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P. " ix-'.'-' ; :?'-.''--. -- : irl 'PR- A DAILY CIRCULATION of Anv Paber 4XA VAV A A-m4. AX ".Ae- ' IkU A lUVMUg A We,aa . w WW - . i PRICE TWO CENTS OH TSAIH8 AWS WX VI lAjjDt rm cum VOL. XV. NO. 49. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1916. FOURTEEN PAGES. "IT'S ALL' HERE Z llltT (l lCO . ill -V " VcLOCK TonlT a n d tin bid IS DEFEATED, 42 ARE DEAD Troopers of Eleventh Cavalry Attack Strong Villista Force Under Domiguez, Acosta, Near Ojo Azules After 75 1 Mile March. AMERICANS SUFFERED NO LOSSES IN BATTLE Five Carranzista Leaders Held by Villistas Are Freed and This Action, It Is Be lieved. Will Help Relations With Carranza. Puuston Reports Engagement, Washington, May fi. M. N. S l-.Ceneral Fnuston today reported to the war department that Major llowze with a de tachment of Seventh cavalry men defeated a strong forte of VllllxISm near Ojo Azules. Kill In ar 4'.', wounding a large num ber1, and capturing "' horses. Uowze made a surprise at tach at dawn after a T.C miles ride at night. Kilnston's report stated that the killed amounted to 42 hy actual r-O'int. but that the num ber of wounded, although cer tain to he large, was unknown. The fjgh"t lasted two hours, the troop pursuing the bandits into the mountains as Individ uals, i ' ' Advance Base American Expedition ary Force, near Han Antonio. Mexico, May 6. (By wireless to Columbus, N. M., May 8.) Two hundred and forty troopers of the Eleventh cavalry, under Major Howie, yesterday surprised and attacked a. strong force of Villistas under Generals t'rnj! lomlnguez and Julio Acosta near Ojo Azules, killing 42 and scattering the remainder. There were no American casualties. Major Mowr.e. in reporting the affair (Concluded on Tge SeTen. Tnlunin FWe) FRENCH TROOPS ARE TRENCHES AT VERDUN Part of Slppe of Hill 304, Po sitions Northwest of Fort ress Given Up, Parts. May TJ. P.) French troops were forced to evacuate part of their trenches on the northern elope of Hill 804 and keystone positions northwest of Verdun under a most vio lent attack. It was officially admitted today. The German attack was the most determined assault on Hill 304 since the battle of Verdun started. The troops fought desperately all day yes terday and throughout the nighr. They were still at It when the statement was" issued. Today Is Crown Prince Frederick's t birhday. Preceding the German advance, massed batteries of hesvy calibre gung concealed behind the bills hurled tons of shells Into the French trencher, blasting them to debris. This was fol lowed by a rain of gas projectiles, suffocating the survivors, who still clung with great bravery to the wreck age or their defenses. As part of the trenches had .been . pounded Into utter ruin, they were considered untenable and were evacu ated. Elsewhere. however. French batteries of the famous "seventy-f ives' stationed on the summit of the hili and in adjoining positions checked all attempted advances. Last night Germans determinedly attacked positions in the woods north of Hill 304. They succeeded in cross In the bullet-swept area between the trenches, but when they reached the French pits and barbed wire entangle ments in the woods they were con fronted by a bristling array of bay onets and repulsed after bloody hand- to-hand fighting. resn German divisions were brought up on Thursday to participate tn the assault. They suffered crushing losses. British Are Active. Berlin, May 6. (1. N. S.) Today's taternent from the German general staff declared that great activity is being manifested by the British, especially north and west of Lille, "Where the British have massed heavy forces and are persistently attacking . in an attempt to force the Germans vfrtm the fortified positions. The ap parent oujecuves or tne untisn are Lens and Lille, the statement said. Uiaitn la made that attacks against .the British eouth of Arraentiere were successful, the Germans taking some prisoners ana two machine luni. Brit. ish attacks la tha Glvenchy regiou war repuiseu. FORCED TO EVACUATE Preparedness Test on Wires Taken by U. S. Secretary Daniels Takes Telephone and Telegraph Lines Under HI C ontrol for Three Days. San