Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, July 16, 1915, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 ttViWT Wit VOL. LV-XO. 17,049. POUTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1915. .MUCK FIVE CENTS. ALL PORTLAND SEES OLD LIBERTY BELL Visit Brings Out Strong Wave of Patriotism. EXERCISES BIG SUCCESS Philadelphians Praise Parade of School Children. MILITIA SHOWS BRAVELY Fine Appearance of Oregon Troops Just Back From Encampment Is I Subject of Loud Approval of All Who Witness Sight. Portland's thousands looked curious ly but reverently upon the famed old Libertv Bell yesterday morning. The historic relic, battered, scarred, tarn ished and cracked, from its rugged career in .the thrilling days when it and Uncle Sam were young, was in the city Ave hours en route to the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Probably never before has Portland seen such a disnlav of patriotism as marked its welcome. Its brief stay and its de parture. The old, the young, the blind, the halt all filed over the platforms erected beside the bell's special ear in front of the Courthouse and paused for Jutst a moment to gaze upon the nuge relic and to reflect upon the stirring days and events which made it famous Then they joined with the tens of thou sands of others who lined the streets and cheered the thousands of children, militiamen, veterans and officials who took part in the long parade which was one of the principal features of the celebration. It would be impossible to tell how many people actually passed over the platforms beside the bell. Estimate places the number at about 60,000. The platforms were capable of passing 15,000 persons an hour, it was re ported, and they were open for more than four hours. And then thousands of people saw and cheered the relic from a distance without crossing the platforms while additional throngs watched It as it was moved along Fourth street to 'and from the Court house and as it pulled into the city early in the morning and as It de ' parted at noon. Whistles Herald Arrival. The bell with the official party from Philadelphia pulled into the Union Depot at 6:55 A. M.. 25 minutes late. The coming was heralded by the blast ing of whistles throughout the city. A thousand or more people were at the depot along with the official recep tiorn committee. The depot gates were thrown open and everybody Joined in the reception to the bell and to the official party accompanying it from Philadelphia. As quickly as possible a switch engine was connected to the car carry ing the bell and took it away. It was transferred to an electric tractor of the Southern Pacific which pulled it up Fourth street to the Courthouse. All along the street thousands of people taw the relic and cheered. It was in charge of a squad of Portland's largest policemen on the way to the Court house. The car reached the Courthouse at 7:20 o'clock and soon afterward the platforms were put in place and the crowd began to file past. The street was crowded when the bell arrived and . they kept coming in thousands from every direction as crowded streetcars emptied their loads into the streets near the bell. Before 8 A. M. people were lined up a half dozen deep down the center of Fourth street nearly to Morrison. Slowly the line moved up the street and divided at the bell, going in columns of three on each side o the bell. Stream Moves Until Parade Cornea. The stream of humanity slowly moved by until the morning's parade claimed the street and brushed th people aside. Thousands stood in line waiting to pass over the platform when lime ror seeing the bell in this way was up. The parade was the biggest feature of the celebration. In the line were about 2000 school children, each carry ing pretty Liberty Bell standards, and many togged in pretty costumes; th entire Third Regiment of the Oregon Rational Guard, fresh from the en campment at tiearnart; veterans o three wars, officials, bands and othe features The parade moved between masses of humanity stretched the full length or tne parade route, it moved over the platforms of the Liberty Bell an past a reviewing stand erected for th benefit of the visiting officials from Philadelphia. While the public was busy seeing and admiring the bell and participatin in the celebration in its behalf, city of ficials and the committee which ar ranged for the bell's visit were busy royally entertaining the visiting Phila delphia officials. They