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ft. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY V?v THIRTY-NINTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS &3&D5S P !P W mm SBTKI ifil ;J flflimff - . 9 V ; FHEICH-mim F (German Assaults Are Half- Hearted and Easily Beat ' - en Back LIVELY ARTILLERY DUE KEPT UP THROUGH NIGHT British Take Parcel Post from Danish Steamer-80 Ships Sunk In March Berlin, April 14. Attempted French attacks on tho west bauk of the Mouse li ive been repulsed, it was officially announced today. Otherwise there was jio change in tiie situation at Verdun. On the eastern front Germans heavily defeated Hiissinn attacks northwest of Jivinsk, south of Narocz lake and north of Zirin. Gorman Attacks Weak. Paris, April 14. A weak Herman at tack south of Pouniiinoiit was complete ly repulsed during the iliglit, the French official communique announced today. The Germans bombarded Hill 304 violently but failed to emerge from their trenches for the expected a;sault ft tint point. South of llaudromont and south of Molninville there was a licely artillery duel. Claim Turks Beaten. London, April 14! British attempt ing' to relieve General Towushed's be sieged garrison at Kut-el-Amara se verely defeated tho Turks, it was an nounced here today. Generil Lake re ported lie drove the sultan's troops back on the south bank of trie Tigris river from one half to three miles. British Rob Vessel. Christinnin, April 14. British author ities halted the Danish steamer United Mates en route to Scandinavia and re icoved 1,00(1 bags of parcel post ind fl(',OO0 boxes of California fruit, it was lea rued. Eighty Sunk in March. Berlin, April 14. Eighty enemy mer chantmen with a total tonnage of 207, (iiMl were sunk bv submarines and mines during the month of March, it was an nounced officially today. Frnaco Sends Evidence. Washington, April 14. France today sent the state department a report oil t!:e channel packet Sussex explosion, in which the commander of a captured si'limarine was quoted as naming the crew of another which he said atticked llie. Sussex. Rumor of Attack by Carranzistas Denied i.os Angeles, Col, April 14. K. ' G,,nzalest Mexican de facto government consul here, officially denied reports published here today that all Carranza forces would strike at the American army in Mexico Sunday morning. The reports were alleged to have been given out by an American in the em ploy of the Carranza government here. there are no Americans m the cm- pi. iv of the Mexican government here.'' f.. I.... iii-i s . 7 . Mm iT'iii.mcs. inese regions fiction." The story was published here today that General Obregun had jockeyed hi troops into a favorable position for n descent upon the American lines of communication, which would he made Sunday morning. ABE MARTIN One half th' world Jon't ktiow how 1h' other half dodges taxes. NothinV bid as it's painted by au amateur artist. ONWEST BANKO MEUSE REPULSED Germany & Mexico Ket rket Stagnant New York, A, i .The New Yorl Evening bun's. ial review today said: - In view of theTdisturbing character of the .Mexican anil German news the market rendered a good account of it self in the early trading. There was liquidation at the outset and prices de clined, but the heaviest losses were con fined to industrial specialties and war stocks which figured in recent pool ac tivities. The list as a whole strongly resisted the reactionary forces. Re covcries in sonio were not fully main tained and following the iuitiui break, nnd later movements were irregular but the general tone was stronger than might have been expected in the circum stances. There was little evidence of public buying but this was not surprising in view of the overshadowing uncertain ties. Activity decreased after the first hour anil the market lapsed into dull ness awaiting definite news of the cab inet meeting. The weight of banking opinion is in clined to the theory that a severance of diplomatic relations with Germany is inevitable. The action may be defer red, however, it is believed, pending Germany's receipt of America's final note. Anyhow, the matter will be tak en before congress before any definite steps are taken. The recovery continued in the late trading nnd was pronounced iu indus trial specialties with crucible steel lead ing. This was attributed to short cov ering. Feared She Was Deceived by Mock Wedding and is Vic tim of White Slavers Sail Francisco, April 11. With San Franci-seo police