GERMANS SINK LUSH THOUSAND UVES ARE LOST Liner Off Irish Coast Attacked!; Without Warning STEAMER SUNK NEAR1NG PORT Two Torpedoes Crash Into Side of Vessel While Passengers Are at Luncheon-Many Injured v Die in Hospitals. London The Cunard liner Lusi tania, which sailed out of New York last Saturday with more than 2000 persons aboard, lies at the bottom of the ocean off the Irish coaBt. She was sunk by a German submarine Friday afternoon, which sent two terpedoes crashing into her side, while the pas sengers, seemingly confident that the great vessel could elude the German under-water craft, were having lunch eon. How many of the Lusitania's pas sengers and crew were rescued cannot be told at present, but the official statements from the British admiralty up to midnight accounted for not more than 500 or 600. It was reported at the Cunard offices, however, that be tween BOO and 600 had been landed at Queenstown and about 300 at Clona- kilty. There were 1251 passengers and 816 in the crew, a total of 2067, It is believed more survivors will be accounted for. Many are reported to have died in hospitals. A Dublin dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company Bays that the latest reports indicate a loss of life of about 1000. There were dead and wounded among those brought ashore ; some since have died. The Lusitania was steaming along about 10 miles off Old Head Kinsale, on the last leg of her vayoge to Liver pool, when about 2 o'clock in the af ternoon a submarine suddenly ap peared, and, so far as all reports go, fired two torpedoes without warning at the steamer. One struck her near the bows and the other in the engine room. The powerful agents of de struction tore through the vessels' side, causing terrific explosions. Al most immediately great volumes of water poured through the openings and the Lusitania listed. Boats, which were already swung out on the davits, were dropped over board and were speedily filled with passengers who had been appalled by the desperate attack, A wireless call for help was sent out and immediately rescue boats of all kinds were sent both from the neigh boring points along the. coast and Queenstown. Within 15 minutes, as one survivor estimated, and certainly within half an hour, the Lusitania had disap peared. Many rescued were taken to Queens town by steamers. Others are report ed as having been landed at the ports of Clonakilty and Kinsale. Some dead and injured were taken ashore with the survivors. Several have died in hospitals. formal Opening of Celilo Canal Witnessed by 10,000 Spectators The Dalles, Or. The government Wendesday presented to the people of the Northwest a $5,000,000 instrument to aid them in developing their re sources and delivered to them an em phatic note of warning. The present consists of the Celilo canal, which overcomes the natural barrier in the Columbiariver between The Dalles and Tumwater, and which, heretofore, has been the only obstruc tion to continuous water traffic be tween the Pacific and thegreat Inland Empire. Liner Not Proved Armed. Liverpool Scenes reminiscent of the Titanic and the Empress of India disasters were to be witnessed in Liverpool Saturday, when a large crowd, chiefly women relatives of the crew of the Lusitania, gathered out side the Cunard officejanxiously await ing news of their men. Little was available, however, but the people remained calm, although the strain was terrible. So far as could be learned here the Lusitania had no guns aboard. Two Lifeboats Picked Up. Dublin The motorboat Elizabeth las arrived at Kinsale and reports that et S :30 o'clock Friday she picked up two lifeboats containing 63 and 16 survivors of the Lusitania, respec tively. A cork tug took the rescued to Queenstown. They were mostly women and children. The passengers said that owing to her list to port the Lusitania could not launch many of her lifeboats. THE TITANIC DISASTER. The liner Titanic, of the White Star Line, on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York, struck an iceberg at 10 :15 p. m., April 14, 1912. She sank in four and one half hours. Of the 2206 persons aboard, 1503 perished. Of these 1347 were men, 103 wo men and 53 children. Of the 703 survivors, 315 were men, 836 wo men and 52 children. The Titanic was a much larger vessel than the Lusitania, being the largest vessel ever floated up to that time. She was 882 feet 6 inches long, 92 feet 6 inches beam, 64 feet deep, with a registered tonnage of 45,000, but an actual displacement of 66,000 tons. Sinking of Big Vessel by Germans Greatly Stirs Official Washington Washington, D. C. Destruction of the British liner Lusitania with the loss of many lives shocked officials of the United States government and spread profound grief in the national capital. Although it was not known how many, if any, of those lost were Americans, the view was general that the most serious situation confronted the American government since the outbreak of the war in Europe The warning of the United States that Germany would be held to "strict accountability" for the loss of "American lives," irrespective of whether they were