Francisco, Cal., May 6. id. P. Testing the Industrial prepu redness of the 1'nited States, Secretary I-mnicls! In, Washington took the transeontinen- tal telegraph and telephone lines under his control this afternoon snl began flashing orders to every rorner of the country. This will be continued until 6 p. ni. Monday. Orders are to he given from Wash ington to Mare Inland. San Diego an.I i on radio stations. Bremerton d. Norfolk. Annapolis. Phlla- I delphla. Baltimore, Pensacola, Charles- ton, Portsmouth, Ronton and Brooklyn. ' where naval bases are located. The 1 test will last 60 hours. Jitney Driver Says Street Car Speeded i Complaint Sworn Out Is Believed to B Beginning of Campaign of X- tailatlon Aa-aiast Pnbllo Berries Oo. ' '. '. Brown, motorman on a Wil- Hams avenue street 'ar, was arrested, this morning on a charge of iolating the city's fraii'hise to the street cr company by speeding his car in ex cess of 12 miles an hour. The complainant was tleorge W. Walker, a Jitney driver residing at 84 Kast Thirty-ninth street. This is the first arrest of the kind made in Portland and city officials believe that , It Is the beginning or a war of re- ! taliat Ion on t h part of the jitnev the street car com- drivers against the street car coin- pany. , The specific violation is said to have occurred May o when the street : car was running from Alberta to Skid- j more streets Walker is said to have carefully timed the street car hy run-! nlng tlie automobile alongside of it with witnesses watching a speedo meter that had been tested. The arrest was not made under the city traffic ordinance but under a ciause in the franchise. The case will probably be tried Monday. Slover Slated to Run for Sheriff formar Cnlef of Pollea, Portland, j lrow UYtnff at Salam, Is Boosted i aa Candidate of Prohibition party, j 8alem, Or., May 6. Former Chief I of Police Slover of Portland, now a! resident of Marlon county, is slated I for nomination by the Prohibition party this afternoon for sheriff. The j slate for representatl vc in the legris- i lature Includes I,. T. Cuok, Aumsville; I.. IV Kalliff, SaU'in, and A. F.. Har-, rl-i of Brooks. i Oliver Jory of Salem w.s chosen as chairman of the Marion county j convention, which is being held in Ramp hall. Me declared that there ; was more need of a Prohibition party ' now than ever and deplored the heavy : liquor shipments be4ng made into the , state, especially to Portlard. He. also rapped the Republican party fur re quiring heavy filing fees from can didates for the legislature and other offices, saying that they were bur densome." First Rain in Month Hits San Francisco Storm Centerlap la British Columbia Keacoe Horthern California, But Is Bxpected to LeaTs Burlar Bay. Ban Francisco, May 6. (P. N. 8.) For the first time In more than a month San Francisco today received a visit from old Jupiter Pluvlus. District Forecaster G. H. Willson looks for more showers during the day enm . V 4 aIIv nnr.hn-flr alnnw I Vik Allin linn hw II ni.i u mviig iiiq . California coast. The forecast, how- ever, promises a bright Sunday. i A storm disturbance Is central over British Columbia, causing . rainfall to day in Oregon, Washington and north ern California, but unless there is a sudden shift In the storm movement it will pass beyond most of California. Holdups Serve Customers. San Francisco, May 6. (P. N. 8.) While three policemen pasaed by across the street, two daring holdup men bound and gagged the night clerk of the Gay drug store. In the downtown district here, at an early hour today. and leisurely served customers while they robbed the cash register of 150 and escaped. Federal Reserve Statement Sn Francisco. Miy 6, (P. N. S. State ment of condition of the federal reaerre bank of San Francisco at close of bualnesa May 5. 191: RESOURCES. Gold coin and gold certificate! In own ranlta I S.SeS.nSO In goM etVeroent fund 2.7B4.0OO 1Q goiu rroempiKwi lunu 1 t-Am .n... - uvu, Total reaerrea Commercial paper, redlacounta. Bank acceptances t'nited SUtea bonds Municipal warrant 8.0S2.0O0 455.000 . .. 2.120.00D . . . 3.S6."i.