OKMiOX (MTV KXTKHPH1SK. KU'lhAV, .Wl.Y 1. 1!H. WILSON WILL GO iGENERALS PLIAO WITH KING NOT TO EXPOSE HIMSELF TO THE ENEMV TO CAPITAL TO PREPARE REPLY MESSAGE TO GERMANY WILL BE CONSIDERED AT WASHING TON, 8AV8 TELEGRAM. PRESIDENT HAS NOT flM HADE OP MS KIND, SHOP BV PLANS Action of Gtrman Submarine Cov mandtr May Hav Bearing Though Sam Official Be lieve II la Only Trx.ce. WASHINGTON. July H-The firm official announcement of the Itnnicdl ate plana of president llson for deal Ing with the situation that ha arlw n between Germany and the I'nlted Stale ram tonight In a telegram from Cornish. X. H, to Secretary Tu multy, saying that the president would ri'turn to Washington soon to lay the entire uh)et before hia raMnet. It Indicated that (he president bail nut yet arrived at a decision aa to the policy of the government. The White House statement a as follow : "Referring to statement appeariuR In certain moraine newspaper with reference to the attitude of the pres ident toward the reply of the German government. Secretary Tumulty to-i night rave out the following: telegram 1 which he had received from the presi-j dent: "Tleaae aay that from the moment of the arrival of the official text o! the German note I have given the mat ter the closest attention, keeping con stantly In touch with the secretary of Mate and with every source that would throw light on the altuation: that ao oon aa the aecretary of state and I have more thoroughly considered the situation I shall fro to Washington to get Into personal conference wi'h Miii aiiu '1th the raM-xet. :nd that '.'.'i:- i 1 'je as pror"M an annoi ne-nn-nt ks jossible of I'm puri-oscs of the government.'" So far a can be gathe.vl lien., the p. evident w ill find tils j 'mm r.t; - tlcally unanimous In the l-ehef ".met the crucial point in the corroiiid- ence with Germany over uhraarme warfare has arrived, and thet if the American government Is not to recede from its previously announced posi tion on the principles involved, the next note must convey more or less pointedly the purposes of the United States In the event of further viola tions of American rights In the war xone. 1 - 1 A - k WASIIITOfllVILL SENDSIIARPNOTE S00NT0 GERMANY PEARS EXPRESSED FOR SAFETY OF LEUTENANT PORTE, BRITISH AVIATOR MESSAGE WILL LEAVE NO ROOM FOR DOUBT OF POSITION OF UNITED STATES. POSITIVE STATEMENT AS TO DEMANDS Of AMERICA PLANNED hl!i6 V!C7CR:MAHUEL rtime r Aitirtran I'rr Asp-vlatlnn The presence uf King Victor Knv manuel of Italy at the front Is resign slide fur much of the brilliancy and dash ot the Italian troops. The pre ence of their ruler has Imbued the Italian troop with superhuman emir ate. At the same time leading men in the army are pleading with the king not to expose himself to the dealy fire of the enemy. Th king wantt to be In the vanguard of every movement This Country Not to Raced From Its Stand Berlin to B Called to Account for Refusal to Disavow Lois. MANY DEAD IN EAST AS RESULT OF STORM TORNADO SWEEPS OVER CINCIN NATI AND DOES GREAT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. WASHINGTON', July i:-Conhler tlon of the German reply In the Am erlcan note on submarine warfare overshadow all else today In the work of state department officials. The situation was described In offi cial quarters as critical, and there was no concealment of the fact that re I a ej State had become more strained tlons between Germany and the I'nlt than at any time In their history. There was much Informal discussion among officials of (he contents of the German reply. The trend of their opinion was that the evasion of the American argument In the German notes had narrowed the field of neiuv tlontlon so that the next communica tion from the I'nlted tSates must state to some extent he Intentions of the Washington government in case Its rights are further violated, and de clare (he position It will take with ref erence to Germany' refusal to dis avow the sinking of the I.usltanla. Something much more specific and positive than has yet been said In the notes which the I'nlted States bus sent since the submarine war tone was declared is now expected. A j VILLA CUTS HIS LINES TO NORTH OF MEXICO CITY QUE RITARO, BO MILES NORTH OF CAPITAL, IS CAPTURED, AC CORDINQ TO REPORT. AMNESTY EXPECTED TO RESULT IN RESTORATION Of BETTER ORDER Dank and Storts Art Clossd Until Status of Paptr Money la D tfrmlntd Carrania De bated at Rardon. LIEUT. PORTL Itioto bf American IVua Aanciatlon. WASIIIM1TON. July l.l.