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I EORCES AMERICAN SHIP WORLD S DOINGS SUBMARINE IO ACI AS SCREEN FROM VICTIM OE CURRENT WEEK Liverpool— How an American ship is alleged to have been used as a shield by a German submarine for the sink ing of another vessel is the story re lated by members of the crew of the American bark Normandy, which has arrived here from Gulfport, Miss. The story is that the Normandy waa stopped by a German submarine 60 miles southwest of Tuakar Rock, off UNOfRSAl HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHQ1 the southeast coast of Ireland, Friday night. The captain was called aboard the submarine, where his papers were Live News Items of All Nations and examined and found to show that the ship waa chartered by an American Pacific Northwest Condensed firm January 5. The captain of the bark, it waa as for Our Busy Readers. serted. was allowed to return to the Normandy, but under the threat that his ship would be destroyed unless he These Italy closes navigation of the Adri stood by and obeyed orders. atic sea unless ships are under convoy. orders, it was said, were that he was to act as a shield for the submarine, Austrians submarine and sink an which lay at the side of the bark, hid Italian warship. Most of the crew ing itself from an approaching vessel. was saved. This vessel proved to be the Russian The steamship Minnehaha, loaded steamer Leo. Presently the submarine with 15,000 tons of war munitions, is submerged and proceeded around the bow of the Normandy, so the story afire in midocean. went, and 10 minutes latar the crew of Reports of food shortage and suffer the Normandy saw the Leo blown up. ing continue to reach the State depart Twenty-five persona were on board, ment from Mexico. of whom 11 were drowned, including Germans complain that the French three stewardesses. Thse saved included three Americana mistreat prisoners, and reprisals are —Walter Emery, of North Carolina; said to have begun. Harry Clark, of Sierra, and Harry American consuls point to the seri Whitney, of Camden, N. J. ous situation in Mexico and urge All these three men, when inter speedy action by this government. viewed, corroborated the foregoing Naval officers have taken charge of I story. They declared that no oppor- the German wireless plant at Sayville, I tunity was given those on board the N. Y., believing neutrality was being Leo for saving life. violated. : The Leo was bound from Philadel I phia to Manchester with a general car Canada has increased her war 'go. ________________ strength to 150,000 men. which will be drawn on by England as the require ments arise. Edison Will Head American Board Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. Cincinnati is visited by the most se vere storm in its history. Many lives are lost and a million dollars’ damage is done to property. Iowa has unearthed a mysterious murder committed, it is said, in 1868. and as a consequence a man aged 70 is in jail accused of the crime. President Wilson refuses to consider or comment on tentative note from Germany. Until the full text is re ceived no action will be taken. Interest in the field maneuvers of the Oregon militia has been greatly increased by the indications that the United States regulars may soon be sent to Mexico. The French senate appropriates $600,000 to be used by the minister of marine in payment for cargoes of neu tral vessels that have been seized, and •specially of that of the American steamer Dacia. Belgians have suddenly adopted the practice of wearing sprays of ivy as an expression of loyalty to Belgium and the allies, as a result of General von Bissing’s order prohibiting the display of Belgian colors. of Invention for Army and Navy West Orange, N. J. — Thomas A. Edison has accepted an invitation from Secretary Daniels to head an ad visory board of civilian inventors for a bureau of invention and development to be created in the navy department. His acceptance will go forward at once to Washington, where the new plans await word from the man "who can turn dreams into realities." Mr. Daniels’ idea of utilizing the inventive genius of Americans in and out of the military and naval service to meet conditions of warfare shown in the conflict on land and sea in Europe is outlined in a letter written last Wednesday asking Mr. Edison wheth er, as a patriotic service to his coun try, he would undertake the task of advising the proposed bureau. The plan is to have several men prominent in special lines of inventive research