were met at the Union depot and taken. forthwith to the Multnoma Athletic Club, where all took a plunge. They then went to the Portland Hotel where a bounteous spread was served at 8 A. M. After this the visitors were 1 . shown the city by automobile, beln V' taken over a long course en the W'es 1 Side and the East Side. They re (Concluded ou Face 7. Column 4,) FLAMES WIPE OUT HEART OF VALDEZ FIFTY BUILDINGS BURN, WITH LOSS OF $500,000. United States Troops Aid in Fight ing Fire With Dynamite and Later Guard Burned Area. VALDEZ. Alaska, July 15. Flames that were checked only after a safety line had been established about them bv the use of dynamite wiped out the business section of this town today with a loss of $500,000. United States troops from Fort Liscum aided in fighting the fire and tonight are stand ing guard over the burned area In which 50 buildings were located. No loss of life 'has been reported. There had been no rain in weeks, and strong winds from off the huge glacier that discharges its debris Just behind the town fanned the flames as they devoured the wooden buildings. The biggest loss was that of the Valdez Dock Company, which is placed at about $100,000. S. Blum & Co., gen eral merchants, lost $50,000. Alto gether 50 buildings were burned, with losses ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. The Prospector Publishing Company, publisher of the Dally Prospector, and the Weekly Miner, saved enough type to issue its dally on wrapping paper, using a proof-press for printing. Valdez, a town of about 500 inhabi tants, is situated at the head of Port Valdez, Prince William Sound, and gained commercial importance because it was the coast terminus of the Fair-banks-Valdez trail, which was for many years the only Winter acute be tween the lower Yukon and the coast. Three thousand prospectors used the train in 1838, when the gold excite ment was at its height. Much placer gold was found in the country tribu tary to Valdez, but the fields have been worked out. There are promising gold quartz ledges near Valdez. ' The bodies of many prospectors who fell into the crevasses of the glacier back of the town are still entombed. The streams from the glacier in some hot Summers have been a peril to the town, threatening to wash it away. THAW WILL KNOW TODAY Formal Request for Vacation Commitment to Be Decided. of NEW YORK. July 15 Harry K. Thaw slept tonight in Ludlow-Street Jail, for the last time perhaps in his fe as a prisoner. He. is to know to morrow whether the future holds for im Matteawan or freedom," for tomor row Supreme Court Justice Hendrick will announce his decision on the mo tion, made- today, to have the order committing Thaw to Matteawan in 1908 formally vacated. Legal formalities today were brief. They consisted in Thaw's appearance before Justic Hendrick and the formal motion of John B. Stanchfield, chief of the Thaw lawyes, '.hat the writ be vacated. Decision on the motion was eserved until tomorrow. AUSTRIAN NAVY IS INTACT ienna Denies Italian Reports of Sinking cf Warships. WASHINGTON. July 15. The Aus trian Embassy today announced the re ceipt of the following dispatch from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Burian: 'Contrary to reports in Italian pa pers that, in revenge for the sinking of the Italian cruiser Amalfi, the Italians sank three Austro-Hungarian sub marines, it has been ascertained that the Austro-Hungarian navy, during the progress of the war with Italy, has thus far sustained no loss whatever. "Likewise all reported damage by the Italian navy to submarines is wholly untrue." MOVIES TO FIGHT CENSOR Insipid Mediocrity" Declared to Threaten Supervised ,Photoplay. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15 (Special.) The Motion Picture Exhibitors' Asso ciation now in session here pledged it self today to start a campaign to de feat all attempts at censoring film dramas in the United States. Action followed an address by D. W. Grif fith, in which he declared that the censorship of motion pictures would "inevitably lead to milk-and-water, ridiculous and insipid mediocrity in photoplay production which will inter est no one," and eventually ruin the business. NEW YORKERS DRINK MiLK Consumption Increases at Expense of Licensed Saloons. NEW YORK, July 15. Milk is be coming the favorite drink of residents "of New York and the number o licensed salons here is decreasing, ac cording to the statisticians of the health