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... ' " -. 80 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 20 wmtu Six Sections vol. xxxiv. xo. 8. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1915. TRICE FIVE CENTS. GATES FLY OPEN AT TOUCH OF WILSON Great Exposition Form ally in Motion. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK IN IRISH SEA library 22novt GETtMAX SIBMARIXE DELIVERS STROKE WITHOUT WARXIXG. niiiTrn nTiTrrr UfllltU ulAltO lU I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS AWAIT OVERT AGT Explosion Kills Three and Fourth Is Drowned In Attempt to Reach Boat Others Are Sa,ved. Reply to Britain orGer- many Improbable. ENORMOUS - CROWD ATTENDS PeoDle Themselves Furnish Noteworthy Spectacle. ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN nrnntile Shows Attendance of 38,000 Spirit That Rebuilt San Francisco Is Manifest Thronghont Exercises. SAW FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Man's crowning achievement In exposition building was realized today when the sates of the Panama-Paeiflo International Exposition were opened by President Wilson at noon. From daylight until the pates were opened at 9 o'clock thousands of vis? I tors from all parts of the world walked, rode in streetcars and auto mobiles to get to the grounds. Two Lund red thousand citizens were In the parade, which started at 9 o'clock. Crowd. Itself Is Spectacle. The crowd was a spectacle in Itself. It filled the grandstands, it packed the jrreat courts and concourses, it poured through the aisles, it overflowed from tiie sidewalks into the avenues, from the hills to the bay. as far as the eye i-ouid reach, in unending rivers of bobbing heads. Neutrals Held Entitled to Pro tection of Law. LIVERPOOL, via London. Feb. 10. Without warning: a German submarine rinAA K TZrltfaH tAamr farnhjink -""-w'-: RIGHT STILL IS ASSERTED I ion oca, buuui a v vavwn .wu . . explosion killed the third engineer and two firemen. Another member of the crew was drowned in an attempt to Jump into a boat. The rest of the crew and the pilot, 20 In all. were saved. One of the men, in describing- the ex perience of the Cambank, said: "We were bound from Huelva, Spain for Liverpool with a cargo of copper. When outside Amlwch, on the north coast of Wales, we took aboard a pilot We had gathered speed when a peri scope was observed about zoo yaras away. The engines were reversed, but. while the vessel was turning, the sub marine discharged a torpedo which struck us amidships. We launched the lifeboats and man aged to pull clear before the Cambank sank. We had no time to save any' thing, and most of us were scantily clad and much exhausted when a boat took us in charge and towed us into Amlwch harbor. A steamer which has arrived here re NOTES ARE SCRUTINIZED Purpose Is to Determine Whether Silence Would Be Admission on Any Point Nation Stands , on Previous Warning. . tioa 1, WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The United States probably will make no reply, for Dorta that h had been warned bv the the nresent at least, to either tne Cambank that there was a submarine I British or German notes regarding, re in the vicinity She at once put on full 8pectiveiy. the use of the American A rf,f Tau'oT section" The Weather. -. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 47 degrees; mlnlmym, 43 degrees. TOUAY'S probably fair; westerly winds,- . LfSlrjlatores. Labor fearful of unfriendly legislation In A Washington. ' Section 1, page 11. -House allows medical college and normal school at Monmouth '50,000 each for new buildings.. Section 1, page 9. -v State Superintendent of School .Churchill praises law which provides free tuition for high school pupils In outside districts. (Section .J, page 0. Republicans in "Washington Assembly de clared to have outwitted .Democratic Gov ernor, beotlon 1, page 11. ' Federal report on Columbia River power project bitterly assailed by Senator lay. section 1, .page & Washington Assembly votes to abolish Tax Commission. Section 1, page 2. New laws adopted affect every branch of state government. Section 1, page 13. House passes appropriations of Stia 1,700 for state neeos. section l, page . War. United States to avalt overt act before taking further action as to protests to Britain and Germany. Section 1. page 1. Germany and Austria complain that sub' marine parts are being shipped to aines. Section 1, page 2. Neutral writer In London Times declares Germany Is not pinched by war. Section 1, paga 5. German submarine sinks British steamer In Irish sea. . Section 1, page 1. French eyewitness says allies artillery haft gained ascendancy. Section 1, page 1. Petrograd reports German advance has been d-ecisively checked at fortress or usso- wetz. Section 1, page 5. Allies progress in Champagne: Germans ad mil loss of trenches, section l, page National. Senate unlikely to adopt cloture rule.