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BRITISH LOSE GERARD INVITED
DREADNAUGHTINiTOVISITKAISER
MEDITERRANEAN
Battleship nusscl. Flying Admiral's
Flag, Strikes Mine 700 About tl
Saved, 124 Missing German Sub
marine Sunk Off East Coast by
Lfrithli Germans Sink GtinrdsUip.
LONDON', A.ril 2.S-The ItrilMi
battleship I(n- -t'H him been Mtmk liv it
inino in the Mediterranean. Admiral
Fremnntle, the captain or the Russell,
21 officers nnd ftTfl men were saved.
About 121 lire missing.
A Qcrnuin submarine win mink off
Ihe onst eimt yesterday, it wn an
nounced officially today. Eighteen
" Turn on the foibiniirine were captured.
The sinl.inic of the Itusscll mill of
the flermnn Hiilituuriiu wit nnnoutic
ei! in the following ofliciul statement :
Official Account
"II. M. K. itHssell. rn trying William
Itowilen Kmith, It. N., flying the Unit
of Hear Admiral Fremnntle, struck
n mine in the Mediterranean yester
day out! wiih sunk. The admiral, enp
tnht, 2-1 officers mill (170 men were
Kiived. There are about 124 officer
and men miming.
"A Qermnn submarine wn mink off
the oast coast yesterday. One officer
mill seventeen men of the erew sur
rendered ntul were- made primmer.
Under ordinary conditioiiH the Hus
hed carried between 7."0 mid 801) men.
TI:o Kiisscll wiih laid down in 18(H)
iiihI mmipleted ill Ifini . She wiih lll."
feet long, 7." feet bi'iini, 2(1 feet deei
nnd displaced 14,000 tmm. Slie wiih
nnned with four 12-inch, twelvu tl
ineh, twelve :i-inch nnd six 3-pound
guns and tour foriHHln tube. She
vMt about. .fl,BHn.1WM.
The ii-cl it. the eleventh Hiilish
battleship whieh ha been lout dur
ing the wnr. The other were the
Audacious, Ihilwurk, Formidable, Ir
resistible. Ocean, OoliaMi, Triumph.
Majestic, , Ntitalo and Kintr Kdward
VII.
In addition iibiMit thirl v -live other
liiitixh war-diiw of various ehtsses
have been destroyed.
(ittt'ttMMl UMltfllltH
HKRLIN. A "HI 2H, via Iondon. -The
admiral tv announced today thut
on the night of April 2H-27 Herman
Hi. ai fincc- destroyed h large Iintih
uniird vessel on I Jogger bank and
In ought hi u iwbing steamer u a
l ixe.
I.ONlMlN. April 27. The Mnli-h
-ti nmwliip Indiilrv hn- ! en ! Ii
a iihmaruie whieh left the crew of
I lie Vessel in open IhuiIh 121) uulc
I I mil luud. The erew wax picked up
b the Anicii'iui liner Finland.
The Finland Hailed from Litcipool
tor Men- York Wednesday.
The IihIiiIi was a 10(1-loot bo.it
i.i U l"i'- mo, built in ItcH'.i-! in
IhsK end i-wiH'd in I.icipnd. s'.c
w '- la t I ( t i'i a- Iuimiiu '-ullril nil
I.H-c 17 ll' 'M Nitpnlt N'l-W toi
Ni Na.iii I i .
736 MERCHANT
SIS DESTROYED
EUROPEAN WAR
.SIII.UTiN ril 2 - HrltUh
thilituileH of the KiiroiCrfii ar'M toll
of an H lir.rl -!ijis Kiven In tlnures
toln U the department of commerce,
put the numher at 73? wltli u tou
nuge of more than 2,ooo,uoo.
Allid veNMta loat number 33S and
neutral 1H.
The estimates, made by a Drltixh
admiral, give British losses as 4M
.ship. French 53; Russian 35; Mat
ma ':': HeUM.n 10; and Japanese
? Thi doc not lurlude th los of
2)1 triwlim hy th Hrltixh, vcn hy
thf FrfneU aiei two by the Haitians.
XorKAt, with XI vessels destroyed,
leids tlie neutral nation in losses.
Sww!( with ii is second and Den
'Miark oith 2 U third Holland has
Kst 21 und the United States 7.
(British losses amrnt to four per '
cent of the totalotiumiier in service
.a! -i er i nil of ! tuiipuye lii
it' ' . (e "- ' ' i." 'i i '
t&) - i" 'tie
'el ;
AT THE FRONT
Invitation From Emperor Without an
Explanation Indications Germany
W41I Attempt to Meet American De
mands for Abandonment of Its
Practices In Submarine Warfare.
