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2 -THE MORNING OREGONIAX. SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1915. NOTE LIKED BY ALL PARTIES IN OREGON RUSSIAN SHIP, RECENTLY IN PORTLAND, TORPEDOED OFF BRITISH COAST. - - ; Powers' Saturday Night Special ILONDONREADSNOTE; ! WONDERS AT BRYAN l Nothing Detected to Justify I Feeling That Missive Is I Breeder of War. . ! TERMS HELD FRIENDLY I ; t Opportunity Observed for Germany to "Save Her Face Insistence That Unlawful Operations i Ceaso Is Commended. LONDON". June 12. The London morning newspapers In their editorial on the latest American note to Ger many, while remarking on its extreme courtesy, combined with firmness, all seize upon its essential point that there can be no further negotiations until as surances are forthcoming that Ameri can lives and American ships will be safeguarded. Notice is given by the newspapers of the full opportunity that is given Germany, as some of them express it, "to save her face," and some measure of surprise is expressed why Mr. Bryan should have considered it necessary to resign "as Secretary of State, after hav ing signed the first note. Nothing; of Challenge Seen. The Daily Telegraph says: "The spirit of the second note is ex actly that of the first and it leaves us to wonder even more than we did be fore why Mr. Bryan thought it neces sary to resign. There is nothing in the note that the most fervid imagination could construe into a challenge or ulti matum. The tone throughout is not only diplomatic, but friendly. The phrases are those of appeal and warn ing, rather than of stern denunciation. "To have been content with anything less than assurances demanded would hardly .have been consistent with the self-respect of the American Nation. We are certain that a great majority of the Americans will give whole hearted support to their President in the dignified position he now has as sumed." Way Open for Germany. "The note gives Germany every op portunity of saving her face, if she so lelreK," says the Daily Chronicle, in its editorial. "It not only is phrased in most friendly terms, but by inviting the submission of further evidence con cerning the Lusitania and the resump tion of other negotiations through an American intermediary, opens a' vista for negotiations which might keep the diplomats of Berlin and Washington employed until the war is ended, only that the President insists that the sub marine outrages must stop during the negotiations. Jt is this point which gives significance to the whole. "Obviously without it the note would be nothing but an abdication on the part of the United States." . ! SWISS GUIDES ARE IDLE S Tj rol Deserted by Tourists, but Uat 7 ties Can Be Wutclied. SANTA MARIA, Switzerland, via Gen eva and Paris. June 11. The guides of the Tyrol are idle this Summer be cause, with the war in progress, vir tually no tourists are visiting the mountains. All well-known resorts of these Alps are deserted. The Stelvio Pass, the highest car riage road in Europe, whose greatest altitude i 9055 feet, is deserted. The Stelvio guides gather daily on the Swiss side of the pass and from a point which overlooks the-f rontier lines of Italj-. Austria and Switzerland they watch the progress of the mountain fighting between Italians and Aus trian!. There are plenty of evidences of the campaign. One can make out the Italian batteries, carefully placed. The well-prepared Austrian positions also are to be seen in the opposite direction. The i Italian shells, when they burst, throw up clouds of feathery snow. WOOL OFFERS WITHDRAWN Best Bids at Pendleton Sale Are C i 1-2 and 13 3-4. PENDLETON. Or.. June 11. (Spe cial.) Following immediately upon the record-breaking sale at Pilot Rock yes terday, when the highest prices paid in Kastern Oregon in recent years were offered both for line and coarse wool, the second public sale was held in Pendleton today. Only one clip was put up, that of O. Hodgins, of Freewater, containing 21,000 pounds. The Portland Woolen Mill offered 24',i cents for coarse and French worsted mills 13 for tine. Both offers were rejected. The top price for coarse wool at Pilot Rock yesterday was 27 Vi cents, with many sales at 24, 25 and 26 cents. Fine grades brought 18 to 20 and a fraction cents. Yesterday's sale cleaned