78 Pages Six Sections Section One Pages lto22 VOL. XXXVII XO. 21. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. iff U.S.-r.lEXIGAHCRlSIS SEEfdS PROBABLE Diplomatic Break Held to Be Portended. CUBAN BREACH FORERUNNER War Policy Back of Clash With . Island Republic. FABELA'S PAPERS SEIZED Envoy Recently Searched at Havana. Two Other Iatln-American If a- tlons Involved German Propaganda Active. ' WASHINGTON, May 25. In Mexico's udden breaking off of diplomatic rela tions with Cuba la seen an indirect ac tion against the United States. Those here most familiar with Latin American affairs profess to see In It the forerunner of more direct action, pos sibly an interruption of intercourse be tween the United States and Mexico. . Although without official informa tion of a, detailed character, itis under stood here that Mexico's real grievance -.S;ani8t Cuba is the recent incident in which the Mexican Minister to Argen tina, Senor Ysidor Fabela, was delayed in Havana while some official, ostensibly a Cuban customs Inspector, searched his baggage and probably removed some papers said to be of an International character. . Mexico Suspects fV. S. This' incident , is believed here to be the real cause of the break and those who entertain this belief are firm In the conviction that -Mexico was con vinced that the United States was re sponsible for the incident. When Senor Fabela's luggage was searched It was maintained by some that the person who did It was not a Cuban official at all, but some other agent In' the disguise of a Cuban In spector or gendarme. Later, however. It seemed to have been satisfactorily established that the man really was a Cuban inspector. . . , A break between Cuba and Mexico, It la felt, disrupts practically nothing hut a long-standing friendly relation. In the oinlon of those in close touch with the subject it may actually give Cuba a free hand, as the Mexican For eign Minister says In his announcement, but perhaps not in the manner sug gested. Gmui Agents Active. American agents for some time have been reporting German agents operat ing in Cuba, some of them crossing frequently to the United States as Cu ban citizens or Mexican citizens. A sev erance of diplomatic relations prob ably would leave the Cuban govern ment feeling more at liberty to Inves tigate their activities. When first-class powers are con cerned, a break in diplomatic relations inevitably has been followed by war. Between lesser powers this rule often falls to hold good. Confidential reports here from Ha vana have said that, quite outside the Fabela incident, well-informed persons there expected Mexico might find some pretext to actually suspend diplomatic relations with the United. States. Gersnaa Propaganda at Work, All those who take thisview base their opinion on the assumption that 'German propaganda again is active. MEXICO CITT. May 24 The recall ef the Mexican representative to Cuba and the suspending for an indefinite time of the sending of a new represen tative is explained officially as doe to the fact that because of the war in which Cuba is involved, that govern- tConcluded 'on Page 8. Column 4. f I """s ' t I J 1 - rrV vryv.e r " I I -J I -- ' DUCAL PALACE AT MANNHEIM BOMBED ALLIED . FLYERS . SPREAD TER ROR AMONG RESIDENTS. Two Tons of Bombs Are Dropped on City, Testrojing Chcnrtcal Plant and Damaging Railway Station. ZURICH. Switzerland. May 25. Re ports received here today from trust worthy sources say that when the train carrying Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary on his return from Constan tinople was passing through Bulgaria it was stoned by Bulgarian soldiers on leave. Some of the- windows are said to have been broken. , LONDON, May 25. Acording .to in formation received from the German embassy at Mmcow, the members of the Romanoff dynasty now in Kiev, have been accorded facilities to leave Rus sia by way of Germany. Grand Duke Nicholas, the dispatch says, will go to Montenegro, and the Dowager Empress to Copenhagen. QUOTA MORE THAN TREBLE Washougal Raises $1600 In Three Days Without Soliciting. WASHOUGAL, Wash.. May 25. (Spe cial.) With a quota of 500. this city raised $1600 in three days for the Red Cross, without sollcnr. Before the drive started cards were sent to each family in the district, ad vising that the ladies of the Red ,'ross would have a booth IS the Clarke County Bank to receive voluntary sub scriptions. The result was very grati fying. In three days practically every family in the district had sent in their subscription, the average being one day's pay. The system followed has done away with a great deal of hard work for so licitors. , GRANDFATHER STILL YOUNG Montana Man, With Son In Service, Accepted by Uncle Sam. SPOKANE, Wash., May . 