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80 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 16 .Six Sections voi,. m XXXIII no. 22. PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, 31 AY 31, 1914. I'KICK riVK CENTS. GAPTAI SAYS COLLIER GAVE PLEA NO HEED Empress' Skipper Shouts in Vain to Dane to Keep Up Speed. . FOG BANK COMES SUDDENLY Great Liner Stopped and Sig nals Given to Apprise Ap- vproaching Vessel. REPEATED CALL IS IGNORED Impossible He Was Not Heard. Kendall Testifies. ENGINES QUICKLY FLOODED Attempt to Run Sinking Steamship Asliore Defeated Most of Thoi.e Saved Are Picked Up by Empress Own Boats. RIMOUSKI. Quebec. May SO. While final tabulations of the casualties in the sinking: of the ill-fated, steamer Empress of Ireland were being made today, showing that 403 of her passen gers and crew had been rescued and 64 had perished. Captain Henry George Kendall, of the liner, was tell ing his story of the disaster at an in quiry conducted by Coroner Pinault here. Captain Kendall in substance de clared that he had taken all possible precautions against a collision. His ship had been stopped, he grave the requisite signals when the Danish col lier Storstad. which dealt the blow which sent the Empress to the bot tom, was still two miles away, but the collier had kept on through the tog which settled down soon after the two vessels sighted each other, and had rammed the Empress of Ireland when the latter vessel was virtually mo tionless. EnprtM Captain's Plea Vain. Then, despite his plea, to the master f the collier that he run his engines full speed ahead to keep the hole in the liner's side plugged with the Stor stad's bow, said Captain Kendall, the Danish vessel backed away, the water rushed in and the Empress sank. Captain Kendall, who stuck to the bridge of his ship to the last and after beins- picked up by a lifeboat aided in saving a boatload of drowning persons from the wreck, took up his story of the disaster from the point at which the Empress of Ireland, bound from Quebec for Liverpool, had dropped her pilot Thursday night at Father Point, near which the disaster of n-esterday morningr occurred. Fog: Bank Is Iuterponed. "We then proceeded full speed." con tinued Captain Kendall. "After pass ing Rock Point gas buoy. I sighted ( Concluded on Face . x : BLITHESOME SIDELIGHTS IN PICTURES ARE THROWN ON SOME NEWS EVENTS BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. 1 SSM "ll zSn I J KYCArcSL- IhjM GC: AWr& TTO BOf .TaOYS GOV CTWV sCOTCGS A ZAL VV -t. I I T ' I ssgagf-l - t I : -. - f STORM STIRRED UP OVER CLASS PICNIC SEATTLE SENIORS IXSIST ON TAKING JUNIOR. GIRLS. Principal Says They Mnsn't and Now School Board Is to Be Asked to Act as Mediator. SEATTLE, Wash., May 30. (Special.) With graduation only a few days off, a storm has broken in the senior class at Queen Anne High School which will require the combined wisdom of the class, the principal and the School Board to dispel. It is all over the class picnic At the general assembly yesterday moVnlng, Principal Otto L. Luther an nounced that none but members of the class would be permitted to attend the class picnic to be held next Saturday. This, in Itself, would not have been a startling edict, but it came after sev eral members of the class had arranged to take girls from other high schools and junior girls from Queen Anne. The result was murmuring of rebel lion. A movement was begun to hold an opposition picnic. Cooler heads, however, prevailed, and it was decided to wait until Monday, when it can be determined through the principal and the School Board whether any conces sions will be made to the senior boys. TREE BLIGHT ERADICATED Claude C. Cate Wins) Praise for "Work in Grand Konde Orchards. LA GRANDE, Or., May 30. (Spe cial.) Through the successful and vig orous work of Claude C. Cate, county agriculturalist, blight ravages to apple and pear trees in the Grand Ronde Valley have been greatly arrested if not wholly overcome. Some orchards were so badly infected with the disease that they had to be destroyed entirely and other orchards have undergone a scientific process of pruning under his direction, which has merited special mention from the state horticulturist for thoroughness. Some of the work ra:t with' some op position but by persuasive means and a goodly measure of patience, Mr. Cate not only overcame the opposition but converted the opponents into boosters for the good cause. "DEATH MARCH" IGNORED Chicago Police Disregard Upton Sinclair's Renewed Demonstration. CHICAGO. May 30. A "death march" of boys, organized