(inO 2,388.000 Federal reserve notes In bands of bank 4.870,000 All other resources 2.602,000 Total reaonrces 'J4.15S,0OO LIABILITIES. Capital paid In $ 3.926,000 Deposlta. net member banks 19,31 5,0nn Government 1.917.000 Total liabilities 24.158.000 . MEMORANDUM. Federal reserve notea outstanding la bands of public $ 6,726.000 I Federal renerve notea In hanila nt bank 4,876.000 Net amount federal reserre notea Issued to bank by federal reserve agent Deduct gold and lawful metier de 11.602 000 posited r oaos wim reaerai re- serve ageat. H,O2,0O0 i ! KAISER WANTS WILSON 10 END WAR, IS RELIEF Hints Given in Berlin by Americans Indicate Peace Feature of German Note May Be of Great Import. APOSTOLIC DELEGATE CALLS TO SEE WILSON Indications Are That Concert ed Effort Toward Ending War Is in the Air. Pope's Emissary Sees Iisailng. Washington. May 6. P. Monslgnor Bonzano. Apostolic delegate to Washington, called at the White Hdtise today on a secret mission. Later it was learned he called In the inter ests of peace at the request of the Pope. He d!1 not see the president, hut conferred with Secretary Lansing. Xo state ment was obtainable, but it was learned on excellent authority that Ponzano left a message regarding action which the president might take toward se curing, peace. The visit, in connection with peace para grapls in the German note, caused a sensation in official dom. ; By Carl W. Ackerman. i Berlin, May 6. (:. P.) A.ncrlcan ' circlea today pointed out the lmpor I tance of the peace feature contained ! in the German reply , to the American I submarine note. They expressed tho ; belief that President Wilson has a ' great opportunity to bring the war to J on early end. Some persons even j suggested that the time was now ripe for Colonel House to again visit the I European capital Newspapers here p raised the Ocr- man reply and expressed trope that it (Conclniled on I'age Sereu, Column Foun GEORGE LET TUNE BREAKS OUT OF JAIL E FILE Man Who Operated in Port-1 land Before Arrest Leaves! Clarke County Prison. Vancouver. Wash.. May 6. George Lee Thome, alias VT. A. Hilton, for mer extraordinary and habitual crim inal, spent months of tedious nours sawing with a manicure file on an inch bolt In his prison door. Per sistence won and he severed the bolt. Then he waited for an opportunity, which came yesterday afternon. and shook from his heels the dust of the j Clark9 county bastile. ; Thome had his dinner Just before he left, having been noted at mess i Deputy Sheriff George M. Johnson i answered the call of one of his pris oners who wanted some hot water. Ieaving the outer solid steel door of the jail corridor open, the deputy stepped Into an adjoining room. It must have been at this time that Thome's awaited time had come, for he has not been seen since, so far as can be learned, though prison officials did not miss him until breakfast lime, about 8 o'clock this morning. Before leaving he had rolled one of his blan kets and tucked It up nicely on his cell cot. so that passing watchmen during the night did not think but that Thome was sleeping the bleep of the unjust. Thorne bad been in the county jail since tne nrsr. or tne year, being ar- rested in Portland. The technical ' charge against him was the forgery j of a check for $28, and he was to have I Deen iriea next iTlday. Steps had been ' taken, however, to invoke the habitual ! criminal statute against him, penalty i for this charge amounting, in in ! stances, to life imprisonment. I Sheriff Biesecker and his deputies re searching for Thorne. President Writes Indorsing Brandeis senator Culberson Gets Letter In Which. Wilson Urges Favorable aad Early Confirmation of Appointee. "Washington, May 6. (I. N. S.) President Wilson sent a letter to Sen ator Culberson, chairman of the judi ciary committee, giving his strong personal Indorsement to Louis D. Brandeis, nominated for the supreme court, and urging that he be favor ably reported and confirmed The letter was intended to bring wavering members of the committee Into line for a favorable report. Sen ator Culberson will . presentr the letter to the committee at Its session on Monday. In it the president sets forth his position wnn regard to the appoint merit. He states what he believes to be the qualifications of Mr. Brandeis and. it is understood, in