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X VOL,. L.V NO. 17,031. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, .JUNE 25, 1915. IMUfE FIVE CENTS. V y 1100 PIONEERS OF Early Settlers Open First Day Session. SONGS AND STORIES ENJOYED ,Many Belie Years Indicated by Badges Proudly Worn; DANGER TALES SWAPPED damp Fire and Programme Held at Masonic Temple, Society Women Entertain at Armory Feast and Old Airs Are Sung. OFICEBS ELECTED BY OREGON HO.NEESS tAST MGHT. President. Charley B. Moores. 1S52. Vice-president, H. L. Pittock, 1853. Secretary, George H. Himes, 1S53 (re-elected for 30th term). Treasurer. W. M. Ladd. 1855. Directors, John W. Minto, 1848; Nathan H. Bird, 1846; W. H. H. Uufur. 1859. 1 ET SHAD O. KRANTZ. It's hard to believe that they all are a year older than when they were here a year ago those old pioneers who gathered for another triumphant re union in Portland yesterday. But the calendar that spiteful enemy of youth and the rugged frontier says so that a year has passed since their last happy gathering1. But for the calendar and its unrelent ing vigil over time and events -those old boya and girls who gave the Oregon country to the - Nation would uncon sciously but successfully deceive the . present generation. - They are artful cheats and fraud's when it conies to dealing with the calendar every one of them. Not a man looks a day older thin, a year ago, and some of the women, it is easy to see, actually - look a little younger. Time sets lightly upon their vener able brows, and they all agree that these annual reunions aid materially in beating Old Father Time at his ma. licious practice." Many Appear To "Young. If everyone didn't have such abso lute faith in the intelligence and in tegrity of George H. Himes, the omni present secretary of the pioneers, many persons doubtless would believe that he was joking when he pinned the badges bearing the dates of their ar rivals on some of those folks. To see a spry and active chap with all the outward appearance of a man of 45 or 50 wearing a badge with the figures "1802" seemed almost like a travesty on truth, for anyone who was in Oregon in 1852 must necessarily be at least 63 years old now. But in every particular the dates on the badges co incided with the dates of birth or ar rival in what then was Oregon. Only those whose good fortunes placed them in the Oregon country prior to or at the time of the admission of the state to the Union February 14, 1859 are eligible to membership in the society of Oregon pioneers. Record Attendance Here. The secretary's catalogue truthful but sinister shows that hundreds of those hardy folks are passing out of this life every year, but the number in attendance at the annual meetings seems never to grow less. The registra tion this year was greater than last. It approximated 1100. Pioneers came from all parts of the West from California and Nevada, from Idaho and Washing ton for all who were here prior to the date of Oregon's admission are eligible to membership, whether they live here now or not. One of the happy periods of every reunion is that devoted to registra tions. Every old "boy" and every old girl" reports at the eecretary's office end records the circumstances of ar rival in Oregon. A badge is hung onto the coat lapel and the recipient then. is ready to move about and swap remin iscences. Kvrnt of Kjtrly Days Recalled.' That's about the principal indoor and outdoor pastime of these reunions reminiscences. They have a pro gramme of more or less formal na ture, but that wouldn't attract very many pioneers. Were it not for the opportuniiy to recall the stirring in cidents of the pioneer days the re runions would not be the Joyous, happy occasions that they are. All of yesterday morning was de voted to registrations and reminis cences. Then yesterday afternoon the whole crowd assembled at the Masonic Tem ple, where the formal exercises were held. T. T. Geer, president of the as sociation, officiated at this meeting. Kntner Kllnn Geta Ovation. The old boys were aroused to a high pitch of enthusiasm by the music dispensed by the veterans' drum corps. T. M. Kellogg, fifer; John Walrod and Willis T. Palmer, drummers. This convivial musical trio was on the Job all day long and was Just as popular late at night as early in the morning. They devoted most of their talents and Concluded ea Fas 4. Column 1.), OREGON E CONTROL OF