TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, . 31 ARCH 5, 1916.
6ERHANS MOBILIZE
SUPPLIES OF FOOD
FRENCH AUXILIARY, FORMERLY PASSENGER LINER, WHOSE SINKING COST 3000 LIVES.
SENATE CONFUSED,
Spring Styles
Now on Exhibition at
SAYS
Expert -Says Chemists Have
Solved Problem of Utiliz
ing Waste as Fodder.
Vote Declared to Have Been
Actually to Ignore Viola
tions of Rights.
AY9
LABOR IS WELL ORGANIZED
ISSUE EXPLAINED AGAIN
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GHKUBERUIN
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Third Winter Said to Find Xation
Better Prepared to Hold Out
Than Second Women Iofng
Work of Men in Fields.
BY RAYMOND E. SWING.
(Special Cable to the Chicago Daily
News).
BERLIN", March 4. Count P. Kiyser
int?k, one of the leading mobilizers of
Germany's fields, chief of staff of the
Kaiser's agricultural army, grave me an
interview today on the Important work
he is directing-, fie is ministerial di
rector in the Department of Agricul
ture and president of the Prussian gov
ernment's grain monopoly."
Indeed, Count Kiyserlingk has done
for Germany's food supply what Dr.
Rathenau in the "War Ministry did for
war supplies.
"On April l,".said Count Klyserlingk,
'we shall have finished our programme
for the third "Winter of the war, and
ly the end of the following month we
hall know exactly how many acres of
wheat, rye and potatoes are sown and
practically how many head of cattle
will be on hand next Fall to feed Ger
man people. I can tell you positively
that the third Winter will see us even
better prepared to hold out than did
the second.
Enemy Declared Mistaken.
"They still doubt in foreign coun
tries that Germany's agriculture is
strong enough to support the people,
and our enemies appear to believe that
they will conquer us with starvation.
Kven now, after 18 months of war, they
think this, though they might easily
have learned better by studying the
trend of economic events here.
"it is really extraordinary," declared
Count Klyserlingk, "how little our en
emies understand our ecomonics.
"German sugar, which before the
war went to foreign countries, is now
mixed with straw, peat and other ma
terials and goes into the stomachs of
cattle and horses, to be converted into
power, fat and meat.
"But that is not all. "We saw quickly
how much wo wasted in peace times.
Chemical science taught us that straw
and heather can make nourishing fod
der if thir hidden concomitants can
be made accessible.
Vegetation Made Into Fodder.
"Numerous factories are now busy
making over these and certain other
kinds of vegetation into substantial
fodder. We are using the leaves of
trees, and the government has aided
in establishing many drying plants
where potatoes and other supplies are
conserved for future use as fodder.
"We have a, large number of men in
the country districts who are capable
of work, and the army always has
Fhown consideration to our requests
for retaining a sufficient number of
men to guarantee full crops to German
farmers. The women are well-trained.
and in many cases can perform work
of men. Then there is no lack of pris
oners who can be used in the fields.
Naturally, we have so organized plant
ing throughout the empire that if one
district " is in special need of help we
pee to it that the necessary men get
there."
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I.OSK-IP VIEW OF DECKS. BELOW STEAMER. LEAVING NEW YORK BEFORE BEI'Cr CONVERTED
INTO CRUISER.
The French auxiliary cruiser Provence, well known on this side before the war as the French trans-Atlantic
liner La. Provence, has been sunk in the Mediterranean with a loss of over 2000 lives. This, in point of lives lost,
is the greatest marine disaster in history.
ing provisions, nor fatigue, could over
come the stubborn bravery of our in
fantry. "By thus holding firm in this corner
of Herbebois, they, for their part, con
tributed to win time for the arrival of
the necessary reserves and they se
riously interfered with the advance of
the Germans. It was sacrifices of this
kind repeated at numerous points on
our front which held back the enemy
flood."
Text of Missives Prescribed, DeNerib
Ing Need of Money and TelUnff of
J Deaths la Family.
' BERLIN", March 4, via London, March
5. It will henceforth be possible for
residents of the governmental district
of Warsaw to communicate with rela
tives and friends in America through
.the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
'.Aid Society. 2-9 IJiist Broadway, New
JYork- City.
With the severance of postal com
munication between tho outside world
nnd the occupied districts of Poland, it
-was possible for these people to com
municate only in a limited and slow
way with their relatives through the
consulates and embassies. Isidore
Hershficld, of the Hebrew Society,
therefore went to Poland, where he has
boen investigating- conditions and ne
gotiating with the military authorities
ior several weeks.
