VOL. L,V.NO. 17,008.
PORTLAXD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY r9, 1915.
I'KICR FIVE CENTS.
STRATEGIC PEAK IS
GAINED BY ITALIANS
Guns Rule Communica
tion Lines to Trent
AUSTRIAN WORKS BOMBARDED
High Points Dominating Three
Valleys Also Occupied.
)
i DEFENDERS LOSE HEAVILY
Control of All Important .Mountains
of Alps Is Pliin of Latin Com
ma nder I'oe J l; iid iea ppcd
liy 1 tonsil Terrain.
KOMI-:, via Pari?. May 28. The offi
cial reports from the front show that
Licutenant-Gcncral Padorna, Italian
chief of staff, is attempting to carry
out a. well-def incd movement for the
occupation of the important points In
the Alps, along the Gludicarle chain
of the Less in I Mountains, the Supana
Valley and the Carnle Alps.
This maneuver, if accomplished,
would place tho Italians in an advan
tageous position to meet the Austrian
if they undertake any serious attack
for tho purpose of Invading Italy. It
would also permit the Italians to choose
their own time snd place, for making
an attempt to force the. mountain
pannes and penetrate farther into Aus
tria. Italian Ioiulnntc Foe's Center.
Tho occupation of Altissimo Moun
tain, which is 67!0 feet high, is re
carded as the most important achieve
ment In carrying out this plan. This
is the highest peak of the Baldo range,
which extends for 25 miles On the east
ern side of Like Garda. Occupation
of Altissimo Mountain means the
domination of three important Austrian
centers of communication with tho
I'rovlnce of Trent.
The first is Ala, from which point
starts the ra-iUvay leading to Rovcreto
nd Trent. The second is Moyl, the
starting point of tho narrow-gauge
railway to ltiva. The third is Riva,
which is seven miles distant In a direct
line.
Three Valleys Controlled.
Altissimo dominates tho entire por
tion of Lake Oarda in Austrian ter
ritory. Possession of this mountain,
together with Montecorno, the Baffclan
Mountains and the Sottecrocl Peak,
places the whole Rovereto district un
der tho domination of Italian guns.
-Moreover, the Agarina Valley, through
which runs tho Adige River; the Val
bona, Ronchi and Arsa Valley are
also entirely under control of the
Italian positions.
From tho high plateau, north of
Schlo. Italian artillery has bombarded
Austrian positions from five to seven
miles distant, inflicting severe losses
on their opponents. In the Carnal dis
trict tho Italians dominate the Pogna
Valley.
Tho Austrian advance is difficult
work on account of the broken char
acter of the region.
ITALIANS LiAXl OX 1UIODKS
Uecupaliuu or Disputed Island .Re
ported in Amsterdam.
AMSTKUPAM, via London, May 28.
The Berlin Lokal Anzelger says Italian
troops In considerable force have land
ed on the Turkish Island of Rhodes in
the Aegean Sea.
Rhodes Is about 300 miles south of
the Dardanelles. No official report has
been received of a declaration of war
between Turkey and Italy.
The Inland of Rhodes has been in the
possession of tho Italian authorities
since the Turko-i talian war. The in
land was occupied by Italian forces on
.May 4. without opposition on tho
part of the Turkish garrison, which was
captured.
At the conclusion of peace between
Italy and Turkey a treaty was signed
in which Italy engaged to restore to
Turkey the Aegean Islands, including
Rhodes, occupied by her troops, but on
the condition that a general amnesty
be granted to their Inhabitants, that
local autonomy be respected and that
public liberty be guaranteed.
If Turkey failed to fulfill these con
ditions Italy reserved to herself the
right of taking action against the
I'orte, and the islands were not to be
restored until the agreement respecting
this was carried out.
CHURCH TO GET ESTATE
Liisitunla Victims Donate Bulk of
..' 00,000 to Religion.
LOS ANGELES, May 28. The bulk of
the J200.000 estate left by Mr. and Mrs.
Conway Campbell Johnstone, victims of
the Lusitania disaster, will go to the
Church of the Angela, according to their
willa, the terms of which became pub
lic today.
The wills were made two weeks be
fore Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Johnstone
left Pasadena to take passage aboard
the Lusitania. The terms of the docu
ments are identical and provide "that
In the event of our perishing practi
cally at the same time at sea." the
greater part of the estate should go to
the Church of the Angels, which was
built by members of the family.
Ciermnns Volunteer Against Italy.
