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Newspaper Page TextVOL. L.V NO. 17,133. 'PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1915. PRICE - FIVE CENTS. GERMANS DEAF TO PLEA FOR Whitlock Is Unable to Save English Nurse. AMERICANS UNITE IN EFFORT Report of Minister to Belgium Reaches London. EXECUTION IS SPEEDY German Military Authorities Ac cused of Bad Faith Governor Reluctant to Receive Pro tests of Frlenat. tOXDOx, Oct. 21. The full report of the circumstances of the condemnation and execution of Miss Edith Cavell, an Englishwoman and head of a training: school in Brussels, for helping: English, French and Belgian soldiers to escape from Belgium, made by Brand Whit lock, the American Minister at Brus sels, to Walter II. Pajre, the American Ambassador at London, was issued by the Krltlsh government tonight. How the secretary of the American legation, Hugh S. Gibson,, sought out the German Governor, Von der Lane ken, late at night bef o-e the execution,' and, with the Spanish Minister, pleaded with the Governor and the German of ficers for the Englishwoman's life, is graphically related in a memorandum from Mr. Gibson. Bad r'alth la (horned. This document makes reference to an apparent lack of faith on the part of the German authorities in failing to keep their promise to inform the Amer ican Minister fully of the trial and sentence, ' Minister Whitlock telegraphed to Ambassador Page on the 12th: "Miss Cavell sentenced yesterday and executed at 3 o'clock this morning, de spite our best efforts continued until the last moment."-- . Whitlock Mokes I'lnal ' Appeal."- " ' Mr. Whitlock's final appeal was In the form of a note sent by a messen ger late on the night of the 11th to Governor von dor Lancken, reading as follows: "Mon Cher Baron Je suis trop ma lade pours vous presenter ma requite mol-menie. mals je fais appel a votre generositle de couer pour l'appueyer t snuvcr de la morte cette malheur euse. Aye ' pitte ' d-He! Votre blon devoue. BRAND WHITLOCK." Translation f'My Hear Baron I am too sick to present my request myself, but I ap peal to your generosity of heart to support it and save from death this unhappy woman. Have pity on her! Tours truly. , BRAND WHITLOCK." (rrnaim Norsed by Miss Cavell. Mr. Whitlock also said that Miss Cavell had nursed German soldiers. Mr. Pelavan. counsellor of the Amer ican legation, reported to Minister Whitlock: "This morning Mr. Gahan, an English clergyman, told me that he had seen Miss Cavell in her cell yesterday night at 10 o'clock and that he had given her holy communion and had found her admirably strong" and calm. "I asked Mr. Gahan whether she had made any remarks about anything con i rntns the lettal siije of her case and whether the confession she made before trial and in court was in his opinion perfectly free and sincere.' " Mr. Gahan said she told him she was perfectly well and knew what she had done, that according to the law, of course, she was guilty and admitted It, but that the was happy to die for her country." Promised Information 7ot Given. Secretary Gibson's report said that Conrad, an official of the German civil branch, gave positive assurances on the 11th that the American Legation would be fully informed of the develop ments In the case, and continues: "Despite these assurances, we made repealed inquiries in the course of the day, the last one being at 6:20 P. M. Mr. Conrad then said that sentence had not been pronounced and specifically re newed his previous assurances that he would not fail to inform us as soon as there was any news. "At 8:30 o'clock it was learned from an outside source that sentence had been passed in the -ourse of the after noon, before the last conversation with Mr. Conrad, and that execution would take place during the night." Secretary Gibson thereupon sought the Spanish Minister, with the Amer ican Minister's note for clemency, and. with Mr. Delavan they went to Von der Lancken's quarters. Finding the Governor and his staff absent, they telephoned to them, asking them to return on a matter of the utmost ur gency. The Governor, with his staff, returned shortly after 10 o'clock. Governor Discredits Report. Secretary Gibson's report to Minister Whitlock continues: "The circumstances of the case were "plained to him and your note was presented. He read it aloud in our presence. He expressed disbelief In the report that the sentence had actually been passed, and manifested some sur prise that we should give credence to any report not emanating from official sources. He was quite insistent on knowing the exact source of our In formation, but Jthia I did not feel at liberty to commfcnlcate to him. "Baron von der Lancken said that it was quite improbable that sentence " (.Concluded uu i, Column &.) WOMAN EDISON LOSES HAT IN ADMIRING CROWD KCSH SEPARATES IXVEXTOU FROM HIS WIFE. Conversation Is Carried On by Tele phone From San Francisco ' . to West Orange. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21. Thomas A. Edison had his day at the Panama Pa cific Exposition today and at the con clusion of the exercises in Festival Hall the crowd endeavoring to shake hands with him was so great that Mr. Edison lost his hat. Speaking of the crowd which had as sembled to pay homage to the inventor, Charles C. Moore, president of the ex position, said the hall had never .eld so many people. It "was estimated more than 4000 gained admittance. "And there are more people on the out side than on the inside," said ' Mr. Moore, referring to the high esteem In which Mr. Edison is regarded by the American public. After the speech-making and before Mr. Edison -could, leave "the. building oy a side exit, the crowd rushed to the stage so quickly that Mr. and Mrs. Edi son became separated. It was during this excitement that Mr. Edison's hat disappeared. It later was recovered. In the long-distance telephoning en tertainment Mr. Edison talked with Miller R. Hutchinson, at West Orange, Mr. Hutchinson bdtng" chief engineer of the Edison plant. In the Edison lab oratory about 250 friends and employes of the Edison company were supplied with receivers and listened to the con versation of Mr. Edison and several of the "Sfcst Orange company officials. Phonographs were played, at each end of the line, being heard distinctly at the other end BIG LUMBER ORDER DUE Bids on 7,7 80,000 Feet of Fir for Canal Vsc Asked. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 21. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor millmen are pre paring bids on the Government order, soon to be let, for 7,780,000 feet of Douglas fir to be used in the Panama Canal zone. The specifications, which have been received here, include everything from fancy ceiling to . heavy tim bers. The request for proposals give the grading rules of the West-Coast Lumber Association prominence. Bids will be opened November 5. The ma terial is to be delivered at Colon or Ancrrn-lsetween January 1 and March I, 13 PASS BR EXAMINATION Of 25 Applicnnts for Admission, 12 Are X'nsuccessful. SALEM, Or., Oct. 21. CSpecial.) Thirteen out of 25 persons who took the state bar examination here October 5 passed and will be admitted to prac tice law in Oregon, it was announced. The successful applicants are: Walter . M. Huntington, R. M. Alton. Geraldine McCowan, R. W. Cabell, Paul Y. Eckert and Arthur M. Geary, all of Portland; Ford Hendricks, Fossil: R. D. Calkins and W. C. Barbour, Eugene; D. E. Fletcher, Olive J. van Valin and O. H. Carson, of Salem, and Ray Mark, Sheridan. GERMANS' FISH CUT OFF Fleet Withdrawn From North Sea Following British Raids. Tlvnn' Tic 21. Because the Brit ish fleet has been hunting German trawlers in the North Sea. especially on Dogger Bank! the Germans have withdrawn their fishing fleet from the Vrt. neenrrtina- to a disnatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph company. As the result, the message adds, the price of fish in Germany la going up and the price of fish in Sweden is rising in sympathy. PRESS SIMPLIFIES WORDS Illinois Newspapers Accept List of Twelve Tor Use. ,. CHICAGO. Oct. 21. The 12 words proposed by the Simplified Spelling Board, in its efforts to accustom the general public to the use of simplified spelling, were indorsed today by The Illinois Dally Newspaper Association in a communication to its members throughout the state. The words approved are: Tho, aitho, thru, thruout. thoro, thoroly, thorofare. program, prolog, catalog, decalog and pedagog. BREATH HELD 10 MINUTES Berkeley Student Makes Record for Suspension of Respiration. BERKELEY, Cal., Oct. 21. What is said to be a new record for voluntary suspension of respiration has been mida by Warren I. Horner, a graduate student of the University of California, in an experiment conducted by Dr. Sax ton Temple Pope, instructor in surg ery, according to a statement made public today. Dr. Tope caused Horner to hold his breath 10 minutes and 10 seconds. Jewish Immigrants lo Re Aided. NEW YORK. Oct. II. Isidor Hersh field. of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, sailed on the steamer Ryndam today to organize a central bureau in Europe to aid the large number of ( Jews who are ex pected to emigrate to the United States st the end of the war. He was ac companied, by a staff of experts. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WILL JOIN MILITIA Alternative to Plan for Cadet Corps Adopted- SERVICE TO BE VOLUNTARY Schools to Give Credits Enlistment and Drill. ; for BOARD INDORSES PROJECT Opponents Are Given Audience, but Their Views Arc. Not Adopted. Pleas Presented for Number of New School Buildings. Despite the radical opposition of "anti-militarists," who declared, that voluntary military instruction in toe high schools is "un-American because military" and a measure that "was not the outgrowth of popular demand," the members of the School Board adopted yesterday the recommendation offered by the teachers' committee, approving the principle of military instruction In the Portland high schools. Enrollment of the high school stu dents in the Oregon National Guard and the Naval Militia is the form of training that was unanimously agreed upon. This decision followed a can vass of the students by City Superin tendent Alderman. Under the plan a3 a-pted all the equipment, supplies anl uniforms will be furnished by the Gov ernment through the state. -redlta to Be Given for Drill. The students will be encouraged to enlist in the state service and will receive graduation credits in their school work for attendance at -drills. The working out of this idea was placed1 in the hands of a committee composed of the teachers' committee. City Superintendent and Adjutant- General of the state. ' This' corrmittee .will be composed of Dr. Alan T.'elch Smith, S. P. Lock wood L. R. Alderman and Adjutant-General George A. White. They will proceed with, the plans immediately. O. M. Plummer was the only mem ber of the Board who was not pres ent and without his vote the measure was passed unanimously after It had been attacked by Paul Stark Sceley and John Lloyd. Proposal Meets Opposition. After the resolution had been read and Chairman M. G. Mynly asked for a discussion. Mr. Seeley declared that 'military instruction does not belong n the public school system. ' It is a great mistake," he said, "that the ques tion should reach a definite decision before all those interested and affected have a chance to discuss it. "Military training in the high schools means that the boy Is taken at an im pressionistic age, when hehas no broad view and is hypnotized by the glamor of the brass band, the parade and brass buttons. He does not see the intent that is back of the scheme, and the (Concluded on Page 9, Column 1.) ......................... ................................................... . . . 4. LITTLE OFF THE EDGES. ! p : 1 I ... .......... ........ ...... INDEX OF TODAYS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 62 degress; minimum, 47 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; south westerly winds. War. Brand Whitlock reports on efforts to save English nurse from execution by Oer mans. Page 1. King o Bulgaria fights at front. Page Mexico. Three American troopers killed by Mexican bandits. Page 3. Europe withholds recognition of Carranza until status of claims xixea. fge i. . - National. Democrats rally to fight defense programme. a rage ii. 1 Oomestic. Railway traffic l.. East booming. Page 4. Jame Couzeni says he was "disgusted" by . Henry Ford's views. Page 4. Thomas Edison loses hat as exhibition crowd rushes to shake hands. Page 1. Mr. Mllen testifies to "cut throat" railroad mot hods in New England. Page 4. Arlington. Va talks to Paris by wireless telephone. Page 3. ' Government operation of merchantmen to Orient advocated by Mr. McAdoo. Page 7. Photographs show nature of trouble In Pan ama Canal. Page 1.. Sports. Coast league results: Salt Lak 7. Les An geles 5; Oakland 9, ban Francisco 4; Ver non 3, Portland 1. Page 14. Bezdek considers defeat big aid to team that'll meet Whitman tomorrow. Page IS. Intenecholastlc football shakeup threatens with protest on Lincoln player. Page 17. University of Oregon limits athletics. Psge- J. Multnomah-Seattle boxing and wrestling tourney on tonight, page 16. Pacific Northwest. Briefs in action against prohibition law be fore Washington court today. Page 6. rr. Clayton L. Ransom, of Mill City, la found dead near Wyoming hunting camp. Page 6. Baptist to participate in prohibition Jubilee. Page 7. Mrs. McMath elected president of Mothers Congress. Page 6. Fourteen big steamship lines consider call at Portland. Page 1. Military training adopted by School Board. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Carranza government of Mexico is in local market for several million feet of rail road ties and stringers. Page 18. Large shipments .of Pacific Coast onions to Eastern states. Page 21, Chicago wheat breaks on larger movement to terminals. Page 21. Spectacular advance In war stocks In Wall street. Page 21. Portland and Vicinity. Prominent men say Portland should go on record for National defense at Tuesday dinner. Page Council not satisfied with Mr. deck's . budget revision. Page Jit. Net. films are shown. Page 15. Weather report, data and forecast. Page -1. Willamette Valley Southern trip tomorrow to reach new trade territory. Page 22. HIGH SCHOOL LIMITS DANCE Girls of Washington High Warned Against Ragging or "Stepping.", Hagging or .'stepping," aa Jt ja called by. the students at Washington High Fchool. will be under the ban strictly at that Institution and will not be tol erated at school dances. - This ultl matum was delivered to the girls of the school Thursday morning by Prin cipal H. H. Herdman, when he addressed them on the subject of "Dancing." He declared, in brief, that he disap proved of "stepping," or ragging and that the practice would not be counte nanced at the dances he had the power to control. The girls seemed quite willing to comply with the expressed wishes of the school head. Internal Revenue Increases. WASHINTOX, Oct. 21. Internal rev enue receipts increased $ 11,419.622 dur ing the three months ended September 30, as compared witn the correspond ing quarter of the previous year. The total was $104,869,000. The Income tax during the three-months period, aggre gated $11,123,336, an increase of $3,606, 586. In September internal revenue re ceipt from all sources were $32,833,335. 14 LINES CONSIDER PORTLAND FOR GALL Three ProrcY'vice With!3.,0 One Year. DEEP CHANNEL OPENS WAY Chamber Presses Claims of Port Before Companies. SHIPPING GOAL NEARER Direct Routes to Orient, Islands. Alaska, South America and. Europe Advocated In Nego tiations With Big Concerns.- After months of the most exhaustive study of trade conditions and the needs of Portland as a seaport, the Chamber of Commerce has made unmistakable headway in the second big preliminary step toward making this city one of the main shipping centers of the Pa cific Coast, with direct steamer lines to the Orient, Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, South America and Europe. Negotiations quietly conducted for the past few months between the trado and commerce bureau of the Chamber and 14 big steamship lines have reached a point where it can be announced with certainty that at least three, and prob ably five, lines will establish dire.-t service to Portland within one year. It should be understood that this takes into account the likelihood that the European war may still be in prog ress a year from now. Should the war end sooner, there is abundant reason to believe that at least two other lines, now unable to enter the field, would also make Portland their main port of call on the Pacific Coast. Deep Channel Opens Was.. Headway by the Chamber in this sec ond preliminary step in the upbuilding of Portland as a large port has been made possible by the completion of the first preliminary step the . per manent removal of the old barrier f shallow water on the Columbia ltlvcr Bar and with it removal of the last obstacle to the passage of the largest ships between Portland and tho open sea. , The last survey on the bar, made In September by United States engineer in charge of the improvement worx there, showed a depth at low water in the channel of 66 feet. The constant deepening of the bar during the past two .years ' has now demonstrated beyond question that this handicap to Portland's aspirations as a seaport has at last been permanently overcome. Fourteen Lines ponslder Proposals, It would still be somewhat prema ture to announce the names of the linea that have given definite assurance of establishing direct connection with Portland within the next 12 months, or sooner. However, the names of the 14 lines with which negotiations havo been or still are In progress were given out yesterday by TV. 15. B. Dodson, ser (Concluded on Page 11, Column l. Thursdays War Moves THE German armies, which for nearly 15 months have been continuously fighting on one front or the other, are now on the offensive at three widely separated points against Riga and Dvinsk, In Serbia and in the Cham pagne district of France. In the two former places they con tinue to make progress, but against the French their attacks of Wednes day, delivered to the east of Kheims, met with repulse, as did those of pre vious "days. While it was expected that