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i: TTTT 11V torn CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY VIKIS DISPATCHES P! f t; llif fiW'f V? V m THIRTY-NINTII YEAR nnip rmvrk riTXTTK! 'ON TRAINS AND NEW9 PRICE TWO CENTS ptandvS-five cunts SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1916 A II III I . JK -A. . A. A. A. A. . I ft U II YUL" 1 1 E 3 ft 1 IlllJli II I J ri II If II 11 11 El 1 LM Ji.it.. .-r. ( i I i it ii? ir GE11 HALTS SUBMARINE PENDING ftlf Since Saturday No 5. Vessel Has Been Torpedoed by German Divers SUNDAY IS ANNIVERSARY ' OF LUSITANIA'S SINKING Correspondents In Holland Say Reply Does Not Meet Demands By Robert J. Bender. (United Proas staff correspondents Washington, May 3. Hope of defin itely disposing of the submarine is mie before Sunday, the anniversary o' the Lusitnnia horror, waned today when mio'fficinl dispatches from Berlin said that the reply to the American subma rine demands was not ready. fa order to reach Washington by Sat urday, the note should be cabled tomor rav night. While this is possible it is regarded as rather improbable. It seems certain that when the note is cabled it will have the approval of nil Clermans, from the kaiser to j'oople's representatives in the roich rt:g. There is no disposition yet, of ficials say, to set a time limit for t' jinsrt'or. As long as Germany is obvious ly seeking to solve the difficulty if is nut. likely that America will complain. Pending the reply, .-ulimarines have refrained from their "present meth ods" against commerce. This interpre tation is placed on the cessation of at tacks. It is believed that orders were went to submarine commanders immedi ately upon receipt of the Wilson note. There has been a noticeable 'decrease in the number of flttneks.' SSinee Saturday, not a single vessel i.ns been reported torpedoed. Chancellor to Review It. Berlin. May 3. Imperial Chancellor Von Bcthmniin-Hollwog. whose return from the kaiser's fieid headquarters i--expected shortly, will say the final word on the German reply to the Amer ican demand for a change in Teuton Miibinnrino methods, it was learned to day. The note will be put into diplo matic form. Foreign Minister Von .Tagow told the Toichstag budget committee yesterday that the communication could not 1"' regarded as completed, indicating that alterations mav be made in it. May Not Meet Demands. London. May 3. Dispatches 'from Kngland correspondents in Holland to dav agree that Germany's rep'.v will 'lot meet the American submarine de tnmds. As they forecast it. the note will make concessions for the purpose f getting a delnv nnd it will throw upon President Wilson the responsibil ity for o brenk. It will, the correspon dents predict, be argumentative and Judecisive. s Sweetheart Asserts Bandit's Wounds Make Condition Serious By H. D. Jacobs I'rovidencia. Mexico, April 2!. (Py courier). Whether Francisco Villa is load or alive, he is through as a ban dit. This is the belief of Americans and 'nrrnnzistas expressed here today. The Lauds that he commanded are scattered ABE MARTIN . Plain soot mixed with jet enough torieutine t' make it pasty is an ex- client moustache dye. A pinch o' floor wax '11 add lustre. Some fellers' idi a o' bcin' a sport is smukin' a nickel cij-ar in a cafe. - PROBABLE MICHIGAN INDORSE HUGHES Lansing, Mich., May 3. Conditional endorsement of Justice Hughes for presiderit wns in prospect hero today when Michigan republican is- seinbled in their stl'e eonven- tion. The movement sprang up unexpectedly overnight. NO ACTION ON BRANDEIS Washington, May 3. The senate judiciary committee today postponed action on the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis as nssociate justice of the Uui-J ted States supreme court. MAY PROVE IIS CASE Washington Slander Suit Causes His Letters To Be Putin Evidence Taconia, Wash., May 3. Reading from historical works taken from the public library, Attorney Pendleton em bodied in his Argument before file jury which is hearing the case of Paul R. ITaffer, charged with libeling George Washington, the statements of authors upon which the young socialist says he based his allegations that the first pres ident of the United States exploited slaves and that he was a profane and blasphemous man and an invorate drinker. The quotations stated that Washing ton drank several glasses of Madeira and a pint of beer daily over a period of 25 years, that he had a distillery in his own yard and carried a liquor chest throughout the revolutionary war. A letter said to have been written by the great soldier to a sea