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LIBERTY. V What your fathers won for you, you should preserve at any cost. Buy a liberty bond FREEDOM Is it worth preserving? It is the stake of the war. Buy a liberty bond. VOL.. L.VII NO. 17,648. POBTLAXD, OREGON, THUKSUAY. JUXE . 14, 1917 , . PRICE FIVE CEXT9. ' 97 KILLED III 1 RAID .11 LOUDON More Than' 400 -Wounded Are Tabulated. TERRIFIC BATTLE FOLLOWS Scores of Buildings Wrecked, but No Military or Naval Damage Results. KING CALM UNDER FIRE Monarch Proceeds With Cere mony and Later Visits Bomb Victims. LONDON, June 13. Nearly 100 persons were killed and more than 400 were wounded today by bombs dropped in the course of a raid on ast ii,nd of London just before noon today by 15 German airplanes. British aviators attacked the in vaders and a great aerial battle fol lowed. One German plane is rported to have been shot down. Schoolhouse Is Hit. A bomb struck a schoolhouse killing 10 children and injuring 60. The casualties, it is officially an nounced, according to the latest police reports, numbered 97 killed and 437 wounded. The killed comprise 55 men, 16 women and 26 children. The in jured comprise 223 men, 122 women and 94 children. , ; No damage of a military or. naval nature was done. ' The Associated Tress correspondent who visited one of the bombarded areas, found that a majority of the casualties occurred among a group gathering for the noonday meal. - The bomb fell upon the roof of the eating house, shattering it and caus ing the wreckage to take fire. Diners Are Maimed. The legs of one man in this group were shattered below the knees: an other's arm was blown off as he was raising a cup of coffee to his lips, while a third was seriously wounded in the chest by fragments of the bomb. The clothing of some of the wounded was torn in shreds and the faces of nearly all were purple hued from the effects of the explosives. For nearly an hour after the ex plosion at this place ambulances were busy carrying away the wounded. One bomb which failed to explode dropped in a church yard, digging a hole three feet deep. Another dropped upon a banking house. Four clerks in the place were injured and the ex plosion shattered the windows for 200 yards around. Populace Remains Cool. As soon as the raiders appeared, coming from the southeast coast, warning was given tlfe schools with the result that m many of the suburbs the children were dismissed in time to reach their homes before the raiders were in the vicinity of London. There were many evidences of the coolness with which the people greeted the appearance of the raiders over London. For instance, despite the vre ports that a raid Mas in progress, King George proceeded with an in vestiture in Buckingham Palace, the recipients of the honors walking in and out of the palace grounds with out a trace of nervousness being ap parent. For an hour after the raid the tele phone system of London was swamped with calls from business men who were anxious to learn the fate of their families in the suburbs. Despite the loud reports of the explosions, the telephone girls stuck to their posts. Court Proceedings Continue. ' A case was being heard in a court when explosions were heard1 in the vicinity. "I understand there is an air raid going on and bombs are being dropped," said, the justice presiding, "but I think we are safer here than anywhere else.." After a few moments the judge an nounced: "I understand the raid has come as far as this, but now has gone away, so we will proceed with the case unless it returns." The East End stood the strain of the raid well and there was no panic such as one might expect to find " (Concluded on Page 3, Column l.j MERCURY AT 90; PORTLAND WILTS HOT SUMMER DAY. FOtLOWS OX HEELS OF COLD SFRIXG. . Straw Hats and Warm-Weather Styles Appear on Streets, bt Today Will Be Cooler. Portland might have been Bombay or soma other tropical seaport, judg 1ns from the sort of weather ' which greeted the opening day of the Rose Festival yesterday. The city sweltered In a tempera ture which reached 90 degrees at Its hottest in the afternoon. Coming1, as It did, after the ' cold, rainy Spring which Portland has had, the.heat.was oppressive. - The prediction of the "Weather Bureau for today is fair and not -so warm. Westerly winds are also on the programme, for today, according to the weather man. All sorts of Summer clothing were brought out and appeared In the Sum mer style 'parade resulting from the heat yesterday. Stores selling straw hats did a lively business. ' "Ice cream" suits also proved the order of the day. The temperature ranged from 61 de grees to 90 degrees. BIG FAMILY GETS BONDS Stockman Buys One Each for Self, Wife and 12 'Children. - LA GRANDE, Or., June 13. (Special.) It will be hard for any Oregon family to show more partiotism than Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Block and family. There are 12 children in the family, and for each of these 12, his wife and himself he bought a liberty bond. Local bankers think no other Oregon family has thus far duplicated -or anywhere near equaled this family. Mr. Block is a prominent stockman. living near this city. The $100,000 mark has now been reached in sub scriptions through La Grande's banks. U. S. SHIP.