As a result of his investigations the
Military Governor of Warsaw has just
Issued an order permitting the residents
of the district to write direct to the
Hebrew society. The letters may con
tain only the address, tho signature and
tho following text
We are well, but in need of money
and aid. Please help us. We send
hearty greetings."
Notification of the death of any mem
ber of a family may also be incorpor
ated in the text, but nothing else.
NEUTRALS WATCHING OUTCOSIK
Changes Expected to Bo Marked if
Germans Win Battle.
LONDON, March 4. The British press
is studying carefully the effect of the
Verdun fighting -on public opinion in
various European capitals, particularly
ttie neutral countries of Greece. Sweden,
Scandinavia and Holland. ' A special
correspondent sent to Sweden by the
Telegraph warns the British public as
follows:
"Any decisive German success will
produce a far-reaching political effect
on neutrals. The rebound in Sweden
will be great and almost immediate.
It is hardly realized abroad that the
recent fluctuations in the attitude of
Sweden were the direct results of the
vicissitudes of the campaign in general
and of Russia's grave reverse in par
ticular. While the majority of the
Swedish people entertain no desire to
exchange a safe and lucrative neutral
ity for a belligerency which can bring
no lasting advantage, the sentiments of
the inarticulate majority are of little
avail against the motives by which the
ruling statesmen are impressed.
"It is certain that a decisive Teu
tonic victory at the present juncture
would be followed by most important
changes in the international situation."
IBISH MAKE PLANS
National Organization Formed
in United States.
FREEDOM WILL BE GOAL
Delegates I'roin All Parts or Coun
try Attend Conference In New
Vork "For Ireland Alone"
fs Motto in AVar.
NEW YORK. March i. A new Na
tional organization to be known as the
"Kriends of Irish Freedom" was formed
here tonight by prominent Irishmen
from all parts of the country in at
tendance at a conference called to out
line the attitude they believe the Irish
of the United States should assume to
ward Great Britain. The organization
will be governed by a National commit
tee of 60 members with an executive
committee of 12. National conventions
will he held twice a year or oftener.
was announced. Any person of Irish
extraction who "sympathizes with the
country in her aspirations for inde
pendence" i3 eligible to membership.
The object of the organization, as
announced by Captain John T. Ryan,
chairman of the committee which
worked out the details, will be "to en
courage and assist any movement for
the national freedom of Ireland and to
aid in the industrial improvement of
the country as well as in the revival
of the language, literature, music aiid
customs of the Uaels.
James K. McGuire, formerly Mayor of
Syracuse, chairman of the committee on
credential;, said there were 185S del'
gates in attendance at the convention
He said they came from through-out
the country, from Nome, Alaska, to
Tampa, Fla.
Judge O'Neil Ryan, of St. Louis, who
was elected permanent chairman of the
convention, asserted that sectional dif
ference and denominational and polit
ical strife had been forgotten by the
delegates and added that after the
world war. the United States should de
mand of Great Britain, whether the lat
ter is victor or vanquished, that Ire
land "be made absolutely independent
among the nations of the world.
The Irish people, he declared, "do
not utand behind -the British govern
ment in this war. but for Ireland and
Ireland alone."
SUBMARINE IS IN TROUBLE
K-6
Will Be Towed to Maneuvers
Off Florida Coast.
WASHINGTON, March 4. The sub
marine K-6, en route south for Winter
maneuvers at Key West, has developed
engine trouble off tho Kast Florida
Coast and will be towed to her des
tination by the naval tug Peoria' and
the coast guard cutter Tampa, which
put out from Key West today.
The destroyed Macdonough is stand
ing by the K-6. which is in no danger.
Body in Position of Having Tabled
Resolution Which Declared Loss
of American Lives Would
Be Cause for War.
ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 4. "I think I voted.
right yesterday on the motion to table
the substitute Gore resolution, saio.
Senator Chamberlain today. "I Ques
tion seriously if the Senate was tuny
advised as to the effect of the uore
resolution as it was finally placed De
fore the Senate. It was entirely at va
riance with the original proposition
and entirely at variance with the pur
pose which the Senate had in mind in
endeavoring to give the jrresiaeni
free hand in the matter of negotiations
with Germany and Great Britain.
