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FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES of! CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY j olln o PRICE TWO CENTS ?S-mEDS THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1916 fl' flfff i ffil lll fftfWWifffif - II rftrtr !HH l !! tf U ii I J A. ?T y VAJV I i V nTlniiniirvl fcH?: ' ' 1 I 1 HUNDREDS OF IRIS LO ADED W TH WOUNDED River of Mangled Men Pours Toward Paris 22i ospital v Trains Employed by Germans In Caring For vc In i. jured Crisis at Verdun Came Sunday When G nans Exposed To Fire of Countless Field and Machine uns i Were Butchered For Six Hours GORE'SJTATEMENT Said Nothing From Which Such Meaning Could Be Inferred SENATE WITH PRESIDENT Washington, March 2. The senate adjourned late this afternoon to 11 o'clock tomorrow morning when it will immediately take up the issue of warning Americans from armed ships. Whip Lewis claimed that a poll of the senate showed not over 20 members against the president. London, March 2. Freshened by a respite, the Ger mans are bombarding anew the Verdun and Champagne districts, according to Paris reports today. This may be the signal for a further German effort to level the Verdun fortress or it may mean that the Teutons are merely trying to shield troops being transferred to other sectors. The general view here is that the "6 hour lull in the infantry fighting is preliminary to a grand assault upon the Verdun forts, though some authorities asserted that the Verdun offensive has been ended because of the ap palling human sacrifices and that a new attempt to break the French line elsewhere will be made. "Although modern conditions of attack and defense vary, the old time flux between battle and rest is un avoidable," said the Frankfurter Zeitung today. "The Germans must move enormous quantities of materials over the hills." Rotterdam dispatches'" today declared that the kaiser had left Verdun Tuesday and returned to Germany. If this be true it may indicate either that he is satis fied as to the future or is personally quitting the Verdun district because of an abandonment of plans for continu ing the strueele there. At the same time Geneva reports said several commanders are opposed to continuance of the Verdun efforts, and that the Duke of Wurtemburg has supplanted the crown prince in direction of affairs on the western front. The crisis in the Verdun onslaught came Sunday with a heavy attack against the Pepper Heights through Douaumont. Until they came within close range, the Ger mans were protected by small hills, but upon emerging from behind these, they were confronted by hundreds of field pieces and machine guns. After six hours of butch ery, the Teutons were repulsed. Thousands of wounded men, many of them hopelessly crippled, are reaching Paris. Reports tell also of 220 German hospital trains sent to Aix-la-Chapelle. London M ir. 2 The lull in slaughter, itzors. bombarded Fort Pc' Vaux and un.und Verdun continued again last ; simultaneously directed both artillery lit, both tlie Paris and P.erlin offi-Jaml inf.uitry against l'ort l)c Tavennes c.tTl statements agreed today. The Par- nearby. The Frei.cn repulsed the lat or is statement however, mentioned a bom- move at the Imx station but finally lemlinent that appeared like prepaid-1 were pushed back upon I e aux which tion Cor resumption of the struggle. ithov were force to abandon. The P.erlin statement failed to eon-1 Travelers report that the Germans are f irm Amsterdam messages saying Fort concentrating in the Argonne woods. He Vaiix. near Verdun had been evaeu-innd it is believed that the crown prince ntcd. nor did it show a big drive is! will renew the Verdun offensive with about to start in the Argonne. strokes in the Argonne and from he Attacks Jgninst Fresnes, southeast of j southeast thus attenuating to einelop Verdun, were repulsed, said Paris, disrt'iie forts, crediting the P.erlin claim of capture of; ; that poiut. Called t0 the Col0r3' London, Mar. 2. Married men be- i Fighting Not Strenuous. tween the ages of 19 and 27, who vol- , -vr.... o i. untered in the Lord Derby recruiting tion of Fort be Va.ix, two miles south-! campaign, will be called to the colo s oast of Douaumont and part of the er- within n few days, according to an cle of defenses around erdun, was re-. nouncement today i n ... .i.