by Upton Sinclair, marched up and down past the Stand ard Oil Company's offices here today! The boys were pledged to silence and on the arm. of each was crepe in mem ory of the strikers, killed in the Col orado mining struggle. Sinclair arrived here yesterday and in announcing the plan said that "something must be done to keep the Colorado situation before the ijubllc." The police ignored the demonstration. SHIP ON HIGH SEA HUNTED Flotilla of II Vessels Stretch Out 70 Sliles Seeking F. J. Iuckenbach. WASHINGTON", May 30. Captain William S. Sims, commanding the tor pedo flotilla, returning north from Vera Cruz, was today ordered by the Navy Department to search for the missing steamer F. J. Luckenbach. The nine destroyers and the tenders Birmingham and Dixie will form in an extended line about 70 miles long as they proceed northward to search for the missing ship. BIG LINER AQUITANIA SAILS Britain's Largest Steamship Starts on Maiden Voyage to Xew York. LIVERPOOL, May 30. The Cunard line steamer Aquitanla, Great Britain's largest liner, started today on her maiden voyage from this port to New York. The banks of the Mersey were thronged with cheering crowds and a great convoy of craft, with sirens shrieking, accompanied the leviathan T. R. SAYS WILSON'S POLICY HAS FAILED "Cost of Living Has Not Been Reduced" TRUST ISSUE AT STANDSTILL Colonel Leaves Statement as He Sails for-Europe. HARD FIGHT IS PROMISED ''Time Has Come to Clean House in New York" and Two-Boss SjB:un, Under Murphy and Barnes, Is Roundly Denounced. NEW YORK, May 30. Failure of the Wilson Administration to handle satis factorily either the trust or the tariff question was charged by Colonel Roosevelt in a statement he left be hind him today for publication after his departure for Europe. "The cost of living has not been reduced. Not the slightest progress has been made in solving the trust question." he said. And again: "It has been shown that the reduc tion of the tariff In no shape or way helps toward this -solution. Economic conditions are such that business is in Jeopardy and that the small business man, the farmer and the industrial wageworker are all suffering because of these conditions." New York no Be "Cleaned." Colonel Roosevelt said he would put in the hardest work of the campaign In New York state. "I believe the time has come to clean house in New York," he said. He assailed the "Murphy and Barnes machines," but made no reference to the tentative plan of the Progressive leaders for indorsement of the Repub lican, nominee in this state, provided be meets their requirements. , " This Is the statement: ,. "Since my return from South Amer ica I have received hundreds of tele grams and letters from all over the country requesting statements from me on the political situation. It has been impossible to reply to these com munications, first, because of lack of time, and second, because it must be remembered that I have been out of the country nearly eight months and have Jbeen home only 10 days, and therefore have not been able to ac quire the necessary information that will enable me to respond intelligently to many of the inquiries made of me. Cost of Livins Not Reduced. "When I return from abroad I shall at once take up actively the political situation. It goes without saying that I intend, to the utmost of my ability, to do all that I can for the principles for which I have contended and for the men throughout the country who have stood so valiantly in the fight that the Progressive party is waging and has waged for these principles. "There is widespread apprehension among our people. The pinch of pov erty is. felt in many a household. We cannot ignore the conditions which have brought about this state of things. The cost of living has "not been reduced. Not the slightest progress has been made in solving the trust question. It has been shown that the reduction of the tariff in no shape or way helps towards this solution. The economHi conditions are such that business is in jeopardy and that the small business man, the farmer and the industrial wageworker are all suf fering because of these conditions. "The truth simply is that the only (Concluded on Page 6.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY' S Maximum temperature. 81 degrees, minimum temperature. 