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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1914. LASSEN PEAK QUITS VOLCANIC ACTIVITY SON-IN-LAW OF PRESIDENT, WHO WAS GUEST AT DINNER LAST NIGHT. MAY BE WITNESS Hot Rocks, Ashes and Lava Mrs. Virginia Bramhai! Said to Have Advanced to Grif fiths $17,000. Replace Snow on Slope of Mountain in Cascades. ACTION MAY BE GEYSER CASE IS RESUMED TODAY PORTLAND WOMAN - v fir fx, . , y " V i ' , . '- x A V . f , - " 1 Expedition to Start Out Today to Learn What Happened Outburst I'frst of Any Importance In More Than COO Years. REDDIXG, Cal., June 1. Mount Lae wen, the southern terminus of the Cas cade range, was quiet tonight after throwing out smoke, steam, rocks and volcanic ash for 18 hours. Tomorrow an expedition will start from Mineral, 18 miles distant, to learn whether a new volcanic eruption really has oc curred or whether the disturbance Is merely the outbreaking of a new geyser. The north slope of the moun tain, snow-clad yesterday, was bare to day for two miles, and in place of the melted snow, hot rock, ashes and lava were reported. The outbreak is the first recorded in 70 years and the first of any im portance in more than 200 years, al though the Lassen volcanic district is at the western edge of a lava field reaching as far east as Montana and containing many craters. W. J. Rushing, forest supervisor at Mineral, after receiving the report of a subordinate who was on the moun tain yesterday, was inclined to believe that an active geyser suddenly had de veloped, lie said that no fire had been seen, although the disturbance lasted all night. The smoke and steam -column, he said, rose about -00 feet. SAN FRANCISCoTjune 1. Informa tion obtained at the offices of the United States GeodBtic Survey today shows that the latest violent volcanic eruption in the Mount Laesen district occurred about 200 years ago, the first violent outbreak occurring at least a century before the American Revolu tion. The estimated ages of the trees still standing in the deposits support these geological observations. A later and Becond period of eruption occurred about 70 years ago, but was of such a character as not to attract attention. The presence of hot springs in the Lassen district at Bumpass' Hell Hole, near the south base of the peak, shows continued volcanic activity. Peak of Recent Formation, Geologically Lassen peak, which is of volcanic origin, is a recent formation, thrown up by action which began at the close of the lone epoch and con tinued until the present time. The geologic district in which Mount Lassen is situated is 69 miles long and nearly 53 miles wide, comprising an area of 3634 square miles. Laesen peak is the south terminus of the Cascade range of mountains. The Lassen peak volcanic ridge Is formed by a belt of vol canic cones 25 miles wide and 50 miles long. Lassen peak connects with Mount Shasta by laval deposits. Peak in Greatest Lava Fields. Extending., eastward over Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana is the largest lava field in the world, according to the Infor mation contained in a report of a geological survey made in 1894 by J. S. Uilier. The lava fields cover an area of 200,000 square miles. Cinder Cone Crater, a short distance from Mount Lassen, has a pit 248 feet deep. There are represented in the Lassen volcanic ridge 22 geological formations. The report of the survey, made In 1S94, draws a remarkable comparison between Cinder Cone and Mount Vesuvius. 33 SALEM AUTOISTS PICNIC Party Is Picnic Guest of Mr. and Mrs. Power, at Orenco. ORENCO. Or.. June 1 (Special.) Beven automobiles, loaded with 33 Sa lem visitors, made the trip from Sa lem to Orenco, by way of McMlnnville. Those making the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Legg and family. Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Eppley, Mr .and Mrs. Andrew Lee and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. John Mills and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Millard and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Clements, Mayor Steves, wife and family. Professor and Mrs. W. E. Kirk, Mrs. Henry Vandervort and daughter. Lunches were brought and the party spent the day as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Power, enjoying a picnic in the park, at which strawberries and cream and lemonade and coffee were served with their lunches. The party returned by way of Portland in the evening. "BUCK" LINDSEY ESCAPES Man Held for Horsestealing: Breaks Away From Officer. