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FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY mm THIRTY-NINTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS KSDS CAM item MEXICAN HDl IS SAY ULTIMATE GIVEN PERSlVG According to These Trevino Says, Any Move Save North Means War MEXICAN EM3ASSY s ' PRONOUNCES IT A FAXE Situation However Is Critical, But Carranza Alone Can Start War Brownsville, Texas, June 17. Troop M, Third cavalry, under Lieutenant Newman, crossed the Kio Grunde at I;anchito, 12 miles above here this morning in pursuit of Mexican bandits who raided San Bernito yesterday. This information was received here in a telephone message this afternoon, which reported that fighting hns been in pro gress near Ranchito since shortly after Kewman crossed. Four troops of cavalry with machine uns left Fort Brown to support the expedition. Several companies of the Twenty-eighth infantry were also sent to Rnnchirn from Mission Tka in. fantry at Fort Brown will remain to yjuru .Brownsville. General Ricaut, Carranza command Git at. Mntnmoras, issued orders Thurs day to shoot all Americans crossing the river. Is a Bold Threat. El Paso. Texas. June 17 Tlimo ti,n Jand troops in the Juarez garrison were - Teiiiforced' today by several hundred fresh soldiers who arrived during the night and encamped 12 miles east of x., ruse. With Junre civilians tm;n General Bell at Fort Bliss holding every aian in his command ready for any ouieiKcm:r, me situation this nfternoon was admittedly dangerous. However, Bevoral alarming reports were discounted by official advices. General Obregon. Carranza 's was min ister, telegraphed "Consul Garcia at El Paso a deniaUlint General Garvia had heen executed, as a morning news serv ice reported. Garvia has not reached x.texieo City, Ozvegou stated. The statement that 1,000 Juarez civil ians had been nrmpft n.. , ,,- aiidiiit commander -nn nrnvn.l -ful ni.. ri.. 40 Juarez residents answered the cnil for military training and thev were armed. All civilians who answer the can nave been promised Carranza wean ous. Anti-American rlmfin.i,.n,., i . , . """""""' pun ted in secret meetings in Juarez are Mo to nave beeu prevented bv cool bends. Mexicans Threaten Attack Washington, June 17. Mexicans will attack American troops if anv more of the latter cross the border, or. "if tnere is any attempt to move anv troops," according to a message Gen era Trevino has telegraphed to Gen eral Pershing, General Bell reported to the war department todnv through General Funjston. t h "General Bell telephoned that Gen eral Trevino had telegraphed General Pershing that if any more troops cross ed the bonier they will be attacked or if any attempt to move anv more troops is made tlnse will be attacked," said i anston's telegram. . Acting Secretary of War Scott, in announcing the message, emphasized the fact that they had not come from lersluug himself. It was taken, how ever,, as official confirmation of Tre vino s previously reported action, inas much as Bell made his statement flatlv and did not qualify it. with any su" gestion that the Trevino message ww merely rumored. The state department hdmifted!v wag anxious to learn whether General A stranger .called fer rare liver at th' Little Gem resturiut yisterday. Brooms are gettin' bo high it hardly ia;'s t ' sweep. -i i f V"'1 Page Seven.) 1 Francis M. Johnson IsJMled by Bun MeMinreville, Or., June 17. Francis M. Johnson, a farmer living near Day ton, is dead today as the result of in juries received from an infuriated bull which he was leading to water. The animal knocked Johnson down and trampled him. Mrs. Johnson drove the bull away with a pitchfork, but not un til her husband had been fatally in jured. ' x He" was 33 years old. A widow and one sister, Mrs. R. A. Brown of Sulem, survive him. E Selection of Chairman and of Other Officials Is Confirmed St. Louis, Mo., June 17 At an early hour today President Wilson was in undisputed control of his campaign for re-election. Vance MeConniek of Penn sylvania has been ratified as chairman of the national committee, over the muttered protests of a large portion of the committee and over the out spoken objections of a few members. Final vote on the question, taken long after midnight, resulted in only two votes being cast against the president's slate, which