Just at the moment when tne vote
was to be taken, ana eierenmj
right which was sustained by the Vice
President, Senator Gore perfected his
original resolution by declaring:
" 'Resolved, by the Senate, the House
of Representatives concurring. That the
sinking by a German submarine with
out notice or warning of an armed
merchant vessel of her public enemy,
resulting in the death of a citizen of
the United States, would constitute &
just and sufficient cause ot war Be
tween the United States ana ine uw
man Empire."
Resolution Completely Changed.
"I sat within a few feet of the rcad
ng clerk and heard the resolution dis
tinctly, and felt that, in view or tne
complete change in its character, it
ought to be discussed, in a limited way
at least, so that the Senate micht be
advised as to what it was voting on.
"Th original resolution naa oeen
printed and u on the desks or tho
Senators. Its provisions were perfectly
understood, but I am sure tne resolu
tion as amended was not generally
comprehended, because the whole thing
was done so quickly mat it was im
possible for the Senate In the confu
sion, to have understood fully its na
ture. From the hasty reading of it I
feared that it might be looked on as
giving foreign powers an opportunity
to conclude that they might with Im
punity destroy the lives of American
citizens, as well as interfere with our
commerce
Tabling Equal to Surrender.
"In other words, it might be said
that a question had been submitted to
the Senate as to the rights and pow
ers of belligerents ana that a tabling
of such a resolution was equivalent to
saying that these proceedings might
be had by any belligerent and the
United States would not take heed.
'I do not believe in the application
of gag rule in the Senate. 1 felt that
tho matter ought to be discussed, and
still think so, and my vote was not in
tended to bo in criticism of the atti
tude of the President, but applied only
to the matter that was immediately
before the Senate and the effect that
the resolution which it was proposed
to table might have upon the pending
controversy. '
"I think the action of the Senate
rather weakens the position of the
President." added the Senator, "because
the foreign press will conclude that the
policy of the President is not indorsed
K-u- tho Senate of the United States. I
think the question should be brought
up again in some form ana ce aiscusea
and voted upon iniemgemiy.
sticaklnz for himself. Senator Cham
berlain said he believed some, warning
should be given Americans to Keep on
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the armed merchant ships of belliger
ents and thinks the peace of the Nation
should not be endangered by a few ad
venturous persons, who like the thrill
they get from traveling on belligerent
ships in tlie war rone.
Senator Chamberlain today received
several telegrams from Oregon con
gratulating him on his vote cast yesterday.
Members of the Oregon delegation
have had comparatively little corre
spondence from home bearing on the
Gore resolution. Senator Lane has had
no telegrams whatever on the subject.
GERMAN DRIVE IS STOPPED
(Continued From First Page.)
f ant ry now a prisoner tochind the
French lines. He says:
"On February I'l, before my company
had taken part in any engagement, it
was composed of 200 men and 24 offi
cers. Then vc went Into hattlc and
the organization cam out reduced to
. one officer and 70 men. It is a miracle
that any of us escaped the massacre.
The fire of the French machine guns
ivas so powerful and well directed that
entire lines of our men were cut down.
French Mnrkmamhlp Good.
"The French artillery fire and the
marksmanship of the French infantry
men made- equally heavy ravages in
the ranks of almost all the other com
panics of ray regiment
"I had only time to throw myself
down on the ground and play the dead
man."
The French official eyewitness. In an
account of the early stapes of the f ight
ing", made puhlic today, says of one
particularly sanguinary phase of the
fig-hting:
"The defense of Herbebois will cer
tainly remain one of the most glorious
pages in the annals of our regiment.
More than 3000 Germans came in suc
cessive waves to smash themselves
against our ranks, although we were
in a fighting position of the most dis
advantageous kind. "We .voluntarily
abandoned the ground where hundreds
and hundreds of German corpses show
sufficiently how effective was our re
sistance, Neither the bombardment nor
the snow nor the difficulties of secur-
LATEST OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
German.
BERLIN, via London, March 4.
The text of today's official state
ment follows:
"On both sides of the Meuse the
French increased the activity of their
artillery and after a great increase in
the volume of their fire they attacked
the village of Douaumont and our lines
adjoining it. They were repulsed, partly
in close-range fighting, and sustained
heavy losses. We took more than 1000
unwounded prisoners.
"After the work of clearing the bat
tlefield it has been ascertained that the
booty taken since February -2 has been
increased from, 37 guns and 75 machine
guns to 115 guns and ltil machine guns.