department. They announced today that the con sumption of milk in this city had in creased 60 per cent in ten years and that the daily average per capita in the Borough of Manhattan is 3.63 gills. Man Is Killed by Vailing Logs ELM A, Wash.. July 15. (Special.) John Harrison Stewart was killed in stantly at the White Star mill today by being crushed underneath -a log He was assisting in unloading log from the car at the inillpond and in some way the top log of one carload rolled backward and caught him under neath. Mr. Stewart leaves a widow and two small children. LETTERS READ TO NVOLVE MEHEFEE Government Aims at Cashier President BANKER TELLS SALES PLAN Agent Mentions -Message" Promising Advisory Place. WARNING OF ENEMY GIVEN Files Become Fart of Record in Effort to Show Head of Con corn Approved Alleged Pro cedure of Men in Field. More letters and telegrams taken from the company's files were read to the Jury by United States Attorney Reames yesterday in the trial before Federal Judge Bean of officials and salesmen of the United States Cash ier Company. In the introduction of most of this evidence, the purpose of the United States Attorney was to connect Frank Menefee, president of the company with the Government's charges against the defendants of conspiracy to vio late the postal fraud statute by use of the mails to promote an alleged wrongful stock-selling scheme. Two important witnesses against Mr, Menefee in this connection were Dr. A. A. Milliken. of Fort Jones. Cal., and Edward Klein, a commission brok er, of New York City. Dr. Milliken was regarded by the Government as an especially strong witness. He was called to the stand after let ters and telegrams exchanged between O. L Hopson and Joseph Hunter, sales men, and Mr. Menefee, h'avlng to do with the sale to Dr. Milliken under pe culiar circumstances of 250 shares of stock in June, 1912, for $5185.30. had been read. Advice to Bar Im Rentl. Hunter and Hopson, on June 12. 1912. sent the following telegram to Mr. Menefee: "Wire following telegram via tele phone company to Dr. Milliken. Fort Jones, CaL: 'Our representatives. Hunt er and Hopson, report by wire" you are contemplating the purchase of 200 or more shares of our capital stock. Our stock is now selling at $30 per share. If you wish this stock see our repre sentatives at Montague Immediately as we expect the last shares to be sold at any moment. "HUNTER AND HOPSON." After introducing this telegram. United States Attorney lleames read the following telegram from Mr. Men efee to the two salesmen at Montague, Cal.: Received letter from Dr. Milliken. Wirod him as follows, and following by latter, giving information: "Answer- ng your letter, the company in Itself owns Potter patent mentioned In its articles. Also owns Bilyeu patent is- 1 Cone! iirt'-d on Page folumn 'J. I ! r !3Q) 5n INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tho Weather. VE.TSRDATS Maxtnum temperature. 72 minimum AT direri. TODAYS Fair; westerly wind.. Liberty Belt Portland's thousands sax reverently on Liberty Bell, rase 1. Thousands handle or view relic with ex pression tit awe. Cage 0. Salem crt-wd of 33.000 welcome. Liberty Bell. Paze J. Philadelphia official, with Liberty Bell roally entertained during- brief atay In city. Page 7. Great military and civic i. ar.de Portland! c-rni ufnionatrauon lit nunor or. Liberty Bell. Jag. . National. German v adm'f. error In .Inkln. Vrhmkin cm v a.mnsion will lnl.t lual .nip. be vianeu ifiur attack. r 2. Von Bernstarff confident nil Government would treat with Britain on whole luu; or maritime warfare, race "i. Turicey to follow Germany and Austria In proteatlns to United States. Pace 1. War. Carolyn Well. .ay. Italy Is likely to astonish worm in mis war. l aze s. French Alpine troops make advance. In Alsace, page 3. Welsh coal mine, closed by strike. Pace a Domestic. Hankers told they must prepare to meet demand, of bis export traue. Pace TH..Ne-Gate. renegade Piute. found not guilty. Pace 1. Pacific Northwest. Business section of Valdez. Alaska, de stroyed by fire, with loss of S6o0,0vu. I'aso 1 Cheers of thousands bid bell welcome at Chautauqua. pace 0. Imperial Council of Shrlners ends at Seattle and i.oblvs leave fur fairs, Page lli. Sports. Stracnan loses great 5-sct tennis match to AlcLougtilln. Page li. white r.ox lose while Ked Sox win. tiarrow- uif sap between leaders, page lii. McOr.w. all subs and one regular of Giants put off field by umpire. Pae