taking part in the hunt for Borniee Median, aged 20. Fresno beauty, whose mysterious disappearance has prostrated her mother, detectives at various points watched trains today for trace of tho girl, now reported travel ing west. She vanished several days ago after leaving Home ostensibly tor the purpose of marriage. She told, her father and mother that the prospective bride groom's mother was ill and that the ceremony would be very quiet. Return ing home later, she exhibited a mar riage certificate and said the event had occurred at St. John's church here. Then she left, saying she was going to Chicago with her husband's 'family. Nothing has been heard from her since except a telegram dated Colorado Springs, stating her husband was killed there iu an accident. Bernard T. Meo han, wealthy father of the missing girl, communicntod with the Colorado Springs police and they told him there had been no fatal accident there. In subsequent messages they informed him a woman supposed to be his daughter hail boarded a liio Grande train for the west. Inquiry at St. Johns church here brought the rector a denial that Miss Meehan had been married there. Now it is believed the wedding certificate she exhibited was a false one, and her father fears she may have been made the victim of a mock ceremony and ensnared bv white slavers. Would Have Gasoline Prices Regulated T.os Angeles, Oil., April 14. A reso lution was presented to city council here today u ruing that the leuisliture declared gasoline a public utility, un der regulation of the railroad commis sion. The resolution, which was referred to the welfare committee read iu part: "IV it resolved that by the council of the city of I.os Angeles that the; state legislature should be asked to declare gisnline n public utility, and be, regulated by the railroad commission. ' ' j Scvernl i-iv!,' jirtimiiyntinns linrn tinv-p approved the movement and Mavor So-j Indian will call a mass meeting Mon-j day to discuss the high price of gaso-i line. I Bomb Plotters Confess; Implicate Higher-Ups New York. April 14. Confessions ob-1 taiued by secret service agents f mm Carl Schmidt, Cnrl Pnradis and Fred-! erick Prnedel, arrested in connection! with the investigation of aatibonibs plots resulted jn a search today forj more than a score of men. whom, it is believed actually placed fire bombs on I merchant ships. I Schmidt, Parndis nnd Prnedel were! engineer of the interned German !imr Friedrich Per Grosse. Their alleged t confession, police declare, said that ring lenders of the plot were so anxious to be j sure the bombs wero properly placed that they often assigned three men to the task of putting infernal machines on one ship. I GERMANY LAST SEE AMERICA I TIREOJDF DELAYS Is Forwarding All Availahle Material Concerning Sussex Affair HER OWN EVIDENCE IS AGAINST HER POSITION Has Dodged the Issue and Be fogged It, But Must Now Act Fairly By Carl W. Ackerman. (Fluted Press staff correspondent. ) Berlin, April 14. Germany is for warding to the Fnited States all avail able evidence tending to throw light on the channel packet Sussex explosion. The foreign office last Tuesday hand ed Ambassador Gerard two pencil sketches of the vessel torpedoed near where the Sussex was damaged These sketches were made bv officers of the submarine. Gerard was also given the London Graphic's photograph of the Sussex, showing it to be entirely dif- I fereut from the steamer which the U- boat attacked. ' Germans believe that President Wil son will not act until he receives these drawM.es. Newspaper! here applaud the latest Teuton note and express renewed hope of a satisfactory settlement. Count Reventlow alone is irritated at till IK'W issi c. '' mirica," he says, "thinks it is an no.tni:e tir.e to drum up a fire of note? at Birlin every time an enemy ship is dest toyed in northern European waters. ? restrict ourselves in com ment." Bushing Its Evidence. New York, April 14. Mail pouches containing the reports of American em bassy &r inches at Paris and London on the steamer Sussex disaster, and affi davits from Americans aboard the Sus sex when it was damaged by an explo sion, arr'ved here today on .the liner St. Paul and were immediately rushed to Washington. Edwin Huxley, first American sur vivor of the Sussex disaster, to get home, arrived on the St. Paul. He ridi culed the German statement that anoth er ship, not the Sussex, was torpedoed near it at nlmost the same moment the terrific explosion killed many