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dtoi v. nc aiiicc m IiLI L I Ul nLLlLU I U U S. MAIL PROTESTS . - DEFENDS POSITION - m. m . - m A ft . n fioie is oonsiaereu nai ne Jection of Demands Made " by' United States, LETTERS TO BE EXEMPT Malataia Xlfffct to SU MwcTai Suit ranwS Post and Also Goods WroafffaUy & M rirtt 01ms. - Washington, April 4. 1 1. J. 8.) ,3Ph" reply of thm alllod ovrninnto to the protests of the United StsUs on eisores of malls was received by the State department yesterday. The allies vdef end their rlht to ar rest and seize merchandise sent as par cel post and to seize goods falsely sent as first class malL However, they will refrain from seizing; and confis cating letters or dlspatcnes. . The reply is considered a. rejec tion of the demands made in the American note of protest of January 4, 1918. In this note the United States made "a formal and vigorous protest of these unwarranted Interferences with inviolable malls." r XT. S. Protest Ovexroled. ' Summing up their conclusions, the Memorandum of the alUed govern ments says: "First That concerning their right to visit and eventually to arrest and seize the- merchandise shipped under the shape of parcel post must and shall not be treated differently from the merchandise shipped any other way. "Second That the inviolability of postal correspondence stipulated by convention No. 11 of The Hague treaty of 1907, carries by no means any pre judice to the right of the allied gov ernments to visit and, if need be, to stop and seize the goods which are falsely deposited in the covers, envel opes or letters contained in the mall sacks. betters to Be Exempted. "Third That faithful to their, en gagements and respectful of true correspondence.' the allied govern ments will continue for the present to refrain from seizing and confiscat ing' at sea these correspondences, let ters or dispatches, and that they will insure the most rapid transition of them possible as soon as the genu ineness of tLeir character Is known. Greatest stress is laid in the allies reply on their Mgnt to seise parcels post shipments. On the other hand, the United States In Us protest touched only lightly on this phase and -raised the greatest objection to censoring end seizing first class malls. Faxoels JPost Hot Letters. The allies insist that parcel can not be considered as letter correspon dence, or dispatches, and that "noth ing can save them from the exercise of the rights of police control, visit and' eventual seizure, which belongs to? the belligerents on the hlga seas In regard to all cargoes." It is held that the German govern ment Itself took the same view when t-5 German Prinz Eitel Frederlch, now interned at Norfolk, sank the steamer Florlde with its parcels post mail aboard. A letter from the post master general is appended to the note, In which the captain of the Prinz Eitel was quoted as saying he based his action on the declaration of London, according to which parcels post matter is merchandise and not mail. As an evidence that the central powers themselves have not respected the "inviolability of the malls." it Is charged that from December SI, 19 It, . to December SI. 1916, German or Aus- tro-Hungarian naval authorities have sunk IS mail boats with the postal un uuo.ru wiuivui nnnr cor tne Inviolability of the dispatches and correspondence which they contained any more than for the inoffensive persons on board these steamers." The allied governments' reply r ha rarm that ni-mis -n4 a Hungary have utilized the mails for the purpose of removing contraband shipment. Among numerous examples, it is stated that 1302 Dackares seised on eight steamers from South Amer ica contained 43 7,610 kilograms of rub ber for Hamburg. Another seizure of 69 parcels containing 400 revolvers for Germany Is cited. What action the United States will take in the light of rejection of its de mands was not known today. In the American notes mention was DOUBLE GOLDEN WEDDING EVACUATION MAY BE : : ; " K'-J V'j H t st n J . . 1 ?J Kf - t . 