- SINKS U-BOAT Steamship Rams One of Two Sub marines Attacking. c AT AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 13. Destruction of a German submarine by an American steamship was reported by the merchantman upon her arrival today In an American harbor. Her of ficers refused to discuss the encounter except to say that by agile maneuver ing the steamer managed to ram and sink the U-boat shortly after two . of the underwater boats had attacked the merchantman, one from either side. The steamer lost a blade from her propeller. WIVES ASK MATES DRAFTED Provost Marshal-General Has Sev eral TJniqUe Letters. WASHINGTON, June 13. Among the thousands of letters reaching the Pro vost , Marshal-General's office these days from wives, mothers and sweet hearts asking exemption for their men, officials were amused today to find several from wives recommending that theirv. husbands be conscripted. One woman said her husband didn't want to go to war but had no good reason for not going,' and "tipped" the War Department that It would be Just as well to make a soldier of him. THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS Citizens of San Salvador Without Food, Following Quake. WASHINGTON, June 13.-At least 20,000 persons are living in the streets and parks of San Salvador, made , des titute and without food and shelter as result of the earthquake and vol canic eruption. American Minister Long reports urgent need of corrugated iron for roofing purposes, clothing and medi cines. WRIT DENIED DRAFT FOES i Thirteenth Amendment Not Applic able to Conscription Law. KANSAS CITT, Mo., June 1J. Judge Van Valkenburgh, In the Federal Court here late today, refused a-writ of habeas, corpus for the release' of the alleged anti-draft agitators held in Jail here. Judge Van Valkenburgh said the 13th amendment did not apply in the draft law. . . SLACKER IS CONVICT NOW School Teacher Sentenced to Peni tentiary for Not Registering. NEW YORK. June 13. A peniten tiary sentence for not registering un der the selective draft law was imposed by United' States Judge Chatfleld in Brooklyn today on Herman P. Levine, school teacher and college graduate. The sentence is for 11 months and 29 days. GERMAN SPY FOUND GUILTY Werner Horn Convicted of Trying to Destroy Bridge. BOSTON, June 13. Werner Horn, who declared himself an officer of the Ger man Landwehr, was found guilty today in the Federal Court on a charge of un lawfully transporting dynamite In -interstate commerce. Horn wgs arrested in February, 1916. after an attempt to blow up the In ternational bridge at Vanceboro, Me. - "Wnaansannn ! - -I ! - in I I I I .., i..anaaaaaaanaannnw. 10 JILLIOII II FOR BONDS PASSED . - Oregon to. Exceed Quotaby$2'C TODAY LAST CHANGE TO BUY Bricklayers Turn Over Surplus of Union for Bonds. ' DAY'S TOTAL1 v $1,250,700 Subscriptions of Employes of Many Large Corporations Are Much Increased, While Additional , Companies Take Orders.'. LIBERTY BOND CAMPAIGN POSITIVELY CLOSES TO NIGHT. After the banks close for busi ness today It will be impossible for anyone In Portland to sub scribe for the liberty bonds. While the city and state al ready have oversubscribed their respective allotments, the com mittee will accept all subscrip tions, of whatever sire, today. It really Is desirable to get every dollar possible Into the loan, so that Portland and Ore gon may be permitted to 'make as good a showing as possible. . Inasmuch as the campaign In the country over closes at noon tomorrow, all applications today .will have to be sent to San Fran cisco by telegraph, which the committee has arranged to do without cost to the subscriber. Total subscriptions to the libertv loan in Oregon now are $10,526,850. This is substantially1 12,000,000 in ex cess of the state's requirement. Today, the last day for the reeelnt of subscriptions. Is expected to bring the final total for the state well ud to ward $11,000,000, Applicants lined "the bank counters by the score yesterday. Most subscrip tions were for small amounts, from $50 up to $600. but heavy buying" by cor porations and their employes served greatly to swell the figures toward the close of the day. Day's Total for City S775,50. The day's totals for Portland were $775,650, bringing the aggregate for the city up to $7,777,650; for the country they were $475,050, making the total $2,749,200. ' Portland ''probably is the only 'city on the Pacific Coast-that has exceed ed its allotment by any such substan tial margin. Tacoma reported last night that It had passed Its minimum of $2,160,000, (Concluded on Fage 2. Column 3.) K: OREGON first! ) FIRST! v. JLY yoT.