PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY- EVENING, ? JUNE" 22, 1915 SIXTEEN PAGES. "PRICE TWO CENTS 0 TRAINS AND STW3 STANDS FIVE CEKIS Yl OUNTi REVENTLOW, - Germany? fore most naval writer, who has been muzzled by the kaiser's orders. ,:" 7 T VLTNOMAH COUNTY'S system of paved highways I is under I way, Tim ' Con . lym cannon, a foreman of the Warren Construction company, and crew are shown . in the photograph preparing the old macadam road to receive its hard surface, at the intersection of the Sandy road and Eighty-second street, on the eastern boundary of the city Other contractors are selecting sites for material mixing plants and camps for their respective operations. Project, involving expenditure by county of $1 50,000 1 will furnish employment for a small army of men, in many walks of life. 5 QUIT LE1ERG BEFORE NIGHT OFF BT YAK HELP IS ASKED FOR IRRieilTIOi! UNLIKELY EI'J . i t 4 VOL. XIV. NO. 80. RUSSIANS I.1AY AH CA S CUT V.'.-IX-J-l-rTl f'- v.'j. M - - i.-- i ii.-nm i .1 . i 1 -i.. i 1 1 1 1 -m w 1 1 1 imi m wn m.h 111 11 111 1 . Germans Announce .They Are but Ten Miles From City and -That Russians Only Fighting to Gain Time. ARTILLERY IS REMOVED WHILE ARMIES BATTLE Five German Armies Are At tacking the Main Russian Position, Says Berlin. Copenhagen, June 22. (U. P.) -German newspapers here today printed rumors . that Lemberg had fallen. "Berlin, via Wireless to Sayville, L. I., : June 22. (U. P.) "The; Russians have been defeated all along" the Lm berg line. We are only 10 miles from the city, , an official statement from the war office asserted today. "The enemy is fighting only to gain time and save his artillery and materi als," the statement continued. "The main Russian position is being at tacked by the armies of Generals on Mackensen, von Linslngen, Woyrach, Boehm and Pflanxer." f Announcement of the 4 fall of emberg was awaited today. Three( Austro-German armies were within a few hours' march of the city when the last dispatches were filed from, Prat- eravil. It la considered nosuifhl that 'the Russians may have Already with drawn and that the victorious forced r General von Mackenzen may even how be in possession of the Galacian capital. . The r Russian are reported to have sent a small force to the hills west of L&mberg to maintain a stubborn de fense in covering the retreat of the train army. i By seizing Ravaruska and Zolkief, north of -Lemberg, the Teutonic forces have cut, off the Russian retreat in .that direction..-. They can only with draw eastward upon Brody. The rail way leading to this section of the Rus sian, frontier is the only line open to the --' Russians? Tmr Austro-German right i wing has made unexpectedly rapid progress on the southern front along the Emelster, and with- the rapid rush Of the center and left wings west and northwest of the city, the Rus sians must evacuate Lemberg to es cape being bottled up In the city. At last reports the Grodek line, where the Russians had been expected to make their stand, had been practically aban doned by the Russians. The fighting now. In progress is believed to be most ly ? rear - guard actions, in which the Russians are endeavoring to delay the final rush of the AustroGermans into the city until the last munitions, guns and : men being hurried eastward over the one remaining railroad have been placed aboard trains and started for the border. TURKS DRIVE BACK ATTACKS BY ALLIES ON I DARDANELLES FORTS Great Losses Inflicted Upon v British, According to Re - port From Constantinople. Constantinople, via Berlin, June 22. (U. P.) Furious attacks by1" the corn blrud. land, sea and air forcesof the allies w-ere made upon the Dardanelles yesterday, but were repulsed with heavy losses, it was officially 'an nounced here today. - The assault upon the Turkish posi tions opened near Arl Burnu on .Mon day morning with a fierce artillery bombardment. This was followed by an infantry attack. In the afternoon large British forces rushed the Turkish trenches .about Bedd-ul-Bahr. The po sitions of the Turks had been damaged but little by the artillery fire and the Moslems inflicted terrific losses uBon the attacking forces. Swept by ma chine gun and shrapnel fire, the allied troops faltered and finally retreated, leaving hundreds of dead and wounded at the foot of the cliffs, the tops of which are held by the Turks. Toward evening a general assault was made by the allies. A flotilla of aeroplanes . dropped bombs upon the Turkish positions. The fleet opened a long distance bombardment and the Infantry attempted to cut Its way through the Turkish r entanglements and carry the trenches by storm. The land forces were again "hurled - back and the of If cial. announcement 'from the war ofifce asserted that all Turk ish positions were held intact. ": Turkish " Docks Destroyed. . v Athens, June 22.