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FORTY NINTH YEAR-No. ?0.
OHWJON (MTV KNTIMM'iM.Si:, FIMI. V, M.W 1 1, I'M'..
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OREGON CITY AI ORIENT
WINK IN COUNTY MEET
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION OF AN
NUAL CONTiST IS WON BY
COUNTY BEAT.
EDDIE THOMPSON BREAKS 100
YARD RECORD IN THIS COUNTY
Mim Mart of Barclay Wlm ririt In
Two Oirla' -ent Green, of
Local School, Show up
Wall In Sprint.
Oregon City won tlir IiIkIi chi'l
division of tlin trac k n field meet
al Gladstone ark Saturday with
tntul of IH point. LalurtiiU tilKb
aclnxil a aecond In Hip niri't with 24
iHilnl and tin- Oiletit IiIkIi third with
II. Canby. Mllwaukln and Molalla fob
lowered with all. five anil four Mutt
each. Tho nicvt waa conducted by
Cla kamaa County School icaguo.
Green, of the Oregon -City high
achool, mi I tin highest Inillvlilual
Ixilut winner with a total of !l. win
nltig first In the abut put. louyard daah
ami high Jump. Farr, another Oregon
City man. followed rioacly with II
poltite. winning first In the 60 yard
and tho !:0 yard danhea. and second
In tli lOo yard dash. Cros of lhi
lixnl IiIkIi. ecured a gencroii iiuiiilirr,
finishing flrnt In the half mile run
and making the highest polo vault.
Tim Orient grammar achool finished
the timet with SI point, a lend of 18
over Candy grammar, and 23 point
over Eataraila. Eddie Thompson, a
pupil of tlin Canliy grnmmnr achool,
broke the county record In crntnmnr
chool. Ilo took first place In
the r.n, I no and JJOyird dashc. He
waa the lilKlienl Individual w Inner of
tho itrainniar achool division. Harris
of tho Orient grammar achool followed
Thompson closely with 14 point. Ho
finished first In tho polo vault of tho
grade and aoeond In tho 50 yard dash,
tho mile run and tho broad Jump.
Tho girl had a part In th track
and field meet but It did not count
In tho credit for tho arhmd. Mix
Hart, of Barclay, finished first In both
tho 100 and B0 yard dashc.
Tho day waa Ideal for a track and
field meet. Tho aun waa not ntrong,
tho sky being covered with rluda part
of tho day, although tho track and
ground were In Rood condition. A
largo and enthusiastic crowd wa pres
ent to wntch tho event and cncoiir-
ago tho athlote from their fuvorlto
achool.
Th rpRtilla of tho meet follow:
Broad Jump, hitch achool, first
Bowc, Oregon City. 17 feet. 10 Incite
Brown. Cnnhy, second; Strohmoyer,
Oregon City, third. Grammar achool
hrond Jump, first, IlnRliy, Barclay
achool. 10 feet 7 Inches; ocond, liar-
rln, Orient; third, Gngo. Maple Lnno.
High achool high Jump, first, Green
Oregon City, C feet 11 Inches; second
Sarvor, Hiitacadn, proteated, third, Ei
or, Orient.
High achool. 50 yard (limit, first
Farr, Oregon City, BVi aecond; see
ond, Armlno, Oregon Cltyj third.
Green. Oregon City. Grnmmnr achool
flrt, Thompson, Cnnhy, Gty aoeond
aecond, ilnrrli, Orient; third, 1'holps.
Tonlo Creek.
High achool rolny rnco, flral,
Schmidt, Entacada; decotid, Elliott,
Orient; third, FnttHt, Molnlla. Oram
mar schools, half nillo relay, first An
durson, of Orient; aecond, Gngo, Ma
pie I.nno.
Grammnr school high Jump, first
Sarver, Entaradn, B feet; second, An
derson, Orient; third, Shrlver, Orient,
High school 100 yard dnnh first
Green, Oregon City, 10 15 aoeond
Becond, Farr, Oregon City; third. El
llott, Orient. Grninnmr schools, flrnt,
Thompson, Canhyj aecond, Andoraon
Orient; third, Ilngliy, Tlnrclay achool.
