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VOL. L.IV. NO. 17,009. OCEAN SURF FATAL TO MARGARET PLATT Death Follows Rescue From Undertow. TWO COMPANIONS ARE SAYED Heroism of E. T. C. Stevens , Averts Further Tragedy. SPECIAL TRAIN'S RUSH VAIN Parent of MIm Piatt Speed to Gear tart In Forlorn Hop Site May Bo Resuscitated Heart Failure Supposed Caaso of Death. SIXDAT FATALITIES IX WA TERS OP XOHTHWE5T. Miss Margaret Piatt, aged 1. of Portland, died at Sunset Beach of heart failure after rescue from aurf. Glenn Patlllo. of Grant Pass, drowned la Willamette River at Portland. George Lecocq, age 12, drowned in Cooa Bay. Helen Lecocq, age 1J. drowned In Cooa Bar. Vernon Bryant. age 2. of Medi cal Lake. Wah drowned near Spokane. Miss Margaret Piatt, the l-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison O. Piatt. Jll East Fifty-fifth street, la dead as a result of heart reaction fol lowing her rescue from drowning yes terday morning in the breakers at Sunset Beach.- one mile north of Gear hart. Or. MIsa Mary Muir. daughter of Mrs. vu r inir 943 West Park street, and Miss Evelina Magruder. daughter of Pr. and Mrs. u. M. Mifnwer. Johnson street, wera taken from the water after MIsa riatt was brought out. bat they withstood the shock and jeeorereo. Clrfa Cry Calla Reeewer. The tragedy followed the heroic work of E. T. C Stevens, of Portland, who heard the cries of the distressed girls shore the roar of the breakers and swam out after them. A dosen or more friends who were In bathing, all of whom had been visiting at the William Tagg farm home at Sunset Beach, witnessed the tragedy, and medical attention waa prompt. Dr. Gustar Baar. of Portland, being on the beach at the time of the accident. Dr. Charles Loedlng. of Portland, who was at Seaside, waa hurried to the scene on a motorcycle and a pulmotor waa rushed from Astoria, but after more than three hours' work. MIsa Piatt's death waa pronounced. Mr. and Mr. Piatt and Robert Treat Piatt, an uncle of the dead girl, hur ried to the scene of the accident in a a pec 11 train chartered from the Spo kane. Portland Seattle Railway Company, leaving Portland at X:1T o'clock yesterday afternoon. At 8:40 o'clock they were at Sunset Beach and learned for the first time that the physicians In charge bad definitely pronounced Miss Piatt dead. Mtea Piatt Eaeelleat Swleasser. The gueata at the Tagg farm house tiad gone Into the surf at about 11:10 o'clock, according to mcrobera of the household, and Misa Piatt, who waa an excellent swimmer, had Just dived into the Inrushlng waves. Misses Muir anj Magruder followed and suddenly tbey realised that they had been drawn by a atrong undertow Into a deep crab hole. They attempted to swim away, but the undercurrent held them back nd the other breakers tumbling in only covered them up Instead of wash ing them toward ehcre. They screamed, but the roar of the waves put them out of calling distance to the others who wera la bathing nearby. Fraatle Eerta FalL E. T. C Stevens, however, who hap pened to look In that direction, ob erred their distress, and made out to rescue them. Misa Piatt waa first reached, and he succeeded In getting her safely to shallow water. She ap peared not to be overcome with water and seemed comparatively normal. He left her In shallow water and swam back to rescue Miss v Muir and Miss Magruder. both excellent swimmers, who were fighting valiantly againat the waves and trying to resist the undertow. Hardly, however, had Mr. Stevens left Mis riatt until other of the panic-stricken party - observed Miss Piatt falter and fall fiat into the water. Several men and women rushed to her nd hurriedly took her to the sandy beach. She appeared to bo drowning. nd restoratives were applied Imme diately. Dr. Gustav Baar. who waa riding by on horseback, was on the scene almost before Miss Piatt was laid on dry land, and gava her attention. In the meantime Mr. Stevens had succeeded In rescuing Miss Muir and Miss Magruder. with aid. and waa en abled to reach shallow water. All Effects Vaavalllag. Immediately all attention was cen tered on Miss Piatt, but to no -avail. Still unwilling to give up hope, the party worked over her for several houra. perhaps after death occurred. When It was found no pulmotor waa available at Seaside one was rushed from Astoria. In the opinion of Dr. Baar and Dr. CHAMPION GUNNERS WIN ROWING