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BERLIN OFFERS TO ADJUST SEA POLICY Abide by Existing International Law if Allied Powers Will. WILSON IN NO HURRY TO TELL PLAN Administration Denies Rumor That Americans Will Now Be Warned To Stay Oft Armed Ships. Washington, D. C Germany Thurs day made a further explanation to the United States of the position it has taken in regard to armed merchant vessels of the entente allies. Count von Bernstorff handed Secre tary Lansing a formal memorandum, which, after reviewing the events leading up to German's recent decision to treat armed merchant ships as aux iliary cruisers, conceded that existing international law does not regulate the use of submarines, indicated a willing ness to conduct undersea warfare in accordance with the law prevailing at the outbreak of the war, providing Great Britain and her allies would re gard the same laws, and expressed the hope that the people of the United States, remembering the long existing friendly relations between the two na tions, would appreciate the German opinion. The memorandum was submitted to President Wilson shortly after its re ceipt. It would be considered, to gether with other documents from the German government, in determining what shall be the next step of the United States in the submarine nego tiations. There was every indication that the administration would be in no hurry to announce a stand as to the new policy of the central European powers, or to pass finally on German's latest proposal for settlement of the Lusitania case. From both the White House and the State department there came, in the course of the day, emphatic denials of a rumor that the administration itself intended to warn American citizens off armed ships. At the State depart ment it was explained that it was for the citizens themselves who took pass age on armed ships not entering Amer ican waters to determine whether they were boarding vessels armed defen sively or offensively and the nature of the instructions under which ship cap tains would act in the presence of a submarine. An offensively armed ship which en ters American waters, it is said, would be regarded as a war vessel and would not be allowed to remain in more than 24 hours. In foreign wa ters, however, it is no concern of this government how ships are armed. OUT; RETURN AGAIN London A German fleet consisting of at least 50 big warships, followed by a large gray-painted armored traw ler fleet, two big Zeppelins and num erous submarines was sighted Monday in the North Sea off Terschelling Is land, North Holland, according to the report of a steam trawler which has arrived at Ymuiden, says Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent. The fleet was proceeding westward. The correspondent adds that on Mon day morning five large cruisers of un known nationality passed Ymuiden at full speed. Reuter's . Ymuiden correspondent, telegraphing under date of Wednesday, says that the fleet returned to its base on that day. "A Dutch trawler which was searched by one of the warships," the correspondent adds, "reports that many of the vessels had a peculiar ap pearance. Those carrying several fun nels had their sternmost funnels paint ed yellow or covered with yellow cloth, while the other funnels were gray." 40,000 Armenians Gone. London The Russians found Thurs day only 16 Armenians alive in Erze rum out of the usual Armenian popula tion of 40,000, according to informa tion received in Petrograd and for warded by Reuter's correspondent in the Russian capital. "The Turkish inhabitants of Erze rum, " the correspondent adds, "said that a few days before the capture of the fortress by the Russians all the Armenians in the town were driven out in a westerly direction, where the Kurds massacred them all." Chelan County Excluded. Washington, D. C A large area in Chelan county, Washington, along both sides of the Entiat river, is ex cluded from the Chelan National For est under an executive proclamation made public Thursday. This opens to entry about 3797 acres, which will be held for settlement under the home stead laws from May 4 to May 31, and which, after the latter date, will be subject to disposition under any appli cable public land law. IRRIGATION AND CREDITS CONFERENCE ENDS AT SALEM State Capitol, Salem Another ses sion of the state credits conference doubtloss will be called within the next few months to adopt the form in which the proposed constitutional amendments indorsed by the conven tion, which closed here Saturday, shall be submitted to the people. Meanwhile two committees will work in conjunction with the attorney general on the drafts of the proposed measures that are to place the pro posed amendments in operation. If a majority of the committeemen determines that their work should be reviewed by the whole conference be fore it goes before the people, the con ference will be called together again. When the meeting adjourned a ma jority of the delegates Beemed to ex pect a future meeting. Since the convention now has deter mined that it wants two separate measures one providing a system of rural credits and the other providing state aid for irrigation and drainage the committees have their work defl mtely outlined for them, and the rest of the delegates are hopeful that har mony at a future meeting will replace the friction that was so apparent in the sessions of the last few days, car rying both issues to a successful con elusion at the polls. The convention, so far as carrying out the purposes for which it was called together, virtually concluded its work Friday night. By remaining in session until clock in the morning the resolutions expressing the policy of the conference finally were adopted. The session was devoted to the de tail of creating two committees that shall have charge of the preliminary legislative