High achool pole vault, first, Cross
of Oregon City, 9 foot 1 Inch ; aoeond,
Sloop, Orient; third, Klmlinll, Etaca
da. GrAtnmar achool, first, Mnrrl,
Orient, 8 foot 2 Inches; second, Hulo,
Orlijnt; third, Andoraon Orient
High school half inllo, first, Cross,
Oregon City, 2 minutes 25 second;
second, Juhnko, Oregon City; third,
Reed, Estncaila. Grammnr achool,
half mllo, first, rholps, Tensle Creek,
2 minutes 27 seconds; second, Ken,
doll, Cnnhy; third, Andoraon, Orient,
High achool, Javolln throw, first
Faust, Molalla, 120 font; second, Mer
rlott, Mllwnukle; third, Howott, Can
by. High school 220-yard dash, flrnt,
Forr, Oregon City, 20 soconds; aec
ond, Elliott, Orient; third, Cro, Ore
gon City. Grammar school, 220 yard
dnsh, flrnt, Thompson, Canby, aecond,
riagby, nnrclny school; third, Spldell,
Oak Grovo.
High school shot-put Green, Oregon
City, 38 feet, 7 Inches; second Wagner,
EBtarada; third, Howes, Oregon City.
Grammar Bchool, shot-put. Hnghoa,
riarclay, 29 feet; aecpnd, Shrlnor, Or
ient; third, Sarver Estacada.
High achool, mllo run, Juhnko, Ore
Ron City, 6 minute. 14 seconda; sec
ond, Ewalt, Entacada; third, Diet,
Canby. Grammar school, mile run,
Commcr, Entacada, 6 minutes 20 sec
onds ; aecond, Harris, Orient; third,
Phelps, Teanle Creek.
Girls' 60 and 100 yard dashes were
both won by Miss Hart, Ttarcloy
school; aecond. Miss Wood, Oak
Grove; third, Miss Ahlberg, Maple
Lane.
The officials of the meet were:
rrraldi'tit, II. F. I'fliianlcti; utitnry
1. V. Flke, who waa In fern-rul ihaife
J. K. Calatau. liiarnlial; (rack alarte
J. V. Kike; field alarter. H ipervl
Wilder, of Gladstone; Iraik n-relnr)
U t.eiihardl. link finite; field fre
lary. It. II. I(m, Molalla; aniiontn er
f(olert Goelt, Mllwaiikle; gatrkeenr,
Ionia lleeae, Oak (irnvn; lima kee
fcaur WMidward, of Mnlalla; J'ld.ea
John llaleaton and !! n llanklna
Oregon City and I'rofeawir Howard, oi
Wrat Mini.
MILLION DOLLAR
RAIN SAVES THE
VALLEY'S CROPS
FARMERS WEAR SMILES WHEN
MUCH NEEOCO MOISTURE
INSURES GOOD YIELDS.
CROWDS SAY WESTERN ORECON
CROPS WILL INCREASE TENTH
Chtrrla and Strawbtrrlts Crtatly
Btntfltad by Showars Rain
Began lo Fall Last Satur
day In Valley.
It ha been raining silver dollnrs
In tho Willamette valley, say tho farm
era In every ono of tho eight rountlea
Fifty or a hundred thousand dollar
will not eipreas the valuo of the mois
ture at llil time, they aay. but tho es
timates vary from I.OOu.OCO to $2.-
OOO.noo.
Crop, on an average, will bo In
creased 10 per rent aay the grower.
A week ago, farmer were praying for
rain. Coles tho inolaturo came, thu
cherry and atrawherry crop In the
valley would nvn been greatly In
jured. Tho Btrawborrle were drying
up and rain wa absolutely necessary
lo aavo tho crop, but rain a week from
now would hare been too late. Tho
wheat crop alona will bo Increased
thousand of bushel. The forecast of
tho department of agriculture on the
production of wheat In Oregon Is l.V
JoO.OOO bushel. Iast year tho crop
totaled only 13.6S4.000.
While tho crops In general had uf
ferod comparatively llttlo damage as
fnr from tho continued drnugh. It wa
Rioted by many Hint tho danger point
had been reached and If tho ruin had
not fullen tho later fruit crops would
havo been practically a fulluro. Some
of tho strawberries Just ripening wero
slightly Injured by the heavy down
pour but those fnmlllnr with tho fruit
declare that for every crate of bcr
rlea hurt by the rain, a hundred crates
of Into berries havo been saved. In
ninny case It I reported that plants
thought to hnve been destroyed by the
recent frost havo been revived by
tho rain and glvo promlso of a fulr
crop.
