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"V i vv iw&h. 82 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 20 SIX SECTIONS vol. xxxv. xo. 2T. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 2. 1916. IRICE FIVE CENTS. BRITISH 111 DRIVE REND FOES' LIE Germans Swept Back Be fore Great Offensive. IB-MILE FRONT IS SMASHED Mighty Wedge Driven in Teu ton Center, Which is Pene v trated for Five Miles. MANY VILLAGES ARE TAKEN Allies Hammer From All Sides. New Dash Heaviest Thus Far in Entire War. ' LONDON, July 2. The British troops in their great drive in France have captured -a German labyrinth of trenches on a front of seven miles to a depth of 1000 yards and the villages of Montauman and Mammetz. North of the Ancre Valley, accord ing to the official statement, the Brit ish have not been able to hold sections of the ground gained in their first attacks. Two thousand German pris oners have been takem LONDON, July 1. The grand of fensive on the western front, begun by the British and French on both sides of the river Somme, 60 miles north of Paris, early this morning, already has resulted in a great wedge being driven into the German lines along a 16-mile front with its sharp point penetrating nearly five miles. Germans Swept Back. At 6 o'clock tonight the British had pushed from a short distance east of Albert, as far as Montauban, more than five miles away, and had re pulsed a German' attack on that vil lage. Both to the north and the south a number of other villages, including Hebuterne, Serre, La Boisselle and Mammetz, had been swept out of Ger man hands, some of them only after determined resistance on the part of their defenders. Fricourt About to Fall. Fricourt, three miles east of Albert, was still in German possession in the early evening, but with the capture of Montauban and Mammetz to the east and southeast of it, and La Bois selle to the northeast, the place was nearly surrounded and its speedy sur render seemed inevitable. Farther south the French are co operating with the British and have taken" the village of Curlu and scored other notable advances. The tremendous offensive launched today by the British army on the German ironx is tne culmination ot a seven days' bombardment, which, in the amount of ammunition expended and in the territory involved, exceeds Concluded on Page 4, Column 4.) a MRS. HUGHES AIDS HUSBAND IN WORK NOMINEE REFERS TO HIS WIFE AS "CHIEF ADVISER." Candidate Golfs, Motors, Walks and Prepares Acceptance Speech. . Many Give Suggestions. BRIDGEHAMPTON, N. "ST., July 1. Charles E. Hughes, the Republican Presidential nominee, here on his first real vacation in 10 years, today golfed a little, motored a little and devoted the remainder of the day just to walk ing about. Mr. Hughes had few callers. To those who saw him the nominee made plain his intention of spending all the time he could before the campaign in re laxation. The actual campaign probably will begin the latter part of August. In framing his speech of acceptance, on which he worked for a, time today, Mr. Hughes had at his disposal the views of virtually all the chief party leaders and Progressives with whom he has conferred since his nomination. Suggestions from Roosevelt, Taft, Root, Wickersham and others, jotted down by the nominee while they were fresh in mind, have been placed on a. port folio for use. Mrs. Hughes, to whom the ex-Governor has repeatedly referred, as "my chief adviser." is aiding her hus band. ITALIAN DRIVE CONTINUES Further Gains Made in Advance Against Austrian Array. ROME, via London. July 1. Contin ued progress for the Italians in their offensive, notably in the Posina sector, in the Trentino, is announced tonight by the War Office. The advance continues along the en tire Posina line and also in the Ar&a Valley. BROWN'S DAUGHTER DIES Offspring of Harpers Ferry Hero Passes Away in California. SAN JOSE, Cal., July 1. Miss Sarah Brown, aged 70, daughter of John Brown, of Harpers Ferry, died today at the home of a sister in Campbell. Miss Brown had spent her recent days doing missionary work among the Japanese about where she owned the famous "John Brown ranch." ' MEXICANS PATROL BORDER United States Troops Line Is Paral leled Near Douglas, Ariz. DOUGLAS. Ariz.. July 1. General Calles placed a patrol of Mexican sol diers last night along the border , here, paralleling the United States patrol. It was the