associated in the work. Among the great problems to be laid before the investigators the secretary mentioned submarine warfare, adding that he felt sure that with Mr. Edi son’s wonderful brain to help them the officers of the navy would be able "to meet this new danger with new devices that will assure peace to our country by their effectiveness.” Steel mills in the Pittsburg district have received within ths past few days orders for projectile steel which aggre gate 75,000 tons. Early in the year steel of this grade was offered at $31 New York City Grows. a ton, but latest sales are said to have New York —Father Knickerbocker’s been made at $38. This material is to population has increased almost half a be sent abroad. A decree has beed published in Paris million in the last five years. To be prohibiting the export of gold except exact, the normal growth of the great by the Bank of France. This is a pre er city from the day the national cen cautionary measure taken at the sug sus takers finished their work in 1910 gestion of Minister of Finance Ribot. until June 13 last, when the state It has been found that exported gold enumerators started in, was 478,929, has not been destined always for a an increase of more than 10 per cent. neutral country in settlement of ac According to census supervisors of counts. A free outflow might result Brooklyn, QueenB, Manhattan, the in a dangerous traffic, according to the Bronx and Richmond, New York had a population of 5,245,812 on June 13, as minister. compared with 4,766,883 in 1910. Turkey sinks French transport in the Dardanelles. French Contribute Gold. Paris — The flow of gold from the Twin deer have been born at the private stocks of the public into the Washington Park, st Portland. Bank of France continues. More than The Liberty Bell is making its first 10,000 persons deposited gold at the trip across the continent to San Fran bank during Friday and Saturday. Re cisco. cently the Bank of France extended an invitation to the public to turn in its British report capture of German private hoards of gold to strengthen trenches on the extreme left line near the national reserve. The response Ypres. was such that the bank had to desig Indications point strongly to inter nate a half dozen receiving tellers to vention in Mexico by the United take the coin offered. States. Trade Balance Continues. San Francisco reports the safest Washington, D. C. — A favorable Fourth of July in its history. No one trade balance of $20,545,773 was was injured. shown by the weekly statement of im J. P. Morgan, who was shot by a de ports and exports at the 13 principal mented would-be assassin, is reported ports of the United States, issued by out of danger. the department of Commerce. The England has taken over the control statement shows $29,896,465 for im of the sale of ilquors in many districts ports and $50,442,243 for exports. The where war material is being handled. balance is an increase of more than $3,000,000 over the first week of last The American consular agent at month and $11,000,000 over last week. Swinenmunde, Prussia, reports that the American steamship Platuria, from French Outbuy Bond Issue. New York with a cargo of petroleum Paris—The minister of finance, M. consigned to a Swedish port, has been Ribot, introduced in the chamber at held up by a German warship and deputies a bill raising the limit of the brought into Swinenmunde. issue of national defense bonds from Italy is reported successful in her $1,200,000,000, as fixed in the law of Subscrip warfare against forces in the Corsa re May 18, to $1,400,000,000. gion, having materially advanced and tions already have exceeded the prev ious limit by $30,000,000. The French captured 900. public in 11 months has taken $1,680,- Frank Holt, who exploded a bomb in 000,000 of national bonds. the national capitol and shot J. P. Morgan in his home, succeeded in com War Gets 200,000 Horses. mitting suicide in the jail in Mineola, Hinton, W. Va.