- (U. P. The Turkish munition docks and " ware houses at Gailipoli are believed to have been destroyed by the bombardment of the allied fleet, according to : My tilene dispatches received here today. Allied aviators and observers reported hav ing seen explosions which appeared to uave witcneo ine aoow ana buildings. .' Turks lose '"Three Vessels. v' London, June 22. U. P.) A Rus sian , submarine sank two -Turkish barks and a steamer In the Black Sea, 150 miles west of Constantinople ac cording, to -a Petrograd dispatch : le celved here today." Reventlow Is Suppressed by Kaiser Jlctive 5 X. ... nt of United States War Controversy Quieted bylPaper's Suspension. By Carl W. Ackerman. Berlin, via The Hague. June 22. (U. P.) A strong indication thatthe foreign office desires to avoid any thing likely to interfere with the peace ful relations between the United States and Germany, was seen here today in the suspension of publication of the Deutsche Tagieltung. Novexplanation has been offered for the. suspension, but it is accepted that the views expressed by Count Revent low as to the sinking of the Laisltania and the German American negotiations were responsible. ; ' Revhtlew Js ; the military critic of th njLpen t His opinions - are widely read and -h has shown- th leafc,-en fdency toward conciliation of any. of the German writers. He has declared at all times that Germany's subma rine warfare is the imperial govern ment strongest ' military measure and that for the United States to expect its - abandonment-- upon demand Is an affront to Germany. The "Ameri can colony considered the suppression of the Tagxeitung of the greatest sig nificance. - - Grand Admiral von Tirpitz is now formulating his suggestions as to the reply to be made by Germany to President-Wilson's rejoinder. - Foreign ' Minister -von Jagow is busily analyzing the data brought to Berlin by Dr. Meyer Gerhard. This includes an exhaustive" report upon the American position and the sentiment c the people of the United States as to the submarine warfare, prepared Dy Ambassador von Bernstorff. An offi cial told me today that the situation in such that it is impossible to say when the reply will be completed. That it will be delayed at least 10 days, however, appears certain. , , DR. MEYER - GERHARD American Citizen Admits He Posed as nDr.: Meyer" to -Trap U. S. Officials, New York, June i 22. (I. - N, S.) Sensational charges published here last week declaring that . Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard, German Red '-Cross lecturer, was really Dr. Meyer, a Ger man army " officer, who was In this country to buy ammunition and to gather secretly military - information, were explained today by- the publica tion In the New. York Sun of the state ment of an American citizen who say 9 he is -the "Dr. Meyer" who was con fused ' with Mrer-Gerhard. The pseudo Dr. Meyer says he had reason to believe certain United States officials were ready ' to accept graft to aid in the illegal sale of war muni tions, i : From a patriotic - desire - to learn if his suspicions were correct, he says. "he; posed as a German army officer on a secret mission. He ad mitted that he had failed to substanti ate his suspicions of graft on the part of the United States officials, , When the charges against Dr. -Anton Meyer Gerhard were puMished Count . von Bernstorff, j German ; ambassador, was attacked as having wilfully, deceived President Wilson 'n to j Mr, Meyer Gerhard's true Identity. Dr. T Meyer Gerhard sailed for Germany under the protection of the United States at the request f Count von Bernstorff. JACK MATTHEWS IS LOW Reports from v St. Vincent's hospital this afternoon are that Walter F. (Jack) Matthews is very low; Hi3 condition i has taken a turn for . the worse. He, has been til at the hospi tal? for several months. "Once United States marshal for Oregon and chair, man of . the Republican state central committee, he is widely known in the state for his past activities, in politics. German QpoWe MYSTERY EXPLAINED BY MAN'S CONFESSION Barricades Erected by Set tlers in Sonora; and. Ef forts Being Made to Hold Off Yaquis. 