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. June 1. (Special.) While being taken back to Lake County, California, where he is wanted on. a charge of horse stealing, "Buck" Lindsey escaped today from the officer who had him in charge. The man made his break from a. South ern Pacific train as it neared Klamath Falls. Lindsey is 30 years old. He was ar rested in Albany, Or., on advices from the Sheriff at Lake View, Cal. CURES CONSTIPATION. Tf you are troubled with a deranged stomach, constipation or indigestion. the daily use of Roman Meal Bread will give you permanent relief. Roman Meal Bread is made of Roman Meal, a health food which was invented and is made by a physician, from entire hard Winter wheat and rye ground whole upon a buhr stone mill. A por tion of fermentable starch is removed, but the coarser brans and dark tissue building- parts are all retained. This is combined with Flaxose, a secret pre paration by which pure ground flax is partly digested and deprived entirely of its disagreeable odor and taste. It is not medicated and has not the most distant relation to a drug, yet it cures constipation and is the most nourishing food sold as wen. Roman Meal Bread is made exclusive ly by the Log Cabin Baking Co., and Is for sale at ail grocers for 6 cents loaf. In order to get the genuine, look for the label with the name Roman Meal Bread on every loaf. Adv. French. Academy Attache Dies. PARIS, June 1. Henry Francois Pierre Roujon, permanent secretary of the French Academy of Fine Arts, died . today, 61 years or age. I y s s V COLLEGE PLEA IDE Francis B. Sayre, President's Son-in-Law, Meets Alumni. $2,000,000 FUND SOUGHT Effort Kow Being Made by Williams College to Found Three Xew Chairs to Be Filled by Nationally-Known Teachers. Francis Bowes Sayre, son-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson, was the guest at a banquet given in his honor by the Portland alumni of Williams College, at the University Club last night. Those at the table were: Philip H. Dater, of the class of '96; Boudinot See- ley, Jr., '00; A. G. Labbe, '04; Sam Hol brook, '94; W. V. Dolph, '11; William B. Osburn, '07; T. B. Whipple, '02; How ard Whipple, '03; Kirk Smith, '03; Fran cis Bowes Sayre, 09; Mr. Humphrey, '04; and Rrofessor Griffith, member of the Williams College faculty from 1906 to 1911. The dinner was arranged by How ard Whipple. Mr. Sayre made the prin cipal talk of the evening. He spoke of the plans of W illiams College to raise a $2,000,000 endowment fund, $1,000,000 of which it is hoped to have pledged by commencement, with which to en dow new professorships and increase the salaries of the present faculty members. Mr. Sayre said that plans especially had been made to found three new chairs in the faculty, one in English, one in political science and one in philosophy, and to call men of National reputation to fill them. The rest of the evening was passed in informal discussion of the endow ment plan and reminiscences of college days. In the afternoon Mr. Whipple took Mr. Sayre, who is assistant to Presi dent Garfield, of Williams College, to Reed College, where he met President Foster. Mr. Sayre left Portland last night for Seattle. INQUIRY PUT UNDER WAY Continued From First Page.) make the fourth member of the commission. Identification List Revtaed. A revised list of identified dead given out today by the Canadian Pa cific Railway Company contaiied the following names in addition to those already published: Blythe. Miss, maid to Mrs. F. W. Cullen. Brame, E., bedroom steward. Edwards, coxswain, Yokohama, ja pan. Harrington, E. Helkkila, ' Matti, Negaunee, Mich. Hokola, Mrs. Mary, Negaunee, Mich. Peterson, S. J.; stewardess. Pikers, E., Lansing, Mich. Sannelson, Earl. The home of the children of Giorg Zug, previously reported to be Winni peg, is given now as St. Louis, Mo. The following additional identifica tions were made at Quebec today: Beckstead, Adjutant, . Dunlevy, Mrs., . Dunn, M. T., . Faulkner, Ellen. London, ' Ont. Garnet, William, Calgary, Alta. Guiness, Michael, Liverpool. Hokola, Art, Negaunee, Mich. v Howes, M., Birmingham, England. Jackman, Franz, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Lockissm, Lucas, member of crew. Malkula, Tonl, Negaunee, Mich. Palmer, Leonard, London, England. Pratt, Mrs. L., and child, Toronto, Ont. The following persons shown on the Salvation Army list of passengers did not sail: Best, Captain Gilbert. Concoll,- Mrs. F., and child. Maisey, In a. Peacock, F. Garnet, William, Calgary. Hunt, Miss E. Dev. Castleton, Isle of Man. Martin, Mrs., Toronto. Moir, Mrs. Charles, Toronto. Richards. Mrs. George C, Terre Haute, Ind. White, Mrs. George, Geulph. Zutsky, Josephine. Zutsku, Viadia. Anchor May Explain. The sharp point of an anchor projecting from the twisted bow of the Norwegian collier Storstad may explain way tnat vessel am such terrible ex ecution when she rammed the Empress of Ireland. An examination today of the collier's shattered plates revealed the anchor jammed in a position where it could rip through the hull of the Empress like a great can opener. The anchor point and portions of the bat tered steel surrounding it bore stains of blood. "Captain Andersen is deeply grieved over the tragedy. Several times dur ing the trip from Quebec I came upon him crying with