THE STTXPAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 27, 1916. ST. MARY'S ACADEMY PLANS ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONWHEN GRADUATES HOLD CONFERENCE. SURVIVOR TELLS OF SEA CATASTROPHE We Will Be in Oar New Home About March 1st, S. E. Cor. 5lh and Alder Lamar Tooze Travels on Noor ; dam With Englishman Who Escaped From Lusitania. firm TA-pKpS J y - !1 -r ' ii f i- j &r.Lss, SSTToU.gg - ill x ' 'v,-' - ill f ss ' jsygm-My ' ' si ' y H J & I n 5 sM!e.ir 3 m ; J rl- vAl As KPJ f!41 ,$ IP-icp-! m , y fiill , riJI DEATH DEALT ON ALL SIDES V. A. F. Vassar Declares There Was ' - "o Excitement or Confusion and ' Anions Calmest He Recalls Seeing Elbert Hubbard. BY LAMAR TOOZE. Ftndent Representative University of Oregon on Heury Ford Peace Jlisslon. EUGENE. Or., Feb. 26. (Special.) The Lusitania case that specter of the sea which has a habit of disturb ing President Wilson's sleep of late, even after it has been thought that it was disposed ot once and for all still permits a story of an individual escape from a watery grave when the great liner took her last plunge into the waves of the sea that May afternoon of last year. Not merely permissible because the question is timely, but warranted because a fellow passenger on the Noordam, W. A. F. Vassar, of England, is one of the survivors. I met Mr. Vassar on the boat re turning home from Holland and pro cured his story first-hand. When the boat was torpedoed by the German submarine, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon; Mr. Vassar, with other first-cabin passengers, was in the din ing salon. The day was one of those balmy Spring days; the ocean was calm. There was no thought of dan Iter. It seemed almost impossible that the beauty of the scene could be marred by the presence of anything that would even suggest danger. Those big vessels, too, give a false impres sion of security. Passenger See Torpedoes. While the passengers were still eat ing, the German submarine shoved its periscope above the ocean's surface several hundred yards distant, took quick observations, and in quick suc cession sent two torpedoes crashing through the side of the boat at the water-line. Several passengers on deck could see the .torpedoes as they came splashing through the waves on their mission of death. They struck the big boat fairly amidship, near the boilers, the most vital place possible. They struck so nearly together that the ex plosions seemed simultaneous. The boat listed heavily on her side and water rushed through the gaping holes In her side. Mr. Vassar was thrown out of his chair by the force of the explosions. Making his way to his stateroom he adjusted the lifepreserver and took an extra one along for some person who might be unprovided. He walked with much difficulty to the automatic elec tric elevator. The boat had listed so much that he had to walk with one foot on the wall and the other on the floor. The elevator was crowded with men, women and children. It was packed completely. While Mr. Vassar stood at the shaft the elevator with its human cargo started upward. It ascended but a few yards and stuck fast. The occupants were imprisoned. That was the last Mr. Vassar saw of them; he believes they went to their df ath like rats in a trap. Finally reaching the boat deck the deck where the lifeboats are kept Mr. Vassar waited, with other passengers, for a seat in a lifeboat. There was no excitement or confusion. Elbert Hubbard Cool. Mr. Vassar recalls seeing Elbert Hubbard standing by himself, cool and collected, seemingly oblivious to dan ger. A boat was launched; it was im mediately dashed to piece3 against the side of the vessel, drowning all. An other boat and its passengers met a similar fate. Mr. Vassar's turn came. He took a seat in lifeboat No. 7. It was lowered quickly over the side and the ropes cut. The lifeboat struck the water on its side, turning all out into the water. Mr. Vassar swam away from the Lusitania to escape being dashed against it by the waves. He picked up a pair of floating oars, which, with the lifepreserver, sustained his weight. He saw one lifeboat turn com pletely over, imprisoning many under neath it. Several had climbed on the Inverted bottom of the boat; those un derneath, catching them by the legs in an effort to draw themselves up, pulled them into the water and to