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84 Pages Section One SIX SECTIONS Pages 1 to 20 vol. xxxv -NO. 18. POKTLAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. UNITED STATES AND MEXICO DEADLOCK Obregon DemandsThat Troops Withdraw. DISCUSSION IS REFUSED American Generals Will Not Consider Retirement. CO-OPERATION IS ADVISED Suggested Ajrrrmont Would Pro vldc for .Foint Folic! us of Bandit Infotrd District, With Amer icans as Buffers. T.J. PASO. Tex., April 29. A two r.our ponferpnrc late today between American and Mexican military repre sentatives at Juarez to decide the fu ture disposition of American expedi tionary forces in Mexico terminated unsuccessfully, but was followed by the announcement that, deliberations would be resumed tomorrow at LI Tftso. ' Two conflicting propositions devel oped immediately after the leaders In the conference met in the Juarez custom-house. They are understood to have Increased the gravity of the ne gotiations temporarily. Meeting Behind Clrd Doom. The initial meeting was held behind closed doors in the big. green-tinted loom which Krancisco Villa used as his council chamber when he dominated Northern Mexico, and Juarez was his h eadiuarters. Generals Hugh L. Scott and Frederick Kunston represented the L'nited States. The Mexican conferees were General Alvaro Obregon, Mexican Minister of War, and General Jacinto Trevino, military commander of the northeast district of Mexico. The progress of the negotiations was not divulged, but from an authoritative aource two things were learned: Klrst That the Mexican representa tives reiterated the wish expressed in General C'arranra's recent note to the Washington Government, that the American troop should be withdrawn from Mexican soil at an early date. Americana Won't Dincnsa 'Withdrawal. Second That they were informed by the American officials that the latter were not empowered to discuss the withdrawal of General Pershing's col umns. It la understood the American repre sentatives told the Mexican conferees that if the do -facto, government in sisted on- an American evacuation the conference would go' into a deadlock and the whole matter would revert to a diplomatic discussion between Wash ington and Mexico City. The Mexicans further were informed that the purpote of the present confer ence, so far as the United States is concerned, is the development of a spe cific plan for the co-operation of the American and de facto armies in wiping out the bandit groups that have spilled so much blood along the border and have repeatedly taken American life in the interior of Mexico. Obregon Reported Conciliatory. It is understood that General Obre gon, the Mexican Minister of War, prior to the conference openly expressed a disinclination to discuss any other subject than withdrawal and that he carried this attitude into the initial meeting. After the primary issues had been broached, however, he is reported to have carried out the Intention he an nounced shortly after his arrival on Friday of meeting Generals Scott and Funston "half way" in the negotiations. The attitude of secretl veness main tained by the officials taking part In (Concluded on Faxe 4, Column 2. ) JTOsyy &c-J-S 7 A? FLOWERS TABOO AT "PROM" Junior Class at State University Puts Ban on Nose-gays. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON'. Eugene. April 29. (Special.) Announcement has been made by the Junior class of the university that flowers will be taboo at the Junior "prom," the class formal coming at the festival time of the year. This applies to visitors as well as students, and to enforce the edict the class will have a committee at the door to see that no - ne gets Inside who has on a sign of a nosegay. The "prom" will be Saturday evening. May 13, following the festivities of Junior week-end. GIRLS DANCE IN BLOOMS Open-Air l'cte in Tine Grove Or chard Arranged for Teachers. HOOD RIVER, Or.. April 29. (Spe cial.) A blossom festival programme with little girls of the neighborhood engaged in folk dances in the showers of petals that were driven by the wind from neighboring cherry and pear or chards was a feature of the Commun ity Teachers' Institute held today at Pine Grove, under the direction of Fro fessor L. B. Gibson. Those participating in the programme were Miss Grace Detlraff, of Portland; Miss Mary Sheppard. Miss lna Elmlund, Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, Mrs. Kdward Hawkes. Mrs. E. W. Dunbar, X. E. Fer tlg. Professor J. O. McLaughlin, Mrs. K. W. Rodwell and Miss Aldinc Bart nicHS. SPAN TO BE PLACED TODAY Contractors Make Keoord in Float ing Steel Frame. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 29. (Special.) Twenty minutes from the time Span No. 4 was pulled away from the assembling docks here today, it was resting on piers built for it, the best record yet for floating out any span. The weather was perfect, the contractors were ready, and when the signal was given, everything moved ahead smoothly until the big load was placed. Another span, will be floated early Sunday afternoon. Everything will be ready by 1 o clock ana if the weather Is fair, "the span will be taken to place. BUILDING ACTIVE AT BAKER Permits for. April $27, 150, as Azainst $7000 for March. BAKER; Or., April 29. (Special.) A great gain in building in Baker is shown by the permit report for April filed today. -While the permits in March totaled only J7000. those for April were $27.45". Four permits were for dwelling-houses, the highest priced being $6000; one was for a mercantile establishment; one for a. drykitn for lumber; one "or extensive repairs for a business block and two for repairs for dwellings. Plans for other buildings promise to raise the May permit total even higher than that for April. LADD ESTATE PAYS $13,000 Heavy Payments Mark Last Day of Grace for City Assessments. . The coffers of the city were swelled yesterday to the extent of $13,000 when the Ladd estate paid street assessments and interest in that amount. Hundreds of people yesterday paid interest on assessments as due. taking advantage of the last day in which in terest would be accepted without pay ment of installments. Commencing to morrow, the city will require payment of installments as well as interest. DRAFT GROWS IN FAVOR Unions, Heretofore Solidly Against Service, Vote 6 6 to 4 6. GLASGOW, April 29. The Scottish Trades Unions' Congress, by a. vote of 66 to 46, today declared its opposition to compulsory military service. The vote is considered significant as heretofore the Scottish Trades Union ists have been virtually unanimous against compulsory service. OUTSTANDING "US' J. FS ' j IRISH BERIBUG." ALREADY DOOMED Rebels Slowly Yield to the Inevitable. FIRE BURNS STRONGHOLDS Men Fight to Last, Then Ac cept Death by Bullets. YOUTHS DEEP IN DESPAIR ItcacHoii Follows First Flush of So called Patriotism Firm Stand of ;overnnient Seals the Fate of Uprising. DUBLIN, April 28. 'Special.) Pos sibly before this despatch reaches the United States the Sinn Fein rebellion will be over. Its life, however short, will be long remembered. Nothing more dramatic has occurred during the war. Tfvough local in character, it abounds In thril ling details. From the arrival of Sir Roger Casement until now Dublin has had excitement enough for even the hot-biooded Irish. Men Fare Inevitable. With a stubbornness born of desper atlon the Irish volunteers are fighting against the inevitable, all their strong holds being gradually surrounded by the King's soldiers. Already the "Irish Republic" has gone down to o futile and ignominous end. It died practically at birth. It is Impossible now to estimate ac curately the number of insurrectionists as only a small proportion are equipped with slate-green uniforms, similar to the German, but it s estimated that the British soldiers have had to handle in the neighborhood of 5000 armed rebels. In an open fight this would be an easy task. UOTrrnmrnt Sparing of Lives. Here there is practically no open conflict. Sniping from windows, roofs and other places of concealment is the method most favored by the rebels. As the government Is making every effort to preserve the lives of the soldiers, as well as property, a safe and sure cam paign has been followed. .' All last night the skies were illum inated by a big fire in Sackville street. Maxim machine guns, rattling away at times, seemed as If they were right In the hotel, where the patrons were stretched out on the floors to gain the protection of the walls of the room. The fire ate its -way through several blocks and this costly method served to drive the Sin Felners, like so many rats from an old mill. Rebels Choose Death by Ballets. Faced by fire or bullets, most of the rebels chose the latter death as the least of two evils, though some sniped away until they succumbed to asphyxi ation. The military and fire brigades did heroic work in keeping the fire from becoming a conflagration which would have destroyed many Government buildings. ' Silhouetted against the sky stood out the domes of buildings, church steeples and the Nelson monument, making a weird sight. Several times there were loud explosions, with a tremendous shower of sparks falling like rain from an umbrella. Dense clouds of smoke are still rising from the burned area today. Systematic Search la Made. A systematic tearch is being made today by the military in all suspected districts. Young Irishmen are volatile. Their range of emotions Is great. From the ( oncioflffl on Pane .1. Column 1. EVENTS IN THE PAST C " - rsmt-T ' ,rzz- t T.