66 de crees. TODAY'S Probably fair; northerly winds. Emprew, t Ship's doctor universally lauded as hero. Section 1, page a. Captain of Empress of Ireland tells story. Section 1, page 1. Conduct of vessel's officers "beyond all praise. Section 1, page 2. Itareifitt. Youthful heroines of novels passing- Section A. page 2- Japanese sends peace envoys to English do- I minions to remove prejudice against race. ' Section 4, page 2. Suicide Increases in English army. Section 4. page Wagner heir case now legal tangle. Sec tion 4 page 2 National. President Wilson says sacrifice shown in buttle could make war unnecessary. Sec tion 1, page 1. Mediation near crisis over admission of Car ran delegates. Section 1. page 5. , , jJomestic. Father and stepmother of long-missing girl arrested. Section 1, page . Roosevelt says Wilson's policies have failed. Section 1. page 1. Pacific Northwest. - Edward Bossen will be tried for wife mur der at Eugene this week. Section X page 5. Storm breaks when Seattle High School sen iors insist on taking junior girls to class picnic. Section 1, page 1. Commencement of public works at mouth of Columbia to be celebrated.- Section 1, page 11. , Telephone girls' wages to be subject of next Investigation In Washington. Section 1 page 11. "Boy Mayor" of Idaho Falls enters race for governor. Section 1, page 10. Washington finds- itself easy landlord, with 50,000 now in back payments. Section 1, page 7. Campaign on to obtain 1615 session of Su preme Lodge of Knights of Pythias for Portland. Section 1, page 10. Frank K. Welles urges consolidation of rural schools. Section 1, page 10. Vancouver public market proves successful on Its first days. Section 1, page 11. Vancouver deaf make hit with people of city by circus features. Section 1, page 10. Washington has bitter fight on Initiative measures. Section 1. page 11. . O. A. C. picks officers after fiercest political campaign in Its -history. Section 1, page 7. Funds of Oregon counties listed. Section It page S. Germans plan schools to teach immigrants American ideals. Section 1, page 6. Two veterans die as others march. Section 1 page 1. Sports. Coast League results: Los Angeles 4-3. Portland 1-1 ; Ban Francisco -8. Sac ramento 6-6; Venice 4-2, Oakland 0-5. Section 2, page 2. , Northwestern League results: Seattle C-5. Portland 4-S ; Vancouver 4-1, Spokane 2-2 (second game 10 Innings); Tacoma 6-0, Victoria 4-4. Section 2, page 2. Arthur Sholln In Sparrow wins Oregon Yacht Club title fourth time. Section 2, page 6. Portland's third golf club opens. Section 3. page 4. Vacant lots In Portland have made many big league stars. Section 2, page 3. Matty thinks Giants will win fourth pen nant. Section 2, page 3. Cincinnati Keds surprising fans. Section 2, page $. ' ' - Ritchie defeat not easy to explain, says Harry B. Smith.' Section 2, page ft. Xew Portland Golf Club is turned over to members. Section 2, page 4. University of Oregon baseball team looks like conference winner. Section It, page 3. Cornell wins big Intercollegiate track and field meet. Section 2, page 4. Schneider holds twirling stage, - Section , page 3. Thomas, In French car, wins 500-mile speed test at Indianapolis. Section 2, page 1 State University wins track meet. Section page - M. H. Hartwell and Mrs. Peter Kerr Oregon State golf champions. Section 2, page 4, Harry Brandt on Mark el wins Northwest motorcycle championship. t Section 2, page o. Portland and Vicinity. Bishop Scaddlng's funeral is impressive cere mony. Section 1, page 15. Administration scored in call for meeting of Republican State Committee. Section 2. page 7. Final plans are being rushed for Rose Fes tival next week. Section 2, page 16. City branches of Y. M. C. A. urged by Chi cago expert. Section 3, page 12. Portland, Eugene & Eastern starts new loop service today. Section .1, page 17. Roses strewn on Willamette In honor of de parted naval heroes. Section 1, page 17. C. A. McJohnston, of Tabasco, tells of Mex ican method of arousing bitterness toward Americans. Section 1, page 17. Oaks programme draws large crowds. Sec tion 1, page 12. ' Co-operation Iri school problems urged by R. H. Thomas In address.; Section 1, page 14. Baby contest "of North Portland Women's Auxiliary to be held June 8-10. Section 2. page 7. at Hundreds of entries are filed for classes In Rose Festival parades and contests. Sec tion 2, page 16. Portland pays reverent tribute to war heroes. Section 1, page 1. Mrs. C. H. Lewis dies In 76th year. Section I. page 14. Three seamen arrested after attack la made on British steamer captain. Section 2. page 15. New record in entries expected for auto race here June i:-14. Section 4, page 5. WILSON SAYS FLAG CALLS EVERY DAY War's Sacrifices Are Lessons for Peace. Co PRESIDENT CHANGES HIS PLANS Address Delivered Lest Ab sence Be Misconstrued- CALL OF BATTLE SOUNDED Emphasis Laid on Xend of Unselfish