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: n PnPTT ivn nnEr,n. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LV. o. 1 i.ui i. w.. , - rrrr - . - - - t GALVESTON BAYSIDE BUILDINGS RUINED All Houses on Seawall Are Destroyed TiUNSFORT IS HIGH ON USD Loss of Life Is Undetermined. , Shipping Is Wrecked. CENTRAL TEXAS HIT HARD (lorm I Srr Inland North west. Raining OofM mnd Imx Ing Town i"-cTaI Citle ! 1 liberal Comma nicatlon. TrrtlL T as. IT. T are live aa " M ie mall ta f-e s sw mmm -iImiH -t tt.nl.lf lew lf alaat. new. ewlai ta ta ewwwwelw r a .tral a. T ra,a A aala ffralsat rala -alra -IVer sows a I. D til. IV T-v. . IT. -tlM fi ssw (.alt tw la aartfcrra e waelar-r ea4 aa far aa aa Aa MK taalsht vsea betas a t ay v. saw i velweslr Mi4 fraaj ta a ealle aa svowr. rrall tal her ea4 at Aa--. ae-vwral er-w sal sew aaata eat. We nr-'-- Ira ewasaawasrav ttaa la bet- mrltoH. AX AXTOXW. T- Anc. IT. Known result, of th Oalveeloo storm aarlr tonight wr: The big army transport McClellan left high and dry after bain blown kalf a mil. Inland. All bulld'ng along watrtronl ar Many Mp destroyed and other ar a.lly dtnaiti Pecuniary Umaa U irril. Till Information rcld by Tireless tonight at Fort Sam llouton from tha transport Buford. which Is In CilTuim Harbor, affording the only mean of communication with lb tao lt4 CUT raWr af Head 1 akaa a. Whether any fatalities bava occurred 1.. not bn determined, lha Buford tr.ssxj; siylng: "Tha number of lire t I unknown." Th Buford nlt ay: Wur In building about thraa feet. tl building and structure of very aatur along waterfront ara ruined. Xany boat bv been greatly damaged nd other destroyed." -Tha army tranport McClellan I felfn and dry half a mil Inland. The .umber of It lost l unknown. Thera fees bee a great pecuniary damage" TAatrr sseltevew Weeewlw. Thl message Indicate In watr ha rs.-,ird two feet ta about threw hour, aa a received about S o'clock aid thai trie water ood fiva feet In frany treet and buitdtn. A d iuat'H from ProaneTtlla y a aytretaee report from Oalveeton an nounced that the etorm bad aubdded. 0tvinjr no other Information. K.rl er alrte rceled at fort Pam Jtou.ton from lialieelon Mid no !o of Jrf ft.d bea reported early today. Arprehenlon I fe.t for a bant F fuir train which la reroried to e left tlIeton at 3 eterday a'l.rtiori. No further word of It ba beea recled. n.w.e. wa aeawalt PealrayeaV Alt boueee alone th wer fvpvrti to ha been detroed. In dlitin t ilttn. rommunlca. t 01 h been erd between tb out M world and llouemn. Heaumont. and a 1 rnlUr citie and town a:on th tout for many mile Inland. Many of tn coaet town bad bn abandoned by the tahabttant. Tb fat of lh cauway. which con ct iiattaa with th mainland, ha ot en acrtatnd. report bavin It trial ral t bad been blown Xtnt It. destroying ectlon cf It No train bait ben reported a rrvtir; to th mainland Tbi may b Cue. niwr. to hln water. 5ach rr.ecr information a ha ben .teed Indicate that the eawl rd l' j'ur;ro. holdlnc back tb wair from th eulf ld of tb city. onitu onus auk nAMw.nn IViimonl, llou.lon. Taj lor and Tempi -re Swept. n.IJ-5. Te. Aus. IT. Wlrelea friear from Oalelon today a tn r.nly direct new from that city. No dnntt new of loe of lit ba te.n rp-rtrd. but a late afternoon wtre m.e'ace eald tbat boat wer tam rereon from bt Hdtns on th riait etreet to th I rll.d fta;- trmn wort t-uf rd. Tb trcr'cal burrtcan which awept owa on th W'.and city yeeterday e tended It deiraatattoa Inland today, and tonight wire communlcatlun wa lm--oibl bejtond Who. FeauraontJ Houston. Taylor. Temple and other rlttea of !utheal Teaa wer Iboucht to bav been hard hit by th ilnrm. 4at report from tboa place teiltn of unrof.d buildinc. uprooted tree and other daniace. Although lateet report from Gale toa by wlrelra Indicated that tb aiorm was ubtdmc thera and that th water bad started to drain slowly from th street, ther wa no proep-ct that communication mleht bo reatoeed for aetaral dara Hundred ot mile of wire ara down. l Waco. nearTy 1 mile northwest f (ia'.eeston. the barometer waa fall Inc early ion:ht arid a al was J-lowtns; with unabatl forca This saad aa, Aa 2, f aiaiaa KINSHIP IS MIXED BY MARRIAGE TIES um.iD'8 rxciJE axd wires MOTHUt ARE CXITED. Wrddlns of Camas Couple at Van rouTt-r Provides w Srlrs of Krlallonsblpa. VANCOtTER. TVh, Aof. IT. (Spe cial. ) Throuca a marrlajt crmony her today, an unci bacam th father. In-law of his nephew, tb witr.es bis own cousin, and many other pacullar combination war causad. J. W. Wrlsht, I year old. married Mr. Bernlec liutchlnron. l. K. K. H. awyr. pastor of tha First Chris tian Church, per form I of th ermony Th wltnsa wr Mr. and Mm. Clark Kersey, of Cam a. Th brtdea-room la aa and of Mr. Kersey and th brkd la Mrs. Kersey's .it..