200 IMPERILED NEAR LOS M0CHIS, SAYS WIRE United Sugar Corporation Re , ports Condition of i Set tlers as "Desperate." Douglas, Ariz., June 2:2. (U. P, American settlers are cut off by hos tile Yaqui Indians at OnUgola," Son ora, and are in imminent peril,4 accord ing, to reports received here this aft ernoon. ? ' v The Americans have erected barri cades and are prepared to fight as Ion as their ammunition lasts. Ontagola is a few miles north of the town of Yaqui, which has; been burned by the Indians. ! " j - '; . A1I communication with the outside world has been severed by the Indians, who now control the railroad both north and south of Eeperansa. Governor Maytorena has not ordered his troops to protect the Americans. He gave American authorities assur ances that he would send 200 Mexican soldiers to Ontagola. Official . dis patches show that there are only 20 soldiers at Corral. None of the Mexi can forces have been able to make any headway against the hostiles. Two Hundred in Peril. Nogales, Ariz.,i June 22. (U. P) Officers of the United Sugar corpora tion here today telegraphed Acting Secretary Lansing asking protection for 200 Americana at Los Mochis The situation there was termed "desperate." The - Mayo Indians have gone on the warpath. .).' .. . , --x . At . least ialf of the 200 Americans imperiled at Los Mochis are -women and r children. Among the Americans are --i the foltowlngr : John a Johnston, co.ucui vi inw onr,Q - esugar, gom, pany.Tand i hfs w'ifer'Saperiritenderit Doyle and his family; c, F. Edmonds and; Wife; Frank Coubelon, chief en gineer; Thomas E. Coubelon, assistant engineer; Superintendent J. " M. Has sard, R. L. Page, field superintendent and family. Besides these there are nearly 200 American farmers and their families in that( region. Los Mochis is where James Jameston, - Scotch farmer, was killed. . I, . r . ''' i ,r 30O Wounded Burned to Death. " El Paso, Texas, June 22. (U. P.) Three hundred wounded Vlllista sol diers perished Jin a Tire which de stroyed the military hospital at Chi huahua last night, according to pas sengers arriving here on a train from that city today. Many heroic at tempts were made by f soldiers of the garrison to rescue the wounded men but failed. j Germany Expected To War on Italy In Event of Declaration It Is Believed Italian Troops Will Go to France to Figlit With Allies. Amsterdam,-, June 22. '(I N. S.) Private dispatches received here today from Berlin say) that a formal declara tion of war against Germany by Italy is imminent. If this action is taken it Is expected that Italy will send an army to France! to -aid the allies. t : ssyit.ris v cssi- : - w ' urn - , - " - - iw jiwbi'pw,. :-.y :-... - - . . 1 1 V .fiffTniiil.lf iiit.iv.. W. 5 Tt X Jt-VjU TV- . ? V W s GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR S BACK AT HIS DESK; ATLANTA NOW QUIET No Repetition Today of Last Night's Mob , Demonstra tion Over Frank Case, Atlanta, Ga., June 22. Governor Slaton was back at his desk at the capital this afternoon. He made the trip from his country home, just' out side, the city, in an open; automobile and .without a guard. There was no sign of hostility as the .governor mo tored over the famous Peach Tree road and through .the streetaof Atlantic. fWwsa)8!wsf s-waiOg th-e goA-ernbr at,- his ornce-; following ,the stormy scenes of last night, when a mob gath ered outside the Slaton estate and the militia was called out to protect Sla ton. 5 Upon his desk telegrams con gratulating him : for commuting the death sentence of Leo' M. .Frank to life. Imprisonment were stacked high. They included messages from the gov ernors of West "Virginia and Karfcsas. From the Milledgeville state-prison farm word came today that Frank's physical condition makes it Impossible for -him to begin manual labor-as a life ' term convict ; for several days. Mrs; Frank received a letter from her husband, however, stating