Westqn:: EADER 4 TOL. XXXIV. WT2STON, OltEOON, FBtDAY, MAY 14, 1915. NO; 47 5 "I GBtlWANS SINK LUSITANIA; THOUSAND LIVES ARE LOST Liner Off Irish Coast AiMcdt, Without Warning STEAMER SUNK NEAR1NG PORT Two Torpedoes Crash Into Side of Vessel While Passengers Are at Luncheon-Many Injured Die in Hospitals. London The Cunard llnor Luai tanla, which alled out of New York lut Saturday with more than 2000 person aboard, Una at tha bottom of the ocean off tha IrUh coast. She waa unk by a German eubmarln Friday afternoon, which aent two torpedoes crashing Into bur aide, while the pea aengtrra, seemingly confidant that the great veeaal rould elude tha German under-water craft, were having lunch How many of the Lusitanla' pae- eenger and crew were rescued cannot be told at present, but the oRlclal statement from tha BrltUb admiralty up to midnight accounted for not more than 600 or 600. It waa reported at the Cunard office, however, that be tween 600 and 600 had been landed at Queenetown and about 800 at Clona kllty. There wera 1261 paaaengera and 814 In the crew, a total of 2007. It la believed mora aurvlvora will be accounted for. Many are reported to have died In hospitals. A Dublin dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company aaya mat we latest report Indicate a loaa of life of about iooo. There wera dead and wounded among thoae brought ashore ; aome alnce have HI I The Lull tan I a waa ateamlng along about 10 mllea off Old Mead ninaaie, tha lut Iter at har va voire to Liver pool, when about S o'clock in tha af ternoon a submarine suddenly ap peared, and, ao far aa all report go, flra.1 In tnrnwlnaa without Warning at the steamer. One etruck ber near tha bowa and the other in tha angina room. Tha powerful agenta of de struction tore through tha veaeele' aide, caualng terriflo explosions. Al mat ImmaHlataiv mat volumes of water poured through the opening ... I . , . and ma L.uaitania uaiea. Boat, which ware already awung out on tha davit, wera dropped over board and wera apeediiy filled with paaaengera who had been appalled by tha desperate attack. A wireleaa call for help waa aent out and immediately reecue boata of all kind ware aent both from tha neigh boring point along thej coaat and Queenatown. Within 15 minute, as one survivor eatlmated, and certainly within half an hour, tha Luaitanla had disap peared. Many rescued wera taken to Queene town by steamers. Other ara report ad aa having been landed at tha porta of Clonakllty and Klnsale. Soma dead and injured were taken ashore with the aurvlvora. Several have died In hospitals. . formal Opcsing of Cefilo Canal Witnessed by 10,000 Spectators Tha Dallea, Or. The government Wsndesday presented to me peopia 01 tha Northwest a $5,000,000 instrument to aid them in developing their ra aourcee and delivered to them an em phatic note of warning. Tha preaent consists of tha Celllo eanal, which overcomes tha natural barrier in tha Columblajrlver between Tha Dallea and Tumwater, and which, heretofore, has been tha only obstruc tion to continuous water traffic be tween tha Pacific and thejrreat Inland Empire. Liner Not Proved Armed. Liverpool Scene reminiscent of tha Titanic and tha Empress of India disasters wera to be wltneaaed in Liverpool Saturday, when a large crowd, chiefly women relative of tha civw of the Lusitanla, gathered out side tha Cunard ofllea'anxlously await ing new of their men. Little waa available, however, but the peopia remained calm, although tha strain was terrible. So far as could be learned here the Luaitanla had no guns aboard. .; Two Lifeboat Picked Up. Dublin The motorboat Elliabeth ha arrived at Klnsale and report that at 8:30 o'clock Friday aha picked up two lifeboat containing 63 and ,10 survivors of tha Lusitanla, respec tively. A cork tug took the rescued to Queens town. They wera mostly women and children. Tha paeaengers aaid that owing to her liat to port tha Lusitanla could not launch many of har lifeboat. THE TITANIC DISASTER. , The liner Titanic, of tha Whit Star Line, on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York, struck an Iceberg at 10:15 p. m., April 14, 1912. She aank in four and one half hour. Of the 220S persons aboard, 160$ perished. Of thee 1847 were men, 10S wo men and 63 children. Of tha 703 aurvlvora, 816 war men, 838 wo men and 62 children. The Titanic waa a much larger vessel than the Lusitanla, being the largest veasvl aver floated up to that time. She waa 882 feet 6 Inchea long, 92 feet 8 inchea beam, 84 feet deep, with a registered tonnage of 46,000, but an actual displacement of 06.000 tons. Sinking of Big Vessel by Germans Greatly Stirs Official Washington Washington. D. C Destruction of the British liner Lusitanla with tha losa of many live shocked officials of tha United State government and spread profound grief In the national capital. Although it waa not known bow many, if any, of those lost were Amxrirarut. the view was o-eneral that tha most serious altuation confronted tha American