7 0 jC s a x-:;v' y , -sir r " If tit W-v,'k. A-i ! II I. vSr-v Viw I I ii 1 I I Jtl Mr. and Mrs. Otis Brook. A most enjoyable event was the celebration of Lincoln Garfield Post and Corps, of the golden wedding an niversary, of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Brooks, of 107 East Sixtieth street, north, and Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Camp bell, of Mllwaukie, at Grant". Army headquarters in room 525, court house. Those who came to do honor to the brides and bridegrooms, of 50 years ago, were the children and grandchil dren of the happy couples, depart ment officers and a large gathering of members of the post and corps. The room was beautifully decorated, in yellow and gold, as were the long tables : extending nearly the full length of the hall. The'weddlng march was played by the Clifford orchestra. The couples marshed into tLe half two color bear ers preceding and two following, tak ing their places beneath a large golden hell, where the "wedding cere mony" was performed by the Rev. B. 3. Hoadley, chaplain of the post. After congratulations were extend ed $5 in gold was presented by Com mander' W. M. Hendershott, to each of the bridegrooms, and to each of the brides, by President Rosetta Mc Kennett. Past Dept. Commander T. B McDevitt presented to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks from their children, a gold clock, which bore the legend. 1866 to 1916. The women of the corps who served the banquet, were charm lnc in their white gowns and gold colored caps. The brides at each end of the table served the wedding cakes. A Jolly time followed with music by the orchestra, and songs by Miss Luclle Hewitt, a grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, accompanied by Miss Grace Squires. Mrs. Elizabeth Stowers and Miss Hilgle Thompson, and Miss Margue rite Egbert gavo entertaining read ings. During the Civil war Mr. Brooks served In Co. F, Ninth Main Regi ment. Rev. C. H. Campbell served In Co. D, 3econd Michigan Cavalry. FORCED SOLDIERS IN BETHINCOURT LINE Three Sides Are Being Given 7 Terrific Bombadment by German Batteries, Primary Election on V At Tacoma Today Thongs Weather Is Tina, Thar Seems to Be Mr zattle Interest la Totl&ff 3arla; acoralng. Tacoma, Wash., April 4 (U. P.) Voting in the primary election being held today, for two members of the city council and for city controller, started off listlessly, although weather conditions are favorable. It is expect ed the balloting will be heavier' during the afternoon and early evening hours. All but six of the 24 councllmanlc can didates will be eliminated by the re- o ill t ff f ri( n v' m a 1 a; tM nn A utnnA rmd OTHER POINTS SHELLED , flnal election will be held April 18. v i i ii.il i win w j Among the candidates for councilmen i are Lorenzo Dow, former prosecuting Francis H. Pettit, former commissioner of public safety, and F. W. Stoever, who resigned the pastorate of a local church to enter the political race. most impossible for Independence 4o exist. : ' 4 That the decree in the Standard Oil Trust dissolution was complete farce and only scattered their devil ment and the people are .worse . off and the trust better off. 6 That the "on hand" supply of crude petroleum is larger today than It ha ever been in the history of the oil industry to wit: six billion gallons.- . The only Immediate and effectual remedy la a complete embargo on crude petroleum and all products ex tracted from it, until such time as the president of the United States snail deem the price fair and Just to consumers. , The complete and everlasting rem edy for thia and all other like cases la to order the department of justice to proceed to dissolve the oil trust in fate French Successes at Tau and Else . where Bo Hot Offset the German O alas Hear Yerdua. made of the "strong feeling aroused la this country." The detention of mails was characterized as "vexa tlously inquisitorial and without com pensating military advantage to Great Britain." The reply will be considered by President Wilson and the cabinet today. Hears From Brother He Thought Dead Via Shea Writes better to Brother Who Sled Six Tears Ago and It Is Ke oelved Here by Third Brother. Unheard of for more than 40 years, and thought dead, Tim Shea, brother of Dan Shea, janitor at the Multnomah Amateur jAthletio club, is living at Calaveras county. California Tim left home when the Sheas were living in Apple River, 111., for Cali fornia. For a time he corresponded with the family, but later nothing was heard of him until DanvShea received a letter addressed to Dennis Shea, an other brother who has been dead for six yeara The letter had been sent to the old home address and then for warded to Dan Shea. Dan . Shea came to Portland eight years ago and lives at 75 East Davis street. He is married and has three daughters and two sona Brakes Failed and Auto Hit Box Car Ontario, Or., April 4. Albert Lackey and four other passengers came near meeting with serious accident last Saturday evening when his car ran into a moving freight car on one of the crossings in this city. Freight cars were being; switched, and Mr. Lackey applied the brakes to his auto, but they refused to work. The front of the machine was badly damaged when it hit the moving freight car, but the passengers escaped injury SHORTAGE OF ILK CHICAGO GETS MORE 5. SERIOUS EVERY HOUR Dealers Seek Militia Guards; Supply Enough for Babies Only After Thursday, Chicago, April 4. (X. N. S.)