- w C7Cai H. l 1 mDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 63 decrees; minimum, 44 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, warmer: lijcht frost in early morning ; northwesterly winds. War. British at Kat-el-Amara surrender to Turks. Section 1, page 6. Kussian Red Cross highly praised. Section 1. page i. . Foreign. "Irish republic's doom sealed. Section 1, pago 1. Sinn Felners supplied wth arms by German submarines. Section 1, page 3. Women taking sides in Irish uprising. Sec tion 1. page, 3. I National. Secretary Daniels indorses Astoria naval base. Section 1, page Domestic. Colonel Roosevelt opposes "Chlnaf ication" of United States. Section 1. page 5. Chicago judges say colleague's decision in Shakespeare-Baron controversy has made laughing-stock of bench. Section 3, page 4. Attempt to recall Mayor Rolph, of San Fran cisco, put off until May 9. Section i, page 4. Japan prepared to keep "gentlemen's agree ment." Section J, page 1. Pacific N ort h went. Preparedness is plank in Republican county platforms in Washington. Section 1, page 7. Oregon stock men meet tomorrow at Baker. Section 1, page S. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Carson observe golden wedding. Section 1, page 8. Republican race Is only contest in Marion County. Sectiun 1. page S. Registration beats 1014 and Republican gains notable. Section 1, puge 1. Washington educational survey advises mili tary training. Suction 1, page G. Albany student fined $."0 for part in ducking principal. Section 1, page 4. H porta. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 8, Vernon 1; L-os Angeles 2, Oakland 1; Salt I-ake 9, San Francisco 3. Section 2, rage l. f Giants lose seventh straight game. Section page 2. Cobb's smash for Detroit beats Cleveland. Section 2, page 2. Melting snow mars trout fishing. Section 2, page o. Ivan Olson, r-jt-Beavtr, leads National League batters. Section '2, page 2. Dope favors Orepon Agricultural College in tracK meet with Oregon, two weeks away. Section 2. page 3. Northwestern Iragua shows new life. Sec tion 2, page M. Portland G if Club's match play for Msy and June fixed. Section 2, page 4. Three world's records equaled at Pennsyl vania rlay races. Section 2. page 6. Seat! Ie golfers defeat Wav eriey team. Sec tion 2, page 4. Commercial and Marine. Wheat farmers in Northwest . sell more freely. Section 2. page 15. New wool clip begins to move In interior. Section 2, page 13. Rain and snow reports stiffen Chicago wheat market. Section 2, page 1.'. Trading in Mercantile Marine Is feature of stock market. Section 2, page Five ship deals hinge on ability of yards to handle work. Section 2, page 10. Spring freshet expected to be flood. Sec tion 2, page lit. Real Estate and Building-. Spokane figures in $000,i00 deal. Section 3, page 10 Realty men of Northwest will meet here Jn. July. Section page 10. Old Kmnond Hotel to give way soon to progress. Section .1, page 10. Automobiles and Roads. Saxnn roadster driven from Mexico to Port land without aid. Section 4, page 7. Credit plan for auto sales is scored. Section 4. j age 8. Need of tour book Is vividly described. Sec tion 4, page 9. War advances prices of auto materials. Sec tion 4. page 11. Tire fabrics arc subject to rupture easily. Section 4, page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Booze problem is shown by statistics. Sec tion i page 19. Dig ranch traded for two plots of Portland property. Section 1, page 18. Plans drawn for I'nlted States National Bank building. Section 1. page 19. Firemen of city get beautifying Idea and work it out to perfection. Section 1, page 18. Special train proposed for delegates to fed eration convention. Section 1, page 19. Five PortlHnders seek death within ."6 hours; three die. Section 1, page 16. - Jefferson High students have cleanup. Sec tion 1, pego 16. Norpe song and dance enjoyed at Progress Club's merry party. Section 1. page 1 4. Easier admission for dentists to practice In Oron Is proposed. Section 1. page School will dedicate Thomas Jefferson's statue tomorrow. Section 1, page 14. Military and civic organizations consider Festival parade plans, section i, page 14. Governor rebukes critics on his school atti tude. Section 1. page 14. Lincoln alumni will take hike today. Sec tion 1, page 13. Corvallls entry forges Into lead in Queen race. Section 1, page 