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0(1 CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY FULL LEASED f LA -fX V WIRE DISPATCHES iJj j U p . y SKf THIRTY-NINTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1916 nnirip rmvn fTlUTQ 0N TRAINS AND NEWS PKICL TWO LLWlO PTANR3 FIVE CBNT9 AIM J WW Mi Wit i 1 I II Fi 1 1 i 1 II liil r" w dmimictqat nu HUH T Scott and Funston Instructed i Not to Consider General Obregon's Demand CARRANZISTAS MUST . CO-OPERATE WITH ARMY Tiilistas Burned Property of American Mormon Colony at Chuiclmpa By Carl D. Grout. (raited Press stuff correi .ondent.) Washington, May 1. Tie administra tion does not intend to heed General .Mvnrn Obregon's suggestion that the American expedition withdraw from Mexico. Scott and Funston have again been , ii'Structed not to treat with Obregon .looking toward a withdrawal of Amer icans. Instead, Scott must again express the need of having Cnrranzistas co operate with the expedition. War Secretary Baker called on Presi dent Wilson following the receipt of Scott's request for more explicit in nfruetions as to how far to go in the next conference. Baker must have re ceived the instructions quickly, ns his '(inference with Wilson lasted only 10 oi': notes. ' Carranzistas Are ?. ?. ?. ?T , By E. T. ConXtc. fruited Press staff correspondent.) Kl Paso, Texas, la, General Funs ton stated that there would probably be no session of the Obregon-Seott confer ence todav. mCJfm'HUoTr of- withdrawing the American expedition froia. Mexico, upon which depends peace or war with the de fucto government, was tip to President Wilson today. A rapid fire excli.-.nge of telegram between Secretary of War Pealter anil Generals Hugh iScott and Fred Funs Ion today indicated that the adminis tration had not yet fullly decided on its policy. Major Sample, in command at ('(ilumbus, was ordered to obtain lien oral Pershing's opinion on the Carran .'1a demand for an immediate with diawal. General Scott was said to be lake warm on the issue before his confer en.'O with Guteral Alvaro Obregon, Car rniigista war minister. Funston is said to be strongly opposed to yielding to Hie demands. Both, however, put the decision squarely up to Washington. tt was reported that Baker asked the Americans how a withdrawal would af fect the bolder region and Mexico it-ai-if. They replied with a long code message which it is understood contain ed the opinion that a withdrawal would undoubtedly lend to new border raids. If Scott and Funston are instructed from Washington in time a second con ference may be held with Obregon to dny. Washington's reply is not expect . ed to be a peremptory refusal of the ! Mexican demand Further conferences ate anticipated. It is also assumed from President Wilson's previous statements ( that the army would be withdrawn i'i its continued existence in Mexico meant wii r. Pro-intervention interests here gave Scott documents to show that the Cur- rnnzistas would not co-operate to police t'io border, but that they themselves looting American 'property in ico. W. H. Staler, general manager 'ie Xntionnl Mines and Smeller com- s ABE MARTIN ;i r , I rwf" J. lilt ,l VrW I hain't got no faith in ro eeroplt.ie "t 'tid when it comes t' ketchin' Vih how kin aviator tell '- ji ,'..r " Mexican liatf" said ole 17 p,, ' day. Miss Tawncv Apple ho.n't V '''d whether she'll spend i,..r nmivv " h. r feet or her head this Kpri-ig. iiiiiuiiini iuii MIL I ORDER I ID I 4 wrote to Scott alleging that Car istas took all American ammunition ' '. his company's employes at Magis- and afterward looted the property. e newspapers correspondents re w :d from General Pershing's head ' -T. 'ers because they understood that I J, c operations on tne Mexicaa front ' over. This revived rumors that I ' xpedition would withdraw within a i li or two. ueral Funston dropped a significant i 5? rk when he was told that three i !1 paper correspondents had returned f Mexico because they thought there i.uuid be no more big events there. "I think they are mistaken," he said. Scott and Funston worked all night on code messages to Washington and to General Pershing. Funston stated that instructions from Washington received last night were not clear in several par ticulars. At (1 a. m. today the American envoys asked Washington to amplify its direc tions. The answer is not anticipated in time for the conference with Obre gon t oday. "It is my personal opinion," said Funston, "that there will be but one more conference with Obregon and that it will be brief." Gather Supplies on Border. Columbus, N. M., .way 1. Large re serve supplies or rations and forage are being piled along the lines of communi cation for the American expedition in Mexico. The quartermaster's depart ment was most active today and Sun day, dispatching an unusual number oT motor trains. Fresh cavalry forces are marching