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CIRCULATION IS
OVER 4000 DAILY
THIRTY-NINTH YEAR
GREATEST 1
British Warships, a Suhmaiuie and Manv Destroyers
Sunk When Fleets Clash In North Sea-Germans Lost
(he Battleship, One Pre-Dreadnaught, Two Cruisers and
Some Smaller Craft and Torpedo Boats-British Admit
German Victory
DETAILS OF
Total British tonnage sunk, exclusive of destroy
ers Turbulent and Tippera'ry, not listed in naval
registers, 139400.
Total men and officers on British ships sunk, ex
clusive of Turbulent and Tipperary, 6,952.
Tonnage of Marlborough, reported struck by
torpedo, 26,400,
Men and officers of Marlborough, 1,000.
Total German tonnage sun, exclusive of Wies
baden, not listed, 15,915.
Total men and officers on German vessels sunk,
exclusive of Wiesbaden, 998.
iNew i oi'K, June z. rne .British and German high
seas fleets clashed in the biggest naval engagement of the
war on Wednesday, May 31. The engagement, starting
in the daytime, continued throughout the night.
Nine British warships, a submarine and numerous
small British vessels were sunk, according to a German
admiralty statement received here via the Sayville wire
less this afternoon. "-
. The German reports admit the loss of two German
warships and a possibility of a third with a torpedo boat
unaccounted for. -
The German statement was issued following the re
turn to its base of the German high seas fleet.
No report has come from British sources.
The scene of the engagement the greatest sea fight
of the great war was between Skagerak and Horn Riff,
in the channel connecting the North and Baltic seas.
German estimates xrf British losses are apparently
based on reports of British sailors picked up by German
ships. '
An intimation of the probable extent of the British
losses is contained in the statement that only two sur
vivors of the great battle cruiser Indefatigable were
rescued by the Germans.
The greatest British ships reported lost are the bat
tleship Warspite and the battle cruisers Queen Mary and
Indefatigable.
The heaviest German losses were the battleship Pom
mern, a pre-dreadnaught of the Deutchland type, the
cruiser Wiesbaden and the protected cruiser Frauenlob,
the latter reported missing.
The Germans make no estimate of the number of their
torpedo boats lost. Their estimate ofthe British losses,
in small craft, is covered by the phrase, "a large number."
The total number of men on tie Bri
tish ships sunk, if they were enrrying
normal complement, was fi,253, exclud-1
I ABE MARTiN
JSCjj!!CS(!j(C3(tJCS(cs)C3)CC!jcS6
"I reckon Inrbed wire has done
8-way with picket duty in th European
emues, " Mid ole Kfc Pa-di t '-day.
Fcnton Cro-diy is gittin' riirht t' th'
rcont these days, as you kiu je.t hure
1 mne i.; t his ."ir.ature t' a typewrit
ten letter.
MMi
1 FGHT
,;
THE LOSSES
ing the, crews of two destroyers with
unrecorded complements.
On the Marlborough, reported by
the Germaus to havo been torpedoed,
were 1,000 men, not included in the
above figures.
The total loss in British tonnage
claimed by the Germans is 125.S.10.
The loss in German tonnage admitted
by the German admiralty is 15,!15. The
WiesbaiH'n is not included in the esti
mate of lost German tonnage.
Tho German ships carried at least fl."9
men
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, I.. I.,
June 2. An engngemojit between the
German high seas fleet and the main
part of the English fighting fleet in
which more than eight British vessels
were destroyed and many badly dam
aged, was announced in au admiralty
statement today.
The admiralty statement under date
of June 1, said:
"During an enterprise directed north
ward, our high seas fleet on May 31
encountered the main part of the Eng
lish fighting fleet, which was consid
ably superior to our forces. During the
afternoon, between Skakerak and Horn
Kiffal, news of a heavy engagement
developed which was successful for us
and continued also during the night.