The rnln began Saturday and allow
era were falling up to late Tuesday
night. At several times tho rain has
been heavy but the Bhowers wore
never stendy. The rain Sunday and
Monday was wolcomed bs a godsend
but thu additional showers Tuesday
and Tuesday night added to tho value
of tho rain to tho farmers.
PROGRAM
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III
AHA
COMPLETED SOON
BEST TLENT ON ASSEMBLY ClR
CUITS StCUREO FOR GLAD
STONE PARK.
BAIN, BORKETT, DR. NICHOLS
AND W. H. HILLER TO BE HERE
Prof. J, H. Con, of Portland, Will
Havo CHargt of Vocal Muale
Plana Art Mad For
"Forum Hours."
UNITED STATES NAVY
NOW HAS NEW CHIEF
WASHINGTON, May l'l.-CaptuIn
William Shepherd llcnson today slop
ped from tho office of commandant of
the 1'hllndelphla navy yard to the of
fice of chief of nnvnl operations, the
virtual head of the navy. Ho Is pro
moted to tho rank of roar admiral on
taking up Ills now work.
Ho aiicceodB Rear Admiral Bradley
A. Flake, aid of operations, whoso res
ignation recently stirred naval circles.
Tho offlco of aid of operations Is ab
sorbed In the new offlco of chief of na
val operations, and Admiral Fluke will
Join the staff of tho Naval War col
lego at Newport.
The accession of Reor Admiral Den
son to the directing office of the navy
enda satisfactorily to both sides a con
troversy as to tho fighting efficiency
of tho United States navy. While the
participation of the naval officers In
the argument pro and con was sup
pressed, It Is known that there Is a
difference of opinion among them.
According to a report not yet do
led, there was a break between Rear
Admiral Flske and the secretary of tho
navy, canned, it Is assumed, by the
outBpoken views of the aid of opera
tions given before the committee on
naval affairs of the bouse of repre
sentatives last December. This testi
mony was In disagreement with the
statements of Secretary Daniels. Flske
Is one of the blggent men In the naval
service, had contributed many Inven
tions and Improvements to naval
equipment, and the great service he
had rendered during critical Incidents
In foreign waters marked him aa a
man whose opinions were valuable.
Chautaii'iua plan are now Writ un
der way. and It I rpc ted th.it the
complete program fur 1915 will be
made public by tho first of nut we. k
Tho big 13-day ached'ilo of lecture,
ttiualc, amusement, summer achix
rlaases I now receiving It flnlshlli
oui hc at tho of (be of Heeretary
foa The ISIS aaaemiily omii July
6 at Glndatotie park and will operat
up to and Including tho 1Mb.
While there will be great wealt
of ni'ialo and entertainment on tbl
ear'a program, the lecture field ha
not been alighted and tho bamea
Newell pwlvht lllllls, Colonel Haln
Senator K. J. Ilurkrtt. Dr. itotao
Nlchol and Colonel W. II. Miller
land out In bold relief agnlnat th
field of good mimic and entertainment
'Irlclllu't Italian band, ono nf the
finest organization In tho Vnlte
titatc headline tho nitisle program
Other attraction are the Adelphlao
Male Quartet; Marlon Hallou Flak
rartoonlat; Charlotte llergh and A. A
Oramko. lecturer; Wltepaklo's Hoya
Hungarian orcheitra; Marietta I -a
pellc; Ituckner'a Jubilee Sextet; The
Magical Floyd; the Schumsn Quln
tutte; Hon. Net Darling, "town ox
pert;" The Saxony Opera Singer: F
Kugen Ilaker. lecturer; The flullotta
Trio; Cans' 8wl Yodlera; Father J
MacCorry; Daly M. Forrest, play
Xpert; Delia Crowder Miller, lectur
er, and Evelyn Ttargelt, rartoonlat and
Mr a. A. C. Zehner, lecturer.
I'rof. J. If. Cowen of Tortland will
ave general charge of the Chautau
ua vocal music. Complete arrange
ment havo not been made a yet con
corning the inmnmr achool clnise,
but I'rof. Grllley of the Fortland T. M
C. A. will In all probability direct tho
athletic work again this year.