WASHINGTON, April 28.-- Din
patchen ri'ceived at the (Jerinan em
b!H.v tiHlny from the Herliu foreign
office indiciite that (iermnny will t
tcnipt to meet the American demands
fur immediate abandonment of its
pracliccH in xiiliinnrine warfare. Tho
tint tire of the proposals was not din
cloned. Count Von lleriiKtnrff linn not been
ndviKcd whether the miggealioiiH he
recently made to hi government nt
the invitation of the foreign office
have been adopted.
A iit of AmbiiiKAilor fternrd to
KntKror William wiih n topie of
broad interet in official and diplo
matic ipiarleiv.
.Siiininnneil by ICiiImt
WASIIIN'UTON. April 2.S.- S.-.t,.-tury
Limning announced late toda
that AmliHHHndor Gerard in a cable
dimtch telling of hin iuxilatiou to
vinit KniHror William at grand head
iiuii1eiM, dccbirctl that lie did not
know the purjHmc of the conference.
The eniieror, II r. ljinmng added,
had invited Mr. 0c raid to iit him
at the front without giving him any
explanation.
tbpecl h Kiilutton
IIKRLIN', April 28.-A fcclm- of
confidence that n solution will be
fonnd to the inuttliHg (Jeniinu Ameri
can dil'lieitltio. and that the pu-ent
teiiNion will be ended exerted an cm
dent effect ufi the Merlin -toek c
change. The market wits ipiut, but
Htcady, and the dealer who etcr
day unloaded xnrioiw linen of htoeks
were today icpnivlni-ing. Thin feel
ing Wiu rt rengtlieiied bv the rciort
of a recovery on the New York stock
market yiMcrdoy for the Maine reu
Mn. The eliauccllor, Ii .V'on Jk'tbmann
Jlollwcg, nnd Admiral Von llolUcn
ilort'f, chief of the navol general
la IT, an' now at the general head-Minuter-,
but it uiav eome tonight or
tomoiiow iiiorniiiir, hich will indi
elite imw I he eli.iin elloi' . report oil
lln n iltil 1 1 ill ,i -titlemcnt was re
cci.id iii ii i inn i in le- there.
ON FRENCH FRONT
lAKIs. Apid - N" impoitaiit
eviiit- ,in- reported dm mi.' In-t mlit
.iliiiiU the whole r'rem h liont. There
has been intcrmitteiit nrtdleiv lire
about Avocourt und Ksucs and home
inneli fighting In the sectmu of
l,i -iumIIc, wist of I'ont-n-MousMtn.
Several aerial oombuLi are report-
d in the course of whieh n Fokkcr
plane wax driven to the earth in the
iiieiiiv's lines near KcIcs-('ImuIiic-.
Thin inl'oriiintii.n in contained in the
French official rcMirt issued tin- at
teninon, the text of which follow..:
"Last night witnessed no cunt of
importance, with the exception an
inliruulteiit bomb.inliiii nt in the re
gion of A' "in ii. d Fxm1, und a
certain iicIimin on the Mirt tit our
trench t;iin in tin -ulur nt Itegne-
l!'e, VM -t ol I'ii ' Mini--"!!.
IRE RUSSIANS
ARRIVE IN FRANCE
l'lt IS, April .' Ilavas dls
paiih (rout Marieillts reior the ar
rival there of a further contingent
of Russian troops, tho number of
wlili h Is not given.
The Russians reached Marseilles
this morning, the dWpatcti saj'aO and
disembarked Inimuril&ttlv The
niere received with - tame military
honors which were accorded the pre-
ihiii Iti-stsn df i ii (.no ill - auj were
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QUIET
PREVAILS
MKDFOiin
THE BEAR THAT WALKS
VaMVf WmSm- i V'l!SieCeLVBrLJB?yBeasa'
The tills I coutluKcut of Itiissiau Hoops landed ill I'liiiue IimImj- t
N.
W
1 1
l'ARIH, Apill . Tli.ii tlie (i.r
man militury and natal htail.i are
iireimrlna a great offenolve both
against the combined Anglo-French
army on the continent and the fleets
on the roaat of Great Britain In a last
deanerate bid for victory. Is the con
clusion arrived at by Major De flv-
rleux, the military critic of tho Matin,
after a ctoso study of tho military
factors of the situation.