captain,' directing him to take a negro slave to tho West Indies and trade him for a hogshaed of rum, some limes and the balance in goou oiu spirits was lnciinicd. Thomas Jefferson was quoted as record ing Washington using profanity at u cabinet meeting, and other references spoke of his use of profane language. Tho defense closed this afternoon and tho case is expected to go to tho jury late today. and demoralized and his prestige has been dimmed by successive defeats. The wreck of Villa's fortunes hus put a quietus cm bandistry in northern Mexico, in the opinion of military men. They believe the Carranzistas will be able hereafter to control northern Mex ico. Their forces a ample to cope with the remaining outlaws and to po lice the country adequately. Carranzista leaders now hope to gath er the remnants of General Cervantes' bands and enroll them under the stand ard of the "first chief" thus remov ing another obstacle to the peace of northern Mexico. At last reKrt Villa was in a seri ous condition, according to Figueo Saens, his sweetheart, of Gnerrero. She told Colonel Dodd at Guerrero that Villa was brought into the villige in a carriage after the battle of Guerrero last month with head bandaged. All but the girl and Dr. Stell, an American, were ordered away from his side. The bandit would not even allow Dr. Stell to treu iiim, taking a roll of bandages from the American surgeon's hand, ap parently intending to treat himself, The Saenz girl told Colonel Dodd that she saw a wound in Villa's head ai.d another in his hip. She said Dr. Stell mentioned a third wound in the bandit's leg. Villa spent a fortnight jt Guerrero, she said and then went south. THE DAY'SWAR NEWS Berlin, May 3. (Jly wireless via Say vilie, L. l.j ilieporrV tit Bulgaria and Turkey are negotiating for peace i with the entente allies are untrue, the Bulgarian official news agency declares ! today. The Geneva newspaper La Suisse circulated the re-iort. Rioting in Berlin London, May 3.Twenty five persons' were killed and "00 injured in May; day riots in Berlin, according to a central news dispatch from Geneva, tod.iy. The message asserted that three women were killed and "U wound-j ed at Leipsic. It said that women pil laged shops there. I According to the correspondent,' mobs assembled at Potsilaiumer Place j in lierlin and loudly cheered speakers demanding peace. There were similar; disturbances reported at Munich, Kiel and Kcmnitch. German Socialists Arrested Berlin, Miv 3. (Bv wireless via Tuckerton) Karl Liebknecht, the so cialist and eight other persous were arrested for making a demonstration May 1, it was announced today. The authorities at The Dalles are perfecting plans for conducting the "dip" otherwise the free mnnicipil bathing place, for the summer. A board of control six men and four women will have full charge. Bad teeth and bad tonsils may b the' cause of rheumatism. I OBREGON YIELDS 11 COOPERATE Willi AMERICANS Gives Use of Mexican North western Railway for Han dling SuDDlies EACH GOVERNMENT MUST RATIFY THE AGREEMENT Americans To Patrol North While Mexicans Chase Bandits In South By E. T. Coukle. (I'uitcd Press staff correspondent.) El Puso, Texas, May 3. American troops are to remain in Mexico without interference from Carranzistas, accord ing to an agreement reached by War Minister Alvaro Obregon and General Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the Uni ted states army, after a conference last ing 13 hours. The agreement wim reached at Wiid night. Obiegijn mud Scott emerged smiling from the room, refusing to in dicate the outcome. In a statement is sued earlier in the evening both said that "Negotiations in progress would probably result in satisfaction to ail concerned." General Fred Fuuston was eliminated from the conference. This was obvious, although no official objection to his presence was given. Funston strolled about the lobby during the meeting, and this pointed to an indication that the negotiations haa been robbed of their military aspect. Funston was re ported to have clashed with Obregon during the first conference. May Use Railroads. Obregon granted permission for the expedition o have full use of the Mexi can Northwestern railway and prom ised to cooperate ns 'fully as is pos sible with General Pershing and his forces, it wns stated reliably. In re turn, Scott is unofficially reported to have set a CO day limit on the presence of American troops in Chihuahua. Scott's concessions are not definitely known, however, and it is believed the war department will shortly give out the program agreed upon. The conclusions