(7fr V -US" XV V5rt 1 1 -j jt-tjo 1 -s 1 . 1 T0KI00FFENDEDBY U. S NOTE TO CHINA ACTION REGARDED AS IGXOItEVG JAPAN'S POSITION. vials Think Consultation Their Due; Press Warns of Future Possibilities. TOKIO. June 9. (Delayed.) The American Government's note to China expressing regret over the dissensions in that country and a sincere desire that tranquillity and political co-ordination be forthwith established caused surprise and unfavorable criticism in Japan, where the action is regarded as ignoring Japan's ' special position In China. ' , The feeling as expressed In official circles is that the situation would have oeen better treated by exchanging views ;with the entente, and especially Japan.' which is described as rigidly ad hering to a policy of non-interference in Chinese domestic affairs. The newspapers call the attention to the United States' glaring interference and "warn the government that it is probably an epoch-making precursor of further activities. Officials here expressed the opinion that the Chinese situation will be set tled by a compromise. A dispatch from Pekin June 7 said Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, the American Min ister, had that day delivered to the Chinese Foreign Office a communica tion from Washington regarding the dissensions in China and expressing the desire that tranquillity be established. The note said that the entry of China Into the war or China's continuance of the statusquo with Germany were mat- - wi nrrr.uiiun.ry importance ana tnat China's principal necessity was to re sume and continue her political entity and proceed along the road to national development. . BRIDE OF DAY IS WIDOW Davenport Briedgroom of Few Hour;) Drowns While on Fishing Trip. SPOKANE, Wash.. June 18. fSne- cial.) Earl L. Laughbon, of Daven port, a hhidegroom of less than a dav. was drowned at Newman Lake Just before noon today. , His bride, who was Miss Vera O. ' Callison, stenog rapher at the Ballard Plannery until day before yesterday, was not in the boat when the accident happened and no one is able to tell Just how the man lost his life. This morning L. D. Shaffner. of the Lakeside Inn. took a auto trio un the Spokane Valley and Mrs. Laugh bon went along. Mr." Laughbon was to have gone to the head of the lake to fish. . . . , CHINESE SPEEDER FINED Fact Dozen Juveniles Enjoyed Ride Does Not Deter Court. OREGON CITY, Or.. June 13. (Spe-cialO-It cost Charley Chew, Chinese, a farmer of Clackamas County, $10 to take an auto load of children for a ride today on the Elghty-second-street road. When arrested by County Motorcycle Officer H. E. Meads, Chew' was going 35 miles an hour, while 12 Chinese chil dren and one American youngster clung to the cushions, tops fend sides of the car and shrieked their delight at the speed. The fine was Imposed by Jus tice of the Peace Kelso at Milwaukle this afternoon. THAT LIBERTY LOAN IS DUE TODAY. FLOWER AND FLAG BLEND III PARADE Patriotism Is Taught by Lads and Lassies. FESTIVAL DAY NOT ALONE FUN Thirteen Schools Represented In Great Parade. MILITARY NOTE OVER ALL Militia and Marines, Bluejackets and Cadets Are Interspersed With Red Cross 7f urses, School Girls and Honor Guards. Ojice upon a time, runs a true story, the wind caught a myriad butterflies back yonder and carried them captives into a far land.. They came in a lane of "wondrous, shifting color, as distant as the eye might reach and. for one never-to-be-forgotten day. possessed the country aad Its towns. Likewise it chanced in Portland yes terday, when the Rose Festival bloomed for its first day, that a miracle no less magnificently tender and beautiful be fel the city and it was given utterly over to that pageant of loveliness, the children's parade. Avenue la Lane of Color. There were butterfly colors, as on that other day, but. for the most part, they were the deep blue field of liberty's stars, her crimson bands of strong brotherhood and the fair p'urity of spotless white. Into that children's parade, as a master weaver toils at a tapestry, they had blended flowers and the flag, until Grand avenue became a lane of tossing colors, the graceful weave of thousands of children, brold ered, by cheers. Gaie down- that lane, as it was yes terday forenoon, when the