BIG IDAHO MINE SOLD $1,104,000 PAID BY DCXUTH SIEX FOR SUCCESS PROPERTY. Eleven-Fifteenths of Holdings In Cteur d'Alene Mine Trans ferred on Cash Basis. SPOKANE, Wash, June 24. (Spe cial.) The most important deal in volving Coeur d'Alene mines that has been negotiated in many months was closed this morning in Wallace, Idaho, when H. F. Samuels, president and gen eral manager or the Success Mining Company, disposed of his holdings in the corporation, amounting to 1,100,030 shares of the total capitalization of 1.500,000 shares, to a group of capital ists In Duluth, Minn., for 11.100,000 cash. The sale was negotiated by James F. Howarth and P. J. Gearon, Wallace mining brokers. Mr. Gearon has taken charge of the Success Com pany as president and general manager, pending the arrival from the East of the purchasers, who are to be here In a week or ten days. The Success Mine is on Nine-Mile, about one and one-half miles from the Interstate-Callahan holdings and an, equal distance from the Tamarack & Custer Consolidated holdings. It is an old property in the Coeur d'Alenes and was first operated by the Granite Min ing Company, under which administra tion it is credited with having produced $600,000 net. The company suspended dividend payments on April 20, 1913, prior to which it had disbursed 8345,0)0. and resumed distribution again on April 20, 1915, since when it haa paid two dividends of 2 cents the share and one of 3 cents, a total of $105,000. ANOTHER MILK PRIZE WON Portland Entry Wins Highest Award in Dealers' Class. Portland yesterday won another gold medal in the National milk contest at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, accord ing to a telegram received by Mayor Albee from City Health Officer Marcel lus, who Is representing Portland in the contest. The latest medal, the eighth to be won by Portland out of a total of 24 competed for by this city. and was awarded to the Portland Pure Milk &. Cream Company for the best milk in the dealers' class. Seattle got second place. In the contest Portland has won more medals than any other state. Among other medals was the first prize for the best general milk supply for the city as a whole. FRYE REPLY DISPATCHED Washington Reiterates Sinking Vio lated International Law. WASHINGTON. Juno 24. The reply of the United States to the last German note regarding the case of the Ameri can ship William P. Frye sunk by the commerce raider Prinz Eitel Friederich, was dispatched to Berlin .today. In substance the note reiterates the contention. that the sinking of the Frye was in violation of international law and of the Prussian-American treaty of 1828 and asks for reparation without reference to prize court proceedings. Germany has agreed to make repara tion under the treaty of 1828, but justifies the destruction of the Frye and has referred the case to a prize court. SEA TRICK FOILS GERMANS British Captain Runs in Trough, Spoiling Submarine Marksmanship. MONTREAL, June 24. Captain I. Olsen, of the British steamer Teespool, in today from Barry. England, em ployed simple seamanship to foil a German submarine that stopped his ship and fired shells at it from the sur face. "When the shells started falling around tho ship." said Captain Olsen, "I turned her around so that her beam was with the waves and then called for full speed ahead. The submarine followed but rolled so heavily in the trough that the German gunners could not aim their guns, and we walked away from them." WORK ON F-4 PROGRESSES Submarine Ready for Raising When Special 3Iachinery Arrives. WASHINGTON. June 24. Rear ad miral Moore, commandant of the Ha waiian naval station, in a mail report to the Navy Department, says that progress is being made in the work of raising the submarine F-4, which sank In Honolulu harbor several months ago. The Admiral says he has been oc cupied in plugging the holes In the side to keep sand from settling in it. The submarine Is lying where the sea does not break, and he reports that she is in shape to be raised on the arrival of improved apparatus which has been requisitioned. PORCUPINES ADDED TO ZOO Pair of Prickly Youngsters Will Have Cage to Themselves. Two young porcupines, both well supplied with needle-pointed quills, are -to Join the zoo at Washington Park. I S. Wright, of 310 Ross street, turned the animals over toPark Su perintendent Convill yesteray. The animals, which are the first of