government since the outbreak of the war In Europe Tha warnlno- of the United Stat that Germany would be held to a "strict accountability" for the loaa oi "American Uvea," Irrespective of whxthar thev wera aboard belligerent or neutral vessels when attacked, fo cused attention on tha White House, where President Wilson until lata in tha nlvht raad tha disDatchea with grave interest. The Prsldent made no comment. Secretary Bryan, Counselor Lans ing, senator and members of the house who were in the city, waited up until a late hour for definite newa of the passengers and crew of the sunken ship. Earlier In the day they had construed the positive announcement from abroad that no Uvea bad been lost aa final, but later advices dashed their hope. German Military Attadte Justifies Act of Sinking Sbip by Submarine New York Captain Fran von Pa pep, military attache of the Imperial German embassy, Is quoted by the New York World aa making the first official German aUtement regarding the sinking of the Lusitanla. He aaya: "It ia deplorable, if true, that ao many Uvea have been lost. I am shocked to hear the newa, especially that American llvee have been eacri flced. "But It waa absolutely criminal for the Cunard company to carry, and for the British government to allow the line to carry, neutral paaaengera in a ship which waa transporting explo sive and munltiona of war to be used by Great Britain and her alliee. "The ship's manlfeat will show that aha carried a large amount of picric and other explosive material. They Mrtalnlv ware not intended for neaceful uses. They were to be used against Germany and Germany bad to defend herself against them. The best way waa to destroy the ahip, and such de struction waa amply justified under the rules of war." Manifest Shows Ammunition Val ued at $200,024 on Lusitania New York One of the itema of the Lualtania'a cargo waa ammunition, val ued at $200,024. The ahlp carried 6471 case of cartridge and ammuni tion, according to the ahlp' manifest Such a passenger ahip, it waa ex plained, would not carry high explo sives, for those articlea are ahlpped on the British cargo ships. The Lusitanla had cargo of 1200 tons, which is practically all she could carry. It value waa put at $860,000. Jitneys Losa Test Case. Seattle The test case, brought in the Superior court to!obtaln decision on the constitutionality of the new fata law Imnnalncr burdensome retrula- tions on 6-cent motor buses, waa de cided against me oua owner. Nonce of appeal waa given. This decision re- mnvM tha nrntection (riven bv the prosecuting attorney to the 600 motor bus driver, lew oi wnom nave .axon out tha state bond. Agent of the Trartinn Nimninv have obtained the namea of all unbonded motor bus driv en, and all will be arrested. Starving Camper Found. San IWnardino. Cal.. Marooned in the mountains nearly a week by snow blocked roads and on the verge of atarvatlnn. 18 rimnen In Little Bear valley were rescued by a searching party aent out by county officials. Two of the rescued, G. W. Allen, of Mil waukee, and Mevlin Case, of Fenton, Mich . vara seriously ill when found. The camper had kept themselves alive . J ... .ImJ. mrA jut vvajrai uajra vu vmwu ,iua wn. i coffee. I Oregon State Fund Is Running Short Salem According to figures fur nished tha State highway commission by But Highway Engineer Cantine, Henry L. Bow I by, 1st highway engi neer, expended $0333,89 more than waa apportioned by the board for building the road between Bigg and Wasco, In Sherman county. Bute Treasurer Kay aaid that while he waa opposed to making an appro priation for tha road, it wa done early In 1914 to aupply unemployed vh work. Ma lor Bowlbv estimated the coat at $29,201, and the board ap portioned $30,000. Subsequently uie hl.rhav anirlnear renorted that 15000 more would be needed to construct a Completion of Greatly Benefits The Dalles The Dalle, county scat of Wasco county, has been on the map since the early daya of Oregon, but never in uch a pronounced faabion a at pres ent. Here I the focusing point of 2300 mllea of territory embraced with in the county, and the clearing house for all the trade that originates in the wealthy district. And the city I well able to care for the business that look to it, and in addition its citltena are reaching out for a more comprehensive market. Of the 19,000 people who maxe Wasco county their home, 6000 reside within the city, the oldest in Eastern Oreiron. and one which stands in a po sition for greater development now that the Dallce-Celilo eanal Daa Deen completed. Heretofore It has looked n a trad anna embraced in the county and west along the Columbia river. With the canal completed It is now nnaaihla for it to make itself a center for up-river markets aa well. With a rich back country oniy par tially developed, The Dallea Is bending iujenergiee to ; attract more agricui- Highway Work Outlined. Salem State Highway Engineer Cantine, who returned recently from a trio Inspecting the Pacific Highway, announced