up practically all wool in the vicinity of Pilot Rock, and the few remaining small clips will be sold privately. About 1,000,000 pounds of wool are In warehouses at Heppner to be offered at sale next Thursday. JN0TE AROUSES OPTIMISM (Continued . Krora First Page.) afford safety to noncombatants and neutrals on the high seas. The resignation pf Mr. Bryan be cause he believed the note to Ger many might lead to hostilities is a factor which high officials here re gard as likely to have an important influence on the situation in Berlin, because he revealed in advance that President Wilson would reject any protracted parley and would not sur render the right of Americans to travel' on unarmed and unresisting merchant ships of any nationality. Bryan' Resignation Helps. Inasmuch as Mr. Bryan interpreted the note which was presented by Am bassador Gerard today as likely to lead to war. much more strength of pur pose, it was admitted in official quar ters, would be attached to the note on its receipt in Berlin by the Ministry, while German public opinion would not find in the text itself any provo cation for a rupture in relations. As the note was discussed and gos siped about in official and diplomatic quarters, surprise was general that Mr. Bryan had declined to sign the docu ment. The belief that the note might have been changed before it wag finally dispatched after Mr. Bryan rejected Its contents was dissipated by Secretary Lansing, who said he had been directed to show the note to Mr. Bryan in its final form because of some unessential and minor changes. I i 1 .s mrirv THE THOSIASINA. 4 Swedish Ship Is Among Ves sels Attacked by Germans. ZEPPELINS DESTROY TWO Russian Bark Tliomasina, Recently lYom Portland, Is Sent to Bot tom' Britisli Fishing Smacks Blown Up From Air. LONDON, June 11. Four more mer chantmen,' one of them a neutral, have been sunk by German submarines, while two British fishing smacks were de stroyed by Zeppelins. The other vessels sunk were the bark Thomaslna and Danla, Russian; the Strathcarron, British, and the Otago, Swedish. The crews were all saved. The Thomasina was torpedoed off the Isle of Wight today. The Danie was torpedoed also. The Strathcarron was torpedoed without warning yesterday. The Otago captain also said hLs vessel was torpedoed without warning while making for Hull. The tishing . smacks Welfare and Laurestina were attacked in the North Sea by Zeppelins, their crews being rescued by a Dutch fishing boat. As was the case with the Dutch steamer Maria, the British bark lnver coe and the Norwegian bark Semantha, all loaded in Portland this season with wheat for the United Kingdom, the Thomasina jnet her fate, but the Thomasina had discharged her grain at Liverpool and was on her way else where in ballast when caught by a submarine. The Thomasina left the Columbia River November IS, and arrived at Queenstown April 4; proceeding to Liverpool, where she reported April 25. She was a vessel of 1665 tons net regis ter and built in 1873. She was 262.6 feet long and had a beam of 40.7 feet and depth of hold of 23.8 feet. The Maria was dispatched from Port land early in July, 1&14, and was sunk early in the war. while the lnvercoe, which left Portland November 6, was sent to the bottom by the German aux iliary cruiser Prlnz Kitel Friedrich. now at Newport News, and the Se mantha was sunk In the South Atlantic by the German cruiser Kronprinz Wil helm. DIPLOMAS ABE GIVEN 35 PORTLAND ACADEMV HOLDS DEC LAMATION CONTEST ALSO. Mint Mary Camile Murdoch la Winner. Numerous Other Prises for Class Honors Are Awarded. Thirty-five graduates received their diplomas at the annual graduating ex ercises of the Portland Academy last night at the First Presbyterian Church. The exercises were accompanied by a declamation contest which was won by Miss Mary Camile Murdoch, second place being taken by Rex Stewart. The winning declamation was "The Honor of the Woods," by Murray, Mr. Stewart gave Maeterlinck's "An Ap peal to the Italian people." There were five students In the contest. In addition to the winners those contest ing were: Walter Daniel Krupke. Don ald Melrose McClintock and Eric Alex ander Howard Peterson. The prizes were $30 for first and $20 for second. They were presented to the winners by Dr. John H. Boyd. W. M. Ladd. president