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K 80 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 18 Six Sections VOL.. XXXIV XO. 2G. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 J I H sT" I y r V SUICIDE RECORDS DEATH SENSATIONS Last Note Found Is Al most Illegible. DYING ADVICE GIVEN TO SON Muscles Grow Numb as Light of Life Grows Dim. SORROW IS FELT AT END "cvcr Jtctire From Business; That Is Wliat Kalncd Man You Call l ather," Among Last Words of Lons Beach Merchant. PHILADKLPHIA. June 26. (Special.) A man believed to be H. M. Meri- thew, a retired merchant of Long Beach, Cal., was found a suicide by gas In his apartment In an up-town board-lns-house today, a series of notes scat tered about the room indicating' that he had struggled to record his dying sensations up to the last minute of consciousness. The tone of the notes indicated that he was about to be sep arated from his wife and sent to an insane asylum. The last note, written in a scrawl ing and labored hand, contrasting dramatically with the almost perfect penmanship of the earlier ones, de scribes the man's sorrow at having to leave the world, gives his impres sions as the end approaches, and leaves a word of advice for "Lyle," who the police believe is a son. It reads: "Remember, Lyle, I am not drunk fan allusion to a pint bottle of whisky he had drunk), but have Just taken this whisky to make me sleep." Careful Preparation Made. Then follow several lines of illegible writing followed by "my muscles are growing numb." Following this there is another line not decipherable and then this observation written appar ently with great effort: "The light is growing dim.' After another blank pace the writer, his strength appar ently almost gone, adds: "My last message is, I love you." The man had made careful prepara tions for death. He had placed pil lows at the bottom of the door to pre vent the escape of gas and had then moved a large bureau back up against the door. He did his writing seated on a chair In front of the bureau, and when his body was found, the chair was overturned, his pencil was on the floor, and several sheets of paper were scattered over the room, indicat ing he had used his last bit of strength to step from the chair to the bed. Fear of Anyluna Ezprnsed, The first note, believed to have been written before lie returned to the boarding-house and which was found In a Bible In his room, was addressed to "Dearest Jennie," and expressed the fear that he would be sent to an asylum. Another note was written after the gas had been flowing from the jet for some time. It follows: "I now begin to leave this world. Oh, how I hate to go. I loved this world and its beauty. How beautiful is everything. But the agony of the cell I love my dear Helen and oh, Lyle, be true to her. Oh. could I have lived to see you both in a home. But not so. I must go. Oh, why could I not have kept my business. No one knows how I hate to leave this world and my loved ones." More Advice iiven Son. On the opposite page is some addi tional advice to the supposed son. "Written disconectedly and incoherently iCnnelutird on Page 3, Column 1.) t t t THE CZAtZ VESSEL'S WHISTLE CUTS GLACIER ICE ALASKA SPECTACLE VIEWED BY HUMBOLDT TOURISTS. Thousands of Tons of Frozen Water Crash Into Ocean as Cap tain Tries Experiment. SEATTLE. Wash, June 26. Tourists aboard the steamship Humboldt, of the Humboldt Steamship Company, which reached port , today from Southeastern Alaska, enjoyed a treat when the ves sel visited Taku Glacier. After maneuvering to get into the exact position required for the experi ment. Captain E. G. Baughman sound ed a great blast on the vessel's whistle. Instantly thousands of tons of ice came crashing into the sea in great masses from the lace of the glacier. The tour ists, especially those from Eastern and Central West states, declare that the spectacle' surpassed all description. To provide the spectacle the Hum boldt had to get close to the glacier. The vibration caused by the whistle dislodged the Ice. The tourists included ex-Representative C. W. Kaly. of Red Cloud, Neb. "DANGER ZONE" WIDENED Federal War Itisk Bureau Makes New List of Special Ports. WASHINGTON, June 26. The war risk bureau today announced a new list of epecial ports in the European war zone. Applications for Insurance on vessels or cargoes to those ports must be made to the bureau in W"-'i-ington. and it reserves the right to decline riske. The new list ppiarpcs territory for merly looked on as dangerous to in clude all ports on the continent of Europe other than Spanish or Portu guese, all ports of Asia Minor and all African ports in the Mediterranean. No official explanation was made, but it was assumed that extension of sub marine activities was the cause. ENEMY WORDS UNDER BAN Berlin Police Must Reduce Vocabu lary to Purer German. BERLIN, June 26. Police headquar ters .has issued a list of foreign words, hitherto In common use in Germany, which It la no longer permissible to employ in police reports or letters. The list includes: Bonbonniere. cafe, confection, cravat, expedition, garage, vestibule, chic, com mission, elegant, export, import, insti tute, portiere, equipage, manufacturer, modiste, product, restaurant and ?