rapidly along the eommuuici Hons southward, according to driver? of incoming trucks. However, 1,000 in fantrymen scheduled to leave Dubliin were held there, the change in plans be ing attributed to developments at the Kl Paso conference between General Scott and Ge.icral Obregon. The Columbus telegraph office opened suddenly during the night for transmis sion of important messages from Scott to General Pershing. Vtllistas Barn Out Mormons. Fl Paso, Texas, May 1. Villistaa have burned the American Mormon col only at Chuichupa, 25 miles northeast of Madera, the colony's care taker re ported on his arrival here today. The attack occurred last week, he said. Two hundred American families deserted their homes more than a month ago, fearing Villista outrages. lERf Nine Crowd In Small Boat Despite Warnings and Four of Them Are Lost San Bernadino, Gal., M iv 1. Four men were drowned in Little Bear lake in the mountains east of here at 7 o'clock n. m. today. Five others were rescued. A rowboaT from which tuc party planned to fish for trout, cap sized. The dead: Dr. C. K. Trunipower, Long Bench. Benjamin M. Hipp, Long Beach. Harry Thorpe, Los Angeles. Newton Wen mo, Los Angeles. The party including nine men left the shore in a small rowboat for a raft in the middle of the lake from which they Jilauned to cntch trout. Before the boat put off, several by standers warned them of1 overcrowd ing. In the middle of the lake one of tiie party attempted to shift his position. The boat overturned. The men strug gled for some minutes in the icy w iter for a Hold on the overturned boat. Scores of i'ishemen watched helpless from the shore, there being only two or three boats on the lake. Several at tempted to reach the spot where the men were struggling, by straddling logs ami pailclling witn lioiinls. A rowboat was t'innlly secured from the upper end of the lake and one man put out in it. lir. Trunipower struggled for some moments, trying to reach the overturn ed boat to which his homr.ides were clinging. A heavy overcoat and other eiorning throttled ins ettorts and he disappeared Ironi sight before two others could renca him. Sheriff McMinn, in a large autonio- one left here as soon as tie news uf the accident was telephoned, with first aid equipment and tackle for drugging ine nine. The like is 200 feet deep at the spot where the four men sank. The names of the rescued nave not been learned. Two Babies Drowned One Falls From Bridge Los Angeles, ( al., May 1. Two ba bies have been drowned here within the past L'l 'nours. Mrs. Samuel Penrliu, almost frantic, searching the vicinity of llollenbeck park for her two year old son, was hailed by two boys in i boat a hundred I'eet from the shore. They had found the babe's body. It had follen .10 feet from a bridge spanning the lake. Xo one witnessed the accident. Mrs. George llryan, Graham Station, near here, away from her home a few minutes, left her fourteen mnnt'.n old son in care of n neighbor. Shortly afterward the b.iby disappeared. It was found dead in a wash tub. SALEM DISTRICT PRUNE POOLTQ BE T About 1500 Acres Represent ed, Making It Largest Ever Formed In County CALIFORNIA YIELD IS PLACED AT 65 PER CENT Prices Above Average Out look For All Oregon Fruits Is Unusually Good The Salem district prune pool will be closed tonight with about 1,500 acres signed up by nearly 200 growers, ac cording to the announcement of Man ager Robert C. Paulus, of the Salem Fruit union. There were 1,200 acres in the pool Saturday night nnd numerous growers were phoning to the fruit union officers today to give their acreage and ask that they be signed up with the other growers in the pool. The prune pool is tho largest pool handled by the Salem Fruit union and this year will have signed up nbout 1,500 acres out of the 2,500 in the Salem district which comprises Marion and parts of Tolk counties. As to the outlook for yield little can be said at this time as in most of the fruit sections of the district the trees are only now shedding their blossoms and it will be a. week or 10 days before any accurate estimate of the yield can be made. The pear crop will be short according to the best information in the hands of the fruit growers and the cher ry crop is uncertain. There Is n large acreage of cherries in benring this year and the fruit has set on well but many uncertain conditions of the weather have tu be met by the growers. The prune acreage in the Salem dis trict has increased from 10 to 1.1 per cent over last year but this will not decrease the price according to the Cali fornia reports, as the southern state ex pects bwut nbout 05 per cent of last year's yield. The outlook for prunes, both in quality nnd price is the best for years in Oregon according to Manager rniilus and outside of the apple pros pects the Oregon fruit growers appear to be facing a prosperous year. The following report