aboard the channel packet. "We were afloat nine hours after the explosion," said Huxley. "During that time we saw no other ship. It seems that if there had been 'such a vessel near us we would have heard her wire less.' ' One Armed Man Is Handy With His Knife Needles. On I., April 14. Charles Holmes, iged -S, wealthy mining man, is mortally wounded here to-lay and a posse is scouring the desert east of here l'or a mysterious one-armed stranger who fought a knife duel with Holmes. According to the story related by Holmes, he ordered the one-untied stranger from Ins tungsten claim near Atolia several days ago. He declirel the stranger had attempted to "jump'' his claim. This morning the two men met on the street here. Following a heated ar gument the stranger whipped out a large knife and attacked Holmes. The latter Attempted to defend himself with a pocket knife. When Holmes fell, stubbed in the chest, and cut about the head and lace, 1 be one-armed assailant leaped on his horse and fled toward tho desert. A sheriff's posse is tracking him. TO MEET CANDIDATE. T.os Angeles, Cal., April 14. One thousand members of the Bos Angeles realty board and guests will entertain former Senator Theodore Burton on his arrival, at a luncheon here tomorrow. The trio confessed that during one year they manufactured about JMu bombs. King leaders considered that 10 or 12 of these devices on each ship was about tho right number. Their fig ures tally roughly with police estimates that .'HI fires on allied merchant ships were caused by the ring's activities. The bomb makers said they received 14 a week for the work. The authorities are tracing account kept by Walter T. Scheclo, president of the New Jersey Agricultural and Chem ical company of Hoboken, seeking a clew to the identity of "higher ups." It is alleged that Schecle ' company wn instrumental in placing acid in the infernal machines. WITHDRAW OR INTERVENE 1 Washington, April 14. "The question in Mexico is whether we have accomplished all we can," said Senator Stone today, after a conference with Secre- tary Lansing. "I believe we have. There are enly two ways left open withdrawal or in- tervention. ,f "How long axe we going to keep the army in Mexico? How long would we allow a foreign country to maintain an army In America? Not very long, I would say. I have never thought and do not think now that we can capture Villa. I have al- ways thought wo would have to withdraw without captuiong him. "I endorse sendng the troops in. But it all reverts to a ques- tion of how long we should keep them there. If America con- trolled Mexico, Villa's capture would be certain, but we are operating in a foreign country. "We could suppress any bri- gandage in our own country, but we're on foreign soli. Con- gress can do nothing until Presi- dent Wilson and the cabinet act " Of course, I can't prevent de- bate. Sometimes I wish I could." "I am convinced that we can- not capture Villa with the start . he has," asserted Stone. "He is in a friendly country and knows every foot of it, while our boys are not familiar with the terri- tory. We can disperse his bands but it is like scattering a bunch of quail they whistle back and forth and are soon together again." There was a possibility that debate in the senate would be cut off when it unanimously re- sumed discussion of the army bill. Leaders agreed to keep their hands off until a situation demanding congressional action arises. Senator Smith, of Arizona, called at the state department today. Upon leaving he indl- cated that he was opposed to the withdrawal of troops from Mexico uutil Villa is captured and the safety of the southern border assured. Course of Action Is Decided Upon By Robert J. Bender, (I'nited Press staff correspondent.) Washington, April 14. President Wilson's final word iu the submarine controversy with Germany is embodied in a note the cnbiner ratified today. It was reported that the note noti fies Germany another submarine dis aster jeopardizing Americans will mean severance of diplomatic relations. No. hint as to its exact conteurts could be obtained at the White House. It was stated that Germany would be informed of President Wilson's decision 'within n day or two. The communication f.t sharp, concise and permits of no dickering nor of unv extemied negotiations. It is understood it touches nut only the Sussex ease but also presents proof of repeated viola tions ot German assurances. The note is said to request not only