his face buried in his hands. Captain Andersen told me he had been instructed not to talk about the accident." Mrs. Andersen, wife of the captain of the Storstad. told her story today. IT) KXTIFI CATION' NOW IS RAPID Prominent Victims of Shipwreck Known Is Quebec Report. QUEBEC, Que., June 1. Identifica tion of the dead from the scene of the wreck of the Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of Ireland is proceeding more rapidly than was expected. Nearly 100 of the 188 bodies brought here yester day by the tender Lady Grey have been recognized by friends and relatives. This is an addition to the 18 bodies identi fied and claimed at RImouski. Identifications include Sir Henry Seton-Karr, the big game hunter; Dr A. Barlow, a leading geologist of Canada, and Mrs.' W. Leonard Palmer, wife of a. London newspaperman. Near ly a. score of members of the Salvation Army have been identified. The Lady Grey, escorted by the Brit ish warship Essex, arrived in Quebec early yesterday morning, and soon thereafter bluejackets from the Essex were carrying the coffins ashore. The bodies were placed on long tables, draped in black and white, inVhe shed, which had been prepared for their re ception. The pier shed was heavily draped in black and over the windows sheets were fastened to shut out the view of the curious and the morbid. ACTOR'S BODY RECOVERED Lawrence Irving Fonnd Clutching Part of Wire's Clothing. QUEBEC, June I The body of Laurence Irving, the English actor, was picked up last night on the west bank of the St. Lawrence, below Rimouskl. Irvlng's face was bruised almost beyond recognition. A signet ring with the Initials "L. I." on one of his fingers led to the identification One hand still clutched a piece of cambric probably torn from the dress of his wife, whom he was making des perate efforts to save when they were last seen alive. Captain F. X. Pouliot, of the Govern ment steamer Lady Evelyn, reported today that he recovered the logbook of the Empress of -Ireland late Friday night-while searching for bodies. The book was found in a watertight metal box. FLEEING BANKER MAY BE LOST Police Seek Michael Potock Among Empress of Ireland Victims. CHICAGO, June 1. Michael Potock. a private banker, who fled a week ago after closing his bank, is believed to have been among the victims of the Empress of Ireland disaster. The police, today asked the police of Quebec to seek to Identify Potock among the bodies recovered. Mrs. Potock received a telegram from her husband in Montreal on May 28, say ing he was going to broad a steamer for Bremen. Lightning Kills Boy. NORTH YAKIMA,. Wash.. June 1. (Special.) Arthur Jordan, 15 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jordan, was killed by lightning this afternoon in a. lumber yard near his home in the Ahtanum. Two companions were uninjured. Then and Now THEN. "H o m e. Sweet! Home" mi belns sunr for the first! limei Just HI years NOW. Today Is the 123d anniversary of. John Howard Payne's birth. uis sonar Is known ago. The sonic came; tnrourliout the Eng from tlis operatic lish-speakingr world tan. Its author, and it rises abovo nil John Howard Payne.ielse. including the 60 posed as a dramatlcplays and operas critic In New Tforklwhlch Payne -wrote, as wnen n was oniy ita monument to his Though Testimony Cannot Be. Com pelled, Court Is Determined to Know Alt Facte Captain Short $1000 Monthly, Says Colonel. SAN FRANCISCO, June 1. (Special.) With Colonel John L.v Chamberlain, Inspector-General of the Western De partment of the Army, on the stand the trial of Captain Joseph BL Griffiths will resume tomorrow before the general courtmartial at the Presidio. The Fri day session left the issue of Captain Griffiths' private affairs before the court. The defense had questioned his rela tions with several timber and land companies and the connection came out as the result of an investigation made by Colonel Chamberlain after his balancing of Griffiths' accounts and securing from Griffiths the information that the captain had cognizance of a shortage in his cash balance. In his private dealings Griffiths is admitted, by his attorney, George I Price, to have paid to his business col leagues some $23,000. That was a round number figure. Mrs. Virginia Bramhall, a wealthy and aged widow of Portland, resident of one of the ex clusive family hotels of that city. Is said to have advanced some $17,000 to Griffiths. The trend of the testimony may bring her to San Francisco to be a witness at the trial, or bring an at torney to take the stand for her. Her testimony cannot be compelled, but the court is determined to ascertain all the facts. Colonel Chamberlain in his testi mony pointed out that for a period of about eight months Griffiths had al lowed his accounts to accumulate at the rate of $1000 a month, in round numbers. This accumulation. $8300, is the extent of Griffiths' shortage, ac cording to the testimony so far intro