included Carter Glass of Virginia for secretary, Homer S. Cum niings, of Connecticut, for vice-chairman, and Wilbur W. Marsh of Iowa, treasurer. K. W. H. Moore, of Ohio, and W. F. Sapp, of Kansas, were the" only com mittee men willing to go on final record with their protest. Moore's principal argument was that, by following the president's directions in the matter, the national committeemen were taking away all their own political power they became-merely collectors of campaign funds, ho said. ."I deny the right of the president to take away, from us the right to have some say in the selection of our next presidential candidate, which we will have if we elect a chairman from our own committee," lie declared. In the course of the evening's argu ment, R. S. Hudspeth of New Jersey, called President Wilson by telephone. "My choice of Mr. McCormick is in accordance with the precedent estab lished,", the president said, "and that is all have to say." The only other contest of importance, that from' Texas, resulted in the seat ing of William Poindexter as national committeeman. Trying to Connect Him With Arson Cases Portland. Or., June 17. Further testimony tending to connect J. G. Brown of Seattle, president pf the Shingle Weaver's Union, with an at tempt to burn the University Shingle .Mills Here in im-, was iiniiripuim from the prosecution today in the trial of Charles McDaniels, accused or ar Me Daniels yesterday testified that Rrnwn offered him $.'00 and traveling expenses out of the northwest if he would sign nn atnuavit acKnowieug inif that he set the fire. Hutrli Priest and Thomas Pnttison are now serving terms of five to 13 years in the penitentiary for tne samn the Morning After'9 at St. Louis- Women Are Mad But Old Flag Gets a Rest By George Martin. (United Press staff correspondent.) The tumult and the shouting dies The orators and gangs depart; The bands have boomed their demise, Aud now the campaign tours will start. St. Louis Mo., June 17. St. Louis j fragettes are going arouud with fight woke up in its night shirt and a vile'ia their eyes and the kick of a Missouri mood this morning and fiading itself j mule in every word they utter, minus a democratic convention donned I The suffrageists didn 't like the demo its overalls and went back to making Icrntic platform yesterday at all. Not at boots and beer Meantime nhe democratic party is asleep at the twitchs all over the coun try, wherever Pullmau porters go, sleep ing the sleep of the just tuckered out. Having spent a million dollars and a hnrf in cash, four days time and its visible supply of enthusiasm in whoop, whoop, hurrahs, and hotel lobbies, it i; rolling homeward on various rail roads and the democratic state central committees monev. Onc lone baud tootinir "Wake Uu. America," in front of the Jefferson ho-1 tel and one loue Ameri-an cursing it roundly from a fourth floor window i because it succeeded in making him; Jn n ... 1.a nnlv aii.lll.la 01'iilnTina I here todar that there had just beea a l.i ..:nn.i ...,...,.,'.;., ; city. The hotel managers are re ar - PERKINS IS BUSY BRINGING ABOUT PEACEPARLEYS Perfecting Plans for Getting Hughes and Roosevelt Together HUGHES WILL NOT HEED OLD GUARD DICTATION i ' William Loeb Jr. Mentioned As Probability for Cam paign Manager By Carl D. Groat (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, June 17. Further tun neling to get Colonel Roosevelt and Charles Evans Hughes) together, ap peared to be in process here today, it took the form of a conference this af ternoon between Hughes and General Leonard Wood, staunch friend ..of Roosevelt and strong Americanism and preparedness advocate. As an army man, Wood cannot bat tle in politics. There is nothing to prevent him, however from beiug a personal emisury between tie two men and it is believeo he will auu ms voice to that of other men who hope to see Roosevelt with coat off working for the republican nominee. Hughes day was quiet. .In the fore noon, he made a trip down town to purchase more of his famous open faced collars and dignified' four-in-hand ties, white vests and other hab erdashery. During the afternoon Ungues resumed his conferences with republican ' leaders' including Repre sentative Stevens, California, Senator Work California, Representative Aus tria, Tennessee, former Senator But ler, North Carolina