—Fifty men were N. Y. added to the force required to handle Seeley Hall, of Medford, Or., drove the war horses fed and watered here a six-passenger car to the summit of on their way from the West to the At the Crater Lake rim. This is the ear lantic seaboard. Fully 200,000 horses liest date an automobile has ever have been handled since the European reached the lodge. The snow has war began, according to the officers in melted 12 days earlier than ever before. charge. N orthwest market reports ; GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS Commanding Points Over Plain of Flanders Heights Won. BORI SlOtS USINO HEAVY ARIlUtRY Night Attacks Spectacular Reports Say Teutons Lose 120,00 Men During 120 Days Battle. Paris—After battling 120 days for the hilly country between Bethune and Arras, the French forces are in posses sion of all the eminence* looking out upon the plain of Flanders. Lille, Douai and Cabrai all are visible from here. Every position along the broad na tional road between Arras and Bethune has l>een won except Souchez, and last night another quarter-mile of trenches in the Souchez web was torn away. The attack was made under parachute rocket lights, the French burning bluish white and the Germans greenish white, covering the scene of the des perate conflict with a ghastly glow. The most desperate fighting has been along the short 10-mile front from Arras to Aix Noulette, which began March 9 with the taking of a few hun dred yards of trenches on the water shed of Notre Dame de Lorette, where there are the ruins of an old Merovin gian military road. Every day since then some section of the German trenches have been taken, lost or re taken. Each side haa been employing for midable artillery, both of small and heavy caliber, the French guns being somewhat the more numerous and served with unlimited quantities of high-explosive shels. A correspondent of the Associated Press went through five or six miles of the trenches formerly held by the Ger mans and reconstructed by the French. Upward of 100,000 Germans have fallen or E>een captured in these trenches, according to the French offi cial count, since the second week of March. The French losses, the cor respondent was confidentially informed, while serious, have been much smaller than those of the Germans. There sre thickets of little crosses made of twigs tied together marking graves between the trenches. Some of these graves have been torn up by the shell fire. Iwo-cent Rate Causes Railroads to Withdraw Many Public Privileges "-...... "■ « Chicago—W. J. Cannon, assistant general passenger agent of the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, continuing his testimony in the west ern passenger rate hearing here, said the two-cent fare laws had wiped out the practice of granting special rate* to fairs, conventions and resorts where the hauls are short ones. "Experience," he said "haa proved that the institution of reductions like tourists fares has generally stimulated travel and as a large percentage is carried on regular train* the railroads can afford to make such reductions. Tourist fares of all characters are open to the public and necessarily reduced the average rate per mile. Homeseek ers’ fares, which apply to round-trip tickets, have been made for many years to the West, Southwest and Northwest, and the demand continues. “The carriers are vitally interested in inducing settlers to take up or pur chase land. Experience shows that the bargain rate principle of granting such con cessions on certain days is a factor of consequence in accomplishing the de- sired result." Pacific Trade Growing. San Francisco—Big increases in im ports and exports _ through the San Francisco customs office for the year ended June 30 are shown by the annual report of the collector. During the last six months the increase in exports over the same period last year is about two- thirds. Exports for the last six months were $39,573,826; same period in 1914 $24,326,152. Other figures for the year ended June 30, 1915, are: Ex ports 1915, $79,731,766; exports 1914, $62,535,648; imports 1915, $76,068,- 028; imports 1914, $66,394,389. Vatican's Lights Dimmed. Rome, via Paris. — German Zeppe lins, according to reports received In Rome, have been transported to the coast of the Austrian Adriatic sea. Their object, it is said, is to reach Rome. The Italian government has notified the Vatican ami the Pope has ordered that the lights of the apostolic palace be dimmed or extinguished at an early hour. The Pope also gave in* structions for the removal of art treas ures from places exposed to damage. 