BKRI.IN', via London, May 28. Hun
dreds of volunteers. including men
more than i0 years old. have reported
to the military authorities at Frank
fort in the last few days, making the
speciflo request that they be Permitted
to serve esainst Italy.
GERMAN BITTERLY
ACCUSES ITALY
ENTRY INTO AVAR W1XL.VHKD
VIOLATION" Ol' FAITH.
History Will Sliow, SSajs Chancellor,
Whether Entente Was "Content
With Blandishments Alone."
BF.RL1N, via London, May 2S. Dr.
Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German
imperial chancellor, speaking in the
Reichstag today on Italy's entrance
into the war, said:
"Italy has now inscribed in the book
of the world's history, in letters of
blood which will never fail, her viola
tion of faith. Nobody threatened
Italy neither Austria-Hungary nor
Germany. Whether the triple entente
was content with blandishments alone,
history will show later.
"Without a drop of blood flowing,
or the life of a single Italian being
endangered. Italy could have secured
the long list of concessions which I
recently read to the House territory
in Tyrol and on the Izonzo as far as
Italian speech is heard, satisfaction of
her national aspirations in Trieste, a
free hand in. Albania and a valuable
part of Avlona.
' We left Rome in no doubt that an
Italian attack on the Austro-Hungariah
troops would also strike the German
Iroops. The Italian manifesto of war,
which conceals an uneasy conscience
behind veiled phrases, does not give
an explanation of which offers were
refused. They were too shy, perhaps,
to say openly what was spread abroad
as tho pretext, that the Austrian offer
caine too late and could not be trusted.
"Italian statesmen have no right to
measure the trustworthiness of other
nations in the same proportion as they
measured their own loyalty to a
treaty."
MONKEY'S PRANK COSTLY
Owner of Superficially Cultured An
imal .Must Pay $2000.
LOS ANGELES. May 28. Two thou
sand dollars' damages for the attacks
made on them by "Charlie Fuller," an
educated chimpanzee, were awarded
today to Mrs. Lillian Lindley and her
little daughter, Miriam. E. W. Knowl
ton, a Pasadena millionaire, owner of
the animal, was defendant.
Mrs. Lindley testified that the chim
panzee entered her home through an
open window, tore little Miriam from
her arms and threw her on the floor.
With the aid of a pet dog, Mrs. Lind
ley said, she finally rescued the lit
tle girl and locked "Charlie" in a closet.
Ivnowlton declared his chlmpansee,
which wears clones, smokes cigarettes
and carries a cane, meant no harm to
the child. Tho court ruled that Mr.
Fuller's culture was superficial.
ROME FEARS AIR RAIDS
Italian Capital Makes Preparations
to Repel Invasion.
ROME, via Paris, May 28. It being
believed that Austrian aeroplanes may
appear over Rome, special measures of
protection have been adopted. In the
first place, a close watch is to be kept
along the Adriatic coast. Equal vigi
lance w.Ill be exercised on the crest of
the Apennines, while nearer Rome ob
servation posts are to be established at
points of vantage.
Stations for Italian aeroplanes have
been established at Centocllle, on the
Appian Way, and at Lake Bracciano,
about 25 miles from the capital.
From these points aeroplanes are
ready to start at a moment's notice to
engage airships from Austria.
BOYS MUST PULL WEEDS
Medford Graduates Sentenced for
Raid on Store Signs.
MEDFORD., Or.. May 28. (Special.)
Every boy in the graduating- class
of the Medrord High School was or
dered yesterday by Police Judge Gay
to pull weeds in city parking strips
until next Monday to expiate for a
midnight "raid on business house signs
last Monday night.
All the young men acknowledged
their pranks and pleaded innocence of
any wrong intent. The court, however,
held that damage to property was no
joke, and delivered sentences accord-
ingly. Harold Grey, the youngest
member of the class, was deputized to
see that the work was done.
FULL SCORE THOUGHT DEAD
Mine IMsustcr in British Columbia
Counts Many In Toll.
NANAIMO. B. C, May 2S. Four more
bodies of miners who had been suffo
cated in an explosion in a small shaft
of the Western Fuel Company's mine
yesterday, three miles from this city,
were brought to the surface today,
making seven of the 22 who met death
to be recovered.
Mine officials express the belief that
the entombed men cannot be rescued
alive, and the death roll has been
fixed at 22. Of the 36 men who reported
for work at the mine yesterday after
noon 13 escaped unhurt and reached
the surface within an hour after the
explosion.
The explosion is attributed to the
ignition of a body of inflammable gas.
l'aik Area. Increased at Ashland.