of the conferees will not be effective, however, until they are ratified by the Mexican and the United States governments. Emerging from the conference, Scott went to his private enr and dispatched a long telegraphic report to Washing ton by special wire. Whether there will be additional conferences is not definitely known but both war lMid.rs are expected to remain on the birder for some time. Scott indicated tlmt the attitude of Washington wnld decide whether another niptariu' wnilj be necessary. Obregon wns silent. Some Mexican Hot Air. An indication that the conference was reaching an amicable :id,mstme:it was seen early when Obvg.m came from the meeting. When Obregon re turned to the conference roon, Ad'dph De La Huerta dictated the following message to Carranza. "Information in negotiations now in progress will terminate complete satis faction nil concerned." President McQuatters of the Mexican mine owners association, arranged the last conference. He is head of a com pany owning large mines in Parral, which were looted recently. McQuatters invited Obregon and Scott to luncheon at the Del Norte hotel, ostensibly to discuss the tendency of Mexicans to blame the de facto government for lack of employment. Obregon came openly, Scott surreptitiously. Obregon impressed Americans here as being the strongest Mexican ever seen on the border. Will Make Rush Campaign. By Carl D. Croat. Washington, Muy 3. An early termi nation of the campaign in Mexico is whnr the Srott-Obregon agreement means, in the 'lCw of authorities here today. Ilninpeicd heretofore by the necessity of maintaining strong com munication lines in almost parallel rows, General Pershing has not had the free rein desired. The UBe of the Mex ican Northwestern railroad, granted by War Minister Obregon, means that it will be utilized by troops in trailing Villistas. The only thing remaining is Carranza 's o. k. This, it is believed, will be given. The agreement for an established baHe at Oolouia Dublun means that the present base will be moved northward eight miles. In effect, this agreement is what General Scott's original or ders -sought. Americans will patrol northern Mex ico while Carranzistas chase the Vil listas southward. A short, qiitcK clean up is in prospect. When Funston feels that the scourge of border raids is eliminated, the American troops can be withdrawn. The way may be clear for the state department to "treat" with Mexican envovs on the subject of the withdraw al of troops, nnlims Carranza unexpect edly thwarts whst Scott and Obregon have accomplished. Pacific Mail Will Increase Its Capital Now York, May 3. A special meet ing of Pacific Mail Steamship com panp stockholders to approve an in crease of capital stock from $1,000,000 to $4,000,000 was called today for May 1(1. Tho Pacific Mail was receutly Ac quired by the American International Corporation from the Southern Pacific company. The new money provided will poy for the Venezuela, the Ecuador and the Columbia, steamers just purchased. The year ending February, 1916, show ed a total euuing of $1,004,930, a pro fit of $371,403. P. K Pearze, James Connolly and One Unknown Faced Firing Squad London, May 3. Announcement that P. II. Pearze, James Connolly and one other Irish rebel leader had been ex ecuted was made by Premier Asquith in the house of commons today just a mo ment after the resignation of Augustine Bixrell, chief secretary for Ireland, had been mada public. Asquith stated that the three men shot to death by a firing squad had signed the proclamation announcing the establishment of uu Irish republic. This statement eliminated the possibility of Sir Roger Casement being the third man killed, as his name was not attached to the proclamation. They were the first rebels whose ex ecution was publicly announced. All Irish prisoners have been remoyed from Dublin. Three hundred, including sev eral leaders, were brought to England today. The remainder were tuken to Beltast under h-ei. y guard. The swiftness of tho government's action was a surprise. There had been no previous announcement of a court martial. Birrell's resignation was ex pected. Ho was forced from the cabinet by a heavy fire from the newspapers and public. It is understood that the resignations of General Friend and Under Secretary Nathan will follow. All rebels are be ing tried with great rapidity. It is be lieved that the rebels who fought in tho ranks will be leniently treated. No official information was obtain able as to the course the government may take with regard to Irish rebel prisoners wtio have been brought