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;: FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES : CIRCULATION IS OVER 1000 DAILY THIRTY-NINTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 3. 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS &EBESED55H flu 4 ( (fy Wm. o ( f vflf fl r j w nn had 34 BATTLESHIPS IM NORTH SEA FIGHT Berlin A-Fkttcr With Fla?s and AH Germany Rejoices Oyer Victory ENGLAND'S MASTERY OF SEAS THEY SAY IS BROKEN Story of Balils and Its Results As Told In Reports from German Sources Berlin, via Sayville, I.. I., June 3. At least '31 Great British battleships were engaged iu I lie fight with the Ger man squadron off Skagerak. This was announced today in a com lnunicntioii from Vice Admiral Heb binghaua. The report of Admiral Hebbinghaus rend in the reichstng declared: "On the afternoon o' May 31, part of our fleet engaged in combat with a very superior British fleet of at least Si modem great battleships. "The battle went on until 9 p. m. wlicn.it became dark nnd during the night a series of single cruiser nnd tor pedo bout attacks took, place. "The result of these connected en S igenients is a very sntisfastorv sue- ,r;ss of our fleet against a much strong er adversary . "It was ascertained that the kisses it the British, which were confirmed bV rescued British sailors ure the War spite, Indefatigable and Queen Marv, two armored cruisers of the Achilles type, one small cruiser and destroper flagships Turbulent, Nestor and Alcas li r anil further nine or ten destroyers of which our battleship Westfalleu alone sunk six during the night at tr.cks. " j The report continued that the Ger man losses included the Fommern and eisuarten nnd several torpedo boats. A.i.:..i xr.i i . , 1 . : tl , ".T meBt'ntl"t Ti.c cruiser traucnob was seen bv torpedo boat to be heeling during'the glit so that she must be considered J . st. Hie crews and materials of the 'fleet proved excellent The navy is in brilliant spirits, the admiralty reported.' Official Story of Fight. Berlin, June .'!. Vice Admiral Sclieer ias in command of the German high seas fleet which engaged the British on May 31, nnd Vice Admiral ITipper com manded the reconnoitering force which vas first drawn into the battle, semi official statement giving further details of the engagement stated today: "In addition to the official admiral ty report, it is stated by a competent authority that iu the battle off Skag erak, there participated, under com n.aud of Chief of the Navy Vice Ad miral Sclteer, the German high sea fleet with dreadnoughts and older battle ships, battle cruisers and also light sen 'i'lirce-s, torpedo boat and submarine flo tillas, being in the North sea," the semi-official statement says. "On the enemy's side, theGermans f need a majority of the English mod n navy. "The German reconnoitering forces v. ere communded by Vice-Admiral Hip fer. "These forces entered first into the e-mnbat with the enemy's battle cfuis e s anil light cruisers about 5 p. ni., b ter the main bodies of bith sides suc cessfully participated in the fight. "During the day battle, German tor- f Continued on Pa KiO ft ABE MARTIN Mrs. Cad Tnli has three daughters, t0 married an' one mill pnintin. Nrnip fellers are so busy discu.-sin' th' momentous question o' th ' day that t'jry fergit t change ther collars. Ji: : : -1 GER ,fi LOSSES GUI! fER THAU AT RlJT REPORTED Frauenlob , Rammend by Ger man Ship, Goes Down with 354 of Her Crew :ruiser ebing also reported destroyed areat Snper-dreadnsughi Hin decbisrg Is Also Reported As Sunk uondoin, Tune 3. The Britislil de stroyer Shark has been sunk ami a number of her crew lost in a big bat tle in the North sea. Survivors landed at -till by a Dutch ship declared forty warships were engaged ..i the fight and that the Shark was used as a de coy for tbo British fleet. Unofficial Holland dispatches report the loss of the German cruiser Sbling. Forty warships took part in the en gagement. .itli reports of these au.-.