death. Mr. Vassar decided he would take no chances of meeting a similar fate by climbing, on the boat. At last one of the Lusitania's liferaf ts with . several people aboard floated near him. He struck out for it- He had been in the water a long time, his legs and arms were numbed and he nearly exhausted his strength. Within a few yards of the boat his strength gave out and he became unconscious. When he regained bis senses he was on the raft. He was taken to Queenstown and recovered In a few days. The submarine that sunk the Lusi tania was captured by the British near KirkwalL STREETS TO BE IMPROVED v. .Newport Council Decides to Have" Thoroughfares Graded. NEWPORT. Feb. 24. (Special.) With the advent of good weather ex tensive improvements of the streets of the city have been ordered by the City Council. Beginning at Newport street, near the Postoffice, and extending to the beach and back along Agnes and Brook streets, the entire way will be graded and planked with three-inch boards. This will give a plank road of light grade from the waterfront to the beach and will avoid the steep hill that autos have been compelled to climb. On Agnes street the old roadway will be filled about three feet to bring it to grade, and this will necessitate the raising of the business houses on this street to grade. PENDLETON ELKS TO ACT Ve Should Worry" Will Be Pre sented on March 6 and 7. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 26. (Spe .ti t-v. p.nHlotAn Tnd&re of TClka is rehearsing for the presentation of a farce comedy, we snouia worry, in Pendleton Monday and Tuesday nights. March 6 and 7. The cast includes: Mrs. Walter Rose, Louis Steelhammer, C. J. McNaughton, Walter Rose, Nadyne Blakeley, Olive Gwinn, Mrs. Westbrooke Dickson, Ray Crystal and Bertrand specialties will be a quartet composed of R. E. Chloupek, jack uioson, ueorge C. Baer and James Estes. The show Is being produced under the direction of C. J. McNaughton, pro fessional show producer. STUDENTS -A l ! Ull.TirIt smi!.a -nnl Vi MEDFORD. Or.. Feb. ".-(Special )Sixty-five former .t" alumn orgTnila! classes of 1860 to 1870. gathered at the academy Turday o thr7eIdc1t M?t Kate McAndrews. Mrs. tion. An executive committee composed of Miss Alice anley Mrs MUe ta and byiawa and select a Lewis Ulrick and Mrs. Ernest McKee was formed and fjlt l tront row, and are graded back by name for the organization In the ly.utJUllB in 1865 and numbers titUS!T Oregon and Northern California. Ceil HAS FEATURE! Unusual Plan Adopted to Pass Draft on Bandon Bank. NEGOTIATIONS LAST 3 DAYS Telegrams to Cincinnati Trust Com pany- Show I. Koscnberg's Ac count Good for $475 Warn ing Given About Identity. MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 26. (Spe cial.f The case of I. Rosenberg, who i hefnir extradited from California for obtaininff $475 from F. J. Fahy, cashier of the Bank of Bandon, has leatures that supply many speculative possibili ties. Before Mr. Fahy let Rosenberg have nr. a slight draft they haggled for three days, while telegrams passed between Banaon ana mo 3 . Unn(ri - rPrltHt Ttfl.nk- Of ClU- UCUk .Jlil ll'Cl-' u, r : . : t D.ntlca ram ha.r.K to Ban don such "as these: "I. Rosenberg has an account with us." "we wm nonor , . .. t. . -1 l r- V. A IllfnfltUrfi iS correct." On February 10 the Bank of Bandon received a message saying. c are impressed that I. Rosenberg is not at Bandon." The following day Rosen berg's draft was paid, after the appli cant had saia: -iaiuraii, inc. been living in Coquille for the past three years, the Provident company would not expect me to be in Bandon.' As soon as the draft arrived at the Eastern Institution the officials tele Eraohed at once: "Signature wrong; draft not good." A letter whicn loiiowea set uui .". . i v -rt U Va.,1nt an nPCniint in L 11(5 1. nUBCUUClfi o - the Cincinnati bank had been in .Detroit while the negotiations were going What the local officials now wish to i t. tho man who stvled him self I. Rosenberg here knew of the ac count being in the Cincinnati ua.ua., after an absence of three years, pro viding he had ever been in the Ohio city. It is believed he had an accom plice in the East who watched for an opportunity to make the deal while the real Rosenberg was out of town. The officers here believe they will discover more- about the Coos County Rosenberg before they are