- See page 2, Domestic Panama-Pacific Exposition formally opened. Section 1. page 1. ALLIES' ARTILLERY E GAINS ASC NDANGY Saturday's War Moves A French Say Big Guns Begin to Count FIRE GROWS IN ACCURACY Desperate Engagements Are, Fought on Western Line. GERMAN submarine made Its ap pearance In the Irish Sea yester day and torpedoed without notice tbe British coasting steamer Cambank of 1990 tons register. Three of the crew were killed, and a fourth was drowned while the men were taking to the boats. This incident was the only one con nected with the German ' submarine blockade of the British Isles reported during the day. It came about the same time that the Anglo-French fleets werebombardlng the Dardanelles forts. and while the Russians, according to telegram received from Tetrograd were administering a defeat to the Ger. mans at Ossowetz, Poland, and driving back to the frontier the troops who had attacked that fortress. MANY IMPORTANT LAWS ARE CREATED Task of 28th Legisla ture Mear End. Except for the loss of life, the sink lng of the Cambank was not in itself a serious matter, but the presence of a German submarine near the route which the Atlantic liners take on their way to and from Liverpool and along which many steamers pass dally. Is bound to cause some uneasiness. It Is true that this was not the first time that a hostile submarine had been in Eye-Witness Tells of Good Work of these waters, but the last one to visit SUCCESSES FOLLOWED. UP speed and, being a reached port safely. speedy vessel. RAISINS BEST IN HARD HIKE Hathway Pathfinder Puts Chocolate i Above Meat In 3800-Mile Jaunt. OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.) A one-pound ration each of chocolate and raisins Is the ideal food for those ngagetl in arduous outdoor labor and contains more nourishment than three pounds of meat, concludes Charles I. Signer, official pathfinder of the Wash ington State Highway department. Mr. -Today is the triumph of San Fran-I Signer, during experiments in the last I cisco that a decade ago lay proBtrate !n ruins," declared Governor Johnson, on foreign vessels and the dangers to neutral shipping in the naval war zone about the British Isles, but will stand firmly on Its warning against destruc tlon of American lives or vessels. Many officials who know the situa tion expect some further move only In the event of an overt act. Page 6, Couole cue Rockefeller Institute, chargin experimental use or serum resulted in grave malady. Section 1, page i. Paid admissions In forenoon of opening da: of Fair total $?88,O0X Section 1, page Sports. McCredie announces only IT players will carried by Beavers, section 2, page l. Hockey world's series play dubious, either East or West. Section 2, page 2. This was indicated in high official Regulations drafted for placing nign scnooi atnietlcs in state on unitorm duu. ow. Admission to Be Avoided. looking out ovor the sea of humanity before himself. "San Francisco today said Secretary Lane, is the gayest city of the globe." To prove It the crowd gave him a titanic cheer. Woman IWnreneat Entire Rente As the gates were opened for the first time. Mrs. T. A. Reardon.' wife of the president of the Board of Public Works, who had marched the entire route with t!ie parade, was the first woman to enter the grounds after they had been officially declared opened. According to the programme Bishop Ilanna. of the Roman Catholic Church xi as Introduced by President Moore. Bishop Ilanna Invoked the blessing ot the opening of the greatest exposition in the history of man. He was followed bv Rabbi Martin Meyer. At the con ilusion of the reading of the 148th T'salm, President Moore delivered his address, in the course of which he was cheered many times. La He Speaka fer President. As the personal envoy of the Presi dent. Secretary Lane, who spoke next, was heard with the closest attention. The great throng gave him the sincere compliment of absolute silence. In tbe more solemn passages of his oration t ie vibrations of his voice stirred the audience In sympathy. He was cheered cnthusisatically when he concluded. Governor Johnson, of California, was then introduced to the crowd, which iv as then banked in a solid mass ex tending nearly a quarter of a ralle. The Governor congratulated the officials of te exposition on their splendid work jn having completed the exposition, as v as predicted more than three 3 ears sgo. on time. He waa followed by Mayor Rolph, of San Francisco, who s-'oke briefly on what the exposition meant to the whole world. William H. Crocker, vice-president of the exposi tion, on behalf of the directors, pro rented President Moore with a solid gold scroll. Other addresses were made by R. B. Hale, one of the vice-presi- 11 months, has tramped more than 5800 miles, including some of the roughest country in the state, with a 30-pound pack. As reconnolssance engineer, making the first location of possible roads. Signer often tramps 40 miles a day, using his hand level and taking notes by the way lie regards