-onnl losses also came dispatches truing how oouie of hundreds of British nnd Ger man sailors were seen lloating in the water near the scene of the engage ment bv neutial ships which arrived during Wednesday and Thursday. All England was today anxiously awaiting further details from the -Admiralty, but aside from a late state ment admitting the loss of six destroy ers, first reported as missing, no later statement had been issued early today than the initial announcement of loss es made yesterd ly. Unofficial detnils of the light drift ing in from various points thrilled nil Kifgland. One Holland dispute indi cated that the German fleet swooped down on the smaller vessels of the uritisli fleet at the opening of the engagement. The British were hom-- j lustily outnumbered until the grand uimiiiiiiiul-ii-ii uiiiii uie ifruiiu fleet appeared, and wit:, mousands of ' . ... . . . a imins rniritlO' mill hiirlimr lima nf utii.llu ? & Z vessels were fo Frauenlob Sun armada, tlie kuis- forced to retreat Frauenlob Sunk 3-- Drown The steamer Thames, arriving at the Hook of Holland, reported picking up eleven survivors of tno crew oi the German cruiser Frauenlob, They were floating on rafts. The Fraueulob, the survivors slid, was mink by a rit isii toniedo at 1 a. in. The torpedo struck squarely in the engine room and the crew immediately jumped overboard. .nor i pa of the Frauenlob s survivors indicate that 354 of her crew perished. Of the 3fi,r men who leaped into the water when .he vessal sunk, oulv 19 were able to get aboard of rafts wttich were cut adrift. The remainder sank from exhaustion and were drowned. Many were badly wounded before be ing forced to leap from i..c ship's deck. Of the li reported to have reached rnfts, eight are unaccounted for. From Copenhagen nnd Dutch port came dispatches today bringing frag mentary details of the terri...... fight. Fishermen arriving off On., r report passing through liTtMils of bodies of both British ami German sailors. Wito fifteen British shis now reported de stroyed, the total losses are expected to amount into the thousands. No esti mates of casualties IUm yet, )eeii made by the admiralty however, and it prob ably will .e d.iys before any demiitely accurate estimates can lx made. Th filing, German, Sunk 'From earlv reports it is obvious that survivors have been landed at a dozen different Jiorts. Dutch dispatches re ported the landing at Ynvuideu of six officers ami twelve members of tie crew of the German cruiser Kbling. This ship was not repotted destroyed in cither the (iprmj.ii or British admir alty statements.i The survivors de.-i dared, however, t lint the Kbling was rammed by another German ship, which rcs'iied tlie remuiudcr of her crew, .ritish survivors arc also said to be enroute here aboard a trawler. In tlie face of the heavy losses ad mittedly suffered by British, K.ngl.md stands gtimly determined, and confi dence in the fleet remains unshaken. Intclubs, government ollices aud from men in every walk of life, eumes the expression that while the British suffered the greater losses, the en counter need not be regarded as a de feat, HJt the Germans were forced to flee as soon as the full force of Knglaud's rnnd fleet could be rough t into ac tiou. irennans Had 45 Ships Facing a superior force, the light cruisers, )attle cruisers and destroy ers fought gallantly, disposing of ships of their own class, despite the low vis ibility favoring the German". The in ference is drawn that the greitest exe cution was done bv the German battle ships which were in action from the start, but that once their equal iu Ar mament drew near tiicy retired. Copenhagen disatches declare th.it the steamer Nnesnorg arriviiij. there, reKrted that the German fleet consist- (Continued on Pairs Bix.l MEN PICKED FOR MOST IMPORTANT PLACES IN REPUBLICAN CONVENTION . 'it its n Ah 5 ; V II" -YA " i'-c, i A A tentative program arranged for the republican national convention piuvmcd for the election ns permanent chnirmnn of Senntor Lodge of Massachusetts, Senator Borah of Idaho, Governor Whitman of New York and ex-Gov. lladle'y of Missouri. Later the choice seemed to narrow down to Senator Borah, with Senator Lodge as chairman of the committee on resolutions, which drafts the platform, aud Governor Whitman designated to place tho name of Justice Hughes in nomination before the convention . Tli9 deBijfnutions of Senator Lodge and Governor Whitman have not been changed, it is said, but Senator Bornh innyugo on this eommittep, on resolutions and become Mr. Lodge principal lieutenant on the floor of the convention. Tho name of Governor Whitman was suggested for the vice presidency should the nomination for the presidency go to a western man, but Governor Whitman discountenanced such reports, as he is an open nnd strong advocate of Justice Hughes. No's 1 and 4 exterior and interior, Repub lican national