TITLE OREGON y XV Ali MILITIA CREW BEATS WAS1IIXGTOX MEX. Picked Oarsmen Finish Mile Whale Boat Race Four Lengths Ahead. Victors Due Home Today. ABOARD THE U. S. S. ALBA.VT. off Port Angeles. Waih, Aug. 8. fSoeciaL) The Oregon Naval Militia added another Pacific Coast champion ship to Its list here this morning, when a picked crew defeated a picked crew of the Washington Naval Militia in a one-mile whaleboat race In Port An gelea Harbor. Jubilant over thla victory and the National gunnery victory won Satur day, the Oregon men aboard the cruis er Albany set sail at noon for Port land. They will arrive there Monday afternoon. The Washington militiamen came here on the gunboat Vlcksburg and. after hearing of Oregon's big victory in shooting, sent over a challenge for a boat race. An Oregon crew was picked and after a few minutes' prac tice turned to and manned the boat with speed and precision which would befit expert regulars. With the militia men of the two ahlpa cheering for their respective boats the race was Si lively affair. it was neck and neck for the first half mile. Gradually the Oregon men crept away, until at tho end of the course their boat waa about four lengths ahead. The boats were manned by 11 men and a coxswain. TURKS SEE GERMAN PLAYS Theater Opened In Constantinople Is Becoming Popular. mvBtiKTIXOPLE. July 1. (Cor respondence of the Associated Press.) A German theater has just been opened here, and blda fair to be as popular as any Turkish house. A cast of Turkish actors, under oerrnan lead ership, la engaged in mastering and presenting classical German plays, as wel as a number of comedies, in the Turkish language. i..i. r "Faust" "Schiller's." "The Robbers." and "William Tell." as well as an excellent translation of Goetne s " km been successfully given thus far. Heretofore the modern Turkish theaters have preaentea al most exclusively French drama, and i.w -ii .ir-r.-.. Tha arreat tide of pro-German feeling in Constantinople at present la materially aiding the new venture. . ' PLAY IS GIVEN IN GROVE Giant Redwoods Form Amphithea ter With Cliff for Background. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 8. Tha Bo ,emlan Club gave Ita "Grove Play" for IIS last night at Bohemian Grovo In .r rli.t redwood trees. S a iii v - milea from San Francisco. Tha book waa written by Frank PUley. tha mualc by Edward F. Schneider. The action of the play taaea piace In tho sacred grovo of Apouo at me base of Mount. Olympue and deplete ... i... - Analla for.Clrtte. the re sulting wrath of Jupiter and tho de parture of the ancient goda xrom tno earth. The production waa strikingly staged .-.nkithMi.r h.lnr formed of great redwood tree with a tree-covered cliff for a background. AIRMAN FALLS INTO BAY Former Carranxa Aviator Hurt in Exposition Flight. PAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 8. Charlea F. Nile, an aviator formerly in- the serv ice of General Carransa. sustained pain ful but not fatal Injuries today, when engine trouble at the outset of what waa to have been a practice flight at the exposition compelled him to plunge Into San Francisco Bsy.wlth.his aero plane. In falling he was thrown against an Iron bar. Three upper teeth were broken and two lower teeth torn out by the roots. When trouble developed ha managed to glide out over tho water. A nearby motorboat brought him ashore. BUDAPEST PLAYS AT-WAR Mimic Trenches Mined and Blown I'p Dally for Entertainment. BUDAPEST. July 11. A new form of entertainment provided for the pub He here is a miniature battlefield In which a full company of invalided soldiers have built a series of trenches, with underground shelters, decorated and furnished as they are at the front Every afternoon at 4 o'clock the mimic enemy'a trench is mined and blown up. Thousands watch thla oper ation - daily, the soldiers acting as guides and explaining all the details of the operations to the Interested women and boys. BOY ZEBRA BORN IN ZOO Seventy. Pound Pet Soon to Be Shown to Menagerie Visitors. NEW TORK. Aug. 8. (Special.) A lively 70-pound male sebra baby was added to tha Central Park menagerie early today. Tho sebra la three feet tall and three and one-half feet from tip to tail. Both mother and baby are doing wall and tho new pet will be shown to tha pub lic la a few days. This sebra Is the first that has over been born In this country, and as far as records show the first aver bora in captivity. PORTLAND, BUSINESS LOSING FEELING OF DOUBT Confidence in Future Becomes Profound. EYEN WAR IS NOT FEARED Prudent Ones Await Full Fig ures as to Crops WET WEATHER DOES GOOD Livestock and Dairy Industries Re ceive Xew Impetus Whcat Yield Now Is Estimated as 948.