50 Passengers Held Up. Los Angelen—Fifty passengers on a westbound Pacific electric interurban car were held up and robbed late Sun day night by two masked men about a mile west of Pomona. The robbers poked their guns under the nose of the conductor when he was throwing the switch. The robbers then went through the car and took money and , ewelry amounting to about $200 and escaped. Wheat Bluestem, $1.08; fortyfold, $1.04; elub, $1.03; red Fife. 93c; red Russian, 95c. Data No. 1 white feed, $25.50 ton. Harley—No. 1 feed, $22.50 ton. Bran—$24 ton; shorts, $24. Millfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $27«i; 27.50 ton; shorts, $28 64 28.50; rolled bar Ivy, $25.506426.50. Corn— Whole, $36 ton; cracked, $37. Hay— Eastern Oregon timothy, $16 41)17 tor.; alfalfa. $12.5041) 13.50. Vegetable* — Cucumbers, Oregon, 404475c dozen; artichokes, 75c; toma toes, $1.50 per box; cabbage, ltrCl|c pound; head lettuce, $1 crate; spinach, 5c pound; rhubarb, 2(<(3c; peas, 2«c4c; beans, 2$6(3c; green corn, 406475c dozen. Green Fruita — Cherries, 4 64 10c pound; cantaloupe*, $2 «4 2.75 crate; loganberries, 76c; raspberries, $1«( 1.10; currants, 75cf<t$l; apricots, $!(<(' 1.35 box; peachee, 75c«i$l; watermel on*, l|(<t2ic pound; plums, $1.25 box; new applee, $1.756(2.50. Potatoes New, Ijofiljc pound. Onions — Yellow, $1 64 1.50; rod, $1.75 sack. Eggs Oregon ranch, buying prices; No. 1, 24e dozen; No. 2, 20c; No. 3, 15c. Jobbing prices: No. 1, 26c. Poultry- Hens, 10c pound; broiler», 18<r420c; turkeys, nominal; ducks, old, 10c; young 156420c; geeae nominal. Butter — Creamery prints, plain wrappers, 29c pound; cartons. 30c; cubes, ordinary, 23 24c; fancy, 25(<l 25ic. Veal— Fancy, 101641lc pound. Pork—Block, 10c pound. Hops -1915 contracts, nominal; 1914 crop, 12@12|c pound. Hides — Salted hides, 14|c pound; salted kip, 15c; salted calf 18c; green hides 13c; green kip, 15c; green calf, 18c; dry hides, 24c; dry calf, 26c. Wool— Eastern Oregon, medium, 25 (<t28|c pound; Eastern Oregon, fine, 18 64 21 Jc; valley, 26 44 30c; mohair, new clip, 304431c pound. Cascara bark—Old and new, 46C4|c. Pelts—Dry iong-wooled pelts, 15jc; dry, short-wooled pelts, lljc; dry shearlings, each, 104415c; salted shear lings, each, 15d(25c; dry goat, long hair, each, 13c; dry goat, shearlings, each, 104420c; salted long-wool pelts. May, $16i.2 each. Grain Bags—In car lots, 8|6C8|c; in less than car lota, about jc more. Cattle—Best steers, $7647.25; good, $6.756(7; medium, $6.50646.75; choice cows, $66(6.25; good, $5.75646; heif ers, $4.75^46.75; bulls, $3.506(5; stags, $56(6.50. Hogs — Light, $7.506(7.60; heavy, $6.75647. Sheep—Wethers, $5 64)5.50; ewes, $36(4.50; lambs, $5.506(6.80. BERLIN NOIE MAKES BIC STORMS VISIT PROMISE Of SAEETY 4 CENTRAL STATES American Passenger Ships May Homes and Churches in Many Towns Are Demolished. Sail Freely in War Zone. I OFFICIAI OUAUNIIIS ASNO OF U. S. MORÍ RUN JO FAIAlllltS RtPORItD German Reply Makes Conditions for Wind and Heavy Rains Sweep Over Travel Under Own Flag or On Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Neutral Passenger Ships. Ohio—Two Boats Sink. Berlin, via Ixmdon — Germany’s offer, embodied in the reply to the United State»' note regarding the »ink ing of the Luaitania and submarine warfare, was delivered to Jarno» W. Gerard, the American ambassador, Saturday night. Its essential features are: *'ir»t, reiterated assurances that .American ship» engaged in legitimate trade will not bo interfered with nor the live» of Americana upon neutral ships be endanger«!. Second, that German submarines will be instructed to allow American passenger ships to pas* freely an«! safely, Germany entertaining in re turn confident hope that the American government will see that these ships do not carry contraband; such ships to be provided with diatinguiahing marks and their arrival announced a reason able time in advance. The same privilege ia extended to a reasonable number of neutral passen ger ship* under the American flag and should the number of ahipe thus avail able for passenger service prove inade quate Germany ia willing to ¡>ermit America to place four hostile passen ger steamers under the American flag to ply between North America •nd Europe under the same conditions. Gernun Reply Viewed Mere As Quite Likely to Brini» Crisis Washington, D. C. — Arrival of the pre»a translation of the German note confirmed impressions which havo been current in official quarter* for several days that Germany would refuse to give the assurances asked for by the United States that the lives of Ameri- cans traveling the high seas on un arm«! ships of any nationality ite not endangered. The press copy arrived too late to tie read by many officials, ami those who saw it said they could not comment until the official text from Ambassa dor Gérant had arrived. Assumption of liability for the loss of Americans in the Lusitania tragedy waa considered to have been wholly evaded by Germany, and the chief principle for which