"In this engagement, as far as
known until flow, we destroyed, the
large battleship Warspite. the battle
cruisr Queen Mary and Indefatigable,
two armored cruisers apparently of the
Achilles type, one small cruiser, new
i flag ship of the destroyers Turbant and
' NVstore and AUnsrer, a number of tor
: pedo destroyers and one submarine.
" Froin observation, which was clear
land free of obstruction, it was stated
(Continued oa Paes Sii.)
SUITE PREPARED
SATISFACTORY TO
171
Progressives Willing to Com
promise with Roosevelt
Leading Ticket
FAIRBANKS WOULD BE
GIVEN SECOND PLACE
At the Same Time It Is Under
stood Root Would Be
Secretary of State
By Perry Arnold.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
Chicago, June 2. The mightiest pre-
convention log jam of presidential pos
sibility timber that has clogged up the
smooth running of republican waters in
a score of quadrienniel conclaves was
on today.
Although the Roosevelt lieutenants
refused to stand sponsor for tho slate,
it wag fairly definitely established
along Candidates' Row today that they
had let the allies and U1U Guard Know
of the compromise which will be most
acceptable as the basis for the marching
back into the fold of the progressive
host. That slate was Roosevelt for
president; Fairbanks for vice-president;
with the tacit understanding that Boot
was to be secretary of state and Burton
secretary of the treasury.
Slate Not Pleasing'.
- Judging from, tho hotel lobby gossip
such a slate is far from pleasing just
now to the allies' or Old Guard hosts.
But they had no counter proposal to
make which would take care of the va
rious favorite sons and intimations' that
they Will be willing to trade the plat
form for the nominee that is, accept
Roosevelt's Americanism iu their en
unciation of principles, but name some
other leader as tho standard bearer
was known to be entirely satisfactory
to the .Roosevelt leaders,
United Press dispatches from New
York 10 ilays ago told of the inception
of the compromise slate suggested
above. It was said at that time, on au
thority close to RooBevelt, that he
would flatly refuse au olive branch
which merely proposed adoption of his
Americanism as a platform without
granting a voice as to the nominee.
Say It la a Peeler.
The Roosevelt-Fairbanks slate was
the first concrete compromise suggestion
to be heard along Lanaiuates' liuw. it
was frnnkly accepted by tho boosters
of all the presidential booms as a pre
liminary, but it was welcomed as some
relief from the insistant demands of
other camps that their candidates be
nominated without any provision for
taking care of the aspirations of oth
er favorite sons.
The allies today maintained Roose
velt would bo able to command not
more than 1S2 votes on the first roll
call. Tho Roosevelt forces were not
making claims. The Cummins boosters
issued formal . claim of 121 delegates.
The Hughes camp simply stood pat on
previous declaration thnt the justice
would be nominated. Tho Brumbaugh
boom formally blossomed out in the
convention air today from ueafltpjar
ters established in the auditorium. This
is the lust of the heudquarters of fa
vorite sons to be opened here.
Progressives Plan "Rush Order."
There ' was a movement discussed
among progressive delegates here todav
to rush the proceedings at tho bull
moose meeting, cut out tho usual first
day oratory and immediately nomiuate
Roosevelt for president. Thoso who
discussed the scheme, then had in mind
a series of recesses simply waiting to
sec what happened down at the Coli
seum. The iden would bo to get the
jump on the republicans and also to
make a third party ghost a littlo more
jmlpable, while at the same time give
an imitation that the same third party
might "come back" again.
Mayor Roh'nson of
Boise Is Recalled
Roise, Idaho, June 2. Jeremiah- W.
Robin.onn, mnvor of Tioiw is todair
recalled and Samuel H. H.iyi elected
to his office. Itee.aTl of Councilman
Kiihelber?er was also effected, Wil
liam Stevens succeeding him.
