Hi? - fl (Hi I J Urnim , " , CIRCULATION IS . OVER 4000 DAILY .- . m FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES v' v THIRTY-NJNTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1916 PDTPP TWf r,T?XTrTC ON TRAIN3 and news- he mmm C & V. - z FRESH. GERMAI LEGIONS RLED AGW.VT VERDUN Supreme, Perhaps Final Effort Being Made to Overwhelm ; French-Has Been Practically a Continuous Battle For 100 Days-Before Week Ends- Germans Will Have 1,000,000 Men Hammering At Defenses Around Verdun French Calm and Confident of Attack's Failure By Henry Wood (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, May 31. The hundredth day of terrific fight ing at Verdun found Crown Prince Friederich Wilhelm bringing fresh German legions into action amid the roar of great guns west of the River Meuse. The Teuton of fensive initiated Sunday was the final supreme effort de signed to pierce the French lines, critics agreed today. All the battles of history have been eclipsed by the volume and violence of artillery firing and the frequency and intensity of infantry attacks at Verdun. Every man that could possibly be spared from Dther positions along the lines has been sent into the fight. The kaiser is re ported returning to Verdun to witness the final titanic struggle. , For days German trains have been unloading fresh divisions from Russia, and it is rumored that large forces of Austrians are also en route to Verdun. Swiss accounts declared Emperor Franz Josef had been asked to share in the grand assault. Some observers believe the Austrian smash against Italy was merely a blind to cover the shift ing of Austrian armies to Verdun. Before this week ends it is forecasted the crown prince will be hammering at Verdun's defenses with 1,000,000 men. The French public is calm, scanning the war office communiques with unequalled interest, but confident that if General Nevielle retires upon the northwest forts he will maintain them with the same tenacity that halted Germans north and northeast of the citadel. ' French evacuated their first trenches south of Caur ette wood and retired south of Cumieres toward Chattan court under the most violent attacks the oldest veterans had ever experienced, it was officially admitted. By counter attacks at midnight, however, the Freneh re gained loses south of Cumieres. What is termed the most intense lighting of the entire campaign raged on the northwestern front throughout yesterday. Ii grew more furious to w.ird nightfall and was continuing oarly today. Between the Meuse and Dead Man's hill, Germans repeatedly Attacked on n front of two and one half miles. The doi(erate charges were shattered again and again until the trampled turf was littered with mangled bodies. ivlcnnwhile German batteries sent f-cores of high explosive shells into the l'Vench defenses, leveling first line trenches which naturally were aban doned. South of Cumieres the German as saults were so violent that the firm:" relinquished their works west of tho river and retreated along tho railway to nattaneotirt station, hilt a mile east of the village. Taking shelter behind tho embankment, they fought nlong the railway all afternoon. At twi light the French bugles sounded "charge!"' and the defenders left their shelters, meeting the Germans bayonet to oayonet, sending them back the way they had advanced. A Ger man detachment which managed to : ABE MARTIN Mrs. Lnfe Bud savs sha'd leave her lusband in a minute, but she h isn't thing t' wenr. Many a filler ivou II be up an' around t'Ja" if lie'd written a note instead u' g mig off half cocked. . v A roach the Mouse was surrounded and I annihilated. Germans who penetrated trenches enst of Seffers in Alsace were ousted by counter att.icks. French Forced Back. Berlin, May 31. All French troops have been cleared from the forests south of Cumieres, the Germans taking (tl prisoners, it was officially announced today. "Knemy torpedo boats which ap proached tho coast on the western front were driven off by artillery," said the statement. "Between T.a Bassee canal and Arras there was lively fight ing.." Thirty-eight British were captured'in a successful German enterprise near j Neuve Chapelle, together with 18 nia- chine guns. A naval cannon and a I quantity of mine throwers were taken in the Cuurette woods Monday. No Hops for Early Peace. London, May .11. Imperial Chancel lor Von Bctumnmi-Hollweg's last speech held no hope for an early peace, Pre mier Asqnith stated in the house of commons today, in response to .queries as to whether the allies were willing to considor overtures at this time. Kir Arthur Mnrkham, a laboritc mem ber from Mansfield, put the peace query having in mind President Wil son's rumored intention of considering making overtures for a cessation of hostilities. Asqnith, briefly, said Von Bcthmann ITollwog's last address had not indicat ed that Germany was ready to consider peace on terms which would safeguard tho allies' Interests. Ho said