-500,0-00 - Bnshels. WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. (Special.) The former feeling of apprehension, of "something Is going to happen" be cause of the "European - war," has al most entirely disappeared, according to a special report submitted today by the committee on statistics and standards of tha Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Even with the possibility that the United States might become entangled In the gigantic world conflict, there still remains a pronounced belief that, notwithstanding such untoward condi tions, business Is bound to show dis tinct advancement. Caandeaee Growing Steadily. Confidence in the future, according to tho committee, of which A. W. Doug las, of St. Louis, is chairman, has grown apace with the steady progress of the crops and the slow but continual Improvement in Industrial affairs. There still continue, however, to be conservatism and caution in buying and in new commitments. The reason seems to be tnat It is better business to wait until tho results of the crops are known beyond question before ventur ing a more extended way, - and as a consequence stocks of merchandise throughout the country continue light The continued wet weather has done more good than harm to the crops, it la said. Metal Mlaers Are Baay. The' conditions of mining vary sharply as to the commodity mined. Copper mines are running full time and new ones are opening up. Zinc and lead mines are busy and the min ing of Iron ores is improving. Coal mining Is everywhere dull, largely because of alack demand from the railroads and the slow buainesa in manufacturing. There I little business In naval stores because of lark of demand. Phosphate mines of Florida still re main closed on account of the Euro pean war. Unfavorable reports com from . the fisheries of Oregon. Wash ington, the Gulf and the Atlantic Coast Manufacturing varies, much accord ing to the article made, though in gen eral It ia quiet Steel and iron busi ness shows distinct Improvement with Increasing orders. The manufacturers: (Concluded on Pafe 2. Column 1.) r rv -vn; vs- 'iTJ. i 11 wrrmm n-iv i isi ii . m J fcvr a ' wt. -1 i OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1915. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. IESTEKDATS Maximum temperature. 81 degrees; minimum, OH decrees. . ' TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly wines. War. New spirit of endurance symbolised by French waiting stoically In trenches. Pace L. i Germans continue advance Into Poland. Fas t Foreign. Premier Okuma of Japan consents to re main in office. . Pe X Domestic. Nonpartisan elections issue to go on ballot in California. Pace 3. Business loses all feeling of apprehension. Pass 1- . Ancient tablet says Noah, not Eve, ate apple In Eden. Page 1. . Sports. Los Anseles Is hardest team . for Beavers. Pace 8. City Lescue results: Piedmont 12. Sellwooa 2; East Side S. West Side 0. Pase 5. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2-8. Los Angeles S-0: Vernon 6-4. Oakland San Francisco 12. Salt take 1. Page ft. Pacific Northwest. Oregon champion militia gunners win Coast rowing title, too. Psge 1. Flames sweep big Wlnloek sawmill, causing more than- 100, 000 damage. Page i. Financial. ' Bank survey shows Northwest business out look hopeful. Psge 9. Federal Reserve Board advances plan tor better movement of cotton. Page . Portland and Vicinity. Mr. Putnam says Oregon building at the fair is making good. Page 8. R. E Emerson, rather of bromo-seltser. on first visit to Portland, is enthuslsstic over climate. Page T. Business men approve Mr. Benson's city msnager plan. Page la, ' Buyers from vast territory here today for week. Page 12. Officers and men of Oregon Militia make good In biggest way. says General W bite. Page a. . Rev. O. A.' Liggett at Westminster Presby terian Church, pleads for service. Psge . M. H. Houser expects Tokal.Maru soon for rraln nrtiL PlU 10. Undertow fatal to Margaret Piatt; two com panions aaveo. rina x. Woman to give Illustrated lecture on Mexico tr . wl.uin. mnrrhulU. Pasa 12. Visiting buyere to hear woman lecture on Mexico, rfts" v. "Dancing Around" chorus S,r,'," bring daring Thousand from Portland and nearby towns Y 1 S 1 1 DIU yrijwi "uiji "m-- ALASKA VOLCANO ERUPTS I'nv kif Km its Frames Accompanied by Heavy Black Smoke. SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 8. Pavlof volcano, situated on the Alaska penin sula, was in full eruption the night of July 23 last, with flames accompanied by heavy black smoke shooting from the crater. This was reported today by Captain Hansen, of the Santa Ana, which ar rived today from Bering Sea ports. On hia return trln six days later. Captain Hansen" said, tho crater waa still active. He also reported Katmai volcano still smoking. N 1 - GIRL SETS WORLD'S MARK Tacoma Student Beats Vaxsnr Rec- ord for Throwing Baseball. TipnMA. Wash.. Aur. 8. Ruth Mc- Cabe, 18 years old. today established a new worlds throwing record tor a glrL when she threw a baseball 209 feet 6 Inches. Th beat orevtous record was made by Dorothy Smith, of Vassar College, May 4. 1911, when she threw a ball 204 feet Misa McCabe is a fourth-year student in Lincoln Park High School, of Tacoma, British Submarine Feat Denied. RER1.IS A us-. 8. via wireless to Say- vllle, N. Y. The Vosolsche Zeitung says it learns from a reliable source .u- I a no truth In the renort that a British submarine blew up the bridge between Gallata and Stam-boul. THIS WEEK THEY SWARM IN PORTLAX- V.v ft e --:- I GERMANS TIGHTEN GRASP ON POLAND Ney coffs Around ot-... r : i 8r. saw .uuuupieu. RUSS STUBBORN IN RETREAT Mackensen's Right Wing Still - Is Busily Engaged.. TEUTONS WELL SUPPLIED Colossal Arrangements for Ad vance Cause Sensation Mild Re gime Is Promised, Provided People Are Obedient. BERLIN, via London, Aug. 8. Fur ther progress for1 the Austro-German forces which are attempting to cut off the retreat of the Russians was an nounced today by the War Office. The statement says that Serock. at the mouth of the Bug, north of War saw, has been occupied; forts near No- vogeorglevsk have been captured; the Germans have occupied the east bank of the Vistula near Warsaw and to the South the Russians are being driven back by Field Marshal von Mackensen. Russians Resist Stubbornly. The text of the report Is: "German troops on the Narew are approaching the Lomza-Ostrov-Wysz-kow road. At some points the enemy offered stubborn resistance. South of Wyszkow the Bug has been reached. Serock, at the mouth of the Bug, has been occupied. Near Novogeorgievsk our siege troops took the forts at Segrze.' "Near Warsaw we gained the east ern bank of the Vistula, "In the southeastern theater of war, under the pressure of Field Marshal von Mackensen, the Russians are re treating eastwardly. Between the Vistula and the Bug the left wing of Von Mackensen's army has driven back the' -enemy in a "northerly direc- tion. The right wing still is fighting in the direction of the River Vieprs." Geraias Colosaally Prepared.. An account of the conditions under which German and Austrian armies are advancing In Polish districts devas tated .by the Russlana before their re treat was given today by the Over seas News Agency. It was as follows: '.The ' colossal -scale on which ar rangements were made for army sup plies caused a sensation in the towns evacuated by the Russians. Hundreds of thousands of troops between the Vistula and the Bug are. being fed as well as at home with three warm meals daily. "Herds of cattle are driven behind the advancing troops. Millions of bottles of mineral water are distributed. The railroads were reopened speedily by the Germans and Austrians, thus solv ing the problem of transportation. "The furnlshlng of supplies has been accomplished, notwithstanding the fact Concluded on Psge 2, Column o. ) "V1 -e-e-e- NOAH, NOT EVE, ATE APPLE IN GARDEN SIX OF HUMANITY SHIFTED FPOM WOMAN'S SHOULDERS. Curse or Ill-Health and Early Death, Instead of 50,000 Years of Lire, Related by Tablet. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8. (Special.) Eve did not eat the apple. She did not give Adam any to eat and thus bring about the fall of man from a state of innocence. It was Noah who fell. He was or dered not to eat of the cassia tree In the Garden of Paradise, but he did, and then the curse came upon him. The curse was that he should have ill health and an early death Instead of living to be 50,000 years old, like his ancestors. These statements are according to the Sumerlan theology, and are found in a tablet written before-the days of Abraham. The tablet Is now In the University Museum, Philadelphia. A hint of this was given more than a year ago, when Dr. Steven Langdon, professor of Assyrology at Oxford, an nounced that he had translated a part of a ta"blet which he had copied while in the University Museum -of this city. Since then, he has compared the tab let with every other known tablet and historical account Including the book of Genesis." Dr. Langdon says this tablet is at least 1000 years older than' the account in Genesis. WAR QUARREL RUMORED Von Tlrpitz and Bethmann-Hollweg Said to Have Fallen Out. PARIS, Aug. 8. (Special.) That there is something more serious be hind the suppression of the Deutsches Tages Zeitung last month than appears nn oiirfap. i u t)iA contention of the Figaro, which says the action reveals a quarrtel between Admiral von lirpuz and Dr.. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the imperial Chancellor. In an article headed "Tirpitx Against Bethmann tha TTMp-nrft navfC "The seizure of the Tages Zeitung far surpasses the simple suppression of a newspaper. There is a quarrel between Admiral von Tirpitz, chief of the German navy, minister of marine and chief naval counsellor of William II, and Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. Chancellor of the Empire." ALASKA HAS. FEW 'SALMON Falling Ofr or Nearly Halt in Pack Reported by Skipper. SEWARD. Alaska. Aug. S. A poor year for salmon packers, with a falling off of 40 to BO per cent from a full nack. was reported here today with the arrival of the Santa Ana, Captain Han sen, from Bering Sea ports. The Bris tol Bay canneries, according to Captain Hansen, lack 4-0 per cent of their usual niick. while at Kodiak. Uyak, Seldovia and Port Graham, the season closes with only half a pack. . A full nack. however, is reported from Chtirnik and Port Muller. The heaviest run of fish in Bristol Bay came July 4 while fishermen were celebrating. One fisherman who was attending to busi ness caught 3000 fish. NAVY TO PLAY WAR AGAIN Task of Defending Coast From Imag inary Foe to Be Given Fleet.' NEWPORT, R, I.. Aug. 8. The At lantic fleet is again to be put to the test of protecting the Eastern seaboard from Invasion by a supposed foreign not Admiral Fletcher.' its commander. announced tonight that officers of the naval war college were at work map ping out the problemsjof another war ramft to take place after the target practice in Narragansett Bay next Fall. The maneuvers will be based on les sons derived from the mimic war of last June, when the "enemy" fleet ac complished its purpose in enecting a landing on the shores of Chesapeake Bay. HAITI EN BRIGAND TAKEN i American Forces' Repress Disorder on Part of Bandits. PORT AU PRINCE,' Aug. 8. The Presidential election to fill the place of General VUbrun Cuillaume. who was removed from the French legation by . moh of Haftiens July 28 and shot to death, has been postponed indefinitely. The American naval forces today at Croix-des-Boquets, near Port au Prince, repressed some disorder on trie nrt of a. band of brigands. The chief of the band was taken prisoner and placed on board " the United btates rn.i.nr Washington. Other disorders are reported to have occurred at St March and Aux Capes. Details are lacking. PAROLED MEN THRIFTY Released jConvicts Put Aside Money , From Their Earnings. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 8. (Special.) The report of Parole Officer Whyte to the State Board of Prison Directors concerning the condition of the 783 men on parole shows that during July they earned 824,338.82. enabling them to set aside $6813.62. Since the inception of the parole sys tem in 1893 the 342,2 men paroled have earned $31,152.44, their living expenses were $24,338.82, enabling htem to set $432,494.09. Of this number 709 have violated their paroles and 121 commit ted new crimes PRICE FIVE CENTS. FRANCE STOICALLY WAITS IN TRENCHES New Spirit of Endur ance Symbolized. DEFENDERS LIYE IN DARKNESS Bottles of Chemicals to Com bat Poison Gas at Hand. ENEMY, -TOO, IS HIDDEN Correspondent Describes Visit to Advanced Lines, Where Soldiers Long for Moment to Leap Up and Ont Into Light. BY RALPH PULITZER. (Special cable dispatch to the New Torlc World. Copyright. 