of conditions in California whiclftiave a large influence upon Oregon fr.uit prices has been re ceived from the Prune and Apricot Growers' Information Bureau of Cali fornia and the reports relating to prunes arc given in full: Reports from practically all sections of the state indicate a very light crop. It is still early to make an accurato estimate, but we are led to believe that the IStlfl prune crop will not be in excess of 05 per cent of last year's crop esti muted at 170,000,000 ninds, nnd that it will probably run considerably less than that. Indeed, the statement is freely made in some quarters, that the. com ing crop will be the lightest since 1910 when 75,000.000 pounds were produced. In 19111, 90,000,000 pounds were pro duced, no according to these authorities the 1910 output will be between 75 nnd 90.000,000 pounds. One Snn Jose pack er has estimated the IPlfi crop In the Santa Clara valley at S., 000,000 pounds. On the other hand another packer places the output of this district at 05,000,000 CLOSED T III GH CIRCULATION FIGURES THAT ARE EXACT; PROVE THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL'S POPULARITY j; Following is the correct Capital Journal of Salem, Total Average daily circulation for the 25 days of publication during the month of April, 1916 CHAS. H. FISHER, Publisher. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of May, 1916. op.,x . . DORA C. ANDRESEN, oedi; Notary Public for Oregon. This circulation statement is printed because the publishers of the Capital t Journal believe that businessmen have a right to know wnen mey ouy advertising space in a newspaper, we mane no circulation claims simply a statement of circulation facts, which any advertiser is at liberty to in vestigate for himself. Our mailing lists, carrier lists and press run figures are at his service. We have no circulation secrets because we have no cause to be ashamed of our subscription list, and no good reason for misrepresenting it in any respect. The Capital Journal believes that it has by far the largest circulation of any newspaper attempting to cover this field and it is a legitimate subscription not padded by fake voting contests or wholesale distribution of premiums. Further more, 95 per cent of this circulation is in Marion and Polk counties, directly tribu tary to the City of Salem; -- fr44 pounds. In any event the outside dis tricts are probably considerably lighter than the Santa Clara district. The esti mated crop percentages from the va rious producing districts are as follows: Chico, 2.1 per cent; Colusa, 50 per cent; Napa, 40 per cent; Sonoma, 30 per cent; Solano, 50 per cent; Yolo, 50 per cent; Santa Clara, 50 per cent; Tulare, 90 per cent; Sau Benito, 50 per cent. Market: Since our last letter the prices for both spot and future goods have risen materially. As much as 5 1-2 cents has been offered for spot goods in Santa Clara county. During the past six weeks there has been a good movement in the old crop at prices ranging from .1 3 4 to 5 1-2 cents. The bulk of the 1915 prunes are now in the hands of the holders who expect to realize a C cent basis or better. The increase in the spot I prune price is mainly due, according to tho New York Journal of. Commerce, "to a marked increase in the consum ing demand." The market for the 1916 crop is in very good shape from the growers' viewpoint. There is a large short inter est still uncovered, as much ns, perhaps, 20,000,000 pounds or 20 per cent of the entire crop. Sales to dnte, in California by growers to packers, have not been in excess of 2,000 tons, and most of these sales have been on a 5 cent bailis or better As much as 6 cents has been of fered in at least one instance although this was a special case. The Bureau believes that there is no reason why any grower should sell his 1910 crop for less than 5 1-2 cents. ICIDE Temporarily Crazed by Pain Aged Man Shoots Himself at His Home Near Town While suffering from an iutense pain in the stomach and temporarily out of his mind, John Marnach, aged W2 years, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver this morning at 9 o'clock at his home four miles south of the city. Vesterdav Le was in his usual good health and attended church in the city. About ten o'clock last night he com- I Tibiined of severe nains in the stomach. I He was attended by a doctor this morn ing at U o'clock, but his intense suffer ing was not relieved. His wife had stepped out of the room for a moment, when he secured the revolver and ended his life. As yet no funeral arrangements have been made. Besides the widow, he is survived by six son..anr one daughter. Mrs. Anna Miller of Portland, Joe Marnach of Ulds, Alberta; Jienry jiarnaca oi Brooks, Alberta: Paul Marnach of Sal em, John and Alex Marnach of Port land; and Peter Marnach of Madras, Oregon. He came to Oreiron in 1SS2, direct from