duced. The trend of the trial, during the last two hours of the Friday session, was toward an establishment by the defense of a lack of business acumen by the defendant. Contracts were of fered in the court for identification with the explanation that they would be offered in evidence later, which would not have been signed by one familiar with business procedure. The contracts were binding in many ways on the accused, according to his at torney, but in no ways binding; on the other parties thereto E. D. McFar land. W. G. Joselyn, et aL according to Price. F. L CLARK MAY BE ALIVE POLICE THISK THEY HAVE CLEW TO DISAPPEARANCE. Papers Found on Detective Arrested at Santa Monica Point to Knoirledfe of Plot to Get Ransom. LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 1. (Spe cial.) F. Lewis Clark, the Spokane millionaire who disappeared from Santa Barbara several months ago, may be alive, the captive of a band of crooks, who are holding him for ransom. This is the belief of local police who Friday arrested Edgar Byron, a private detective, at Santa Monica, as he was trying to work an alleged blackmail scheme on Mayor Durley. Among Byron's effects were found several let ters to and from friends of Clark. Some of these said that the where abouts of Clark was known and. that he would be surrendered for $50,000. One letter intimated Clark was being held in the mountains, and was safe from all efforts at rescue. Officers here believe if Clark is alive he is held on some of the small islands in the channel, and today began a Bearch of Santa Barbara Island. When Byron was arrested he ad mitted he knew where Clark was, but then refused to talk further. The po lice believe there is something more than braggadocio in Byron's words. DETECTIVE QUITS CASE CHARGE INVOLVING CHILD'S DIS APPEARANCE MAY KAIL. years of age; before maturity he was suc cessful on the stage; memory. Surviving the Inroads of rair- time. ,4 he ballad Is as then came 20 yearsjpopuiar as ever, for of varying successnittlng home ties. It abroad as actor, man-iis said to have had a ager ana piaywnsm. more universal circn Pressed for funds, negation than any song sold the opera "Clari"ever written. Payne's for f250. In this waslbody. originally burled Home, Sweet Home." at Tunis, was dlsln Payne had written lt.keired after many recalling his early-years and brought to cottage home at Eastjthe United States for Hampton. N. Y. Thejreinterment In Oak opera had a phenom-Hill Cemetery, at enal run and the songlWashlngton, in 1883. brought a fortune toThe remains were its publishers. Payne placed beneath an ap never received an- yroprlate monument other cent from It. He which was unveiled later became Unltedjwhlle a great chorus States Consul at Tunurpang "Home, . Sweet where hs died. Home." Man Who Broua-ht Aboat Arrests of Three Drops Inquiry When Prose ' enter Does Not Act Promptly. NEW CASTLE. Ind., June 1. R. H. Abel, a detective who caused the ar rests Saturday of Dr. and Mrs. - W. A. Winters and W. H. Cooper on charges of conspiring to commit a felony in connection with, the disappearance more than a year ago of Catherine Winters, 9-year-old daughter of Dr. Winters, withdrew from the case late today. This action followed the failure of W. R. Myers, the Prosecuting Attorney, to file affidavits in the Circuit Court charging Cooper and Mrs. Winters, who is the child's step-mother, with first degree murder. "Politics has entered this case." Abel said. "I will have nothing further to do with it unless the murder affidavits are filed and a special prosecutor' ap pointed." Prosecutor Myers said he wished more time to go over the evidence sub mitted by the .detective. He said he had not refused to file the charges. Abel, before his departure, asserted he had discovered evidence tending to show that a box had been shipped to Cooper at a town near Decatur, 111., the second day following the disap pearance of Catherine on March 20, 1913. He said he had intended going to Illinois tonight to follow up the clew. Despite the statement of Prosecutor Myers, it is generally believed here that with the withdrawal of Abel, the present investigation had ended. Xoted Art Authority 111. CHICAGO, June 1. William M. R. French, one of the best-known art au thorities in the United States and for 34 years director of the Art Institute of Chicago, is ill and the gravest fears of the outcome are felt by his friends. Seven Sisters Bills Debate Invited. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. June 1. (Special.) C G. Lesley, master of the Linens for the June Bride The bride's linens have been arriving from abroad during the past few months. They were meant for brides. The patterns are those that a bride looks upon with pride. Dependable linens from the best linen mills of the world linens that will wear sturdily and be a worthy part of "the new home's furnishing. 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