25. (Spe cial.) When James A. House, of Clin ton, Mont., bade his friends good-bye and started to war after he enlisted, he had to kiss a round of grandchil dren, along with the other relatives he left behind., .. Mr. House has a son in service and. three daughters in their own homes and yet is possessed of the youth and physical qualifications that made him eligible for a' place in Uncle Sam's Army and was readily accepted for the engineers' replacement company when he offered himself to the Mis soula recruiting office. HUNS KILL 65,042 BABIES Roches Cause 150,314 Deaths In Bosnia in 'Three Years. LONDON. May 25. Figures have been obtained from a Serbian source showing the terrible losses sustained by the Serbian population of Bosnia. In three years. 1915. 1916 and 1917. there were 150,314 deaths of which -65,-042 were children under 10 years of age. Of these 12,867 were Infants un der 1 year. While before the war there were from 25,900 to- 30,000 births annually. the birth rate has been so reduced that in 1915 there were 4648 more deaths than births. In 1916 the excess of deaths over births amounted to 17,711 and in the first half of 1917 to 7566. UKIAH SAWMILL IS BORN ED Workers Battle Flames - and Save Lumber Scored in Yards. PENDLETON, Or., May 25. (Special.) A large sawmill at Ukiah, in the mountains south of here,' burned early this- morning, according to word re ceived in this city. The origin of the fire is not known. There are no fire-fighting facilities, but the workers managed to save all of the lumber in the yards. The loss is not known. CARTOONIST REYNOLDS' LIGHTSOME VIEWS ON SOME RECENT NEWS EVENTS ARE HEREUNDER EXPRESSED PICTORIALLY. ROOSEVELT HOTLY ANSWERS BURLESON Message , That Sizzles Read in Senate. CENSOR CREEL IS ASSAILED Executive. Toleration of Pro German Press Charged. . TRUTH. DECLARED STIFLED President Accused of Making Trade Wnh Anti-American Publisher to Secure Support for Administration. WASHINGTON, May 23. Charges that th Administration has used its powers to stifle he: jet criticism, while at the same time condoning anti-ally and anti-American agitation in power ful newspapers, were made by Theo dore Roosevelt today in a reply to Postmaster-General Burleson in their controversy oer the Postoffice Depart ment's treatment of publications. ' The charges were presented tc the Senate by Senator Polndexter, of Wash ington. - , Colonel Roosevelt declared President Wilson perse ally was responsible for the Postmaster-General's attitu. . The Hearst papers, he said, ore among those that have received favored treatment. Great Powers Kxerelsed. VSince the war began," said Colonel Roosevelt, "the Administration has used the very great powers of the Govern ment over the public .press, to stifle honest criticism of governmental in efficiency or misconduct while con doning (which necessarily means en couraging) pro-German, anti-ally and other anti-American agitation in cer tain powerful papers, which defended this inefficiency and misconduct; and it has sought from Congress a great addition to the already existing power It has misused. "I believe that the first artlcl- of the Constitution guarantees t'.-e right of the - people 'to --criticise truthfully the conduct of their public servants and that this right cannot be taken away by any law. ' Blow at Trwth Alleged. "During the past year, the action of the Administration, taken largely through the Postoffice Department, has been such as to render It a matter of some danger for any man and especial ly any newspaper, to speak the truth if that truth be unpleasant to the gov ernmental authorities at Washington. "The effecf of this attitude has, been very marked politically. Such coercive power tends to make upright men, even although they are strong ' men, cautious about telling truths . which ought to be told. --. Evils Declared Possible. "It forces weak . men to . praise the Administration whether it does well or ill. It Invites unscrupulous men who desire to serve Germany to gain license to do so and to secure advantages by praising the Administration, especially when' it has acted wrongfully or inef ficiently and by supporting it politi cally. . . "There are cases ' where all com petent and honest observe are moral ly ' certain , that political support has been given and is now being given to the Administration by various news papers, especially German-American and " Semi-Socialistic newspapers, be cause of the club thus held over them by the Administration. Positive Proof Difficult to Get. "From the very nature of the case, there can rarely be positive proof in -. (Concluded on Page ft. Column 1.