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THE WEATHER 'ORECAST. Showers to-dfjjf- ct pre fair row: 'frefB IT SHINES FOPs ALL nn. Highest temper fday, 65; lowest, 49. Dctallr-- weathhyflMid ne report\ on pnie 1 B, PRICE TWO CENTS. VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 2G6. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1916. Copyright. 116. by the Sun Printing and PublUhtng AnoclaUon. FRENCH FORCE WAY INTO FORT AT DOUAMONT IU'ain Footing in Defences . Held for Ninety Days hv the (iei'inuns. GAIN IX F0UI? ATTACKS OX THE VKKDl'X FRONT Capture 31 ore Tlmu a 3lile of Trendies Xear the Thiauiuont Farm. Y liTIIKU FKOCiRl'SS AT LF MORT 1103DIE Siiipiise Action Dislodges Teutons on Heights of the 3ense. (will Cn'Jf flerpatch to Tin Scn. Tari.1, May 22. The most successful counter attack yet undertaken by the French at Verdun ushered In the fourth ninth of the huso lutllo for the great barrier fortress. As a result Trench trmps to-- n ght stand once more in part cf Kort Douaumont, Verdun's northern- most outer fortifications, which fell into (Jtrm.ui hands ninety days ago. Alone a front of about two kilometer\ ( little more than a mile), between the Tilaumont farm and a point east of Djiuumnnt Kort, the Ficnch rushed for-wa- In a furious assault, breaking down the German resistance on the whole line cf ntl.ick, capturing Herman trenches and taking numerous prisoners. The Germans, the War Office admits, ttill Iiel'l the northern part of Douurnont Fort. The attack was preceded hy a invcrful and sustained artillery bom tHrdnxnt. On the left bank of tho river the de most for part of Verdun a similar i thP Vlmy ridge, uccej!\ their In a counter The German drive to i \ting frm Herman\ I ;c3t of Vlmy Hldge was tin-- f new trenches! recently by them dertaken to outflank the Hrltlsh who t of Le Mort Homme. Further prog- - teccntly crest of the ridge, rest also wan made by the French south I have go-- f Hill 25\ where the Teutons 0, ever The success of the ejecled from , attack presents a serious menace to ty them four days ago. i H,e llrltl.-- h on tho ridge, at tho same A attack by Gen. I time if followed up, troops on heights of the j vllle-S- t. and two places Veuje. Here a surprise drove tne Germans out of trenches on a sector of l\0 meters, French taking some prisoners. Port The War Office Issued tho following Statement i In the Argonne our batteries con-jrt- an energetic of Itjn'lllois, Montaucon and tho dc Oieppy. On Iih left bank of the Meuse we continued to make progress during tho fl.ij nuih of Hill 2S7. We forced tho ene to evacuate small earthworks 'i a he has held since the ISth. In tie region west of Lo Mort H n, iiu our counter attacks enabled cir nf.tntry to drlvo the out o' i ruin elements of trenches ip.ed by him. iiu the riu-h- t bank of the Meuse fiei a powerful artillery our Infantry captured by assault i in. ui positions on a front of about to kilometers between tho region t of the Thlaumont farm and a 1'iliit east of Port Douaumont. On tv entire front of attack our troops '.jituit'd German trenches and pene-tntf- il Port although the t 'fin still holds the northern part. Xn'tierous ptlsoners remain In our fc i \n ihe height\ of the Meuse In the R\ i Houchot we executed a success- - P'' o'lp de main enabled us to cUaii out the trenches of the enemy for a distance of 300 meters and to rrake nnie prlsoneis. I.ai night French accord-In- ; tu tho communique!. ,!, ' from the In hand to hind tluhtlng in the Hols d'Avocourt a nf In tho afternoon fie I'rm h launched a counter attack I of I.i; Mort Homme after their artill- ery had frutrated German attempts at renewal of the drive In that region nd raptured part of the lost anil Sunday. The Germans, on their part, thlfl after-rto- n pufferi-- heavy In futile to recapturn the poltlons at the quarries, on the left bank of the Meuse, taken by the' French tentative drives, the Office assorts, under tho French curtain of tire. In outskirts f the village of tho French took German trench. A German attack In th\ In which gas was tallcl, n Attack a The afternoon communique read as fcU'jw Sou h of Herry-au-Ha- c French forces ni'l'i'lul two mines with at Hill inc. In a gas attack by the was without reBUlt. Tills 'mission of gas In the zonn be- tween tho road from Soualn lo Somme-J'- y the roiul from Salnto to S.i nt Souplet. No sooner bail tho rloud of gas started Ihan an unex-lct- f( turn In the direction of the ini drove It back upon the trenches of thn enemy. n thx left bank of the, Meuse fighting continued last night. 