to Knglund for trial. It was pointed out that in the Boer revolt and the recent indian mutinies only the lenders were executed. Those in the ranks were len neutly dealt with. It was intimated that the third rebel executed signed the proclamation of an Irish republic. Following are those who signed that document besides Connolly and Pearce: Thomas J. Clarke, Sean MncDiarmad. Thomas McDouough, Lnmon Coaunt and James Pluukett. Other signers of the Irish republic proclamation were sentenced to three years imprisonment. Pearze was a highly educated man, head master of a boys' school in Dub lin at the time of the outbreak. He led the assault on the postof fice whict resulted in its capture. On Thursday of last week he was wounded in the leg and surrendered unconditionally, l.ntei he issued a proclamation calling for his followers to drop their arms. Connolly was also wounded. His name was found signed to a number of pass ports discovered on prisoners, with the title, "Commander of the Army of the Irish Republic." Swiss System of Military Training By William O. Shepherd (United Press Staff Correspondent) Borne, Mav 3. A little blue book, Mr. American, with vour name and Jour photograph and a score of facts about, your lite written in it, wtncli you would carry, in your pocket all the t'me, would.be the token of the up heave! in American life which woujd he caused by the introduction of the Swiss military svstem, in its entirety, in the United Slates. 'Here's mv book said Luigi t or- ti, a storekeeper of Chiasso, who used to live in Texas. "Kvery Swiss miwt carry his book with him. When 1 go to the bank I take it. When I go to strange Swisi city I'm asked for it. I show it when I register at the hotel, when I draw money, when I send a teP'-gram. my hook snows now muci military seryice I've done. If I neg lected my duty my book will show it." "Do you think Americans would like to have to carry books like that?'' "Not the kind of Americana I used to know in Texan twenty-years ago, Americans don 't like their government to interfere with thei." said Luigi. Luigi was in the Americtn army during, tho Spanish-American war. $320,00010 ARE STOLEN YEARLY LI Investigator Says Income Tax Should Yield $400,000,000 Annually BUT IT PRODUCES ONLY This Sum Represents the Earnings of 600,000 Laborers for One Year Washington, May 3. Secretary Mc Adoo is directed to furnish congress with a statement showing whether $320,000,000 is being annually with held from the treasury by income tax frauds and evasions, in a resolution offered ii. the house today by Repre sentative Keating, of Colorado. Mc Adoo is asked why he has not recom mended to the president that all income tax returns be made public in order that, fraud may be checked. Keating said he based his resolution on tho chnrges made by Basil M. Manly, chief investigator of the industrial relations commission. Manly, in a published statement, de clared that more than $400,000,000 should be received annually instead of the $S0,000,000 actually collected. The resolution asked whether: Fifteen billion dollars was paid in wages and salaries during 19.14, $500, 000,000 being paid to them receiving $3,000 a year or more; whether more than $300,000,000 yearly above the $3,000 exemption is received as income from fees; whether $20,000,000 is re ceived as income from ownership of property and the conduct of business above the $3,000 exemption; whether in comes received by persons subject to income tax total $20,80(1,000 and wheth er, with all proper deductions, tho figure should be $12,o00,000. In introducing his resolution, Keat ing said: "You may discount Manly 'e charges HO per cent and still have a sum which makes all other fraunds perpetrated seem insignificant. Three hundred nnd twenty million dollars rep resents the income of 000,000 working men who have labored every day in the year. The nation's pension rolls are enormous, but the sum which Manly says the millionaires of this country steal yearly could pay it twice over." TWO BADLY INJURED IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT (Capital Journal Special Service.) Dallas, Ore., May 3. Mr. and Mrs. II. R. Kckort and Miss Bertha Brandon berg, a seven-year-old child, were se riously injured in a runaway last .Sun day morning on the Salt creek road about six utiles from this city wben their horse becoming frightened at a passing motorcycle going at a high rato of speed became unmanageable and ran away, throwing the occupants of tho buggy out to the side of the road. Mr. Kckert was rendered unconscious aud remainde so far several hours