aboard belligerent or neutral vessels when attacked, fo cused attention on the White House, where President Wilson until late in the night read the dispatches with grave interest. The Prsident made no comment. Secretary Bryan, Counselor Lans ing, senators and members of the house who were in the city, waited up until a late hour for definite news of the passengers and crew of the sunken ship. Earlier in the day they had construed the positive announcements from abroad that no lives had been loBt as final, but. later advices dashed their hopes. German Military Attache Justifies Act of Sinking Ship by Submarine New York Captain Franz von Pa pen, military attache of the Imperial German embassy, is quoted by the New York World as making the first official German statement regarding the sinking of the Lusitania. He says: "It is deplorable, if true, that so many lives have been lost. I am shocked to hear the news, especially that American lives have been sacri ficed. "But it was absolutely criminaf for the Cunard company to carry, and for the British government to allow the line to carry, neutral passengers in a ship which was transporting explo sives and munitions of war to be used by Great Britain and her allies. "The Bhip's manifest will show that she carried a large amount of picric and other explosive materials. They certainly were not intended for peaceful uses. They were to be U3ed against Germany and Germany had to defend herself against them. The best way was to destroy the ship, and such de struction was amply justified under the rules of war." Manifest Shows Ammunition Val ued at $200,024 on Lusitania New York One of the items of the Lusitania's cargo was ammunition, val ued at $200,024. The ship carried 5471 cases of cartridges and ammuni tion, according to the ship's manifest. Such a passenger ship, it was ex plained, would not carry high explo sives, for those articles are shipped on the British cargo ships. The Lusitania had a targo of 1200 tons, which is practically all she could carry. Its value was put at $850,000. Jitneys Lose Test Case. SeattleThe test case, brought in the Superior court toobtain a decision on the constitutionality of the new state law imposing burdensome regula tions on 5-cent motor buses, was de cided against the bus owners. Notice of appeal was given. This decision re moves the protection given by the prosecuting attorney to the 600 motor bus drivers, few of whom have taken out the state bond. Agents of the Traction company have obtained the names of all unbonded motor bus driv era, and all will be arrested. Starving Campers Found. San Bernardino, Cal. Marooned In the mountains nearly a week by snow blocked roads and on the verge of starvation, 18 campers in Little Bear valley were rescued by a searching party sent out by county officials. Two of the rescued, G. W. Allen, of Mil waukee, and Mevlin Case, of Fenton, Mich., were seriously ill when found. The campers had kept themselves alive for several days on bacon rinds and coffee. PEACE IS TONE OF PRESIDENT WILSON'S PHILADELPHIA TALK Philadelphia President Wilson gave to a gathering of 4000 naturalized Americans Tuesday night the first in timation of what course the United States government will pursue in the situation resulting from the loss of more than a hundred American lives on the British liner Lusitania. He spoke by implication, but his hearers interpreted his remarks as meaning that while the United States will remain at peace it would seek to convince Germany of the injustice to mankind of the tragedy of last Friday. "America," said the President, must have the consciousness that on all sides it touches elbows and touches heart with all nations of mankind. The example of America must be a special example and must be an ex ample not merely of peace because it will not fight, but because peace is a healing and elevating influence of the world, and strife is not. "There is such a thing as a man be ing too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right." These remarks precipitated a tumult of applause and patriotic enthusiam emphasized by waving of small Amer ican flags. The President made no di- rect reference to the Lusitania trag edy, but the audience did not hesitate to read the application of his state ment. The sentiment expressed by the President's speech was epitomized later by one of his closest advisers as "humanity first." While it had not yet been determined, he said, exactly what steps would be taken by the Uni ted States in the present crisis, the idea uppermost in the President's mind was to show that whatever course is adopted, no matter how vig orous, it will have as its objective the good of humanity. Introduced by Mayor Blankenburg, who spoke in distinctly German ac cent, a welcome and an appeal for a simple allegiance to the United States, the president carried forward the idea of the welding of foreign blood in the makeup of Americans by pointing out the true goal of right American citi zenship to be loyalty not to the coun try of one's birth, but to the land of one's adoption. "While you bring," he said, "all countries with you, you