-w-eler. CITY CAFE IS PROPOSED Ta co in a Seeks Substitute to Replace Saloons. TACOMA, Wash.. June 2G. (Special.) Five hundred citizens will be asked to contribute II each and Join an as sociation that will conduct a city :s to take the place of saloons after they close next January. The plan was out lined today by Rev. E. C. Bloornquist, chairman of the saloon substitute com mittee of the Social Service Board. A direct appeal for aid will be made to those who took active interest in the fight against the saloons at the last initiative election. PEACE PARADE ABANDONED Troops to March Instead, Bryan's Day at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. June 26. (Spe cial.) It was settled today that there will be no peace parade, but a military demonstration at the Fourth of Ji-ly celebration in San Francisco, when William Jennings Bryan will be the orator of the day. The peace pageant plans, promoted by Mrs. James Ellis Tucker and Mrs. C. S. Aiken, have fallen through, partly because of lack of financial" support. WARTIME SUBJECTS IN THE WEEK'S tSEE7 s ro READY TO ASSIST ALLIES Impossible Demand Is Made on Austria. BALKAN AGREEMENT REACHED Bulgaria, and Greece Practi cally Certain to Follow. RUSSIA TO BE RELIEVED Army Invading Hungary by Way of Transylvania Will Check Offen sive of Teutons Kali of Dar danelles Is Expected. BY JOHN CALLAN O' LAUGH LIN. WASHINGTON, June 26. Special.) Roumania at last has cast her lot with the allies. I learned today that official advices received here announce that the Roumanian government has de manded the cession by Austro-Hungary of the Austro-Hungarian ' territory known as Transylvania. Coming at a time when the Austro German forces have been engaged in driving the Russian troops out of Ga licia, this news unquestionably will have a depressing effect in Berlin and Vienna. Balknu I nderatandlnsr Indicated. Of greater Importance, however. Is the fact that the action of Roumania in making a. demand on Austro-Hungary to which that government cannot possibly agree indicates that an under standing has been reached by all the Balkan states to enter the war on the side of the allies. It seems certain. In the view of . of f tcials here, that Rou mania and Bulgaria have come to an agreement whereby the latter engages not to attack her neighbor during the operations against Austro-Hungary, Under such conditions, Bulgaria can not stay out of the war. That coun try will be regarded now, as an ene my. Just 3 Roumania will be. - Roumania - to Attack oil Flank. Roumania will attack the flank of Austro-Hungary. Bulgaria will be used to help the allies in conquering Euro pean Turkey. With Bulgaria in ac tion, Greece cannot remain quiescent. M. Venezelos, who triumphed in the recent elections, favored an agreement with Bulgaria prior to his retirement some months ago from the premiership of his country. The King, whose wife is a sister of Emperor William, refused to approve such an agreement. It was his Majesty's desire that Greece should remain out of the war. But for Greece to stay aloof, In view of the impending action of Roumania and Bulgaria, would be fatal. So, it is confidently expected here that these three states now have definitely joined the allies. Austria-Hungary Will Delay. Austria-Hungary naturally will seek to delay the inevitable. Probably It will not make a categorical rejec tion of the Roumanian demands. The same policy will be pursued by the Vienna government, as it pursued with Italy. At the instance or tne Ger man Emperor, there were prolonged discussions of the Italian demands for certain Austro-Hungarian territory demands Justified by the provision of the secret treaty of the triple alliance, under which, in exchange for an in crease of influence in the Balkan re gion, the nation acquiring such Influ ence must make compensation to its allies. Roumania has a treaty of alliance with .Italy. It was generally, realized that when Italy entered the war, Rou mania would follow Buit. Now, the way for this action has been paved (Concluded on Page 6 Column S.) ROUillA WTS -rgp INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 60 degrees; minimum, 54 degrees. TODAY'S Sunday fair and warmer, winds mostly northerly. War. Meyer-Gerhard frankly tells German offi cials America will not brook evasion. Section 1, page 1. Animals in German zoos on war diet. Sec tion, pass 