after the accident, an examination by a phy sician discovering that he had a couple of ribs broken. Little Miss Brnndcn berg had several bones in the back of her head fractured and she was brought to the Dallas hospital where she is resting easily. The occupants of the motorcycle went on after the accident without offering any assist ance to the injured people and an effort is now being made uy the officers to locate the parties. For Its Citizens "This little book," he explained, "is issued by the federal government. Down in Texas the folks got along al-j right with the mayor and the police-! men anil tne sneritr, nut me minute you suid 'United States marshal' they pricked up their caxs. "American folks don't like to be governed by Washington." Luigi Corti had his Texas folks right. He had a lot of other Ameri cans right, too. This little blue book would mean that you were tabbed and listed by the federal government. Some yearn ago this would have sounded more un-American than it does today, because in reality you are now tabbel and listed on the feder.il in come rolls. But this little book of military service and citizenship would! keep you in your niche, right under the eve of the federal military authorities, all the time. If you left Chicago to live in Cleve land you would be forced to have your military book vised by the military eommamler of the city you were leav ing ami signed by the commander in the city to which you moved. (Continued on Page Seven.) OY MILLIONAIRES - hughes Indorsed Lansing, Mich., May 3. Michigan republicans assembled in state convention here today "conditionally" endorsed Jus- tico Hughes for tho presidency by a unanimous vote. FOR COMPULSORY SERVICE London, May 3. Premier Asquith to day introduced in the house of commons tho government's bill providing for general compulsory military service. The bill will be effective ono month after its passage. It authorizes a call for all males eligible, but provides for the establishment ot un army reserve for industrial work. 45,000 Munition Workers Out Labor Riots Raging at Turtle Creek Pittsburg, Pa., May 3. Forty-fivo thousand munition workers are on strike hero today. The First cavalry reached tho scene of yesterday's riot at 9 a. m. At tho same time several thousand em ployes of the Press Steel Car plant at McKees Rocks struck. A general walk out of 12,000 there before night is in prospect, unless the management closes its plant before that time. Martial law has not been declared, but it is virtually in effect. Before nightfall several more troops of cavalry aro due. They are under command of Colonel John Wood of Philadelphia. The Eighth infantry is prepared, and expects orders to go to Swissvalo or Biaddock. Tho Tenth in fantry is looking for orders to move into the Btrike zone tonight or tomor row. Militia now available, totals 2,000 men. Strike leaders are preaching peace. The first bulletin posted by them said: "Brothors, if you don't inteud to do peaceful picketing, stay at home," At noon large bodies of strikers, mostly foreigners, were moving toward Draddock. Troops were reported to be preparing counter moves. Militia to Quell Riots, .Pittsburg, Pa., May 3. Hundreds of linvn Keen rushed to Turtle Creek valley where serious labor riots are raging today, me nrsi ui nncii .1.. . .. . ,1... ,l!utnrlinnfina nru.a RDV. 1110 M'l-IIO UI liio wi.il ui .'" . " ....... , eral companies of thp Eighteenth in fantry, tne first I'enns.vivaitia cnvairy f.nmirurrianirp. Kheiidan troop from Tyrono and troops 1 and II of Pitts burg. Tho soldiers were oniereu out oy Governor Brumbaugh last night. With in an hour of the time his command was issued, several companies were ready. May Settle This One. Long Bench. Cnl., May 3 A settle ment of the ship builders striko was predicted within a week by labor lead ers here today. i-nnient submarines of the new U-boat type are in course of con struction at the California shipbuild ers vards here, where work has been suspended through the strike. Three hundred and thirty two men aro out. Paper Mill Men Strike. Camas, Wash., May 3. Eighty em ployes of the finishing room of the Crown-Wiliuiiotte Pulp and Pnper company were on strike here today for an increase in wages from $2 to $2.50 a day. Their strike may force the closing of the mill, which would throw nearly 500 men out 'of employment. Soma Stocks Advance But Market Sluggish New York. May 3 The New York Evening Sun's financial review today said: Stocks again were dominated by un certainties in the international situa tions nnd moved irregularly following a halting