'The simultaneous occurrence." ho
dd. "of .eiuielln raids, the risky
North Kea naval expedition and the
unexpected outbreak In Dublin are
not mere coincidence. At the same
time," h points out, "the gwlsa fron
tier h.i.-; heeii cloned for three weekf
while on the From Ii front In Lor
raine and In the Vosge theUeriiiaus
are giving liombardments In the hone
of dlvldiil; the attention of the
French staff.
"There Is one principle that th
German, staff will never abandon "
Major rivrleux concludes, unless un
der absolute necext. and that is the
retention of MrateKhal Initiative."
DEMOCRATS SPEED UP
AGRICULTURAL BILL
WASHINGTON, Apin 2K- Threat.
of demiMrutic house IciMler to in
voke mciiburcfc to en fun c -isedv con
sideration of the ndiiiiiii-li.itioii leg
islative program look ruin rete hhih
todav in U sj'ciul rule adopted bv a
vote of 84 to Kb lor eun-ideraiioii
oi" three fur-reaching amendment
embodied in n rider on the agricul
tural appiopnation biil. It would al
low a little more than fite hotirV de
bate on the giain grudmg, federal
Haiihou-e and cotton t ut ur- pro-poial-,
tilled out on Miiiits of order
ruiscd bv rcpiiblicalii.
htlll more driisti" rule- o con-ld-eration
of other admini-tiatnm meas
ures ure being emisidcidl.
BRITISH nELIEF SHIP
GROUNDS m TIGRIS
London, Apni ,'s a h'i. tsb-p
i nt In On Miit -I mt, i - Wir
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GERMANS
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OFFENSIVE
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oi:i(j(). Finnw. iiiil w. inn;
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OF
PRESIDENT
j K YoltK, i II : - " lines
tlgalioit wiim I.i 'in loil'n at the of
fici' of the I'm'. I Stales illMriil at
torncy to delt riui'H' wlutlo-r a crime
had been commlii'd by pcrmum re-
siwmtble for attmka on President
Wilson and the national administra
tion that hae appeared In Irish-
1 iiiaftlAkH tir itnlillMhfafl h,n altifit
tho outbreak of the tevolutlon In Dub.
lln.
The attention of the federal au
1 thorltlea wan first aroused by an edi
torial statement mat Information
which led to the Making of the Ger
man ship wlili Ii attempted to land
arms and a nun mil Hon on Irish soil
came from a mem in of tho Washing
ton arimlnlM rat Ion "In orders of
President WIImiii ' This dedaru lion
haa been authoritatively denied In
Washington.
Colonel Patrick I. Wallace, com
mander of a I'oiiin inura brigade of
i tho Irish volunteer, who is now In
New York, Is uuthoiity for tho state-
mi at that the prc at situation in lie
land was not fun i rod tn Uermuuy
nor In Americu
"The plans o i t Ji- Irish volunteers, "
bo said, "have l.ei u ready ever since
the first talk or conacrlptlon was
heard In Ireluwl. M the time of the
revolt there w re lino full armed
and fully trained nluuteerx In UuIj
lin. "Out throaghoui 'he country there
were 0. 000. Willi i he neutral bodies
there are today "n 000 Irish volun
teers, who. when Hi' real test comes,
will fake the ficbl against the Kiik
llhh." All opposite vii w la cypres: id by
the Alui'iult of M.erdeen, for nine
ears Wciroy of Inland. lrd Aber
deen, who U now in New York, hsld
that while he dl.l not und r citlmutc
the serlousne.is ut ihe situation, he
mas neierthe! h onvinced that tho
outbreak would ! of abort dura
tion. i
liKKLIN, ApiiI J Turkish tmoi,,
.tliinliiluted lour Mritinh cavuliv!
s,.iadioit, i hat-I
lie April 2:i r.c.ir vuiiun. about " '
R . i ,i i ! i , ii . .in i 'I
ii ' ,ili i
I H
(
ATTACKS
UPON
ENG
NVETIGATED
LIKE A MAN!1
aid the allies.
BY
N S ll.l.K. Apill I! Letters
to the l.oiille und Natdiville, and
Nashville, t'liattanooKa ami Ht Units
railroads, retiuestliiK passes for
judges, legislators, wit ileuses and
newspapers were read today Into the
record of the Interstate commerce
commission's investigation of alleged
corrupt practices by these carriers.
Carey Williamson, a former legis
lator, said ho voted for a full crew
law, an electric headlight bill and
other measures optioned by railroad
and that after these vote in 1V0I his
pass was not renewed. Senator Mo
Kinney testified he had requested
more than five hundred trip passes
in H'UI.