he had nothing to add to Sir F.dward Grey's reply to Hollweg. Churchill Scores Kitchener. London, uiay 31. Winston Churchill in discussing a motion to reduce Karl Kitchener's salary today made the hard est criticism heard in the house of com mons since the war began. Churchill charged the British war of fice with "grave mismanagement and inefficiency." He called it a "defec tive organization " and said "for every six soldiers in the British army we have only one rifle leveled at the enemy." Austrians Capture Torts. Vienna, May .11. Austrians under Arch Duke Friederich have conquered the fortified towns of Asiago nnd Arsi ero, upon which rested the Italians' main Alpine defenses, it wns officially announced today. The forts were stormed and captured Other important positions, including Monte B:ldo, have alo been taken, it was declared. "Since the Austrian offensive began a fortnight ago we have captured 30,- ALL NORTHWEST PAYS AH Trains Stop and Business in St. Paul Halts-Dakota Honors Him St. Taiil, Minn., May . 31. Time stood still for five minutes from St. Paul to the Pacific today out of' def erence to the memory of James J. Hill, the "empire builder," who died May following a surgieal operation. The funeral services were conduct ed with the utmost simplicity. There were no flowers. At 1:59 p. in. just before the rites commenced, every fac tory whistle in St. Paul sounded for sixty seconds. Then, as they ceased, business all over the city halted. Audj uu uverj jiiu luiiruuu me tills . - -itm :i i stopped. Tue engines of Hill liners at sea quit their pounding. For five minutes this silent tribute to the man who did so much to build up the north west continued. Governor Hanna, in asking North Dakota to stop its activities from 2 t 4 p. m., said: "North Dakota lost its best best friend in James J. Hill." St. 1 'a ul's schools and state capital ire closed. In response to an official order, flags throughout Minnesota flow at half mast, tho most signal honor ever paid to a private citizen. Although the services were private, all mourners had opportunity to view the remains yesterday when they lay in state in a plain black casket in the dr Awing room of the Hill residence. High railroad officials, section hands, the poor and the rich walked silently past the body for hours, many gray haired men who knew the deceased as "Jim" Hill weeping as they took thier last farewells. )fc jjc C )jt jc 5c 5j )jc 3)C fC fC 3C )C TODAY'S BALL SCORES j)C fc sj( jft l if( s(c )f jfc 3(t 3(C j(C 3(6 5(C S$( ft American. First game-t- Philadelphia New York R. H. E. 10 f 7 8' G 1 Nttbors, Wykoff, Bush and 'Meyers; Cullop, ; Keatjng, Bus(sell fond Jfuna maker. Second game It. H. E. Philadelphia 5 6 4 New York 9 10 3 Wvckoff and Meyers; Markle and Walters. R. H. E. Washington 1 (J (t Boston 10 17 0 Gallia, Harper and Henry; Gregg and Thomas, Agnew. R. H. E. Chicago 4 14 0 Detroit 7 9 0 Danforth, Wolfgang and Schalk; Dnuss and Stanngo. National. R. H. E New York 4 9 2 Philadelphia 2 9 0 Benton and Rariden; Bender an" Burns. McQuillan replaced Bender. if. H. K. Boston 2 7 Brooklyn '. 3 ft 2 Barnes and Gowdy; Pfeffcr and Mey ers. R. H. E. St. Louis 5 5 0 Chicago 1 10 4 Doak and Snyder; Lavender and Fisher. Packard replaced Lavender. Cincinnati nnd Pittsburg tied at end of 15th inning. Toney and Wingo; Miller and Wilson. Market Opens Brisk But Soon Stagnates New York, Mav 31. The New York Evening Sun's financial review today, said: The extent to which politics influ enced today's dull market wonld be dif ficult to say, but traders were at a loss for a more satisfactory explana tion and fell back upon the theory thnt the proximity of the republican convention restrained trading. The street resumed business in a cheerful mind. First prices were gen erally higher. Pool nnd clique activ ities centered in Lehigh and Reading Public interest nppenrcd lacking. That the trading was highly profes sional became more apparent as the day progressed. Activity decreased after the first hour, but the undertone waB strong. The heaviness of the Inst hour cancelled most of the' early improve ment. 3SS Italians Including C94 officers," said the statement. Russians Getting Busy. Vienna, May 31. plunging through the Posina mountain toarent west of Arsicro, Austrian troops today are threatening to surround Arsicro forest, if was officially announced. Lively ar tillery fighting wns reortcd on the Russian front. The Bulkniaro calm. Zeppelin Wrecked. London, May .11. Descending near los. e German ZepepHu "truck a tree and wos destroyed, according to an AmstcJMatn uisputi'ti Today. ROOSEVELT VISITS Says He Is No More English American Than German American BOTH ARE HYPHENATED AND ARE ANTI-AMERICAN To Express His Connection with Old World Would Take Seven Hyphens By Perry Arnold!. (United Press staff correspondent.) ht Louis, Mo., May 31. Addressing a gathering of 800 citizens at breakfast in the Planters hotel today, preliminary to his regular