Courage in Making War Impossible- Speaker Clark Also Acclaimed by Crowds. WASHINGTON. May 30. President "Wilson and Speaker Clark delivered ad dresses at the Memorial day services under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic in Arlington National Cemetery today. The President had not expected to participate, but, feeling that a false construction had been placed on his declination, decided today to attend and speak. Before the President's decision had been communicated to those in charge, they had invited Speaker Clark to make the address of the day, and he had come from Atlantic City for this purpose. Fblse Construction Avoided. The reason for the President's change in his plans was explained by Secre tary Tumulty in this sta'.ement: "When the Invitation was extended by the committee representing the Grand Army of the Republic of the Dis trict of Columbia? the President in formed the committee that he did not think the occasion would be opportune for the delivery of an appropriate ad dress, and because of this he felt that he must decline the invitation, agree ing, however, to attend a memorial service at a later date. Evidently a false construction has been- placed upon his action, and therein lies the reason for the change of programme. The President was not willing that his ab sence should be misconstrued." President Twice Applauded. President Wilson was applauded as he entered the vine-clad amphitheater in which the exercises were held, and again when Dr. J. K. Gleeson, the com mander of the Department of the Po tomac. Grand Army of the Republic, presented him to the great audience, made up chiefly of members of patriotic societies, who carried their flags and wore the insignia of their orders. He spoke as follows: "I have not come here today, wth a prepared address. The committee in charge of the exercises of the day has graciously excused me on the grounds of public obligations from preparing an address, but I will not deny myself the privilege of joining with you in an expression of gratitude and admiration for the men who perished for the sake of the Union. They do not need our praise. They do not need that our ad miration should sustain them. There Is no Immortality that is safer than theirs. We come not for their sakes, but for our own in order that we may drink at the same springs of inspira tion from which they themselves drank. Spiritual Achievement Unique. "A peculiar privilege came to the men who fought for the Union. There is no other civil war in history the stings of which were removed before the men who did the fighting passed from the stage of life. So that we owe those men something more than a legal re-establishment of the Union. We owe (Concluded on Page s. TWO VETERANS DIE AS OTHERS MARCH TAPS SOCXD FOR PIONEERS WITH BOOMIXG OF SALUTE. Last Grim Bat' " .fought and Lost While " Exercises in 1$o..xer Are Being Held. ' VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 30. (Spe cial.) John Livingston, 82 years old, and George W. Maxwell, 81. were not In their places today when the Grand Army Post fell in to head the parade. As the strains of the "Star Spangled Banner" faded and died and the 21 gun salute boomed out, the two vet erans .were fighting their last grim battle. In rooms with curtains drawn to screen from their dimming eyes the bright light In which outside the flags were fluttering, the two faced a com mon enemy, and when the exercises were over, and tear-stained veterans had turned away with the soft sunny words of "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" ringing in their ears, an nouncement was made that "taps" had sounded for two of their number. Mr. Livingston was born in Ten nessee and fought in the Sixth In fantry Volunteers. Mr. Maxwell was an Iowan. Both were pioneers of the Pa cific Northwest. The others of the fast dwindling lit tle cpmpany of veterans marched as usual and took part in the exercises at the City Park. Many were present, too, when the Women's Relief Corps repeated the impressive ceremony of strewing roses on the waters of the Columbia in memory of the sailor dead. MERCURY CLIMBS TO 81 Portland Weather Is Ideal for Deco ration Day. Portland weather was ideal for Decoration day. For an hour 1:1 the afternoon, from 4 until 6, the mercury stood still at 81 degrees, with a cool breeze blow ing. - .Some complained of the heat, but it was a holiday and those who grew uncomfortable hied away to the country or other cool retreats closer by. Many Portianders spoke pleasantly of the weather as "just right." The hourly temperatures were as fol lows: . O.K. I SS I P. M. ....67 2 P. M. . ...o,3 P. M. 61 P. M. Dei. ...77 .. .78 ...7 ...81 6 A. M. . S A. M. . 