vanguard. heralded by the strains of patriotic music, first drew into sight and you are lost who did not feel the insplra lion or liberty s lesson, as taught by schoolboys and schoolgirls in the mere frolic of a Festival day. i . - Queen Nina Ha Royal Court. - There rode Queen Nina and King Mac. throned high above the throngs, casting their smiles of genuine delight with the imparial largess of childhood. And in their train succeeded such princesses as the dear old Grimms were wont to write of. Here, then, they come, girt round with flags, guarded by bluejackets and . marines. Royal Rosarians, clean-stepping cadets and many a lad and lass in costumes of fanciful design. A rattle of drums, the flash of a lifted horn, the ripple of thousand flags fall 'back! Motorcycle policemen patrolled ' the parade route on Grand avenue, but the crowds were orderly, patient and good- natured and remained well back on the curbs. Captains Moore, Inskeep, Circle, (Concluded on Page S, Column 1.) YOU ARE ST I I I Ail m SHORT SOME MILLIONS, UNCLEl 5Ki RIVER RISE TO COME AFTER THREE DAYS HIGH TEMPERATURES IX INTER IOR START. FLOODS. Warm Weather Indicated for Today, With Possibility or Change. RiverRcports Decline. "It will require at least three days to bring about another rise in the river and it will be two days before It is stationary here again, and by that time cooler weather may be experienced," was the prognostication last night of Assistant Forecaster Drake after re ceiving Weather Bureau reports of a temperature of 80 degrees at Boise and 78 at some other points. The Willam ette River registered 22.4 feet above rero here at 7 o'clock last night a drop of one-tenth as compared' with the reading at the same hour In the morn ing. Mr. Drake says it Is to be warmer today, though, a trough of pressure in dicated in the Willamette Valley last night may change atmospheric condi tions. ' The river made a gain of one-tenth of a foot here In 24 hours ended yester day morning and It was the" only point on the Clearwater. Snake. Columbia and The official river readings were: "1 K O a 2. 255 STATIONS. " 2 -X T "Si . WfmlchM ..... 40 SsTS o a Kamlah s n.o a.r, lewlnton .......... 22 13 3 1 o t'matllla a. 21 5 o's The Dalles 4 3U.8 O 8 Eugene 10 a.o O 4 Albany :o 6.0 0.7 Salem 20 Ji. o.l Oregon City 12 5.9 0.8 Portland 15 22.5 0.t VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 13. (Spe cial.) The Columbia River is falling and tonight was 23.1 feet. At 8 o'clock this morning it was 23.2 feet. ENGINEERS ARE INSPECTED Colonel Dentler Characterizes Army as Great Government School. Members of Company A. Oregon National Guard Engineers, were for mally Inspected at the Multnomah County Armory last night by Major Jewett. Following the inspection Colonel Dentler made a brief address in which he outlined the importance of the engineering department of - the Army and the high standard which that department had maintained in the past. He characterized the engineering department of the Army as a great Government school in which an en gineer might become a better engineer. Colonel Dentler predicted that the war would last at least a year longer. Th ree companies of engineers are to be recruited here, by the National Guard, thereby forming a complete battalion. T. R- TO . VISIT NEBRASKA Colonel to Arrive Today to Take Part in State's Celebration. . LINCOLN. Neb. June 13. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who will arrive here tomorrow morning as the guest of Nebraska to deliver the principal ad dress on the closing day of the cele bration of the state's 60 years of state hood, will be met in Omaha by 40- rep resentative Lincoln business men. The celebration of the semi-centennial today was marked by the opening of the state historical museum, a parade by nearly 600 graduates of the State University and an address in the after noon by Governor Capper, of Kansas. Governor Capper was the guest of Gov ernor Neville, of Nebraska, at lunch eon. 2 DIE IN FIRE; 20 MISSING Eleven - Story Sugar Refinery Brooklyn Is Destroyed. In BROOKLYN, N. T., June 12. Two men are dead, two are dying, 15 others are in hospitals, seriously injured, and fully 20 others arc missing as the re sult of a fire which destroyed an 11 story building used as a refinery by the American Sugar Refining Company on the Brooklyn waterfront late tonight. The fire was started by the explosion of a condenser. 