a measure replies to soma of the charges that have been mads against him. WTH 111: Vice Consul's Schooner Held by the British Ship Flying Mexican Flag Is Said to Be Owned By German. Washington. Mav 6. (l F.) Brit ish cruisers captured the achooner Ieanore, flying the Mexican flag, and said to be owned by the German vice consul at Guaymas, it was reported to the navy department today by Ad miral Wlnslow of San Diego. The Leanore is a gasoline auxiliary schooner, slightly over 100 feet in length and haa flown the Mtxlcan fiag. She formerly was owned by Frederick Jebsen, well known on this coast. He was a German naval re servist and is said to have returned to l Germany to take command of a U boat. He was once reported killed, but this was later denied. The Leanore has been used as a Mexican troop ship plying between Guaymas, Topolobampo and Mazatlan. San Diego Officers Ignorant. ban Piego, Cal., May 6. tU. t.) T.ocal navy officials told the United Press today that if the navy depart ment reported the capture of the schooner Leanore from this port, the message was handled In code. They know nothing of the reported affair, they gay. Admiral Winslow is at San Francisco. To Fieht Social Evil, Cigarettes, Drugs Methodists at Conference Inaugurate. Campaign; Announcement of $750, 000 Bequest B ring's Applause. Saratoga. X. Y., May 6. I. X. S. i The general conference of the Metho- 1 clist Kpiscopa! church in session here lias inaugurated a great campaign against cigarette smoking, the drug habit and the social evil. Resolutions were read and referred to committees for decisive action be fore the end of the month. When announcement of the beqnest by Mrs. 1). Willis James of New York of $750,000 to the conference claimant fund was made the entire body ap plauded for several minutes. Then al! rose and sang the Doxology. J. B. Hingelcy of Chicago, former general secretary, stated that he had received JIOO.OOO' additional since be had submitted his quadrennial report. A 4os of $378,274.03 on church pub lications was announced by Marvin Campbell of South Bend, Ind. Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of the Out look, spoke this evening at the anni versary of the board on Sunday schools. Former Secretary of State William J. Bryan will speak at the "an niversary of the Epworih league on May Inneses Will Face Joint Indictments Charge of Larceny After Trust of $3397 From atrs. STelms-Sennis and Sister Returned hj Grand Jury. Atlanta, Ga., May . (I. N. S.t--Klghteen joint indictments charging larceny after the trust were returned yesterday by the Kulton county irand jury againFt Victor K. Innes and Ada Innes, his wife, in connection with the disappearance of Mrs. Klois E. Nelms Pennis and Beatrice Nelms. It is on these Indictments that the Inneses will be brought to trial on May 29. Only two witnesses appeared before the grand jury. Marshal Nelms, broth er of the missing women, and L. B. "Weathers a real estate broker. The indictments charge the Inneses with larceny of $3397, which Mrs. Den nis gave them in different sums to b invested In Utah, Montana and Sonora, Mexico. Judiciary Committee - Gets Fisheries Bill Zs Takes Prom Jurisdiction of Senator Xiane's Committee, Where Snaga En countered Bef erred in the Senate. Washington, May 6. (WASHING ON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) A bill ratifying the fisheries compact has been referred In the senate to the Judiciary committee. This takes it from the Jurisdiction of Senator Lane's committee, where snags were en countered. Lane Will Keep Up Fight. Washington, May 6. "Guess they put one over when I wasn't watch ins." said Senator Lane when his attention was called to the fisheries ratification bill being referred yes-, terday to the judiciary committee in the senate. Senator Lane announces his intention to ask the senate to re refer the bill to the fisheries com mittee, of which he is chairman. Because of his unfriendliness to the measure, this may provoke a fight on the senate floor. Daughter Comes to Be With Ex-Bandit Wews of Carls Brans' Plight and That Xa Intended to Hare Operation Brings Xios Angeles Woman' to Him. Sacramento, Cal.. May 6. (U. P.) Mrs. W. Borel, daughter