Hay? had a majoritv of 134 voles
rover Robinson and F.icheHHrger wns
defeated 3.11 ballots, In an election
that brought out the hewicst vote
ever east in a municipal election in
this city. The fight which resulted in
the recall of the mayor and council
man was made because of the strict
enforcement of laws and nlleged mid
ing of private residences because they
were classified as houses of prostitu
tion. Justice Hughes is quoted as saying
T. R. will be nominated at Chicago.
And that, too, after Oregon had de
clared for Hughes! Was it love's Inbor
lust t
ROOSEVELT
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY,
t TODAFS BALL SCORES
National.
R. BT. E.
Cincinnati ; 6 13 S
New York 4 9 1
Mitchell and Wingo; Mathewson and
Kanden. (13 Innings.) Pemtt replaced
mathewson.
R. H. E,
Pittsburg 5 6 0
Brooklyn 2 3 1
Mnmmaux and Gibson: Annleton.
Marquard and Meyers. Mails repluced
Mnrquard.
R. H. E
Chicago 3 4 3
Boston 1 7 0
McConnell and Archer; Tyler and
Gowdy. Lavender replaced McConnell;
racaard replaced .Lavender.
E. S. E.
St. I.ouis 3 6 0
Philadelphia 2 6 1
Ames and Snyder; Demnrce and
Burns. 'Williams replaced Ames:
Meadows replaced Williams; Gonzales
replaced onyder.
American.
R. H. E.
Cleveland 1 6 1
St. Louis 2 6 2
Klepfer and O'Neil; Wcilinan and
severoid.
No other games scheduled.
OF ELEVEN VESSELS
Every Type of Fighting Craft
of Sea or Air Used
in Action
By Ed. L. Keen,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London, June 2. The greatest sea
battle of the world war, in which Zep
pelins co-operated with the kaiser's
fleet resulted in the admitted loss Cf
eleven vessels of the British high seas
fleet, with aix additional British ves
sels miHsjng.
The German louse wero about half
as large, tho kniser's fleet successfully
withdrawing to its base before the full
force of tho superior British armada
could be brought to bear.
The battle wns fought during the day
and night of May 31 off tho Jutland
coast with practically every type of
fighting craft of the air and sea in
action.
The British admiralty this afternoon
admitted tho loss of 11 named vessels
ranging from battle cruisers to destroy
ers. In addition six ships of the latter
class have not returned to port and are
missing. (The German admiralty stato
ment claimed ten named British ships
destroyed with tho list headed by the
super-dreadnnught Warspito. In addi
tion the cruiser Marlborough is claimed
U have been damaged by a torpedo
and a number of destroyers are re
ported missing.)
Tho German admirality admits the
loss of two cruisers and one probably
lost while a number of torpedoboats, it
is admitted, have not returned. The,
main part of tho fleet however, has re
turned to Its bnso.
10 PATROL BORDER
Has Army of 20,009 Assem
bled With Headquarters
at Chihuahua
By Carl D. Groat.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
Washington, June 2 Hpread out on a
500 mile lino today 20,000 Carranza
troops have been mustered for Border
patrol work, according to General f'un-
ston's report to tho war department to
day, following careful investigation of
tho Mexican troop movements. This
number is double that which General
Obregon promised to dispose in north
ern Mexico.
The bulk o'f tho 20,000 troops, most
infantrymen is massed in Chihuahua
City and vicinity. Four thousand are
in Chihuahua City, 2,000 just south of
there and 5,000 have moved toward
Madero, just northwest of Chihuahua
Citv. Two thousnnd have moved to
ward Ojinnga, 200 miles east of Chihua
hua City at the tip of the Big Bend.
Others are scattered at various points
on the 500 mile line between Mndero
and Ojinaga.
General lunstnn said thnt while the
newspapers reported entrenchment of
the Mexicans, his investigation found
no evidence of such a move. In an
nouncing this disposition, Secretary
Baker declnred General Funston mani
fested no apprehension.
The nearest Mexican forces are at
Mndero, 50 miles northwest of Persh-
ings' line.