"Near Obersept, northwest of Pfirt,
the enemy attempted In , vafn to re
capture the position taken by us on
February 13.
"The enemy, after suffering losses,
consisting of a great number of killed
and wounded and SO prisoners, was
compelled to retreat to his former position."
British. .
LONDON, March 4. The official
statement from British headquarters,
issued tonight, says:
"During last night and early this
morning there was sharp grenade fight
ing in some mine craters near Ver
mclles. The enemy bombarded our
trenches while trying to capture-the
craters. All the craters remain in our
hands.
"The situation elsewhere is normal."
remainder of the front, excepting the
customary cannonading."
Tonight's official communication
says:
"In Artois an attack by the enemy,
with the object of driving us from the
crater which we occiipy near the road
from Neuville to La Folie, was re
pulsed. "In the Argonne we cannonaded in
the region to the southeast of Vauquois
the German organizations and de
molished several shelters.
"In the region of Verdun a violent
bombardment has been in progress all
day on the left bank of the Meuse at
Hill 304 and Cote de 1" Oie. On the
right bank, the enemy, after an intense
bombardment directed on the Haudro
mont wood east of Cote du Foivre,
launched against our positions an at
tack which was stopped by our machine
gun and infantry fire.
"In the morning the Germans had
succeeded in again gaining a foothold
in the village of Douaumont. from
which we had driven him last evening
by a counter attack.
Uhe struggle continues desperatelv.
with alternate advance and recoil, for
the possession of the village.
in the Woevre there has been less
activity on the part of the artillery.
In Lorraine, in the region of the
ponds of Thiaville. after artillery pren-
aration, we carried several sections
of an enemy trench. About 60 prison
ers were taken, includtng one officer.
Several machine guns and one bomb-
thrower also remain in our hands."
termlned to capture Verdun and if pos
sible break through the French line and
open the way to Paris.
Austrian.
BERLIN. March A. (By wireless to
Sayville, N Y.) The following state
ment on military operations, issued at
Vienna by Austrian army headquarters,
has been received here:
"A Russian attempt to cross the Ikwa
Kiver, in the Dubno district, failed.
"The enemy press has repeatedly re
ported that the Russian offensive was
progressing on the Dneister and near
Czernowitz. This is an invention. The
Austro-Hungarian front at these points
has suffered no modification for the
last year.
The Balkan situation is unchanged.
The total number of Italian cannon
taken in Durazzo has reached 34, with
11,400 rifles."
French.
PARIS, March 4. The official com
munication issued this afternoon by the
French War Office is as follows:
"The bombardment which was main
tained with considerable activity last
night on the different sectors in the
region of Verdun has not been followed
by any action on the part of the in
fantry of the enemy.
"At Eparges we have prevented the
enemy from occupying a crater pro
duced by the explosion of one of their
mines.
"There is nothing to report from the
Saturday's War Moves
There has been some fighting farther
south on the line in the west, the Ger
mans reporting the repulse of a French
attack in Lorraine, in which the French
had some initial success, but were
forced to relinquish the ground taken.
Elsewhere there has been comparative
quiet, while from none of the other
European war fronts are events of mo
ment reported.
'The Russian occupation of Bitlis. In
Turkish. Armenia, is regarded in Petro-
graa as a development of first impor
tance, opening farther the way to Bag
dad for the Russian armies. That goal
is a long distance away yet from the
Russians headed southward toward
Mesopotamia, but the military observ
ers already have mapped out the prob-
aaie routes ror Grand JJuke NichoU
army over the 400-mile stretch to
junction with the British on the Tigris.
In addition, and of more immediate
interest, Js the bringing out of the
point tnat tne Turks now will be great
ly hampered in bringing up reinforce
ments for their army that met defeat
at trierura and Is retreating westward
while the southward thrust by the Rus
sians has driven a wedge between the
Turkish forces west of Lake Van. in
Armenia, and those operating to the
east in f ersia.
rpiIE German armies at the gates of
J- Verdun are hammering them hard
with heavy artillery, but at latest ac
counts had suspended infantry attacks.
In the last fighting reported the initia
tive was on the side of the French, who
desperately drove back at the Germans
in a counter attack which gained them
ground.
The German thrusts in the new phase
or tne titanic struggle are being deliv
ered with heaviest force at present on
the salient to the northeast of the fort
ress in which lies the Douaumont plain
Here the French last week were driven
out of Fort Douaumont and Just now
from Douaumont village to the west.