done with him. Sheriff Johnson has sent his pho tographs back to Ohio with the belief In J I. Rosenberg, Accused of Defrand- inn Bandoo Bank Out ot 475. .... that they will be of Interest to the Ohio authorities. Rosenberg is looked upon as a dan gerous man by the Sheriff's office, and will be returned well manacled. - piciurIsWI east PRESS jLOVD IN PRAISE OF PORT LAND AND HIGHWAY. Work of Mr. Berner and Mr. Jones In Providing; Unnsual Views Landed, as Well mm Chamber. That Portland, the Columbia River and the famed Columbia Highway are receiving the utmost in publicity through the exhibition of the Berger Jones color pictures throughout the East is almost daily attested by the receipt in this city of newspaper clip pings from former Portlanders who are in those cities where the pictures are being exhibited. From Miss Marie F. Schmitt, an en thusiastic booster for this city, now with the Frank Presbrey Advertising i : i IK - '''J 1 fcsaiiSii.JiM.: .. mr o Dncn vnn PHnTOCRAFII. Company, of Philadelphia, comes the following newspaper comment clipped from the Philadelphia Public Ledger: By far the most splendid travel pictures . - t.l n. .j.rl,l.i onH(MnOA were ever Been ay u. l uHaunn- shown last night in the Hotel Adelphlaby Henry erB;er, jr., ot x-un.iim, - members and gruesta of the Rotary. Pen and Pencil. Poor Richard and Philadelphia Trafflo clubs. For more than an hour sev eral hundred men and women sat entraneea as series after series of most wonderful colored slides were tnrown upon m and displayed scenic beauties in and near Portland of the utmost grandeur . It was through the courtesy of the A3 Club and the Chamber ot Commerce ot Portland that Philadelphians had the op- i... . iV. nlphima A VPHT &20 two Portland business men, who had adopt ed photograpny as a noooy, mauo abVa discovery by which the Paget process . ... .. . i v. ...... rmailv Imnroved. These .men were Mr. Berger and Frank Ives Jones, ana meir ielju-i.ui.. thought so highly of their work that they Zi i A (a Bhnor the TliCtuneS CUinililBBIUIlCU ltm . ' throughout the country as a crowning in centive to Americans to STATE PROTECTS TIMBER FORESTER ELLIOTT REPORTS ON FIRE PRECAUTION. Work of Building Trails and Establish ing Communications for ' Look out Men Described. SALEM, Or., Feb. 25. (Special.) Oregon's forest protection agencies since 1912 have waged a campaign of "preparedness," according to data com piled by State Forester Elliott. Dur ing the period frpm 1912 to 1915 in clusive the State Forester said that more than 3000 miles of abandoned and obstructed trails were made pass able; 729 miles of strategic new trails built; 442 miles of telephone line were constructed and 25 cabins erected for the use pf lookout men in the forest service. This work called for an ex penditure of 150,000, practically all of which was borne by the1 timber owners. "The importance of such work is un questioned," said Mr. Eliott. "Lookout men are of little value unless they can immediately report the fires discov ered to their county warden and to the patrolmen in whose district they occur. It is thus necessary that lookout sta tions be equipped with telephones and the patrolmen must have access to them at several points along their 'beats.' "Patrolmen finding a fire they can not handle must be able to telephone to their chief for a fire-fighting crew to be sent to the scene of the fire with out delay. To mobilize a crew, together with tools and rations on the fire line in any part of a district in time to con trol a fire before it reaches dangerous proportions necessitates a carefully planned system of passable roads and trails." COLLEGE TO CELEBRATE M'MINNVILLE WILL HOLD UNUSUAL PROGRAMME ON FEB. 29. Celebration In Honor of Tenth Anni versary of L. W. Riley as Presi dent Will Last Two Days. . M'MINNVTLLE COLLEGE, McMinn ville, Or., Feb. 26. (Special.) Febru ary 29 and March 1 will be observed by the trustees and friends of McMinnville College in celebration of the tenth an niversary of Leonard W. Riley, D. D., as president of the college. The pro gramme will include some of the ablest speakers of the state. Addresses will be given Tuesday night by President Bushnell, Ph. D.. of Pacific University, and f resident ijee, of Albany College. President Epley, of Philomath, President Doney, of Wil lamette, and President Campbell, of the