In contradiction of recent reports of
threats againsth the American forces,
Funston ' message declared General
Trevino recently issued strict orders
that Mexicans insulting Americans
would ne summarily snot.
JUNE 2, 1916
IS
Attorney John S. Miller Attor
ney for Great Corporations
Lauds Him
J. OGDEN ARMOUR ACTIVE
PUBLIC DEMAND IGNORED
People Said They Wanted
Hughes; Will Leaders Let
Them Have Him?
Chicago, June 2. When Candidates'
Row began to' stir this morning, the
presidential milling began whero it left
off last night with the allies still
fighting the Hughes boom. The outlook
was still Hughes or rtoossvelt. Tho
Koosevelt people went so far as to of
fer, informally, a compromise slate to
dispose of a few favorite sons' booms.
Ouo slate fixed up for prc-convention
conversation with Roosovclt for presi
dent; Fairbanks for vice-president;
Root for socrctary of state, and Bur
ton for secretar yof the treasury. This
combination was expected to tickle the
Old Guard and sweeten what was admit
ted to bo a bitter dose to tho men who
beat Roosevelt four years ago.
This combination was Baid to includt
the selection of some .veil known oro
gressives for cabinet jobs.
All Fear Hughes.
No ono protends that Colonel Roose
velt himself has given his consent to
any proposition of this kind but some of
his friends are credited with proposing
the deal. . .
There is no Question, but that. Roosn.
velt boomers fear Hughes more than
any single candidate.
I he business mnn end of the Ronsn-
velt boom wns in full Bwing today with
George Von L. Meyer, former aocretnrv
of the navy, nnd J. Ogden Armour ne
tne active heads. At a meoting of the
organisations Into yesterday, Attorney
John S. Miller, ono of the biggest of
Chicago's corporation attorneys made
a speech, in which ho said that Colonel
Koosevelt expressed the patriotic feel
ing in the breast of every American and
would be the ruarantor of ncaea with
honor.
All Kinds of Claims.
The favorite sons were right on the
job today with claims, claims and still
more claims. Senator Weeks of Massa
chusetts, said he would have 200 votet
on the first ballot; Senator Cummins of
Towa, claimed 121 votes on tho first
ballot.
Talk of a combination among the
favorite sons continued. Somo dopes
ters figured thnt there were slightly
moro than 500 votes tied up in tho com
bination that could bo used as a club
over any candidate, strong enough to
nut him out of business at one wal
lop. Roosevelt talk wns heard on every
side today, but none of the delegates
would admit tho colonel has much of a
show on tho first ballot. California
will not vote for him, P. A. Stanton, na
tional committeeman 'from that state,
said on his arrival here today.
"We hud the issue clearly before the
people and the anti-Roosevelt republi
cans triumphed," Stanton declared.
OUIIIES
SOLIDLY ARRAYED
COLONEL
National Committee Is Still
at Work Deciding Contests
Chicago, June 2 The (i. O. P. na
tional committee gave a littlo show of
old fashioned stoam roller methods to
day in .deciding the thirteen district
contests in Georgia.
'With senator Heed Bmoot of Utah
at the throttlo, the organization plan
ned to Uispose of the individual
Georgia districts by approximately the
same vote that the four "regular" del
egates at largo wero seated laHt night.
In the first district W. H. Daniels
and William James, delegate- and alter
nate respectively of national commit
teeman Jackson's "regular organiza
tion wero seated over the contestants,
said to be for either Hughes or Roose
velt. "Move we sent the regular dele
gates," Baid Henator Mmoot, when each
side hail argued.
"Move we scat the contestants,"
said committcuman Ralph Williams of
Oregon.
The regulars won V to 115.
As each Georgia contest had to be
takrn up separately, the entiro day's
sension was expected to be consumed
in deciding the f i j-1 1 1 In this state.
In the second Georgia district the
regulars, James i, Wafson and J. A.
Grunt, were scuted by unanimous vote.