as his most arduous recent pedestrian adventure, however, a climb over the Cascades through Bear Gap. rising from 3000 feet to 6000 and dropping again to 1500, and covering 32 miles in the day, part of the distance through 18 inches of snow. . quarters today after, the official texts of tbe communications had been read. The documents will be further exam ined, however, to determine whether there is anything in either note which, if not answered now, might be con strued later as an admission. In the case of the note to Great Britain, objecting to any general use of the American flag by British ves sels, the communication from Great Britain was not regarded as altering the original . warning of the United lion 2, page 4. Delicate youngster developed Into fine physl raj specimen by track atnietlcs. section 2, page 2. Fast basketball games are In store for fans this week. Section 2, page 4. Many big shoots are In store for gun club before state matcb. Section 2. page a. World's trapshot champion estimates shot! used at 1O0.OO0. Section 2, page s. Bill Havward. 48. shows youngsters of hli track squad how to do it. Section page 3. Four speedboats may fly Portland Motorboat Club colors In fair races. Section 2. page S. States against the measure of repon- I Matty puts managers who win in two classes. $1594 GONE, WIFE NOTWON Xotes Torn Up on Promise to Wed, Says Snlt; $1000 Added for Balm. Alleging that he tore up $1594 worth of her promissory notes when she promised to marry him and that she later .married another man, Arthur P. Olsen yesterday filed a breach of prom ise suit In County Clerk Coffey's of fice against Mrs. Mollie M. Patton Sax ton. Miss Mollie M.'-Patton' owed Olsen $1594 and on Christmas day, 1913, she promised to marry him, Olsen alleges. Then he tore up the notes. On Septem ber 5, 1914, she married-John W. Sax ton. Besides the amount of the al leged notes, Olsen asks $1000 exemplary damages for mental anguish occasioned by the alleged breach of promise. TWO TOLSTOYS IN ARMY Grandsons of Late Count Mentioned for Cross of St. George. (Concluded on Fax- 10.) PARIS, Feb. 20. (Special.) A Petro grad dispatch to tbe Temps says two grandsons of the lte Count Tolstoy have been fighting In the Russian army. One. has been wounded In the fight ing In East Prussia. His name has been mentioned for' the Cross of St. George. The other, who s a prisoner In Hun gary, has also been proposed for a cross. siblllty which would seem to be Im posed on England-if any American ves sels or lives were lost as a result of such general practice, although the de nlal of any intention to make frequent use of -the neutral ensign was reassur ing to officials. Warning te Germany Broad. The American Government already, it was pointed out, has declared in em phatic language that Germany would be held to "strict accountability" for any loss of American vessels "or lives,' and this warning is construed by Ad ministration officials to be sufficiently broad also to cover any Injury to American citizens aboard belligerent vessels. Some high officials are urging that the United States, having made It suf ficiently clear in its correspondence with both Germany and Great Britain, should now remain silent and observe developments. The arguments in both the British and German communica tions charging violations of the rules of international' law and warfare, it is held by American Government officials, are of no concern to the United States. Neutral' Rights It Forfeited. The breaking down of the doctrines of International law as between the belligerents does not. in the view of high officials here, affect the status of those rules as between the United States and Great Britain and Germany, with whom this country is at peace. The position of the United States Is based on the right of a neutral to de mand, certain treatment for its ships and commerce, regardless of the re spective actions of the belligerents. Further correspondence with the bel ligerents is opposed by many officials' on the ground that the American Gov ernment ought not to be drawn into a discussion of the charges avhich Great Section 2, page 2, Willie Ritchie hopes to knock ,put- Freddie Welsh In xew, lork bout. section page S. . . .. I Fifty Aggies answer "official call to track. Section 2, page 5. Northwest championships at Spokane to be final Faclflo Northwest Association dox- Ing matches of season. Section 2, page S, Battle for state basketball championship comes next, section 2. page (Concluded on Pae 5.) Pacific Northwest. Oregon City holds big celebration oommemor. atlng completion of Willamette valley Southern Kailroad. Section 1, page 7. Hood River men forecast established apple market. Section 1, page 7. President Invited to Lewiston celebration of Celilo Canal. Section 1, page 7. K. E. Felke - elected president of Christian Endeavor Society in Oregon. Section 1, Page 6. Automatic device shows poultry plans. Sec tion 1. page 11. Tillamook Cheese