Mont of the leading college of th
Rtate havo chosen "forum hour," and
as In yeara past each of these Inst
tutlona will havo Its own morning pro-
gram on certain day. Tho Oregon
Congress of Mothers will have an ac
tive part In tho program, having gen'
ernl chargo of the kindergarten work,
maintaining its own headquarters and
furnlBhlng a Inrge number of interest
ing program under tho able direction
of Mrs. John Rlsley and other well
known women of this county and Port
land. Tho Consumers' league will al
so have Its morning at tho assembly,
the complete programs of which will
all be published In full at a later date
Other clubs and organizations are now
completing their arrangements and a
big program la promised.
The baseball schedule la now com
plete at this time, however. The
Moose team of Oregon City has filed
Its application to participate In the
Chautuuqua scries, hut to date no oth
er toams have signified their Intention
of participating. Other county teams
which deslro to take part in tho se
ries should file their applications with
Soerctary Cross at onco, so that tho
competing teams may be chosen at
once.
PARCELS Ifl 15 DAYS
Three llioiiund and ten panel pt
ia ' ! d tbf'i'l.'l, ,e (If, i,
City poatoftlco from A j. rit to April
li of (Ma )rar, a or l.i a t., r-1- rt
prepared by l'u!liiter Cook. T!iU
I an lucre oer tdo sunn y tUA
laat Jiar.
Two Ihmiaatid tittitrfl.fi pa- lu
were ft rld at lha Iv al i,!fp e fi,r d
llrery In Oregon City of Oregon City
rural r'Hiir and only li (.aikaxe
wero mailed at tho office
This fount of tho pipe p,t ,a,k
at"- I Hilda every qulrter by the pt
office and tbo total ant to Walilng
ton a aiallatli . Tb1 dura not In
elude newspaper I'B'ka..
VIRES MAY SEND
FOR EXPERT TO
COURT CMS TWO
Mil
LADDER
FISHERIES COMMITTEE DE
NOUNCE CONDITION OF
PASSAGEWAY.
ORGANIZATION OF FISH AND CAKE
ASSOCIATION IS RECOMMENDED
HUNDREDS LOST
WHEN SUBMARINE
II
SHIP
CERMANY CALLED TO IF
II 111 FULL BY WILSON
AMERICANS ARE INCLUDED IN
PASSENGER LIST OF TRANS
ATLANTIC LINER.
VESSEL GOES DOWN QUICKLY
FOLLOWING SODDEN ATTACK
Svrl Dtad Art Baing Takan Ashor
To(thr With Many Survivor
Call for Hlp Heard
by Mary Ship.
LUSITANIA
'II
DEAD
IS
ESTIMATED
AT
UNITED STATES TO LEAVE NOTH
ING1 UNDONE TO ENFORCE
COMPLIANCE.
O. D. Eby and H. Lig-on Ktlly Cross
Sword at Wkl)-Mtting
Attorney AtUmpt to
Dfnd Ladder.
NEW HIGHWAY WILL BE BUILT
AT BEAVER CREEK TO
AVOID CROSSINGS.
Two petitions for roads have been
granted by the county court, one do
nlod and one taken under advisement.
The Daniels road In the Heaver
Creek district, which will be about
quarter of a mile long, will be built
at once. The new route will avoid
two crossings of the Willnmete Valley
Southern.
The Henry J. Hoffmolster road at
Damascus was approved. The court
has not reached a decision on the
Wottlauftor petition which asks for a
new road between Colton and Clarks.
When the court learned that the
Helen M. Elliott petition called for
a road through a swamp, It was dis
missed. A second route has been
found which will avoid the swamp
and may be accepted by the court.
LOST HOR8ES FOUND.
The horse and colt of Otla Rich of
the Boring district were returned to
him Friday through the efforts of
Chief of Police Shaw. The two ani
mals were found in Oregon City April
30 by Chief Shaw who emnounded
them. Friday Rich learned that thev
were held In the county aeat and came
to town to get them. The horses
would have been sold today.
King salmon again furnished food
for discussion at the weekly luncheon
of tho Live Wire Tuesday and com
prehensive report waa made by II.
llghton Kelly and C. G. Huntley,
member of the fisheries committee.
In which It was recommended that a
flab and game association I organ
ized, with a view of handling the vari
olic problem In eonnr tion with the
fishing Industry mor j.itlllitently and
thoroughly than wo)ild ft possible by
tho Live Wires or the Commercial
club. .