ASHLAND, Or..' May 2S. (Special.)
The Springs Commission, in its work
of adding to and improving Ashland's
park system, has recently purchased a
dozen small properties, either inside
or adjacent to the original park tract,
at a cost of $23,000. In connection
with these purchases will follow the
elmination of a number of unsightly
buildings. This improvement is in line
with the purchase and dismantling of
the old mill several years ago. a mon
ument which marked the beginning of
the enlargement of the park area.
CHANGE If! MEXICAN
POLICY INDICATED
Wilson Appeal May
Presage Intervention.
HUNGRY PEOPLE CONSIDERED
Appeal Made for Help in Be
half of Red Cross.
BLAME PUT ON MILITARY
Administration's Preliminary Action
Similar to That' Taken in Karly
Stages of Cuban Affair Plea
of Humanity Is Made.
WASHINGTON. May 28. President
Wilson has decided to serve notice on
all the warring factions in Mexico that
conditions in that country have become
intolerable and that unless they them
selves compose the situation soon some
other means may have to be employed
to accomplish the result.
The first intimation of the President's
determination to tako this step came
today in his appeal issued as head of
the American Red Cross, setting forth
that "due to several years of internal
disturbances,'" tho unfortunate people
of many parts of Mexico have been
reduced to the verge of starvation, and
urging contributions to relief funds.
Another Statement Expected.
Later the White House gave out the
following:
"When the President's appeal for aid
for the Mexicans was issued it was
also stated at the executive offices that
a statement from the President on the
present situation in Mexico might be
expected within the. next few days."
This statement has been prepared and
will be issued after the Cabinet meet
ing next Tuesday and then communi
cated to the leaders of all the Mexican
factions.
Officials at the White House and
.State Department declined to say what
the President's statement contained,
out denied that recognition of any fac
tion was now contemplated. It was
said authoritatively that while friends
of Carranza here had been pressing for
recognition, the Washington Govern
ment had not been impressed with the
ability of any of the contending chiefs
to restore order.
End of Trouble Demanded.
The present action, it was said, was
not intended to assist one faction- at
the expense of another, but to demand,
in effect, that the Mexicans arrive at
an early settlement of their troubles,
or at least provide for the sustenance
of the starving population.
High officials referred to the Presi
dent's forthcoming pronouncement as
not meaning immediate intervention,
and they emphasized the word "imme
diate." The impression in Executive quar-
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The W,-ther.
YESTERDAY'S tr-S' m temperature, 66.6
osr'; decrees.
T I 1 T I . v
warmer; northwesterly
War.
vJerman Chancellor says history will sho
whether entente was "content with blau
dishrnenta alone for Italy. Page 1.
Italians occupy strategic peak on Austrian
ide. Page 1.
National.
Wilson Indicates possibility of change in
Mexican policy. Page 1.
Iometic
Banker regards lack oT religious faith as
element to be considered In connection
w ith credits. Page U,
Tan-Amerlran conference agrees on plan for
pr-unotins trade. Page 3.
Arizona pardon board reprieves five Mexican
murderers on strength of'BraJi's plea.
Pago 1.
Church advertising is advocated by min
ister addressing admen. Pagt 2.
Steamer Mackinaw, bound for Portland, is
afire off Point Ileycs. Page 1.
Sport,
Coast League results Portland 13. San
Francisco 3; Venice 10, Oakland a; Salt
l-ae 12, Los Angeles 4. Page 10.
Oregon wins conference track meet at Cor
vaUis; records smashed. Page 30.
Pacific NortbwfMt.
Oljmpla attorney arrested on land fraud
charges. Page 5
Watr powers and forest wealth topics of
commonwealth conference. Pao o.
Commercial and -Marine.
Army order for oats for use In Hawaii placed
in Portland. Page 13.
First shipment of new wheat depresses Chi
cago market. rage li.
j Stock speculation halts pending receipt of
1Jl""j icujj. rigQ jo.
Railroads buying equipment in preparation
fur larger traffic movement. Page li.
Interstate Commerce Commission's decree
a&r.-iinst oil company surprises shipping
men. Pago IL
Portland and Vicinity.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page la.
Mr. Ialy admits meter would stave off
building of reinforcing mains but few
years. Pag" 1-.
Pitiful appeals for aid still come to Asso
ciated Charities. Pago 9.
Seventh Day Adventists make membership
gain of 10 per cent in year, it is an
nounced. Pago 7.
Schools hold patriotic memorial services.