work. It also was intended as sort of a harmony meeting, but there was harmony only in the seem ing attempt of both factions to drift farther apart. So the belief is pretty general that, after an interim of a few months, the delegates will have had time to forget their minor differences and that they will be ready to unite in their deter mination to conduct an aggressive and co-operative effort to enact the pro posed amendments into law. Summarized, the work of the con vention is about as follows: An amendment to the constitution enabing the state to lend its credit to a rural credits system was proposed. An amendment to the constitution enabling the state to use itB credit for irrigation and drainage was proposed. The bondB to be sold under either or both of these plans are not to exceed in the aggregate 2 per cent of the assessed valuation of the state. A committee consisting of J. D. Brown, president of the Farmers' Union; C. E. Spence, master of the State Grange, and T. H. Burchard, president of the State Federation of Labor, was appointed to work with the attorney general in drafting the pro posed constitutional amendment for the rural credits plan. A. L. Mills, chairman of the conven tion, was authorized to appoint a com mittee of three members one drain age man and two irrigation men to work with the attorney general in drafting the proposed constitutional amendment for state aid to irrigation and drainage. The committees also will have pow er to draft the proposed initiative measures that will carry the proposed amendments into effect, and to call another convention if necessary. "So far as possible" the committees are authorized to co-operate. The convention closed as it had pro ceeded from the start divided de cisively on one issue, that of linking rural credits with state aid. The delegates from the State Grange, the Farmers' Union, the Ag ricultural College, the State Univer sity and many from Western Oregon were firmly united in their determina tion not to permit the state aid plan to be linked with the rural credits plan. They were proponents of rural credits but did not want to "swallow"' irrigation in order to get it. They were championed on the floor of the convention by Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer, and at some stages of the voting had the delegates from the State Federation of Labor with them. They had an abundance of oratorical, talent besides the state treasurer, not ably Judge W. M. Colvig, preresent ing the Southern Pacific; Senator S. M. Garland, of Lebanon; W. H. H. Dufur, of the Grange; A. R.Shumway, of the Farmers' Union; E. J. Stack, of the Labor Federation, and others. Governor Withycombe voted with them when he was in the house. On the other hand, the irrigationists and most of the drainage people, to gether with a large proportion of the Portland delegation, stuck together in support of the plan to combine the three issues. This division was plain throughout the meetings. One break came when Mr. Stack, of the Labor Federation, joined with Asa B. Thomson, Oswald West and W. Lair Thompson in sign ing the original majority report of the resolutions committee providing for a combination of the three measures. Mr. Stack explained that he did this to permit this plan to come before the convention on its merits. On subse quent ballots he voted with the faction supporting the separation of'.isaues. When the morning's meeting tried to organize a committee to draft the proposed legislation, Senator I. N. Day, C. C. Chapman and others of those who had supported the omnibus plan proposed a single committee "in the interests of harmony." But the other side objected even to this. They even went farther and in sisted on naming their own committee to draw the rural credits bill NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; UkllblUlta VltVI VWIIVIIIVHV ) Portland Wheat Bluestem, $1.01 ; forty fold, 94c; club, 02c; red fife, 92c; Russian, 92c. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, 1S.50 19.60; valley timothy, $16; alfalfa, $20. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $23tf 23.50 per ton; shorts, $25.50 (& 26; rolled barley, $31.5032.50, Corn Whole, $37 per ton; cracked, $38. Vegetables Artichokes, 85c$l per dozen; tomatoes, $44.60 per crate; cabbage, $1.60(2.60 hundred; garlic, 10c pound; peppers, 20 (tit 25c; egg plant, 25c; sprouts, 8(ii9c; horserad ish, 8Jc; cauliflower, $22.25; celery, $4.60 per crate; lettuce, $2.503.25 per crate; cucumbers, $1.25 1.60; hothouse lettuce, 75cCu)$l box; spinach, 90c(g1$l; asparagus, 2025 per pound ; rhubarb, 1214c pound. Potatoes Oregon, $1.25 1.60; Yakima, $1.40. 160 per sack; sweets, $3.253.60 per hundred. ' Onions Oregon, buying prices, $2 f. o. b. shipping point. Apples Spitzenbergs, extra fancy, $2.25; fancy, $2; choice, $1.251.60; Yellow Newtonws, extra fancy, $2; fancy, $1.76; choice, $1.351.60; Rome Beauty, fancy, $1.60 1.60; Winesaps, choice, $1.15(5)1.35; Stay man, choice, $1.251.85. Eggs Jobbing prices: Oregon ranch, candled, 20c per dozen; un candled, 18J19c. Poultry Hens, 1617c; springs. 