lti. Pacific Coast League results: San Francisco o. Portland -: salt Lake 4. Oakland 3. Lot Angeles 3, Vernon 1. Page lti. Commercial and Marine. France will ahlp Its hide supply to America to do tanneo. page it. Wheat dropa sharply at Chicago on more reassuring crop reports, pass li. Standard atocks strVnc.er than war shares in Wall street. Page 17. Title to dredging waste left In "boneyard' is sought by poet. Page 12. Port land and Vicinity. More letters from Cashier Company to salej men are read In court. Page 1. Be good for something. Is advice of Inter national president of Rotary Club in Port land auure.j. t age 11. Genial Governor of Massachusetts Portland visitor. Pa,fe 11. University of Wisconsin Band makes hlta Oaks. Page 13. Two more floors of Meier & Frank Com pany'a new store ready for use. Page u. Walter F. (Jack) Matthews Is dead. Pace IS COD PLENTY, SALT SCARCE Ilslicrmcn I,ose Benefit of Excep tional lion or Elsh. ST. JOHNS. N. F.. July IS. A scarc ity of salt threatens to offset to a large extent the benefits to be derived by Newfoundland fish'. Ten f -om the unusually Urge catch i cod along the northern and eastern coasts and on the Grand. Banks thie Summer. The war has caused delays to steamers bringing the salt. Although at least 15.000 tons of salt Is expected to reach here next month. It will arrive too lute to save a large amount of cod rapidly piling up at fishing centers. LINER FORTIFIES DECKS Bull If, Sailing With Munitions, Protects Itself With Sandbags. NEW YORK, July 15. As a protec tion against gunfire from submarines, a shelter of sandbags was piled along the decks of the White Star line steam ship Baltic which sailed today for Eiv eriKiol with 314 passengers and a ful! cargo. rHrt of which consisted of am munition and war supplies. THEY SAW THE LIBERTY B TURKS TO PROTEST TO AMERICA NEXT Lead of Germany and XT Austria Followed. EARLY REPLY IS INDICATED Washington to Recall Arms Shipments in Other Wars. RIGHTS ARE MAINTAINED Text of Austria's Note ot to He Given Unt Until Keply Is Ready. Which It Is Expect ed May Be in l'ortnight. WASHINGTON. July 15 The I'nlted States within another fortnight prob ably will send a reply to the note re cently received from , the Austro liungarian government, which con tended that the extensive shipments of war supplies from this country to the allies was "not in consonance with the definition of neutrality." Unofficially, word came today that Turkey would follow Germany and Austria in making representations on this subject, and should a note from the Ottoman government arrive, offi cials would delay the sending of their answer, so as to Inform the Germanic allies simultaneously of the unalterable view of the United States on arms ship ments. Cireat (Iroala Kmpssslaea. While Germany has admitted In dip lomatic correspondence with the United States the legal riijht of Individuals in a neutral country to sell munitions to belliBerents, some empnasis was placed on the supernormal growth of American industries for the manufac ture of arms and explosives. In the Austrian note, extracts of which have appeared In dispatches from Amster dam. this idea is developed almost en tlrely to the exclusion of the legal question involved. It points out that the American Government would be "entitled to pro hlbit the export of war material" if the trade in contraband "takes the form of dimensions whereby the neu trality of the country will be en dangered." Wiihlnato. to Cite I'rerrdrsts. Details of the American answer have not been divulged, but It is understood that the United States will not only cite its rights under international law but will recall precedents in previous wars in which Germany and Austria have been interested where importa tions of arms were curried on In ex tensive proportions. The State Department has not made public the text of the Austrian note and will not do so until the reply Is ready. Germany has laid emphasis repeat edly on the trade In arms between the United States and the allies. In the German note of February 1$. replying (Coih'I u''m. o n Pa it a 2, Column JLOOK:C Thursdays War Moves ABA att BANDONINO for the moment their empt to outflank Warsaw from the south, the Germans, probably under Field Marshal von Hindenburg. who Is reported to have said a few days ago that he would shortly astonish the U....M V. .. - - . . . . . . , -lv-. .c enewcl lueir ail.CK on ! the Polish capital from the north. They . v wiMj nj'iurea a large num- I l.er of prisoners south of Kolno. 