'he !,is d'Avocourt our grenadiers \cured somo advantages ami occupied HMTal evacuated hy tho t'i my In the region west of I,e Mort Homino tho fighting has been particu- larly f, rocinuH. Several attempts ma.),. t,y thn enemy lo further their progrr is have been thecked by our cuilauis of lire and hy the activity '\ir machlno guns. A vigorous by our troops mndo It posslhlo for us to recailturo a portion of tho rio'i ui loHt tho of May ii \i \n the light bank of thn Meuso the Gi'itniiis iiavo delivered rep'-atis- l rounlir attacks upon thn positions at tin quarries by tt Jtmerilay, i:acli of tho advance Continued on Third Pag$, accompanying mnp of the neighborhood of Verdun shows the region in which some of the furious of the war has been going on the past few days. The arrows show? the of the both French and German. By n counter which assumed the proportions of u drive the French forced their way into Fort Douaumont, long held by the On the west bank of the Mctlso \he French attacked west of Le Mort Homme and recaptured of the ground lost there. endeavorod to retake the Ilaudromont of Fort Douaumont but failed. GERMAN DRIVE WRESTS TRENCHES FROM BRITISH London Admits Loss of 1,500 Yards of Positions Near Vimy Ridge Teutons Report on Mile Fight On. fcnder achieved Infnntry new sudden the north-t'ti- the parts evidently taken gained the where mining operations been since. small earthworks captured fourth was launched threatening, the Vaast Souchez. action the nannnmnnt Prnrrlrd. bombardment Hols enemy new bombaid-mu- it Douaumont, which grenadiers, afternoon Germans r.umiier blockhouses. ground losses ff'iru lUiidrnmont War broke down the Vaux t'hampdgne, used, lloninernnK. success champagne OTtnaiis was ami llllalto blockhouses during night ll.tuiliimioiit captured 'pHE immediate fighting direction attacks, offen- sive general Germans. recently The Germans quarries north- west Gain More Than Front Goes fftciiil Cubit Detpatcl, to Tus Six. Lonpon, May 22. Tho Herman left wing on the Anglo-Teuto- n line in the west this afternoon dealt a serious blow to the solidarity of tho Hrltlsh front by penetrating, according to official admis- sion by the British War Office the ilrlllsh first line trenches on a front of about 1,500 yards a little less than a mile) to a depth varying between 100 anil 300 yards, at tho north end of iniy ridge, about half way between Loos and Arras. Tho German War Office In Its after- noon statement reports tho captute of several lines of British positions over a front of two kilometers (one and one- - quarter miles) near i.iveiicny-eii-uuueii- -. uhlrh lies KllKhtly to ihe northwest of which have been liltteny tougni tor niuii) times and repeatedly changed hands in the early stage of tho operations on that front. IlrltUh Admit Loss. The British War Ottice statement fol- lows : After heavy bombardment lasting nil yesterday and becoming Intense this afternoon the enemy attacked our position, on the north end of Vimy ridge. He was successful In penetrat- ing our front line troncti-- on a front of about 1,500 yardn. The depth of the penetration varies from 100 to 300 yard- - To-da- y our artillery subjected the German posltlon to a heavy bombard- ment. On the rest of the front wo prang mines near Hocllncourt, tho NEW NOTE ON MAIL SEIZURES. President lo Send V. S. ProtrM to Allien ThU Week. Washington. May 22. Questions in the diplomatic controversy be- tween the Unltcd States and tho Entente Allies over the Interference with the malls will be again threshed out In a new American note addressed to the Hrltlsh and French Governments which has been prepared by tho State Depart- ment and Is now before President Wll-,o- The note will go forward this week. The last Joint reply from Great Hrltaln and France attempting to jusury man seizures on the ground that Germany van profiting ny postal reguinuuim m shin contraband into German territory has not met with the approval or tne l'nltd States. The new noto will point f ut that the policy of the Entente with regard to malls has cansea serious to American citizens, that It lias adversely affected American busl- - titss interests nno mat h musv u hv the United States as nn In- - tilngemcnt or American riBmn respect. CHAMP CLARK AS CHAIRMAN. Will Be Asked to Preside nt St I.onis, Is Itepnrt. Washington, May 22. Speaker Champ Clark, It Is understood, will be asked to serve as permanent chairman of tho Democratic national convention In St. Louis, according to the plans of tho arrangen-on- t committee, Martin H. Glynn of New York belns slated for temporary chairman. More than 2D.00O applications have been received for the 10,000 or 11.000 ...u ihi will bo available in the con ventlon hall. This will be one of ho problems to b considered by the National Committees headed hv Chairman McCombs, which meets In St. I.ouis jimoj. RICHES FOR FORD'S WORKERS. ..i. flunk llepnlt Increase f (1,000,000 Under Prollt Nhnrlnv. Dbtuoit, 22. A survey of tho prollt sharing results shows that In two vears the bank deposits of thn ro-- d Motor Company's employees havo Jumped to $r, 9B,03, an Increase of nearly 0 000, while the vnlue of their homes Is given as $21,787,433, a gain of more than 118,000,000. Two years ago 2,r,72 Ford employees carried life Insurance, whereas 17,1 H are now Insured, showing a total of nearly fl&.OOO.OOO, aalnt 1I,MO,000 In two rn, Hohenzollern redoubt and the quarries Mlnlnt activity also took place near Ncuville-St- . Vaust and south of Flcur-bal- x. Tho artillery of both sides was ac- tive opposite Lens and cost of Yprca. However, WIRE INDICTMENTS FORECAST TO-DA- Y Kings Jury Phonos Out j I Chicago j faid It selection largo They will ) i motored I marched sons Hoot, would : former ,nu (1 n Ilin ... .. r..1li n Virttiiffidttrin (tin If ti 1.. battery of H.a.nvil.e. The . -.- .on by the \'.n ev'ry 'slale 'of Vhe The j lesterday enemy were v,Ballon f the case that . ' a ,bolt, I\1\'!'''