not before Tuesday would a vote be taken, and a wearying day of conferences and maneuvering left more doubt than ever as to Just what form the House action, when the time finally came, would take. Supporters of the President in his stand for the rights of Americans to safety aboard merchantmen bearing arms reiterated tonight that there was no uncertainty that the House sooner or later would follow the lead of the Senate in killing the warning pro posals. ".Parliamentary Problem Complex. The problem of framing a parliamen tary plan, however, which will have the necessary committee sanction and which will b assured of acceptance by the House itself, remains upsolved. Some . representatives professed to tee in the arrival in the capital of Will lam Jennings Bryan, who filled a speak ing engagement here tonight, a de velopment which might further compli cate the situation confronting the President's supporters In the House. Mr. Bryan conferred in the course of the afternoon with many of his friends, including some members of Congress, and discussed the movement for a Con gressional warning, which he is known to favor. He denied, however, as did those with whom he talked, that he was on the ground to help organize opposition to the President's desires. Reasons Given for Delay. House leaders advanced many rea sons in support of their decision against a vote today or Monday on the recom mendation of the foreign affairs com mittee that the McLemore warning resolution be tabled. Prominent among them was the failure of the rules com mittee to agree, after a long session, on what sort of rule should be brought in to govern debate. Acting Chairman Pou and Representative Garrett, of the committee, went to the White House to night to discuss that feature with President Wilson. Other reasons contributing to the de lay included: Insistence of some Democrats, in cluding Democratic Leader Kitchin, that instead of voting on the foreign affairs committee recommendation to table Representative McLemore's reso lution there be reported a substitute requiring a straight vote on a warning resolution. Many Democrats Absent. Absence of many Democratic mem bers from Washington on week-end trips. Unwillingness by Speaker Clark to entertain a tabling motion on Monday which is unanimous consent day. Pleas of Indiana Democrats that no Apology, Reparation and Punish ment of Submarine Commander Will Be Firmly Insisted On. WASHINGTON, March 4. The United States is preparing to make formal demands upon Austria-Hungary as a result of the attack by an Austrian submarine upon the American tank steamer Petrolite. A note on the sub ject will be dispatched within the next few days. It was said authoritatively tonight that the United States would stand by its original contentions and ask an apology for the attack, punishment of the submarine commander and repara tion for damage done to the vessel and injuries inflicted on a member of the crew. In reply to the first American com munication Austria informed the State Department that its version of the af fair was that the submarine command er thought the Petrolite an enemy ship, disguised with the American flag; that he fired on the vessel because he be lieved it was about to ram his ship, and that the commander of the Petro lite voluntarily furnished provisions when asked to do so. The State Department since has se cured information from the captain and crew of the Petrolite directly contra dictory to the Austrian version. They have declared in affidavits that the Petrolite was stopped by an Austrian submarine, vhlch fired several shells at her; that' the submarine asked for food, which the commander of the Petrolite refused to give him, and that the commander of the submarine then held one of the members of the tanker' crew as a hostage while his men went aboard the ship and took such stores as they desired. CONSUL DIES SUDDENLY William F. Kelley, Lincoln Iajer, Expires at Rome. ROME, via Paris, March 4. William F. Kelley, the American Consul here, was found dead in a chair shortly be fore the breakfast hour today. Death was probably due to heart disease. WASHINGTON. March 4. Ambassa dor Page at Rome notified the State Department today of the death of Mr; Kelley. Consul Kelley's home was at Lincoln, Neb., where he had practiced law 22 years before entering the Gov ernment service as private secretary to Secretary Bryan in October, 1913. He was made assistant solicitor of the State Department in August, 1914, and. in June last year he was made a Consul, being assigned to Rome. He was 51 years old. tConclutled on Pas 4, Column 1.) CITY IS WITHOUT POLICE People Appeal to tiovernor While Jxx'al Officials Quarrel.' SPRINGFIELD. 