1 A. M. . 8 A. M. . t A. M. . 10 A. 1U . 11 A, 11. . bj.O P. il. .81 -tS 6 P. il 80 737 P. M. 77 Noon ............ .751 FATHER AND SON END TIE Young Man Wins Nomination for Constable at Ilalsey From Parent. ALBANY, Or May 80. (Special.) Lots were drawn at the County Clerk's office here "yesterday to determine whether a father or son should have the Republican nomination for Consta ble of Justice District No. 3, at Ualsey. Arlie Cummings. the son. won. Each received three votes in the recent pri mary. In all there were 24 tie votes in the primaries in the county. Most were for precinct committeemen and all oc curred by reason of names being writ ten in where there were no candidates on the ballot. OAKS ATTRACT BIG CROWD Flags at Amusement Park Fly at Half-staff Memorial Day. The first really large crowd of the 1914 season was at the Oaks Amuse ment Park yesterday, which, for the one day in the year, had all its flags at half-staff. It was noticeable, too, that the spirit of the day permeated the throng. By far the larger number of those present contented themselves with watching the performances and listen ing to the two patriotic concerts given by McElroy and his band. 7 5 to Receive Sacrament. The first administration ' of the Catholic sacrament of confirmation to take place in the diocese of Oregon this year will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fifteenth and Davis streets, today at 3 P. M. Archbishop Christie will officiate. Seventy-five persons will receive the sacrament. - REVERENT TRIBUTE IS PAID TP HEROES Graves Are Decorated and Services Held. WHOLE CITY OBSERVES DAY Flower-Laden Thousands Go to Various Cemeteries MASS SAID AT CALVARY Archbishop Christie Pre&eut at SoN emn Celebration Brainerd, Lone Fir and Milwaukie Grounds Scenes of Exercises. Portland gardens gave their sweetest blossoms and Portland hearts their tcn derest thoughts yesterday in reverent observance of Memorial day. With business places closed, all offi cial functions suspended, flags flying at half mast, services In many cemeteries, to which flocked flower-laden thou sands, and a parade in which marched veterans of two wars, the city, ita heartstrings swept by grief and affec tion, gave Itself over completely to a solemn tribute to the soldier and sailor dead of the Nation. The celebration was furthered by per fect weather, and although th streets were thronged with people'not a single untoward incident occurred to mar the day's observance. Cars to Cemeteries Cnnded, All day long the streetcars running , to and from the various cemeteries were crowded. Not only the craves of soldiers were decorated, but the day was made the occasion for visiting the grassy mounds where lie the lost loved ones of a multitude of families. There were those who went to God's acre with baskets of flowers for the graves of strangers, to which none came in loving remembrance, and which, save for the impartiality of nature, would otherwise have borne no blos soms. . . At Mount Calvary, Lone Fir. Brainerd and Milwaukie cemeteries there were services, with decorations of the graves, and graves were also decorated at Riverview, Grand Army, Mount Zion and other burial places. Open-Alr Mass Celebrated. An open-air altar had been erected at Mount Calvary, where a solemn higit mass was celebrated by Rev. John C. Hughes, of St. Lawrence Church. Arch bishop Christie being present. Rev. Joseph Chapotin was deacon,, and the Rev. George Thompson, subdeacon. As sisting Archbishop Chrlstia were the Rev. M. P. Smith as deacon and Rev. G. Darby as subdeacon. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Father Smith, who declared that tho outcome of the wars in which the United States has engaged "would seem to mark the Nation as being of provi dential origin." ' Memorial Day Lesson Drawn. He spoke of Memorial day as teach ing a needful lesson of loyalty to one's country. "Our country was discovered as the result of religious zeal," said Father Smith, "colonized by those who wished to worship God according to the dic tates of their own consciences, was cradled in liberty and twice baptized in blood. Just laws have knit it together, and, as a government by, for and of the people, it offers an example un paralleled In history." Music for the mass was provided by the Cathedral choir, led by F. W. Good rich at the organ. The services wera attended by approximately 2000. Lone Fir Cemetery' was the scene f Concluded on Page 16) T1 im i o5.o