! by the C olonel. ,,urjK)M Qf committee Is to , (.. these concrete facts. U fqu're'l Just three hours to ex- - active. Many of m were engaged ,onfl \ml h mannKe\ and make It effective me.lllt no , Jhe .no this sentiment ,,8!(lun r worthless unless. amine 5 talesmen and the our machines and eight we.,, driven wor(, ,fikpJ ou, th.lt , ,,, .1 for the It the at Mlne me , the . tl,nillll 'twelve ' men and th off. though none was brought down. nanagers of sons who the country re- - ' ru flvn minutes , hai, hven j ,.lct ,hat the Ilirty !n KO11K rua,,v lo applv them . llitr ,., nt ntf rn(nn.iUi. . ltniisfnil weeks nrn white nnno nf V. u .ltv. -- (' for Slu.'ilifi'u hn.Mll... \ men received notices to ap-- , .. , v. , , , .. :. umieo ana in iuu michsui ,ui . every concrete as It arises, .. . ............. same macmncs wus 10 m . tl,H ,mirn,1t not arrested on \\ \\\\ better than otntr man is ,, (n ti1H KCCond ho has'w\lcn \ his will the warrants the procedure \1 U ,?- - listened and trusted the great mass h tle at oncu turns his a verdict of death for tho seemed to conjecture that grab of nn,i w,o represents the words Into deeds. Tk.n. leave the h0\0\- - of by you Dr. Alhertus Adair Moor they were likely to county's .. spirit The statement is ns follows: even before It estab- - T'\ nmv being made in behair ln tne present crisis in for underwent his In chief and Southwest of I Kingsbury was :,ft-'- - Is expected to .prove . hUtory. completed his them. Tho m feature of the pre-- 1 will enlarged and \I am fighting for il lln of positions over \- - \ two hours and convention campaign. State They are the you are organlr- - r. as much at as any wlll extfml t of about L Xh il to explain the Grand Jury had n charge the \drive\ has , onler to ,,rln(! all elements to support, and with all my heart five actual court time. TOuntJ? r t- - In nearly every S ate and , ,le rt for unltcd acllon. We are welcome such support, accept It n- - tho man around whom every - attacks were e ht S, \ cXn here to-d- In order notify you of j given prlmar y to tho principles and contred , u\ Wife Hr.,- -. and to mform you we u,.. J.y fy. runs and as and nt.narent.v Pw, three mine throwers. Moreover, enemy suffered heavy losses. West of the Meuse our troops stormed French positions on tho east- ern spurs of Hill 301 and maintained them against repeated enemy attacks. In addition to the great losses of tho enemy In killed or wounded we cap- tured nine nlllcers, 518 men and five machine guns. I The booty taken on the southern spurs uf 1' Mort Homnin has been increased to thirteen and twenty-- one machine guns. South of L\ Mort Homme and In the vicinity of the enemy made futile ' nttempts to recapture lost Tho French made several attacks I without success on our lines In region of the quarry uth of Ilaudro- mont and on the Vaux ridge (Verdun front). In third attack the French succeeded In obtaining a footing in quarry. During the night the artillery was active on both sides In the whole sector. COT, raiiaUJb, U. S. A.,A I'.nds Life With at Army Hospital 'in Washington. May 22. Col. John L. Phillips, Corps. U. S. A., mcrly In charge of tho Walter Hospital enacting grounds noon. tapping imu niiii-ii'- iiwin iiieiiiououiy. tills afternoon took a and was found In path dead from a bullet wound tho heart, Inflicted a servlco re- volver. Pinned to his coat note ad dressed to his wife and who at the hospital officer,,' quarter\. The note not made public. Aliout the same tlmo Lieut. Luther W. Ferguson, stationed at tho hospital, was thrown a hoise nnd suffered Injuries from which he died. J. J. RECOVERY SLOW. I'nnillj lleporta, That ni- nes Serlona. St. Paiii., May 22. recovery of James J. Hill Is reported to be very slow. word from his homo mini- - mlies tho serloimness of his nnd says It Is expected ho will bo attending business by the end of week. Thero were rumors y that his con dition Is worse than has been stated but alarming. Hill has been confined to bis home last For several days he went to his office despite the protests of his family, He Is 78 years old. FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING. Neea President I Hay He'll Service lllll. Wash inoton, May of Oregon, who conferred y with the Intimated afterward that because of thn failure the Na- tional the three Stntes to respond o the call he would probably for the passage of a supplemental army bill providing for universal mllltnry tra'nlnc. Mr. already haB such n bill pending In Congress. Ho ?xpe:ts con- fer the President nt u later date concerning UiIh mensure. Hrlg.