opening, distinguished by a sharp advance in Mexican petroleum ond American smelting, a reflection of a somewhat better aspect of affairs in tvi..n Pricen were eenerallv improved. But tho betterment was confined to specialties ami did not proeeed far ex cept in the cose of industrial alcohol, distillers securities and tr few issues of like character. War stocks were inclined to heaviness and stnndnrd railways and lending in dustrials were largely neglected, dis closing no remaining traces of recent professional bidding up. After the first hour nnd a half the market lapsed into dullness which wns accentuated in the aifrnoon, probably duo to the announcement that Germany tin.l af Iim drufted n rerdv to he Amer- nn ntimntiim nnd nartlv ns an outcome to the further extension .of labor diffi culties at Pittsburg and in tlie Youngs town district. Of the forhcoming ans wer, it was stntcd that Germany will make its position clear in such precise and definite terms as to ndmit of no doubt regnjding her exact position with reference to the use of submarines. A little couch is frequently the warn ing signal of tulerculoBij. '.v.iil . liE IW 1 Ifl CALIFORNIA BY 111 Vote Considerably More Thaa Ha!f Counted, Not Favor able to Teddy SAN DIEGO COUNTY 3 TO 1 AGAINST PROGRESSIVES Southern Counties Strong for G. 0. P. Only 50 Per Cent of Vote Cast San Francisco, May 3. Regular re publicans were victorious in the presi dential preference primary election lu California, according to incomplete re turns from all parts of the state thi afternoon. The united republicans, who had the support of Governor Johnson and who. were ready to co-operate wuo. tne pro gressives i" nominating a "forward looking candidate" won in a number of districts. A good part of the regular G. O. P. factions gains were made in southern California. In San Diego eounty they came out ahead by three to one. Los. Angeles county regulars uluimeu a lead of one and one-half to one. Orange county, it was .vshmnted, gave the winners a two to one plurality. Around the bny district tho regulars also scored heavily. Contra Gosta Rave them 1,077 to tho "uniteds" 3l in 4S out of R2 precincts. In Ban Francisco city and county the regulurs had a majority of (rm 5,000 to 6,000, Recording to tho ar;nn)pce ment of Registrar Zcmansky. F. V. Keesling. tho G. (). 1,. manager cl.umeil the state by between 40,000 and WilKi. In many instances the progres-ive and democratic votes were nt countc! until the republican ball 's hud been disposed of, as there wns no contest in tho other two parties. The democrats were pledged to Witson ana tti. pro gressives were not pledged. Ran Francisco, May 3. Basin; his. statement on returns from mio than half tho precincts of the state, t'ran- cis V. Koesling, ennlrman Of mo re publican stnte central committee., claim ed today that tho regular G. O. V. d. le gates to tho Chicago convention hml been elected over the un:tod repul li- can candidates by a plurality of mr than 40,000. A good democratis voto was r st, In t there was little excitement in thU par ty's flection ns all cnndidites pledged to President Wilson, i n pro gressive voto was rather smull us them wns no contest. Women did not go to the polls in large numbers in San Francisco. In this city, according to Registrar Zcmansky, a total vote of nbout 00,000 was cast oul of a registration of 118,900, This fell short of estimates. New York Central Preparing for Strike New York, May 3. One thousand strikebreakers have lfeen herded her for shipment along the New York Cen trul and Nickel Plate railroads in an ticipation of a strike, according to re ports today. Agency advertisements) cull for signal men, maintenance and telegraphers. President Perham of th telegraphers said that if tho demands of telegraphers and signal men of the New York (Vntrnl wer0 not met, a stnho would bo called immediately. Tho New York Central railroad ad mitted today that it wus gathering anil shipping strikebreakers in anticipation of labor troubles. A. T. Hardin, presi dent of tho operating department, said officially that he did not believe the threatened striko would interfere with the train service. He declared the road would not deal with telegraphers in the) present organization wMri is linked up with several other crafts. This makes a strike practically certain. Tieup of freight on the waterfront continues, due to the failure to settle the troubles with striking tugboat engineers and bargemen. THE WEATHER . . fan tavti Sun Oregon: To night fair, light frost east por tion! Thursday fair; northwest erly winds. . til MAJORITY M