10 cording to the report Issued by Berlin j today, but have occupied I"rza.nys2, a fortified town 60 miles north of War saw, which was taken by Von Hinden burg In his preut drive from East Prussia last Winter, but was .retaken by the Russians in their counter offen sive. This lr confirmed '- neasure by the r.ussl JtNO'V6 which said j o Lbt m the face of strong ty u torces withdrew to their sec ond line of entrenchments. This move on the part of the Germans has taken the military critics completely by sur prise. It wa generally supposed that General von Mackensen would, after being strengthened, continue his at tempt to reach the I.ublln-Cholin rail way, thus torclng the evacuation of Warsaw. The new offensive probably will be general and extend from the Baltic around the East Prussian border to the Vistula, west of Warsaw, for all the Ruxftl.tn troops in thia section must b kept buy to prevent them from concentrating at the point where the Germans hope to break through. This Is the t-econd time Field Marshal von Hlndenburg has tried this. His lust effort, while it freed East Prussia of the Russians, cost the Germans an immense number of men and nearly in volved them in disaster, ok ing to the muddy condition of the ground. Now. however, there are only bad roaCs or lack of roads to contend with. It la possible also that the Germans have built railways to their northern front as they have done in Central I'oUnd. Id France the Argonne continues to be the scene of the most sanguinary fighting, but of the operations here, as elsewhere in the west, the official ac counts are as contradictory as usual. At any rate, no great movement bus been undertaken and no change has oc curred In the line that could be recog nised on any ordinary map. Confirmation was received last night from General Sir Ian Hamilton of the success which for some days the ali en were reported to have achieved on the Gaillpoll Peninsula. According to this report two lines of Turkish trenches were captured, together with 4C0 prisoners. Th Turks on the other hand claim to have repulsed the allies' attacks. as expected, progress against the Turks Is slow, owing to the Strom turally fortified positions they hold Put British military authorities express satisfaction with the gain of an occa sional line of trenches, relying on breaking the morale of the Turks and on the exhaustion of their supply of ammunition. Germany's eagerness to have Roumania allow the passage of ammunition through that country to Turkey is taken to mean that the sup ply is running short. OMAHA VISITED BY STORM Iowa und South Dakota Towns Also Experience Tornadoes. OMAHA. July 15. A violent wind and rain storm visited Omaha and its environs tonight, impeding telegraph, railroad and telephone traffic. Meager reports from out in the state were that crops were damaged and farm dwell ings suffered from the storm. The roof of the grandstand of the new Omaha speedway was blown dowu. Other minor dumage was reported from all parts of the city. Reports of tornadoes at Sioux City, Sioux Falls. S. D.. and Norfolk. Neb., wt-re received. OIL PIPE LINES SOLD Standard of New Jersey 1Uhscs of Convejlng Kmc! li tics. NEW YORK, July 15 The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, it be came known today, has sold two of Its pipelines and has found a purchaser for the third one. Officials of the company declined to comment on the report that the lines were sold because they had no alter native under a recent ruling of tho Interstate Commerce Commission or to make public the amount of money in volved in any of the three transactions ELKS USE NEW RiTUAL Grand Ixnlge Session Closed Xewly Adopted I'orln. In LOS ANGELES, July 15. A new grand lodge ritual, which has just been adopted, was used today In clos ing the sessions of the grand lodge of Elks. Installation of the new grand lodge officers concluded the grand lodge meeting. James R. Nicholson, newly elected grand exalted ruler, was presented with a gavel made of oak and cop per from the frigate Constitution, a gift from Waller Johnson, of Boston. COUNTESS SETTLES SUIT Dispute With Morgan Estate Over Painting Terminated Privately. LONDON. July 15. The suit of Diane. Countess de Bechevet, against the executors of the late J. P. Morgan, for 130,000, the value of a vase and picture she was alleged to have sold the millionaire in 1'JII. was settred be fore the Lord Chief Justice today on terms that were not disclosed. The defendants had denied that Mr. Morgan had ever engaged in such a transaction. WHITE MAN'S JURY ACPTSTSE-flE-GfiT p-h rHjte VjOCS I" TQQ Life Nears End. DOCTORS HOLD OUT NO HOPE Evidence in Murder Trial Is Found Conflicting. OWN TRIBESMEN TESTIFY Cne Noted Becaue of (.'prions of Itenegades Attended by Ko talitles, but Suppressed by Chief of Army Staff. DENVER. July 15. Tse-Ne Gat. Fitite Indian renegade, whoxe trial for the murder of Juan Chacon, an obscure Mexican shreptierder in the w ilderness of southwestern Colorado In March. 