111.. March 4. Police protection has been denied the citizens of Nokomis, 111., because of a quarrel between the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen, and Governor Dunne received today a petition signed by residents of the town asking him to send state troops to run things there. The Governor conferred with Adju tant-General Dickson and afterward It was announced that the executive bad no authority under the circumstances to order out the militia. Battle of Verdun Con tin lies' Desperately. GERMANS HOLD DOUAONT AIR SCOUTS TO PRACTICE American Navy Takes First Step in New Direction. WASHINGTON. March 4. Naval war games in which the aeroplanes will do the scouting for the Atlantic battle fleet have been ordered on th'e southern drill grounds off Guantanamo. The order marks the first step to work the aeronautical service co-ordinately with the battle fleet, as is being done by the European navies in the war. Berlin Asserts Capture of More Than 1000 Prisoners. MEN AT CLOSE QUARTERS Rain Falls Over Field f Struggle, Turning to Snow; Crown Prince Believed Willing to Pay Big Price for Victory. LONDON. March 4. The driving Ger man assault on Verdun has halted for the second time in the Douaumont sec tor northeast of Verdun, on this occa sion In the face of a formidable coun ter-attack by the French in an effort to retake Douaumont village. The clash of the opposing armies at this point was desperate. Today's Berlin statement mentions the capture of more than 1000 prisoners. The number of cannon taken by the Germans since February 22 has reached a total of 115, with 161 machine guns. Berlin says the French counter-attack of Douaumont was repulsed. French Express Confidence. Confidence in the outcome of the Ver dun struggle has been expressed by General Gallieni, the French Minister of War, according to a Paris dispatch. It is regarded as significant of the fact that the French are convinced in their own minds, at least, of victory, that government bonds have increased in value on the Bourse. The new 5 per cents have advanced from 87 francs 25 centimes, to 88 francs 5 centimes. The French-now hold the summit of the knoll which dominates the village from the south. Parts of the town had been taken and retaken repeatedly, and each time that the fortune of bat tle has changed more dead from the thick masses of German assailants have been added to tho piles behind which their surviving comrades have sought brief protection. Crown Prince Is Determined. Each time remnants of regiments al ready cut to pieces were pushed ahead by other bodies of troops surging on the field, the ground was strewn with bodies. It is the opinion in all quarters that the Crown Prince has determined to pay the price necessary to capture Verdun, if possible, drive the French from the right bank of the Meuse and establish a front along that river. If he is unable to piece the lines and open the way to Chalons and Paris. French infantry is disputing every inch of the ground with persistent courage, and last night once more com pelled their, adversaries to suspend ef- forts, leaving artillery alone to keep up the pressure on the fortress. When ever the German assault on the French line reached the danger point the blue clad troops leaped forward with fixed bayonets to strains of the national bat the hymn. lialn Fatta, Turns to Snow. Accounts of this fighting from French sources say that on each oc casion the soldiers of the republic got the better of their opponents, pushing back Germans who did not fall under the cold steel. Rain is falling over the battlefield today, turning into snow, as was the case on the fourtri day of the battle. Some light is thrown on the rate of casualties In the region of Verdun In a statement by a German soldier be longing to the Twelfth Regiment of In- New Issue, Due Soon, Contains 125, 082 Names and Heavy In-' crease lor 1016 Indicated. Portland's present population, as of ficially computed by R. L. Polk & Co., publishers of the city directory, is 281.435. The unofficial estimate made a few days ago by The Oregonian was 281,-000. The new directory will be out within a few days. It contains 125.083 names. Using the multiple of 2Vi to account for the married women and minors not listed, the aggregate population of the city as a whole, including Milwaukie and other suburbs not within the cor porate boundaries, is 281,435. This is an increase of 5700 in the last year. The publishers advise that there has been a decided decrease in the floating population, particularly in the North End, but that the population in the residence districts has grown substan tially. The figures indicate, they say. heavy increase in the population dur ing the present year. Vice Issue Again Faced at Seattle Tuesday. ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS snow; northwesterly Concluded on Page 6, Column 1.) The Wemther. YESTETRTATS Maximum temperature. degrees; minimum, az degrees. TODAY'S Rain or winds. Wr. Attack toy French checks German drive near Verdun, but Is said to have failed to regain Douaumont. Section 1. page 1. German food supplies well organized. Sec tion 1, page 6. National. r-m-.nH tn hii made of Austria for apology. reparation and punishment of submarine commander wno aiucitea roireiiiB. op tion 1, page 1. House postpones vote on warning resolution until Tuesday, section l, page x. Sweeping military bill introduced In Senate. Section 1, page 3. La Follette seamen's act now in full effect. Section 1. page 5. Senator Chamberlain defends negative vote on tabling of resolution: says Senators misunderstood question before them. Sec tion 1. page 6. Domestic. Woman kills priest in church. Section 1 page 1. Mayors demand adequate preparednesa. Sec tlon 1. page 3. Indiana to hold primary election Tuesday. Section 1. page 2. Irishmen In America organize movement for Irish freedom. Section 1, page o. Portland widow seeks identity of hus band's parents to learn own true iume. Section 1, page . Ttnnawit will Insist conditions be "right1 before he