the United States announced that it would omit "no word or act" to see observed waa viewed a* having been passed over lightly. The general feeling that the note would be unsatisfactory and bring to a crisis the friendly relations that have existed between the Unite<i States and Germany develo|>ed more strongly in official quarters. Australia Demands More Butter. The strong California export demand for butter is keeping the Portland mar ket very firm and a higher range of prices for cubes in the near future is probable. The belief prevails in the trade that the 1,500,000 pounds of but ter already shipped from San Francisco to Australia will find its way later to England. It is the understanding here that Australia butter shippers con tracted to supply tho British govern ment with a large quantity of butter to make up for the deficiency in Dan ish shipments, and, being unable to complete the contract because of the Australian drouth, they have turned to the Pacific Coast for a supply. What pussies the tr^de is why the American butter, if intended for England, is not sent direct to London instead of by Steamer Minnduhd Arrives in Port way of Sydney. After Terrific hplosion and fire Egg buying prices were unchanged with the opening of the week. The Halifax, N. 8.—A bomb placed poultry and dressed meat markets were aboard the Atlantic transport liner quiet and unchanged. Minnehaha, probably while she lay at her pier in New York, caused the ex Demand for Fruit Is Renewed. plosion and fire at sea, in the opinion That retailers of Portland sold up of the officers of the steamer, which closely on the holiday rush wax indi |>ut in here for examination Saturday cated by the good demand for fruit and with the fire still unextinguished. vegetables on Front street this week. The explosion occurred in No. 3 Watermelons were quoted lower at hold, and wax of terrific force, shaking If to 2 cents loose and 2| cents crated. the vessel from stem to stern. Those Cantaloupes were firm at last week’s of the crew who were forward at the prices. Oregon peaches were steady time were stunned by the shock and at 75 cents to $1 and California peaches two sailors were hurled into the air. at 90 cents to $1. Among the receipts Flames followed, and for two days ami was a mixed car of California apples, nights the crew battled to save the peaches and plums. ship. There was a good-sized shipment of There is no doubt in the minds of strawberries from Eastern Washington the officers that Erich Muenter, alias points, but there wax not much demand Frank Holt, or confederates, wers re for them. Raspberries sold readily at sponsible for the explosion, which oc $1 to $1.10. loganberries were quiet curred at 4:15 o’clock on the afternoon at 75 cents. of July 7, the date on which Muenter A lot of fancy green corn arrived predicted that some vessel, as to the from the Imperial Valley and waa put name of which he appeared uncertain, on sale at 75 cents a dozen. would be destroyed. Water Famine Is Feared.1 Ellensburg — Charles E. Hewitt,'of North Yakima, water commissioner of Kittitas and Yakima counties, after going over water conditions in the val leys, sounds a general warning for all ranchers to be economical in their use of water. “The reclamation is releas ing 2,000 acre feet of water every day in an effort to keep the ditches sup plied," said Mr. Hewitt. "This is cut ting into the storage at a fast rate and unless there is co-operation among the ranchers there ia danger of a critical condition in late summer." (Wheat Not Badly Hurt. Eltopia, Wash.—The damage Satur day night from a wind of hurricane proportions did not shatter the stand ing wheat ax much ax wax feared. The early grain probably will be damaged from three to five bushels an acre. Turkey red and bluestem and the late sown Fife were not hurt materially. The wind blew down several windmill towers throughout the district, and but for prompt action a large grain ware house here would have been leveled. London's Assent Lacking. Washington, D. C.