convention in ('olliseum, Chicago; .No. 2 Senator Bornh; No. U Senator Lodge; No. 5 Gov. Whitman. t TODAY'S BALL SCORES ! ijc 3jc !f ifc ?c sc s! s(c )(C 3c fc l(i )js fc 9ft National. E. II. K. Oincinmti 4 11 5 tw York 7 1 Sehu'.tz,' Knetzer nnd Wingo; Ander son and Rariden. VittsburgBrooklyn, postponed, grounds. wet If. 9 7 K. 0 6 and Chicago 2 Boston 3 Vaughn dowdy. and Archer; AUeu R. St. Louis 0 I'hiladelphia 2 Meadows and Snyder; Alexander and Killifer. American. II 8 (j New York S Chicago 0 Mogridge and Nunainiiker; Scott and Schulk. R. II. Boston :? S 7 Cleveland 11 14 I 0 I.eouard, l'ennock and Thomas, Ag new; Covaleskie and. O 'Neill. R. IT. F. Washington 2 Detroit 3 Harper aud Henry; Dubuc nod Stan age. EVEN MONEY ON LEADERS New York, June .1. Colond Uooevelt and Hughes were "even money" nnd take your publican nominal) in the Wall choice prospeiits for the re street betting tcsJay. Some Fairbanks money was iu sight but his backers wanted from 12 to 15 to 1. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ilarne., are stop- ..... . , ! jpimr in the city on their way home, I") ' uruium, rfiiiriiiiig i rum ;iu auiu trip to Klannth Falls. , ' SJhvv? i i . Newspaper Man Tells Story of Greatest Naval Battle By Ed L. Eeene. (United Press staff correspondent.) London, Juno 3. Developments to day clearly showed that the entire Bri tish nnd German high seas fleets were engaged on Wednesday in the greatest naval battle in tho history of the world. ' Sir John Jcllicoe, in supremo com mand of the British naval forces, di rected the English fight with Vice Ad miral Scheer, Germany's supreme power on the seas, heading the kaiser's ar mada. Against more thain IS British ships which were sent to the bottom, German losses were hardly half as large, but j . ftritons found satisfaction today when it was learned that Jcllicoe aud his dreaduaughts had faced the enemy, that j not a ship of the first powerful line was lost and that the German dread 1 naughts were forced to return to their bllIA it ; nw estimated that more than 1 5,0u0 British officers and nien went jdowti with their ships. Rear-Admirals i Hood and Arbuthnot were lost. Rear-Admiral Beatty, hero of the fight which resulted in the sinkiug of the Bluecher, was the first British commander in action, and was till but I trapped by the Germans. His cruiser gmimtrrirt ft ml i.n I'lired tn IMlt fff whlltl "i appeared to be only a German cruiser i 1 fl.ut Cntm 14 bnve. Ftnt Itirbifii' be- hind the cruisers and low hanging mists' was the German battle fleet of dread-1 naughts and super-drendnaughts. Beatty could only retreat, out not he-j fore the heavy German guns were uble ' to do deadly execution. j His cruisers nnd destroyer were shut-1 tered by the heavy fire and with Beat-; ty signalling for help, Sir Johu Jellicoe, j Lnglund s guardian of the sea. Iietnleu !ui flwt 01 super-dreadnaughts to the I- Then came the battle of ages. With g j drendnnught against (lreailnaught, bat-j-'tleship nnd cruiser against cruiser, the ' .. .1.. e , gum ol icic niiuiy nt-a mri-.- i-itu-ij forth their fire. Not a British dread- naught was lost. The German state- D"'"t. ,h': Mn Dof the Wnrspite is officially denied. But tho German (lrmlJim,,)U 9UCeUmbed to the British , f,rH n,j ( ie retreat v. as ordered. 1'iuiu mid afternoon until darkness A', 1 J"Jt -s began to fall the main battle raged. At 9:20 in the evening the finish of the encounter of big shiirs came. All during the fight torpedo boats and submarines had been used 'for small sallies, but with the fall of darkness ciune tho real struggle for the smaller craft. Like infantrymen in land fighting, these small boats made desperate charges against the lines of their en emy. Light British destroyers were lost. The Germans lost six. It was declared at the admiralty to day tkat in the German torpedo boat charges, not one torpedo scored a hit. After Jellicoe arrived and the torpedo attacks were completed, the Germans withdrew. Jellicoe remained on the scene of bat tle during the icmaindcr of the night. On Thursday morning when there re mained nothing to fire at, he returned to the British coast. Most of the fighting was at a range of from five to six miles. . It was established this afternoon that despite his encounter with the full strength of the German fleet and his narrow escape, Admiral Beatty has re turned safely to port. At the admiralty it is considered the British fleet fully