- u r wrirht eonaaouently b- come father-in-law of Mr. Kry. as ell a unci. Mr. Krsy. thrfor. la aon-ln-law. aa well aa nepuew, so Mr. Wrlcbt Mr. Wrlsht. as well as bln Mrs. Kersey's mother, becomes br aunt. Mr. and lira. V ri;ht will mak their bom la Camaa. POPE ARRANGES EXCHANGE Interned OWIIIans of Aon-Mllltar) As to B Sen I Home. ROME, Tla Tarls. Aug. IT. Ptmeul- tlca predentin th accomplishment of th rope' plan to scbana Interned civilian of non-military as, says th Osservatr Romua, bar been sur mounted. Tb British rortrnmul bartnf arreed to treat Uerma n submarln craws tb am a other prisoners, and the Ger man government havln discontinued special treatment ot ISrttlsh olTicr. th Holy Sea renewed Us appeal to Ger many to carry out th at-reemenl al ready made. On Aucust t th Carman Ministry telejrapbed from Liiinno a favorable reply. WOMAN HAS BERI-BERI Wife of Captain of rrmTlan Bark Stricken After Voyagr. PORT TOWNS END. Wh, Auf. IT. Mr. Parajon. wlf of th captain of th Peruvian bark Alliance, six mem bers of who crw died on th voya from Csllao because of brl-brt. has ben sttacked by th disease and was placed In a hospital hera today. Captain Parajon was not affected. and during- th latter part of th voy ax lie wa th only able-bodied man on board. Th food used on th voyac wa polished rice, hardtack and salt meat, and lha disease waa caused by Ihta diet, public health servlc officials r. GRAND JURY IS ATTACKED Abolishment to Be Sought by Refer, endum In California. I.OS ANGFL.ES, Auc. IT. R. II. Uor ton, a County Supervisor, announced to his eolleaa-ue today- that he Intended to rirculat petition to placa on th neat state ballot Iba question ot abol ishing th -rand Jury system In Cali fornia. -Tha strand Jury system Is an un American rello of barbarUm." said Nor ton, who declared b bad no substitute for It. "Wa bav IMstrlct Attorneys." h said, "with power to Investigate crime. It all arreta b mad on In formations and complaints." RUNAWAY AUTO HITS BOY Centralla Youth I Injured While Mtlln; on Home Steps. CKNTKAXJA. Wash.. Aua. IT (Sp cial.) When r K. Kdward loot con trol of an automobile h was drlnc. It ran Into th rrcmlso of I' bar ls Matson on .iuth Pearl atreet and In jured Mr. Matson' son. Tb boy. w ho had been lttinit on th step of hi horn, waa severely bruised. Ill Injur! ara not permanent. FALL OF VERDUN ORDERED Crown Prince Sa With City Taken War W ill i:nd by December. liKXKVA. ttwltierland. AusT. IT. Th correspondent of th Journal la Fulsse of (itnrva. at th front In tb VosKea. says that tn an army order recently Issued by th Herman Crown Prince and found on prisoners taken by the French, ta the followlnc phrase: "W hall take, wa must take. Ver dun, Then tha war will ba finished by Icctnlwr at tha latest." BALKAN STATES ARMING Rome Believes Decision Near In Bul garia, t; recce and Roumania. ROVE, via ran. Aug. IT. Reports rvcelved by th Italian Government from Roumania. BuIgaHa and Greece show th military preparations In those countries are being carried on with Intense activity. In some quarters her this I taken as an Indication that the states are nearlrg a decision aa to their policy In th war. General John C. Black Dead. CHICAOO, Aug. IT. General John C Black, Civil War veteran, ex-Rpreen-tativ In Congress and ex-United State Commissioner of Pension, died ud denly today at hi room at a Chicago hotel, lie wa commander-in-chief of tha Grand Army of th RcpubUo in !., FRANK LYNCHED 100 MILES FROM PRISON Deed Result of Care ful Preparation. PURSUIT IS MADE DIFFICULT Body Found Hanging Near Home of Mary Phagan. COUNTY TO INVESTIGATE Gathering Crowd Threatens Muti lation, bni on Pleat of ex-Judge Votes by brio vi lng of Hands to Moderate Action. MARIETTA. Cs, Aug. IT Leo M. Frank, convicted of th murder of Mary Phafian. sentenced to desth and later by act of th Governor sent Instead to prison for life, was tsken from th stat prison rarm at Milled; vlll