Tho report embraced the atatement
that more lively Interest In the im
portance of the fishing to Oregon City
and Clackamaa county Is necessary to
Insure a demand for the restocking of
the streams by the state and federal
government year after year, and the
committee argued thnt an application
for trout fry from a local association
would receive more consideration than
an application from a Commercial
club.
The committee recommend that a
Live Wire committee of three on fish
eries bo maintained, the members of
the committee to be affiliated with
the proposed fish and game associa
tion, and Mr. Kelly said It would be
good advertising to send at Easter and
Thanksgiving salmon and trout from
Clackamas county streams to the pres
ident of the United States and to the
governor of Oregon.
The much abused fish ladder at Wil
lamette falls came In for Its usual
share of attention, the committee mak
ing the following report:
In aa much as the fish ladder at
tho falls has been visited, and In our
opinion found to be too small; many
of the Jumps are too high; the resting
pools too few and shallow, and that
there are several places where salmon
can kill themselves by either Jumping
out on the bare rocks or by getting in
to pools where they are bound to in
Jure themselves in trying to get out,
and knowing the state fish commission
Is likely to try to argue our case out of
court by stating that the thousands of
snlmon annually reaching the Bpawn
lng grounds of the upper tributaries
Is an all convincing and sufficient
proof thnt the ladder meets evory re
quirement, we recommend that Mr.
John P. Hancock, commissioner of fish
eries of Canada, a man with an inter
national reputation of being one ot the
most practicnl fiahculturallsts in the
world, be Invited by the Live Wires to
come down for the purpose of inspect
ing and passing his opinion on the
adequacy of the ladder.
lour committee stands ready to
prosecute the case and the state fish
board can be invited to defend their
ladder If they wish and if Mr. Babcock
rules that the ladder needs no further
Improving In any way, we, the commit
tee are willing to stand all the expense
of bringing Mr. Babcock down from
ll8 headquarters In Victoria, B. C."
O. D. Eby crossed swords with Mr.
Kelly over the meiiis of the fish lad
der, with the statement that he had
been up to the ladder and had failed
to find any ot the several hundred
salmon that were reported trapped in
a pool, with the exception of three. Mr.
Kelly rejoined that the salmon bad
mysteriously disappeared from the
pool between sunset and sunrise, al
though he said It waa a well known
fact that fish do not jump over a lad
der between'those hours. The intima
tion of Mr. Kelly was that the fish had
been removed from the pool by an
agency other than their own.
U)MH)N, May 7, Tbo Cunard liner
l.ualtanla waa torpetoed by a German
submarine today off Old llad. Kina
dalo, Ireland, by a German luhma
rlne. Several hundred live are be
lieved to have been loot.
The Lusltanla carried 12SI passen
ger, of whom las wero American.
and a rrew of 818. Numerous vessel
hastened to her rescue a soon a ber
rails tor help were heard, and It I
known that tome hundred were
saved.
Many rescued are being taken to
Queenstown by steamer. Others are
reported a having been landed at the
1194 IN LONDON
LITTLE HOPE REMAINS THAT
OTHERS ON CUNARD HAVE
ESCAPEO.
VANDERBILT, FRHOHAN KLINE AND
HUBBARD ARE STILL MISSING
FINAL DRAFT IS FRIENDLY
W TERMS BUT IS FIRM
Smalng of Loaitania and Gulfllght by
German I Contldtrtd nd
fnlbl by th Administration.
Tumulty Say That President I Not
to b Hurried Administration
I No Considering Legal
Aspect of Sinking.
LONDON. My J. The latest esti
mate of live lost a a result of the
torpedoing of tho Cunard liner Lual-
tanla by a German submarine off the
Irish roast resterdav la 1199. It I
port of Clonakllty and Klnale. Some believed that almot all. If not all. tho
dead and Injured are being taken
ashore with the aurvlvor. Several
Several have died in hospital.
Tho admiralty avi that between
500 and 600 aurvlvor from the Lusl
tanla have now been landed, many of
them hospital case. Some also have
been landed at Klnsale, tho number
not having yet been reported.
It la said that the British admiralty
la not withholding any verified facts
regarding tho Lusitonla. but decline
to pas dlspatche based merely on
rumors.
It Is expected that the admiralty
will Irsue a statement as soon as au
thentic tacts are available.
A dlspatrh from Queenstown says
that the tug Storm Cork haa returned
thero bringing about 160 survivor ot
the Lusltanla, principally passengers,
among whom were many women, er-
eral of tho crew and one steward.