the kind to be seen in Portland's zoo. will be placed in a cage where there will be no danger of anyone coming in contact with the quills. Mr. Wright got the animals to Eastern Oregon. BRITAIN PROMISES TO REDUCE DELAYS Efforts to Promote Commerce Asserted. NOTE IS SENT TO AMERICA Neutrals Declared to Have No Cause for Complaint. CONCESSIONS ARE RECITED Memorandum Is Not Reply to Amer ican Protest Against Order-ln-Councll, but Deals With Concrete Instances. "WASHINGTON, June 24. Great Bri tain, in a memorandum transmitted to the United States and made public here and in London tonight, recites at length its efforts to minimize inconvenience to neutral commerce resulting from the ordr in council against trade with Germany, Austria and Turkey, and as serts that American citizens have no just grounds for complaint on account of the treatment accorded their car goes. No attempt is made to answer the principles asserted in the American note of March 1, protesting against the order in council and insisting on the right of neutrals to carry on legitimate commerce with each 'other and to trade in noncontraband with civilians In bel ligerent countries. Concrete Cases Explained. In transmitting the memorandum Ambassador Page said it was "merely an explanation - of concrete cases and the regulations under which they are dealt with." Another note to Great Britain is now in course of preparation at the State Department and is expected to be dis patched as soon as tho negotiations with Germany over submarine warfare have been cleared up. While this com munication probably will make refer ence to the latest memorandum it is understood that the manner of enforc ing the order in council will not be treated as relevant to the question at issue whether there is any warrant in international law for the powers that Great Britain and her allies have as sumed to exercise over the commerce of the world. - Prompt Action Is Asserted. In its memorandum the foreign of fice emphasizes the "various special concessions made in favor of United States citizens" in setting forth that all British officials have acted in every case "with the utmost dispatch consis tent with the object, namely, to pre vent vessels from carrying goods for, or coming from, the enemy's territory." Arrangements for buying American cotton-detained and for permitting the passage of g jds bought in Germany by Americans before the date of the order-in-council are outlined and the promise made that consideration will (Concluded on page 5. Column 1 . ONLY INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTER 15 AY'S Maximum temperature, 68. 5 degrees; minimum. S3.0 degrees. TODAY'S Showers; southerly -winds. - Note. Britain denies America has cause for com plaint concerning Interference with ship, ping. Page 1. War. Germany has elaborate plan for -capture of Loudon. Page 2. Vessel bearing Dr. Dernburg detained over night by British. Page 4. Last Russian resistance in Gallcla is broken. Pag 2. Berlin divided on reply to American note. rase a. National. Wilson sees no signs of early peace. Page 1. Domestic. Friends made by Thaw since his escape from Matteiwan testify he is sane. Page 6. Mrs. Geddes testifies she Is still In good standing in Mormon Temple. Page 6. Dr. Rupert Blue elected president of Amer ican Medical Association. Page 2. Speeding trains collide on high bridge, kill . Ing eight persons. Page 1. Sports. H. Chandler Egan and Jack Neville meet la golf semi-finals today. Page 18. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 1, ban Francisco 0 10 Innings); Oakland 8, Salt Lake 1; Venice &, Los Angeles 3. Page 18. Whits Sox defeat Cleveland In 19 Innings. Page 16. Big crowd sees races at Independence. Page 17. -Pacific Northwest. Duluth men bay control of mine In Coeur d'Alenes for $1,100,000. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Port Commission decides to spend $22,500 to equip new dredge Columbia. Page 13. Oregon Hopgrowers' Association sells large block ot hops at advanced price. Page 14. Wheat declines at Chicago on absence of for. eign demand. Page-17. Orderly decline in stock prices at New York. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Overcoming truancy by interest and kind ness aim of Juvenile Court. Page 12. P. Macchl, wealthy merchant, victim of $3000 bunco game. Page 18. Candidate-i for city offices 'not required to . account for expenditures. Page 11. Associated Charities finds appeals make more money Imperative. Page 11. Portland unites in convincing display of loyalty to President in crisis. Page 12. Pioneers of Oregon country open annual re union. Page 1. Governor and other state officials on trip to Eastern Oregon. Page 1. Northern Pacific carries gay party to Flavel. Page 13. Multnomah Club members have real fun at smoker. Page 4. Pioneers are gay and solemn by turns at "camp fire." Page 6. Attorney -and defendant In near fight over tiI4.00O timber -suit, .rage o. 135 students graduate at Washington High School. Page 7. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13. MR. HALLOCK HEADS CLUB Transportation Organization Also Chooses Other Officers. Blaine Hallock. special tax agent for the O.-W. R. & N. Company, was elect ed president of the Portland Transpor-j tation Club at the annual meeting last; night. He will succeed C. D. Kennedy, agent for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, who has been act ing president. Other officers elected were: ' Vice-president, W. C. Wilkes, assist ant general freight' and passenger agent of the North Bank road; secre tary, W. O. Roberts, contracting freight agent for the Great Northern; treas urer, E. W. Mosher, city passenger agent for the Pennsylvania System; di rectors, J. H. Mulchay, assistant gen eral freight agent of the Southern Pa cific, and K. Benham. of the tax de partment of the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany. - Swiss to Eeed Loxembonrg. LONDON, June 24. A Reuter dispatch from Berne says that Luxembourg, threatened with a shortage of bread, has appealed to Switzerland, which has agreed to supply the grand duchy with flour until the next harvest. I ONE WAY TO DEAL WITH CARRANZA OFFICIALS TO SEE CENTRAL OREGON Governor and Commis sions Make Trip. GAME AND FISH MEN GO TOO Tumalo Project to Be In spected Today. GRIEVANCES TO BE HEARD Bend Is Objective Point and Com mercial Crab Will Entertain Today and Emblem Club Will Be Host Tonight. With Bend. Or., and the new $450,000 state-constructed Tumalo irrigation project as their objective. Governor Withycombe, Secretary of State Olcott and Attorney-General Brown, of the Desert Land Board, with Carle Abrams, Industrial Accident Commissioner; Har vey Wells. Insurance Commissioner; George Palmer Putnam, secretary to the Governor;. John DuBois, field engineer in the State Engineer's office, and I. N. Fleischner. Marlon Jack, Frank M. Warren and C. F. Stone, of the State Fish and Game Commission, a party of ll all told, left Portland at 6 o'clock last night on the North Bank Railroad. Through the courtesy of President Gilman, of the North Bank, they were quartered in his own private car. W. C. Wilkes, assistant general freight and passenger agent, also went with the party to look after their comfort. The main purpose of the trip, so far as the Desert Land Board is con cerned, is to make a thorough Inspec tion of the new Tumalo project, which is only seven miles from Bend. Two members of the board. State Treasurer Kay and State Engineer Lewis, are absent on other duties at this time, and could not make the trip. Bend to Entertain Party. At Bend this morning, the whole party will have breakfast as guests of the Bend Commercial Club. In the fore noon the Board will hold a short meet ing for the benefit of settlers n the j. .....uit u i v. .i-ihi a , wicfsor. projects wh3 may . have grievances or sugges tions to offer. The officials then wi'.l be taken to the Tumalo project l.y automobile. Tbey will take lunch at the project at noon as guests of Tumalo settlers. The afternoon will be devotod to the inspection. The whole party will be guests tonight of the Emblem Cluii, of Bend. All the party except Governor Withy combe. Secretary Putnam and the mem bers of the Fish and Game Commission will return to Portland and thence to Salem tomorrow. Whil ie ethers are looking over the Tumalo project today, the Fish and Game Commissioners will be inspecting the new trout hatchery at Bend. Early tomorrow they will leave Bend (Concluded on Page Column 4.) TRAINS COLLIDE ON HIGH BRIDGE; 8 DIE 12 OR MORE INJURED NEAR GETTYSBURG, PA. Blue Mountain Special on Western Maryland Line, Making Great ; Speed, Hits Local. GETTYSBURG. Pa., June 24. Eight persons are known to have been killed and from 12 to 14 were injured in a head-on collision between the Blue Mountain Special