of Chris Evans, 75, famous train bandit of th early '90s, arrived here today from her home in Los Angeles to be with her father, who will undergo an operation next week to remove two bullets that have been resting near his brain for 23 years. Evans left Los Angeles for Oregon several days ago, but on arriving tn Sacramento, went to the county hos pital, as he was losing his . sight. His daughter did not know his where abouts until she read of the contem plated operation. AND I REBEL IS SHOT BY FIRING SQUAD John McBride, Eighth' Rebel to Be Executed, Is Shot at Dawn; He Was Boer Lead er but Was Given Amnesty. HIS FORMER WIFE WAS THE IRISH JOAN OF ARC James M. Sullivan, American Held on Suspicion, Is to Be Released. Tiiblln. May 6.--H. N. P i Another Irl?h rebel lias met death before a firing Fou;d, making the eighth to be executed. The following official statement was issued here today: "Lieutenant. General Maxwell ap proving. John McBride was shot at dawn. Jle was not one of those who signed the proclamation of the Irish republic. His was the eighth execu tion of rebels. "Thomas Hunter and William Cos grove, sentenced to death, but tr.e sen tences were commuted to life Impris onment. Kdward Duggan, Pierce bca.s ley and Joseph McGuinnese were given three ears' imprisonment each." McBride was a former Boer leader. After the Boer surrender he escaped ro Faris. Later he toured the United ! States in the interest of Irish home-I ruleis. He returned to Dublin under the proclamation of amnesty to Boers. McBride married Maude Gonne. known as "The Irish Joan of Arc," while in Paris. She accompanied him to the United States, also making home-rule speeches. Later she divorced him. CASE OF SULLIVAN IS MYSTERIOUS, BUT HE WILL BE FREED TODAY London, May 6. (I. N. S.f More Binn Felners have been arrested In Ardee and Dunleer, In County Louth, according to a dispatch from Dublin to the Kxchange Telegraph company. At Dunleer the revolutionists had fceired Barmeath caEtle. the residence of Baron Bellew. Here also lived Concluded on Seren. Column Six i sraucE CONTRACT OBTAINED Company to Send Full Ca pacity of Stock at $70 a Thousand Feet. Probably the most satisfactory lum ber contract ever placed in the Pacific northwest was reported today in the announcement that the North Bend Mill & Lumber company, at North Bend, Coos Bay, has received orders to ship all the aeroplane spruce stock that the mill can produce to the Glenn Martin Aeroplane company at Lo Angeles, Cal., at $70 per 1000 feet. The North Bend Mil! & Lumber company's plant has a dally capacity of 100.000 feet and the saws will be kept busy on spruce exclusively as long as the demand for aeroplane stock keeps up. The contract has no time limit, it is said, btit will run for many months at least. It is said that about 20 per cent of the spruce as it comes from the saw will be up to the specifications for aeroplane stock, which means that it must be clear and of the finest qual ity. At this rate the mill will ship daily on the average 14.009 feet of aeroplane stock to I.os Angeles. Since all kinds of spruce lumber is in good demand. It is held that the mill company will easily dispose of the material produced in order to get out the aeroplane stock. Cocoanut Product To Be Utilized in Portland Factory 4t Cocos nueifera yields to few if any plants In the whole world, in number of articles it t furnishes for ythe important uses of mankind. The nut's meat is food; its milk is drink; ferment the milk and it is jjt booze, called ""arrack;" its wood Is good for building, furniture or fuel; its leaves make .fans, tk $f baskets und roofing; the shell is a cup or a jug; the husk be- comes rope or brush. These are samples. Dry the meat, and "copra" results. . i And of what use is copra? $ Turn to the editorial page of this issue of The Journal, and there learn what a company of t 4S Portland workers is about to do with its Kaola factory. The story exhales the romance of 4 the sunny ir.les of the southern if seas. What is still more to 3 the purpose, it exhales solid j business, and a good big lot of 4ft it. too. a RISH AEROPUUi BV NORTH BEND MILL UNCLE JOE CANNON is 80 years old today; th; t.: 1 1 