Association makes reports on work of year. Section 1, page 11. Commercial and Marine. President Wilson and Government officials may come to Celllo Canal opening. Section 1. page 1. Charles R. McCormlck Lumber Company opens selling agency in New York for Oregon fir. Section 1, page 19. Record day's business on local grain ex change. Section 2, page 13. Wheat breaks badly at Chicago under heavy selling. Section 2, page 13. Stocks easily recover from early declines. Section 2. page 15. Portland and Vicinity. Couple In County Jail, one on eighth floor nd the other on the seventh, woo, and plan escape. Section 1, page 18. Brooklyn School first to begin industrial programme for year. Section 1, page 17. Mrs. Charles Byers kills son of 6 and at tempts own life. Section 1, page 15. T. M. C. A. launches big membership cam paign Tuesday. Section 3, page 14. Two more Federal employes dropped and veiled threat stays protest. Section 1, page 13. School Board, answering Mrs. Richards, an nounces policy on marriage of teachers. - Section 1. page 13. - Plan to build viaducts over O.-W. R. & N. tracks near Sullivan's Gulch is given. Section 2, page 16. Series of lifesavlng contests now on at T. M. C. A. Section 2, page 16. i Belgian Batteries and of Re markable Energy of British, AV'orklng With French. PARIS, Feb. 20. An official eyewlt ness account of the recent fighting in France and Belgium was given out to day by the French War Department Tho writer says: "During the past 10 days detestable Folkestone, weather, continuous rains in some I Tne Norwegian parts and violent snow squalls in oth ers and thick fog have hindered the operations nearly everywhere on the western battle front. In spite of the conditions this period has been favor able for us. . Artillery Fire Effective, Our artillery obtained brilliant re suits and the enemy evidently was un able to equal our fire. The French superiority in ammunition and supplies is being more and more confirmed, "Our infantry showed an aggressive spirit in the Arters, Champagne, Ar gonne and Alsace regions, and their operations were crowned With success. We thus obtained appreciable results. That the German official communlca tions after having flatly denied, have now partially admitted that prisoners and materials have fallen into our them gave the crews of the three ships which she sank an opportunity to leave the vessels before sinking thein. The Cambank had apparently slowed down to pick up her Liverpool pilot when she was observed by the sub marine and torpedoed. While the sink ing of this steamer can, however, raise no diplomatic problems, a serious situa tion may arise out of the torpedoing of the Norwegian tank steamer Bel ridge, which, according to the British Admiralty, was struck by a torpedo off foreign office has ordered the Norwegian consulate at London to Investigate this affair and report Immediately, with the object, it Is thought, of making representa tions to Germany if the facts are as staled by the British officials. Despite the attacks on these steamers. the arrivals at and sailings from British ports maintain their dally average. In the meantime the battles on the continent continue with ever-increasing Intensity. The offensive which the allies took early In the week has brought about renewed activity all! along the line, and attacks and counts attacks have become much more num erous. Both the British and Frenc seemingly made considerable progress at the outset of the offensive operation DRY ACT IS IN OWN NICHE Election Statute Amendments Stand Out Prominently. TAX CHANGE ALSO GREAT Consolidation and nomination of Boards Not F.xlenslvo Com pensation Art Chanced Ap pointive Power Stronger. hands, moreover, are the best proofs of and thU md u Imperative for th our successes. Gunfire Remarkably Accurate. The account discusses in detail the activity of the allied artillery in the region from the English Channel to the River Alsne. It speaks of the excellent work of the Belgian batteries and the remarkable energy of the British artil lery, working in concert with the French guns. Shells, the writer says, were placed with remarkable accuracy, rendering the movements of the Ger- Germans to deliver counter attacks to regain the ground which they had lost In carrying these out, the Germans have shown the same desperate spirit which has characterised their prevlou operations under similar circumstances In a long report covering the week's operations to February 17. a French "eye witness" asserts for the French many minor successes and the repulse of German counter-attacks. The Germans, too. make similar as sertions, so that the public Is left to man troops In the rear of their trenches judge as to the outcome of the week's exceedingly aimcuit ana onen impos- fiare-up si Die. At that moment when French in fantrymen advanced to storm hostile works on the edge of the village of Carency, the night of February 6-7," the statement continues, "60 volunteer