Describing the experience of the Lu
sltanla, the steward aald:
'The passengers were at lunch when
a submarine came up and fired two
torpedoes, which struck the Lusltanla
on the starboard side, one forward
and the other In the engine-room.
They caused terrific explosions.
"Captain Turner Immediately or
dered the boats out. The ship began
to list badly Immediately,
, "Ten boats were put into the water
and between 400 and S00 passengers
entered them. The boat in which I
was approached the laud with three
other boats and we were picked up
shortly before 4 o'clock by the Storm
Cock.
'1 fear that few of the officers were
saved; they acted bravely.
'There was only 15 minutes front
the time the ship was struck until she
foundered, going down bow foremost,
tt was a dreadful sight."
T
FEDERAL ACT TO REDUCE INTER
EST SOUGHT WOULD LOAN
POSTAL DEPOSITS.
survivors havo been brought wshore
and there Is little hope of recovering
any other p?sgers alive.
Of the dead, many are women. Tbo
stories from Queenstown describe tho
bringing In of the bodies of great
number of women, many of them atlll
unidentified. The Queenstown docks
are the temporary resting place also
of the bodies of several children. One
dead mother still Is clasping In her rig
Id arms the body ot her three months'
old baby.
Among the Americans whose bodies
have not been recovered and who con
sequently are believed to have per
ished are Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt.
Charles Klein, the playwright. Justus
M. Ferman and Elbert Hubbard and
his wile...
The body of Charles Frohuun, of
New York, the thearical producer, al
ready has been recovered and brought
ashore at Queenstown.
Many of the passengers did not be
lieve the Lusltanla would sink as
quickly as she did. Consequently
they did not Join in the rush for the
lifeboats, but evidently preferred to
trust in their belief that the water
tight compartments of the vessel
would keep her afloat until such time
as help came out from the Irish shore,
less than 10 miles away.
It Is estimated that there were
about 190 Americans on board the
Cunard liner. So far as could be as
certained at this time fewer than 70
Americana were saved. Consequent
ly the death list of Americans is 120.
WASHINGTON. May 8. The first
formal comment from the White
House on the sinking of the Lusltanla
was issued tonight in tho following
statement:
"After a conference with the presi
dent at the White House tonight. Sec
retary Tumulty said:
" 'Of course, the president feels the
distress and the gravity of the situa
tion to the utmost and Is considering
very earnestly but calmly the right
course of action to pursue. He knows
that the people of the country wish
and expect him to act with delibera
tion as well as with firmness. "'
TILLAMOOK, Ore., May 12. De
mands for a rural credit or federal
long-time loan law were made in a
committee report to the state grange
In session here today. After an hour
ot discussion, the grange decided to
take no action on the report until the
committee in charge of the Bathrick
bill has announced its findings.
Increase in the limit placed on post
al asvlngs accounts to $5000 with the
privilege of diverting these funds to
the farmers at a low rate of Interest
was favored by the committee in reso
lution which was adopted.
Ae resolution also was adopted by
the grange declaring tax exemptions
on certain classes of property.
The grange also declared in favor of
a federal law that would require man
ufacturers of woolen goods to mark
their products to indicate whetrer
they are made of long wool or recard
cd or of old woolen garments.
E
MOLALLA MERCHANT SUES.
Robbins Brothers of Molalla, have
filed a suit in the circuit court against
R. H. Larroman on a note for $140.03.
O. D. Eby la representing the plaintiff.
IS
MEMORIAL DAY SPEAKER
Judge J. U. Campbell will be the ora
tor of the day at the Memorial day pro
gram here. The program has been
completed and will be made public
within a few days. Misses Nellie Coo
per and Nora Webster and Mrs. L. H.
Olmsted will furnish the music
Veterans representing Meade post
will visit Eastham school this morning
and will appear at Barclay this after
noon. They will go to the high school
10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
DEATH ON LUSITANIA
IS CALLED MURDER
JURY FIXES BLAME FOR LOSS OF
SHIP KAISER CONSIDERED
MURDERER.
KINSALE, Ireland, May 10. The
verdict rendered by the coroner's Jury
which investigated the deaths result
ing from the torpedoing of the Lusl
tanla follows:
"We find that the deceased met
death from prolonged Immersion and
exhaustion In the sea eight miles
southwest of Old Head, off Klnsale,
Friday, May 7, 1915, owing to the sink
ing of the Lusltanla by torpedoes fired
by a German submarine.