-Oe- William H. Harvey of the District of Columblu National Guard hns obtained f'om the n promise that In tin' near the latter would a statement calling on the country to support the cxpmslon nf the under 'h, from Its presort stiength i t 120,000 'o 425,000, ATLANTIC CITY mrr MKMOIUU. IAY. I'fnnnylianlvi (tullroiid Keek in, I nultnc, Msy 11, tli.M a (li t), Inrludlnx Connult cents or phone Uquure 700,\ Adv. Grand Ends In- quiry Into Tapped in Charities Caso. fondant. ' SENDS TOR KINGSBURY His Required This When Report Is Mnde to May. The Kings county drum! Jury, which j Ii.ih been the tapping of telephone wires In connection with the j recent charities is extieeicu tn report two indictments to County Judge Mitchell May this morning nt 10 o'clock. The grand Jurora finished hear- ing before noon Into executive srselon for an hour and n half and then adjourned until, Meanwhile notices were sent out to two men whose nnmcs figured In the inquiry, one of being Chailtles to njipenr before at tho time when the Grand will Commissioner Kingsbury was notified In the afternoon by telephone from Dis- trict Attorney Lewis's oflice that his presence would be desired nnd he to comply. the other per- son is who has been called before Judge May could not be determined last night, but It wan believed to be Deputy Police Lord. Police Woods testified before the Thompson committee on Filday that Mr. 1 Z'tiX case. The city concerned In the matter were Mayor Mitchel, Com- - inlsHloner Woods and Deputy Police Com. j The was expected on Sun I day finish work yesterday. Only two witnesses wero called In tho were George D. Crlghton, an em- ployee of the Hums who laid before the Investigating body records of the part by the agency In the Seymour cose, and Frank E. secretary to former Police The Jury finished taking testimony about 1 1 o'clock and then heard sections of criminal code re- lating to wire tapping. Mr. Lewis made brief and then the Jury nn executive session before nt 12 :.10. District Attorney Lewis would not ills- - cusn It has been contention slncu the Inquiry' opened the Grand Jury up the wire tapping on its own initiative and he merely directed of the In- quiry. Mr, Lewis at the request of The Sl-.- reporter Indicated two sections of the Pinal which apply to wire tap Ho then dictated his own of the law. The law Itself Is vague and If indictments found the construction of It will prove a knotty problem. Mr. Lewis's personal conte\-tlo- n Is that none has a right to tap wire maliciously or to serve private ends. \Section 142.1. subdivision fi. of the Penal Law, he said, \In substance pro to far as applicable to the I ... ...,..V...... ...1- - . . ...I, in n'li miliiv . jitrimm mi WU' fnllv and lltil.LW'f utlv tatm u tolcnlmnn wim is militv of a crime thn tnmuh. ment for which Is for not more than two The LeeUlnti,.-,- . .or .Infection or crllllM alio crlm n:il tapping to satisfy curiosity.\ Kingsbury, who has been a storm centro In wire tapping row since It began, would not bo ques- tioned last night. Stanley Howe, sec- retary of tho of Charities. speaking for i said simply that Mr. had been asked over the telephone to nppear In County Court In morning at 10 o'clock and bad ln tho re- quest. Deputy and Woods could be reached up to. a lato hour, and Deputy Scull said ho knew noth- ing about any developments of the kind Mayor knew nothing about them late yesterday afternoon. Origin ft Ihe Controversy. From tho beginning of the Inquiry It has been expected that the Jury would return several indictments. Tho row caused by tho publicity given to the tappings In the charities caso brought to light tne tapping controversy and tho Thompson com- mittee on the trail of tho tappers too. Five uniformed policemen members of tho tapping figured In thn case, but they wero believed to be ex- empt from any possible Grand Jury ac- tion. Just before the Strong commission fin- ished Its of the State Hoard of Charities It waa charged that telephone wires of the Hev. William II, Fairell. a Catholic priest; Dr. C. Pot- - tcr'and Potter been tapped by tho police in tne interest or side nf tho row, Father and the Potters weie among tho first witnesses railed beforo tho Kings county Grand Jury In April when Inquiry nnd thoy were recalled for further testimony nfter Mayor Mitchel and four members of his official family had testllled Mayor Mltchol said late last night that ho had not heard that anybody had been Indicted, denied that he had been present nt conference with city officials l'ist night supposed to have been called to dlscii\ tho Grand Jury's, action. He would ninko no other state ment on tho wlro tapping Hughes Vote In Vermont, 11,4(10. Vt May 22. Official re turn-- s announced by the Secre tnry of State on the prefer once primary of May in show that Justice Hughes led the ticket with 5,410 voter 1,031 votes the and 1,418 on the tickets, Army here, ,, that section evidently had In suicide In the hospital this after-- 1 mind a distinction between unlawful and Last September Col. Phillips tapping and tajiplng which Is down an elevntor shaft at tho hospital legal. Tho distinction is d his head was hurt. Since then he tween which is for the purpose walk Inter a In a live from I Xnt However, Illness to the not Mr, since Press President, Guard press to with future proposed mUltla Pstunluy, Tickets hotel. \lUdlson Judge Who other to They the the a held the Itself vldes the Lord not Grand whole, squad Dean nnd \began a Hoosevelt T.R. TO BE DICTATOR, BUT NOT NOMINEE Warwick Role Virtually Laid for Him by the Re- publican Leaders. EFFORT TO BLOCK A Roosevelt Expected to Surren- der on Nomination and Re \Regular.'' Wasiiinoton, May 22. leaders here appear to be In accord In the view that though Theodore Hoose- - j veil may not be named ns the Kepubll-- 1 can nominee In In June