punishment for of fending submarine commanders, but to demand assurances of a changed submarine policy wliicl will remove the possinllity of a repeti tion of the incidents which brought the nations dangerously near to a break. A tentative draft of the communica tion will be presented to the house nnd senate foreign committees before Secretary Lansing shupes it into n formal message. This may possibly re sult iu slight changes in its text. By Robert J. Bender. (I.'nited Press staff correspondent.) Washington, April 14. President Wilson has decided on the course of ac tion to be taken by this government toward Germany and announcement of it will be made within the next 24 hours. This statement was made by n high official just before today V cabinet meeting. He would not comment on what form the I'nited States government's action would take, but it is deemed certain that the president will demand un im mediate show down without equivoca tion on the submarine issue. He is s to be determined that the I'nited Stnles shall have satisfaction even at the cos' of severance of diplomatic relations with ISorlin. It wns stated the executive had all the facts necessary to set fort' his position and that there would no further delay. Administration members refuse to se riously consider German contentions in the kaiser's reply to American inquir ies about the Sussex. They even ex pressed amusement at the "naivette" of Foreign Minister Von Jagow, who supposedly penned the answer, A I'nited States dispatch stnling that Germany wns sending post haste to this government the submarine com mander's sketch of the vJsel he snii' was torpedoed nenr where the Sus"ex explosion occurred led to the opinion here thut such a picture would be value less One official suggested that the I'-bnnt commander was so busy sketch ing while submerged that he might ess lly have erred as to the nnpearanre of the ship he wan about to destroy. MRS. HOWARD BURIED. Chicago, April 14. Mrs. Joseph Howard, who committed suicide iu Omaha a few dnys ago, was buried here today.' CAHRAfuA S SOLDIERS TAKE pParral, Where Fight Occurred, Is Strongly In Favor of Bandits STRONGEST SENTIMENT IS HATRED OF GRINGOES Claim Made That 150 Cavalry men Entering Town Was Cause of Trouble By E. T. Conkle. (I'nited Press Staff Correspondent.) El Pnso, Texas, April 14. I'nited States troops at Parrel ure facing a critical situation, it was reported to day, uttieiul .Mexican accounts ot the fight there said a baud of supposed Villistas defeated by Americans at Troya on Monday retreated toward Par ral. The American ' cavalry pursued them, but found a strong sentiment against "gringoes at Parral. Tho clash on Wednesday followed. It was also reported that forces of Villistas or independent bandits were between the advanced American guards and the base of operations at San An tonio, .Mexico. A party of 200 attacked a cattle train three miles from Parral. This organization may have been among (ne Mexicans that fought Ameri cans in the streets of P.irral. Other bandits in that vicinity defeat ed the Cnrranzn garrison at Pilar De Cochos, driving them back into Parral. The de facto troops at Del Valle were also beaten bv Guerrili horsemen. If the Carranza garrison at Parral joined these Villistas or independents and fought against the Americans the situation, it is believed, will become critical. . ' ' Whether Cnrrnnzistl soldiers partici pated iu the attack on Americans at I'nriVl is the most important question. The Mexican account posted at Juarez stated that civilians att icked American troops who entered the city through a mistake. Jt failed to mention Mexican casualties, evidently fearing thut such an announcement would cause more ill feeling iu the Juarez garrison which is alreidy reported to be strongly anti American, Other reports, however, snid that tho constitutionalist officers could not eon trol their men, and that soldiers partici pated in the attack. The fact that the mayor of J'nrrul is the father of General liiiis Ilerrera is considered significant. General Ilerrera is still regarded as the leader of an anti-American element in I the Carranzistu army despite his cor dill meeting with General Pershing rci eently. .lames Lord, a prominent mining man of Sonorn, predicted today that the news of Carninzn V request l'or Ameri can withdrawal would be spread to ev ery hamlet nnd that massacres of nany white inhabitants as well as of Ameri can soldiers might be expected. Say Fighting