"We find that this appalling crime
was committed contrary to Interna
tional law and the conventions of all
civilized nations.
"We also charge the officers of said
submarine and the emperor and gov
ernment of Germany, under whose or
ders they acted with the crime of
wholesale murder before the trtaolao
of the civilized world.
"We desire to express sclncere con
dolences and sympathy with the rela
tives of the deceased, the Cunard com
pany and the United States, many of
whose citizens perished in this mur
derous attack on an unarmed liner."
WASHINGTON. May l'.-Th t'nlt
ed State. In a note to be sent to Ger
many tomorrow, demand a guarantee
that thero will be no further attack
by submarine on merchant ship car
rying BOD-combatanta.
It serves notice also that full rep
aration will bo sought for th loa of
more than 100 American live In tho
(Inking of the Lnsllanl and for other
violations of American right In tho
ea tone of war.
The document wa to havo been
cabled tonight, but the president aft
er conference with Counsellor Rob
ert Lansing, of tho state department,
made several change In legal detail
and then revised It alon In hi study
tonight. It will be dlipatched tomor
row, and It i expected to be tnado
public soon after.
While no Indication la given of the
itep to be taken by the United States
In the event of an unfavorable reply,
tho note Inform the German govern
ment that the American government
will leave nothing undone, either in
diplomatic representations or other
action, to obtain a compliance with lta
requests.
No charge were made In the es
sential of the communication oa form
ulated Sunday by the president and
approved by the cabinet yesterday.
The principal points In the note r
substantially as follows:
1. The United States government
call attention to the various Incidents
in the war tone proclaimed by Ger
many around the British Isle and the
sinking of the British liner Falaba,
with the losa of Leon C. Thresher, an
American; the attack by German air
men on the American steamer Cush
lng: the torpedoing without warning
of the American ateamer GulfllghU fly
ing the Stars and Stripes, and finally
the torpedoing without warning of the
Lusltanla, with its losa of more than
1000 lives of non-combatants, among
them more than 100 Americans.
2. These acts are declared to be
Indefensible under International lnw.
3. The usual financial reparation
will be sought, although Germany Is,
In effect, reminded that no reparation
can resore the lives of those sacri
ficed In the sinking of the Lusltanla
and other ships.
4. Expressions of regret may com
ply with the legal precedents, but
they are valulesa unless accompanied
by a cessation of the practices endan
gering lives of non-combatants.
5. The right of neutrals to travel
any point ot the high seas on neutral
or belligerent merchantmen is assert
ed. 6. In the name ot humanity and In
ternational law, the United States de
mands a guarantee that these rights
will be respected and" that there be
no repetition ot the attacks on mer
chantmen carrying non-combatants.
7. The giving of warnings to tho
American public without officially
communicating them to the United
States government Is commented on
in connection with the German em
bassy's printed advertisement before
the Bailing of the Lusltanla, but irre
spective of the failure to advise thi
American government of Germany's
purpose, the point is made that notice
of an intention to do an unlawful act
neither Justified or legalized it
8. The suggestion is conveyed that
the German government, of course,
could not have Intended to destroy in
nocent lives, and that consequently
the German submarine commanders
must have misunderstood their in
structions. The American government
Indicates its hope that this will be
found to be truo, and a cessation ot
the unlawful practices thereby will re
sult. 9. In conclusion, Germany's atten
tion is called to the earnestness of the
government and people of the United
States in this situation. It is made
plain that the United States will
leave nothing undone either In diplo
matic representations or other action
to obtain a compliance by Germany to
the request made.
EVERHART FILES SUIT.
W. W. Everhart, receiver for Ho
mer Trulllnger of Molalla, has tiled a
suit for $100 against Belle Wilhelm In
the circuit court
wm ROAD IW
Oregon City Wednesday received a
warrant for $9,238.69 as a part of the
county seat's share of the road tax
collected within the city boundaries. A
second and final installment will be
paid by the county In the fall. ' '
The amount sent the other Incor
porated towns In the county was:
Canby, $1099.88; Willamette, $507.98;
Mllwaukle, $1803.52; Oswego, $781.53;
Molalla, $386.80; Eatacada, $553.46;
Gladstone, $1093.38; Sandy, $181.49,
and West Linn, $7010.64.