reservists . with a squad of sappers, brilliantly accomplished the destruc tion of a skillfully arranged German trench which had been baptized 'the ambush.' Germans Lose Half Company. We lost only three men killed. The Germans lost more than half a company. On a road leading from Betnune to La Bassee, a mill which previously had been occupied by Germans was re captured by a brilliant French charge on February 8. "The operations to the north of Arras were characterized by splendid bravery on the part of the Zouaves and African infantry, who charged German trenches, blew them up by mines, captured the enemy's principal line and repulsed vigorous counter-attacks. "Between Soualn and Beausejour, where our lines were pushed forward for more than a mile and a haft in December, we again advanced on Feb ruary 16 and 17. following a dozen successive attacks and captured Hill (Concluded on Page 5.) From the eastern front there Is no news except the official dispatch from Petrograd, which says the Germans have suffered at Ossowetz and been compelled to fall back toward the frontier. Should this prove to be correct, the German plans would be entirely upset, as defeat at this point would endanger the whole of their line northward along the East Prussian frontier. In the rest of Poland and In the Car pathians, where severe fighting is still In progress, there Is no change In the relative positions of the opposing ar mies, while in Bukowina a battle is being fought along the Pruth River. Retirement to this position should be an advantage to the Russians, as It considerably shortens their line and enables reinforcements to reach them more easily. The Serbians and Austrians are again facing each other across the Danube and have In turn been bombarding Semlin and Belgrade, respectively, and the positions near those cities. This mat mean the beginning of a new cam paign, or perhaps it Is an attempt by the Serbians to help relieve the pres sure on the Russians. , BT RfiVAI.D 1. CALLVERT. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 2i. tStaff Correspondence.) In these the rloxing hours of the ISlh legislature Assembly of t'recon It I podslMe ! stimniarlxc Ino more important work of the scpsion. This resume Is written under perutiwr difficulties. Not all the Important Ick- Islatlon h.ts panned nt llils Imur. Will in accordance ,wltli an arerment b-- ween the two houses certain mutlrr awaiting formal action. It is presumed, will be adopted. The adoption of flic crucial bill in the iinderxtunrtlna- was accomplished at II o'clock by the House. It Is the Henale bill giving the recall power lo the Governor or the appointing- board as the cane limy be over any appointee nt any time, on the adoption of this bill and the rass- ge of the Senate bills consolidating the insurance and corporation depart ments and the ltlxhway nnd hlste Engineer's offices hung the recession by the Senate from Its amendment to the Schuebel compensation bill reducing the membership on the Industrial Ac. rldent Commlxlson to one. Adaption Derided 1 pen. Incidentally an agreement on the manner of appointing the delegated t the waterpower conference Is Involved. This review Is written on the assump tion that the g-eneral terms of Ihe un derstanding will be carried out In full. That Is to say, consolidation, compen sation and the waterpower resolution are at a late hour not adopted but will be finally adopted. All other legisla tion covered herein has been. A number of bills stand out prom inently. The election laws have bn-n amended in important particulars. A method for permanent registration has been provided. A fee system for nom inating candidates which will make the paid name solicitors unnecessary, but still available, has been adopted. By the terms of the latter bill the aspirant for nomination paya his money into the state, county and city treasury instead of Into the pockets of the petition shovers. Had this law been In force In the last election and had all stale candidates availed themselves of It the state treasury would have been en riched by about ISliOO. To the treas uries of the counties would have been added a sum in excess of that. t Another election law restores the fi.ll franchise to the voters In election of delegates to National conventions and eliminates the payment of delegates' expenses out of the public treasury. Standing in a niche by itself Is the prohibition measure. The bill lias been Igned by the Governor, but Its opera tion awaits the taking of effect of the onxtl tutlonal amendment on January 1916. The provisions of this law have been fully discussed. It Is elah- rate in its features and puts a small limit on the quantity of intoxicants that may be Imported from without he (Concluded on I'm, B. PICTORIAL COMMENTS ON SOME CURRENT NEWS EVENTS, BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS : I II II vywg I (q'ty l : ' ; . ............. .....a.............................. ........... .t .si i