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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-
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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
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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
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-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.