--Chi-cago milk dealers today threatened to call upon the governor for troops to protect their shipments, charging that the county sheriffs and deputies are friends of the farmers who are hold ing up their shipments. Meanwhile the shortage of milk, growing out of the refusal of 1000 dairy farmers to sign new contracts except at advanced rates, is hourly becoming more eerlbus, and it Is predicted that there will be no more milk in Chicago Thursday than enough to feed the bablea The farmers are holding out for $1.65 per 100 pounds of milk, an increase of 10 cents from the present price offered by the dealers. , Officers of the Milk Producers asso ciation charge that the distributors were contemplating bringing in unin spected milk from Wisconsin to relieve the situation, and declare the producers were prepared to fight such action. They said efforts to deliver more milk to the bottling stations at Harvard, Hartland and Bigfoot would be resisted today. In many places the farmers have picketed the roads anj are turning back all Chicago-bound milk. "Deliver to the babies first and the saloons last," Health Commissioner Dr. John Dill Robertson ordered the deal ess today. Parts, April 4. (U. P.) Germans heavily shelled French positions north west of Verdun during the night, par ticularly Malancourt and Avocourt, of ficial announcement declared today. There were no Infantry attacks. West of the Meuse the French bat terlee kept up a continuous fire from Douaumont to Vaux village. In the Argonne forest also French guns were busy. East of Le Pretre woods French Infantry dispersed strong German re connoltering parties. Lqndon, April 4. (U. P.) Massed German batteries on three sides of Bethlncourt are giving French posi tions a terrific bombardment today, and it is feared the defenders will soon be forced to evacuate the strongholds. French successes at Vaux village and the surrounding country were not suf ficient to offset the German gain of a two mile front northwest of Verdun. French positions west of the Meuse are believed to be seriously endang ered. A heavy artillery battle continued during the whole of yesterday on the entire sector northwest of Verdun. For a week the Germans have been shell ing hill 804. It is the keystone of the outer defenses in that district. Teu ton shells have crumbled its trenches and wrecked the French batteries sta tioned there. Indications are that the Germans plan to take Bethlncourt and smother French lines to the west under an overwhelming attack, forcing the French to retire to the shelter of the first permanent fortifications of Ver dun, near Esnea French gains yesterday near Vaux confirmed military observers in their belief that the crown prince will not be able to take Verdun from th northeast. He has sacrificed thou sands of men and made no important progress on that side since the cap ture of Douaumoiit. Dispatches from the front said large forces of Germans were noted ; on the isrltlsn rront in ianaers ana northern France. Sinte beginning their smash at Verdun the Germans have depleted their armies elsewhere to aid the principal offensive, but the large force opposite the British has not been disturbed lest General Sir Douglas Halg's men seize the oppor tunity for an allied drive. Counter Attacks Prepared. Paris, April 4. (I. N. S.) Prepar ing for further counter attacks French artillery literally drenched the region about Douaumont and Vaux throughout the night, today's com munique says. The German response was feeble. There were no Infantry engagements of importance. An artillery duel was In progress on the west bank of the Meuse throughout the night. Vista House Fund Dance Big Success CONGRESSMAN SAYS THERE'S NO GASOLINE TAGE IN U. S. SHOR Say, Georgia Representative De clares He Can Prove As sertions With Facts. By William Schley Howard. BepreaeotatlTe from the Fifth District of Georgia. Washington, April 4. (L N. S.) There is no shortage in gasoline. All facts gathered absolutely and success fully refute this statement. Gasoline can be obtained in the remote dis tricts if you pay the price. We can believe there is a shortage when auto mobile owners commence running races to get to the supply house first. I am in a position to prove the fol lowing facts at the proper time: 1 There were 68,000,000 gallons less of gasoline exported in 1915 than there were in 1914. 