that he was In the best of health and feeling ex cellent. '. - -'-.' While the worst trouble growing out of the commutation of Frank's sen- (Concloded on Pace Seven., Column Four) TOM TAGGART INDICTED Indianapolis, Ind.,' June 22. (U.' P.) -Thomas Taggart, former . chairman of the national Democratic committee; Mayor Joseph Bell, Chief of Police Samuel Perrott and 125 other Indian apolis citizens, were indicted by the Marion- county grand Jury here today. They were charged with conspiracy to commit 48 felonies in the'recent county primary registration and election. The grand jury 'will vote upon addi tional t. true' bills this afternoon,1- when it is understood other prominent poli ticians will be indicted. ' WORK HIGHWAYS TO BE IN FULL SWING IN ANOTHER WEEK First Actual Construction Is Under Way on Sandy Road. - : Work on hard -.surfacing the main traveled roads of the county at a cost of ,l,250,000s is. at lai under way and by -exV week It -'should "be lo-fH SWing.' ; ' . v:.. . - The first actual ' construction was begun yesterday by the Warren Construction-company on the Sandy road where the highway Joins thV- city t-onndary. A crew of men was put to work scarifying and preparing the old macadam base to receive Its coating of crushed rock, and asphalt. On the other roads . the different contractors are securing sites for mix ing plants and assembling : equipment. The -.roads are - to be ... paved to t width of 18 feet, with macadam shoul ders two feet in width. . . Powell Valley Road XTszt. ' The next construction started will b on the Powell Valley road by Con tractor Oskar Huber, who is preparing to begin tomorrow. He will establish a camp-near Linneman .station and work in both directions. V The . Clark Henry Construction com pany, -who have the contract for the fBase-:i.ine road, are arranging; to be gin operations in a. day or so at Mon tavilla and lay eastward. ' Montague-O'Reilly company,71 who have the contract for the Foster road and the Capitol highway, have not yet signed contracts and will not be ready to begin actual work for several days. . . . , . County "Will Employ Inspectors. With each road making crew the county will have a corps of inspectors and engineers, and Roadmaster j Yeon is now organizing his forced , , It is estimated that the cost of engi neering will amount . to about Zy, per cent of the total cost. - JOINT INVESTIGATION OF STATE RESOURCES KpPlfjED Secretary, Lane Telegraphs Necessary Money-Allotted; News Is Welcome. - Secretary of the Interior Lane has Approved - an allbtment of for eoraplttitig; 1 cooperative irrigation ln vesHgaUons Ti Oregon between the state - and. 7 the i federal governments. This - information was contained in a telegram from the secretary received this morning by Ernest . G. Uopson. supervising engineer of the United States reclamation -service. ' - . . This means that the money already expended by the state and the govern ment to investigate the resources of Oregon will not have been expended in vain, and that the mapping, surveying and estimating of Oregon projects will be carried out to the end. With the work 90 per cent I completed, inability to get the money necessary to finish the work would have practically nulli fied everything that; had been done. : , One report Is already printed, a sec ond is ready . to goto press and a third will be completed within a month or so. This S7500 is absolutely, necessary to complete the investigations.' -j Secretary Lane's telegram reads as follows: "Referring to your letter of June 7. Have approved allotment of $7S0a for completing Oregon coopera tive investigations.'-,' ,- . : ; Message Is Welcome. . ; This message will come as welcome news to the host of Oregonlans inter ested in the-development of Oregon, as for several weeks it looked as if the cooperative efforts . of state and na tional government would go - for naught. The plan of a cooperative investiga tion of Oregon resources was devised by Joseph N. Teal and Governor West in 1912 with a view to , finding -out definitely the extent of such resources, that 'construction work might" be started by federal government, state, or private capital. " x ne 1 genesis or tne wea was ap proved by hecretary Fisher and Vthe contracts between state and govern ment i were ' signed . with Secretary Lane's approval in 1913, the govern ment and the state each appropriating $50,000 for the work. . , The surveys and estimates have been made by the United States - reclamation service un der, a general understanding between state and federal governments.. . astsnndsrstaaOlnr Is Clard. J Not long ago, however, a decision was reached by the comptroller of the reclamation service that no more funds would be available for the work. In light of the-fact that such a decision would cut -the .