that the money apportioned by the atate to Jackson county mis year would be expended on a stretch of road starting at a bisecting thorough fare which leada to Klamath Falls and extending to the California line. Mr. r.ntina aaid tha hlirhwav waa in fine condition, with the exception of short . a iL at stretches in rasa canyon ana soum m Canyonville. Work on tha Siskiyou Mountain section wa started thla week," con tinued the highway engineer, ana u ha mvW for summer traffic. ... - - The section below the California line also will be made ready for tourist t.aifil at. nnre. The engineering and supervision of the work leading from Central Point to the Josephine county line haa been placed unaer uie super vision of this office, and I have put men to work. In Josephine county the money apportioned by the state will be used for reconstruction where necessary." Baker Wants to See Relic. R.L.rIn uat one dav 1200 Baker public school pupils aigned a monster petition to the Councilmanic commit tee of Philadelphia in charge of the trip of the Liberty Bell, asking that the bell be allowed to stop here a few hours on ita way to roruana. me utlllnn whan comnleted was just 34 feet long and waa aigned by every child in school. The bell ia routed to pas througn k... hnt tha children want it to tarry several hours that all may aee it and hold ceremonies in its nonor. An aii ,i.u ..oiohratinn will be held and chil dren from 100 milea around are to be invited if the bell stops here. Corvallia Woman Named. ci.m Rnnrtra Palmer Putnam, pri- tL aurAtar to Governor Withy- combe, announced that the executive had appointed Miss Pauline Mine, oi Corvallia, member of the board of insDectora of child labor, to become effective May 21. She will eucceed Henry Kundret, or rortiana, wno was appointed In 1905 and reappointed in 1911. The other member are: Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, of Portland; Mra. of Portland: Mrs. Turner Oliver, of La Grande, and Stephen G. Smith, of Portland. The term of office is nve years, mere no compensation. Mill Plana Are Extended. Roseburg In a letter received here from S. A. Kendall, of Pittsburg, At- rt P fVyihnw. counsel for Ken- wa .IV J w. - . - dall Brothers, ia asked to prepare for the Incorporation nere to toihihuij t v.ilinn tha nninnud railroad from thia city to the Cascade forest reserve. In the incorporation papera a provision ta aakad that the road may be extended across the atate to Boise, Idaho. An other feature mentioned in the letter ia the fact that Kendall Brother pro pose to erect at Roseburg a sawmill of 260,000 feet dally capacity. To Begin Work on Roads. Hillsboro Hillsboro will start ma cadam work on four street at once and will expend about $14,000 on me improvements. i.x-couniy juage w. w Rondin will suDervise the laying of the rock under a municipal payroll. Highway stretch of road from Bigga to the riv er, and this waa allowed. According to Mr. Kay, it waa supposed that the work had been dons for $315,000. In addition to a monthly financial report, Mr. Cantine submitted a detail ed report of the work that ia being done by the department. He aaid ha would submit such report monthly In the future. The engineer reported that the work of removing slides, opening ditches, etc, waa started May 8 on the Siskiyou mountain section. Mr. Cantine said the Pacific highway in Josephine county, for the most part, l;in excellent condition. He aaid a road south of Csnyonvllle, in Douglas county, had been completed. Celilo Canal tural people and at the aame time bring the city to the front as a site for factories. In thia connection the city offers sites fronting on the Columbia river and on tha railroad lines a well, with ferry connections with another great transcontinental system directly across the stream Cheap bydro-etectric power ia avail able already and in the water if the Deschutes and John Day are added thousand of horsepower that can be made to turn the wheel of industry when the proper time arrive. Among the manufacturing indus tries at preaent can be numbered two big flouring mill, from which 600,000 barrel of flour are ahipped each year; a wool scouring, mill, creamery, salmon cannery, fruit drying plant and In ad dition a $60,000 fruit canning plant ia now In course of construction. Within easy distance are 4,000,000, 000 feet of standing timber, which, with the orchard, field and livestock products available, offer opportunity for thoae who would build industrial concerns. Situated as it ia where both water and rail transportation are preaent, the shipping problem ia easy of solu tion. Shevlin-Hixon's Big Sawmill Will Bring Era of Prosperity to Bend Bend Within two week the Shev- lin-Hixon Manufacturing company will begin the construction here of a saw mill employing 600 men and cutting 80,000,000 feet a year, waa the an nouncement made here. To celebrate the coming of the long- awaited enterprise all stores closed Wednesday afternoon while the Bend band led an