University of Oregon, will speak Wednesday morning. Letters from former presidents of the college and presidents of other colleges will be read. Other speakers will be: W. T. Jenks. of Salem, for the trus tees; Professor E. Northrup, LL. D., from the faculty; Professor Kenneth S. Latourette, Ph. D... from the alumni, and L. B. Emery, president of the As sociated Student Body. Addresses by Professor J. Sherman Wallace, "A Decade in McMinnville College' and by President L. W. Riley, D. D., "My Ideals," will complete the afternoon's programme. In the even ing Professor Norman Coleman, A. M., of Reed College, and Rev. Myron W. Haynes, D. D., of McMinnville College, will 'deliver the closing addresses. FRANKLIN HAS BERRY CLUB Organization to Supervise Gathering of Fruit tor Cannery. JUNCTION CITY, Or., Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) Ed. L. Ayers, director of the Eugene Fruit Growers' Association, and C. E. Logsdon, local superintendent of the Junction City cannery, were in Franklin Friday and assisted in or ganizing a Franklin Berry Club. There are hundreds of acres of wild evergreen blackberries in that vicinity and the purpose of the club is to have charge of the picking and the delivery of the berries to the local cannery. Officers elected were R. T. Stingley, president; H. B. Cook, vice-president, and V. C Ivie, secretary. OREGON BOYS FIRST Agricultural Students Best Butter Judges at Spokane. PAYETTE PRODUCT WINS Critics Declare Two Corvallis Men Most Proficient They Have Seen in Any Contests L. M. Davis President of Organization. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 26. (Special.) ti,. cturiont inrtc-inir team of the Ore gon Agricultural College of Corvallis captured first place In the Dutter-juas ; .nr.toct hen vesterdav in connec tion with the first annual Northwest Dairy Products Show. Th team rnirmosed of T. R. McClel lan, of West Stayton, Or.: R. L. Tweed, i.ki.nj fir onrt F. T. Baldwin, of Bakersfield. Cal., competed against crack student teams from the Wash ington State College and the University of Idaho. McClellan and Baldwin were especially commended byhe Judges on their individual scores as the two best students on butter that it naa ueeu the pleasure of the Judges lo meet in r h tinl The score of the team aggregated 7085 points out of a possible 7 500. The student team of Washington State College, composed of H. r. ian- e c.onwnnri wh.: Benton M. Bangs, of Albion, Idaho, and A. T. Flagg, of Seattle, captured second place ..-1 . 1- - t.f.l D,nrA Af 7053. Third place was taken by the team of the University or xaano, compuoeu of G. D. Turnbow, of Palouse, Wash.; -i u u...iciim nf flnnilinff. Idaho, and Ronald Wood, of Payette, Idaho, with a total score of 6764. . In the butter-scoring contest open xo teams ot aBiituuuiai posed of students' taking one - year short-term courses, there were two en tries, and first place was captured by the team of Washington State College, composed of N. P. Haberman, of Ellens burg; E. E. McDougle, of Sedro Woolley, and H. B. Lee, or seame, witn an as irrnrrnta rrtro nf 7114.5. T T Tlyn-m-n "1 f PnVPtlp. TdfthO. WO II first prize as the best buttermaker at the Northwest Dairy .Products enow here today. G. B. Bales, of Ellensburg, Wash., won second prize; George Van Kleffens, Port Williams, Wash., won the third prize; H. H. Highfield, Stites, Idaho, fourth; J. G. Howe, Stevensville, Mont., fifth; D. J. Davis, Sand Point, Idaho, sixth, and W. A. Acorn, Colvllle XATa oh GOVPTlth. netirntes to the Dairy Products ciiniv mot under the name of the woctAfn Tinirv Instructors' Association which was organized last night, and elected L. M. Davis, or tne university of California, president. Other officers are: A. B. Nystrom, Washington State College, first vice-president; G. L. Mar- vice-president; O. G. Simpson, Oregon Agricultural college, secretary-treasurer, and G. E. Freyert. Salt Lake City, moXD rir- t 1 H FlfllrV "Products ShfiW. The next meeting will be decided by the executive committee. COOS TO AWAKEN SOON WITH ENTRANCE OF RAILROAD MINES MAY BE WORKED. Gqotl Opportunities for Capital Told ot Near to Transportation and Re vival Is Expected. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Feb. 26.