-work off automatically a long correspondence ensued between the - local office of- the - reclamation service And Washington, the local of fice taking the ground that there must be eoine misunaerstandlng. ; ; ::f un june 1 Air. , Hopson wrote nor. sonally to Secretary Lane asking him i to. una runaa to complete the work. ! He was asked .to - appear before the ! reclamation v commission at Faiiim Nev., June 14, and state his case. This he did with the result that the' com mission reached a decision - favombi to the continuation and completion of ! the work. The commission found that 1 there was a fund available and kmhi. mended to Secretary: Lane that he al lot the $7500 necessary.-1 5,' iuy,.4.vv; Secretary Lane's wire to Mr. Hon. son " makes it - certain that the- inves tigations will be completed as planned. ; Blazing Zeppelin alls Into the Sea hDispateh rrom Amsterdam. Says Hae Airship Dropped Monday vrnt Hear Keebrugge, After it Bad Caagttt Fire. London, June 22.-(1.' Nj S.J -A Zep pelin airship caught fire- in the air Monday night near Zeebrugge and fell into the sea, according to a.. Central Kews dispatch - received '- here - today from Amsterdam. . ." .--... . ...,. 4V 1 - . 1 S. P. WILL GET ONLY $2.50 PER ACRE FOR lLAND STILL UNSOLD Method of Sale of Land Grant ; and Time to Be Fixed by - Congress. 'I: ' Interest' in the Oregon California railroad land grant case, which - was decided yesterday by the United States supreme court, will now center in con gress. j ' By the 1 decision the railroad com pany 1 Is prohibited from making any further sales of . the property . until such i time as congress shall by some appropriate v legislation provide some manner for . the disposition of the lands," " v said United States Attorney Clarence Reames today. - ; i : -"This means it is now up to congress to provide! some way byr-whlch these lands, may be opened t for settlement. When congress has Jacted, then the lands can be sold ln.no other way than that ) provided , by congress. . A the lands are Isold, the railroad company will get $2,50 an acre and no more." : - There- wer two original land grants, one called" the east -side grant and the othef the Iwest side grant. .The' total amount of - land received under tbestf grants was 8,182,169 acres. Prior to the Commencement of , the-' govern ment's suit the company bad sold 821, C77 acres; leaving unsold 2.360.492 acres. The -value of the unsold land is estimated at all the way from $30 . 000.000 to $60,000,000." s , . (Conclodei on pse Fifteen, Column Three) CHARLEMAGNE TOWER STEALS HIS OWN "WIFE, FLEES IN A E Sheriffs Force : Is Following M.aa ; Who Has Twenty Hour. Start. in, Big Car,, Marshfield, Or., June 22. Charle magne Tower, with his wife ; whom he Is alleged to have forcibly: abducted Sunday night. Is fleeing from Marsh field in an hutomobiie and a warrant has been sworn-; out against him, charging assault with - a- dangerous weapon, 1 - , - - ' r ;,':hv-. Tower and his wife' had -trouble re cently, which broughfthem into the courts. The matter was dropped there, however the Judge saying that it was a case : of too "much mother-in-law." Lately Mrs. Tower has been living with her parents. ; -. ; . Sunday, night, she attended a dance at North-Bend, in company with Ben Hyde. ; , . y v..-.:v .;.- - s, .