and a local train on the Western Maryland Railroad near the Mason and Dixon line tonight. The trains, going at high speed, met on a bridge 200 feet high spanning a ravine between Highfield and Thur mont, and it is feared that some of the passengers were thrown from the bridge. The express was going almost SO miles an hour when it struck the local train. The engines were telescoped, three members of the engine crews and a baggagemaster being killed. A baggage car apparently was the only one that left the bridge, but one of the parlor cars was suspended over the side. The private" car of President Gray, containing several officials of the Western Maryland, was on the train, but none of the officials was killed. AMERICAN STEAMER SEIZED Cargo, Laden at Rotterdam, De clared of Hostile Origin. LONDON, June 24. The American steamship Neches was seized today in the Downs and ordered to proceed to London to discharge her general cargo, which Is to be thrown into prize court. The contention of the British gov ernment that the cargo came from a country hostile to Great Britain was denied by the shippers. The cargo of the Nechea was loaded at Rotterdam, and the steamer was on her way to New York when she was seized. The shippers maintain that the cargo is of Belgian origin. This is the second time the Neches has been held up by the British au thorities. Several weeks ago she was detained on a voyage from the United States to Holland with 3000 tons of cot ton. The cotton vae released on the promise that the Netherlands Overseas Trust would take charge of it. LABOR CALL WIDESPREAD Government Is Asked to Find Thou sands of Workmen. WASHINGTON,. June Si War orders from Europe, the prospective record breaking crop of wheat now being har vested and heavy yields of other grains are creating a new demand for labor, according to indications at the Govern ment employment office in the Depart ment of Labor. Oklahoma is said to need from 16.000 to 18.000 harvest hands, and Kansas 35.000. An Oregon association has applied for 1000 berry pickers. An arms and am munition plant in Connecticut has asked for 300 men. Zinc and lead mines in Missouri need 1000 laborers. A Mary land steel company has applied for 100 hands. In West Virgiria 2000 coal mine employes are wanted. BANK RESOURCES GROWING Increase of $360,000,000 Over June, 1914, Is Recorded. WASHINGTON. June 24. Loan and discount of the 7604 National banks reporting to the comptroller of the currency at the close of business May 1 amounted to $6,643,887,951, an in crease over March 4. 19J5, of $143,923, 346 and over June 30, 1914, of nearly $214,000,000. Total resources of the reporting banks amounted to $11,842,354,995, an increase over June, 1914, of more than $360,000,000. Total deposits. May 1, were $8,892,047,738. Time deposits showed an increase over June, 1914, of $735,000,000, while demand deposits showed a decrease of $432,000,000 below the June total, but an increase over March 4, 1915, of about $275,500,- 000. HILL CHAIR IS FOUNDED Harvard Professorship Named for Railroad Man by Admiring Donors. CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. June 24. Found ing of the James J. Hill professorship of transportation in the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, with an endowment of $125,000, was announced by President Lowell in his address to the Harvard alumni, as sembled for commencement today. The 74 donors cf the money included railroad presidents, bankers and other friends and admirers of the former president of the Great Northern Rail road, who have named the new chair in honor of Mr. Hill because of his accomplishments as a builder and oper ator of railroads. FIVE EARTHQUAKES FELT Calexlco Again Shaken and Weak ened Walls Collapse. CALEXtCO, Cal., June 24. Five se vere earthquakes occurred here again tonight. The first was felt about 8:15 and the succeeding four at intervals until 10:10 P. M. People, nerve-racked by their ex periences since Tuesday night, rushed into the streets and open spaces, but 'no appreciable damage was done. No injury to the irrigation system was re ported. Wire-communication was not interrupted. Some walls weakened by previous shocks collapsed. PRESIDENT SEES NO EARLY PEACE SIGNS Demands of Belliger ent Peoples in Way. DIPLOMATS MORE RECEPTIYE 'Freedom of Seas' Eventually to Play Prominent Part. MODIFIED IDEAS POSSIBLE Influential Germans Reported