19H, stirred nution-wlde interest. Is free to return to bis native desert. A Jury in the Federal Court for the district of Colorado, after four hours' deliberation, two hours of which were spent in dl.-iussin luncheon, returned u verdict late today of not guilty. A pathetic feature of the verdict is tho previously rendered verdict of the physicians of St Anthony's Hospital that the young Indian can live only a short wnlle. His lungs and glands are seriously infected with tubercu losis. Trial testa (.OTrnmril 915,000. The trial or Tse-Nc-Gal. which lasted 10 days and cost the Federal Government approximately (15, Out), was the culmination of a scries of events which included a miniatuie Indian up rising in tho hills and canons of southeastern Utah when that ret;in last February was swept by below zero temperatures and clad In a mantle of detu snow. A member of the posse of Marshal Nebeker. of Salt Lake. Utah, and sev eral Indians who had gathered about Tse-Ne-Gat to prevent his arrest by the Marshal, on a warrant charg'ng Chacon's murder, were killed before Major-General Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the United States Army, diiv Ing through a blizzard miles on a buckboard. reachei the scene. Unarmed, he penetrated to the camp of the rebellious I'iutes and secured the peaceful surrender of the little baud and submission to tlie white man's Justice, taking the whole baud with him to Salt Lake t-.-y and later Tse-Ne-Gat. alone, to Denver for trial. The announcement of the verdict to day was followed by a quickly re pressed outburst of approval from a picturesque array of spectators. Society women In dainty apparel at with bead ed and bespangled Indians and Mex icans, tribesmen and neighbors of Tsa-Ne-Gat In the arid regions through out the trial. Ktldenre la Coat llrtlna:. The evidence against Tsc-Xe-Gat presented by the Government was pure ly circumstantial and was furnished largely by fellow tribesmen, three of whom declared they saw the defend ant dragging the body of the mur dered herder at the end of a lariat and later saw him throw it into an arroyo. Previously, they declared, they heard three shots fired. Conflicting state ments, however, were brought out by counsel for Tse-Ne-Gat. The defend ant, testifying In his own bchaif, pro tested innocence and told the Jury: "I did not kill the Mexican; 1 could not kill my friend." GEXEIIAL PLEASE!) BY VERDICT Army Chief Sajs He Always Con tended Indian Was Innocent. WASHINGTON. July 15. Brigadier General Hugh L, Scott, chief of stafT of the United states Army, who trav ersed w-ild mountain trails in Utah on horseback and Induced Tse-Ne-Gat to surrender after the IMute and his little band had defied a Federal marshal and his posse for two weeks, expressed keen gratification tonight at the Indian's acquittal. "I am glad that Tse-Ne-Gat had Justice." said General Scot u "1 always have contended that he was innocent," The General added that he had been pleased with the conduct of authori ties at Denver who Interested them selves to see that the Indian had a fair trial. OREGON WINS IN MINES Grand Prize Awarded for Collective Exhibit of Minerals. . SAN FRANCISCO. July 15. (Spe cial.) The state of Oregon has won the grand prize for the collective ex hibit of Oregon's mineral resources the exhibit installed In the Mines building by Fred R. Mellis. of Baker, and also six silver medals and four bronxe medals on Individual exhibit-.. This Is in competition with all the ot'iier mineral-producing states and many foreign countries. Lebanon Chautauqua Big Succos. LEBANON. Or.. July 15. (Special The proarrsmme presented by the Ellison-White Chautauqua here. July was a big success and a return con tract for 191$ was signed by more than 100. it Is believed there will be no deficit next year as great interest was manifested this year In the ChauUu- OtLSu 1.