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mi i i FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY 'A nninT1 mnrrt Ti-vrrro ON TRAINS AM) NEW PRICE TWO CENTS stands - five cents THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1916 1 f? fl ii r" in ii t J i a it i .x. . a PJ O 0 0 (11 FfS, ESIDENTS SUSTAINED, B8 T0 14 , a . - Dramatic Scenes Not Equaled In Se,p Since Declaration v of War On Spain Witnessed Prece r Vote-Roll Call J Began at 11:40 and Ten Minutes a& . 0 Seconds Later It Was All Over-Some Lively Tilts ke Place But L Debate Is Shut Off . . Washington, March H. President Wilson's position in the international situation was upheld today by the senate when that body voted to table the Gore resolution, which called for a warning to Americans not to travel on armed ships, and to which Wilson was opposed. Gore himself voted to table the resolution so that he might have an opportunity to ask for reconsideration thereof. The vote was 68 to 14 in favor of tabling. Amid dramatic scenes, unparalleled since the declara tion of war uDon Spain, the It was iust 10 minutes and ing of the fight until Vice President Marshall announced the vote. Chairman Stone of the terday confessed himself not in agreement with all of President Wilson's views voted "aye" on the resolution after Senator Borah, objecting to Stone's attempt to ex ulain Senator Saulsburv's absence, had said: "I obiect to anv remarks. the whole senate must be gagged." Senator McCumber opened the fight unexpectedly by offering a substitute for the Gore resolution, declaring, that in view of the question as to the validity of the sub marine situation it was the duty of every American to abstain from the right to travel on armed ships until President Wilson and other countries had agreed on sub marine matters. This resolution was tabled. Thereupon, -Senator James called up the Gore resolu tion and demanded the ayes and nays on tabling it. Gore countered with an amendment to his resolution and asked permission to discuss it. It stated that death of an American through a submarine attack should be deemed a cause of war. ti.: wwl. l.rmr move came as an I unexpected surprise n it meant prae- tically n new resolution amounting to! ' " ., an ultimatum to tho central power., mid subsequent developments showed caused a change of several votes.. Sen- ator Vordnmnn favored the original resolution, but voted to kill the amend- meat. I Senator James agnin demanded a j vote. Senator flallinger demanded an-!, other reading of the originul (ore reso-1 lution with the amendment. This was done. Senator Clark interposed with a point of order that the amended resolution could not be considered today. At this point, Senator Ashurst cried ; out: I "I call for a roll call." This began at 11:10. i P.y the single record roll call. the Hfnate swept aside not only the Gore resolution, but also the amendments and substitutes, and clinched the whole question in favor of the administra-j ! Following similar action, which the! Iiou-se is expected to take quic kly. the way will be cleared for the state do-; partment to resume its negotiations in i the l.nsitania case. . -- t-'tj i -. -. -. -l -i. -. . i Aba flartin Flesh an blood actors in "Hearts',, Asunder" at Melodeou Hall t 'night. ; j,,1(ljfe, o( hoo,i Let no nelfish Ameri Who remembers th' ole straight laced onili bv ex(.Triing the right of travel- lays when it wtizn' respectable r go t Kilmers? POSITION senate's action was taken. 40 seconds from the open foreign committee, who yes If the senate is to be gagged, Stone and Borah Clash. After the Core vote. Stone tried to call up the Jones resolution, providing that the pres dent refrain from any act hat tue pr & state,Bto r nmi t0 advise the senate of his mov'pa jones, however, defeated this ,.... i. v withdrawing the resolution. Moreover, he said that he would not introduce it again. Senator James, massive Kentuckian j t) administration forces, ronrsd down tiie omKMition and forced the .:., votP Senators Jones, Yardaman, Smoot and Clarke vainly tried to ex ulnin their votes. James ruthlessly ob iected. while Vice-President Marshall sustained tue points ot oruer aim ruicn uniformly for a preventing of debate, After Borah was not allowed to ex plain his vote he prewnted Stone from explaining bv declaring that i'f a senate waa be "iraitred" the whole bodv, jlu?luling Stone, must be thus treated, shaking his hand and glaring at Borah, Stone retorted, "no Idnhoan nor nny other senntor can prevent me from speaking." Borah cnlmly replied: "I will and m preventing vou" and Vice-President Marshall hiiMoined Borah's position whereupon Stone surrendered and voted ngninst Core's substitute. Core later explained that he had of- feied the r.meudnent in order to make the- inlininisl riil ion express itself on that issue, which, he claimed, is the real one in the present international situa tion. - The vote ratified President Wilson's free hand in the foreign negotiations. And since the president had been freely