first time in several months that Mexican troops were placed on guard at the international line. PEACE BODY HAS NO POWER Mexican Foreign Office Says Com mission Is Without Authority. MEXICO CITY, July 1. The Foreign Office issued a statement today that various individuals now in the United States as members of so-called peace commissions have no authority to act for the Mexican government. Only a few score Americans remain in the capital. Federal Examinations Set. , The United States Civil Service Com mission announces open competitive examinations as follows: August 1 Topographer (men only) in the International Boundary Commis sion, at $2100 a year and expenses when in the field. Miller (men only) in the Indian Service at Pima Agency, Arizo na, at $900 a year. Sawyer and marine gasoline engineer (men only) in the Indian Service, at Leech Lake Agency, Mineapolis, at $900 a year. Further information and application forms may be secured from M. K. Wig- ton, Local Board of United States Civil Service Examiners, Postoffice building Portland. THESE HIGH SPOTS IAA TCJJMCr CZ OS FA V THE MO0UZ.ATOY REPCSX TO GAP fURE SENATE Gains Needed in Only Ten States. 17 DEMOCRATS' TERMS EXPIRE 5 Are From South, but Others Face Hard Campaigns. DEATH AFFECTS 2 STATES Maine and Indiana to Be Real Bat tle Ground, Each to Elect Two. Two Republicans Aligned With Democrats. OREGOMAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ingion, July 1. The Republicans, to recapture control of the United States Senate, must, at the Fall election this year, capture ten seats now filled by Democrats; but to be absolutely sure of passing strictly Republican leglsla tion after March 4.. 1917, they must make even greater gains, unless the primaries in Wisconsin and Washing-J ton result in the elimination of two so-called Republican Senators, whose terms are about to expire. Prior to the death of Senator Bur leigh, of Maine, there were 40 Repub licans and 56 Democrats in the Senate, a Democratic majority of 16. Had this ratio been maintained, the Republicans, on the face of things, could have con trolled the Senate by gaining nine seats. But, as Maine has a Democratic Governor, the Republicans temporarily lose one seat, so that until the election next Fall the Senate will stand 39 Re publicans and 57 Democrats, or a Dem ocratic majority of 18. Death Opens Two Places. The death of Senator Shively, of In diana, and the death of Senator Bur leigh mean that two Senators must be elected in those two states this Fall, for the terms of Senator Kern, of In diana, and of Senator Johnson, of Maine, expire on March 4 next, and those two Democrats are up for re election. Thfs situation means that the campaign in both Indiana and in Maine will be carried on with great intensity, because of the grave importance of the Senatorial result. The terms of 32 Senators expire coin cident with the expiration of the term of President Wilson. Of the 32, 17 are Democrats, and 15 are Republicans. Of the Democrats, five are from sure Democratic states of the solid South, leaving 12 Senators whose seats may be contested by Republicans with some chance of success. This does not take into account the two additional Sena tors to be electij in Indiana and Maine. Counting them, there are 34 Senators to be elected, 14 of them from states where Democratic success is by fto means assured. . Tw Have Smirched Records. Senator Poindexter, of Washington. is a candidate for renomination, as Is Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin. Both are running as Republicans," but both have a record in the Senate which shows them .voting more frequently with the Democrats than with the Re publicans. Both these Senators voted for the passage of the Underwood tariff law on September 9, 1913. This was only one of many votes cast by these two Senators for strictly Democratic measures. In view of their records, there is no assurance that Messrs. Poindexter and LaFollette, if renominated and re elected, would vote with the Republi cans in the next Senate; no assurance that they would vote for the repeal of the Underwood law, and the substitu- (Concluded From Pag Column S.) IN THE NEWS OF THE "" I I f MY YAMf p " . ! l : INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 70 degrees; minimum, .8 degrees. TODAY'S Showers; variable winds, mostl; westerly. 