F.xanilner Carlton of the commis
sion read copies of letters from tho
files of the two roads, showing the
iiho of passes In Tennessee and Ken
tucky one letter from a legislator,
requo-tliiK a pass for a friend e-vr
the t'haitaiiooua road coucluded,
"what do ou want me lo do with
the railroad bills now before the com
minion"'" TIS
I YOI MiSHlU N. O. Apill 3K.--'Tho
Uepub'le ltuii' i company's
'plant here, eiupolnw mm men was
clo.-ed todu. en nh nt Thomas L.
ltoi'iiison .'-.id tie I'l.nii was closed
for li.viuioi. leu would not reoiMin
In tuse of the il in.tlids of the em
plow i lie K.i id-
' "V will r'o pi i wl n the men aro
wlllliu- to work und' r present shop
' conditions and ,-. " rat to be fix
ed.'' I Ma hlnUtn h.ivt demanded an eight
hour iluv wild tin Imiiri pay und a
, i !',-, d .'lio)
TO
LAXHIXO. Kan . April 21 Fred
Kts..i, held on a ih.iriic oi mttrder-
in j ii n i ii Id I In i I mi .mm In
I'., i ! a - i i i . 1 1 1 1 -. -. I I 1 1 .
i i I , . ii in. in .. I
PASSES REQUESTED
LEG SLATORS
ROM
RAILROADS
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Carranza's Minister of War at Jua
rez for Conference With Scott
Has 40,000 Troops In North and
American Aid Mot Needed Says
Villa Wounded In Mountains.
KL PASO, Tl-., April 28. flcneral
Alvnrw Obregon, minister of war of
tho do facto government, m in Lm
rea today waiting to confer with Ma
jor (louemlH Scott and KuiintuiT on
tlui militury ipicelioin (bat lira in
volved in the AmmicHii punitive o.
pedilioii into Mexico.
(letiernl Obregon, neeomimtiii'd by
(tenetitl Jacinto Trevino, militury
governor of Chihuahua ; (leneral Sam
uel S. SiintoM, (lovcrnor Knriiindk of
ChUiiiiihtiM nnd l'lrsidcnt .lose Luis
lhu'rerii nf Pnrral, reached .1 Hares on
a sMH-ial trniii Ibis morning.
(iciieral Scott ami (leneral Fiuiston
are dim In reaeli hern tonight, when
it is expected tlml arraiigemeuta will
he made for I In- firnt conference to
be held in dun res tomorrow,
lias I'lenaiy l'oweiH
(liuieial Obregon antieipatcd a sat
iufneliiry eimference, and while lie
did not ity ho, it was indicated that
he was vented with plenary imwera by
I'tral Chief Can a nun to effect an
adjiiHlmeiil or the mililnry Hiliialinn
that now obtniiiH along the Mexican
bonier.
After a conference wiih the mili
tary and civil attthoriliea in the cus
touw Iiuihc, (leneral Obregon met tlie
neWM-aMM-meti, but he added but lit
tle to (he information olieady given
out on his joiirnev north. The min
ister of war said he did not care to
talk about the conference. Asked
what he would do in case the Ameri
can troopN were kept in Mexico, Hen
eiul Obregon replied through mi in
terpreter: "That is a matter whieh wo Iioki
to arrange in conference."
"It has been suid that Ihe Ameri
can government would like to keep the
troop m Chihuahua more iih a guard
lor ths frontier mi iih to help the Car
rauxn government f" was asked.
"I do not wish to huv anything
about that, an it might be prejudicial
to the wiieeess of the conference," re
plied the minister of war.
TlilnU Villa Alho
(leneral Obregon in reply to a ipies
lion said that he thoiiuht the de lacto
government had sufficient troops lo
take care of Villa and his bands
without aid from the I'mle.d Stales.
"(leneiul Obregon, do you think
Villa is dead 7 "
"I do not believe Villa is dead," was
the ipilek reply; "but 1 am po,itie
that be is wounded mid suiter-. Im
luck of medical attention and theie
fore has small chance to be (icr-oii
ally active again in any cauipamii-."
'Have you siiltictcut trooM lo
capture VillwT" wiih the next ques
tion. "Ye-.," answered Obregon. "Thai
will w- easy. His bandit nre broken
up and it is now only a MucMtioo of
liunling one mini. Villa with a few of
his follower, 1 believe, is near the
boundary of Smaloa and Konorii."