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. ' TESTERDAT-8 Maximum temperature. 66 aesrees; nrntlmum. 41 deareea. t TODAY'S Fair; westerl winds. . ' , "f. ' . War. . U. ' 8. ' has 2,000.000 men under arms and thousands ot airplane. Section 1. pace i Allies wrest sir control from Sons. Section 1. Ve - Rheta Chllds Dorr tells of Americas troops ' in Francs. Section 1. pace . British sink big U-cruiser. Section L pace 1. Americana conduct, silent" raid. Section 1. pass 2. J orei-s. ' British disclosures show Hinn Fein ttlUiiis tool ot Germany. Section 1. page 9. United States and Mexico nisy sever diplo matic relatione. - Section 1. pass 1. Wilson's war aims plcass British lshor. section i pass e. - Returned soldiers encase in wild riot at Hai nan. Section 1, page 1. v Rational. Roosevelt arouses President Wilson of tol- orating Hearst's pro-German papers to secure snpport for Administration. Sec lion 1, page 1. , . - Immediate new war revenue legislation sesma certain, section .1. :sgs . Domestic. Insanity defense made for Grace Lusk. Sec tion 1. page . , Declaration of Milwaukee I. W. ' W. for Kaiser of United States told at trial. Section 1. page 6. Sports. Portland loses to Tacoms, 8 l 2. page 1.' Commerce leads In batting. Section Section 2. age 1. Oregon Club girts Inter-sororlty champions. Section 2; page 3.- - - -Shipbuilders play two games here today. Section 2. page 2. M. A. A.' C , all-star Sunday morning nine selected. Section 2, page 2. Michigan sport fans expect more liberal policy, section 2. page 2. Tennis executive committee to meet In Chi cago. Section 2, page 2. ''Jack- Sullivan thinks Administration will go on record opposing closing of baseball parks. Section 2. page 8. Oregon Yacht Club season opens May 30. Section 2, page 8. Portland Motorboat Club to hold races on Memorial day. Section 2, page 8. Multnomah Club girl divers practice for meets. Section 2. page 4. Scholastic field meet Is good. . Section 2. Po 4. , Richmond wins grammar school meet. Sec tion 2. page 5. Oregon -Agricultural College teams make success of athletics. Section 2. page 8. Organised-baseball gives 1100 men to colors. Section 2. pags a. Waverley golfers lose to Portland Golf Club, Section 2. page ft. Clay-bird shooting fascinating. Section Z. page 6. , . . Pacific Northwest. Idaho's Senatorial race rashes into limelight. 8ection 1. page 7. Spelling match held at Wlnlock. Section 1. page T. Baker scientists prepare to view eclipse. Section 1, page 8. Horner, captured In Okanogan, confeasea 8ectlon 1. page 1. . Prison authorities wait for convict to move. Section 1, page 9. Commercial and Marine. Oregon potato shipping season drawing to close. Section 1. page 21. Rails lead in late rebound In Wall-street market. Section 1. page 31, Chicago corn trade unsettled by ruling on hedging sales, section 1. page 21. Portland still seeks to buUd concrete ships. Section 1, page 20. President congratulates - Portland metal workers. Section J. page 20. Waukam is launched. Section 1, page 20. Coast-built 'ships assigned. Section 1. page 20. Joseph Supple honored. Section 1, page 20. Portland and Vicinity. Sale of wheat flour In Oregon ordered halt ed tomorrow. Section 1. page 8. House building here not keeping pace with Increase In population. Section 1. pago 10. Empire Day celebration to be International. section 1. page 11, Camp Lewis praised by Portland offlciala Section 1. page 12. Criticism of Red Cross work rolla -- Section 1. page 14. Columbia Beach to open May 30. Section 1, page 15. Presiding legislative timber already at work. section l. page is. Student organizations at Reed College elect officers for coming year. section -1. page 18. Brigade of three ' regiments is aim of Ore gon Horns Guard contingent. Section 1. page is. , Rev. F. B. Short, of Spokane, called to pas torate here. Section 1. page 17. All America will honor heroic dead. Section 1. page 18. Oaks Amusement Park opens. Section 1. page 18. - . Presbyterian camp pastors' work at Army cantonments appreciated Section 1, .page 18., Miss' Mame Kerr named secretary of Trav elers' Aid Section. 1. page 19. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2. psge 6. Soldiers Replace Strikers.. VICTORIA, B. C. May 25. Shipyards of British Columbia, where nearly 10, 000 men are reported to be on strike for increased wages and shorter work days. ' will reopen Monday with re turned soldiers replacing many- of the Btrikers, It was announced today by R. P. Butchart, director of wooden ship building for the Imperial Munitions Board. ET1 1 04.0 HORNER CONFESSES FOLLOWING ARREST Woman Asks Marriage and Murder' Follows. PHOTOGRAPH BREAKS- NERVE Slayer Sees Victims' Picture and Admits Triple Killing. SHERIFF GETS CONFESSION Officer Subjects Prisoner, Who Is 'Arrested In Okanogan County, to . Severe Cross-Examination, to "Which He Finally Snccumbs. SliATTJLli, Wash.. May 25. W. R. Horncr. a mill worker, who was ar rested Friday night In Okanogan Coun ty by officials investigating the' mur der of Mrs. Nellie Bassett and her two children at Kelso. Wash., on May 17, at midnight confessed to the triple kill ing, according-to Sheriff John Stringer. The confession, according to Sheriff Stringer, was made when Horner, after stoutly maintaining bia Innocence after severe cross-examination, broke down when the pictures, of the bodies as they were found in a tent near the Pacific Highway were dramatically thrust beore his eyes. . "I did It! I did it!" be is alleged to have declared brokenly. "We were' sleeping in the tent when she woke up in the middle of the night and Insisted on my marrying her," he said. "I refused,' and we got to quar reling. I remember aeizing the rifle and shooting all of them as they lay in their beds." Horner, however, stoutly protested that he did not kill Fred Bassett, hus band of the murdered woman, four years ago. Bassett, It is aaid, was killed by a rifle bullet from behind, while he and Horner were out hunting. Horner tonight maintained that it was an acci dent. ... He likewise insisted that the mur der of Mrs.- Bassett and her children, Ada and Arsa, .was not premeditated. A deed to Mra. Basett's ranch In Oka nogan County, which adjoins that of Horner, waw found in the latter's pos session at the time of his arrest. The deed named $4000 as the consideration of the transfer. Horner told the Au thorities tonight he had given her "some money and a note." Mob Violence Feared. Horner told the Sheriff he and Mra. Bassett and her children left Okanogan County last September. And came- to Snoqualmie Falls, Wash., . where they remained until May 15, before atarting on the trip that ended at Kelso. He is said to have collapsed physically before finishing his story. Rumors that mobs were quietly or ganizing in Cowlitz County, where Kel so is located, have left the authorities undecided as to whether they will re turn Horner at this time to the scene of the crime, it is said.- SPOKANE, Wash!?- May 25. (Spe cial.) A telephone message from a Spokesman-Review correspondent at Colvllle says William - Ray Horner, wanted in connection with the murder of Mrs. .Fred Bassett and two children at Kelso, Wash., was arrested last night by Sheriff Claire Ward s and Deputy Sheriff Burden, of Okanogan County, on the road betwen the Daily ranch and Moses Meadows, In Okano gan County. Horner had -with him a wagon load of supplies. The officers found on Hor ner the deed to the Bassett ranch. Horner was heavily armed. He offered no resistance when taken into custody. Horner told the officers he had been at Seattle and Portland during the last Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS BIG U-CRUISER GERMANS LOSE ONE OF THEIR BIG SEW DIVER CRAFT. Heavy Sea Prereuts Rescue or Teu , ton Crew; Another Vmler-Sea Ship, Disabled, Interned. LONDON. May 23. A Germain sub marine of the cruiser tjpe was sunk May 11 in the latitude of Cape tit. Vin cent by a British "Atlantic escort sub marine. The Admiralty made this of ficial announcement tonistht. Cape St. Vincent Is on the southwest extremity of Portugal. The statement says: "One of our Atlantic escort subma rines returning to its base reports that on May II In the latitude of Cape tit. Vincent, while proceeding to meet a convoy she sighted and sank a Ger- man submarine of the scout cruiser type. A heavy sea was running at the time. .There were no survivors. "Shortly afterward another enemy submarine was sighted, but by swift dlvitng she escaped the fate of her con sort. ' "This being the first cruiser Mbm rlni destroyed, it has been decided to 'depart from the usual rule ot not an nouncing the destruction of individual enemy submarines." MADRID. May 25 The German sub marine U-65, which entered the port of Pantander- yesterday morning, was forced to come Into the harbor because the accumulators of the vessel had been damaged. The submarine is one of the 600-ton class and carries one deck gun and two torpedo tubes. A Spanish gunboat has been sent to Santander to convoy the submarine to Ferrol for Internment. The crew of the U-boat has been