his will ' their heads in acceptance of that the controllhiK voice in the choice to ceptlon and applauded. They also be made. up a when Col. Uooscvelt For sake, of party harmony the was useless for any public man regular leaders arc willing to listen to to announce himself in vague general Col. Roosevelt's counsel In tlie of a candidate, and they will let him die- - In measure the principal fea- - Is to con-b- e lure of the party Col. read these words from concede this much to the a ,ecch ll8 had prepared for occa-den- t. hut will resist to the utmost, at B0I1 ije rm, tnfm to the members cost, any endeavor that may of the COmmlllee who had to be made to him. ovater H.iv after thev had Into The favorite have practicality lost hope that Mr. Roosevelt will O. K. any of this group when the time comes as they believe It will come for Mr. Hoosevelt to realize that under no can he hope to snatch the nomination from Hepubllcan con- vention. They believe that Col. noose-vel- t personally might favor nilhu HUGHES AND WILSON ARE UN-AMERIC- AN, REASONS COLONEL BY INFERENCE Aggressively for Americanism paredness\ Against Nation's Greatest Accepts but they fear have difficulty Hoosevelt Hepubllcan stepped In his Progressive forward nnd read the following addrens to accept the Senator. They are ..A committee of Republicans has been of the onlnlon Mr. Hoosevelt will !.... ,i . i, ,iomnn,t am.inr ftltt.illifiil IWt fllflllV Hepubllcan manuscript w,M havnowed Tl'rand Tury .;. convention would \ci'.lonr aeroplane, !:8U\ our organize General1 tlu by actlo miCi,nents. though have uttcrly upon ulu was Itepubllcan, ,nc maMnK them the favorite .!,.. Tll0 mnie.llately to Judee \'\ two who .. a actually ui.u,. mrccu iiuiu ,,car ,\\ \. who any unj,..,,,, place, and asslstantH enemy's lines. Iwnch usual !?J Hoosevelt ,)(,0p,fi to by opportunity. am. fiUenchr Trrnchr. not Americanism awakened German Jurisdiction, was aflvr the nations, examination Glvenchv-en-Oobell- e Ilshed that Commissioner '. nearly how- - spectacular comm,ee be these HHtUd tne remaining twentv- - The Hepubllcan activities to every was twkllonVeters sea one 'cJuurLl we what commltte. toKCther I minutes, sever representatives ! ng Walte, \S'3cd ma. omce\ HSW to that our ,, four' rujuw. calinly .,,,,!,, exceedingly cannon Chattancmirt ground. the exceedingly Bullet Washington. Medical Heed he was daughter, was t'hnmlierlaln 22, Senator of organizations of properly Chamberlain President Issuo organized Chamber-Iiln-Ha- y Presence Morning Judge Investigation, testimony yesterday, went promi- nently Commissioner Kingsbury, May Jury promised definitely Commissioner Commissioner omclalu Grand Jury agency, played Ilrooke, Commissioner Dougherty. address adjournment Investigation. his th.t took the mechanics Code ping. Inter- pretation are tapping n n Imprisonment iwrsonal Commissioner Department the ommlssioner, Kingsbury asqulesced Commissioner Commissioner commissioner Tho tt'lcphouo wire set investigation D, commis- sioner Kingsbury's Far Ho situation. Montpblikh, Presidential Hepubllcan received on Republican ProgreMtva General committed fell,iful apparently Cham- berlain BOLT Early Itepubllcan set the tato Roosevelt circumstances he that ntcrpo(e no t0 delate Jus- - 1,U\- h- l'nvorltr inn' Attitude. There Is not a mother's son in the group of the State favorites who would - ... . r. i moral suasion u is nupeu, accoruing to i Hoosevelt leader here, to convey to the delegates, who number nearly 700. that there Is a popular up- rising In the party for the former President, and that, considering tho times nnd the Issues, he Is tho logical candidate, Leaders Insist that whlli fleet of this last minute is serve to strengthen Hooevelt'n position In the convention ho will find that It will not bo posslhle to tho Chicago delegates. It Is pointed out here that In 1912 Hoosevelt lost the He hilntlil tO UU Wlim WO Prune.!) v.u is I . .ttv v.n,r. ,v, , - . .lesplte the fact that he had nearly a In the tem- porary In this Instance his enemies do not L concedo him more than 150 i This being so, they argue that will see the handwriting on the wall very early ln the deliberation of the conven-tio- n and thnt It will be Incumbent i on him to one or more any one of whom he could see his wav clear to support. Friends of Justice Hughes do not np-ne- to be over the Hoosevelt drive and they nre frank In . belief that the Jurist will finally be ap. proved by the former President .,. i.mira hem whose views nrc not warned by Interest In can- - ,1 1 n HM , 1cr.sian. 1 in 1,A rAWOMfflll nl'wp' what they regard as \an attempt to out Justice Heports were T ... .... I - po nil - - ir a It wa referred to the j tho of are supplied conveyed in a ..., .i - Prothero. Hughes the thn Oxford, on u i mrmber the Hughes a the , In report . jrotheio i , lt dressed tlt)v(,tB i the for a A of ()f , to . - , he forwarded to Hughes. is ex- - presseu mui it \hhr ,o,,v. F.ffnrla. Hfforts to \sn'oke out\ Justlco have been In progress many months. has many letters bearing on subject of politics, but ho has aiinel to make any ex cept to say In two or Instances be not u any oftlce. leaders con- fident that if the Joint letter under Is realty written It