last nlsht by a small band of de termined men, was brou.ht to within a few miles of th Phagan horn in this city at dayllKht today, and banted to a tree on th Mllledg-evllle highway. Tha body, which waa found at S o'clock this mornlnr. dangled from tb tree for several hour, while a throne from th surrounding countryside gath ered. By a vol of th crowd th body waa cut down without mutilation and taken by automobile to Atlanta, where another throng; congregated to view It. Caaaty Bea-laa laveatlaatloa. Officials of Cobb County, In which the lynching- occurred. Immediately started an Investigation. Coroner Booth em paneled a Jury and announced that the County Commissioners had empowered him to employ additional counsel. Two witnesses appeared before th Jury which adjourned its sessions for a week while officials collect evidence. While "tha Identity of no member of the band was known to official to night. It waa suggested that the fact thst Frsnk was taken nearly 100 miles In an automobile from the state prison almost to the outskirts of Marietta In dicated that moat of the lynchers cam from this city. Body Faaad After Search. The body was discovered by search ers from severs! cities In this section, who started out In automobiles after news spread that Frank had been kid naped from the Stat Prison Farm. Hannrlnir from an oak tree, the body was found clothed only In the silk shirt which Frank wore when be was torn from a bed In the prison dormitory. A whit handkerchief covered bis face, his feet and legs were firmly bound and under his right Jaw was the knot of th hangman's noosa expertly tied to effect a speedy death. News of the discovery of the bodj spread quickly and a great crowd had gathered before th arrival of Coroner Booth. The lattor'a announcement that It would ba cut down Immediately aroused some objection. There were cries of. "Don't move the Jew's body until w hoot It full of hole." but rl ,.-or,r.,.ied on ra.. column ! of the strike. 1..,un,.r.... ssseeeesesssseessssesssssssssssJissiiii esssssssssssssssssss.ssesss...sss.ss NOW, IT HAS COME TO THIS. : - f not no! 1 j Fit?E"De?iLL in J CHILDREN. I y &tJcr f This SCM001 wai vmyy? MATCHING iS X a . t "''A THFCMUORFflWlU Pfh AMD CONVCTS Y f i : 7y plJJMifXMctcL u I "'7,6 rHEBOtlOiriOwfJftjmK ' t VM Vk l " (orctE ' ; : WyfA fwASHMfrTON X LJ IK-YZ 1 (erFATAt.l S t j I I r-, e I 1 f PINO POHO 'I jrO Wsjl j l.J.J.UtJL-l..'-.-.-SX ..!-- l-i-t .sL,.o.--S-'J ' ' "-" IiSPEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tha Weather. YESTERDAY'S sfaxlium temperature. It O r ; minimum, 60 degress. TODAY'S Fair and warmer, northerly w mas. War. British transport and about 1000 troops sunk by German submarine. Pas 2. British credit expert explains abnormal rate of exchange. Pit i- KusL Germany's proposal to submit Frye caa to commission mvwY- . - Domestic, Leo . "rank carried nearly 100 miles by captors and lynched near Mary Pbasan's Lynching ef lo Frank Is declared better than "Judicial mwissr. rase All buildings on Oalveston waterfront ruined. 2'ase 1. Benson dsy celebrated with enthusiasm at Exposition. Psge 1. - Kt. Pacific Coast Lesgue results: Bait Lake 1, Portland w; Ios snieici v oma ....... 4; Vcrnon-UaJtland gam postponed. Pegs 0. Walter hops to get two from Spokaa to In.-.- lln. OS.. Tennis stars bav bard time la early rounds s 1 jtewporu Paelfla Karthwesi. John Austin Hooper's plan revealed by as sociate, s-ase t- Advance In war stocks depresses industrials. rag Ji. Complex local situation alscts grain mar ket her. Page IS. gwsn Island offered Port Commission for XJV0.UOO.' Page 12. Wedding at Vancouver mixes relationship of Urau eoupl. Page A. Storms advance wheat. Page IX wlafl aad Tknltf. School Board Is advised it has no authority il ...ul I kinH.p.arl.n .l.otlnn Rl'H- l.mo.r j. 1 1 High efflrlals of Northern Pacific ar Port land visitors. Pag -H. O. Hanson, accused of IS burglaries, bsld ID g.uA JU1 J. I .v City brtds-e csrpenter examination taken by 1. Paxe 16. Portland persons shocked and condemn lyncnerm, r . Weather report, data and forecast. Psgs 1. BORAH STIRS SUFFRAGISTS Senator Refuses to See Committee on Proposed Amendment, BOISE, Idaho, Aug-. IT. Loctl and national suffragettes have been on the trail ot Senator William E. Borah with special vigor recently In an effort to Induce him to alter his