i 1 j u: u JldllUIIdi iiuuac wuiua uu iii- iay party for him. Washington. May 6. (T. N. 8.) Wars, rumors of war, a mass of press ing legislative business and the fate of the nation generally w ere abandoned in the house of representatives for a time today while the members paid tribute to "Uncle Joe" Cannon, former speake upon his eightieth birthday anniver sary. Party differences were laid aside while congressmen of all shades cf politics lauded the man who presid ed over their deliberations for so many years. "He made mistakes." said Congress man Rodeberg, who acted as master of ceremonieh. "It Is human to err, and "Uncle Joe' at all times was intensely human. But no man, living or dead ever saw him lower his colors or ho let the white flag in surrender. No mat ter how fast or furious was the con test, he was never known to ask for quarter." Speaker Clark made the non-partisan nature of the occasion clear when he said: "'I confess seeing Mr. Cannon In ac tion always interested me as much as what he said. He appeared to be made up chiefly of spiral springs. I have seen him. in the heat of debate, make a complete circle on his heel. He be longs to the top-notch class of mental pugilists." Cannon, In answering the eulogy of Bis coUeetuas.- itpok. feelingly, devot ing his talk mostly to reminiscences of his long eareer on the house. Of the men who served in the house with him 43 years ago, four are alive and one was present. Representative Sherwood. Navy League Sues Ford for$100,000 Charges That in Advertisement Re Pub lished Statements "Libelous and De famatory" to the Organisation. Washington, May 6. (U. P.) The Navy league today sued Henry Ford for $100,000. charging that he published in advertisements statements "libelous and defamatory" to the organization. The suit was filed by Attorneys Henry Mcl'arland and Henry Brecken ridge, the latter heinfr the man whore signed as assistant secretary of war when Secretary Garrison quit. The determination to file the action was reached at a meeting when the at torneys were instructed to file similar complaints against newspapers publish ing and repeating the alleged libels. The league based Its alleged libel charge on statements to the effect that the "league Is spending huge sums to tell Americans It was organised In de fense of the country," that munitions workers were their tools, preaching fear to "get munitions contracts, and that this treason, masked as patriot ism, had deluded many who have not thought or will not think." Woman Sought for Failure to Pay Bills Wife of Former Haval Officer Hired Auto, Chauffeur and Japanese Ser vant Without Settling for Tnem. Ran Francisco. May 6. U. P.) Two warrants -.vere out today for tho arrest of, Mrs. Harold H. Johnson, whose husband was formerly a nava' officer. She Is charged with hiring an automobile and chauffeur for one week and then neglecting to pay the bill of $122. and Is accused of employ ing a Japanese house laborer J67 worth and not settling up. Mrs. John son was not found at her home. Mrs. May Searles Johnson, of Butte, Mont., mother of Mrs. Johnson's hus band, took the two children to the northwest a week ago. Johnson is in Russia working for the I-flectrlc Boat corropany. Lieutenant and . is. John son were married in Port Townsend Wash., in 1912. She, is a daughter of Captain H. 8. Beecher and a grand daughter of the late Henry Ward Beecher. Emperor William Wrote Ncte Alone Cologne Oasetta Says Xalser Wrote Answer to America Himself With out Aid Prom Officials or Admiralty. Amsterdam, May 6. f. X. S.) The German reply to America's demand was written by Kaiser Wtlhelm him self, according to the Cologne Gazette. According to the Gazette the kaiser did not receive any advice from any of the officials f the war offica or admiralty. McMinnville Wins Ball Game. McMinnville, Or.. May 6. Pacific university and McMinnville college di vided honors evenly in a dual track and field meet yesterday. Rain caused a alow track, in the baseball contest McMinnville was winner, 2 to t I Wedding Bells Ring for Prima Donna Soprano Madame Jexanqe Jomelli Becomes Bride of Orrtn Backus, Her Business Manager. On of the most Interesting events in Portland musical