3Iexico. In reply to Lansing- note Carranzt demands American troops now leave Mexico. Sec tion 1, page 1. Additional time Is sranted to Mexico. Sec tion 1. page 6. War. British smash 16 mile of German front in first day of mighty drive. tiectlon 1. page 1. Official reports. Section 1, page 5. Berlin realizes big drive is on. Section 1, page 5. Russians capture Kolomea, Gallcla. Section 1. page 5. Fearful gunfire precedes great drive. Sec tion 1, page 4. PoUtlcs. Republicans hope to capture Senate. Section 1. page 1. Administration confronted by political di lemma In Mexican situation. Section 1, page 2. Mr. Hughes says wife is his chief adviser. Section 1, page 1. National. House Democrats to rush through bill for non-partisan tariff commission. Section 1. page 6. House votes $2,000,000 for Guardsmen's fam ilies. Section 1, page 2. Congressman Slnnott wears first hat made from jackrabblts fur. Section 1, page 4. Domestic. Orpet defense attacks evidence that poison was liquid. Section 1, page 3. Pacific Northwest. Bodies of four storm victims In Shermaa County recovered. Section 1. page 7. Yamhill County residents unit for change In road system. Section 1. page 10. Wasco County makes marked progress. Sec- ' tion 1, page & Charles E. Hughes attended court in Oregon 30 years ago. Section 1, page 0. Aberdeen in gala attire for tiplash Celcbra tion. Section 1, page 8. Oregon Jewelers to hold annual convention is Albany, July Section 1, page t. Multnomah arranging for all-day celebration on Fourth. Section 1, page 18. Reputation of O. A. C. grows rapidly in East. Section 1, page 10. Proposed plan for limiting tax levies arouses opposition, section l, page 4. Chautauqua tent city appearing at Glad- atone, section 1, page 7. Sport. Coast League results: Portland-L,os An geles game postponed (rain; Vernon 6, Salt Lake 3; San Francisco 4, Oakland 1. bectlon 2, page 1. "Lefty" Williams, of Chicago team, shuts out Detroit, o to u. bectlon 2, page Battling Nelson says he la atlll In the ring. bectlon 1, page o. Interest in boxing game in San Francisco grows. Bectlon 2, page 3. Giants take lead In big league race. Section page z. Orvie Overall seeking Oakland club fran- chlse. Section 2. page 2. Speed demons to vie In Portland July 18. bectlon 2. page 4. Another Callfornlan annexes clay court ten nis title. Section 2. page . Portland golfers win both championships at bpokane. bectlon page 2. Trapshooters to meet next week. Section 2, page 4. Commercial and Marine. Northwestern wheat prices affected by dock strike. Section 2. page 2. Congreas may be asked to authorise war bond Issue. Section 2, pago 2. Rail, stocks lifted by favorable earnings re ports, bectlon 2, page 2. Nonunion longshoremen at work unloading steamer Rose city. section 2. page lo. Willamette here rises slowly. Section 2, page 16. Automobiles and Roads.' Road from Marshfleld to Eureka logged. Sec tion 4. page 6. Overland defeats Electric in delivery con test. Section 4. page 6. Reports on road conditions In Oregon. Sec tion 4, page w. Auto gain Is 5000 per cent in ten years. Sec tion 4. page l. Real Estate and Building. Three hundred dealers expected to attend realty -convention. Section 4. page lv, East Side realty acttve. Section 4, page 10. Portland and Vicinity Weather man says Fourth will be wet. Sec tion 1, page 1. Barlow toll road offered to Government. Section 1, page 18. Progressive Business Men to forget business cares for annual outing this week. Sec tion 1. page l (J. Slnnott bill would keep Oregon-California land grant money In Oregon, bectlon 1 page 19. Employers to pay absent guardsmen. Sec tion 1, page 18. Fund for Armenian sufferers gains slowly. Section 1. page 19. . Relief fund for dependents of guardsmen no adequate, bectlon l. page it. Republicans march in Hughes parade de spite rain, bectlon l. page i. Eagle to scream In good old style Tuesday Section 1. page l. Cases arising over Mra Sanger's booklet are taken under advisemsnu bectlon 1, page 15, Numerous country celebrations planned for Fourth. Section 1, page 16. T. B." Wilcox named ' on National Trade Council to succeed J. J. Hill. Section 1 page 14. Massachusetts trading stamp tax veto of in terest here. Section 1, page 15. President Gilman denies Northern road Inspired rate ruling. Section 1, page 14. Weather report, data and forecast. Sec tion i 2. page 16. Wetness deters recruiting, but Third Oregon gets six more men. bectlon 1. page 17. Athletic