39 STATES REPORT COUNT Registration for Draft Is 92 Per Cent of Estimate. WASHINGTON. June 13. Thlrfv-nln. states and the District of Columbia had reported their war registration re turns ' tonight when the Provost Marshal-General's office closed, showing an enrollment of 7.776,434, or more than- 92 per cent of the census estimate of 8,413.852 elegibles for these states. ROOT PARTY IN PETROGRAD American War Mission Reaches Its Destination. PETROGRAD. via London. June 13. The American mission, headed by Elihu Root, arrived here. Shriner Officials Confer. SALEM. Or.. June 13. (Special.') Salem nobles-of the Mystic Shrine will meet with James Moffett. potentate of Al Kader Temple. Portland, and J. E. Buckingham, master of ceremonials, at the Marion Hotel, in this city, next Friday. At the meeting arrangements will be made for the ceremonial to be held in Salem on the night of June 30, when it is expected more than 400 Shrtners will gather in Salem. The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 90 degrees; minimum, ei; lair. TODAY'S Fair, not so warm, westerly winds. FAIRY RULERS HOLD SWAY OVER RDSAR1A Thousands Pay Horru age at Coronation. HUNDREDS OF GIRLS DANCE Rainbows and Sunbeams Play About Multnomah Field. GREAT HUMAN FLAG WAVES Chilrdcn, In Variety of Pretty Cos tunics, Give Drills and Do Artis tic Dances Before Tiny Majesties Unthroned. PRINCIPAL EVENTS IS RE MAINING TWO DAYS OP ROSE CARNIVAL Today. 7 A. M., Festival Center Sun rise gun. 10 A. M., Multnomah liotel Meeting of Honor Guard girls. 2 P. M-. West Side streets Pa triotic parade, form at Four teenth and Yamhill streets, north to Morrison, east to Broadway, north to Fine, east to Third, south to Alder, west to Sixth, south to Main and disburse. S P. M.. at Irvington Club Tennis tournament. 2 P. M-. at Multnomah Field Elks' Flag-day exercises. 8:30 P. M.. at Oaks Rink Pa triotic ball. ( ' Tomorrow. 7 A. SL. Festival" Conter Sun rise gun. 2 P. M. Grand floral parade. 2 P. M-. Irvington Courts Portland centraf tennis cham pionship. 7:30 P.M.. South Park blocks Great community sing,-- 4009 trained voices. 8:30 P. M., Cotillion Hall Roy al Hosarlan ball, invitation. : t Queen Nina and King Mac, gracious monarchs of the Festival, rule all loyal hearts throughout Rosarla. The appeal of childhood, nearer ta the land, of make-believe than older ages, has struck a note dear to every heart, that makes the 1917 Festival distinctive above all others that went before. Yesterday morning thousands of children, happy hearted in their play, marched down an . East Side street while they tugged at the heartstrings of those who watched them. In tha afternoon children again ruled with coronation exercises that were a de light never to be forgotten. Statue of Liberty I'nvelled. Last night the Statue of Liberty, in the Festival Center, was unveiled and great crowds watched and cheered the spectacle. Over all rule Queen Nina and Klngr Mac On Multnomah Field yesterday they were crowned with more charm ing ceremonies than ever marked the coronation of old-world royalty. Straight out of fairyland came troop ing at their call gaily decked hosts of fairy folk to do them honor. Around and about they danced and gamboled in celebration of -their crowning. Troops of children drilled in varied evolutions and gallant, horse men bowed low before their youthful majesties and vowed unswerving fealty. Rainbows Dance Before Rulers. It was like a field day in Avalon. Before the royal court danced pretty sunbeams and animated rainbows. A great field of children, dressed In col ors, moved in unison and an immense- ' flag seemed to wave before them. About Maypoles gaily clad girls cir cled prettily, and a rainbow, made of living colors, danced across the center of Multnomah Field. It was before a great throng of their subjects that the two rulers of the Fes tival assumed their crowns. They en tered upon their rule with fair skies, certain herald of a successful relgrn. Through It all ran the happy note' of childhood, the two monarches and their -youthful courts being as charming as the rosebuds that they symbolise. Two Bands Herald Majeaty Colors and music of patriotism mad the ceremonies impressive. The' Rosar ian Band and Quartet and McEIroy's Band gave their best efforts to the suc cess of the day. The Royal Rosarians were escort to the royal party and Into the huge bowl that is Multnomah Field came trooping after them the hundreds of performers In the coronation cere monies of Portland's gentle rulers. About the field they circled to the accompaniment of the bands and,. after assembling in the center of -the field, the king and queen, escorted by the) Rosarians and followed by the court." mounted the thrones set at the edge of the grandstand. Crowds See Coronation. E. E. Larlmore, president of the Fes tival, and Mayor Albee approached the throne and bowed low before them. Upon the fair brow of Queen N'na Pres ident Larimore pressed a diadem and A. M. Grliley placed the crown upon iConcluded on Pace 15, Column 2.) 4