accepts nomination. Section 1, page 2. Sports. Rose City Club arranges hlgh-claea card for 'Tuesday. Section 2. page S. Trap-shooting season to be busy. Section 2, page 6- Special tourney for Eastern golf experts mav be held at w averley Golf iub. Section 2, page 2. Snow dri-vee Oregon baseball men in. Sec tion 2, page -4. Infra-mural basketball at Oregon is declared failure. Section 2, page 2. Twlrler Harstad is ure to make hit with Beavers, says Barney Gobs. Section 2, page 3. J. F. Bonier names a II -North west etar quin tet. Section 2, page . Four-round boxing game is resumed in San Francisco. Section 2, page ,J. New interest In wrestling is aroused on Pa cific Coast. Section 2, page 4. Orcron Amies. after poor start, make crandstand finish tn basketball. Section 2, page 2. Hoppe and Yam ad a to play billiard exhi bitions in Portland this week. Section page 2. Dave Greer may be sent to Northwestern League. Section 2, page 3. Pacific Northwest. Mr. Paulhamus says he is not in "Washington Gubernatorial race. Section 1, page v. Governor Lister accused by M. K. Hay of juggling figures showing administration Seattle sickens of' another vice issue cam' palgn. Section 1, page 1. Coos and Curry counties seek auto tourists. Section 1. page 9. Eugene is paralyzed by heaviest snow storm in years. bection i, page . Lr. L. W. Riley Is honored by McMinnville College. Section 1, page . O. A. C. extension report shows amount of work done for farmers for year. Section 1. Page 10. Senator Borah likely to head Idaho delega tion. Section 1, page S. Marion Democrats flay Oregon Senators on question of Jobs, section 1, page 8. -Republicans are far ahead in Oregon reg istry. Section 1, page 1. Portland mud Vicinity, Result of schol test announced and. system is praised. Section 1, page 1. Apron sale Tuesday will aid. needy. S tlon 1. page 12. Jitneys are evading license fees. Section i, page 13. HI GILL SEEMS BIG FAVORITE Defeat Would Appear as Po litical Miracle. CANDIDATES ARE COMPARED Wliilc Mayor and Minister Assert City Is Clean Morally, Sheriff Hodge Continues Raids and Gets Away 'With Prey. SEATTLE. Wash.. March 4. (Spe cial) "Hope springs eternal" that some t'.me Seattle will enjoy a munic ipal campaign free from the sickening- vice issue. It will be a new sensation. When the present campaign opened. there was every reason to suppose- that this particular fight would be clean. cTeryooajr naj settled bacK for a gen tlemanly discussion of such dry and prosy subjects as taxation and publi utilities. Mayor Gill, who had promised tw years before that, if elected, he would not seek another term was forced into the fight, he says, by the candidacy of Oliver T. Erlckson. president of the City Council, to whose ideas on single tax and the city tax levy the Mayor violently is opposed. Austin E. Griffiths, former City Councilman, and GUI s Chief of Police for the first nine months of his administration, was in the race on his record in the Council. The opening- weeks of the primary campaign were pale and flabby. GUI Simply Ran Away. -Mayor um went Into the primaries without having made a single speech without having opened headquarters or formed an organization. He simply ran away from his field receiving clear majority of 2000 over the other three candidates, beatng Griffiths, who ran second, by 14,000. Coming into the home stretch, with Griffiths apparently distanced, the race still lacked interest. Suddenly came the sensation. Griffiths" support looked back over Gill's political record and grabbed an idea, and they fell upon the Mayor with the vice issue. Gill had said that the town was clean. morally. The Griffiths men denied it, alleging that something akin to the old "restricted district" still exists in the southern en of the city and that many downtown hotels are dens of iniquity, where white slavers ply their trade. The record of Chief of Police Lang, with the sensational charges recently made against his personal conduct, was dragged out. His night in a cabaret in the company of a performer, whose room he visited at 2 o'clock in the morning, was recalled, with the nota tion that Mayor Gill had scored him at the time for having made a "damn fool" of himself. This led up to the declaration from the stump that the Mayor's reform, for which he has been given credit by so many of the citizens, is a myth and that he is the "same old HI" whom the people recalled in 1911. Gill Loses Temper. . The fight -was now getting too hot for Gill to continue the dignified policy he had mapped out. He lost his temper which, is for what the opposition had been playing. Their tactics were what is known in the world of sport as "goat-getting." Finally, he burst out in a tirade of invective against Griffiths, extending his- attack to Mrs. Griffiths. His opponent, he declared, had married a million, and had now In 35. Counties 73,000 Electors Qualify, of Whom but 48 7 Are Listed as Progressives. SALEM, Or.. March 4. (Special.) Republicans constitute 66.16 per cent of the total registration in Oregon to date. according to flguffes compiled today in the office of Secretary of State Olcott. The total Republican registration is 48,892, as compared with 18.803 Demo crats, who comprise 25.4 per cent of the entire registration, totaling 73.900. In all the 35 counties of the state there are but 487 Progressives reg istered. 