be de- signed solely for Hughes. Those In the Hughes do not nppear bo nt all over the communi- cation. They say any efforts now to out the Jurist be ns having put In good They are confident that Justice Hughes mnlntaln bis present until the Chicago ha acted, and are likewise con- fident Is tendered Justlco will the aul accept the commission. are a lively Interest in the tn be Outside Its orthodox tho Is expected to he spirited In In Its definition Ism as (liscurwu in ppceuoea Uf uvorcd bv Is the general expectation the In the main who Is to be slated for chairmanship of the on resouuions, air. M.ho Is a close friend of Mr. Is to tone down on subject mat suimutted tiy thn former for the All of Is based on the hypothesis of course Mr. Hoose- velt will In line with old pnrty In the event mat ne (una to Col, be In to tentlfy In a lawsuit. So fur known no Continued on Pago, Any \Not Pre- - Issues Call Make Fight. hnndclnpplng platform. whatever nominate committee, persuading following; Fliilitlnu principle.. n organization stampede) publlcan nomination majority organization. OHUHOIIS delegates, Hoosevelt designate candi- dates, dismayed expressing Hughes.\ political can-dlda- ncniited Hoosevelt. instrument committee Hoosevelt, utterances Incorporation nomination. Hoosevelt Washington political and principle morning. objection OTariR Bat, V. May 22. Col. Hoosevelt told a from tho Roosevelt Republican committee y that nny man who doesn't declare him- self for principle of Americanism to against them, that every patriotic man should treat public servants on this basis. There was no doubt that the Colonel had Justice Hushes on his mind. and thn twenty-fou- r members of the committee who were prraent nodded as In favor of Americanism and preparedness whether he in or out of office. ln0 Colonel' house and had formed an semicircle In the big trophy room, where were Joined by live of Oyster Hay's citizens. As soon as the Colonel, clad In his khaki riding suit, appeared on the steps leading down from the hall to the trophy room Giorae von L. Meyer, former Sec retary of the Navy chairman of the pub vo er, for the nomination of Theodore Hoosevelt the Hepubllcan party for the Presidency. Sentiment Widespread. \We believe the sentiment for our bring about your In the He uubllcan convent on to tie neiu next month In Chicago. \I also present to you the names of our committee, representing thirty States. BRITAIN IS FACING A NEW FOOD PERIL Hears Protests Against KpiTiiiting f Laborers. WOMEN WOKKKKS Sptrvil I'nMr f)rntcA to Tiir. srN Lonoon. 22. In a in the nf Commons y concerning ,riti,,e of farm laborers for mill tl.A ntii,,lklrtl or.. irv tier liic imu miop'ii ;tronR were voiced that fur ln rcrultlng of farm laborers was In vmnci Dyke Aeland. P.iTllamuitary Under Secretary for Agriculture, prom-lie- d to employ during tho bar- - Mr. Aeland declared thnt there he a In homo supplies if the labor situation on tne tarms grows worse. He urged that farmers should discard their against female labor. Ho nsserted tnai more men are taken from tho farms for military service Great Hrltalu can only famine diverting to the transportation of food ships now urgently needed to trans- port munitions. \We nre unable to say,\ he concluded, \whether thero will be any ships tu divert from the trade In that way\ HELFFERICH GETS NEW JOB. Governor of Alance- - l.nrralnr 'ovv Flounce Minister. UiNP'iN, May 22. An nfllelnl state- ment from Hcrlln says that Dr. Kail has been thn Interior, with tho added honor of Deputyshlp In the ofllco of tho Imperial Chancellor. Count von Roedern, formerly fecre. of nnd Governor nf AIhbco-Lorrnin- e, nucceed Dr. Hclffeilch ns Secretary of the Imperial Move liy Germnnr Regain Her I.ost Trade. IiNPo.N, May 23. The Daily Mail that Dr. transfer to the Ministry of tho Interior lei an utep In the fat sighted German the commercial war to follow peace, adding: \The Kaiser has decided tn fitacn a professional buslnetM mm In chnnge, who will be expected In, Invent ways nnd means of regaining tho 301,000,000 (12,520,000,000) export trade which Ger- many enjoyed before tho present conflict, For the tlmo In tho history of the German service a practical husluows man, Instead nf politician, la to be 1U published this morning that Hughes bad nlvlsabie. Action was demanded, Hoosevelt as \logical cioeltirert. to home nnd see the The im- -, (mlt ,h(, ,,Pople with food. r,resion was that talk, with a leader took position memD(.r for of that he was not to be considered nnd Voc.itnl pulling the people latmn.s that In his opinion Mr Hoosevelt would Huwlnnd Hunt, Piilon-b- e js, for Ludlow division of \Justice does not recognize Shropshire, suggested guaranteeing forty Irresponsible rumors,\ was tho comment rlillllriR (H' quarter for wheat to of Justice Hughes's secretary on this pnrouri,'BP production of wiuat 111 particular report. Great Interest was ,jr,3h jsi0., shown hero another from New M Fald that Great York that a Joint letter woum do no- - mny nil advisable to Issuo food to all Hepubllcan available near future He expreNSed asking them expressions of opinion (ho O.)mlon there will be leduc on certain public questions. ropy ttm fr()m j, 2r por ,.et. this ear this