Belgium, Alaska Is For Hushes j Cold Comfort for Teddy J Seattle, Wash., May 1. William A. jGilmore, former mayor of Nome and jone of Alaska's two delcgites to the republican national convention in Chi cago, who is now in Seattle, said to day that Alaska republicans are 4'or Hughes. ns a candidate for president. He said that X resolution asking that I delegates be instructed for Hoosevclt was voted down nt the territorial con vention. "Hughes is the only man that can 'unite all the factions of the party and Gibmirc. statement of the actual Oregon: 4 II ED IS THING OF PAST iT All Dublin Leaders Now Pris onersLeader Pearse Asks Followers to Quit 200 KILLED OR WOUNDED DAMAGE IS $10,000,000 Desultory Sniping May Con tinue for Some Days, But Uprising Is Dead London, May 1. All Dublin rebel commanders have surrendered it was of ficially announced today. Large forces of rebels at Enniscorthy, 80 miles south of Dublin, surrender after a truce lusting a day and a half according to dispatches received in Lon don today. Several isolated detach ments are still holding out, but the back of the Irish rebellion has been broken. Skirmishes continued in Dublin on Sunday, but there was little fighting in the heart of the city. Afore than 1,200 rebels have been made prisoners. It is estimated that 200 thave been killed and wounded nnd $10,000,000 dnmage done property during the seven days of disorders. Proclamations were posted in Dublin yesterday announcing that Tearse, the rebel leader, had asked his followers to surrender. Irish snipers wounded the men posting these placards. Soon, how ever, groups of rebels surrounded in the business section of the city signaled for a truce. Presently several bands surrendered. Sniping in.the outskirts of Dublin may continue for days while troops round up tho scattered rebels block by Hoc It. There is no intimation of what pun ishment may be given rebel prisoners, Mic. Hiding the Countess MarkiociO'.. Troops in Full Possession. By .Wilbur S. Forrest. (Tinted Press staf correspondent.) Dublin, May 1. Irish rebels holding St. Stephens Green surrendered Inst night. About 410 insurgents, entrench ed in the central part of the city, also laid down their arms nt the foot of the I arnell monument. British troops occupy the Four Courts. The last portion of the downtown rebels hnve surrendered and soldiers nre sys tematically canvassing the city, search ing for arms nnd ammunition and ar resting suspects where rebel unifurms are found. Hie center of Dublin recalls Sun Frr.ncisco n'fter the fire. Fine build ings are tumbled into ruins nnd black ened by smoke. Gaunt, bullet scarred walls are swaying in the wind, pierced by shells and ready to topple. Soldiers' rations nre being fed to the populace. Long lilies of destitute have formed at the food depots, the poorer women and children with hunger pinched faces standing beside wealthy residents who entreat authorities to recover their au tomobiles which the rebels commanrleer cd when the riot began. Each applicant receives n portion of codfish nnd canned ment. Two soldiers accompany each citizen to his home and senrch the premises. Peter Pearse and James Connolly, circulation of the Daily 42SO what they are paying for t I SURRENDER rebel leaders, approached the authori ties and wanted to arrange terms of surrender. They were told that they must lay down their arms unconditional- iy. Connolly was fatally wounded whn shells from a British gunboat struck Liberty hall. Pearse was wounded in the leg. Many rebels discarded their uniforms and escaped capture by ming ling with crowds or civilians. MADE SLOW TIME Los Angeles, Cal., May 1. The steamer Iewis Luckenbaeh, first ship through the Panama canal since reop ening April 10 is in port Los Angeles today. Sailors on the vessel boasted of the record for the slowest time be tween New York and the Pacific, 122 d.iys haveing been consumed in the voyage. The Toyo Kishen Kaisba Bteamer Anyon Mara will leave here tomorrow en route to South America with a largo number of Japanese immigrants. I TODAY'S BALL SCORES National. K. li. E. Philadelphia 2 4 1 Boston 5 H 1 Mayer anl Brims; Rudobm and Gowdy. Kixey replaced Mayer, Adams roplne.'id Burns. E. If. Iv BrooKlyn 8 11 0 New York 5 .1.1 2 HuL'ker and Miller; Palermo n.ud R i ri den. Coombs repluced Euckcr; Dooiu replaced Eurideu. ' E. K. 13. Pittsb'.i'g ; J H i Cincinnati 3 0 0 Adams and Schmidt; Mitchell and Clark. St. Louis-Chicago, postponed, ruin, American. C'hicttgo-St. Louis, postponed, rain. E. II. E. Cleveland 2 3 1 Detroit 0 2 1 Covaleski and O'Neill; Dausa and Stanuge. Called fifth, rain. E. n. ii Boston 3 10 1 Washington 5 ft 0 Ruth und Agnew; Harper nnd Henry. Leonard replaced Ruth; Thomas re placed Agnew, B. II. E. New York 2 (i 1 Philadelphia 4 8 3 Russell und Nuniimaker; Bush nnd Meyer. NO REPLY RECEIVED By Carl W. Ackerman. (I'nited Press staff