come with a purpose of leaving all other countries behind you bringing what is best of their Bpirit, but not looking over your shoulder and seeking to perpetuate what you intended to leave in them. would not certainly be one who would suggest that a man cease to love the place of his origin. It is one thing to love and another thing to dedicate yourself to the place where you go, You can't be an American if you think of yourself in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man who considers himself as betonging to a national group is not yet an American "My advice to you is to think first not only of America, but to think first of humanity, and you do not love humanity if you seek to di vide humanity into jealous camps, German Members Ousted. London Between 200 and 300 Brit ish members of the Stock Exchange have mobilized to prevent, forcibly if necessary, the entry of any Germans who might be brave enough to at tempt to make their way into the house in disregard of the warning is. sued by the Stock Exchange commit tee advising them to remain away. Excitement ran high around the ex change and a huge crowd collected in the vicinity in the expectation of dis orders. Only a handful of naturalized Germans appeared in the neighbor hood, however, and they did not at tempt to enter the exchange. They were hustled away and warned not to return. Texas Resolutions Are In. Ausin, Tex. Six resolutions were introduced in the Texas legislature on the Lusitania, one Benate resolution suggesting the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany. The others simply express confidence in President Wilson. The senate, in which five resolutions were; introduced, including that for diplomatic severance, com promised by adopting a resolution pledging support to President Wilson "in any course he sees fit to take to uphold the dignity and honor of the United States" False Rumors Stir Pit. Chicago President C. H. Canby, of the Chicago board of trade, has posted a notice saying officers of the board would "hold to strict accountability any members found guilty of originat ing or disseminating false rumors. The notice was inspired by rumors, first spread among brokers, that Presi dent Wilson had been assassinated, The rumor, while promptly denied, ac celerated a decline in the wheat market. Dutch Get Pay for Ship. The Hague, via London It is offi cially announced that the German gov ernment has expressed sincere regret for the sinking of the Dutch steamer Katwyk, which was blown up off North Hinder lightship on April 24 by a Ger man submarine. Germany explains that the act was in no wise intentional and undertakes to make compensation. MORE SHIP VICTIMS ARE LIKELY TO DIE Lusitania's Survivors Quartered In Hotels and Residences. flRSUIEEBOAT CAPSIZES; ALL DROWN Stokers Save 40 Women by ungingenATa! Overboard, Recovering Boat and Floating Victims Queenstown Twenty-three miles from this port, as the crow flies, an irregular smear of flotsam on a calm sea marks the grave of the Cunarder Lusitania, first trans-Atlantic liner sunk by a German submarine. One hundred and forty-nine of 1200 souls who perished with her lie in im provised morgues in oldj,buildings,Jor- dering Queenstown harbor. The 645 survivors here are quartered in hotels, residences and hospitals, some too badly hurt to be moved. Two groups left town Saturday, clad in misfit clothing, bound for Dublin by rail and thence by boat to Holyhead. The injuries of some are so serious that additional deaths are expected and nearly all are too dazed to understand fully what has happened. The survivors do not agree as to whether the submarine fired one or two torpedoes. A few say they the periscopes. Many attest to tracing the wake of foam as a projectile came vessel. toward the The only points in which all concur is that the torpedo struck the vessel a vital blow aimdships, causing her to list almost immediately to the star board. In this careening fashion she plowed forward some distance, smash ing the lifeboats davits as she did so and making the launching of boats well nigh impossible until headway had ceased. How far the Lusitania struggled for ward after being struck and how long it was before she disappeared beneath the waves are likewise points on which few passengers agree, estimates of the time she remained afloat ranging from eight to 20 minutes. The list to star board so elevated the lifeboats on the port side as soon to render them use less. It is said only two on that side were launched. The first of these was filled with women and children. It Btruck the water unevenly, capsizing and throwing its 60 occupants into the sea. The Lusitania was even then making considerable headway, and the women and little children were swept to death in spite of the attempts of two stokers to rescue them. These heroic men, ac cording to the passengers, were drowned. Two stokers, seeing a drifting boat, dived overboard, recovered it and pulled in nearly 40 persons, mostly women. The Lusitania s crew moan while adhered to the letter to the in structions which had been given them and the discipline was rigid. full Reparation Will Be Demanded for Loss of All American Citizens Washington, D. C. A forecast of the impending note of the United States to Germany holding that gov ernment to "a strict accountability" for the loss of life in the Lusitania, Gulflight and Falaba disasters is given thus: 1 r ull reparation, which necessar ily must be in the form of a cash in demnity, for every American who went down with the Lusitania, Gulf- light and Falaba. 