position on national equal suffrage. Miss Mabel Veron. field secretary of the congressional union for woman's suffrage recently Interviewed the Sena tor here and named a committee to see him later. Senator Borah. In effect, de clines to meet this committee. He says the proposed amendmena is impractic able. AMERICAN PROTESTS FAIL Gunboat Sutrplon Order4 to Take I'p Moorings in Inner Port. LONDOJf, Aug. IT A dispatch from Sofia to Reuter"s Telegraph Company says the Turkish authorities at Con stantinople have ordered the American gunboat Scorpion to take up her moor ings In the inner port of the Golden Horn. Ambassador Morgan thau's protests were unavailing, the dispatch says, but he was able to utilize the occasion to settle some minor questions which have been pending. Welsh Miners Impatient. LONDON. Aug. IT. Miners meeting at various places in the South of Wales coal field yesterday adopted resolutions expressing dissatisfaction at the delay in completing a new wage agreement and recommending that unless a set tlement Is reached soon another con ference be held to consider the renewal of tha strike. REAL FIGHTERS ARE NOW SEEN IN PARIS Aspect of Capital Un dergoes Change. SOLDIERS HOME ON LEAVE Life in Trenches Has Trans formed City Dwellers. LOVE OF SPORT ACQUIRED Association With British Allies Has Had Effect Reunited Families Once More Make Merry Along; Boulevards. fCopyrlght. 115. by the Chicago Tribune. Published by Arrangement.) pirns ii.w These days the streets present a different appearance from any of the thousand and one as pects they hsve had during all the last year. For months now we have become ac customed to the military uniform among us, but almost always it has been worn by the wounded. When our eyes glimpsed a "horizon blue" coat, or . hnerv zouave tTOUser. uncQHStiuuB'J wa nrenared ourselves for tne nan daged head, the arm In a sling, or some other accustomed mark of the wounaea 'poilu" home on convalescence. Real Flghtera Streaming; In. Perhaoa there was that other type of the military the officer who had tsken un tha army as sn easy proies slon, with no possibility of war on his schedule, and who now Is mucn nap ni.. in PaHs than on the front. These men are always meticulously dressed, dandles, indeed, though they usually ret tha scant attention they deserve During this last two weeks the real fighters have been streaming into Paris. The men have a four days' leave of absence. They are the men who have been through all the campaign without a scratch, the soldiers Ana 01 fleers that the war has hardened and strengthened until they seem tnvui nerablo to you as you see them march with that free, easy gait down the hniiievards. and you see the fine. healthy glow that open-air life has put In their faces. Most of these men had never slept in a room with a window open in their lives. They never traveled in a train in w-hirh there were two windows open at the same time. They all wore cotton in their ears in the Winter, and gen erally coddled themselves. Next Generation Will Reap Benefit. Now they stifle in the shut-up Paris buildings, and if one wishes to be really comfortable on a railroad Journey he must choose a compartment with only soldiers In It. for they are sure to open everything up wide. All this is going to be good for the next generation of Frenchmen: this love of open air will lead to outdoor sports and camping and mountain life, 1 - 1 . ( Tuesdays War Moves i .. .I-,,, . i. - I, THE sinking In the Aegean Sea by a German submarine of the British transport Royal Edward with heavy loss of life has shattered the proud tradition of the British navy of hav ing transported hundreds of thousands of men across the sea without the de struction of one troop-laden ship. On two previous occasions transports have been attacked. The Wayfarer was torpedoed by a submarine in the Irish Sea. but the vessel was not sunk, and only five lives were lost. The Manitou was attacked by a Turkish torpedo boat in the Aegean Sea, and, although, the ship waa not damaged, 5 lives wera lost throue-1- he breaking of a rope as a b . eing lowereo. Th. - i' -lb un V rl ward val Edward is O0 'Jc ,oment. The men , "Piot "part of a new ex- C.at were reinforcements for Vet?,,eI1ty-ninth division, which has een on the Galllpoll peninsula since the first landing, and which received high