2 There were 8,000,000 barrels more of crude oil produced in 1916 than there were in 1914. 8 Pipe line cargoes are so manipu lated by the trust that it is now al- s Tobacco Men Paid Revenue Men Counsel for Thirty Tobacco ICaaaf ao turers Xeld fox Alleged frauds Se clares Sepntlee meoelved Pay. Washington. April 4. (U. p.) Charging that deputy Internal revenue collectors had been on the payrolls of certain tobacco manufacturers for ille gal purposes, Carl Whitney, counsel for 30 manufacturers arrested in New York in connection with an Investigation of alleged tobacco frauds, issued a sensa tional statement today. He claimed that the revenue collect ors were paid 15 or $10 weekly for "collusion." Whitney refused to re veal the names of the accused men, saying he Intended to use them in the defense of his clients. If his charges can be proved, the New York grand Jury may be asked to vote indictments. COLONEL ERWIN WAS REAL LEADER IN DASH AGAINST VILLA FORCE Led 600 Cavalrymen on 17 Hour Ride; Bandits' Losses Estimated at 300 Men, Austrians Bottled Up by Allied Navies During Evacuation of Suras so Allied snips axaae cnaut in rront of Cattaro Attempts Caosed bosses. Rome, April 4. (L N. S.) It is learned that the action of the allies' navies during March, especially that of the Italian navy, has been particu larly brilliant in the lower Adriatic. When the Italians evacuated Duraszo the allies' ships made a veritable chain in front of Cattaro. The Aus trians dared not venture out. The few attempts made by the Austrian ships against Italian transports were paid for by the Austrians with Im portant losses. By H. D. Jacobs, United Preae ataff Oorrupendont. United States Army Headquarters, Dublan. Mexico, by motor to Columbus, N. M., April 4. Though Colonel Dodd has been credited with the American victory over Villistas at San Geronlmo, Colonel Frwin actually led the 600 cavalrymen on the sensational 17 hour ride which resulted1' in the complete rout of the bandits, with losses esti mated at 800. Villa's friends prevented a surprise attack by notifying the outlaws that Americans were coming. Nearly all the Villistas had their horses saddled and were ready to mount as Colonel Erwln's men swept in on them from the west. Waiting only to fire a hur ried volley, they leaped to their horses and raced toward the east. The Americans pursued, yelling and shooting, clinging to their saddles with their legs, so their arms would be free to manipulate rifles and re volvers. As the bullets sang many Mexicans toppled from tneir mounts and' tumbled among the acurrylng hoofs. For five hours the saddle worn Americans kept up the pursuit over strange and dangerous mountain trails. Groups of bandits scurried into moun tain pockets and defiles at each turn. At intervals small bands halted, fired volleys point blank and then resumed their wild flight. The sure-footedness of the Mexican ponies coupled with their riders' inti macy with the country, enabled the fugitives to outdistance their j?ur surers by noon. After having been 12 hours in the saddle Colonel Erwln's men adminis tered this overwhelming defeat. Villa's force was crushed, it lost 60 men killed and 200 captured and abandoned its prisoners. The American cost was only four troopers wounded. Colonel Krwln was in command of the American renter engaged in an enveloping movement outlined by Col onel Dodd. He intended to fight at Guer.ero. Krwln followed the Rio Guerrero valley close to the railroad. The lert moved eastward from Naml qulp then southward through" ' Te haunes. The center rode to Guerrero after the Carranslsta-vllla battle, in which Villa was reported wounded. Erwln learned that the main VilUsta body was , at San Geronlmo and ' Im mediately galloped la pursuit. . An inventor has patented a guard to be fastened to the back of a man's head to enable him to shave his neck accurately and safely. I ! t , 3 t&U lit , WffM I We have Just reoeived a large ship, mea of these beautiful QXAVAIf OXA LEADERS n d"7E" $5.00 Down rTICe t I O $3.50 Monthly Talking Machine Co. 350 ALDER II I Kuppenheimer Clothes Exhibit s A Complete Showing of the New Styles Ready Here-Now You'll se in our windows and the store now the largest,' choicest and most comprehensive showing of Spring clothes for men and young men, that will be seen in Portland this season. All the new things are here for your approval. The Pinch-back sack, the one-button sack, the silk lined suits, the new stripes, mixtures, checks, plaids and blue serges. A big range of fabrics. All guar anteed for colors, style and service. They're Kup penheimer's best productions, here only, at $20 $25 $30 $35 Ask for a copy of the Kuppenheimer book of "Styles for Men" and learn the correct new effects. DbublelSH. 