letter, according the report, Willi. proiuctlon of countiy. Doubt response. .Smoking Ont\ Hughes for He answered the commitments three that W'as ciuiuiii.uts mr hero nre dis- cussion will Justice Interested to threatened that made draw cannot been isjrward faith. will attitude convention they thnt If tho nomination Hughes resign from bench generally taking prohnblo plntform ndnnted. of Indorsements platform nnd progressive tono, es- pecially of \American- - i\tiu Col. it that will be written by Senator Lodge, understood ixinge, expected this may oo President in platform. this thnt fall his land will conference Fourth, delegation and terms be they prominent and lean .by Call nomination Fnrin NEE!) May debate himw. soldiers will prejudice escapo by Helfferlcli nppolnted Minister of tary will Treasury, lo says Ilclffcrleh'fi Important prepara- tions for tlrtt civil chieftain.\ safeguard candldnte\ Conservative Fnlvcrslty prclMUtn. nominated, lliit- - concerned Our organization will be extended to the other States and will be enlarged from time to time.\ When Mr, Meyer had concluded the Colonel, who had listened as attentively as If ho had never heard of the Hoose- velt committee before, lead from his own ; \1 am naturally very deeply touched and pleased by your action. 1 accept It absolutely In tho spirit which you have taken It. You nrc for mo bceuuse you regard me as representing and embody- ing the aggressive movement for thor- oughgoing Americanism and thorough esterday's and agree sons tllP rsll nPfore .l.n thwl case wen- - (late urge warrant the the Principle. ..0ur .ever of ing .\. the the tho bUIUJJ, for- - by HILL'S The Thursday. '.III them report. vears. the mentioned, wiro the roll tho the particular the I unlnstrticted here o then particular smokn. Man ; oxpref8ln8 breakdown State buicaucrnt Hepubllcans. tho t)llt tho the the going Your devotion is to the cause and to the man only In so far as ho for the time being embodies the cause. This Is precisely the attitude 1 took in my Trinidad statement. Facing World Crisis. \I now hold and shall continue to hold this a great tlmo of crisis In our coun- try's history, because It Is a great crisis In the history of tho world. If wo aie unprepared, If we are split and sundered by rivalries of creed, of section nnd na- tional origin. If our country's action Is to be conditioned by helplessness without and the hyphenate within, the career of the United States ns a great factor in the world's civilization Is nt an end. \There is no uso of being for half measures of Americanism and prepared- ness. Still less is it of any use for any public man to announce himself In vague general terms as In favor of American- - Ism and preparedness unless his whole I course of action In public life has made It evident, and now makes It evident, that he means Just exactly what he says. Cnless. If he Is In oltlce, or has been In ottice, his career has been such ns in full- - est measure to warrant the belief that i ho s a man of deeds and not of words i In this matter and unless In every crisis, i uh.lli.. hn U lit nr r.lit nf .ltW I,,, fnmkly and fully takes a position on the ! cnlly for theso principles is against \\\\\'- - \\' ; Continued on fourth Pilar. J I HUGHES PLURALITY IN OREGON, 30,000 Women Voted for the Jurist at the Hntio of About Two to One. CLE A If TEST DECLARED PonjTAXP, Ore., May 22. .luMlee Hughes probably ha.s carried Oregon by a luuramy m more man ju.uuu m Senator Albert H. Cummins. Incomplete - rfiiirii. rritrciFiiiiriir 1 uiro maie v iu cfnt )f v0,, , , j,, , . ., Mm\ .Miiiwiniuiin, uie iniwi oenseiy popu- lated county, give him a total of 20,381, with 15,401 for Cummins. Hurton has 5,711 votes. These llgures give llugh.s a outside Multnomah, of nearly 11,000 over his nearest opponent. If this same latlo Is maintained In tho re- mainder of the vote H ugliest will have a clear plurality over Cummins of about .10,000. With the complete) votn In Mult- nomah county tabulated Justice Hughes has 20,S7:i votes to 8,213 for the Iowa Senator, a plurality of nearly 15.000, Justice Hughes likewisi his received n dear majority of mote than 20,000 over all Itepubllcan Presidential candidates combined. Col, Hoosevelt whose name w.is not on the ballot, only scattering votfs from various parts of the State. The primary campaign Junt closed hns been regarded here as one of the most Important held thl je.ir In tho United States. Oregon was the only Statu ln which the name of Charles K. Hughes appeared for the Presidency, In other words. It was the first real test before the voters of the I'nlteU States n to Ills popularity In national politics. Tho returns so far received Indicate that the women voted for him In a ratfo of almost 2 to 1. Tho German American sentiment seems to hnve cut but little figure. Ope of the most nu- merous German societies In tho State made an olllclal appeal to lto members In vote for Senator Cummins of Iowa, but this seems to have had little or no effcrt on the result, Then, again, It Is known that the Progressives quietly urged the members of their party to support the Iowa Sen ator, who mane an active personal can vass of tho State. While It Is true that a considerable number of