speech later, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt served notice that he was fighting for certain principles whorever he found' them in any party or any individual. These pnuciples are preparedness and Americanism. This declaration was but one sen tence in a talk burning with vitriolic condemnation of President Wilson's at titude on preparedness and military service. Roosevelt's auditors variously inter preted his remarks as indicating a readiness to amalgamate with repub licansif they support his beliefs or a determination to again herald those principles through a third party. . Not in months has Roosevelt been so denunciatory as in his treatment of the president '8 beliefs expressed in his Arlington national cemeter speech yes terday. Ho scored Wilson ' ' ' universal voluntary service," declaring that the word "voluntary",, was within the scope of utterance Roosevelt had pre viously characterized as "weasel words." "Universal voluitary service would have exactly the effect of acid on alkali," cried Roosevelt. "The woTds neutralize each other." President Wil son's phrase "compulsion of the spirit of Americanism" also angorod the col onel. Ho compared this plan of military service with a truant school child law under' which children would have to attend classes "if they wanted to." "If we trust to compulsion of spir it," he snid, ,-we are going to put a double burden on thff sons who have been raised to bo brave and diq for the country if necessary, while other aons stav at home." . Roosevelt classified Bryan ,nd Ford uu "nice, amiable men, who" I like to ee in privato life." Ho vehemently branded as an infamous falsehood the charge that munitions makers were be hind the preparedness movement. Roosevelt assailed the president for yesterday's reference to weak and smnll nations as having equal rights with the large and strong, holding that applica tion of this principle should have im pelled tho United Mates to intervene for Belgium. "Yon cannot take this position and then when some concrete fact arises say that our duty is to be neutral in word and thought," said Roosevelt. " Uncle Ham has just one friend, nnd that is Undo Sam." The colonel was wildly cheered throughout. Crowds jammed the Plant ers hotel, nnd he was forced to stop and say a few words of greeting. He expects to speak also nt the Mercantile and City clubs. Talks About Hyphens. By Perry Arnold. (United PreHS staff correspondent.) St. Louis, Mo., May 31. Colonel Thefldore Roosevelt came to St. Louis today the city with the second largest German-American populntion in the country for the purpose of urging the elimination of the hyphen. Despite his sweltering experience in Kansas City, ho was in fine fettle. Massed crowds at the railroad station here yelled a greeting. He was tnken to the Planters hotel where 800 had astemblcd for a form al "breakfast." Roosevelt received a rousing welcome, "I've come because I wish to spesk on two cardinal points for the peo ples' decision," said the colonel in re sponse to insistent demands for a speech. "Those points nre American ism and preparedness.- What I say this morning on preparedness won't touch politics, least of all with anvtliing con nected with myself. I am fighting for principles and I will fight for them wherever ther are found in any party or anv individuals. "When I my t am against hvnhcnism T mean it. I am no more English-American than German-American. I would be just as much ngninst an English American alliance as against a Crerninn Americnn alliance. They are both nnti Americnn. Whatever defects I mav have, I don't pussyfoot. If vou wanted to express my connection with any old world bind, you would have to use sev en hvphens. "The chairman, in introducing me. spoke of the declaration of Independ ence. Thnt declaration lasts because the wen who signed it executed it at IS ALL FOR ROOSEVELT Hitchcock's Activities for Hughes Stirs Teddy's Managers' Wrath By H. L. Rennlck. (United Press staff correspondent.) Chicago, May 31. With presidential politics hourly becoming more intense tho camp of Justice Charles Evans Hughes came in for a general bombard ment today. George Von L. Meyer, former secretary of tho navy, now chairman of the Roosevelt republican league, fired some the heaviest shots. "I understand thnt Frank II. Hitch cock visited Hughes a week ago or so, then saw Governor Whitman, came here and launched a Hughes boom," declar ed Meyer. "Tho country is facing a crisis. Pig business is for Roosevelt. He is tho konly man who can meet tho situation. Our organization is perfected in almost every Btatc, and our chances arc bright." Supporters of Elihn Root nnd Roose velt alleged that. Hitchcock, former postmaster general, had mado inroads on the southern delegations for Hughes, and had stated ho would distributo pa tronage if Hughes wero elected. To this Hitchcock made reply: "The concerted attack which managers and publicity agents are making on Hughes