correspondent.) Berlin, May 1. American Ambnssa dor Gerard telegraphed today that he cannot possibly reach flcrllu before to morrow. This was interpreted iib mean ing that bis conferences with the kaiser were still in progress. Germany's reply to the American sub marine demands will bo dispatched to Washington this week utiles stho unex pected occurs. The tentative draft framed Friday last has not been sent. It is still undergoing changes. The decision on fundamental questions has not been altered, however. J. II. Hicks, a contractor who has been working a gang of men on the roads in Tillamook county, was fined $ij for working some of his men over time according to the report of State Labor Commissioner O. P. Iloff, who returned to Salem from thut district todav. German Attacks Growing More Violent at Verdun - -Loss of Life Is Enormous Paris, May 1. Following n severe bombardment, German during the night hurled a "powerful, close for mation .iltnck'' against recent French gains north of Dead Man's hill. The ofl'iciul announcement today said every charge wilted under a terrific French fire. German losses were enormous. Another German attack on the Gum ieres sector was repulsed. German attacks have grown ste.idily more violent since the Teutons re sumed their Verdun offensive last Fri day. Guns of every calibre shelled not only Dead Man's hill but nlsn Hill 301 mill rained projectiles east of the Kiver Meuse as fur ns Van. A curtain of Piciich mitraileuse fire mowed down Advancing Germuns by the hundreds mid French aeroplanes showered bombs on rnilways at Ktuin nnd SeliimtoMil, near Thiaiiucourt. A Herman bivoiic. nt. Spincourt was bom- i luirdcd from the sky. No Change In Situation Berlin, May 1. Fierce fighting nroiuln De.nl Man's hill during Sunday resulted ill no cluinge in tho situation, the war office announced today. Klso whero said the official statement, the baltlfl fronts, are the same. German nirmeu extensively bombard ed encby concentration c.mips ami mag azines west of Verdun. They shot down n I'rench aeroplane east of Hoyons, Killing its occupant;. STIES nn ALL SECTIONS OF UMITED STATES Most Plants In District One, Concede Demands of Shingle Weavers SHIPBUILDING COMPANY EMPLOYES WALK OUT All Demand Higher Wages On Account of War Prices Making Living Higher Seattle, Wash., May 1. Orders for a general strike of the International Shin glo Weavers' union, in district No. I, comprising nil territory north of th Oregon-California lino and west of th Missouri river, in the event mill owners refused to pay the incrensod scale de manded, was sent out today from gen oral headipiarters in Seattle. In tho Everett jurisdiction, whirh in cludes Mukilteo, till 'mills except oim refused tho demand nnd the men walked out. In the TToquinm jurisdiction cerv mill except the Northwestern agreed to the union's demands. In the Olympin jurisdiction all eight mills paid the scale. The men demand 17 cents for sawyers and to 10 cents a thousand for pack ers. Union men employed in tho Ballard mills, Seattle, will hold a meeting to night to discuss the local situation. Tho entire district affected by th ordor has a membership of about 2,501) men. Hevernl hundred of these, Secre tary W. II. Reid, of the Internal ioivnl, said at noon today, are iilrendy out. Tho order affects principally those mills where wages were reduced two, years ago. California Strike. Long Beach, Cal., May 1. C'aliforuia. shipbuilding company officials admitted early today that three hundred men wore on strike, leaving only about common laborers nt work in the yard. Forty machinists, blacksmiths and their helpers struck Saturday. Practically all all other tradesmen nt tho plant went out this morning ask increase in wage and bliorter hours. 5,000 at Youngstown. Youngstown, Ohio, May J. Fiva thousand men were out of work here to day following a striko of 2,000 machin ists demanding mi eight hour day ami a clofcd shop, with 50 cents uu hour minimem wage. Cincinnati Has 3,500 Out. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1. Thirty-fiva hundred machinists struck here today. Several shops, including munitions plants granted their demands. Canada Has bo me of It Fort Williams, Out., May 1. Sixteen hundred gruin elcvutnr workers went on strike here today, making a tola! of 2,000 now out. Port Arthur men aro ulso striking. (Continued on Pago Five.) Prepare to Fight Russians Petrograd, May 1. Field Marshal Von iliiideubiirg is bringing a number of guns northward for use against tin) Itussiins along the northern front, it wag learned today. A German offens ive against the Slavs under General Kuropatliin was forecasted within a fortnight. Merchant Ship Sunk: London, Mny 1. The British mer chant man Luc know of HOti!) tons iiu been sunk, it was learned today is shipping circles. THE WEATHER I Oregon: Fair tonight sod Tuesday; north westerly winds.