In and around the village the battle
has been raging with violence and
with heavy losses on both sides. Un
official accounts assert that there has
been nothing on the western front to
equal the ferocity of the attacks de
livered by the Germans, while the
French infantry is declared to be dis
puting every inch of ground and in
their: latest efforts to have forced the
Germans to rest on the laurels co far
won and leave the continuation of the
battle to their artillery.
Paris advices say that no doubt re
mains in the minds of the French that
there is nothing in the nature of a feint
in the German effort, the belief exist
ing that the Crown Prince has de-
On the naval side of the conflict the
German Admiralty has reported the
sinking of two French auxiliary cruis
ers and a British patrol boat, while
from the Mediterranean comes the re
port of the sinking of the Italian
steamer Giava, a 2600-ton vessel, by an
Austrian submarine. Unofficial denial
of the German assertion of the sinking
ai iwo j! rencn warsnips Is made In
fans.
A Sure Way to
End
Dandruff
There is one sure way that has never
failed to remove dandruff at once, and
that is to dissolve it. then you destroy
it entirely. To do this, just get about
four ounces of plain, common liquid
arvon from any drug store (this is all
you will need), apply it at night when
retiring: use enough to moisten the
scalp and rub it in gently with the fin
ger tips.
By morning, most. If not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or
four more arvlications will completely
dissolve and entirely destroy every sin-,
gle sign and trace of it. no matter how
much dandruff you may have.
You will find all itching alnd digging
of the scalp will stop instantly, and
your hair will be fluffy. luBtrous, glos
sy, silky and soft, and look and feel
a hundred times better, Adv.
SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF
The Hanover Fire Insurance
Company
vr-u in ,ha tut of New i orK. on
the 31st day of December, lftlS. made to the
Insurance Commissioner of the state of Orc-
n, pursuant to law :
CaDltal.
Amount of capital paid up $1,000,000.00
Income.
V i-iAmiim rorT(d rl lit in ST
tne year
Interest, diviaenos ana rents re-
ceived during the year 106,521.90
TxAnma fi-Am nihr innrrH re
ceived, a. urine tne year
Total income 2.5uo,0o.6a
Disbursements,
Net losses paid during- the year. $1,220,621.07
during- the year 100.000.00
Commissions ana salaries pam
during: tne yeax
T llosnui anrl Tfn Ta.id
durlnr the year 101. 770.83
Amount of all other expenditures 448, t 1.85
Total expenditures $2,548,843.03
Assets.
ket value) imv.ow.v
Value or atocKs ana Donas owncu
(market value)
Cash in banks and on hand
Premiums In course or collection
written since September SO. 1915
Interest and rents due and accrued
2.2rJ.fi3.00
212,704.01
3S7.390.45
39.824.02
Total Assets $4,545,891.38
Lesa special deposits in any state
ii any tnere Dej o.
Total assets admitted in Oregon. $4.54.457.28
Liabilities.
Gross claims for losses unpaid.. $ 20,374.S8
A mnlint rtf linrna( TirPITlllimi
nn nllsVtntfitandinK risks 2.41. 0R8. 57
All other liabilities 52.713.19
Tnfnl liabilities. exclusive of
" capital stock of $1,000,000.00. $2,740,176.6:
Tntiii nrnmiiitni In forpfl Decem
ber ill.. 1915 $4,013,341.00
Business in Oregon for the Year.
Tntal Insurant written durlna
the year $ 645.866.00
Hrnit nrmlumi received durlns
the year 13.780.40
Premiums returned during; the
year 2.30.l
T mmm nn drirlnr the Tear 4. TV ."...
Losses Incurred during- the year. 6,723.53
Total amount of insurance out
standing In Orecon December
31. 1015 267.076.00
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WILSON EAR IftTJaC CO.. loom porated
768 Inter-Southern Eld LrOUiaviUe, Ky
and Senator Chamberlain has had only
one telegrram. from McMinnvillc, that
urg-ed him to support the original Gore
proposition. This telegram -went also to
Representatives Hawley and Sinnott,
and vaa signed by W. T. Vinton. lr.
J. H. "Williams. John Wortman, J. H.
Gibson. William Devall. B. A. Klicks.
John Wisener. V. F. Paul and Charles
Fisher. The three Oregon Representa
tives have had letters at. intervals
bearing? on the general subject. znoFt
of then-, urging that Americans be
barred from traveling on armed mer
chantmen of belligerent nations.
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