and social circles of recent weeks is the marriage of Madame Jeanne Jomelli, prima donna. to Orrin Backus, her manager. For some time rumors have been current that the union was to take place, but the nuptial pair had main tained the utmost reticence. Mr. Backua admitted today, however, that the mar riage had become a reality, though he refused such details as when or where or under what attending circ.umatnncea. Mr. and Mrs. Backus will start for an eastern trip next Tuesday, going by way of Seattle. They expect to return to Portland In a few weeks to resume their residence. Tn September Madame Jomelli plans to go to New York. Madame Jomelli and her concert manager lave been here for about a year, during which time the singer has appeared in many ooneerta. She re cently scored added honors In the pro duction of "Romeo and Juliet." GIGANTIC MERGER OF FORECAST PAPER Six Concerns With $222,- 000,000 Capital and Big Financial Interests Involved Detroit. May (I. N. 8.1 Forecast of a combination of automobile Inter ests in made In a complete and detailed article which anpeared today In ths Michigan Manufacturer' and Financial Record. In capita- and number of plants In volved, the merger, if carried out as described., will be the largest organisa tion in the motor industry. In addi tion, a forecast is made of the entry into Detroit of the Pennsylvania rail road with Complete 14 nee to cart for the freight. The story of the merger as related by the financial newspaper is: Coaferenoes Held in H. T. Conferences In New York last week and the first part of this week com pleted all btit minor details of a merger of the Interests of these companlea: General Motor company. Chevrolet Motor company. Maxwell Motor company. Inc. Studebaker Corporation. Continental Motor company. Chevrolet Motor cumpany of Michi gan. yV. C. mirant will be the dominant and commanding force In this combina tion, which will rank him In the lead of the men in the motor world. Capital Is $232,000,000. The D;i Pont mllllona and such names as A. Barton Hepburn of the t hase National bank. Frederick Dela- fleld, L G. Kaurman, Louis vVortheim. J. J. Storrow and Charles Sabln will be connected with the enterprise. These names are associated with Standard Oil, Morgan, Guggenheim and Lee Higginson &. Co. Capitalization of the automobile manufacturing companies alone totals $222,000,000 authorized, on which $133, 543,222 Ls outstanding. Vehement denial of the facts in this forecast are expected, but the informa tion has come from unimpeachable sources and has been easily deducable from Incidents which have occurred re cently. Durant Denies It, Detroit, Mich., May 6. (U. P.) V'. C. Durant, president of the Chev rolet Motor company, today flatly ov nied reports of a $200,000,000 merger of automobile companies. "The report," he said, "Is a fabri cation. It Is the invention of an imaginative mind." Italian Destroyers Pursue Austrians Pour Teasels Pursue Austrian Torpedo Boat Into Pola; PIT Aeroplanes Bombard Brlndisl, Be ports Borne. Rolne. May 6. (I. N. 8.) The fol lowing official statement was given out here today. "Four Italian destroyers chased 10 Austrian torpedo boats into Pola. Five areoplanes also bombarded Brlndisl." Wanti Loan of $1000 Desires Cake Maker The man who says. "I don't be lieve advertising will do me any good." only displays his own gen eral lack of knowledge. If Jour nal want ads, for example, were not business getters, the public would not patronize them. Look them over. Z,oana Wanted 30 $1000 at ','o on 6 room house and acre lof ground. sip Wanted Hale 1 An experienced cake WANTED maker shop. ' to take first place in Por Bale Houses 61. BUNGALOW, bargain, easy pay ments, on carline. The average daily circulation of .The Journal in Portland and its trading radius exceeds the morn ing paper's by several thousand and ls practically SO per cent greater than It nearest-afternoon contemporary. MOTOR COMPANIES SUB-COMMITTEE UPHOLDS 40-40 Oil I Senate Body Agrees Unani rrtQusly to Recommend the Original Provisions of the Chamberlain Grant Bill. SCHOOLS AND COUNTIES GET 40 PER CENT EACH Secretary of Agriculture Not to Have Part in Admin-,-: istratioijl of Grant. Washington. 