12. Flag day exercises planned. . Section 1, page IT. Mr. Caldwell says It's up to Mayor to remove him over sewer fuss. Section i. page n. District Attorney .Kvana congratulated for arson prosecutions,' a-eciion i, page ju. Veterans of Gray will hold reunion in Wash ington, D. C. Section 2, page 16. Oregon state conference of social agencies to be held at Reed College. Section l, page 7. Local Irish split over war issues. Section 1, page 19. Press praises C. B. Moores. Section 1, page 6. WEEK'S NEWS AS CARTOONIST REYNOLDS GLIMPSED TITFM. RAILROAD STRIKE BELIEVED AVERTED Managers and Men to Confer in New York. BELLIGERENT SPIRIT IS GONE Conciliatory Move Is Led by Men of Western Lines. G0MPERS WILL NOT HELP Strike Said Virtually to Have Col lapsed, With Brotherhoods of (Jreat Systems Ready to Abate Demands. NEW YORK. April 29. (Special.) While there has been no formal an nouncement, it is understood here to day that the threatened great raflroad strike has been averted. Managers and representatives of the unions are scheduled to meet in this city June 1 to discuss contracts, and indications point to a peaceful confer ence. No special reason is advanced for the virtual collapse of the strike, but indications have been accumulating that the movement was not favored by the men on tho great systems. Writ Lradii In Conciliation. Two of the great Western roads led this conciliatory movement. Men on the Northwestern and the St. Paul roads let it be known that they were not in favor of enforcing the eight-hour, over time and other demands under penalty of a general strike that would paralyze the industries of the country at a criti cal time of its history. They admitted that in such a strike they would lose even if they won their contention. It is said the Brotherhood leaders realized that the railroad companies would fight to the last ditch and that this would be ruinously costly to both sides. Kompcra Refuses Support. Sampel Gompcrs, president of the American Federation of Labor, also gave notice that his organization would refuse any moral or financial assist ance if the railroad men declared a general strike. He gave as his reason that, the , railroad brotherhood always had held themselves' above the Other crafts and had kept out of labor battles when their assistance would have turned the tida in favor of the unions. Following the lead of the Western roads, the Erie system's men began to waver on the strike proposition and it was then seen that the movement would not receive the solid or enthusi astic support of the unions and it has been fading perceptibly since. Engine men and firemen are largely owners of their homes and do not care to run the risk of losing them in a long fight. CONFERENCE ASKED BY MEN Brotherhoods Formally Notified of Itoads Acquiescence. Advices to the effect that a confer ence of railway officials of the country and the trainmen presaging avoidance of the threatened strike reached the companies and the brotherhoods yes terday. Letters were sent a month ago to the companies by the en ginemen, conductors and brakemen, in which the demand of the men were presented. The letters went to all the railway systems of the country and it was asked that the com panies return their answer to the men not later than April 29, saying whether or not the companies would join with the men in a conference looking to the settlement of the threatened difficul ties. The organizations of railroad work- (Concluded on Ppe 2, Column 1.) V CWCM JAPAN WILL KEEP GENTLEMEN'S PACT CO.VSIL-GEXEI1AL ASKS TIME TO INQUIRE INTO CASE. Order to Deport Boy Will Not Be Opposed if It Is Found Immigra tion Agreement Was Broken. SAN FRANCISCO. April 29. The Japanese Consul-General at San Fran cisco. Masanao Hanihara,. asked United States District Judge Dooling today to postpone the case of Matsutaro Nakao in order that he might ascertain whether the "gentleman's agreement" existing between Japan and the United States with reference to the immigra tion of Japanese laborers had been violated. A stay of a week was granted. Nakao, a 17-year-old boy, was ordered deported on the showing that his father was a laundry worker and not a wealthy merchant, as represented. The father was admitted to the country on a passport as an agricultural inves tigator. Following the deportation order a writ of habeas corpus was se cured for Nakao. A hearing on the writ was to have been held today. Consul-General Hanihara will not op pose the deportation if he finds that the immigration, agreement has been violated. BOY'S STONE CUTS EYE Pebble Breaks Glasses of Man Bid ing in Anto. ALBANY. Or.. April 