(Spe cial.) When the Willamette-Pacific Railroad is completed to Coos Bay there are a number of enterprises, now "sleeping," which are expected to be .... Principal of these are a number of coal mines, aeveiopeu, no.it ucirciui and some -only prospected. One in par ticular is conveniently located and needs but a small amount of work done before it would be a good pro ducing mine. It lies within a mile of Coos Bay and was opened by J. A. Word, who exhausted his funds before he was able to market any coal. Since Mr. Ward failed a number of interests investigated the mine, but none financed it. There is a good oppor tunity for capital to take hold of this property and be in line for the mar ket when the railroad is ready to transport. There is another mine, the Lillian, a i mile and a half from Coos River, that could be turned into a producing property. At the Lillian the coal would be loaded on barges and trans ported to ships through a canal, al ready built. The Henryville mine, on Isthmus Inlet, produced a fine grade of coal until the owners commenced litigation and closed the operations down.. This mine could be reopened at a reasonable cost and be mada a prom- Hart Schaffner & Marx Varsity Fifty Five For Spring You See Why Young Men Want It Ifte term "Varsity Fifty Five" Means a general idea carried out in several good designs; the "young-man" idea vigor, vitality, energy ex pressed in clothes. Stylish roll collar, two and three button, English and semi-English effects, very swagger styles .for the young fellow, conservative models for the older men, at prices unexcelled $20 to $35 Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Temporary Location, 266 inent feature of commerce for Coos On Haynes ana norm jmeio a pany in which Jonathan Bourne is in terested owns 1800 acres of coal land bordering deep water. I Mines could be opened on this property cheaper than at any place in the county, owing to its convenience to shipping either by water or rail and the fact it is well wooded and timber for shafts and tunnels would be obtained on the ground. ' Coos Bay coal is admitted to be the best in the market for domestic use, since it is quick kindling and has an average amount of thermal heat units. COLUMBIA POLITICS BOIL JUDGE EAKIN IS ONE CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION. District Attorney Cooper Undecided Regarding Race; Most of Men An nounced Are Republicans. ST. HELENS. Or., Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) Politics in Columbia County has commenced to effervesce. Judge Eakin, of the Twentieth Judcial District, has announced his candidacy for, re-election. He will be opposed by A. W. Norbld, of Astoria. Glen R. Metsker is a candidate for District Attorney, with W. H. Cooper, the Incumbent, undecided whether he will stand for re-election. F. W. Herman, of Rainier, has filed his declaration for the office of Rep resentative, while Mayor Morton. M. E. Miller and A. W. Mueller have been solicited to make the race. A. H. Barnett. County Clerk, seems to have no opposition for re-elecion. Sheriff Stanwood is a candidate for re-election, while Marshal Chittim, Martin White and J. H. Wellington have their flags up, but have not fully decided to make the race. J. W. Allen, County School Superin tendent; L. J. Van Orshoven, County Surveyor, and T. S. White, County Cor oner, are all candidates for re-election. Theso candidates are all Repub licans. 1 R. S. Hatten, Democrat, will prob ably be a candidate for Sheriff, pro vided the Republicans get to warring among themselves, otherwise he will be a candidate for County Treasurer, which, office he now holds. Work at Port Orlord Planned, GOLD BEACH, Feb. 26. (Special.) A delegation of San Francisco men in terested in the A F. Estabrook Com pany, headed by Joseph E. Fyfe, Jr., has juet completed an Inspection of tim ber and shipping facilities at Port Or ford. Mr. Fyfe says the company has leased a tract of land on the water front and will construct a cable tram way for loading. Idaho University Glee Club Sings. GRANGEVILLE, Idaho, Feb. 26. (Special.) The University of Idaho Glee Club sang to a large, apprecia tive audience here Tuesday at the opera-house. ' "Corns All Gone! Let's ALL Kick!" Every Corn Vanishes by Using Won derful,' Simple "Gets-It" Never Fails Applied in 2 Seconds. Isn't it wonderful what a difference just a little "Gets-It" makes, on corns and calluses? 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