18 Wednesday and Thursday on cash par- fwr chases of SI ; v or : more, if , 1 yoa .brinf this !;.,, Dependable Wearables for Men and Boys Morrison at Fourth Although It Was Billed as aa "Old Fashioned Banoe," the Steps Were Executed la Modern Way. The old-fashioned dance held at Co tillion hall last night for the benefit of the Vista House fund was a big success. -1 The label, "old-fashioned bothered no one. The very first dance that Miss Walter's donated orchestra played was a step, and one could Just see the delight on the faces of those alleged old-fashioned folk who had dug out their long-lost white vest buttons, as they pranced out on the polished floor and commenced to step. I It mattered not whether two-step, waltz, schottlsche or three-step airs: ' wr niaved bv that orchestra. The dancing was thoroughly modern at all times. 1 Lawyer, doctor, merchant every branch of Portland's business world was represented. And each of them looked after a handsomely gowned woman. I Professor M. -M. Ringler and Mrs. Rlngler in addition to donating the hall and orchestraNgave an exhibition of fancy dancing. In each corner of the big hall was a concession of some kind to which a steady stream of nickels and dimes flowed in, guided by a flock of pretty maidens from whom one just had to buy. ' a H. Holt was the floor manager and was assisted by the foUowlng committee: i Publicity Roy Edwards, chairman; Ocean Jolly, vice chairman, j to chmcntg o M. Smith, chair- (man; Mra.T. I Graves, vice chair- Jdiisic I. L. Rlggs, chairman; E. H. Holt, vice chairman. . Cards T. L. Graves, chairman; Mrs. W. H. Daughtery, vice chairman. Floor Charles P. Berg, chairman; Mrs. M. I Seaman, vice chairman. Decorations I A. 8pangler. chair man; David Briggs, vice chairman. Ticket selling Miss M, Sellers, chairman; Mrs. S. Mills, vice chairman. .B.tn. n.miiti Moses, chalr- vui" , man; Mr. Piepenbrink, vice chairman; Mrs. T. U Graves. Mrs. Mack. Team Runs Away, Dash Intp a Barn On of Animals Sustains Broken Jieg; PoUcezaan Shoots Korse Other jKorse Terribly Bruised. ' Frightened by the noise df a sand truck a team of horses standing at Fourteenth and Clay streets, hitched to a furtniuro van ran away about 11 o'clock this morning and wound up by crashing into a barn at Chapman . and Jefferson streets. ! The leg of one of the horses .was broken In two places and the horse , had to he ahot by .Motorcycle Police-4 DUUl.CMOTi " . " -f bruised. j ' The team ran west on Clay to Chap man and' then plunged down the Chap man street hill narrowly missing -some children playing on, the pavement. - The team waa owned by Sam Jones of 23ft Russell street and driven by Harry Sullivan, t . ...--. Will the War Reach Its Climax There? "The most terrible battle in the world's history rages" around the French town against which the Germans have put forth their greatest effort since the war commenced. Will history repeat itself and Verdun again fall into German hands? ' " , With leading German authorities claiming a triumphant victory and asserting that "Ger many cannot be beaten and nothing now remains but for the Allies to seek an arrangement with her," and the French Minister of Finance declaring "that we have reached the decisive hour; and can say without exaggeration, without allusion and without even optimism that we now see the end of this horrible war," a careful consideration of both claims should be made. , In THE LITERARY DIGEST for April 1st, there is a searching aTticle that enabfes the reader to get a very definite idea of what the siege of Verdun has accomplished up to date. The article is illustrated by a topographical sketch of the forts of Verdun and the various points which have been the scenes of great battles during the past several weeks. Among other fine articles in this unusually interesting number of THE DIGEST arei Our Military Unpreparedness Revealed by Villa A Consensus of Editorial Opinion Upon the Development That Have Been Brought to Public Notice in Moving a Small Military Force Into Mexico For a Government Armor Plant What Is Behind the Tirpitz 1 1 Retirement ' Long-lived Persons Have the Most Children A Research Institute to Study Apes Fitting Instead of Firing Men -Cutting the Chinese Vocabulary To Educate the Immigrant for Citizenship Will Rome Suffer Like Ravenna? 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