interned in tho interior of the country. PRINCE GUEST OF WILSON First Cousin of Kins George Feted by Administration Leaders. : WASHINGTON, May 25. Prince Ar thur of Connaught. first cousin of King George of England, who Is on his way to Japan on a special mission, was en tertained at luncheon .today by Presi dent Wilson. Later, with Lord Read ing, the British Ambassador, the Prince and members of his party called on Vice-President Marshall at the Capi tol. . The Senate had concluded the day's business and adjourned before the vis itors arrived, but the Prince was in troduced to Majority Leaders Martin and Kitchin and -other members of the Senate and House. YAKIMA MAYOR RELENTS Tables in Public Cardrooms May Be Used From 6 to 1 1 V. M. YAKIMA, Wash.. May 26. (Special.) After standing idle and dust covered for the past two months, the card tables in the public cardrooms of the city were again In use last night. Mayor F. H- Sweet ordered the rooms closed as a war measure, announcing that he did not believe the men should play cards while laborers are needed. The rooms now .may be opened be tween the hours of 6 and 11 In the evening, but not during the daytime. The Mayor announced h. was . opening the rooms in the evening at the re quest of Individual members of the County Council ot. Defense. . . FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED Pacific States to See Some Rain This Week In Northern Section. WASHINGTON. May 25. Weather predictions for the week beginning Mon day Issued by the Weather Bureau to day are: Northern Rocky Mountain and plateau regions, showers probably early In week with high temperatures. Generally fair thereafter "Vtth little change in temperature. Pacific states: Fair weather except showers over north portion first half of week with higher temperatures Monday over Interior districts. HALIFAX AT MERCY OF B10T111G TROOPS Veterans1 Arrest Caus es Wild Outbreak.1 CITY HALL IS SET ON FIRE Regiment From Garrison Ar rives and Stops Disorder. POLICE PROPERTY SUFFERS Enraged Returned Soldiers'" Take Patrol Wagon, Automobile and U ' Motorcycles and Smaf-h Them. Other Damage Is Done. HALIFAX. N. S May 25 The. wild est riot in the history of this city oc curred tonight when returned soldiers attempted to rescue other soldiers who had been arrested by the police. The mob tried to wreck and burn the city hall and the police headquarters, cut the hose when the fire 'department arrived, and forced the firemen to re treat. Leaded Rifles Qacll Mob. ' ' - The mob held sway until the garrison regiment arrived with loaded rifles. Hundreds of marines with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets, landed) from war ships, succeeded In dispersing the crowds. - - Several persons were injured. In cluding three police, officers. The dam age to the city hall will amount to sev eral thousand dollars. " ' Bricks aad Boards t'aes. The soldiers in stoFmlng the city hall used bricks, boards and anything that came to hand. ' Hundreds of panes of glass in the lower floor were smashed. Other groups tried to batter down the doors behind which the police -with loaded revolvers - stood guard over their prisoners. Howling with rage the crowds theu. set fire to the building. The fire de partment responded but the mob turned on them, cut the hose and attempted to wreck the apparatus. Iq order to save their equipment the firemen re- treated. Flames Finally ttMrarhrd. While the attention of the mob was thus diverted those inside the city hall put out the flames. The garrison . regiment, with rifles loaded, surrounded - the .' beleaguered building at the same time that hun dreds of marines were landed from warships. . i Before being scattered, however, the crowd took revenge 'on the police de partment. Breaking into the patrol house, they ran out the police patrol wagon and automobile and wrecked them. Two police motorcycles were thrown Into the harbor. i . . - ABERDEEN BUILDS TEMPLE Prominent Business Men to "Wait on Table" to -100 La borers.' ABERDEEN, Wash- May 25. (Spe cial.) Aberdeen's most prominent busi ness men will wait upon the 400 work ers who are to erect the city's proposed liberty auditorium on Sunday. June' 2. Heading the list of waiters is -W. ,J. Patterson, manager of the Hayes & Hayes bank. The two meals for. the liberty hall builders are to be served In the Graaa Harbor Motorship restau rant, which will accommodate a0 men to the meal. The new liberty auditorium . will be 60 by 130 feet and will have a ceiling height of 20 feet. It Is to be completed without cost to the city and finished ' will have a value of -about 18000. -