7. War vessels worth $175,000,000 sunk sines war beg-an. Section 1, page 6. American Importers demand right to obtain American-owned goods from Germany. Section X, page 7. British resident describe air raid. Section 1. page 6. Roumania ready to Join allies. Section 1. page 1. Will Irwin says health of allied armies is kept excellent by . preventive measures. Section 1. page 2. Russians fighting stubbornly to cover re treat, section x. page 4. Mexico, Former adherents of Huerta ' planning new revolt in Aiexico. oectioa i, page . Forelcn. Evil of opium spoking officially proclaimed in China. Section 1. page 2. National. Text of Supreme Court decision In Oregon California land: grant case. Section 1, page- '16. Supreme Court decision ties up Oregon and California grant lands tight as ever. Section 1. page 17. Domestic. Women at Exposition dedicate miniature of Bunker Hill to suffrage. Section 1, page o. Arthur M. Geary to come from New York to lecture on fruit markets. Section 1. page 2. Physicians, gathered for convention, pass week at Fair. Section 1, page 6. Process servers fall to find Evelyn Thaw. Section 1. page 5. Militia still guarus retired Governor of Georgia, after dramatic inauguration of successor, section t, page 3. Sport. Pacific Coast League results: Portland G-a. San Francisco 4-r; Salt Lake lo. Oakland i: Venice t, tos Angeles 3. section z, page 2. Dariu Kesta wins 500-mile auto derby, beat ing all records. Section 1, page 1. "Smoky Joe" Wood, of Boston, displays rare roriu against New York Americans. Sec tion 2. page 3. St. Louis breaks Cubs' winning streak. Sec tion 2. page 3. Jack Ness holds lead In Coast League bat ting, section 2. page 4. Harry B. Smith says Ttowdy Elliott faces nara tssa in leading Oaks. Sectioa 2. page President Johnson, of American Lcazue de nies be threatened to drive Ty Cobb out oi baseoau. section 2. page 2. Doubleheader at Recreation Park today opens second half of City League season. section page 5.- H. Chandler Egan wins Northwest golf ti nts, section page x. Wonderful records made by Eastern athletes in tryouts for f anama-Paclfic team. Sec tion 2, page 2. Pacific Northwest. Governor's party views Tumalo project. Sec tion 1, page 8. uregon artillery reserves as efficient as regulars in handling Fort Stevens guns. cccmuu j., page a. Programme is completed for Gladstone Park cnautauqua. section 1, page 8. Vessel's wbistle of? Alaskan coat causes inousanas ot tons oi glacial iue to crasn into sea, section l. Dace 1. Salem is all astir for Cherry Fair and cele- utMiivu ui r uui in. aecuon J, page IV, Commercial and Marine. .Week's salmon run best of any season. Sec tion page Wheat lower at Chicago oh prospects of en larged receipts, section 2, page 15. Reading Is strong and active feature of siock market, section It, page 15. Rothschilds' loan provides for payment of x-fciivu uoiitr aiions. oecuon , page 15. Great Northern and Northern Pacific re garded as equally swift. Section 2, page u Contract ' let by McCormlck Company for tuuiucr tBiuci ol new type, bectton z. ViHn o. Portland and Vicinity. ' High honors to be shown Chinese Commer cial Commission on visit to Portland to' morrow. Section 1. page 15. Swimming tank at The Oaks has tempera ture of 70 degrees. Section 8, page 7. Land grant case one ot most remarkable In history of Federal courts. Section 1, page 17. Stephens School students chose mayor and otner municipal oxiiciais. Section 1 page 14. Better demand for skilled workmen noted. aecuoli l. page lo. Thomas W. Lamont, member of .T. P. Mor gan & Co., is banker, but doesn't look it, Section 1. page 15. All citv will Day homage at "Americaniza tion Day" celebration July 5. Section 1, page is. Nob Hill children present charming floral pageant. section i. page 14. Juclg: Gaens, sentencing two. blames lax insurance for arson. section 1. page 13- Judge Cleeton reveals new system under which Frazer Detention Home will be operated In future. Section 1, page 12. Campbell hero medal awarded to. Fireman Thomas Gavin at memorial services for late Fire Chief. Section 1, page 12. Twenty-five of 63 firemen taking examina tions for promotions make passing marks. Section 1, page 12. Kelly Clan holds its seventeenth annual re union. Section ,1, page 10. Driveway round Mount Hood proposed by Ruf us Holman. Section 1, page 1 i. Ex-member of - Boston School board says Portland system compares fsvorably with Boston's. Section 1. page 11. Girl comes from Switzerland to wed school superintendent. - Section 1. page 11. Employers asked to grant vacations to mi litiamen so they can attend camp. Sec tion 1. page 10. Portland Shriners arrange to entertain great caravan which will stop in city. Sec tion 1. page 4. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2, page H. NEWS GET THE BULK OF CARTOONIST REYNOLDS' ATTENTION. HUERTA ADHERENTS PLAN NEW REVOLT Elimination of VillaSaid to Be Plotted, WASHINGTON CREDITS STORY Carranza and Villa Versions Agree for First Time. GONZALES IS DEFEATED Advance on Mexico City Said to Have Slet Severe Setback, but News Is Overshadowed by Jfew Revolution. Eb PASO, Tex., June 26. Victorlano Huerta passed through Tucumrnrl, New Mexico, tonlgbt on an Kl Paso A South eastern train bound for Kl Paso, ac cording to advices' from Tucumcnrl The train is doe here at 6:30 Sunday morning. WASHINGTON, June 26 Official news of a severe defeat of the Carranza forces advancing1 on Mexico City under Gen eral Gonzales was overshadowed in in terest today by announcements from both the Carranza and Villa agencies here that a large party of Huerta ad herents, former military commanders and legislators, were en route to El Paso, presumably with the intention of starting a new military movement. The Villa agency announcement, com municated to the State Department, said it had a report, which, however, was not positive, that Victorlano Huerta was among those in the party. General Huerta's secretary In New York, how ever, denied that the ex-dictator was on his way to the border. General Huyta left New. York for the West last Wednesday, and it was ' reported he was bound to San Francisco. Vllla-Carranaa Reports Agree The Carranza agency, in a statement. said that General Felipe Angeles, Gen eral Villa's chief ' lieutenant, came to set the new movement afoot. The Carranza and Villa agencies have agreed in their public announce ments. probably never before i'.ce they were established. The fact th.-.t both agreed that a new movement was afoot in Mexican affairs was regarded as more than usually significant. Enrique Llorente, confidential . agent in Washington of General Villa, issued the following statement: "The confidential agency has re ceived . authentic Information that on a train en route to El Paso there passed through San Antonio, Tex, Gen erals Ygnaclo Bravo. Eduardo Caus. Vicente Callero. Jose Alesslo Robles, Victor Huerta. Enrique Corostieta a.id several military chiefs and former of ficials of the Huerta administration. Huerta'a Presence Rumored. "It Is also reported, though not positively, that Victorlano Huerta is with the party. "The agency 13 advised that the pur pose of the visit of these former Huer- tistas to El Paso is to organize ex peditions against Juarez and Ojinaga with mercenaries recruited along the border." The Carranza agency Issued the fol lowing statement: "Former officers of the federalist army are concentrating at El Paso with a view to organizing a new move ment against the constitutionalist gov ernment in Mexico and in favor of re actionary elements. "Gathering at El Paso, It Js auown that the plan of the ex-federalists la to eliminate Villa, assuming control of his forces and driving that army into line for the old regime. This Is the plan of General Felipe Angeles and it is on his Initiation and as the result (Concluded on Page 3. Column 2.1 YEEAJ-L. OE JLE7&ES?Cr CAUSES OJ-D MAN IMD G-AY fAHEE A J.JTTJ-E SF'ff?EESVSOfV BERLIN WARNED AGAINST DELAY MEYER-GERHARD TELLS OFFI CIALS AMERICA IS EARNEST. Lusitania Incident Frankly Declared to Have Changed Favorable Current of Opinion. BERLIN, via London, June 27 It is learned that Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard's report to the officials charged with drafting the German answer to the American note indicated . the serious nature of the situation. Dr. Meyer-Gerhard was sent to Berlin by the German Ambassador at Wash ington' for the purpose of indicating to the German government the real attitude of the American Government and people. He reported that the sen timent in the United States had been growing somewhat more ' favorable from the German viewpoint, and par ticularly more favorable regarding the prohibition of the export of muni tions of war to the allies. The sink ing of 'the Lusitania. however, undid all this. The state of feeling in the United States at the present time, he ex plained, was such that it would not be satisfied with unnecessary delay in the answer, nor with an answer which appeared to be evasive or failed i to meet the issue squarely. ' MR. TAFT WILL BE GUEST Press Club to Entertain ex-Presl-dent on iris Visit to Portland. Ex-President Taft. who' will be in Portland August 22, will be a guest at a breakfast now being arranged for him by the members of the Portland Press Club. Mr. Taft yesterday telegraphed to Orton K. Goodwin, who is arranging the newspapermen's entertainment for the former chief executive, that he would be glad to be the guest of the Press Club. Mr. Taft will arrive about noon on that date, and the breakfast or lunch eon will be spread immediately fol lowing his arrival. Saturday's War Moves T