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General News.
.AVID N. MOSESSOHN. editor of
the Portland Chamber of Com
merce bulletin, was elected sec
ond grand vice president of the Inde
pendent Order of B'nal B'rlth at the
convention of district Grand Lodge
No. 4,. at San Francisco.
Portland and Seattle Toungr Men's
Christian association are engaged in
atspirited membership contest and
"Puncture Portland's Pride" IsV the
slogan of the Sound organisation.
Sarah Bernhardt, the celebrated act
, ress, underwent an operation at Bor
deaux and it is said that the patient
is on the road to recovery.
The state of Idaho . will become dry
after January 1. 1916, as result of the
passage by the senate of the house
prohibition 'act. Governor Alexander
bad Indorsed the measure.
All communication with Knight's
landing was cut off as the result o
the rising Waters, but. from Woodland,-
ten miles from Knight's Land
ing, it is learned that town was not
aamagea ana mat alt persons were
safe.
The officials of the Panama-Pa-clfic
exposition Insisted at San Fran
cisco that the "stick of dynamite" de-
dared to have, been found at the side
or the Japanese exhibit in the Pa lac;
of Manufacturers, was a hoax.
v Drawn by suction against the blades
of the propellers on the United States
torpedo, boat destroyer -Whipple at the
rt bunkers in the harbor at San Di
ego while handling a line from a light
dingy, Ralph Cotner, 19, and Lewis
Schaub, 21, of the Whipple's crew,
were killed. A third sailor, T. F.
Mai ton, was rescued slightly injured.
John Stutsman, his two daughters
and a sop. were burned to death at
10a st St. Louis in a fire which started
in a grocery store and consumed an
entire building. Another son dropped
to safety from a window. The Stutz
man family occupied the floor above
the grocery.
Thousands of Japanese crowded the
grounds of the Panama-Pacific expo
sition to participate in the ceremonies
officially dedicating the Japanese pa
vilions and gardens, the principal
event on the day's exposition program.
Hurled more than 100 feet when
their big automobile was struck ty
the Southern Pacific Californta Lim
ited at Claremont, Cal., one Italian was
killed, one probably fatally injured
and a third seriously hurt. The men,
whose names have not yet been
learned, live at Downey.
Ex-Congressman Ralph D. Cole, per
sonal representative of Governor Wil
lis, of Ohio, officially declared the
Ohio state building on the Panama
Pacific exposition grounds open at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Severe snows, accompanied by high
winds, prevailed Tuesday from South
Dakota to Oklahoma. Bight Inches of
snow had fallen in central and east
ern Kansas and northern Oklahoma
Traffic was practically at a stand
still in eastern Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa and South Dakota. Telephone
and telegraph service was badly in
terrupted. -
The Ohi building was officially
dedicated at the San Francisco fair.
President Moore and Mayor Rolph
hurried to that structure from the
Canadian building in - time to speak.
The principal address was delivered
by Ralph D. Cole, personal represen
tative of Governor Willis of Ohio.
Proponents of the seamen's bill are
urging that the measure be put
through with as little delay as possi
ble as result of the report on the con
ferences which has just been sub
mitted. A Miss Krupp is being sought 'by
the superintendent of the insane asy
lum at Steilacoom. Wash. It is said
that her father, who had been an in
mate of the institution a short time,
died, leaving the girl some money.
United States government has Its
hands full transporting parcel post
matter to the Elk City mining district
of Idaho. As result of the mining
boom and parcel post extensions,
mails are crowded. '
It is expected that the impeachment
proceedings against Judge Dayton of
West Virginia will be submitted to
congress for disposition before March
4, time .of adjournment. Hearings
have been ended by the house Judi
ciary committee.
Throwing himself naked from the
third tier of cells to the cement floor
ing, Leon Nicassio, . 35. an Italian,
made a probable successful attempt
at suicide In Los Angeles jail here.
Nicassio was charged with having
killed the foreman of a packing house.
San Mateo county. Cal. vied with
the Dominion of Canada and the state
of Ohio in monopolizing interest in
the day's proceedings at the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco.
Ten thousand San Mateo ' county
school children, dressed in white and
carrying tiny flags stood at the . en
trances and. other points of vantage
In the, Panama-Pacific ; exposition
grounds at San Francisco, distribut
ing bunches of violets to all visitora
European War.
GERMAN aeroplanes are reported to
have been seen flying over the
east coast of the British Islands.
Permit to use warships as convoys
of their merchant vsesels will likely
be asked of Germany by the three
Scandinavian countries, because of
dangers of attack by German craft
in the new war zone.
French government is obeying the
International rules in matter of treat
ment of German prisoners in concen
tration camps in the department of
the Basse Alps and Var. 1
Berlin pathfinders, the Boy Scouts
of Germany, are out In large numbers,
practicing in the forests. They wear
uniforms similar in color to those
worn by the army men.
American steamers Evelyn and Carib
were lost in mine explosions because
their commanders had failed to . heed
instructions to keep on certain course
as given by the German admiralty, ac
cording, to official statement of the
latter. - .
. Semi-official German reports- state
that the German war zone extension
includes the Orkney and Shetland
islands. . ,
Field Marshal von HIndenburg de
livered a crushing blow to the Rus
sian forces In the Mazurian lakes re
gion, upwards of 60,000 prisoners hav
ing been taken, together with a large
number of cannon and- war supplies.