events are listed. Section 1. page 17. PAST WEEK CAUGHT CARRANZA INSISTS TROOPS LEAVE NOW Mexican Reply Both Bitter and Defiant. BANDITS' PURSUIT BELITTLED Presence of Americans Held Cause of Raids. BAD FAITH IS CHARGED Carranza Holds if Raids Cannot Be Avoided, Government's Respon sibility Does Not Extend Beyond Paying Damages. MEXICO CITT. July 1. Though It may be Tuesday or Wednesday before the official Carranza document is sent to Washington in reply to Secretary Lansing's note, enough has leaked out here from the Foreign Office to reveal definitely tbe stand which the de facto government will take in its answer. Besides denying the many charges made by the United States the note will say in part: "It appears strange that the Depart ment of State of the United States should be displeased with the tone of the note of this government of May 22, which it terms discourteous, when the same department has addressed to tbe constitutionalist government not one, but many, notes in tones not only discourteous, but threatening. "During the period alluded to in this note, 148 Mexican citizens have been murdered in American territory by American citizens and even by the au thorities of the United States, this de spite the fact that both nations were in a state of profound peace and in none of these cases, despite repeated remonstrances by the Mexican Ambass ador at Washington, have any of the guilty been exemplarly punished. Foreign Subject Protected. "It is untrue that the Mexican gov eminent ha protected in any instance criminals attacking American territory The Mexican government has done all In its power to protect foreign sub jects. The fault lies with foreigners especially Americans, who Insisted on remaining in disturbed districts, de spite the repeated warnings of the Mexican government. As our own cit izens have suffered severely on account of the condition of affairs, it is hardly just that foreigners should expect to be immune." The note cites the case of Charles Watson, one of the victims of the Santa Ysabel massacre, who, it states, insist ed on making the fatal Journey, de spite a warning from General Trevlno. the military governor of Chihuahua. "It is a fact," the note states, "which the American military authorities can not deny, that on March 6 General Ga vira advised the latter that he had trustworthy intelligence that Villa and his bandits were on the way to the f rint for Ha b l.n warnri thm Vi o t Villa was going by way of Las Palo- mas, thus giving tne American, autnor ities ample time in which to prepare to meet the danger. Bandlta Are Dispersed. "The constitutionalist government also, on receipt of the news of the move ments of Villa and right after the at tack on Columbus, sent 1500 men under General Gutierrez as rapidly as possi ble to the northern part of the state of Chihuahua with orders to pursue the bandits relentlessly. It is well known that the pursuit began imme diately and that the bandits were dis persed. ... "The imputation of the American (Concluded on Page 2. Column' 1.) THE ATTENTION OF CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. RAIN FOR FOURTH MAY BE EXPECTED BOTH LOCAL AND WASHIXGTOX FORECASTS DISAPPOINTING. June Normal Precipitation Exceeded and July Starts After Season Record on First Day. .ul only a rsiio ouiiubj, uui . prospect for a rainy Fourth of July, wag the outlook yesterday, based on the data obtainable by the We'ather Bureau. Showery weather was ex pected for the period ending at S o'clock tonight, and there was also the long-range forecast from Washington, D. C. which arrived here yesterday and said showery conditions are Indicated for all this week in the Pacific North west, so holiday picnickers had better modify their plans somewhat unless there is a decided change for the bet ter by tomorrow. After an unusually wet month, 1.8a Inches of rain having fallen here during June, which is heavier than the normal, the latter being 1.78 inches. the rain clouds yesterday seemed to be trying for "new July records as well. Durinsr 35 minutes starting at 1:20 P. M. there was a downpour of .28 Inches of rain. Basements of downtown buildings were inundated in numerous places by water supposed to be seeping in from the city drains that were backed up by the present high stage of the river. The Weather Bureau shows that rain fall since September 1 has been 53.39 inches, while the normal Is 