and Representative Madden, Chicago. ' An Earlier Beuort. ( United Press staff correspondent.) Washington. June 17. Charles E. Hughes passed the week-end here as nearlv as possible J'laiu citizen Hughes. He didn't succeed entirely for con gressmen and. senators besieged him. They wantedto tell him how glad they were of his nomination, to whisper how'd always been early and high on the Hughes bandwagon and to begin active work "back home. Especially gratifying was the an nouueement by George W. Perkins, "auzel" of the progressives, that peace parleys are looking up. Hughes was not surprised, for much of the week's work ib New xorK lias Deeu ne voted to a. tunneling process whereby sooner or later Hughes and Colonel Roosevelt could. get together. Those close to Hughes say such a meeting wiil not occur before the ntoili caitou in July, though before then the two may have a "mental get to eether. Hughes undoubtedly intends to make such a "blast" in his forthcoming acceptance .of' the (nomination thut (Continued on Pajro Si. offense. McDaniels was captured near Seattle severnl months ago and brought to Portland for trial. ranging their lobby furniture, menu prices and unspeukable room rates and the suffragists their hair and pro gram, j For be it known that, since the demo crats powered so over the suffrage j plank in their platform yesterday, Mrs. Abbie Scott Bnker and her sister suf- all! And they vow they'll see aboot it in November. . The Collteum is a morgue of dead chairs an.l dead cheers, paper, pop bot tles anil nice presidential aspirations.! Governor Major Governor Elliott W. Major of Missouri who wanted to be vice-president, and wanted and wanted to, wept in E minor all over his friends' shoulders and the downtown section of St. Louis all day yesterday and until the early hours of this morning be cause he couldn't be; and Roger Sul- livan of Chicago, took his steamboat and went home. The poor old. American flag, torn and blading from the merciless onslaughts of too many orators, hns been laid to rajt f fT tlkd 1 1 m A tltMIKT Anil it 14 Tll ' i up to Woodrow Wilson and Charles Vi-.n. II ,,t. i. u,on !.-, 11 rrn on with the story. Officials Say Steward Served Them Whiskey Kalama, Wash., June 17. Steward J. L. Nichols of the river steamer Beaver is in jail here today as the re sult of a raid on the steaiuboA by dep uty sheriff, disguised as loggers, who declare Nichols served them whiskey. The officers were accompanied by D. E. Nicholson, Bertillon expert at the Walla Walla penitentiary. Officers declare they have informa tion that some river steamers have? bo eome favorite rendezvous for men who want to drink without interference. Nichols said he bought the liquor at a I'ortlaud drug store. Longshoremen's Strike Leads igsnoremen s to Murder This Morning Four Are Arrested Oakland, Cal., June 17. Louis Mor- ley, age 23, a lumber handler, was shot and instantly killed today during a strike riot which raged around a train .of timber wagons at the Sunset lum ber yards. Jack Hampton, a guard on one of the trucks, is under arrest. Five other men who figured in the fight bave bea taken into custody for their own protection. Morlev was in a crowd of strikers which surrounded the waRon as they came from the yards. Hampton Bat beside the driver. As an attempt was made to drive the trucks through the mob, one of the strikers threw a stone. Hampton, the police allege, tnereupon drew his revolver and fired- Morley was aiiot in the heart. Five hundred men are on strike at the lumber yards in sympathy with river boatmen. A larze uuniocr or strikebreakers are on the ground, and further violence is feared. Both sides threatened to bring reinforcements from San Francisco today. The water , front is swarm-aa -with ponce, heavily armed, in anticipation of more trouble Tour Under Arrest. Oakland, . Cal., June 17. M. F. Mofey, a lumber handler, was shot and instantly .killed Parly today during a strike riot at the ' Sunset Lumber Yards. Four suspects have been ar rested. It is reported that trouble has started all along tho waterfront. Movey lived in Alameda. He was watching a crowd of men around the vards when a-shot was fired from a 'lumber dray. The bullet pierced his heart. He fell dead. Police seized four men who were near the wagon. They were taken to police headquarters. The strike at the Sunset Lumber Vards is an outgrowth of the recent longshoremen's strike, in which a partial truce has been declared, and of the river boatmen's walkout, still in force. Vesterdav there were two minor dis- t rim noiu "n.t the Sunsot pliniit, one non-union worker beinjr severely beat en by f if t v rioters who dragged him from' a wagon which was conveying laborers to thn yards. Another man was dragged from the. wagon, but escHped by running. a, TODAY'S BALL SCORES t National R. H. ,:.:..,. It 4 Brooklyn 3 Vnu"hn, Seaton aul Archer; Chen ey, Marqmml, Coombs and Meyers. 