29. (Special.) A. C. Schmitt. vice-president of the First National Bank of this city nar rowly escaped becoming permanently blind in his right eye when it was cut in seven different places last evening as the result of a child throwing a stone at him. striking his glasses and breaking them. The boy is the 10-ycar-old son of W. D. Holt, an Albany woodsaw man. is said to have gathered up a handful of gravel, and as an auto passed in which Mr. Schmitt was riding, threw the gravel at the occupants of the car. The injured man was rushed to the office of Dr. B. R. Wallace, who re moved five small particles of glass from his eye. BOOSTER SEEKS CITY'S AID Municipal Tux for Commercial Club Ts La Grande Scheme. LA GRANDE. Or., April 2!). (Spe cial.) A campaign to banish the pres ent system of commercial club main tenance through financial backing by the merchants for a municipal commer cial club maintained by public tax, and operated by the City Manager, has been begun by the La Grande Observer. In advocating the plan the newspaper cites the constant burden upon the merchants alone whereas' the general fruits of commercial club activity is city-wide. STATE SELLS 5000 ACRES Idaho to Itealize $150,000 I'rom Land in Fayette Project. CALDWELL, Idaho. April 29. (Spe cial.) Approximately 5000 acres of state land within the Payette-Boise irrigation project were sold' at public auction by State Land Commissioner George Day today. The bidding was spirited, choice parcels being sold for from $60 to $S3 an acre. Commissioner Day declared that the state would realize J150.000 from the sale. HARPER'S WEEKLY IS SOLD Magazine Will Be Incorporated Hereafter In The Independent. NEW YORK, April 29. Harper's Weekly has been acquired by the Inde pendent Corporation, it was announced here tonight and is to be incorporated in the Independent. The Independent is 68 years, old and Harper's Weekly 59. 241,137 VOTERS ARE LISTED Ifl OREGON Increase Over 1914 Record Is 1 1,500. REPUBLICAN GAINS FEATURE Losses in Enrollment Made by All Minor Parties. ONLY 60,450 DEMOCRATS Twelve of 35 Counties Show Loss! in Numbers, but Even in Seven of These Republicans Arc Stronger Than Formerly. RKCJISTRATIOIV TOTALS 1'On PRIMARIKS IX 1016 AND IV 1014. 1916. 1914. Republican 161,614 136,282 Democrat 60.4 50 60,693 Progressive 1.274 6,202 Prohibitionist .... 5.496 11.320 Socialist 5,429 6.446 Miscellaneous .... 6.874 8,658 Totals 241.137 229.601 4 SALEM, fr.. April 29. (Special.) Complete registration figures for Ore gon, with the exception of Curry Coun ty, aS indicated by the reports filed in the office of Secretary of State Olcott today, show 241.137 voters listed for the primary election to be held May 19. This is a gain of 5.02 per cent throughout the state over the registra tion before the primaries two years ago, when the total was 229,601. The outstanding feature of Oregon's registration this year is the remark able increase in Republican registra tion and the percentage loss in regis tration of all other parties as com pared with two years ago. Republican Percentage ". This year Oregon Republicans num ber 161.614. or 67. 01 per cent of the en tire registration, while in 1914 there were but 136,282 registered in this par ty, or 59.36 per cent of the total 1914 registration. This shows a clear gain for the Republican party in Oregon of 7.66 per cent. As against the notable gain In regis tration for the Republican party, the Democrats, Progressives, Prohibition ists and Socialists show decided losset. In other words, the new registration in the last two years has been Republican. Democratic I.omh Indicated. The total Democratic forces so far a 3 the books show, this year number but 60.450. as compared with 60,693 In 1914. This year the Democrats number only 25.07 per cent of the total state regis tration, while two years ago the per centage of the total was 26.43. A loss of 1.36 per cent Is thus shown in two years. The greatest loss has been in the Pro hibition party, which two years ago had a registration prior to the pri maries of 11.320. or 4.93 per cent of the entire registration. This year the. "drys" have shrunk to 5496. or but 2.2S per cent of the entire registration. This is a percentage loss in two years of 2.65 per cent. The fact that Oregon has gone "dry" since the last election it is plain indicates the reason for the falling off in registrations in this party. ProKrcMlVf Shrinkage Heavy. For the coming primaries but 1274 Progressives have listed themselves. or .53 per cent of the total registra tion, while two years ago before tho primaries there were 6202 Progressives imcludetl on Pa Re 0, Column 1 . ) isz. s S r- --i - -