noted as saying if congress took part in handling the delicate German situa tion, was might not be an improbabil ity, the vote was regarded as clearing away the war clouds, which administra tion lenders frankly said, had lowered last night. Several congressmen, however, took the view, that, in turning ottt to the president a full power in negotiations, the senate committed itself to whatever course be might take, even if it led to war. In ostensibly discussing the Shields water power bill Senators Reed, Jones and Clarke started the fight over again. Clarke declared thai the senate had stultified itself by declaring the Gore question under "gag rule." He scored munition exports, too, and said thn' except for u h unneutral acts on Am erica's part, the war would have closed mouths ago. Following Clarke, Senator Jones de clared: j 'v Ani.ri... fmm . : i,,,, on , nrm(Ml Mp ri,k plunging the (CgnUoue oa Pao Three.) SHE TRAVELED FAST Cast Aside by Business Man Beautiful Woman Commits . Suicide Portland, Ore, March .'). Awaiting instructions from uu uuut, Mrs. C. K. Pitts, of Oakland, Oil., the body of Mrs. Nudine Nichols Velguth lies at the public morgue today with a bullet from her own revolver in her heart. Heartbroken because a prominent business man had trifled with her affec tions and then cast her aside, Mrs. Vel guth killed herself on the seventh floor of a downtown office building yester day. Ten years ago when Mrs. Velguth, then known us -Mrs. Nadinc Grace IS'ich ob, came to l'ortlanu from San Fran cisco, she was known as the "California beauty." (She had Deen married and divorced in California, it was said. She fell in with Portland's night life and led a gay, butterfly existence. Her striking beauty and manner of dress at tracted attention everywhere. Young Bernardo Velguth, a gas com pany collector, was smitten. Together they frequented cafes and grills, had joy rides w hen an nutomobilo was n lux ury!, and spent consideral f.e ,nuJtiey. One day, in l!0li, Yergutli was arrested for being short in his accounts approxi mately $1(5,000. Just before ho came to trial, Velguth fled to Oregon City in an automobile with "the California beauty" and mar ried her. Then he pleaded guilty and served one year in the penitentiary. Three years ago the A'elguths were divorced. Since then evidence shows that Mrs. Velguth has heroically at tempted to quit the "butterfly" life. She believed the businessman with whom she was infutuated would marrv her. Yesterday she gave up, went to the ochce building and killed herself in the venth floor corridor. On the flv leaf of a little address book in tho room of "the California beauty," was the following inscrip tion: "Iniquity for breakfast, Wickedness for lunch, Crime for dinner and Honors of all kiuds to sleep on.' Replies From Governors Indi cate People Want Congress to Keep Hands Off Washington, March 3. If the replies of seven democratic and two republican governors to a United Press query to day are indicative of public sentiment the American people do not believe con gress should take a hand in the interna tional situation. Every reply to the following query sent out by the United Press was in fa vor of President Wilson: "We are requesting all governors to give their interpretation, of public sen timent in their states as to tho course congress should take on President Wil son 's letter to Acting Chairman Pou of the house rules committee, requesting a vote on a resolution to warn Ameri cans for armed ships. We would great ly Appreciate your statement. number obviously thought it un wise to make any comment, but a sam ple of t iio replies received was tho fol lowing from Governor Withycombe of Oregon: "At this time of international crisis, believe congress should uphold the hands of President Wilson, who essen tially must administer matters pertain-, ing to foreign relations." Governor Alexander, ot lualio, answered: "The issue should be forced and congress should show the world tint America stands united with President Wilson in sustaining laws built up through centuries, but tnrentened with destruction in the, European chaos and war passion." r rom Governor htewart, or .Montana, a mo the following: "Montanans general! v ire in sym pathy with President Wilson and sym pathize with his efforts to prevent in volving America in war. Trusting to his wisdom, they are not disposed to 'rock the boat. " Market Responds to Action of Senate (Copyrighted 101(1, by the New York Kvening Post.) Xcw York, Mar. 3. Apparently the eirly strength of tne stock market to day was in response to the senate action on the (lore resolution. Later news of parliamentary maneuvers designed to rob the vote of its significance, how ever, checked- tho impulse toward a stronger market and left the mind of the financial community uncertain and peril ips disgusted. That opening quotations were slight ly higher than yesterday's close was attributed to an over-extended short in terest. After a brief period of activity and firmness, dullness set in