YAMMERING by Teutonic armies L I against the Russian forces in Ga licia continues without cessation, but apparently with less success than In most of the many battles fought dur tng the long weeks of the Gallcian campaign for the. possession of Przein ysl and Lemberg. From Petrograd come assertions of victory in a six-day battle along the Dniester, all attempts of the Tuetons to gain a foothold on the north bank having been frustrated. The latest German official statement admits that Russian forces still hold the right bank near Hallcz. this being coupled with the statement that Gen eral von Llnsingen's troops are keep ing up their attacks to effect a cross ing and that fighting is continuing between the Dniester and the district east of Lemberg. Accounts of German military activity in Russian Poland come at the same time as reports that many big - guns from Essen, Germany, are being shipped into that region, possibly in preparation for another drive at War saw. Pronounced German successes seem ingly have occurred not far from the East Prussian border, the Germans telling of the capture by storm of a Russian position north of Przasnysz, and the Russians admitting a reverse in that region through superior artil lery fire by the Germans. Neither French nor German state ments indicate operations of immediate moment in the western arena. The French admit lack of progress, due in many places, it is declared, to storm ravaged ground, while the Germans set forth the repulse of all French attacks and the regaining of some trenches. Recruiting in England for the army seems to have been temporarily for gotten amid the high tension of the compaign for munition workers. From Petrograd comes the news of an important change in the Cabinet the resignation of General Soukhom linoff, the Russian Minister of War. IF HE ATTACKS you, DEAR. SUSAMNE. HIM FROM THJF WARSAW 10 AUTOISTS BREAK ALL SPEED RECORDS Dario Resta First in 500-Mile Derby. TIME IS 97.6 MILES AN HOUR World Marks From 50 to 500 Miles Shattered. GRANT RUNS WITHOUT STOP New Wooden Track ut Chicago So Fast That Timers Are Mixed and Clerks Have Trouble) Kccplns Check as Cars Flash By. CHICAGO, June 26. All competitive speedway automobile records of the world from 50 miles to 500 miles were shattered today In the first Chicago 500-mile derby. They were not only beaten by Dario Resta, who won with a French car and captured more than $20,000 in prize money, but by nine other drivers who finished in the money. The previous record, made by Ralph Oe Palma at Indianapolis recently, was at the rate of 89. S4 miles per hour. Resta averaged 97.6 over the same dis tance and J. Cooper, who finished tenth, battered the De Palma mark by aver aging 90.3 miles. Wooden Track Anions; KaMtrst. The result, according to experts, es tablishes the new wooden track as tlie fastest in the United States, it not fin the world. It was announced that 80,000 persons witnessed the Epectaclo. The performance of Harry Grant In driving the entire race without a stop excited almost as much enthusiasm as the brilliant victory of Resta. Following was the order of the fin ish: Klapsed Average Place. Drl er. 1 Itesta . 2 Porporato ... U It icken backer 4 Grant 6 tl. Cooper . . . . U Anderson .... 7 Alley 8 Chevrolet .... 0 Burman ..... 10 J. Cooper Time. Per Hour. 5:07:u 5:10:il) 0:14:":: :i3 .. .. .: 15 :oU .. ..- .S:M:0u u:2ti:4 5:7:1. .. ... .:-& :0o C::10 U7. UU.O U.'i.S .0.8 lll.iiu UI.'U til. 7 'Jl.u B1.2 testa la Favorite. Resta was the favorite a:t the start and led most of the way. closely pressed at all times. He visited the pit only three times. Porporato had more tire trouble than his compatriot or he might have landed the race. He started out with the idea that am average of 97 miles would win, and held that pace with little variation for 400 miles, when he saw that more speed was necessary. Thereafter it was neck and neck between the two with ltickenbacker and Grant always threat ening. Itace Free l-'roni Injuries. A remarkable feature of the race was its freedom from injuries to drivers or spectators. The speed of the board track Is said to have been shown in its effect on the .men engaged in timing the race. The cars flashed over the wire so fast that the clerks were unable to koep tracic of them. They floundered on the first lap, and the race was all but over before the number of cars had decreased enough for them to catch up with the electric recorder. Many Record. Broken. Not only did Resta break the 600 mile record, but new world's marks be gan to appear early in the race. Cooper, who led early in the race, brought the first thrill when it was announced that , at 100 miles he had shattered De- u 'oncludPd on page 4, Column 2. ) MORE MEM 'MORE (xUYS. MORE A MMUMYIOH J SILENCE Of A7EXCO CTK S s4J.AKrY6 MEWSYEA Xr & J