11 innings. R. TI. E. Cincinnati J r ? 1'hila.lelphia 0 "? ' Toncy and Wingo; Demnree, Mcuil leu and Bums. l'ittsburgBoston, both games post poned, rain. St. Louis-New York, postponed, wet ground. American R. II. E. rNwVorU - ; " Cleveland " , . Khawkey and Nunamaker; llagny, Coumbe, Covulfski and O'Neill. R. H. E. 3 8 0 ...7 7 1 Cunningham Philadelphia .. Detroit Meyers and and Stanage. Schang; R. . 0 H. 0 Piston - - ID ,' Ruth and Thomas; Ben, and Scbalk. Danforth replaced Rum. R. H. 5 11 . 2 10 .Washington C I miw Harper and Henry; Groom, Weilumn and Hartley Supersensitive persons can be known l,v the slight reaard that they have for the feelings of other. T It! ffPOIIS Capture of Czernowitz Not Officially Confirmed But Thought Certain FIGHTING AT VERDUN MAKES NO CHANGES Russian Drive Relieves Pres- sure On Italian Front- Dunkirk Bombarded London, Juno 17. That the Austri-I ans, driven back from their first line of trenches on the eastern front have settled into new positions of strength and are stubbornly resisting the Russian-advance, is the conclusion gained here from the fact that the Russian official report does not carry statement of tremendous gains daily as in the first several days of the. drivo. Tho capture of Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina is' not yet officialy con firmed though reported unofficially from several sources. Its capture has not been denied from Vienna. From a few miles north Tarnopol to Brody, the Austrians have held their ground steadily, due, says l'etrograd, to the fact that the greatest violence of the Russian drive has been devel oped north and south of this sector. The. drive already has had the effect of lessening in marked degree the Aus trian pressure against the Italians on the Trentiuo front. King Victor Em manuel of Italy has congratulated the czar on tho success of the offensive. Austrians Repulse Russians. Vienna, June 17. New. combats have started along the entire Volhvnian tront, according to today's report front tl..l lllut.n.II,.n.h!. 1 i-..-. un,.w,i '............ -i.- t.. STUBBORN M cross the River Styr failed, the Russians P00 r",linK overhead. An officer "l you ace Marion go with Jose sufferin heavilv i told here there was no time to dress. Pine Davis U any other room on th8 Tiie reivort was from headquarters yesterday, and was received here to day. It reads: "On the south Bneister our troops repulsed the enemy's cavalry. West of Visvovczyk no Russians are making attacks against our position. Here we took two officers nnd 400 prisoners. There' is nothing to report from near Tarnopol. On the whole Volhyiiian front new combats have started. On the Styr several enemy attempts to cross the river failed, the enemy, as usual, suffering heavy losses.". On the Italian front the report claims the repulse of ' several Italian attacks ami the success of Austrian at tacks at Tnknttop ami Hindmost. Artillery Duel at Verdun. Paris, June 17. Violent artillery at tacks are continuing on both banks of the Mcuse, Verdun front, m-cording to the official statement of the French war office today. Tho duel of big guns in the Avoeourt sector is particularly heavy. Dead Man's hill last night was inferno of shell fire. A German hand grenade attack at Avoeourt was easily repulsed. In the Vosgcs, east of Thann a de tachment of French infantry penetrated two German lines, killing many of the defenders and taking other prisoners. The altuckcrs returned without suf fering losses. Denial that the French have been driven from thir freshly won trenches on the southern slope of Dead Man's hill, as claimed by the Germans, is made at the French war office. According to the German official statement, the French, by counter at tack, were hurled back, leaving