and con tinued most of the time except for short lived "pints in a fed special'.io. GAR SHORTAGE DUE TOICHITi Oil P. MILLER Public Service Commissioner Says S. P. Favors Cali fornia Shippers PROSPERITY DELAYED BY SCARCITY OF EMPTIES Willamette Valley Mills Can not Reopen-Laborers Feel Handicap "The present car shortage in Ore gon cot only works a hardship on tho shipper, but on the laborer, merchant, and upon the general prosperity of the state," said Public Service Commis sioner Frank J. Miller, in in interview today, "and the effects of the short age are felt most severely in the Wil lamette valley districts outside of Portland." Mr. Miller went on to sny that on the lines of tiie O. W. li. & N. the shortage has been relieved liv this conipanv se curing emptv ears from its connecting carriers in Washington ind the north ern part of Oregon is fairly taken care of. But in the lower part of the Wil lamette valley and in Southern Oregon the shortage of cars on the Southern Pacific lines where this company lias no competition has become not only a problem but a serious handicap. Since tne California shippers arc being sup plied with emptv cars to handle their business Mr. Miller considers that the Southern Pacific is treating its patrons unfairly wncre there is no competing line. The present actual ear shortage in Oregon today is ?.000 Riid Mr. Miller estimates th.it It 'there was any pos sibility of cars being secured that this siiortago would easily bo doubled. However, the shippers have become ac customed to the shortage and do not order cars when thero is no possibility of securing them. Tho llooth-Kelly company recently secured a large lumber order and rath, er than lose the business the eompanv transferred the order to a Washington firm where cars could bo secured. Thus Oregon lost the order and Oregon la borers were deprived of the benefit, Local Mills Not Opened. Mr. Miller was recently informed by Manager Hamilton, of the mill at Ulack Kock, that the mill would be started to morrow huu would snip out five ear loads of lumber daily if the cars could be secured but since it is impossible to secure the cars the mill remains closed down. The mill at Timber would be re opened at once according to Manager liarker and would ship out seven cars daily if the cars could be secured but since this cannot be promised tho mill is idle. Mr. Miller states that if two mills would open up and uso 12 cars 'lily that it is safo to say that the 100 idle mills in the valley could be re opened and would uso a proportionate u,,lullt" v.iis il iuc empties couiu DC secured and 100 mills would employ sev eral hundred laborers as the logging camps would resume operations also. r.ven tne large mils now in opera tion are running short hamle.l nnrl slmrt hours with x minimum output to keen tho mill busy rather than running at a maximum capacity since the lumber companies cannot afford to pilo the lumber in tneir ya'rds as this necessi tates extra handling and increases tho cost of production. Klour mills and other mills ire daily ref using orders and complaints aro daily coming to the commission because tho cars cannot be secured and the volume of complaints comes frm the Willam ette valley whero there is little rail com petition and no water competition to the Southern Pacific lines. No Special Effort Mada. The eommmion requested Suporin- ii-Mnmi i. n. Liinpoeu of the South ern Pacific to use his utmost efforts in relieving tho shortage and in reply were assured by Mr. Campbell timt "In the general courso of business we have closed and open equipment moving in to Oregon, which territory we sunnlv in the same manner and upon the same general oasis as the rest of our terri tory." This is taken bv Mr. Miller to moon thit no special effort is being made to suppiy wis territory with empty ears while special efforts are being made in other sections. The records also show that all the cars that oome to Oregon arc laden and when emptied are used lor reshipping Oregon products but no strings of empties are coming to this state. The great amount of eastbound freight his drained this territory of empty cars and the small amount of west bound shipments limits the Ore gon shippers to this basis. In reply to Mr. Campbell's letter Mr. .Miller says in part as follows: "When you were in Oregon the ship pers had someone with authority to act to whom they could appeal, and one who ws acquainted with the det ills of the situation. ow it is entirely dif ferent. There is no executive officer with power .to act nearer than San Francisco, and bpenuse of this distance explanations are necessarily meager, dc (Continued on Page Two Premier Skips and Many High Officials Placed Under Arrest Ecgina, Sask., March 3. With spec tacular suddenness the Scott govern ment has yielded to the united demand of the opposition, and tho revolting liberals for a judicial inquiry into bribery charges that have rocked the province "from end to end the past week. The bolt was shot at the opening of last night's session