of the board of trustees of the school, presented the diplomas to the members of the class. In closing he announced that the acad emy would continue its work in the city and hoped to go on in the future as in the past. "I make this announcement," he eald, "in order to dispel certain rumors which are going around." A number of scholarship prizes were presented by James F. Ewing, princi pal of the school. Thomas Davis Ew Ing received the Edith Emily Forbes memorial prize of $15 awarded by Rev. W. O. Forbes to the student of the second-year class who attains the highest standing in the first-year Greek course. The Philip Selling prize of $25, given by Ben Selling in memory of his father to the member of the graduating class who attains the highest scholarship in English of the third and fourth years. SUBMARINES SINK 4 was won by Miss Katherlne Mackenzie Twomey. Walter Daniel Krupke was awarded the Wheeler prize of $25, given by J. E. Wheeler for- the highest scholarship in history of the second, third and fourth years. The Troubadour prize of $10, given by Bittle Wells to the member of the Troubadour staff for the most valuable work on the paper, was awarded to Hobart McKinley Mitchell. Other prizes awarded were: The Moulton prizes of $30 and $20, given by C. E. Moulton to members of the graduating class attaining the highest scholarship in mathematics, first. Miss Elizabeth Peacock, and, second. Miss Katherine Mackenzie Twomey; Corbett prizes of $30 and $20, given the grad uates making the highest standing in the course of study, first. Miss Kath erine Mackenzie Twomey, and, second. Miss Elizabeth Peacock. Selections were sung by a girls' double quartet and by a girls' chorus, and soprano solos were sung by Miss Jeanettevnn Crosfield. Edgar E. Cour sen gave an organ solo. The Judges in the declamation con test were: P. P. Dabney, W. B. Ayer, Rev. L. R. Dyott, Lisle Smith and Pro fessor T. T. Davis. The members of the graduating class follow: Donald Melrose McClintock, Donald Alexander bitene, George Albert Biles, Edwin Wilson Caswell. Ruth Adah Con nell, Dorothy Prescott Cooper, Hobart McKinley Mitchell. Mary Camile Mur dock. Elizabeth Peacock. Emily Mae Rupert. William Hoover Steiwer, Kath erine Mackenzie Twomey, William Pope Allyn, Wilson Bryan Coffey, Norman DeMille Ross, Elizabeth Amelia Mal boeuf, Allen Eising Meier, Edgar Ches ter Michener. Jr.. Eric Alexander How ard Peterson, Page Shindler, Orrel Lucien Comstock, Helen Lenore Haller, Anna Laura Rand. Rex Stewart. Estella LaVelle Young. Esther Katherine Amende, Marie Jeannette Brady, Mary Margaret Kingsbury, Walter Daniel Krupke, Jeanle Dunn Murdoch, Howard Blasdel Strowbridge. Aaron Aylsworth Whitmer. Jeannette Ann Crosfield. Bernice Haines, Nellie Elizabeth Reidt. PEACE MOVE UP TO U. S. Jane Addanis Says Warring Xations Look to America. PARIS. June 11 (Special.) Mias Jane Addanis, of Chicago, who has ar rived in Paris, said today that she gathered from conversations with states men In England, Germany. Austria and Italy that it would be difficult to in fluence any of the belligerents for peace on account of the fear that the sugges tion might be taken as a sign of mili tary weakness. All felt that the sug gestion must come from a neutral na tion, preferably from the United States. Miss Addams regards the question of Belgium as the greatest difficulty to be solved. After seeing French statesmen she will go to Havre to talk with mem bers of the Belgian government, and then will return to New York by way of London. In spite of the urging of all Ameri can Ambassadors that she take the southern route home, she declared she was not afraid to risk the North At lantic crossing. GERMANY WITHHOLDS NOTE Publication of Wilson's Reply In America Displeases tierhard. BERLIN, via London. June 11. No steps have yet been taken here for the publication of the American Gov ernment's note to Germany concerning Germany's method of naval warfare. The German government, which plans to defer an answer, to President Wil son until the arrival In Berlin of Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard, the representa tive of Count von Bernstorff, the Ger man Ambassador to Washington, would, it is said, have been better pleased if the note had not been given out for the present in the United States, In