-:...,J The new conscription law went into todav. These declared that the tier- effect today .and preparations ha e man-guns had wrecked the fort but that 1 1'" completed for calling in med ately Ihe French had fired the rums so that-! me '"' """"""i v..B.. .... ! tier u. t l.nrn.. nontorq announced that hence. Washington, March 2. President Wilson this afternoon authorized the following statement regarding the Gore speech in the senate in which Senator Gore claimed the president had inti mated to congressmen his readiness to go to war with Germany if the Teutons maintained their cnurse in the interna tional situation: " When the attention of the White House was called to certain statements in Senator Gore's speech this afternoon, the president authorized an unqualified denial of any utterance to which any such meaning could be attached." The statement of Senator Gore during debate today in the senate, making such an intimation, was in full as fol lows: "Certain senators and certain mem bers of the house have received from President Wilson information, if not a declaration, that if Germany insisted on her position, the United States would insist upon hers, and that it would probably result in a break of diplomatic relations and a state of war, anil that a state of war might not be of itself and of necessity an evil to this repub lic, but that the United States by en tering upon the war now might be able to bring it to a conclusion by mid summer, and thus render a great serv ice to civilization." What President Said. It was stated authoritatively that what actually occurred at the confer ence to which Gore referred, was this: Action such as warning Americans off armed ships would bring the coun trv to the brink of war, the president said. Encouraged by the action of congress, Germany would believe the country was not "behind the president, and would insist upon going ahead with its submarine warfare plans. At any time an American might be killed Then, in the light of the American notes about submarine attacks, Amer ica could do nothing but sever diplo matic relations with Germany, Hut Colonel House, the Wilson envoy, and Ambassador Von Bernstorff had in formed the president that such a severance would result in a declaration of war by Germany. The president had been informed that America's entrance into the war would result in ending it within six months. President Wilson then expressed the devout hope that congress would pre cipitate no action, hampering the up holding of international law. He told them that only firm maintenance of the rights America had declared for and a demand that these rights be respected could maintain the peace of America. Ii II MS OLD GUARD Objected Strongly To Dicta tion From Those Under the Capitol Dome LIKE JESHUR0N THEY "WAXED FAT. AND KICKED" And Their Kicks Like That of Mrs. O'Leary'js Cow Caused Dreadful Ruin .Sixteen men on the dea mail's chest, l'o, Ho, Ho; how things did hum. But the 1(1 men of the ancient sea farer's tale never created the furore that lli penitentiary employes aroused at the "uarmony" meeting of the Ma rion County .Republican club held at the court house last night. The peui tentiary crowd was augumented by delegations from the various commis sions and departments of the state house that are under the particular thumb of the administration and with a pledged majority of three to one the stand patters attempted to elect Mark McCallister chairman of the Ma Hon county republican central com mittee. The Marion county wheel horses, however, laid their ears back and balked and after .several short but lively political rounds the smoke clear ed away and James G. Heltzel, of Sa lem, was elected chairman of the repub lican central committee for this county. To begin with for several days the adherents of the administration have been quietly pledging votes of Marion county republicans V McCallister. The proper man did the pledging in each instance, and it is said that before thr meeting, Mark had 75 of the 102 votes pledged to his support. Then a fev of the old timers began to drop in at FOR FAMILY ENDED Armed Maniac In Home Two Days Terrorizes Family and Defies Officers Oregon City, Ore., March 2. Having about murders of the past and future, William Klinkinuii, a powerful young farmer, aged 2a years, is pacing a pad ded cell in the county jail here touuy after holding at bay for two days of ficers who sought tu arrest him on an insanity warrant. Armed with a rifle and a revolver, Klinkmau kept officers from entering his house ut Ardcnwald. The deputy sheriffs feared to use violence in tak ing the young man, for his two sisters and mother were in the house with him. Captured lust night by a ruse, Kink man said he knew who had committed the Hill murders in 1U11, only a quarter of a mile from his home. Officers to day are investigating to learn if the young maniac could have been respons ible for this crime. In June, JSIll, Wil liam Hill, his wife and two children, were found in the bedroom of their home at Ardenwiild, brutally murdered with an axe. Their murderer was never captured. Market Is Quiet But Shows Slight Advances (Copyright 1910 by the New York Ev ening Post.) New York, March 2. After yester day's slight hysterical excitement, the stock market today relapsed into the inertia which prevailed before the start of the Verdun battle or the con gressional clash with President