43.94 inches. DEPENDENTS TO BE AIDED Vale Pythians to Provide for Soldier Members' Kainllics. VALE, Or.. July 1. (Special.) Ad vance Lodge, No. 105, Knights of Pythias, or this place, by unanimous vote has adopted a resolution to pay $10 a month to the dependent wife, parent or child of any member of the lodge who shall answer the call to arms. The resolution further provides that no such dependent person shall be allowed to want for any of the necessaries of life during the time the member is in the service of the Nation The supreme chancellor of the order has been Informed of this action. TROOP TRAIN WRECK PLOT Army Officers Arrest Three Mexi cans at Parsons, Kan. PARSONS. Kan.. July 1. Three Mex leans were arrested here yesterday shortly before the first section of the train bearing the First Illinois Regi ment mas scheduled to pass through The men were arrested on the railroad tracks and officers declared they were trying to throw a switch and thereby wreck the train. All bridges and rights-of-way in the vicinity havesbeen protected. BALTIC UNDER IRON RULE Britlsli Naval Men Say German Larder Is Getting Low. LONDON, July 1. British naval men home on leave after, a period of par ticipation in submarine operations in the Baltic speak enthusiastically o the success attending their work, say the Star's Edinburgh correspondent. We imposed an iron rule in th j Baltic said one petty officer, "and the Germans are now beginning to feel the full effects of it in a terrible draught upon their .larder." CHANNEL TRAFFIC CHECKED Britain to Permit Only Those With Good Reasons to Travel. LONDON, July 1. The War Office announced that the necessary passen ger traffic between Great Britain and the Continent would be regulated close ly and reduced as far as possible. Only those having good reasons will be permitted to travel. EAGLE TO SCREAM IN GOOD OLD STYLE Glorious Fourth Prom ised Portland. FUN WILL START AT 6 A. H. Programme Provides For Ev ery Hour of Day. 'ATRIOTISM NOT OMITTED Most Spectacular Feature Will Be Naval Battle on River at Night, When Specially Constructed Craft Will Be Destroyed. DAY'S programme: FOR FOURTH. 6 A- M. Firing of salutes, by cruisers Marblehead and Boston, blowing of whistles by mills and factories and steamboats. iu a. 3,1. Militia veterans and civic parade. 11:30 Patriotic exercises Multnomah Field. at 1 F. M. Firemen's drills and races at South Park blocks. be- tween Jefferson and Columbia. 2 P. M. Sports at Multnomah Field. 9:15 P. M. Naval spectacle on Willamette River between Broad way and steel bridges. 9:45 P. M. Fireworks on Wil lamette River between Broadway and steel bridges. The stage is set for Portland's old- fashioned Fourth of July celebration, and it will be some celebration. The fuse that will start the eagle to screaming as he hasn't screamed be fore in 10 or 12 years in Portland, will be touched off at A. M. and ther will be doings of the old-time sort from then until way after dark. If there is any detail of the long pro gramme not completed the members of the various subcommittees do not know it. They all report that every feature is arranged to run off in one. two, three order and that there can be no hitch. The only recalcitrant that can put a damper on tho big show is old Jupe I'luv. Salute Will Be Lusty. Taking the events in their numerical order, the first will be the grand awakening or Portland by the blasting of the guns of the cruisers Boston and Marblehead and the blowing of whis tles and the ringing of bells through out the city. It will sound like New Year's eve. Next in order will be a military and civic parade, scheduled to move at 10 A. M. A number of novel features will be seen in this, including the Naval mi litia, the lawyers' auxiliary of the mi litia, the Coast Artillery and various veteran organizations. Goddeaa of Liberty Chosen. One attraction will be & Goddess of Libe rty, a replica of her namesake in New York harbor. Miss Alvina Larsen. of the O.-W, R. & N. Company has been selected to take the part. She and her aides, the Misses Trece Anderson, Klva Engdahl. Cecile Murphy and Lena . Kreiger. will be attractively gowned and will ride on an artistic float. The float will be led by the O.-W. R. & N. band and will be followed by an escort of about 50 uniformed employes. At 11:30 A. M. patriotic exercises oC (Concluded on Page 11. Column 2- ......................... m m q