of parliament before the excited galleries had settled down awaiting tho usual sensations. It fol lowed a da' replete with surprises for hoth sides. The news of the arrest of It. S. Devlinc, one of the fugitive mem bers, in the stntes, tho binding over in police court of two members and an ex-member under $5,000 bonds for ac cepting bribes, the report that roads grnft had already diserosed that s)l'0, 000 is missing and preparations of a lifiernl committee of lO to circulate over the province a petition asking the lieutenant governor to demnnd a royal commission, were preludes to the real sensation of the day. This morning it is said the govern ment will ask for dissolution of parlia ment when tho work of the session is concluded Saturday, or early next week, permitting tho two royal commissions to finish their work and report to the lieutenant, governor. No word has been received as to the whereabouts of the missing premier. It is also positively 'stated bv the opposition that dissolution will be op posed pending these judicial investiga tions on the theory that they will re veal such conditions ns to warrant dis missal, of the government and wholesa1' prosecutions. The cabinet had been in session nil morning and had practical ly decided to stand by their refusnl for a commission. The government announced this nft emoon that all banks which cashed il legal checks in the rond work grnft, amounting to ;1S0,000 will bo forced to reimburse the government. The federal government lias been re quested to bring all necessary pressure on The Bank of Ottawa to require that institution to assist in rapturing one of its branch managers, who is a fugi tive from justice, and whose books, it is alleged are in good shape as far as the bank accounts are concerned. Tho government has offered a re ward of $1,000 for his arrest. It is be lieved the hank will be responsible for all provincial funds paid out illegally by the missing manager. One Hanged at Folsom, Other at San Quentin Witt Asserts Innocence Pol com, Cal., Mnr. H filenn Witt was hanged here at 10 o'clock for the mur der of William Alexander at Los An geles. II o was dead in 11 minutes And nine seconds after thn trap was sprung. uentiemen, I nm Innocent; I am be ing railroaded from life," he said as he stood on the death trap. Just as the Inst word was said tiie tr ip was sprung. Witt slept well last night, lie em braced the Catholic faith and repeated the prayers with Father Cahir. He showed no fear as ho walked to the scat fold. Ho was p ile but walked briskly and unsupported. liis mother visited him late yester lay afternoon. The scene was very af fecting but neither broke down. The warden refused to allow anyone to re peat what was said, holding thnt the list meeting between mother and son was sacred to them. A littlo while later a sister who has been living here, visited Witt and bid mm rarcwoii. A second sister who arrived from Kl Paso, Texns, wos so unstrung when she reached Folsom that she refused to go to the prison. The mother and her daughters left for Texas this morning before the execution took place. Oxnam Pays Penalty. Kan Quentin, Cal., Mar. 3. After passing the night in receiving spiritual consolation from the Itev. Perrin of Son Prancisco, Charles K. T. Oxnam, aged 19, went to the gallows of San Cjuentin penitentiary shortly after 10 a. nt. oiiy. lie gave ins life for the murder of William Alexander, of Las Angeles, soon after his companion in the crime, (ilenii Witt, had swung from the Folsom penitentiary scaffold. After praying with Hev. Arch Perrin, of San Francisco, and Hev. A. C. Shep pard, tho prison chaplain, Oxnim fell into a peaceful sle Aiefore dawn. Awakened by his jailor lu tho dark line of death cells, the lud ate a nearty breakfast, ind asked for pen nud ink that he might write a letteer to his step mother and tho prison officials. The first letter, icrwled in large writ ten words declared he was at "peace with my tlod and ready to die." The (Continued on Page Five.) BATTLE STOI BURSTS AGAIN AROUND VERDUN Great Artillery Duel Begins This Morning Accompanied By Fierce Infantry Charges-British Get Busy and Capture 809 Yards of Trenches-field Marshal Von Mackenssn Reported to Have Taken Command-Germans Claim to Have Captured Douaumont London, March 3. Death reigns again at Verdun. A veritable storm of artillery fire before the great French fort and fierce infantry attacks before Fort Douaumont mark the resumption of attacks after a 48 hours of quietude. During the lull, f oeman and defender gathered their wounded and ministered to them, picked up their dead and gave them decent burial. An unconfirmed Stockholm report today said Field Marshal Von Mackensen, heretofore commanding the Germans in Serbia and Poland, has taken direct control of the western offensive and has joined the kaiser and crown prince. Cote Du Poivre the Pepper Heights is under heavy fire as are positions westward across the Meuse. On the northern end of the western front, the British, by a sudden