Wilson. Most of the day's business was in spec ulative industrials, and the tendency was mostly upwards. That the day's spirit should have been hesitating was not surprising in view of the uncertain ty that continued to surround the up permost topics of discussion. Following an advance of half point in a number of stores, further fraction al advances occurred. Besides the more active industrials, several rail way issues rose nearly a point above yesterday's close. By noon, however, the action seemed to be ended and the market was motionless until the last the court house and found signs of tin-ihal'f hour when prices yielded slowly usual activity. Instead of a mere hand ! under desultory professional pressure. E the Teutons were unable to occupy it. i I It'l 11 I'M MF. ill LUUinib; iu i i m v " , ... 1 1 k ports, the Germans moved up their how- tort h lacnciors ami . v .r- garded as soldiers and dratted as need- "JX"'"""0"" '' "" L '" l " " " "I i Ti. first nine croups will be called j1)V ij ; ! Abo Martin wmfm " 41, Killed One Baby. London, Mar. 2. Flying low- in a heavy mist, a. German seaplane last nigiit raided the southeast coast of Eng land, dropped four explosive bombs, mangled a baby so badly that it died, .uid wrecked the rear of sevetal houses. Rumanian Queen Dying. Berlin, by wireless (o Snyville, L. I., Mar. 2. The condition of Dowager yueeu Carmen Sylva of Rumania is crit ical and Bix physicians have declared her case hopeless, said Bucharest dis patches today. Situation Unchanged. P.erlin, Mar. 2. The situation on the western bnttlc front is unchanged, said an official statement today. A French counter att.ick at Dauamont was unsuccessful. fill the court room was packed and when the Marion county "Pillars of the l'artv" entered they found 1C guards and officials 'from the state penitentiary among those present. Further in, they found the Amen cor ner occupied by the state house delega tions and the late arrivals "saw red." Some fast foot work was executed and the old guard rallied their forces. Nominations for the office of chair man of the central committee were in order. The state house delegation ob jected to the present incumbent, Soy PORTLAND WOMAN SUICIDES Portland, Ore., March 2. A well dressed woman, believed to be Mrs. Nn dine Nichols Velguth, shot and killed herself in the corridor of the seventh floor of the Journal building here short ly before 3 o'clock today. An umbrella bearing the name "Nede Velguth" was found near the body. Mrs. Velguth was in the public, eye a few years ago' when her husband em- BACKING OF CONGRESS ILL SETTLE DISPUTES Chairman Stone of Senate Foreign Committee Does Not Agree With President As To Armed Merchantmen Savs Though, Suaoort of Congress Will Bring Both Ger many and England to Terms and End Acute Situation Question Is Not One of Politics But of Patriotism "THE CONGRESS CRISIS COMMHTTEE" . Upon the house foreign committee rests today the determination of whether ship warning resolu tions shall be reported out, thus affording an op portunity for a "showdown" on supporting Presi dent Wilson's opposition to such warning. The Committee Follows: Democrats Republicans Flood, Virginia, chairman Cooper, Wisconsin Cline, Indiana Porter, Pennsylvania Linthicum, Maryland Rogers, Massachusetts Goodwin, Arkansas Temple, Pennsylvania Stedman, North Carolina Foss, Illinois Harrison, Mississippi Miller, Minnesota , Mott, New York Kennedy, Rhode Island Smith, New York Walker, Georgia Shackleford, Missouri Sabath, Illinois Ragsdale, South Carolina Loft, New York Huddleston, Alabama $ - moor .Tones, on the Grounds that Mr. I nezien fin.miu rrom ine i omiuiM v. Jones is a candidate ior the state legis-i & l'ok company to spend on h.r. lature. The objection was sustained. The woman, about 30 years old, beau Then Mark McCallister 's name was pre-1 tiful and wearing expensive clothes.' sented and -Judge Peter D'Arcy felt rode calmly to tho seventh floor, which constrained to offer a few remarks, lie lis occupied entirely by the offices of ' I a construction company. ( Continued on Pairs Hix.1 I Night Was Quiet Paris, Mar. 2. The lull in the war fare around Verdun continued last night, according to today's official statement. WILL SHOOT IN PORTLAND Portland. Ore., March 2. The Pacific const handicap shooting championships An amateur show is good it it s VM. will be held in Portland this year. Hen an' antul it it s good. "Uivc me th . ry K. hvenling, president of the Port old fashioned Christmus when you got land lun club, received a telegram to j-r-sents instead of cards," said Miss ; tlii effect today from Klmer K. hhaner. Cit-riu Williams, Uday. j secretary of the Interstate association. Must Release Seized Ships or Fight Germans Flee From Lisbon Amsterdam. Mar. 2." Germany prepared to declare war upon Portugal immediately in the event of an unsat isfactory reply to the Clerm.in note