the Aus- tro-German onslaught In the north would be the most formidable, as a matter of fact the Bulgarian attack against the Serbians through the val leys from the east is proving the most dangerous. It is now definitely settled that the Bulgars have cut the Saloniki Nish railway to the north -of Vranya, thus driving a wedge between the main Serbian army and the Anglo-French forces which landed at Salonlkl. There is another railway which. branching off at TJskup. runs up the western side of Serbia, but It Is a con siderable way around, and besides an other Bulgarian army which is now approaching Kumanova is threatening the junction at TJskup. With the rapid sweep westward of the Bulgarians, the peoples of the al lied countries are watching with keen est interest the negotiations which are proceeding- between the governments and the King and government of Greece. These negotiations are being carried on by the British Foreign Office on behalf of the allies. Having failed to convince Greece that it was her duty to abide by the Serbo-Greek treaty and help Serbia wlwo she was attacked. the allies have made a fresh offer to that country, including the cession by Great Britain of the Island of Cyprus. This offer and an outline possible financial help is now being considered by the Zaimis Cabinet. Should the ne gotiations fail, it is expected that Greece will be aske 1 to demobilize or clearly define her acti'.udc. Conversations also are proceeding with Rou mania, which, it is understood, are in charge of the French Foreign Office. Meanwhile all the belligerents real ize that the best way to Influence the neutral states is to win a big victory. Austria, Germany and Bulgaria are trying for this in Serbia, Germany in Courland and France. Italy in the Tyrol and Trentino and Russia near Slonlm, which, roughly, is the center of the eastern front. Volhynia and Galicla. Field Marshal von Hindenburg, in his attack -on Riga, has reached Olai, which is half way between Riga and Mitau. and only a dozen mile southwest of the Baltic port. The German offensive ex tends along a front of about 70 miles, and tho German flanking movement on the rifht "has reached the Dvina River. SO miles southeast of Riga, from which point tne'Dvinsk-Riga Railway is being bombarded. As an offset to this, the Russians by a dashing attack have carried the Ger man positions southeast of Barono vichl. an important railway junction east of Slonim, on the Uda-fiovno Rail way, takinir more than 3500 prisoners and. according to German official ad mission, have continued their success on the 'Middle Styr, Kouth of tho Pripet marshes in Volhynia and Galicia. According to Petrograd, the Russians ares attempting no offensive, but con tinue to thrust at the Austrso-Germans, thus doing much damage. The Italian advance in Tyrol and. Trentino is being carried out in con formity with the plan to relieve the pressure on Serbia. New successes are reported, and it is said that a gen eral forward movement is about to begin.. With tue exception of a few German steamers which have escaped the sub marines in the Baltic, the German flag, it is declared In London, has now virtu ally been driven from the seas, even the fishing fleet in the North Sea having been forced to retire to the harbors as a result of the activity of the British cruisers. which recently captured a large number of them In retaliation for the sinking of British trawlers by German submarines. October 2, 1914. Russians win great victory. Kaiser's eastern army routed, ' leaving many wounded on field. Chinese leave Hongkong on account of war. London reports great victory, 70,000 German prisoners taken between Chalons and Longwy. WEDDING CLOSE TO DEATH Dunne Butler. Grief-Stricken, At tends to Service Detail?. SPRINGFIELD, til.. Oct, 21. Yester day a wedding occupied the minds of nearly every one at the executive man sion, and few who attended the gay reception following the wedding of Governor Dunne's daughter. Miss Eileen, and William Corboy, suspected there was a tragedy in the same house. Today the Governor and Mrs. Dunne attended the funeral of Mrs. Herbert Taylor and her baby, born Tuesday. The husband is the butler at the man sion, and despite his great grief In sisted on attending to all the service details of the reception and merry making. $700,000 LEFT FOR MUSIC Woman Druggist Bequeaths Fortune ! In SvninhonT Orchestra. CINCINNATI, Oct. 21. An amount estimated by attorneys at $700,000 has been bequeathed to the Cincinnati Sym phony Orchestra, by the will of Mies Cpra Dow, prominent retail druggist, who died here last Sunday. The will was left for probate here trjay. Besides this Miss Dow remem bered every one of her hundreds of em ployes In her will. OLO WORLD. HEARS NEW WORLD'S VOICE Ocean Is Spanned by Wireless Phone. WORDS HEARD IN HONOLULU Cable Confirms Success of Initial Experiment. EIFFEL TOWER IS USED Military Necessities of French Ciov. ernmcnt Make Test Brief Fur. thcr Work Required to Make j Device Complete. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Arlington. Va., talked by wireless telephone with Paris. France, today. Honolulu also heard tho operator talking from Arlington. Announcement that the human voice had been successfully projected across the Atlantic was made tonight on be half of John J. Carty. chief engineer of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, at the company's offices here. Later Mr. Carty telephoned from Chi cago, confirming tMe announcement. Response t'ouci Quickly. To B. B. Webb, a telephone engineer, fell the honor of being the first man to span with his voice the space be tween the old world and the new. Sit. ting In the powerful wireless plant of the Navy at Arlington, Va Mr. Webb, shortly after midnight this morning, asked the wireless telegraph operator to signal Eiffel tower In Paris. The wireless snapped out the signal and soon' there came back a response. Awaiting word from Mr. Webb at the Paris end of the wireless radiation were K. E. Shreeve and A. M. Curtis, other engineers, and a group of French, officers, listening with especially de signed apparatus. Ulan In Honolulu Waiting, In Honolulu, 4800 miles from Arling ton. Mr. Eapcnchled. another telephone engineer at the Pearl Harbor Navy yard, also was waiting. Webb, at Arlington, had a transmit ting instrument, but no receiving ap paratus. He knew, therefore, that he would have to wait for the cable to confirm the success or failure of the experiments. "Hello! Shreeve." he shouted into the mouthpiece. "Hello! Shreeve." He then began to count: "One, two, three, four; one. two, three, four. Goodbye." Success Confirmed by Cable. Late this afternoon when the ex pected message came It was addressed to the company here, and said that Webb's "Helios" and Goodbyes" had been distinctly heard by the engineers and French army officers in Paris, and that portions of his test figures had also been picked up. At about the same time there came a .message from Honolulu, saying that Webb's talk had been understood in full by the receiv ing engineer there, and that even the voice had been recognized as Webb's. Mr. Carty said over the telephone "onlght that much experimental work, will have to be done yet. however, be fore telephone communication across the -Atlantic becomes an everyday af fair of commercial life. Military Necessity Cud Talk Snort. The 'French government and the Navy Department, he said, had made it possible to conduct the test by occa sionally permitting the use of the wire less stations. Military necessities of France, he said, prevented more than brief ive of the EifTel Tower station at any one time. Remarkable Chapter Written. This successful transmission oiC speech from Arlington to Paris marka the conclusion of a remarkable chapter of experimental work begun last June, when expeditions to test wireless te lephony were sent out to Panama. San Diego. Mare Island, Cal.. Honolulu and Paris. Now all have reported sucocss. Paris was the last to be heard from be cause of the war. though it Is held not to be ss difficult to talk across the ocean as to talk from New York to San Francisco. Facilities were limited on the Paris test to a few minutes testing each day. The Arlington-to-Paris test succeeded a week ago and was repeated after mid night oil Wednesday, but no announce, ment was made out of courlj to the French government New York to Toklo Predicted. Chief Engineer Carty. of the Amer ican Telephone & Telegraph Company, who supervised each of the experi ments, would make no definite predic tions as to commercial availability of wireless telephony, but he expressed his firm belief that, thdugh there is a vast amount of work yet to be done. It will be possible in a few years to talk from any telephone in New York to any one in Tokio. Experiments of tue last few months proved the principle, he said, and if Tokio can talk with New York, it will be possible for Paris to talk with Hono lulu. Engineers now know, added Mr. Carty. that the feat can be done and how to do it. News Is Phoned to Kdison. CHICAGO. Oct. 21. John . Carty. j chief enrrlneer of the American Tele i phone & Telegraph Company, tonight I Concluded on Page 3. Column 4-