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Section One
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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
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GETtMAX SIBMARIXE DELIVERS
STROKE WITHOUT WARXIXG.
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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.
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