de manding release of (Sennan ships seized by Portugal," said a Uerlin dispatch to day. Portuguese consuls in Germany have warned their eoiiiitrvinen to prepare to depart, inasmuch as the situation lira)' be critical by tonight. According to Uerlin newspapers, i.er- many cannot anow tne incident io pass without disgrace. Germans Leave For Spain. I Lisbon. Mar. 2. Fearful for their! safety, sixty leading Germans hero have hurriedly left for Spain upon receipt of reports that Ucmany js about to de clare war upon Portugal. The majority of German business houses have been closed. Portugal's answer to Germany s de mand lor release of Teuton ships seized by Portugal was dispatched last night. It is rumored to be a refusal to comply. It was rumored that the German min ister would leave this afternoon, though the German embassy failed to confirm this. The president, cabinet and political leaders conferred up to a late hour l ist night and, it is understood, framed their icplv to Germany. Fully 200 German business men are estimated to have sought refuge in Spain. Figures show that Tillamook cheese is fust gaining strength as an Oregon resource. PRESIDENT CORRECT IN INTERPRET A TION OF AMERICAN SENTIMENT By Ed L. Keen. (General Kuropean Manager of the United Press.) Washington, Mar. 2. "Of course we should uphold our national honor if pos siblebut we must nt any cost keep out of this war." their representatives in congress were apparently not all of t tin same minii. Hut the Hritisher would make a gre vious mistake were ho to conclude that the president is about to plunge the country ruthlessly into war. As lie in dicated in his Gridiron speech, he is quite as much concerned lest the conn According to the average Hritisher,' try err on tne sine or rnsnncss as on i ne n 1 .wl n f.Aiiiii;lw'n Thn im iiinuiinn i ft this was the average American's atti-j 0(,rmanv to,lBV that he is really seeking tude when I left Kngland a month ago break with the Teutonic powers is By Bond P. Gcddca Washington, Mar. 2 While President Wilson watchfully waited for the coun try to force congress to support him in the international situation, the storm over his policies broke today in tho senate. Unexpectedly, the Gore resolution to warn Americans off armed ships tho crucial point in differences between the president ami congress eanio up for discussion. Although it was debated nearly two hours, no action was taken. Gore electrified the senate witn tne statement that he had heard President Wilson was prepned to go to war with Germany if necessary. Throughout tho afternoon, these charges wero renewed in the senate corridors, and caused a vast sensation. Senators heard themselves branded by Senator Williams as responsible for fisting abroad the impression that con gress does not uphold President Wil son's hands. Senator Gore, proponent of the warning resolution, fought very strongly for his measure. He told his listeners he hud heard that sonic sen ators tiiought war would bo a blessing and that President Wilson whs prepared to go to war it necessary. His resolu tion, ho said, would sivo "madcap" Americans from themselves and pre vent the plunging of tho nation into bloodshed. His plea for giving up the right of armed ship travel was based largely upon the idea that "civilization abro gates brutal rights" and tint such a right as thn one under discussion is the outgrowth of the days of piracy. Senator Williams voiced the opinion that the president's desire for a "show down" would result in a "show up" of certain legislators. Scenes attending today's debate were unparilleled since the days of the Spanish war. Tension seemed in the air. Kvery senator was on hand, anJ the galleries were jammed. From the house came nearly 100 representatives eager to know the results of the fray in the upper branch. It seemed prncticilly certain t'ais af ternoon that the senate would sustain l'or a brief visit home. In other words, John Hull was satisfied that Uncle Sam was far more worried about keeping out itist as far' from the truth as the notion prevailing in Kngland recently that he was sccretiv favoring the German cause. It was interesting to note during the of the war than he was over questions, , wka ,rin . vn riBt.,r llnniiii mity of opinion on tne question or pre paredness than on our present attitude of national honor or rights of human ty or the preservation ot international justice. "We should lieep out ol this war, ir possible but not at the cost of our self respect." A two weeks tour through the east, south and middle west which included sixteen states, has convinced me that this is a much better interpret ition of the average American view than the one that was so widely prevalent in hnglnnd before 1 resident Wilson ad dresned his recent letter to Senator Stone. In the circumstances, it is not at all surprising that, within the past few days, the