impromptu auto parade, ending with apeechmaking. The announcement of the mill comes aa the culmination of a long aeries of negotiations, which began in January, anH hava included the acauisition of 95,000 acres of pine timber land lying south and east oi ' me town ana me making of arrangements with the rail road comnanies for track and bridge building to the mill site. The chief owners of me new com pany are T. L. Shevlin, of Minneap olis, the old Yale football captain, and Frank P. Hixon, of La Crosse, Wis. On the death of hia father in laiz Mr. Shevlin came into extensive hold inoa nf Dnachutea timber. These were added to in January, when the John- son-Prince, or Deschutes Lumber eom nantr hnldinom were nurchased. and only recently 86,000 acre were bought from the Bend Timber company. These purchases alone insure a suppiy oi um ber for the proposed mill for more than 26 years. . ..... . . a . r It is estiamted mat more man 000,000 will be paid out here in that titna tn mill nmi!nvui alone, and that the town will double in population within a year is predicted. Grangers in Tillamook. Tha Oreiron State a luautiwn o Grange met here this week and a large number of delegatea ana outers auenu ed. The visitors were met at Wheeler by J. H. Dunstan, a master of Fair view Grange, and Fred C Baker, rep uunfim, tha Tillamnnk Commercial club, and on arrival of the train in thia city a large number or u rangers ni oiti.ona ware at the deDdt to wel come them and convey them in autos to the hotels. Tha Tillamook Commercial club gave a reception and the visitors were taken in autoa to visit the surrounding country and several of the large cheese factories in this vicinity. Gaston Club Reorganizes. Gaston At an enthusiasic meeting of the Gitston Commercial club it was decided to enlarge the scope of the club to embrace all of the country tributary to Gaston Tha name waa ehanired tO the GaS- ton Community club and the follow ing ofneera were elected: v. o. A hmhoma vice president: Glenn Sta- pleton, treasurer, and Mrs, Thomas Carmichal, secretary. It wns decid ed to continue the affiliation of the Gaston club with the Portland Com mercial club. Gold Hid Haa Big Blaze. r..M h;u A terrific blaxe destroyed a blacksmith ehop, plumbing ahop, jewelry store, a barn, a garage and four residences and badly damaged an other home on South Front street The fire started in a barn, near wmcn children were playing with fire. There was little insurance. The loss Is eetimated at $3000. lUSlM rAw, 5UtNt ur utorcnrtic numinu ; i A view of the Uiaok pass showing one of the railroad brldgee. Ia the deaperate effort of the Russians to take and the Austrtans to hold tbe Ciaok paaa. fighting of the fiercest character took place, with astonishing canl- ... . a a ar J- L. Lm Unnoa-tl Ut on Doto aiaec ne tuoi p DECORATED FOR BRAVERY Miss Muriel Thompson of the Brit ish First Aid Nursing Yeomanry corps, who was personally decorated by King Albert of Belgium with tbe order of Leopold II tor her bravery In rescuing wounded men from the trenches under heavy shell fire. Soldiers' Queer Biscuit. The Indian and Australian can make their own army biscuits; the former is a "chupatty." the latter "damper." A chupatty results from the mixing into a stiff paste by an Indian of flour, aalt and water, and baking it on a metal dish over a hot fire. But the Indian cook seems a necessary ingredient to make It tasty aa well aa nutritious. Damper needs flour, baking powder, water and wood. A bole in me ground la tbe oven. Fill It with wood, and while that 1 burning make your dough. Then lay it on a large stone, cover It with a tin, and cover me tin with the hot wood ashes, and the re sult will be damper. Where the 8lowest Lead. When motor trucks loaded with am munition are dispatched to the front from a depot In the rear of the firing lines, it la now self-understood mat the slowest trucks go in front, while tbe fastest bring up the rear. Thia waa found necessary because of me tendency of ammunition driver to go at top apeed when me call for sheila and cartridges comes. If me alow trucks are In the rear of the column, the latter la strung out over miles of rot.d. with great gups between trucks offering an Inviting target for an at tack by reconnoltering armored motor car or cavalry. Scientific American. ........... t ( 2 ) ' ' f "m P x ' ' ' -j i )MI - I' HI M - III I III" -a . . f 2jaa3ya. w GERMAN BICYCLE SCOUT SQUAD BIG SKODA GUN The Austrians have made excellent use of the Skoda S0.5 centimeter guns in the fighting in the Carpathlane. One of these guna la shown her about to be fired. PADEREWSKIS WORKING FOR POLAND tl ftftl I MBiaBawaai II I Ignac Paderewakl. the famoua ptanUt. and bU wue pnogrpr.. meir arrival In thia country, where they are carrying on a campaign for U ralaing of funds to relieve tbe distressed people of Poland. X . . .. . "05e .- r.sA IN POLAND OF THE AUSTRIANS I 1 - i.'- . ..jess st3faw' ci: . . i : T '" 5 '1 i " ;' I t. . .. .-W,iiii,ii.Jiriinr -.-vr Jal