advocates shows how formidable they consider the Hughes movement. It is helping, not hurting that movement. I have been without direct communica tion with Hughes for months. I came here on my own responsibility for whnt I ' consider the best interests of the republican party and the country. No man could refuse the nomination in times like theso if the party felt he could unite it and lend it to victory." "Senator Weeks arrived hero today and conferred with Victor Rosewntcr, Omaha .newspaper man, former vice chairman of tho republican national committee. The hearing of delegates' contests for seats in the hall begins tomorrow. Can Sprout Rockv's Hair For Half a Million Ran Francisco, May 31. For the trifling sum of $500,000, John D. Rockefeller can cover his nudo poll with a crop of magnificent hair, accord ing to Harold C. RaveiAoldt of San Francisco. Ravcnholdt says ho has discovered a preparation that will cause hair to bloom on any sconce, and as serts ho is in communication with a number of bald millionaires. Ho can also make people livo to bo 1,000 years old, he admits. INCOIJX EVASION House Committee to Soon Be gin Work-McAdoo Admits Wholesale Tax Dodging . Washington, May 31. Chairman Lo beck of the house commit tee on treas ury department expenditures indicnted today that x congressional inquiry to ascertain whether the income tax can be colected without publicity will be gin shortly. It will bo thorough, he intimated. It is to be based on Basil M. Manly 's charges that tho government loses $i0, 000,000 annually In income tax frauds, and Secretary of tho Treasury Mc Adoo's reply, Diocuiing the f;aif, Manly snid: "McAdoo admitted wholesale tax evasions. On a baseless estimate his actuary denied that they amounted to 320,0(IO,000. Tho actuary estimated tho American income nt $20,000,000, 000, whereis even in 1910 responsible stntistirlans estimated it at $30,000, 000,000, MRS. HOPPE TO BE A MOVIE Hxn Francisco, May 31. F.nroute to I.os Angeles, where she proposes to enter the motion picture field, Mrs. Willie lloppc, wife of the billiard champion, was in San Francisco with her husband today. They arived from Honolulu on the liner Manoa. CAPTAIN CRAIO RESIGNS. Los Angeles, Cal., May .11. Jerry Craig, captain-elect of the 19111, V. S. C. football team, today tendered his formal resignation to Graduate Man ager Warren liovanl. It wns accepter". risk of thoir lives. If it had been merely a collection of 'fino words mag nificently elecutionany effort, nobody would remember that it ever had been written. "Let us remember that our duly Is not to uso a word unless we mean it. Don't use nn abstract word unless, you aro ready to apply it to concrete uV tion." WEST AGAINST EAST IN UN'S Rivalry Is Intense and Fight Bitter-Other Offices Hot ly Contested . New York, May 31. West wns pit ted against east today at the Federa tion, of Women dubs convention when the hour for electing a president ar rived. It was the day of days for the great American club women. Singly and in bunches, some chattering gaily some manifesting grim determination, they cast thoir ballots in the Seventh reginont armory. Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles of Los An geles was tho west's stalwart hope. Mrs. Samuel B. Sneath of Tiffin, Ohio, the ot'ier candidate. Rivalry waxed intense between supporters of these contestants. In tho race for the office of auditor, Mrs. W. ii. P. Hnrper of Seattle had to beat Mrs. W. K. James of Missouri, and tho electioneering in that division was ulso execediuly brisk. Tho club women, among other things, hivo undertaken the task of reforming motion pictures. Khch local club will be asked to censor films in their dis tricts. Tho General FHenutpon ap pointed a committee to consult movie manufacturers in an n: tempt to get more appropriate pictures for the young. Also Wants Definite Explana tion of Reasons for Keep-' ing Troops in Mexico Washington, May 31. Withdrawal of American' troops from Mexico ns an "evidence of good faith ou behalf of the United States," was requested in Provisional President Cnrranza'g lat est ncto, delivered today at the state department. Pending withdrawal, Carranza asks a definite explanation of reasons for keeping the expedition in Mexico, and wantB to bo informed of its present pur pose there. He declared the American force was "remaining idle." If tho troops do not withdraw and thcro is no explanation, Mexico, the communication asserted, would be ob liged to consider the presence of Uni ted States soldiers an unfriendly in vasion. The nolo is lengthy, detailing the whole situation beginning with the Vil listas mid on Columlms. Tt is now admitted thnt Special Agent Mende of the cnnstitntionulist government brought the note. Are Army of "Rookies." Columbus, N. M., May 31 A fort night's recruiting conducted by bandits nt Bntopilns with the promise that Francisco Villa himself would lend the organization resulted in two hundred "rookie" Villistns