liritish press has material ly altered its previously unfavorable opinion of the president. Wilson today is doubtless almost as popular a figure in Knuland as Colonel Itoosevelt. townrd Germany. Had there been less haste and great er opportunities for inquiry doubtles it would have been able to urscOYcr a larger proportion of anti-preparedness sentiment, but the tact remains that I encountered only two persons who were apposed to any campaign of prepared' ness. One was William Jennings Hry an and the other was a minister of the gowpel. It is only 'fair to mention thn there were several ministers among those interviewed. Bryan was delivering his anti-preparedness lecture in a Florida resort town to an audience recruited from widely scattered sections of the coun try, ne wns given a respectful' but unenthusiastic hearing. There was no to the house. Tho committee considera tion of the situatinon was slated for '' o'clock this afternoon, being postponed from 10M). Meanwhile, Wilson's democratic op ponents predicted the present situat' will have gloomy consequenees in the fight in the coming primaries. And republicans cheerfully agreed that the fight will havo an effect. Administration authorities regretted it had been necessary to force con gressmen into a fight, bill, they declared thnt until congress nets, the president 's bands will be tied. It's VTp to Congress. By Bond P. Geddes. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, March 2. President Wilson nnd congress grappled today in a. finish fight over tho question of warn ing Americans to keep off armed mer chantmen. The outcome appeared doubt ful. Upon it lnrgely rested American relations with the central powers and the fate of politicians and parties. Tho president insists on an out and out vote nnd expects this to bo opposed to a warning. Meanwhile diplomatic negotiations over submarine warfare are at a stand still, for the administration holds t it cannot proceed until the grapple be tween tho executive and legislative branches is settled. Conferences between the president, and congressional leaders and meeting of thd foreign and rules committees wero nlatl today to determine the re sult of tho fight. The issue is whether congress shall vote at all unon warning resolutions. Temporarily, the question whether congress shall defeat warning measures, as the president desires, is in thn background. The administration is trying to for n record vote, holds t lint such a "show down" is essential, that Germany mnr know the president's linndi are upheld in his stand for American rights. Congressmen Would Dodire. But opuosition to a vote is wide- the president, but there was doubt as to "P "e repnouenns the Louse. The president asked Mioor- foM f.h" '"T of I,"w7,.'or' by "'T, ity Leader Mann to confer with him ins with the democratic, insurgents," this afternoon, presumably' because prevnm Mann has been in favor of upholding Afro nii vru;i t inna with nciiri'H fvli,,.. rnntrvmpn nn (1.p tmiiis. in' swaying of the audieiieo as in the old ,it;..a in town and country villages, on! 10 to J days. As one of his hearers the streets, in the store and by the fire- remarked after the lecture: side, and returning to Washington just after the publication of the Stone cor respondence, it seemed almost as if Wil son were seaking by direct mandate from the Jjeople, despite the fact thatjou the seat" "It is all very well for him to argue that preparedness provokes war; but where would the British empire be to day if Kngland had not been prepared him. By Bond P. Geddes. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, March 2. President Wilson will make no further positive muvo to gain a "show down" from congress in the German situation. In stead, according to a high authority, ho has decided to leave it to congress and the country, depending upon the coun try to swing congress to his way of thinking. In other words, the president has de termined to apply "watchful wait ing" to the situation, with congress and the country fighting it out. He believes the country will bring congress around. Conferring over the telephone with Chairman Flood of the house foreign committee, tho president reiterated that he wants congress to act on the "clean cut issue" of whether Amert enmt shall bo warned off armed 8hiis. He wants no compromise resolution desires a vote on any wnrning resotu tion, preferably that of Representative Mel.emore. Flood said that there is heavy pres sure upon the committee to revise Mel.emore measure beforo reporting it The house which Mniority Lender Kitrhin naid hud the "habit ef obedi ence" to (he president's wishes rather firmly embedded Is the ronin battle ground. The aennto was disposed to (Continued nn Pace Two I S TIIE WEATIIER I rfrtis itfooob e -.'.i-.v - ,"d, V.VS'iT-T,- Oregon: To night and Friday rain west, gen erally fair est tion; southerly winds. 4,.