Continues. San Antonio, Texas, April 14. Army headquarters today anxiously nwiited Itngadier General John J. Pershing report with regard to the fight engaged j in by loO American soldiers who werej attacked by Mexicans at Parrall. Thej latest Mexicm reports indicated that i the fighting continues, with the mob, greatly outnumbering the Americans. I In a second outburst of hute againstj the "gringoes," many Mexicans were, reported to have been killed. It was said that the cavalry turned a battery of in ichiuc guns on the mob. i Some 1'eared that unorgunizcil ban- Oils might have cut off a detachment1 separated from the main column audi prevented the news from reaching' Pershing. It was believed that a force) thus surrounded might possibly facoj serious casu illy fighting its way out. Ilendipiarteis were inclined to re-i ganl the Parral incident as a hysterical! outbreak of Mexicans not familiar with1 the tread of events in their own couii-j try. Parral had been n Villisti strong-, (Continued on Page Seven.) I PART III ATTACK Carranza's Request Halts Further Advance of Army Columbus, X. M., April 1 (.General Carranza's request that Ameiiian forces withdraw from Mexico today halted the forward drive of the expedi tion. Smaller columns and detachments were consolidating as rapidly as pos sible. I'ntil definite action is taken on the request the American lines of com munication and sulihlv will not be ex tended farther it was learned. A few small bodies of scouts and cav alry with aeroplanes are prssibly keep ing in touch with Villa s progresn through Durango, but information here emphasized reports thut a change in the Imposition of troops had been made since Carranza's request was made pub Trying to Force Hushes ' Name On the Ballot . Portland, Ore., April 14. Supporters of Hughes for the republican presi dential nomination declared today that tney will attempt to file a petition with Secretary of State Oleott in Salem tomorrow, demanding .-flint Hughes' name ue put on the primary ballots in Oregon. Secretary Olcott already has stated that he will refuse to put the name on the ballot because Hughes personally requested that his name bo left out. Hughes' friends then pronose to ask the supreme court for a writ of man damus against Olcott, compelling him to list their man as a presidential candi date. KEPT HIS PROMISE Fresno. Cal., April 14. Mrs. Walter hngelysh objected to her husband look ing at other wrfmen, so he agreed not to open his eyes until he could not see the image of other women before them. He held them shut nine mouths and is now blind. ' IGNORANCE SAVED LIFE I.os Angeles, Cal., April 14. Joseph K. Wiles' ignorance of the' location of his vital region, prevented him today from committing suicide, despite the tact that he stabbed himself So times. He used a pocket knife. Js a Progressive and Will Continue To Be Until Parties Can Unite San Francisco, April It. "I look forward to the possibility, not remote. of both republican and progressive par ties selecting the same leader at thuir national conventions in June. "I nm a registered progressive and slull continue to be a progressive un tJ that party shall cease to exist or un til thorn snail be what, every man who follows passing events looks forward to, joint nction upon common grounds by tho progressive and republican parties at their conventions in June." This is the answer of Governor Hi ram Johnson to a letter sent him by the Pnited republicans Asking for an ex pression of his views on united action by the progressive and republican par ties. I'nless the difficulties existing in the past be healed, says the governor, the liHli selection will have tiie same result as that of 11)12. The secret of tho suc cessful joint action of republican and progressive parties at the conventions in June says Johnson, is the selection of x candidate who will carry on pro gressive work and not be reactionary. !)