order, to avoid newspaper comment in the interim. Santiseptlc for a Perfect Complexion PreierTts. Deutifies. softens, -whltfns, prerent Sid Tapidly clears skin of all eruptions. You'll lis its clinly, healthy odor 60c All druggists. Send tomorrow's paper to your friends back East. Full re sume of the week's doings. Mailed for 5c each at Oregonian Business Office Germany Can Comply Without Humiliation, Is Most Often Expressed Opinion. EACH REALIZES FIRMNESS Friendliness of President's Commu- nication Also Is Recognized by Prominent Men Governor Is Prond of ' Document. President Wilson's note to Germany was much discussed in Portland yes terday. Expressions of satisfaction at the way In which the President- is handling a delicate and difficult situa tion were heard overywhere. Follow ing are the comments of some well known Oregonians: C. N. McArthur, Representative in Congress The President's latest mes sage to Germany Is a clear, forceful and dignified statement of our posi tion, ft is firm, but not unfriendly, and ought to lead to an amicable ad justment of the differences betweem our country and Germany, provided the imperial German government ac cepts the message in the same spirit in which It was sent. The country is squarely behind the President and not behind Mr. Bryan in this -crisis. T. B. Neubausen It is a good note and a great deal more pacific in tone than one would have been led to expect from the forecasts of its contents. In fact, after reading the note I find it difficult to understand Mr. Bryan's attitude in refusing to sign it. be cause Mr. Bryan signed the President's first note, in which the same assur ances were asked. Settlement la Predicted. The main characteristic of the note is that President Wilson has left three or four openings for Germany to yield without humiliating Itself. I feel sure that Germany and the United States will now get together on the basis of the note. Adjutant-General George A. White The President's latest note Is a re markable document in that it meets every phase of a most delicate situa tion. Friendly in tone, dignified and mild in its phrasing. It yet presents the American attitude with firmness The message is so ably conceived and constructed that it makes clear our friendly inclinations towards Germany and at the same time displays our firm determination to insist on our full rights as a neutral Nation. If there is acute friction as a result of the President's latest message the blame for what follows cannot be laid at America's door. United States Senator Chamberlain It seems to me that the note is couched in friendly terms, but at the same time is positive and firm in letting Germany know that her course is disapproved. I do not see any reason why she should not' yield to it without in any wise humiliating herself. ' I am inclined to think she will yield and that there will be nothing to interrupt the friendly re lations between the two countries. Governor Proud of Note. Governor Withycombe I think it is something that every American should be proud of. It is both strong and dig nified. We must stand as a unit back of the President in this critical time. F. S. Myers, postmaster of Portland The President's note is friendly and firm. It is preposterous that the ship ping and lives of neutrals should be entirely disregarded, and the President in his note takes a stand which should receive the united support of every American citizen. The United States is too great a nation to receive dictation from other countries as to how it shall transact its lawful and normal business. There will be no war with Germany, as Germany wants no war with -tie United States. She exhausted every means to keep from breaking with Italy and will consider well before she breaks with her good friend "Uncle Sam. View Thought Representative. A. K. Clark I think President Wil son admirably conveys the views of the great majority of the American people. I don't think he could have said, less, in view of what he said before. The attitude he takes is in direct harmony with his previous attitude. If Mr. Wilson had said less he would have eeu yielding that for which he stood before. I am heartily In favor of the views expressed in his note, which I have read carefully. It is clear-cut and strong. Mayor Albee I regard President Wil