showed its superior ity to the Germans. Fmphasis is laid on the fact that Jellicoe waited on the scene, for ma,ny hours for further pos sible action, but that the Germans did uot ngain offer battle when the Eng lish offered their full strength. The sum totul of the English cluims at the admiralty is that a portion of the British fleet met a portion of the Ger man fleet and forced it to retire, also that the Germans were in their own wa ters while the British were nearly GOO miles from home. If the engagement had been fought in British waters, not. a single German would hnve reached home, was one un official statement of the admiralty. A story iu circulation that Prince Al bert, King George's sailor son was in the engagement was denied today. With the first announcement of casu alty lists at Portsmouth agonizing scenes were to be witnessed there and at other port towns On some streets iu Portsmouth hardly a household was without its victim. Wounded were, begintiiug to bo 1 hit ..A ill K1S GET BEHIND COLONEL 111 TIIEI SACKS Vanderlip, Representing the , Standard Oil, Comes Out Strong for Him J.P.MORGAN STANDS IN AS DO CHICAGO PACKERS Miller, Corporation Attorney, , Joins InThis Upsets Plans of Standpatters By Perry Arnold. (United Press stuff correspondent.) Chicago, June 3. Sudden realization of tho fact today that Theodore Roose velt has now garnered tho support of a goodly portion of Big Business that portion from whicli a sizeable sharo of the sinews of war ure usually collected, injeetod a new problem in thu pre convention logrolling along Caudi dates' Row today.' The old guard contingent has hereto fore felt seeuro in its stand that the candidate they proffered would bo able to command a goodly bank roll. But the appearance iu the open of Herbert L. Mnttcrlee, brother-in-law of J. P. Mor gnn, as nn active Roosevelt worker; word from New York that Frank A. Vanderlip, credited with considerable influence in the oil group of Wall street had announced 'for T, R. and knowledge that J. Ogdeu Armour, of packing house fame, was a Roosevelt adherent, had the effoct of weakening tho most potent argument of the stand patters their ability to back a candidate with money. Big Business Against Hughes. If the gossip along the row is nn in dex. Bin Business is dead set against Hughes. Before the old guard came to Perkins declared that only Informal a full realization that ' Roosevelt . was . conferences had been held with the re graduolly accumulating business sup- publican leaders so far. lie Intimated port,, leaders started a back fire move- hia belief in tho rumor that some of ment against tho justice, holding that the moro radical progressive would in entirn lack of knowledge as to his posi- sil,t 'i nominating Roosevelt at thw tion on the tariff, industrial welfare, ! vory s,ttrt of tho convention. This, preparedness und other big problems of however, probably will be bnlked and tho day tnado it problematical whether he could command Big Business support. ine pmn to Kill otf Hughes with Roose velt and then to kill off Roosevelt with a combination of nllies the favorite sons was in tho making last night. To day, however, the pussy-footers weren't go sure that it would hold water. Meanwhile a small wedge of dissen sion showed today in the progressive ranks. The radical progressives, of the typo of Governor Johnson of California, want tho progressives to meet on Wed nesday and name their candidate which of course would be T. R. within an hour or so. Then they would sit back and wait. The conciliatory group of progressives in Ohio are willing to wait until tho republicans nominate even if this takes until Friday or Sat urday before having the conclave in the auditorium to choose a standard benrer. They hold tho third ticket bog ey would be moat effectually held be fore tlie republicans if the progressives sat tight. Nothing Doing Before Friday. In nil the pre-convention pussy-footing, the one definite plan evolved so far by the old guard ns the Inst line of defense against stampede for Roosevelt, is a sudden adjournment after one or two ballots. It looks now as though the nominating oratory will be spilled on Friday. The first roll call on a presi dential nominee will come afterward. If T. B. nnd Hughes show big at first and if either grew perceptibly in two or threo ballots, Murrny Crane is expect ed to suggest an ad journment. Then in the watches of the night, the final ef fort