'May. ..'--(WASHING TON BURLAU OF THK .lOI.RNAUH Thei senate suh-coniniit tee on Hie Ore gon California laud grant bill today agreed unanimously to recommend ..to the full committee the original provis ions of the Chamberlain bill of a 40-40 division of the proceeds from limber sales. The provision agreed on gives 'lij per cent to the slate for schools, 49 per cent to the counties. 10 per cent 4o the reclamation fund and 10 per cmv. to federal treasury. It Is agreed that the portion of the proceeds assigned to the count leu shall be turned over to the port district in which such (1U tiicts aie located. ' i The subcommittee also eliminated the secretary of agriculture from any part In the administration of the grant and agreed the timber Is to become taxable as soon aH sold. Instead of waiting until patents are lssUed The changes ninde will he reported to the seriate conmiltlee next week ; is soon as the house bill is passed and referred. SENATE MORE LIBERAL ,t THAN HOUSE TO INDIAN SCHOOL AT CHEMAWA WaahtnatAn. Mav lfWAsittSfl. fON BURKAlTOr TFtE JOURNAL) Conferees on the Indian appropriation bill, who made up the final figures on that measure, alloted for the In dian school at Chemawa. Or., $128,700, which is $600 less than was allowed by the senate, and $9700 more than the bill contained when It passed th house. The appropriation a finally made allows $5000 for remodeling the seWMf system, $7200 for three high pressure steam hollers, provides for the use .Of an unexpended balance of J8S30 on the addition to the assembly hall, and au thorizes the use of $2500 additional for that purpose. The other appropriations carried for Oregon Indian are $000 for support on the Klamath agency, $4uut) for sup port of the Warm Springs agency. $3000 for the support of the 1,'matlUa agency, $"0 for support of 'tne uranoe Ronde and Siletz agencies. $20,- 000 for maintenance and operation of the Modoc Point lrrlicatton nyntern far which the government is to be reim bursed, and $18,bti for bridges on the Umatilla reservation, to be partly 're- unoursea. in conference cut over li nnnooo from the appropriations aa they passed the senate, and increased them almost xacuy iz.ooo.O00 over the .figures origiuauy prepared by the houee. Ail- SAWTOOTH NATIONAL PARK BLOCKED BY FORESTRY SERVICE irMnnnion, may o. Haw tooth na tional park, which Senator Borah woul4 like to create at the present session of congress, Is encountering the aam Obstacles that have met the nroooaetl I Mount Baker national park in Wash ington. Reports made to the senate commit tee in charge show that while the in terior department is favorable, the de partment of agriculture Is opposed to the plan. Secretary Houston takes th position that new national parks only make for confusion In the administra tion of the national forests, and that the effect would be to withdraw con siderable timber land from the admin istration of the forest service. Similar objection in understood to be made to Delegate Wickersham's bill for a national park in Alaska. At tha present time It would seem that a bill for a new park In Hawaii, which has already passed the house, la the only one likely to receive favorsblt action at the present atssion of con gress. Too Many Hearer Of-efcs. Washington, May 6. Hoff, a new postofflce In Clackamas county. Or., will retain that name. Grant B. Dim- ; mick of Oregon City wrote to Senatwr Lane, asking him to try to change the name to Beaver Creek. The de partment says there are already threa Beaver Creeks in the country and It prefers Hoff. Joseph R. Hoff is the postmaster. Manager ('lark in Washington. : Washington, May' 6. J. L. Clark, general manager of the Oregon Hop Growers' association, with headquar ters at Salem, while In Washington for a short stay, called on members of the Oregon delegation in support of the Lsne-Falrchild bill to prevent the misbranding of hops Imported from foreign countries. v Zeppelin In Trouble. London. May 6. I. N. 8.) A Daily News dispatch from Ameland say a Dutch fishing boat passed the Zeppelin L-9 flying very low over tht Worth sea today. Apparently tha Zeppelin was very badly damaged, . SO M ; -v r1 "'-Tr tit- X-', 'y.;,-'':rr:, -: -A-.-i.f.V."