voters wrote In tho name nf Theodore Hoosevelt, lt is not believed by those In touch with thn situation that the Colonl would have led In tho voting even If Ms name had been placed on the olllclal ballots. To sum It up, there seems to bo a general Impression thnt regardless of all political factions Jus- tice llughea Is the clear choice nf the Hepubllcan voters of Oregon. Ontpoats Clnah In Cnucaana, Special Cable Hrspittc'i to TlIK St' Pr.TnoanAP, via London, Mny 22. Ths Hussion War Otllce announced that tho only activities In the Caucasus region wero outpost actions In the direc- tion of Diarnekr. Prince nf Walea nnok at the Front. Special l ahlt leiateh to Tn Scs, IxiNfioN, May 22 Tho Prince of Wales has returned from Hgypt to the Hrltlsh lighting lino In the west, lis recently visited the Italian froat WAITEMPSAS SWANN BRANDS HIM MURDERER Accused Poisoner Also Laughs nnd Yawns Alter- nately as Trial Opens. ZT Commissioner, marine Investigating Hepubllcans preparedness. STATE TO CHAHGK USB OF CIIXOIfOFORM Will Try to Show Prisoner Forced It on Peck After Giving Him Arsenic. IUHV CHOSEN QUICKLY; WIFE STAYS NEAR BY Mrs. Horton Within Call X. Y. Records Broken by Speed of Proceedings. All local records In trials of Important murder cases were broken yesterday when In six hours tho Jury had been ;e\ V0 ccM' ,.,ho RUllt op Innocence Arthur Warren Walte. charged murdering his father-in-la- John Ji Peck. District Attorney Swann had CI,e ic'1 for ,he Prosecution and tho ex-- nilllnntlOn Of tllO first U'ltlixun hill progressed until llttlo remained for fur- - might have been an Idle spectator or a hardened court attendant for all the personal Interest ho dlsplaed. Clean shaven, neatly attired In a hlue serge suit, with Immaculate linen nnd 'carefully manicured nails. U'.ilte could smile at the replies of some of the tales men and he could even laugh aloud when one talesman said that he was \de- cidedly In favor of capital punishment for this particular case.\ \miles nt Talk nf I). nth. lie made some humorous observation to his counsel seated next to him when the man who had worked on tho first electric chair ever built for this state was excused. The accused man glanced up only casually when tho District At- torney sprang a surprise by haying that ho would produce witnesses to show that on the night Mr. Peck died Walto bad saturated a handkerchief with chloroform, which bo first placed over tho nostrils and mouth of the dying man. and upon that ho had placed a heavy pillow upon which bo boro down hard. The dentist lost all Interest when Dr. Moore step hy step told of the growing consciousness of the defendant that tho law was after him: how tho cremation plan, stopped by tho mysterious I. K, Adams letter, had brought the man back to New York ; his half veiled move- ments and attempts to evade, nnd finally his terrific doses of coal tar heart de. pressents which passed off under tho scrutiny of the offlci rs of tho law, The head of the defendant was seen to nod at one stage of bis examination and a close observer niw that thn man's eyes wero closed and ho was enjoying a little nap. There was nothing brazen, apparently no pretence, no particular concern In the actions of bin counsel, no consultations with them. When called upon to confront a Juror under the ancient rules of law WalU would tlrst gaze straight Into tho eyes of the man and then drop ills own eyes. but stand Immovable, his arms folded. Ho kept his aims folded nearly all day, occasionally uiicris-sln- g thein ns he flicked a spot of dust from his coat hleeves or meditatively tubbed one knee. An lleln In lliik Court. It was all business In thn Criminal Hranch of the Supreme Court from th moment that Justice Sheain took his place. District Attorney Swann with his asslstantH, George N Hroihers John T Doollng and Francis Mancuo. had entered a little while before with attendants bearing birge packets of vl- - dence. Walter It. Deuel and Joaeph I Crater, who are ilefeiming the mat,, tamo an Inelant laUi In the meantime Warien Ua e ani Frank A. Walte, fntlier and hiother re spectively of the defendant, bolh men who show the strain far more ihan the son nnd brother, sat In one little enclosure, whilo Percy Peek, sou of tlv dead man, and li!n wife sat tn one sul.i behind another i.illllig Sealed in various parts of the court room were Dr. Malum, allenlM fur tho who will be aidnl by Drs. Smith Kly Jelllffo and Minns Gregory; Dr Dlefeii dorfer nnd Dr. Allen Hoss, upon whom will depend the Insilllty defciun of tb.i prisoner. There weie only a few spuclators, f.ir Justice Shearn told ('apt, James H. Kavaniigli. head of the court rqu.nl, that there would bo no morbid demiuistrn. tlnns nt this dial nml dpt. Kavanagh Is seeing that the morbid do not get In. They bave benched off the corridor out- side the room and placed nt the stall', ways policemen, who hold up all except those who have a r!ht to enter. Mrei. Arthur Warien Walte h.ul coma to the court eaily in the morning, buf. bad been excused for thn day. Mis, Margaret Horto'i, who will play nn Im- portant part In the trial, was within telephone call. Many of the wltnesse from Grand nankin are tn town and moro will come .(o-da- y, Tb triad la arruage)