( I TODAY'S BALL SCORES National. li. H. K. Chicago ;i 4 l Cincinnati 4 7 1 Hendrix and Archer; .Schneider and Clark. II. H. K Pittsburg :t r, 2 St. I.ouis 5 7 2 Harmon and Schmidt; Jasper and Snyder. Miller replaced Harmon. American. Jt. II. K Detroit 2 i) 2 Chicago 7 0 1 Cunningham nnd Slnnage; Faber nnd Schulk. All other games called on account of rain. DOROTHY DIVED IN AND OUT Sun Francisco, April 14. In 1909 Mrs. Dorothy Walling, professional div er, dove into the sea of matrimony with Clarence II. Walling, mechanic (if the battleship Oregon. Kxtreme cruel ty cooled the witors and today she splashed nut again when Superior Judge Iternard J. Flood granted her a di vorce. lic, and since the fight tit Parral. New and important troop movements are in progress. Strategic points along the lines of communication arc being rein forced. Aeroplanes and aviators now in Col umbus will be used here in view of the need for watching movements ot Car ranzistas near the border. The only news from Pnrrnl told of a brief exchange of shots between t' garrison nnd Americans. Later the Mexican commander apologized. There was no casualties. A significant order was given to the troops here last night. They wore or dered to sleep with their clothes on, be side the stacked rifles DOES IfSIIII WILSON HIiEIID LL 1 ARfJi Address at Jefferson Day Banquet Intimates He May Do This "HAVE YOU THE COURAGE T0C0ME0UTHEASXED Failure to Withdraw With Honor from Mexico Means Intervention Washington, April 14. American troops will remain in Mexico for the present at least. The cabinet at its session today determined not to change its policy. This mcuns the hunt for Villa will proceed. After the cabinet session it was stat ed that Cnrranzn 's request for with drawal of American forcos had not been answered. Consul Bodgers in Mex ico City has not been instructed to trent with Carranza toward an amicable settlement. The cabinet members failed to indicate when they intended to reply to the request. No light on President Wilson s stana during tho cabinet meeting was ob tuinalile. Lack of definite information on events led Carranza yesterday to wire a renewal of his request that the Amer icans withdraw and this prevented the cabinet from deciding on its future courso. But for the present, it was made clear that there would be nu change. The cabinet members unanim ously decided to gather all the facts, before attempting finul action. By Lowell Mellett. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, April 14. Momentarily forgetting the threatened brcuk with Germany, official Washington sought an answer today to these questions: "What were the facts at PnrrM. where American soldiers fought Mexi cans with the loirs of an American lifct" "What will President Wilson do?" It was hoped that a reply to the 'first quostion would be found in Brigadier General John J. Pershing's dispatches, supplementing the reports from ('arran- zista sources. The cabinet wns expected to answer tho sdfond inquiry. There was reason to believe the president would meet his advisers with his nirnd made up that withdrawal of United States soldiers from Mexico is essential to the humani tarian purpose for which they entered. President Wilson lust niirht turned lira Jefferson day address to demo cratic lenders into u challenge, asking; in effect: "Have you the courugo to come out?" His words puzzled the banqueters. If tho president's statements meant that he proposed a withdrnwul ot troops it was indicated that such a move would meet opposition in his own party. President Wilson is knowu to belicvo that intervention will undo bis thren years' work iu which ho sought to allow tho Mexicans to save themselves, fl feels that failure to find a means whereby the American columns muy withilraw with honor from Arexico means intervention. President Wilson recognizes that a fight in his own ranks may develop, it is believed, as he told the banqueters: "I um not interested in personal ambi tions. 1 am not enthusiastic over mem party success." While the trouble nt.Purrul temporar ily overshadowed the task o'i catching Francisco Villa, arm., men indicated a fear that the bandit had escaped and that only with Carranza 'a co operation could the, Ainericnas hope to overtake him. Secretary of War Baker would not comment with regaiil to the request for withdrawal of American troops. He said that tieneral Funstou had been given a free hand to control the Parral situa tion. Baker's understanding i thut there is no objection to the passage of troops through towns on the line of innrch, though the soldiers have been ordered not to occupy any settlements. It is likely that Consul Itodgers wilt confer with Carrunza in Mexico City. Although Secretary Baker would not verify the report, it was learned Gen eral Funston had asked for additional troops nnd had suggested that the main -supply base be established at Ojinaga. IT THE WEATHER : Oregon: To night and Satur ! a y showers cast, probably showers wmt portion;, suoler tonight; wind. meetly westerly.