I'age 5.
Long rain to be broken by sunshine today,
predicts weather man. Page 16.
TURKISH VICTORY DENIED
Kussians Contradict Reports or Loss
of Ships In Black Sea.
WASHINGTON, May 28. Tho Rus
siah Kmbassy has received a cable
gram from the chief of tho naval staff
at Petrograd categorlcall y denying the
report of the sinking by Turkish mines
or submarine of the Russltn battle
ship Pantelllmon in the Black Sea.
The cablegram declares that the Pan
tellimon has not been in action or ex
posed to Turkish fire and In fact has
not for some time been out of a Rus
sian harbor, where sue is now an
chored. A denial Is also entered of the
reports that othe.r damages have been
inflicted on the Russian Black Sea
fleet, a reported from Constantinople.
gulfLight act admitted
American Torpedoed Because of
Presence of British Convoy.
RKRLIX." via London, May 28. The
torpedoing of the steamship Gulflighl
is now established as due to a German
submarine, the report of the commander
of the submarine in question having
been received by the Admiralty.
The commander said that when he
first saw the Gulflight she was being
convoyed by two patrol boats, and he
concluded that she must bo a British
vessel, or was carrying Contraband.
The presence of patrol boats, the com
mander reported, made closer investi
gation dangerous.
LIFE IN PORTLAND.
BRYAN PLEA HEEDED
8Y ARIZONA BOARD
5 Mexicans Reprieved
at Last Moment.
CLOSING SCENES DRAMATIC
Court Refuses Aid, Men -Are
Bound When Message Comes.
RESULT PLEASES GOVERNOR
I'ardon Board Influenced by Secre
tary's Assertion That Americans
in Northern .Mexico Would
Suffer if Men lied.
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kivk iiKnnu;vi:n mi:.xicas
a.nu tii i ;i it itiMi:s. I
X. IS. Chavez Shot and killed
Charles King. Deputy Sheriff,
Jerome, August 27, 1910.
Kduardo Perez Killed Felicio
Chacon at Congress Junction,
November IK, 1910.
Miguel Peralta Killed his for
mer wife and her admirer at
Jerome, June 29, 1912.
Francesco Rodriguez Killed
his wife at Phoenix, April 2,
1911.
Ramon Villalobos Killed Phin
eas Brown, a Constable, at Ray,
last Augusu
All of the condemned men are
Mexican citizens except Rodri
guez, whb was born at Tucson.
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PHOKXIX. Ariz.. May 28. After
every legal recourse had failed, the
mercy plea of William J. Bryan, Secre
tary of State, which had been rejected
by the State Legislature, proved potent
today to save the lives of the five
Mexicans who were to have been
hanged at Florence Penitentiary.
At the last moment the State Board
of Pardons and Paroles, taking cogni
zance of Mr. Bryan's request for delay,
ordered reprieves of nine weeks for
all of the condemned men and recom
mended that they bo executed separate
ly and not together, as was Intended
today.
future Depend on Governor.
Whether they will be executed at all
depends, however, on the success at
tending future moves In Governor
Hunt's five-year strugglo to abolish the
death renalty in Arizona.
The condemned men hail been bound
and made ready for the plunge through
the gallows trap, when the Board of
Pardons and Paroles marie known its
decision to grant a delay. The de
cision was expressed in a resolution
adopted after a session lasting all
f "oncltid'l on I'asr
'olumn l.i
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STEAMER IS AFIRE
OFF PACIFIC COAST
MACKINAW, BOUND l"OK POUT
LAND, IS IV 1MSTRKSS.
Vessel Is or Point Uejes, Near
San lYancisco No Cagro 1
Carried; 10 Men Aboard.
SAX FRANCISCO. May 2S. A radio
report received here tonight said the
steamer Mackinaw was on fire off
Point Reyes, 30 miles north of San
Francisco.
The United States coast guard cut
ter MeCulloch la preparing to go to her
assistance. The Mackinaw sailed from
this port late today for Portland, Or.
Xo passengers are aboard the Mack
inaw. Her crew consists of 40 men. The
vessel carried no cargo. R. S. Dollar,
vice-president or the Robert Dollar
Company, agents hero for the Mack
inaw, aid the vessel's steel hull would
minimize damage from the fire.
The steamer Mackinaw is under char
ter to M. II. Houser and was to load
grain for Australia in Portland about
June 1. She was due to get into the
Columbia River tomorrow night. She
was en route north in ballast, carrying,
so far as Is known in Portland, no cariu.