mnrching northward from the Sinaloa border, it was reported today. Julio Acosta heads the band, but there are no new advices concerning Villa's whereabouts. Therefore strong er guards than usual havo been placed on duty. The roads are patrolled by numerous cavalry squndtf Heretofore the guards have stacked rifles and aided the engineers in re pairing the highways, but now thev only watch for the enemy. Fifty wells nre being sunk nlong the American linos of communication. To Confer With Gavira. Columbus, N. M., May 31. Genera J. J. Pershing started for Dublan by automobilo today for his conference with Giyiernl Gavira. He expects to ar rive in Ihiblan tonight. THINK MONKEY DID IT. San Francisco, May 31 Police be lieved today a trained monkey had been used as a tool by thieves who took jewelry worth from $.r.OO, to $1,000 from a gem store on Market street dur ing the night. A small round hole was cut in the glass door, and the robbers operated through it. Another theory is thnt a child wus sent in through the hole to do the stealing. ARMOR PLATE BILL PASSED. Washington, May 31. Tho house committee of the whole today passed the Tillman armor plute bill as an amendment to tho navel appropriation bill.. Representatives Elston nnd Nolnn, of California, wero among the 2-1 repub licans who votd for the Tillman bill. HURT BUT HAPPY Santa Monica, Cal., May 37. Hurry Miller, ago 52, celebrated memorial day by walking through the window of a local winery unobserved. Today he Wis discovered, amid casks, uncon scious but apparently very happy, dc spite a score of cuts sustained in mak ing his entrance. ALL INTERHATIOHAL LONGSHOREMEN TO HOiKI This In Every City on Pacific Coast, Unless Demands Are Granted 12,000 WILL WALK OUT IS THREE SIDED FIGHT Employers Refuse to Consider DemandsWill Paralyzs Shipping Seattle, Wash., May 31. Members f . the International Longshoremen's as sociation will strike iu every Pacifiu coast eity, from Skngway, Alaska, t San Diego, Cal., at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning unless demands for higher wages are granted before then. Waterfront shipping, it is predicted, will be paralyzed if the strike is called. . Because Seattle and San Francisco . employers havo already declared them selves against the wage increase to 5(1 cents an hour straight time, and $1 -hour overtime, there is littlo hope beer that a walkout can bo averted. Coast Secretary J. A. Madsen, of th I. L. A., would make no predictions this morning. Failure to agreo in any on port means a strike along the entire) coust. Approximately 12,000 members of th association aro said to be ready t walk out. About 1,000 of them are era ployed in Seattle. "Wo have made our demands for a share in the increased shipping prof its," explained Secretary Madsen. -"The employers have had time to eon- isidcr the situation. Whether the strika will go into effect hinges on today Si developments. Employers will nave to. give us notice that they will pay tun new scale. They havo all day today and tonight to act." Tho formal demands of the long shoremen were agreed upon at the I. L- A. convention Held Here recently. Jutp rescntative tioin every port on the const attended. ' The Unitod Dock Workers' onion. claiming a membership of 1,200 track ers and freight handlers here, has al ready declared a strike and demanded the same increase as the I. L. A. work ers. The United Dock Workers organixect here a few months ago, and althougb they formally applied for a charter troiu tho international Longshoremen s association, and recognition by the Am erican Federation of Labor, they utta turned down. In a statement issued today the dock workers justify their right to organiz and for better conditions. "No other cIiisb of workers upoo t Pacific coast have occupied the de graded and miserable position that tho Senttlo dock workers havo occupied," says tho statement. Because tho United Dock Workers) are at outs with tho International Longshoremen, and both organizations) are at outs with employers, the fij;ht ir Seattle is three sided. tones On Trial Aeain This Time for Larceny Atlanta, C-a., May 31. Trial of Vic tor K. Times ami his wife on a grn larceny charge today brought the inaa face to faco with his divorced wife for the first timo in eight years. Ho ia accused of stealing several thousand dollars from Mrs. Ileatrico Nelms Den nis, who later disappeared. Innes an his wife wero acquitted of a murder chnrgo in connection with the vanish ing of Mrs. Dennis and her sister. Tho divorced wife testifies that lane deserted her nnd stole their son, ng! four years. Witnesses were cnlled to tell about money orders which it is at leged Mrs. Dennis sent Innes. U 1. Weathers, a realty operator, testified regarding letters which lnnes sent Mrs. Dennis. They were affectionate, th witness said, but always asked for money. ik THE WEATHER this ceAsv) lMPCr; . OiT-! Oregon: To night and Thurs day generally fair; winds most ly westerly. I Tl