2 A pledge by Germany that this method of submarine warfare, so shocking to the humanitarianism of modern civilization, shall cease at once. Germany is prepared, according to the high authority with whom the sub ject was discussed : 1 To express regret that so many Americans were drowned, especially in view of the repeated warnings given neutrals not to take passage on allied merchant ships. 2 To make such financial reparation as is proper, where such action is es pecially required, because under the treaty between the United States and Prussia Americans specifically have the right to traverse freely the waters of nations with which Germany is at war. 8 To propose the cessation of sub marine operations on condition that the United States induce Great Britain to permit foodstuffs to reach Germany freely. The grave question is, what shall be done in view of this certain reply? Explosive on Ship Denied. New York Hermann Winter, head of the passenger department of the Cunard Steamship company, declares that the Lusitania carried no guns, mounted or unmounted, and no ammu nition of any kind. "It is true," Mr. Winter said, "that she had aboard 4200 cases of cartridges, but they were cartidges for small arms and packed in separate cases and could not have in jured the vessel by exploding. The Lusitania had 1260 shrapnel cases, but they were empty. There was no ex plosive of any sort aboard." NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS. Portland Wheat: Bluestem, $1.31; fortyfold, $1.27; club, $1.26; red Fife, $1.23; red Russian, $1.19. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $25.50 26 ton; shorts, $27.50g28; rolled barley, $2828.50. Corn Whole, 35 ton; cracked, $36. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 15 ton; valley timothy, $1212.50; grain hay, $1012; alfalfa, $12.50 13.50. Vegetables Cucumbers, Oregon, $1.251.50 dozen; artichokes, 75c; tomatoes, $5 crate; cabbage, 2J3ic flower, 75c$1.25 dozen; head let tuce, $2.25 crate; spinach, 6c pound; rhubarb, 1 ljc; asparagus, 90c $1.25; eggplant, 25c pound; peas, 7 8c; beans, 1012Jc; potatoes, old, $1.752 sack; new, 67c pound; car rots, $1.50 sack; beets, $1.50; pars nips, $1.25; turnips, $11.50 Green Fruits Strawberries, $1.Z5 2.50 crate; apples, $1 1.75 box; cranberries, $1112 barrel; cherries, $2.25 box. Onions Oregon, selling price, 75c sack; country points; California, job bing price, yellow, $1.75; white, $2.25 crate. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 18J19c; candled, 19J20c. Poultry Hens, 13i14c; broilers, 2830c; fryers, 1820c; turkeys, dressed, 2224c; live, 1820c; ducks, 1013c; geese, 89c. Butter Creamery, prints, extras, 25c pound in case lots; Jc more in less than case lots; cubes, 2122c. Veal Fancy, 1010Jc pound. Pork Block, 1010Jc pound. Hops 1914 crop, 9J10Jc; con tracts, 1010Jc. Wool Eastern Oregon, medium, 25 26c pound; Eastern Oregon, fine, 16 c; valley, 2328; mohair, new 1P. 3233c. (Jascara baric urn ana new, 4(gj4jc. Cattle Best steers, $7.60 7.90; choice, $7(17.50; medium, $6.757; choice cows, $6.256.66; medium, $5 5.75; heifers, $56.75; bulls, $3.50 5.75; stags, $56.60. Hogs Light, $7.508.10; heavy, $6.507.35. Sheep Sheared wethers, $5.507; sheared ewes, $45.75; sheared lambs, $67.50. Full wools $1 higher. Tacoma Apples: Winesaps and Yellow Newtown Pippins, $1.651.75 Comb Honey Yakima, $3.60 crate; strained honey, $5.50; Idaho, $3.60; Nevada, $3.50. Strawberries, $1.362.25 crate, ac cording to size. Cabbage Winnmgstadt, $3. Carrots $1.75. Beets Home grown, $11.25. Turnips $1.26 sack. Potatoes Yakima, $3840 ton; Idaho, $38; Bweets, $4 cwt. ; new po tatoes, 616Jc pound. Tomatoes $4. 60(5)5. 50 a case. Onions Green, 20c dozen; Walla Walla, $1.50 cwt.; Oregon Yellow Danvers, $1.60; Bermudas, $1.75 2.25 crate. Garlic 30c pound. Radishes Local, 20c dozen bunches, Lettuce Head, $2.25 crate. Spinach Local, hothouse, 50c $1.25. Celery $44. 50. Rutabagas $1.85 sack. . Artichokes 75c dozen, Rhubarb Local, 3c. Asparagus Waahingtton, $1.50 box, Green Peas 8c. Green and wax beans 1012c. Fresh Meats Steers, 1212Jc cows. 12c; heifers, 12124c; wethers. 14jc; dressed hogs, lljci trimmed sides, 15Jc; combinations, 15c; Dia mond T. C. 161c; yearlings, 15c ewes, 13c. Poultry Ducks, live, 1012c;hens, dressed, 16tfJ18c; live, 16c; springs. 