—Germany's pro- posais of last February for the reopen ing of her cable communications with the United States failed because they were conditioned on the consent of Great Britain and the London foreign office, which never replied to the ne gotiations communicated by the United States. State department officials made this explanation in the light of a published assertion by Herr von Jagow, who laid stress on the lack of cable communication as a means of an ex change of views on submarine warfare. Chicago — Heavy pro|>erty damage •nd loss of life is the toll thus far ex- acted by tornadoes ami cloud bursts sweeping eastward Thursday from the Missouri river valley through Missouri, Illinoia, Indiana and Ohio. Late reports from St. Louis »ay »•ven persons are believed to have been killed during tho storm at St. Charles, Mo., and that a woman and child who entered a church just before it waa demolished had not been M> counted for at midnight. Mrs. Thomas Slattery ami her two children were killed when their home at Dardenne waa wrecked, according to reports from there. Wentzville and Gilmore each reported one man killed. Tornadoes swept districts northwest of St. Ijouis, blowing part of a Wa bash train from the track and [tartly wrecking several hundred residence* at St. Charles. First re|».rt» fMM Lawrenceville, 111,, aaid two persona were killed there. Exceptionally heavy rain* were re ported from all sections of the affected territory. Nine Are Reported Dead. St. Ix>uis A tornado and cloudburst which swept St. Ix>uis and St. Charles counties late Thursday caused damage which may aggregate half a million dollars, isolated several small towns and deluged parts of this terriotry with four inches of rain in half an hour. St. Charles suffered most from the tornado, an area of more than 1OO square blocks being damaged. St. Charles Burromeo’a Catholic Church wax wrecked, the storm tear ing down the east and west walls and cracking the south wall so that it crumbled to the ground. A wall ami part of the roof of the roof of St. Joeeph'a Hospital were torn away. The patients, though panic-stricken, were removed to safety. Seven persons are known to have been killed during the storm. Twenty in Ohio Valley Killed. Cincinnati A score of persons are believed to have loet their lives and many more are known to have been in jured. some seriously, as a result of one of the moat severe wind and rain storms ever experienced in this sec tion of the Ohio valley. Two Ohio River towboats wore sunk, more than 25 bouses were completely wrecked, steeples of churches were lifted from their fastenings, and many other houses were damaged by the high winds. Plate glass windows all over the city were broken, while tele graph and telephone communication of the city was completely paralysed for several hours after the storm. Berlin Denies Censorship. Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, N. Y.—The report that the German au thorities had opened and censored mail on the Swedish st<-amshi|Mi Bjoern and Torsten was denied officially by the German government Thursday. The entire mail on the Torsten, offi cials declare, waa mailed to tho Swed ish authorities untouched. Some sus pected mail bags on the Bjoern were investigated and found to contain scis sors for cutting barbed wire. These packages, addressed to the British government, were confiscated. Two Dead at Lawrenceville. Terre Haute, Indiana — Lawrence ville, III., 50 miles south of here, was visited by a heavy wind storm late Thursday. Two |>ersona were reported to have been killed and more than 50 houses destroyed. It was estimateli the dam age would exceed half a million dol lars. Clara Riley, 17 years old, waa killed, •nd her father, William Riley, waa in jured fatally when their brick resi dence collapsed after being struck by lightning. Emden To Be Refloated. Sydne, N. 8. W.—The department of defense haa awarded a contract for the salving of the German cruiser Emden, which was sunk off Cocoa island in thè Indian Ocean by the Australian cruiser Sydney. The contractors said the raider could be floated easily and would be here by Christmas. The Emden will be exhibited. Recruiting Liner's Sinking Forecast. in Victoria has been highly successful Washington, D. C.—Sir Cecil Spring and New South Wales ia about to be Rice, the British ambassador, formally gin a new campaign for men. called the attention of the State de partment to the Fatherland, a German Japan and Russia Allied. paper published in New York, pointing Honloiulu, T. H. — A new alliance out that It forecast the sinking of the between Japan and Russia ia reported Lusitania and predicted Internal ex by Tokio dispatches to Japanese pa plosions on ships sailing from the pers here to be imminent. Advices United States for the allied nations. received here say that the elder states Without making any request, the am men are completing details of the re bassador declared it indicated "guilty ported alliance and that It is in nearly foreknowledge of a crime." final form.