Twenty Three Contests
Chicago, June 2. Twenty three del
egates were involved in contests still
to be called up when the national com-
X IViJU J. IT
News of Naval Battle
Depresses Some Stocks
New York, June 2. Tho New York
Evening Sun's financial review todav,
said:
The report of the British naval re
verse in the North sea precipitated a
vigorous selling movement in the later
trading on the stock exchange today,
which caused recessions in the general
list of more than twe points from the
high level of the day. Mercantile ma
rine preferred sold below 95. United
steel reacted two points to 8.1 3-8. Ro..d
ing was forced below par; Willys Over
iund v hich Pdvanoed 19 points earlier
reacted four points and similar declines
were noted in other issues.
Every effort was exerted to. support
the market and recoveries not fully sus
tained in every instance followed. Anglo-French
lon and Canadian fives also
uecliued frftctionnllv. Whont
cents or more per bushel and sharp re-
tenoums or irom rive to 11 points in
cotton were recorded.
Trading specialties, largely of pro
fessional origin characterized- in securi
.ca early today. Much of the listless
ness which has been the feature of re
cent sessions gave way to a greater ac
tivity on the part of traders who gave
most of their attention to the war
stocks and to several of the rails in
succession. The result was more or
loss speeatcular advances iu both the
railB and industrial department which
has little or.no connection with the
news.
ES
Says Neither Hitchcock Nor
Anyone Else Has Authority
to Represent Him
Washington-, June 2. Justice Hughes
through his secretary, told the United
Pross today that neither Frank Hitch.
cock nor any one else is authorized to
worn tor tho nomination of the jus
tice at Chicago.
'Justice liughes has no representa
tive and tbcro is no man authorized
to use his nnmft in a iaa!.if,n:..i n
sibility," said the secretary, Laurence
a. uiL'tru,
If ftftiil Tin Dim a unrnvinn,1) tUi- 1.1.
" " 't iron i ii ut me
impression hail been gained that
Hitchcock might be acting with tho
authority of tho justice.
"WO MinOHOll tie TUlhlin trnn. ,.,
Justice Hughes has no representative
nur anyone wno nis been authorized
in tho slightest degTee," he added.
i no justice is sticking closely to his
librnrv these ilavs. K
day's he upends all Ids working hours,
and thev nro mint'.- Sn hia i;)lmi-v
, - i - ""i-.ij
studying cases. Supreme court justices
unit lv ouicus except tneir own li
braries. If ho lias husinCRA rlnwn rnurTi lin
walks a distance of two or three
milos or more r rides with Mrs.
Hughes in their electric car.
The llRtiea knr,iL-a littto 1 1 un!ni., 1 1
except official events from which
there is no cse.ipc. Ono of his recrea
tions 's his Victrola and another his
children.
Word was received this morning from
uoy J,. Jlixon, lornicrly with the fire
department. A few weeks ago ho went
to Detroit to secure employment in
an automobile factory. When ho arriv
ed, he found three good jobs await
ing him. Ho took the best, and is now
holding down a good paying job with
the Cadillac factory. Ho writes things
surely do move fast in that rt of tne
world.
mitteo met today. They were to be
lianon up today in ,ue following order:
IHtito Delegates
' liOiiisiana 12
Mississippi 1
Missouri 1
I Oklahoma 4
Houth Carolina I)
district oi Columbia 2
Technically added to this list arc
the thirteon district delegates in Geor
gia, but these, according to predictions,
are to bo decided the same way that
committoo disposed of tho four dele
gates at large.
In this contest, the four regular del
egates at large, lined up wiin national
committeeman Henry M. Jackson, wero
seated und the contestants thrown om.
There wero various claims today ...at
.hose contesting delegates were lined
up with Hughes or Koosevelt and had
been "steam rollored ' out of exist
ence. Chairman Hilles, however, reiterated
today that every contest had been de
cided solely on its merits and thnt no
candidates were involved.