212 of these being in Multno mah. The Prohibition registration is 1650. or 2.23 per cent of the total num ber listed; Socialists number 1859. or 2.53 per cent, while the miscellaneous registration is 2209, or 2.99 per cent of the total. As far as the Republicans are con cerned. Clatsop County makes the best showing to date, with 1045. or 75 per cent of the entire county registration of 1398, listed as Republicans. The per centage of the total registration in Washington County who are Repub- Icans is 73. while Multnomah County with a total registration of 21,805 on February 26. shows 72 per cent as Re publicans. Democrats in Multnomah County on that date numbered but 4524. STEAMER VALUE TREBLED Mackinaw, Worth $100,000 Eight Months Ago, Brings $300,000. SAX FRANCISCO. March 4. The American steamer Mackinaw, bought about eight months ago from the Robert Dollar Company for J100.000 was sold today. It was reported, by George and James Flood for $330,000 to a Japanese firm. The Mackinaw now is at Vladivostok unloading. The Mackinaw put into Honolulu several times with engine trouble during the last year and six months ago was disabled off the coast north of here and was towed into Puget Sound. Destructive Criticism Declared Handicap. RESULT OF TEST ANNOUNCED High Standing of Examiners Makes Findings Important. MARKING THOUGHT STRICT Spelling Average Is Highest, With 8 7.9 Per Cent, and History Lou. CM, With 5 6.2, but Papers Arc in Advance of Classes. 4 HEJVLTS OF SCHOOL EIAM- l IXATIOX FROM COMMIT- TKE'S RKPORT. 4 The work of the committee J leads us to feel that the results on the whole are satisfactory, es pecially when compared with tests of other cities, and. while under any circumstances there Is always room for improvement, we believe our public educational system is In efficient hands, and with the encouragement and sup port of the community, instead of destructive criticism, our schools would soon reach a much higher state of efficiency. (Concluded on Page 7, Column 8.) WILSONS SAIL DOWN BAY President Finds Need of Rest After Week of Agitation. WASHINGTON. March 4. President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson left tonight on the Mayflower for a week-end trip down the Potomac River and Chesa peake Bay. They planned to return to Washington Monday morning. The President decided to take the trip because of his desire to rest after a busy week in conference with Con gressional leaders over the agitation to pass resolutions warning Americans off armed ships. PROHIBITION BILL PASSED Virginia Limits Liquor ImjwjrLat ions to Quart Per Person. RICHMOND, Va., March 4. The lower branch of the Virginia Assembly to night passed the state-wide prohibition bill. 85 to S. The bill had passed the Senate. One quart of whisky a month a per son is the limit placed by the bill on importations of intoxicants from other states. The law will go into opera tion November 1. 1916. BIG DESTROYER LAUNCHED Sampson Is 78 Per Cent Completed When She Leaves Ways. QCI.VCT, Mass., March 4. The United States torpedoboat destroyer Sampson, named for the late Rear-Admiral Samp son. United States Navy, was launched from the yards of the Fore River Ship building Corporation today. The Sampson is one of the largest de stroyers in the Navy, with an over-all length of 315 feet. She went Into the water 78 per cent completed. Portland's publfc schools compare 'well with those of other cities, and the educational system is in efficient hands. Even more could be accom plished here were destructive criticism lacking. This, briefly, is the gist of a report made yesterday to The Oregonian by a committee of six well-known Portland citizens, both men and women, and heads of six of the city's most promi nent civio bodies. O. K. Given Schools. This representative committee had been asked by this paper to make a test or survey of the local school sys tem with a view to determining wheth er much adverse criticism aimed at it Is justified by . the facts. The report made yesterday after careful tests giv en to pupils at various schools shows that, to the committee's satisfaction, there Is nothing the matter with Port land's schools. The examination was participated in by all ninth-grade pupils and some In the eighth grade. Probity Is Unquestioned. The test was made without the slightest bias or prejudice, an effort being directed merely to get at the facts. Tile personnel of the committee ttsclf was such as to gain entire credit for honesty of motives. The six mem bers who undertook the task at the re quest of The Oregonian were: J. P. Jaeger, chairman. president Progressive Business Men's Club; Mrs. George W. McMath. president Oregon Congress of Mothers; Mrs. Isaac Swett. president Council of Jewish Women; Mrs. G. J. Frankel, president Portland Woman's Club; W. D. Whitcomb. presi dent Portland Ad Club, and N. G. Pike, president Rotary Club. Greatest Care Kxerelsed. Questions for the examination wore prepared by the committee members, and the school authorities were not taken into their confidence at all.. The test questions 'in five subjects wej-e In closed in sealed envelopes and deliv ered to the various schools, where the (Concluded on Page 18. Column 3. PHASES OF THE PAST WEEK'S NEWS ARE INTERPRETED PICTORIALLY BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. HUT" YO C&ACt JEUGJEW "fY MAP A 4 m4, -J 1 IT-HI 107.0