25c; live, 12ai6c; Bquabs, live, 18c dressed, 28ft 30c; geese, 14c. Butter Washington creamery, 24 25c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 17ftL20c. Bluestem is quoted at $1.81 ; forty- fold, $1.28; club, $1.27; red Fife, $1.25; red Russian, $1.22. Hay Clover, $1617; wheat, $14 15; Idaho timothy, $19(20; Ellens- burg, $1719; mixed, $1718; al falfa, $15(ail6. Feed Corn, $37; wheat, $48; whole barley, $3334; rolled barley, $34 35; shorts, $21; bran, $29; oats, $37 rolled oats, $38. Seattle Wheat: Bluestem, $1.31 forty-fold, $1.26; club, $1.25; red Fife, $1.24; red Russian, $1.18. Barley $24 ton. Despatch Comet for Cargo, Reaching Seattle from Southeastern Alaska, after having gone through the stormiest passage recorded this season, the steamer Despatch discharged cargo and reloaded part of her outward freight, sailing from there at mid night Monday for Astoria, where she takes on cannery supplies for the North. The vessel belongs to the Bor der Line Transportation Co., which operates also the Alkl and Northland, Bids are to be opened for supplying 2,000,000 feet of lumber for govern ment railroad construction in Alaska. Wheat Moves Along Snake. To move between 60,000 and 70,000 bushels of wheat from the Snake river country, the steamer LewiBton, of the O.-W. R. & N. fleet, has been ordered Into service by "Captain" Budd, su perintendent of the water lines of that company. It is said that considerable wheat has made its appearance from where growers had it cached, awaiting higher prices, the recent statu of the market having drawn small lota from cover. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL Live News Items From All Nations. Pacific Northwest and Our Own a Commonwealth Condensed for Our Many Busy Readers. Berlin newspapers view pessimist ically Italy's attitude on the war. Ex-president Taft commends Presi dent Wilson's policy of strict neutral ity. A Pennsylvania labor leader says he advised his followers to learn to shoot, to resist constabulary. Portland makes arrangements for the usual Rose Show to be held during the coming Rose Festival. Bryan issues a statement reiterating this country's Intention to adhere to the open-door policy in China. Germans report driving allies from the Ailly forest, with heavy losses in killed, wounded and prisoners. Fighting in the Dardanelles is being pressed by the allies with satisfactory results, reports the British commander. Germans prepare to attack the Rus sian ports ol Mbau ana Kiga ana threaten communications with Petro grad. . Abbas Hilmi Pasha, deposed as khe- dive of Egypt when Turkey entered the European war, believes he will re gain the throne. Two women suffragists besieged President Wilson all day in the White House, but were unable to gain an au dience with him. Vienna dispatches declare the Rus sian army in the uarpatmans is in a trap from which it cannot escape, and is doomed to capture or annihilation. The locks around the falls of the Willamette at Oregon City were turned over to the government and: dedicated to the free use of the people. Japan insists that her "national dig nity" is of more importance than the observance of her treaties with other nations regarding the independence of China. Portland will vote' at the coming June election on the question of in stalling water meters for all consum ers, the project involving an outlay of about $1,000,000. Upon receipt of a dispatch from- Berlin, the German school in Rome closed and the teachers, with a number of German residents, left im mediately for Germany. The left front wheel of a Portland jitney bus came off and the machine overturned on the streetcar tracks, killing one of its passengers instantly. The driver was injured but the three other occupants of the car escaped with a Blight shaking up. The steamer Undine returned to Portland, Or., Thursday, after success fully making the round trip from that city to LewiBton, Idaho, and return, through the Cascade locks and Celilo canal, demonstrating the completion and great importance of the latter project. Forest fires in Washington state are reported serious. A German aeroplane sinks a British submarine inthe North Sea. W. J. Bryan's brother, C. W., has been elected mayor of Lincoln, Neb. Associate Justice Hughes denies being acandidate forthe presidency. Two resolutions, one memorializing congress to seize the nation's food sup ply for the purpose of preventing its exportatoin to the belligerent coun tries, and the other a request that President Wilson use his influence to end the war, were adopted in the lower house of representatives of California. The resolutions were of Socialist origin. Allies are reported making gains in Turkey, and Smyrna is ready to sur render. Military preparations are being made for the defense of Pekin. According to Chinese officials, whose statements have been corroborated In other cir cles, the government is making no preparations elsewhere than at the capital for defense, considering that the Chinese will be unable to oppoBe the Japanese should they make an at tack. A German submarine is reported having killed four of a Scotland fishing crew and sinking the boat. The cost of war to Great Britain is increasing and it is estimated that more than $5,600,000,000 will be needed to continue through the fiscal year. A bill proposing a $12,000,000 bond Ibsus to complete the construction of the state highway system and main tain laterals passes the house of repre sentatives of California with only slight opposition, the vote being 44 to 4.