- .. k Tower ?: in t an - automobile followed the) taxi in which his wife and Hyde were riding home. When the taxi stopped; Tower -took his wife -by force and carried her away in the automo bile after . severol blows . were struck. Tower flourished a gun and got away. The . sheriffs of flee is . hunting Tower. He has a start of about 20 hours in a fast machine, run. by D. I Foote, local chauffeur, . x - Boer War Hero Is '.'i Heavily: Sentenced ' Bloemfontln, .South Africa, June 22. (L N. . Sr-rB'ollowlng . his , con viction on a charge of treason. Gen eral De Wet, - leader of the recent South j African ', insurrection, was today- sentenced to six" years' Imprison ment and-fined $10,090. . IvIACHIN Congressional Appropriations Committee Gives Hearing "to Oregon Men Who Plead That State Get Just Due. DEVELOPMENT! WHOLLY QUESTION OF FINANCE Available Funds Are Small in Amount Compared to What Is Required. fLittle hope for the speedy develop ment under government aid of the re clamation projects In central Oregon was held out to the Oreg6n senators and representatives and other mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce dele gation when it presented the needs and claims v of this state before the con gressional appropriations , committee yesterday. It Is all a question of finance. - What the committee saw at the Klamath project , convinced it of the beneficial results of irrigation. Representative Mondell of Wyoming was enthusiastic over the results of the $2,000,000 in vestment there. But when it Is con sidered that the Kovernment Is now receiving barely - $2,600,000' per year from the sale of federal lanus and that changes in the land laws and depart mental rulings have made it more dif ficult for homesteaders to enter upon such land, Mr. Mondell declared the outlook not bright. "There is no disposition on the part of the committee to check the develop, ment of thi west," said Mr. Mondell, t Concluded 00 Pagtr ne. Columo Two. PLOT TO TAKE ROAD WORK FROM STATE ENGINEER IS FAILURE Schemers Tacked Pet Sen tence to Highway Act, but Forgot to Change Title, Salem, Or.. June 22. -Governor Wlthycombe and State Treasurer Kay received a 'knockout blow today in their fight with State Engineer Lewis, when it -was discovered that the last sentence of the' highway act passed by the legislature of 1916, purporting to give the chief deputy state engineer control of the highway department, is invalid, for the reason that it is not expressed in the title of the act. . . .It-was declared at the attorney gen eral's office today that there was no question that the sentence was in valid. The discovery is believed to destroy every possible chance that Wlthycombe and Kay might have in their efforts to establish in the courts their contention that the chief deputy state engineer, and not Lewis, should have charge of the highway division. The .sentence, which, it is asserted, is eliminated because of its illegality, is as follows: . "All work in the department which has heretofore been in the charge of the state highway engineer shall to Under the direct supervision of said chief deputyf state engineer; and such additional deputies snd assistants as the state highway commission shall deem necessary In said road depart- ( Concluded on ftf Fire, Column Fhre.) BULLETINS , , Austrian Line Breaks. London, June 22. (I, N. S.) Private dit patches to the-Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen quote the Messagcro of Rome as saying that the Austrian line has been broken at three points by the Italian armies advancing en Trieste. r Spanish Cabinet Iteslgns. Madrid. Jsne 22. (I. K.) The resignation oJLthe Spanish cabinet was announced here this afternoon. This action was explained by a supple mentary statement in. which it was de clared the government considered the failure of the recent loan to be equiv alent to a vote of lack of confidence. Cruiser for Haiti. Washingon, Jime 22. (U. P.) The cruiser Washington with 700 blue jackets and 200 'marines aboard started r to proceed from Vera Cruz to Cape Hatlen today to protect foreigners.. The latest' Haitien revolu tion . Is said to have assumed serious proportions and the bluejackets and marines will be landed if necessary, it is said. ' Admiral Caperton :s in command of the Washington. - . Antwerp IJerman City. Berlin, June 22. X N. S.) Via wireless to tsayville The Transoceai News, the official distributing agency of the . German government, today tor the first time referred to Antwerp a a German city. This is the flrt Inti mation of the annexing of Belgian territory coming from an official source. - Yellow Fever in - Vera Cruz. Vera Cruz. June 22. ( K. S.) Yellow fever menaced Vera Cruz to day. . Three cases to date hav lire a reported and an epidemic is feared.