The Mackinaw ts a steel vessel of
2005 tons net; length 270 feet, width
41.9 and depth of 24 feet. She was
built In 1890 at West Bay City. Mi- h.
The home port Is San Francisco, al
though for somo time the Mackinaw
has been operating In the Orient. The
ve;scl was recently purchased by the
Robert Dollar Company. She arrived
in San Francisco about April -i and has
just been overhauled.
Friday's War Moves
THK success of the German sub
marines in their attacks on t!ie
British fleet supporting the army on
the Gallipoli Peninsula, which has re
sulted in the sinking of the battleships
Majestic and Triumph, with the ever
increasing activity of these boats in
the waters around the British lslc and
the threat to carry this underwater
warfare to the Suez Canal, while they
have not caused any great uneasiness
in naval circles here, have brought
British officials to a realization of the
great danger that will exist if Ger
many is able largely to increase her
fleet of "U" boats.
Reports were received jestcrday of
the sinking of the British steamers
Cadeby and Spennymoor and the
Swedish berk M. Roosvall, and a state
ment was made that the big liner
Argyllshire was chafed and firrd on b
an undcr-t-ea boat, but succeeded in
escaping and reaching liavro.
Trade to and from British ports goes
on as If there were no submarine dan
ger, and it is said in London that there
will be no interruption in the opera
tions in the Dardanelles. The fleet there
will be required to assist the army on
the Gallipoli Peninsula, taking chances
of destruction by submarines and mines
or shell fire.
The Turks and their German officers
probably will have another invasion to
meet before long. Unofficial reports
reaching London yesterday were that
the Italians had landed on the Island
of Rhodes, off the coast of Asia Minor,
while a cruiser has been bombarding
Bedrum, which is on the Gulf of Kos,
on the mainland of Asiatic Turkey, not
far from Rhodes. This is believed to
be the first step in an 'attempt to
land on the Asia Minor coast.
There has been "little or no change
in the situation on the eastern or a-.. st
ern battle fronts. The Austrians and
oermans say they have made a fur
ther advance in the operations, the aim
of which is the encircling of Przemysl,
aitnougn tney are meeting wtth stub
born resistance on the nart or the
Russians.
In the west the French offensive
north of Arras Is still In progress, but
the advance of the allied troops seem
ingly la not so fast as it was when the
attack was first launched. The Brit
ish also are engaged north of I .a Bassee
and are almost continuously occupied
In resisting German attacks around
Vpres, the capture of which place Is
said to have cost the Teutons an enor
mous number of men.
The Italians say they have made
further advances into Austrian terri
tory in Tyrol, the Trentlno and Istria.
but no important batt"n tias yet been
fought in this southwestern theater of
the war.
MRS. LUDKE TRIAL WAITS
Court Postpones Murder Case Till
After fishing Season.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 5S. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Otto Ludke. charged with
murder in the first degree, alleged to
have been an accesory Pefore the fact
of the murder of tier husband. Otto
Ludke. last year, will not be tried at
this term of court.
The case haa been postponed until the
October term of court because a num
ber of witnesses are busy during the
fishing season and to take them away
now would be a heavy loss to them.
Mrs. Ludke is out under $0000 bonds.
"ARSON SQUAD" IS NAMED
Fire Marshal Stevens ApiHlnts Three
to Make Investigations.
Portland has an "arson squad' In
connection with its fire bureau. Fire
Marshal Stevens yesterday announced
the appointment . of Fire Captains W.
A. Groce and F. W. Roberts and Fire
Lieutenant K. J. Treese as a squad to
conduct arson Investigations.
Whenever there are any suspicious
circumstances In connection w ith" a fire
the squad will investigate. Already
the members of the squad have done
work individually aloDjf thU line.
VISITORS ARRIVING
FDR BJJCLUB MEET
Federation Council to
Open Monday Night.
GALA RECEPTION IS PLANNED
Incoming Guests, Showered
With Roses, Express Delight.
REPRESENTATION IS WIDE
Plans for Ijnlcrtiiiiiniriit Ucin Made
on Klaliorulc Si-ale. ami Aulo
Trips; in ily and Pieilie at
M H M noinali l'n lis Listed.
Kv.-ry o-rl:ind train t h ! suin nl i
Portland csiei day brought del ga
llons of prntn i ncn t cluhvonicn wh are
assembling here to attend the biennlnl
council of the General I'edcrat ion of
Women's "hit.- that will .pr n Moud.iy
niht with a big reception in the llutel
M ult noiiiHh.