praise from General Hamilton in his report on the initial and subsequent operations. The news was a shock to the British nubile who believed the submarine menace in the Aegean had been dealt with successfully. This Is the first occasion since the sinking of the battleship Majestic, on May 2T, when the German submarines which made the long trip to the Dardanelles, have scored a success. The retreat of the Russians from Poland continues, and it is believed probable they will have to fall back farther than the Brest-Litovsk line, as Berlin reports that General Lits mann has stormed and taken the forts on the southwest front of Kovno. cap turing 4500 prisoners and 240 guns. This jnay mean the early fall of the fortress Itself, between which and the capture of the Vllna-Warsaw-Petrograd railway there cannot be much delay. Another fort on the northeast front of Novogeorgievsk also has fallen and the cordon Is being closed around the fortress. Other armies from the west and the south are advancing toward the Brest-Litovsk line. There has been continued activity among the diplomats In the Balkan capitals and among the Balkan repre sentatives in other capitals. The Ser bian Minister to Great Britain, who has been a frequent visitor at the For eign Office, saw Sir Edward Grey again yesterday, while another caller was the Roumanian Minister. There have been no developments in the situation, how ever. The Italians, according to telegrams from Rome, have begun another gen eral offensive against the Austrians, but there has been no news of moment from anj of the other fronts. ' FELLOW - STUDENTS WED Romance Begun In Pendleton High School Leads to Marriage. PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) A romance that began in the Pendleton High School Sunday result eI in the marriage of Flossie H. Kim- brell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kimbrell and Jewell A. Roorlt. Mrs. Roork is a graduate of the class of '13. The bridegroom is of the class of 10. Rev. C. A. Hodshlre, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiated. The bride was attended by Miss Ruth Norman. The wedding march was played by Miss Velda Roork, of Grass Valley. Or. and Miss Edna Wisdom sang. After 1 honeymoon trip in the mountains the couple will make their home south of Pilot Rock. ' PENNSYLVANIANS ARE WON Portland Courtesy Declared First on Tour Free of Charge. Declaring that Portland and its Chamber of Commerce had provided the first courtesies for their party which had been extended without cost since their three months' tour of the United States began, a group of 27 Pennsylvania citizens left Portland last night and were vociferous in their praise of the city and its people. "Every place we have visited until we reached Portland we were asked to pay for every privilege," said J. M. Hutton. "Some places we were charged for the privilege of resting in a chair." BELGIAN RELIEF PUSHED Commission Increases Fleet of Sup ply Steamers to Eight NEW YORK, Aug. 17. The Commis sion for Relief in Belgium announced today that it has chartered five addi tional steamships to carry supplies from -America for the Belgians. These together with those previously char tered make a fleet of eight steamships in all flying the flag of the commis sion. The new ships chartered are the Andreas, the Mohaesfield, the O. Rlos, the Ocstdijk and the Otto Sverdrup. All these steamships are of the larger type of freighters. OFFICER LOSS IS LISTED Casualties Among German Cora manders Put at 43,972. PARIS. Aug. 17. The Popolo d'ltalla of Rome, according to the Havas News Agency, prints the following dispatch from Basel, Switzerland: "Germany has lost 43,972 officers since the war began, according to fig ures from German official sources. The dead total 13.S03. the wounded 26, 827, the missing 2349, while 993 are numbered as priscr. rs. Included in the total are, 121 General," , BENSON DAY AS PERFECT SETTING Honors Heaped on Ore gon's First. Citizen. DISTINGUISHED MEN THERE Noteworthy Ceremony Held in Court of Abundance. THRONGS IN ATTENDANCE Glories of Exposition and Hospital ity of Many Hearts Combine to Make Climax of Oregon Week Memorable. BY ANNE SHANNON MONROE. OREGON EXPOSITION BUILDING, San Francisco, Aug. 17. If a day, a seUing, an atmosphere and a spirit had been selected out of the universe pur. posely