will be made to agree on the vote the next day. Knowledge today that the progres aixCB had served a virtual ultimatum that they would not accept Hughes, since Roosevelt had mnde the isftues nnd et the icc, served to accelerate per ceptibly the Weeks boom. His support ers, who orieinnly cluimed 125 votes on the first ballot, were asserting 175 to day and morn on the way. Boomers for the other favorite sons were struck with the same optimism. Five professional glad handers on duty at the Root headquarters positively ra diated enthusiasm today. Old Guard Is at Sea. An old guard lieutenant, close to the front o'f information, wns authority to day for the "dupe" that the big ones In the convention probably would not get even to n tentative agreement before Tuesday. The optimism of a month ago (Continued on Paga Eight.) brought in today. Some were carr I'.n on stretchers, others were able to hobble to hospitals with the assistance of less seriously injured companions. Many wore suffering from terrible lacerations, torn by shells. Others weer suffering acutely from long exposure in the water. At every port n well ns in London admiralty offices were besieged by men, women and children, begging for some word from relatives ninong tho crews of the ships engnged, TEDDY All RIGHT "IIOIHIII" LWilHng to Accept Anyone, But t That One Will Have ta Be Roosevelt REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT- PRODUCED SUCH A MAN "The Repahlcans Want To , Win" Said Rowel, They Must Come To Us" . By H. L. Rcnniclt. (United Press staff correspondent.) Chicago, June 3. The progressiva party is ready nt any time to accept a republican candidate who "can fill the place of Theodore Roosevelt." . Cp to this time, however, the repub licans have shown no iinnninity on any candidate, nor havo they provided a man who can fill Roosevelt's place. - This stand was outlined today br George W Perkins, bull moose chieftain. Ho emphasized the progressives' will ingness to accept a republican candi date, but emphasized even nioro tba belief that Roosevelt, is the only man. "Wo stand on our Jnnuary state ment," Perkins said, "that does not necessarily i.ieau Roosevelt. But tho word 'necessarily' of necessity implies thntoHome other man must be produced who can Till Roosevelt's place. But there has been no ununmity of opinion on any republican candidate other than Roosevelt." Will H. Childs, of Brooklyn, progres sive lender, interrupted Perkins to stata that during the past three months the sentiment for Roosevelt had grown to ', practical unanimity on the. colonel. , efforts made to prevent any one from "going off half cocked." "We have taken no definite steps because only about 10 per cent of ths delegates arc now here," Perkins snid. " Something definite toward a confer once with tho republicans may bo ac complished early next week." Chester A. Rowell, progressive nation al committeeman from California, took practically the same stand as Perkins. He said ho was not speaking for Gov ernor Johnson, but that hn personally believed the republicans had, so far, brought out no acceptable substitute for Roosevelt. "The republicans wnnt to win," said Rowell. "They must como to us." Pittsburgh Honor Memory of Composer of "Old Black Joe" Pittsburg, June 3. Not tho least in teresting part of tomorrow's celebra tion in this city will be the formal op ening of the Stephen C. Foster home, dedicated about a year ago to the city in perpetuation of the composer's mime and works. All ilny and rar into the evening a band will phi v his songs on the lawn. "Old Black Joe," "Swanoe River," "Nellie Gray," "My Old Kentucky Home" and other favorites he wrote will be played. The piano that Poster frequently used and a score of other interesting relics of him have been loaned indefi nitely to the city by his descendants nad will be attractively placed in the house. It was rumored on the streets today that C V. Hull, of tho Valley Miisic house on North Commercial street, who mysteriously utiaappen red, was likely tu return to Salem. It is also rumored that there ure several in tho city who have sonic old scores to settla with Mr. Hull and Hut they worn- oe nioro than glad to have him show up. Mr. Hull disappeared last .January, lie- sides the Kiler Music houso, several Salem .people are interestd in Mr. Hull's return. THE WEATHER l . - Oregon: Vair tonight and Sun day; warmer Sunday east por tion; westcily winds. IFEE 0pi