(bncial Ohifgoii declined to talk
about the linanciul sltliaiion III Mex
ico, sa.vm-f that lie wa a military
man and those iiuestioiis should only
he considered bv the minister of lm-
nnee. Me laughed loudly when asked
about the reiMjrt of friction between
the hrst chief and himself.
"There never has la-en any friction
bit ween (iiuciul Carranxit and my
sell' und tin le I-. I,' , hmxiii now than
ever lor .my im t,. ui," remarked tlen
ci.il Obie-jou a- Iii iIiimiI I Iii talk.
REGISTRATION TOTALS
240.000 FOR STATE
LA A
N I
KAI.K.M, Oi , Apnl 'h Ae.oid
llig to estimate, miide todav by Ihe
ot flee f, the -.i-cretarv ol -date, the
total registration tor the coming
primary election in Oregon will be
over 840,000, an inereaAi of wore
than 10,000 over the legislation for
h I. lit pi ilii.ii V i let lion
' 'I ' Hilt .1 I1, il tilt- II fuilili
' 'in i 'i n , I,, ,,, , ,, J
1 ' ' i . 'I' i J I nun
1 i ' ' i.i in i . . i i
NO. H2
m
OF
By GOVERNMENT
Nothimj Conccrnltio Dufilln Uprising
Given Out Nationalists Deny tho
Withdrawal of Support on Recruit
ing Question Lenience in Dealing
With Conspirators Advocated.
LONDON, April 28. Tho twtional
ist members of patliameut today de
nied a rt'iairt imblinhed in morning
iim"swpm that tliey intended to
withdraw their stipiwrl of the nonl
llinn govcniiiwiit on (ha roerttititig
iliiestinn. No news concerning thu
lrogrens of the Irish revolt or its
suppretiHion wns given out today. Tho
situation m snid to he tinder control.
Shoitlgbletl llolurtanco
Denting with the IriaJi'witimlion, (ho
Daily Cltroniele urgen Uia gorarnmeut
ngalnal (ho adaption of too harsh
measure, milling:
"The immediate military situation
ought not to present great diffiettl
tica. It is hard to understand how
Ihe Sinn Feiitcr have linen able to
hold out for days in Dublin. Wo
should have thought that all military
argument would favor oruslilng Ihe
movement in Ihe capital with tho ut
most rapidity, for every day that tt
pmlrnclit ilM resistance must add (o
the risk of ita finding imitators else
where, if reliictnjKH) (o destroy
bricks ami mm tar has delayed the
bombarilmeiil of buildings it has been
very abort-Highied reliictanco. Hut,
white drong military action must be
the first ecntinl, we hoe trials un
der martial law ami the use of the
military for any hut strictly' military
optirnliona will he avoided as 'far ax
Ntsaible.
Seek Pi-ompt Iuiiilry
"We hoe, loo, there will bo a
prompt nnd honest impiirv into thu
motives of the rebels and (he beat
means for bringing them back lo their
semwtK. A commission eomposde of
acknowledged Irish leaders to assist
in dealing with Ihe rebela and nego
tiate their surrender might lie of
great service. Kir I'M ward Carson
ami John Kcdutond are ready to co
oierute in this way. The object to he
aimwl at is the rest oration of onler
as hooii as iMiswible with the least
bloodshed. There is a daee for
mediation iih well as for repression,
and leading Irishmen should lie invit
ed to undertake it unobtrusively und
unolfleiallv without tlelav."
'S
I
TOKIO, Japan, April i - -IHh-patehea
from America roncernlug
Japan's protest against the Iliiraett
mmlgrallon bill are given promlaenco
by the Japanese newspapers but no
anil-American sentiment has been
voiced. The dominating note Im the
slight press comment Is a ealw eon
fldence that the American legislators
will not adopt a law unjust to Japan
or offensive to Japanese dignity and
honor.
The Japanese government resents
the proHal to enact Into law the
Root-Takahlra agreement reatrletiug
Immigration of Japanese laborers and
also objects to a provision la tho
peqdltiK Immigration bill which by
inference wouM class Japanese with
excluded Hindus. The seaate lounl
gration committee yesterday agrsl
to modify the bill by eliminating ref
erence to the Root Takahlru agree
ment. 'J OF
TO
COKV Ll.ld. Or., April ai. A. D.
Urowu, proft-stiur of physical educa
tion at Miami university, Ohio, today
accepted the appointment as director
of pbvftcal education at llm Oregon
aurii ultural college to succeed Dr.
K T si. wait who Kooi to a similar
position i the Cniverxity of Ne
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