to honor that great-hearted gentleman, Simon Benson, nothing bet ter could have been planned than that which actually made history at the exposition today. There were the glorious burst of sunshine which banished the fogs early this morning; the magnificent automo bile parade; the Inspiring and lofty ceremonies in the heaven-sent Court of Abundance; President Moore's lunch eon, where so many distinguished men who met to honor our great citizen were abashed by the very simplicity of greatness; the informal reception in the Oregon building in the afternoon. when such throngs pressed in to take him by the hand that Commissioner Logan in sheer protection of our guest had finally to break up the receiving line; and at the close there was the brilliant formal reception In the even ing, when the entire rustic pavilion was turned into an enchantment of woodland beauty, all fern and flr em braced, and lighted by hundreds of Japanese lanterns. Thousand Attend Reception. At this reception more than 1000 per sons did honor to our first citizen. The day was a long succession of beautiful events. Everyone wanted to add honor to honor. The band from the battleship Oregon played all the afternoon in the balcony and the reception room was one great glory of blossom and green ery, roses and tiger lilies being sent in huge quantities by Mrs. Eleanor Martin, Oregon's loyal friend. It will never be possible to give all the names of people here, but distinguished guests from all over Oregon and from many states and countries thronged the building. C. N. Ravlln, manager for the clay, certainly achieved distinction. Parade Moves to Grounds, In the parade to the grounds, occu pying the first car were Simon Benson. Commissioner Logan. D. O. Lively and Governor Wlthycombe; in the second, Samuel Hill, Amos Benson, Mrs. Alice Benson Beech, Miss Georgie Benson and John B. Yeon; in the third. Miss Clara Simon, Merle Simon and Sam Simon; in the fourth, ex-Senator Simon and his party; next came Mrs. John F. Lo gan, Mrs. C. N. Ravlin, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Connell of Grants Pass, and Charles A. Adams of San Francisco; in other cars .were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dooly, M. F. Brady, Phil F. Buelke. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Clark, Miss Margaret Cooper, State Superintendent Churchill, President Kerr of Oregon Agricultural College, George M. Hyland, N. R. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Holt, and many other well-known Oregontans. - Arriving at the Court of Abundance those named found places on the plat form, where they were welcomed by President Moore, of the exposition, and Arthur Arlett, representing the Gov ernor of California. The exposition band furnished the music, and in the most beautiful setting in the world, with fountains playing, birds flying about overhead, flowers everywhere, and before an audience that filled every seat, the ceremonies of the day took place. Honor Given In Time. D. O. Lively, the chairman, spoke elo quently of Oregon and of his pride in being a citizen of that state. He said Oregonians were a peculiar people In that they gave honor where honor was due, or, as the Irishman put it, "be stowed the bouquet while riie nose was still warm to receive it" It was in keeping with the spirit of the people to have selected as their "first citizen" a man foremost in civic accomplish ments. Mr. Lively added. President Moore said, in part: "We of California, are a neighbor to Oregon and a friend to Oregon. We are pleased that Oregon in naming her first citizen' maintains her record of 'Oregon first.' We have had many great days, extolling great exhibits and great men; beyond all exhibits that glorify the exposition city; beyond art, beyond science, beyond beauty of land scape or coloring; way, way beyond all else is the human exhibit. It is In line with our policy to exalt the hu man; it honors the whole state to honor such a man as Simon Benson, who has graciously permitted us this honor. It is symbolic of the citizenship of Oregon. Day la Inspiration to Citizenship. . "I do not need to eulogize Mr. Benson. The fact that he has been selected is sufficient proof of his right to the place of honor, and this day will b an inspiration to the plain citizenship ACondudea oo P 6. .Columa A). . f I