son's note to Germany as a fine docu ment. The President Is showing a master mind in his handling of the sit uation, and the country is with him strongly. While firm, it is yet so pacifc and frendly in tone that it gives Ger many every opportunity to concede what the President demands without being humiliated. It emphasizes the one big thing humanity, and that sums up the American attitude in a word. CHANGE LAIDT0 REPRISALS German Papers Say" Treatment or Submarine 3ten ltecoiled on Voe. AMSTERDAM, vii London, June 11. The German press expresses great sat isfaction at the announcement of A, J. Balfour, first lord of the British Ad miralty, that hereafter prisoners taken from German submarines by the Brit ish would receive the same treatment as other prisoners of war. The Cologne Gazette says Great Britain abandoned her policy of sepa rate treatment of submarine prisoners only because it recoiled on that coun try. The Lokal Anzeiger, the Kreuz Zeitung and other Berlin newspapers take a similar view, assuming that German reprisals achieved their in tended effect. ' 6700 AUSTRIANS CAPTURED Russians Also Take 17 Cannon and 4 9 Machine Gnns on Dneister. PETROGRAD, June 11. An official announcement from army headquar ters given out today recites a Russian success on the River Dniester. After hard fighting, the Russians yesterday took from the antagonists 17 cannon and 49 machine guns and captured approximately 6700 officers and men. JESUIT WARNED BY SWISS Head of 6rder to Be Expelled If He Conducts Propaganda. BERNE, Switzerland, via Paris, June 11. The presence in Switzerland of Father Ledocbowski. general of the So ciety of Jesus, has brought about a con troversy in Switzerland, a country which expelled all Jesuits about 50 years ago. As general of the Society of Jesus, Father Ledocbowski resides in Rome. Last month, however, he left Italy and made his-way to the canton of Schwyz, In Switzerland, where he Is now residing in a monastery at Ensie din. The federal authorities explain that Father Ledochowski. who is a native of Switzerland, la being treated by them as would any other outsider re siding in Switzerland during the war. Should he commit any act contrary to the laws of Switzerland, they declare, he would be expelled. It is understood here that Father Ledochowski has received a hint that he will be requested to leave the coun try should he become concerned in any religious or political propaganda. It is a policy of the Swiss govern ment to afford asylum to all foreigners and even t,o deserters from states at war. ' - CIVIL JURIES OPPOSED MR, TAFT SAYS EFFECT IS TO WASTE TIME AND MONEY. Retention of Jury and Unanimous Ver . dicta, However, In Criminal Cases Are Strongly Advocated ALBANY, N. T., June 11. Provision restricting "trial of cases by. news papers," providing for appointive Ju diciary, facilitating the impeachment of judges and eliminating petit juries in civil cases should be' written into the Btate constitution. ex-President Taft told the Judiciary committee of the constitutional convention today. He also advocated the retention of trial by jury with unanimous verdicts in criminal case3. "One of the greatest evils we have today," he said, "is the practice of trials of cases by the newspapers. This practice creates an atmosphere which it is hard for the court and Jury to overcome. My suggestion would be that the constitution modify the freedom of the press provision to the extent, at least, of authorizing the Legislature to pass laws to protect the administration of justice against the abuse of the press." The present system of grand Jury in dictment is adapted to the preparation of perjured defense, Mr. Taft declared. An accusation by the prosecuting offi cer is the substitute he proposed. In the trials of civil cases, Mr. Taft held that Juries were unnecessary, added expense and wasted time. Concerning criminal cases, he said the Jury and unanimous verdicts should be retained if for no other purpose than to "counteract the vicious danger of newspaper trials." MARSHALL IS PLEASED VICE-rilESIDEST SAYS ALL PER SONS SHOULD APPROVE NOTE. Advice to Americans to Stay Oat of Danger Is Not Concession to Others to Disregard Rights. INDIANAPOLIS, June 11. "I .. have read with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction today the official com munication to the German govern ment," said Vice-President Marshall to day. "I shall be greatly surprised if there shall be found any large number of men in America who do not fully approve of its tone and contents. The President Is meeting conditions, and no difference how much we hiay all desire arbitration and universal peace, con ditions are not changed by such de sires. He speaks the voice of our com mon humanity. I shall be greatly dis appointed if the German government does not coincide with his views. "I hope that my advice to my fellow citizens to stay away if possible from the danger zone will not he construed into a right of others to disregard the instincts of op:r common humanity. We are a peace-loving and a peace-seeking people and we will meet the powers of the world on that basis whenever it may be possible to devise a workable plan. But until that time comes there are few of us who will not insist on our rights. "The President could not consent to a principle which would not put the Government behind an American wher ever he may lawfully be, however un wise that American's conduct. This is Rose Festival Oregonians Will be the most interesting an.d complete issues ever published. You will want to send these copies to your friends. Five Complete Issues, Including Postage, 15c (Wednesday, Jane 9, to, Sunday, June 13, Inclusive.) FILL OUT BLANK FORM AND SEND TO THE OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, OR. Mams Street Town State I T . 2 S 4 5......r. 6 7.. 7 8.... J 9 i i 10 II ! 12. THE OREGONIAN, Portland, Ot. Gentlemen: Inclosed find. for which mail The Rose Festival Cregonian from Wednes day, June 9, to Sunday, June 18, inclusive, to each of the above. Inclose 15 cents for each narec 31 -SO Aluminum Three Quart BERLIN Covered Sauce Pan .... Qr Sale After 4 P. M. Saturday Do not miss this big Aluminum Sauce Pan Special. 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VIENNA, via wireless to London, June 11. An interview with Captain von Muecke, formerly of the German cruiser Kmden, in which he says the forcing of the Dardanelles and the taking of Constantinople are impos sible, is published by tho newspapers here. He declares submarines, are likely Vie cut off the water supply of allied troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula, which would compel them to surrender, as they would be unable to return to their transports. Captain von Muecke says the guns of the British warships have been dam aged by hard usage, and that the super-dreadnought Queen Elizabeth soon will be compelled to withdraw on this account. MAN KICKED OFF CAR SUES fare for Strange Woman Refused, Policeman L'ses Force, Is Charge. SAN FRANCISCO, June 11. (Spe cial.) Gerhardt Petersen, a carpenter, wants $5000 damages from the United Railroads because he was kicked off a Flllmore-Btreet car by a policeman January 31, 1913. Petersen says he had traveled a few 13 1 ivSEKfr 1 m0r Vs2S blocks when a young woman boarded the car and sat down beside him. The conductor demanded that Petersen pay the young woman's fare. Petersen, not being the young woman's eecort, re fused to do so, and the conductor called a policeman who ejected him from the car. The case was before Superior Judge Deasy today and the United Railroads contended that the railroad was not responsible for the use of unnecessary force by the policeman in ejecting Peterson. Judge Deasy reserved de cision. NEW WAR PLANTS TO OPEN Lloyd Oeorge Hints to Welshmen That Shirking 'May Bring Force. LONDON, June 11. Addressing rep resentatives of engineering firms at Car diff. Wales, today, David Lloyd George. Minister of Munitions, said that it was his purpose to organize South Wales to speed up the output of munitions just as Lancashire had been organised, and to establish two or three war fac tories. Referring to the dire need of ammunition, Mr. Lloyd George said: "I don't want to talk about com pulsory powers. It Is an unpleasant topic. But if you know of ar.jone Mho is likely to be a shirker, it is Just (.s well that you remind him of tho de fense of the realm act and the powers under which Parliament created the ministry for which it is r$Hj.onsible." The world's record sugar plantation con tains IS, 000 seres, baa CO miles of rail way and Pmpl(iyn 1500 peuple