: n PnPTT ivn nnEr,n. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18, 1915. PRICE
FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LV. o. 1 i.ui i. w.. , - rrrr
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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
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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,
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( Tuesdays War Moves
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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
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