thrust, re-captured 800 yards of trenches, causing critics to believe perhaps the English forces are endeavoring to draw some of the German fire by keeping the Teutons busy far from Verdun. Berlin admitted that operations and movement of can non had been hampered by the soggy condition of the Woevre plain and that the Germans had been unable to -iake progress in their drive from the east and southeast of Verdun. "But we are going forward again," declared a delayed Berlin report. - - How deadly has been the battle was gleaned m part today from a report of German correspondents who saw the struggle around Hill 344. "As our troops advanced," said one, "the heavy fire of distant French flanking batteries laid a checkerboard pattern of bursting shells upon the ground. We stormed through to the top of the hill, defying death. The worst was yet to come. The French now directed against the hill a concentric fire, and cut off the Germans for two days, leaving them without food supplies. Those heroes, however, beat off violent counter attacks and held the hill until a whole strip of the front was ours." z By Charles P. Stewart. (United Press staff correspondent.) London, March 3. Tho villago of Douaumont, four miles northeast of Verdun, around which a heavy battle iias raged for days is now in German hands. The llerlin official statement today claimed capture of the village alone with 1,000 prisoners, while Paris of ficially admitted that the enemy and reached the town. Berlin said its men. were now driving west and southwest from the village. The Paris admission said the Teutons bad pierced tho Douaumont lines after suffering "cruel losses, but declared the struggle for possession of the vil lage continues. Itepulsc of ntlacks east of the villago of Vaux wus claimed by the French. Tho Germans now are bombarding the region southeast of Verdun, while tho French fire across the Wonvro plain has prevented the Teutons from advancing. Verdun itself lins been under fire from German airmen. Mulencourt and Hnucourt, nine miles northwest of Ver dun, were bombarded over night with a sudden violent strength. Berlin admitted that the British had made gains around Yprcs on tho north ern end of the western battle line, but diil not indicate to what extent. CIo"io fighting has developed south of the La Hnssee canal, while a French attack in the Bolante wood, In tho Ar gonne region, wos repulsed. Germans Take Douaumont. Berlin, Mir. .1. German forces after nearly two weeks struggle have captur ed the village of Doiiniimont, north of the mighty Verdun fort, nt tho same time taking 1,000 prisoners, said to day s official statement. They now are advancing westward and southwestward from the villign. German aviators Imvo bombarded Verdun. Zeppelin, Brought Down. London, Mar. 3. A Zeppelin, evident ly hit by artillery fire, fell at Kzhejice on February 21, damaging a house and injuring IS children, according to Am sterdam report today. Another fell it Maisnault. Trench Admit It. Taris, March ,1. That tho Germans reached the village of Douaumont in a fierce struggle was officially admitted today. Patrol Boat Sunk. London, March 3. Though refusing full confirmation, the admiralty today indicated thnt a British patrol boat hnrl sunk the German submarine U-27, tho vessel that sank the liner Arabic. By William Philip Simrna. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Mar. 3. Renewal of the Ger man Attack against the Verdun forts convinced military experts here today that tho kaiser's offensive is tho "real thing." Its cost is ghastly. German dead lie strewn in the woods and on the hills, so that, from a dis tance, tho fields seem covered with a, strange gray-green growth. Not alone because of such sacrifice as this vision gives, but also because of the Gorman prepurutions and shell ing, critics believe the drive againsa Verdun is not a feint. They are sot unmindful, though, of tho possibility ot a audden thrust, in tho Champagne o nearer to Paris .ilong the Aisno. Witnesses of the struggle agree that the Verdun battle constitutes the heaT iest fig'nting of tho entire war. Th Germans are shooting many times more shells than the French did in the Sep tember offensive in the Champagne anil the flower of the Gcrmun troops is par ticipating. Despite his losses, the kaiser must strike with his m ixiinilm strength, it ts believed, or his prestige and morale will suffer. If ho succeeds in cap turing Verdun, the war will only bo pro longed; if it fails, he must realize that he i definitely beaten. Par'm calmly and confidently awuita tho outcome, believing that. in the fiaut turn of the battle wheel, success will rest with the tri color. After all those graft allegations; it is mifo to assume that Mayor Thomp son of Chicago will not bo the republi can "dark horse" wo are hcariag so much liout - - - 1 THE WEATHER : . Oregon: To night and Satur day rain west, rain or snow east portion; cooler interior south west portion to night; a oath westerly wind reaching gait force near tu const. I MM m t