Seek ing to Convince People Inter ests Lie in Colonial, Not European, Expansion. NEW YORK, June 24. President Wilson does not see any prospect for an early peace in Europe. Colonel E. M. House, his close friend and unofficial envoy to Europe, today gave the Pres ident the result of his sojourn of sev eral months in the principal capitals of Europe, where he talked intimately with the responsible officials of the German, British and French govern ments, and the information he impart ed in the long Walks and -talks which they enjoyed today reflected the ideas held both by diplomatists and the mili tary elements in each of the countries at war. He also disclosed the various beliefs and currents of public opinion in each country as to what might be the possi ble terms of peace, and the trend of public opinion toward the different peace proposals that have been brought forward from time to time in informal discussions by the press and peace or ganizations. President Guided by neports. The President has been guided large ly by what Colonel House has reported to him by cable and letters in handling the delicate-question, of renewing the eftorts of tho United States to bring about a general acceptance of" media tion. .Mr. Wilson himself said last Tuesday to the Washington corre spondents that no new tenders of good offices had been made to any of the warring powers, but that all foreign governments well understood the will ingness of the United States to be of any service in any way possible to pave the way for an approach to peace. One fundamental thing the President has learned, which lias affected the ef forts of the United States to make peace, is the unpreparedness of public opinion in some of the belligerent coun tries as to terms which they fear their adversaries might advance, or that are already discussed. Mannes Demand Compensation. Colonel House observed duiing his trip to Europe that public opinion in some countries was most insistent on terms which the government of thote countries alraady had learned in vari ous ways would not be acceptable to their opponents. In all countries he found that there had developed among the masses a desire for a settlement that would be commensurate with the sacrifice In blood and- treasure that had been made by the people. If left to the diplomatists in Europe alone, a return to the territorial status quo would perhaps not be difficult, some of the information Indicated. In Germany It seemed, according to reliable information given to the Pres ident, that the object of the large and influential party was to prepare public opinion for a realization of the idea that Germany's best interests lie in colonial expansion and the incidental development of overseas commerce, rather than In territorial expansion in Europe proper. Freedom of Sens at Issne. The question, howevef. which Colonel House thinks likely will play a most important part in any peace negotia tions is "freedom of the seas." the principle that tlfe property of all pri vate citizens, except contraband, shall be exempt from capture or seizure on the high seas in time of war. The foregoing point was discussed at the first and second Hague confer ences and at the London r.aval confer ence, which brought forth the so-called "declaration of London." but no gen eral notification or agreement of which was ever assured. The American dele gations to the first and second Hague conferences were instructed to vote for the adoption of this principle. Wilson' Sanction Credited. Colonel House is known to be a sup porter of the "freedom of the seas" principle, and in his discussion of th3 subject while abroad there is some rea son to believe that he had the sanction of the President. Colonel House found among the allies a widely varying opinion, as has already been Indicated by the cabled editorial expressions of the foreign press. Neither the President nor Colonel fj louse would make any formal state ment tonight or. their conferences. Greatest Winery Burns. FRESNO, Cal.. June 24. The great wineries of the Barton vineyard, one of the largest in the world, caught fire about 10 o'clock tonight and the main buildings are destroyed. The loss is estimated at from $300,000 to $500. 000. or even more. More than 1.000.000 gallons of wine and brandy in bond were spilled. The flames have spread to other buildings in the settlement and at a late hour were under control. V