1915. by the Prea Publishing Company. Published by ar rangement with the JrId. ) FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE FRENCH ARMY, via Paris, Aug. 3. On the anniversary of the last day of the world's peace, the S65th day of the war, 1 stood in the darkness of a very advanced front trench. A short section where I stood was roofed and bomb-proofed. Through a row of narrow rifle slits came little beams of daylight that rested In flecks on the white, chalky back of tha trenches and were thrown up faintly against the logs of the trench roof. Dimly. I could gradually make out a narrow plank standing platform run ning along below the silts. A card was tacked to the wooden frame of each opening bearing the name of the par ticular soldier to whom that opening belonged. Above' each slit hung (or could hang) Its owner's rifle in nlins from the roof. Gas Antidote Kept at Hand. Every few yards, set In little recesses dug out from the back of the trench, stood fat bottles. They contained chemicals with which to soak the sol diers' mouth-coverings if attacked, by poisoned gas. The trench was nearly empty of men. But at tho loophole nearest me stood the rigid figure of a soldier. His legs were invisible In the darkness. His body showed up vaguely. His face was brilliantly lighted by the thin blade ot light through the rifle slit. He stood silent and motionless, his eyes Intently focused out Into the sunlight. No Living Thing Visible. I looked through the next slit, through a spider's web of barbed wire, between stunted black posts, across 200 yards of green grass and wild flowers, at another' tangle of posts and barbed wire with a narrow furrow of white chalky soil running along Just behind it the German trenches. Not a living thing was in sight in the sunny loneliness. There was silence except for the crack, crack, crack ot striking bullets from inaudible German rifles. I looked back at the face of the "guetteur." the watcher. His eyes, fixed on the narrow white- line, were puckered with lntentness. but his Hps were parted In an easy, good-humored smile, brightening a face young, clean cut, alert, calm and very patient. New France I Symbolised. He seemed to symbolize the spirit of th nw France, the France of endur ance, of determination, of buoyancy, of patience, the stoic France that can keeu .n.nt nrt motionless, the France that can stand in the darkness undismayed, watching and waiting till the moment comes to' leap up and out into the light. Thrmiirh nowerful glasses the onicer chnwi me little nuffs of smoke float ing up from the sunny, silent, peace ful landscape. They were from the ex ploding shells. To the right I saw high clouds of smoke rising lazily into the air out of some woods. It was a house in the German lines fired by French shells. Though the little puffs of smoke were only here and there on the land scape, everywhere I could see through the glasses the microscopic figures of peasants working busily in their fields, bringing in the harvest. Many were soldiers helping out, but many were old men, boys and women. Again the scene seemed symbolical." Behind the soldier watching in the bombproof were the innumerable tiny plodding figures, undaunted by the abrupt little puffs of smoke, doing their patient share toward bringing in the harvest. Trip Especially Arranged. ' The trip, which I was taking to the trench front, had been most kindly arranged for me by the French gov ernment S3 a special trip for my par ticular benefit. It had the advantage of enabling us to go into portions of the advanced trenches, where the larger parties could not go for fear of pre cipitating shelling by the Germans. We had not gone rar when I heard a sound like a boy cracking a toy whip: "A bullet striking near us," ex plained an officer ahead of me. I found .it almost impossible to tell the difference between the- report of the French guns and the explosions of German shells. An officer told me that their time table nickname for French gun reports was "departs" (departures), while that for the Ger man shell explosions was "arrives" (arrivals). - Of course, if either gun or shell ex plosion or both should be very near to you you can easily tell the difference, if ' there la enough of you left to tell anything. . , We walked on wun cne toy ni (Concluded oa Pase 2, Column 3.) I