pris oner4jn the hands of the German. The French insist that they are still holding their ga5ms, a kilometer of trenches, and that in the attack more than "00 Germans were taken. Torpedo Destroyer Sunk. London, June 17. The torpedo de stroyer Eden sank in the English chan nel lust night immediately following a ollision, the admiralty announced to day. It was announced that 31 of the Ed en's crew bad been saved. She carried 70 officers and men. The Eden displaced 555 tons, was 220 feet long and had a speed oT 2li.2 knots. Her armament was four three-inch guns and two lS-inch. torpedo tubes. She was built in 1903. Airships Bombard Dunkirk. Faris, June 17. German fivers bom barded Dunkirk, Pont-A-Moussouson and Barleduc yesterday and last night, killing four persons and wounding !, according t the French official state ment. A French air squadron bombard ed I.onguyon, Montmedy and Auduiu. SYRACUSE WON JUNIOR Poughkeepsie, N. , June 17. Rvrai-usn won the iunior varsitv race iii the intercollegiate regatta this aftera on. Musical Composer Overlooks His Bonds San Francisco, June 17. Where is( Giacomo Puccini? Every effort was made today by the reorganization com mittee of the General Petroleum com pany to get in touch with Puccini, composer of "Madame Butterfly" and other operas, who owns $10,000 worth of the corporation's six per cent bonds, which arc in a bank here. Unless these securities are deposited with the Mercantile Trust compnny before .liriie 2H, the date of the foreclosure Sale, Puccini will not be able to participate in the benefits of that sale. - All at tempts to find him have been vain. Federal Inspectors Will Try to Place Blame Where It Belongs San Francisco, June 17. While fed eral inspectors viewed the wreck of the steamer Bear today preparatory to starting tiieir probe Mouuay, surviv ors arriving here were subpoenaed to testify at the inquiry. Every effort will bo made to learn what was re sponsible for the disaster to the Bear, which cost five lives. Many additional details of the ship wreck scenes were given by survivors here today. They came on a special train from Eureka. Miss Agnes Loftus, an actress, said she was in a lifeboat that capsized. Ono of the sailors seized her by the hair and kept her afloat until they reached land. Then 'Miss Loftus helped save Mrs. George H. Learned and her baby from beueuth an overturned lifeboat. The nerves of many passengers from the overturned boats were evidently severely shaken. They described their xperiences as terrible." Drifting blindly through the foggy night in small boats with children crying and some women weeping hysterically, the steady call of the Bear's siren and finally the un set in the heavy surf and the fights for lite iu pitch darkness, they declared, were episodes which can never bo for gotten. Miss Axa Paget of Portland, wild she wns nwnkciii.,1 l.v tl.n wV.utl .! w cciz.iiig an overcoat, sue ana ner motli-1 er climbed into n lifclmnt while tmml er climbed into a lifebont whilo from the fog came shrieks and screams of those thrown into the breakers when two boats tipped over. LATE MEXICAN BULLETINS Washington, June 17. Army trans ports are being ordered to Tampico, Vera Cruz and other Mexican ports to bring home Americans, it was learned at the state department this afternoon. The transport Summer has already left for Tampico, where there is a large American colony principally of oil men and their employes. Washington, June 17. The text of General Trevino 's ultimatum to Gen eral Pershing was received at the war department this afternoon from Gen eral Funston. Officials said it would not be given out "at this time." They refuse to comment on it in anv war. Washington, June 17. That Mex icans participating in the San Ignacin raid his week were undoubtedly Cnr- ranzistns wns apparently established in a report transmitted by Major Gray to tha war department this afternoon. San Antonio, Texas, June 17. Gen eral Parker reported to General Funs ton from Brownsville this afternoon that a detachment of Colonel Ballard's command fired on a band of Mexicans eight miles east of San Benito Texas. It is not known whether any bandits were killed, as they Blattered into the brush and recrosscd the line. Bollard said ho would follow them across the border if he could find a good trail. Travelers from Del Rio said