Karly and late the Irani i;d hotel
cnninii 1 1 es and those who aie attend
ing to b:ij:gae and ho.pi t 1 1 1 ics rv
at the depots and hotels fMrnOiiu' a
cordial welcome a nl showering each
delegate with generous .-ti ppi ics or
roses.
North t'arolina lleleante trrhri.
Mrs. Hiiueni Rellley, of North cr
lina, arrived in the at C'iii'mmi. tu com
pany with her daughter. Ml.s Lauia.
Holmes Reilley; Mrs. Frank White, of
Valley City, N. D. : Mrs. D. L. Murray,
of Cincinnati, and Mrs. William I".
Harper, of Seattle. Mis. r.Hlley has a
decided scn.se of humor and she fairly
sparkles lth genuine u it.
"We may not have a Colonel.' :is Mrs.
Penny backer has," she suid. "but e
have a mascot, iny daughter, Min
Lapra Holmes Reilley." The young
woman in question is evidently her
mother's pal- Mrs. Reilley wanted It
distinctly understood that It was North,
not South. Carolina from which vt
came.
llrorftianlnalioa Plan Secret.
"What about leorKanlzing the Feder
ation?" was asked of Mrs. Reilley.
"Well, yet.." she Htiswered, "I have
plan up my sleeve. There are i"-veut
plans, but they are secrets no-."
The Rrillcs aren't a bit tir-d. al
though th-y have been on the go fr
two weeks. After leaving Portland
they will go to Berkeley to visit Mrs.
W. L. P.rown, Mrs. R.-illry's sit- r.
Mrs. D. L. Murray, between gxi-p f
sdiniration for the roses, nski-d: "By
the way, what is the ofliclal livnin of
the federation'.'' Like a fl.-li hack cam
answer from the delegate from North
Carolina: "There aren't any -huns' in
the General Federation ( Women's
Clubs."
Mm. Harper Welcomed Hack.
Mrs. Frank White admits Hint she
has designs on the clubs of iiregon. All
she wants, however, is their direct mem
bership. Mrs. Harper, who i- a director of lh
General l-'i-de i h t ion and chuirman of tho
committee of a rra ngemcn t t or coun
cil, has been to Portland several times,
and was received with an ovation fr.nri
a score of local friends when she en
tered the lobby of the J lot eT Multnomah.
Mrs. J. W? Tint. Mrs. Alexander Rldell,
Mrs. i. L. Ruland, Mrs. R. K. Bondurant.
Mrs. Sadie Young. Mrs. H. C. I'lhoff,
Mrs. J. M. Holmes and Mrs. M. Verstee
were among those who assisted in wel
coming the afternoon delegates.
One of the earliest arrivals and one
of the most important was Mrs. Samuel
B. Sneath. of Tittln. O.. first vice-president
of the federation.
Ardent MuflTraftiet IteglHtered.
The name of an ardent suffragist ap
peared on the Hotel Multnomah's reg-
isler wnen Miss Mary
Xew York, was written
ing. Miss Hay Is of
iarret Hay. of
yesterday morn-
the determined
type, and has been a
leader in many
women's activities.
Miss C. M. Ferguson and XI rs. Thfimas
G. Winter, both of Minneapolis, botli
garden and flower enthusiasts, wcro
among those who were welcomed.
Mrs. W. B. Williams, treasurer of the
federation, was among those w ho gasped
"ohs" and "ahs" at the rosea.
Singer I'lranrd With lteeeplo.
The chairman of the department of
music. Mrs. F. S. Wardw .1. of Stam
ford, Conn., who is a lecturer of dis
tinction, declared herself delighted with
her reception. Slie is interested in what
has been done here in promoting com
munity sings, a work instituted by the
Monday Musical Club.
From Milwaukee. Wis., came Miss
Lutie E. Stearns, who is president of
a club of business and professional
women. She says that organizations In
which there are "lilms" as well as
"hers" are a hobby with her.
Ohio, besides sending the National
vice-president, added distinction to her
record in two other delegates Miss
Anna B. Johnson, president of the Ohio
Federation, and Mrs. George Zimmer
man, chairman of the department of
civics. Scores of other women well
known in the club world were among
those who were received esterday.
Others will arrive today.
Dlaoer Planned for 'ronisbt.
The General Federation president.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybaeker. of Austin.
Tex.,-who got in from California Thurs
day night, spent a greater ' pa i t of the
day dictating to a elenogra pher and
planning her work. She will call a
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