A German submarine, .which -had
been lying in the English channel in
wait for packets and which fired a tor
pedo at the British steamer Victoria,
is believed to have been sunk by an
English torpedo boat. - : -
Eighteen members of the crew 'of
the Cardiff steamer Branksome Chine,
a British government . collier, landed
at: New Haven- En eland. Tb boat
Top Part of the crowd declared to be the largest ever assembled In the we6t that witnessed the opening of the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition at San Francisco, Saturday, February 20. There was no disorder, no' accidents occurred and only one child
was lost and he was quickly found by the exposition guards. (Photograph copyright, 1915, by the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition.) , -.
Center Men appointed to the Federal Trade commission by President Wilson on Monday. Left to right Joseph E. Davles of 'Wis
consin; William J. Harris of Atlanta, Ga., director of the census; Will II. Parry of Seattle, Edward N. Hurley of Chicago, George
Rublee of Cornish, N. H.
Bottom, left Democratic campaign committee preparing tor 1916 campaign. Left to .ght Thomaa Pence, Fred B. Lynch, Cato Sells,
A. Mitchell Palmer and Homer 5. Cummings. (Photograph by Harris & Ewing.)
Bottom, right Delegation that witnessed President Wilson press the button that threw o.en the gates of the Panama-Pacific Interr.a
tional Exposition, February 2 0. Left to right, in the f!r3t two rows, are Secretary of Agriculture Houston, Ttepreeentatlve Raker,
Senator Perkins, Representative Stephens, Senator Works, Representative Kahn, Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Representative Curry
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Secretary of Labor Wilson, Representative Kent, Secretary of the Treasury McA3oo, Com
missioner of Immigration Caminettl and Secretary of State Bryan. (Photograph by Harris & Ewing.)
either struck a, mine or was torpe
doed in the English channel.
The British steamer Royparana was
torpedoed by a German submarine oft"
Eastbourne. The vessel, sank almost
immediately. The crew was saved.
Except for a slight advance by the
allies north of Perthes, there has
been little fighting in the western
war theatre. Germans, according to
the French war office, were forced to
retire from a point near Perthes fol
lowing an allied bayonet charge.
Germany promises that Jt will now
Interfere with the cargo of the
steamer Wilhelmina or any other
American steamer with food supplies
for German destination. Such sup
plies will not be used for the army or
navy, it is declared.
Plans to issue a new war loan of
$260,000,000 in treasury notes, which
will mature in five years, have been
made by the German government.
British authorities detained at Fal
mouth the Norwegian steamer Vitalia.
from New York to Rotterdam, with a
carao of soods from the Chicagom
Packing house. The vessel had been
loaded under the supervision of the
British consul.
German women took to the fad of
wearing Belgian soldiers caps and the
habit became so much of an annoy
ance because of outbursts of enthu
siasm that th.e army decided to con
fiscate the supply of heargear.
Fifty to sixty .thousand acres of
low lands are said to be ready for
reclamation under supervision of the
Germans, and 15.000 to 20.000 prison
ers will be used In the work..
It is feared that the Swedish
steamer Specia. which left Liverpool
January 31. and which was last re
ported February 2, has been lost.
It is feared she struck a mine or is
the 'Victim of torpedo attack.
One of the heaviest guns jn the
German army exploded during the
bombardment of the position of the
allies and one officer and five gun
ners were killed.
' Complaint against the alleged cruel
treatment of prisoners by German
soldiers has been made to the state
department at Washington by the
Russian embassy.
The White Star Liner Haverford ar
rived safely at Livei-pool from Amer
ica, after traversing the 1 submarine
area. The Haverford flew the British
flag throaghout the entire voyage.
Commercial and industrial.
THE great Northern Railroad com
pany's night train which was with
drawn from the Seattle-Portland
run several weeks ago because of de
crease in travel, was. restored today
as result ' of the gain : in passanger
business following the opening of the
Panama-Pacific exposition.
All previous records for attendance
at fairs was broken by the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco
when.; in the first, three days, 442.957
persons passed through the .gates.
The Rogue River Fruit and Producs
association decided to haul, pack and
sort all the fruit "of its members, an
automobile being used - In making the
rounds. Hitherto each member' at--'
tended to this work.
Bids submitted for the construction '
of the Interstate bridge across the
Columbia river at Vancouver, Wash.,-
have been opened and it Is stated that "
the work will be done at a saving of '
S30d,(W0 below the bonded estimate ot '
$1,756,000. . . " ,. v -, -
Newt of sharp breaks In the mar-.v
fcets at Liverpool and Winnipeg sent
wheat at Chicago to the lowest - prices ;
touched In weeks. ' May opened at -11.58
and July at 11.28. Prices con
tinued to decline rapidly all day. The
market closed at very near the lowest .
point, with May at U.32 and July
$1.26. - . .-
San Francisco now has 1900 Jitneys
in operation, anfl It is said that there
are 400 applications for licenses. On
January 18 there were 350 Jitneys
doing business. t ' r
-To plan for the drainage of 40,000
acres of land, agents of the. federal .
department of agriculture have been
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