today that 200 Mexicans havo crossed the lino there. This could not be con firmed at Fuustou's headquarters. American troops are building pontoon bridges near Del Rio and have machine guns trained across the river. Laredo, Texas, June 17. Mexico's youngest bandit, Jose Do Lvon was brought here this afternoon. The boy who is only 12 years old, wns captured near San Ignacio by American soldiers, following Thursday's raid there. He was armed with a Winchester rifle and carried several dynatnit') bombs. De Ijeon confessed to being a mem ber of Luis De La Rosa's band. He savs De La Rosa obtainel recruits in Munterev with tho knowledge of t ar rauza officers. Permission, has been received from the nostal authorities at Washington permitting tire use of an automobile on rural route three. This route is served bv Lyman McDonald, although Mrs. Percy Pugh has been delivering the mail during the two weeks vacation of Mr. McDonald. Rural carriers are not permitted to use au automobile un less thev can make a showing to the Washington nutnorlties that the ma- chine can be used at least sis months in the year. HI! IRIS ARE WITNESSES III ORPET TRIAL Introduced by Prosecution ta Show Story Told by Davis Girl Is False TESTIMONY OF ALL WAS MARION SEEMED HAPPY Evidence of All Indicated Lambert Girl Did Not Think of Suicide Courtroom, Waukegaii, 111., June 17 The "eighteen bunch" had thoir inning, in the game for tho life or death of Will Orpet today. Tho "bunch" only now 16 strong" are school girls, chums of Marion Lam bert, and they came into the big court room half laughing, half frightened and took the stand, one after the other, to aid the prosecution of tho youth wh wrecked the life of their friend. They had been iu court before, but this was their day the day they were to refute the story of Josephine Levia, now ostracised from the "bunck' who said Marion had cried and threatened suicide on the day of her eighteenth birthday party, four days bofore her body was found. Bernicc Wells came first to the UmI. "What did Marion ny to you when, you left tho Lambcit home tho day of the party f" tho prosecutor asked. - " 'Bernice, I am awfully glad yon could come' that's what she said," tho witness answered. . . "Then she said she would meet no at Eleanor Double 'a home the next Sun day." .. . "But she didn't meet yout" asked the prosecutor. ' "She was dend," Bernice answered. Then the state got down to the ques- tion it wanted brought out, i v "I "id not." "Did vou sec hw crying?" "No." , ... , Tells Same Story. Florence Russell came next. "Did you see any one crying at that' birthday party!" she was asked. "Yes," said Florence. "Anna Paul son was crying." "Anyone else?" - "Yes, Marion Lambert, both were crying togcthor." "What did Marion and Annasayt", "Marion said: 'Anna I'm awfully sorry you did not nrrunge to stay all night with me. Wo haven't missed staying together on my birthday for 15 years.' " 'Was that all sho was crvinz about 1" i "Yes." Then the state turned Miss Russell over to Attorney Potter of the defense for cross examination. Fliirfunle inilmithvi she iwas " hist friendly" with Marion and that sho was not alone with her on tho day of her birthday party. ".Marion told me Sunday morning. that sho had learned Will Orpet was en gaged to Miss Youker, and that Jose- Bin had written Will and soon Will would come down and tell her the straight truth of it," Miss Russell said. On re drci't examination the utate brought out that Marion hud told Flor ence Orpet had bven to Lake Forest two weeks previous to tho birthday party, and had slept in the garage on. the Kiippcnheimer estnte, berauso ho had something on the chauffeur aud could stay tkere any time he wanted to and nobody would know it. Not At All Jealous. "Marion told me Orpet was of a pnssionato temperament," Miss Russell said. "lie would get mad and fly off into a temper, Marion said sho liked him that way." 1 lion Miss Russell sprang the testi mony the stntc had waited for. "Marion," she said, "told me onc that she though Joschine Davis liked Will Orpet awfully well. But Marion said she didn't care about that. She thought it was Josephine's feeling for (Continued o Pace Threa.) tot wrmnro 111U IlllllliUll Oregon: To night and Sun d a y partly cloudy and occa sionally threat ening, cooler ex cept near th coast; westerly winds.