17c; stags, 12c; turkeys, live, 19 21c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2425c; ducks, 1316c; geese, 10c. Butter Prices from wholesaler to retailer: Portland city creamery prints, 60-pound case lots, standard grades, 32Jc; lower grades, 30c; Ore gon country creamery prints, 60-pound case lots, standard makes, , 8131Jc; lower grades, 29J30c; butter packed in cubes, 2c less. Prices paid by job bers to producers: Cubes, extras, 28 28Jc; firsts, 26J27c; dairy butter, 1418c; butter fat, No. 31c; No. 2, 28c. Veal Fancy, lllllc pound. Pork Fancy, 10c pound. Hops 1915 crop, 1013c pound; 1916 contracts, ll12c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 20 30c; valley, 2728c; mohair, Oregon, 28 29c. Cascara bark Old and new, 4c pound. Cattle Prime steers, $7 7.90; choice, $6.606.75; good, $6.757; medium, $6.60 6.75; choice cows, $6.506.75; medium, $5.256; heif ers, $46.40; bulls, $2.50(0,5; stags, $35.25. Hogs Light, $7.508.30; heavy, $6.507.30. Sheep Yearlings, $78; ewes, $6 7; lambs, $89.05. Farmers of Northwest Refuse to Sell Wheat Reports from the Northwest wheat markets are that it was impossible to buy. The largest dealers did not ap pear to be in the market, but there was a fair demand from other quar ters, but farmers could not be interest ed to the point of selling. Bids were unchanged at interior points, but on the Portland exchange the prices offered were 1 cent to 2 cents under those of a few days ago, as a conse quence of the easier trend at Chicago. March promises to be an interesting month in the Northwestern markets. It is understood that a large quantity of wheat has been soli) for shipment to the East during the month, and it is not believed the sales have been covered to any great extent. With farmers in a holding mood and likely to continue so, full prices may have to be bid to get the necessary supply. March shipments are expected to equal those of recent months. Unsold stocks in the Northwest are variously esti mated at from 15,000,000 to 20,000, 000 bushels. But little more wheat will be bought to come this way, aside from probably 2,500,00 to 3,000, 000 bushels that California will take, and the remainder, if sold, will have to go East. It will be a large quan tity to move in the ordinary course of trade. The prospects are that much wheat will be carried over, perhaps more than in any former year. 600 Horses and Mules Are Sold. Caldwell, Idaho At a public auc tion of horses and mules held at the Union Stockyards here 600 animals went under the hammer in four hours and a half, averaging better than two a minute, and established a selling record for the Northwest. Bidding on the offerings was spirited, the prices ranging from $150 to $200 a head. Manager Smeed estimates the sales at $100,000. St. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City, Seattle and Chicago men were heavy purchasers. The Caldwell Horse & Mule Co. still has 1500 head. Egg Market Is Ruling Steady. The Portland egg market was firm with moderate receipts. The bulk of business was reported at 18J cents, with small lots bringing 19 cents. Candled eggs jobbed at 20 cents. Poultry is scarce and as the demand is good, prices are on a firm basis. The street is oversupplied with veal and the price dropped with sales at 11 cents. No changes were reported in the butter market. The Real Thing. "Your letters seem fervent enough, but can I trust their apparent fervor?" "You can. They hare been tested In court I got 'em out of a breach-of-promlse suit, and the plaintiff got damages, too. Louisville Courier Journal. PASSENGERS - j . 0 The French liner Espagne, which may be one of the first victims of Germany's new announced policy of sinking all enemy armed merchantmen. Americans booked to sail on the Espagne from New York received anonymous letters warning them not to embark. BERGEN, 1 Is J This view of Bergen, Norway's great fishing center and seaport, was taken after the recent conflagration which destroyed a large part of the city. Thousands of persons were made homeless and the damage was estimated At more than $20,000,000. WITNESSED MASSACRES IN PERSIA L . I v J r s I Mr. and Mrs. Paul SLImmon, after a harrowing experience in Urumiah, Persia, finally reached America by devious ways and are now co-operating with the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief. Mr. Shlmmon Is an American citizen and a graduate of Columbia university. ' During the massacres of the Christians in Urumiah by the Kurds and Turks, Mr. Shlm mon, by advice of the American missionaries, fled to THHs, leaving Mrs, Shlmmon under the protection of the American flag. She was an eyewitness to the atrocities In Urumiah and the surrounding district. Her aunt and uncle were shot and their bodies were burned. Her cousin, a young girl, refusing to marry a Moslem, was made the victim of horrible abuse by the Kurds and then her body was burned. Mr. summon returned with the Russians. REVIEWING TROOPS Thla photograph, taken during a review of the British Mounted Rifles at Zatun, Egypt, shows, left to right, Gen. Sir Alexander Godley, Sir Henry HacMohon and Sir John Maxwell, commander of the British forces In Egypt WARNED TO AVOID i A V m i W NORWAY, AFTER ITS GREAT FIRE AT ZATUN, EGYPT 1 i THIS VESSEL ARCHIE ROOSEVELT IN KHAKI i. Archie Roosevelt, son of the former president, is one of the leaders of the organization of Harvard students for military training. He is here seen in his uniform. BENEFIT IN "BROWN STUDY" Concentration of Mental Energy Make for the Production of One'a Best Work. "If the 'brown study' were mora often cultivated many people would ba happier, and more clear thinking would be done," says the London Lancet. "It is In such a state that truths dawn suddenly and clearly upon the uncloud ed Intelligence. It 1b in such a state that mighty actions are conceived, poems born at a stroke and mankind enlightened through the enllghtmeut of the individual. "In this state of mind there Is such a concentration of mental energy that the body is Ignored. The mind, on the other hand, is so working upon the Bubject which concerns it, is so intent upon its own affairs, that the externa) world Is obliterated, and any bodily discomfort that may have been pre existing Is now negligible and unno ticed." The Lancet says the relationship be tween mental activity and the bodily state Is not realized with sufficient fre quency or with sufficient thoroughness by the European of today. "The av erage man Is too engrossed with hla bodily pabulum and in caring for the needs of the body he neglect! th i needi of the mind."