Pence among the Texas delegates
was to be arranged today by a sub
committee headed by Senator Hmoot
of Utah. In this contest only tho
technical point of "half votes" is in
volved and Hmoot was expected to
bring snout an agreement by which the
delegates selected half their number
to vote.
vs AO STANDS FIVE CENTS
BIG STRIKE SIOPS
!II1IES
VESSELS TIED UP
Arrangements Being Made at
Seme Points to Hire Non
Union Labor
SEVERAL SAN FRANCISCO
FIRMS GRANT DE1ANDS
Big Liners Unable to Unload
Gasoline Engineers May
Join Strike
San Francisco, June 2. If striking
longshoromcn in San Francisco and
other Pacific coast norts do not re
turn to work Monday an effort will
probably bo mado by employers to im
port nou-union labor. What effect this
may have on tho situation wns forer
cuHtcd last night when a crowd oi fif
ty men stormed the gate of pier 19,
where filipiuos wero loading s river
steamer. iJoyd Fitzgerald, watchman,
fired two shots and ten policemen ans
wered the riot roll, but the crowd
quickly vanished.
The Waterfront Employers union,
embracing all big Htenmship compauiea.
hero has offered the strikers a IU per
cent wago increase if they will re
sumo work Monday. The longshore
men want a 30 per cent ruise. if tmsv
compromise is refused, the employers,
union declares it will take stops to
have operations resumed ' on the Ban
Francisco dorks. Tins is taken to
moan that strikebreakers will be im
ported. worts Buuoing xraaes
One of the first etfects of the strike
was grivo interference with the build
ing trade here. Lumber dealers met,
discussed the munition and agreed that,
it mado it impossible for thorn to han
dle lumbor cargoes. This means that,
the present supply of timber in the
local yards is exhausted, with no mom
coming' in, construction work must
eftse, and many membois of the build
ing trades will be thrown out of em
ployment. The shipping censors in which May
or Kolph, is interested, as well as the
Western Fuel company and the Cali
fornia Houth Soa Navigation company,
have already granted the strikers de
mands. K. II. Foley, secretary of the
Riggers and Stevedores union, de
clares that a number of other firms
havo capitulated, and that ho believe
the Btrike will end in a few days. From.
Honolulu came a message, signed by
the Sugar Planters association, urging
shiiwiwnors to accept the strikers'
terms with all speed, lest Hawaiian,
trado be crippled.
Fifty toteamors Tied Up
Fifty Hncramento river steamer
were idlo todny, and many coast liners
sailed without cargo, with water bal
last, or lay at their wharves. A great
throng of strikers greeted the lir
Tonyo Miaru when it docked here but
no efforts were mule to unload ita
cargo with Japanese deckhand labor
Advices from every port on the coast
indicate that tho strike situation i
unchanged from Alaska to San Diego.
Tiio gasoline engineers are talking;
about striking for Increased wages.
At present gasoline launches are try
ing to hnndlo a portion of the river
traffic usually taken care of -by the
regular Btonmers. If the engineers
wulk out commerce on the bay and the
Hucramento river will tie practically t
a standstill.
Outlook i Gloomy
Seattle, Wash., June 2. With the
list of Idle vessels tied up in Seattle
i..B ,.f ihn Iniur-diorcmon's strike
swelled to 18 today Hnry M. WniU
local United Males comnumimiar
immigration, will make another effort
t t.rinw nmnlovers and workers togeth
er for an early settlement.
Tho prospects lor peace appmr
in.lnv however. Iiecause union
officers handling tho strike again de
clared that nil ctforts 10 mcinare on
middle ground would be flatly refused.
xi nf viidcice have been-
m.ide at police headquarters by
menil cr or the special ueum iuirmir
the waterfront Union officers hav
ff'ontinned on Pane Thrnl
THE WPATIIFR
IK
Oregon
To-
night
and
Frl-
day unset tied
and occasionally
th reatening;
winds mostly
westerly.