-tletieral Villa telegraidied Knrbiii" f. I.lorente. his representative here, tnnlclil that Uuerelaro, 0 miles north of .Mexico CltV. had lu'eti c mil nrcl bv lila ir,uih ,v" eropiime America, in I ami thnt the forca uf il r.l ni... Wllli-K riilllM.lp..M ..fl- .. .. --,-...... , 1 1 1 iii t, 1 1 m , '.,- i Klin. I III I irriMM rilttlflli.lt, t..i m the Hrltlsh navy Intended lo fly across now comi.lelelv la.ilnte.t fr.,i v.,r. wir Aiiaiiiic, is nilssiug in I lie .Nortn ('nil, sea. One reinirt haa II that the gnat airship waa captured by German and (hat Lieutenant I'orte is a .prisoner Another Is Hint the machine, Its pllo'. Lieutenant I'orte, and his crew were lost at sea. VETERAN IS KILLED MIXEOLA. L. U July 9. "We will get you if you don't keep quiet," was the threat made in a letter which Louis Ott who rented a cottage near Hicksvllle, L. I., to Holt, received to day and handed to District Attorney Smith. The letter was written on w rappins paper and set the authorities off on a fresh hunt for possible accomplices Holt may have had in planting: a bomb In the capltol at Washington and shooting J. P. Morgan. "Reware, you are going too far," the letter to Ott declare. ''Holt owed you nothing, you sucker. We will get you if you don't keep quiet. You can't be much of a German or anything else. If this is published or you try to trace it, you will be among the missing. This war will be stopped." It was the cottage which he rente ' from Ott that Holt turned Into a la boratory for bomb-making. NF.W YORK. July 10. Nine bombs were louna nluden in bags of sugar aboard the British steamer Kirkes- wald when its cargo, consigned to Marseilles, was discharged on tbe last trip abroad, according to of tiers or tin vessel here today. The Kirkeswald, a vessel of 4021 tons, was loaded at the Faber linn pier in Brooklyn. Officers of the vesflel believe stevedores planted the bcnibs, which for some reason failed to ex plode. News of the discovery of the bombs was hushed up abroad and their presence was first reported when the Kirkeswald returned to this port. The freighters Lord Erne, Bailing from New York, May 3, also had three 1 bombs concealed in her cargo. Two other vessels discovered infer nal machines of similar nature. All four vewls wore bound French ports. for LIVINGSTON. Mont., July 9. A lone highwayman today held up more than 100 tourists at the western entrance to Yellowstone park and escaped. Unit ed States troops have stared in pur suit. The point selected for the highway man's operations Is the same one ni whlch 25 stage coaches were robbed last year. Only one coach at a time can ap proach the point and in this way It was possible for the highwayman to dispose of each without alarming oth- era following. CINCINNATI. Ohio. July S The toll taken by the tornadi w hich struck ! Cincinnati at 9:30 o'clock last nlsht. and within 10 minutes brought down upon the city the worst disaster in its history, grew hourly today as ruins were searched and the river dragged for bodies. The police estimated early in tin day that at least 40 perished. Fifteen are known to have been killed and more bodies are expected to be found as the city proceeds In gathering the storm's harvest of dead. Three families are believed (o have been completely wiped out. This would account for 11 dead alone. They are the families of Meyer and Israel Tennebaum and Mrs. Esther Cohen. The latter was taken out of her wrecked home by rescurers. but died In a hospital. The others are still buried In the wreckage. Many are missing, scores injured and buried In the buins of buildings or In the hulks of sunken steamboats. Probably 50 clubhouses along the Ohio river were swept Into the stream and floated away. Tonight finds the city's streetcar service practically normal. The tele phone service rapidly is recovering from the blow, w hile the city has done almost miraculous work .in cleaning up the debris. Hut the search fori bodies In the collapsed houses con tinues and the river is being dragged and its surface searched for the bodies of those who are believed to have gone down on the sunken steamers. At Terrace park, a suburb, a special train carrying race horses from La tonla to the eastern tracks was wreck ed and 19 thoroughbred horses were killed or Injured so that they later had to be destroyed, three of their care takers were killed, while several oth ers. Including several Jockeys, were Injured. Twenty-five members of the Sigma sorority, in convention hero, were on the river steamer Estelle, and the boat was run ashore and tied up and it was not until late today that the safctv of the party was ascertained. DESTROYED BY FIRE SACRAMENTO. Cal.. July 12. A fire that raged throughout today w iped out the business set tlon of the town of Ixxmis. Places county, abo.it 30 miles from this city. The town was without a fire depart ruent. About the only building now standing Is the railway depot. The damage Is estimated at $100,000. The fire broke out about 4 o'cl'H-k this morning, the origin being unknown and within half an hour it was seen the whole town was doomed. Loomis has about 2i'00 Inhabitants, and is the center of a fruit producing region. The citizens saved the greater part of the contents of buildings. At noon the blaze hail spent its fury and the small city that sprung up so quickly within the past few years, was a mass of smouldering derbris. Among the buildings destroyed were the postoffice, opera house, Ixiomls club rooms. Hochdale company's store, Hank of I.oomi8, May's livery stable, I'nlon Icehouse. F. W. Turner's reiii dencc, Loomis hotel, drug store, Jew tlry store, garage and seven other stores. ACED SOLDIER APPEARS TO UNCONCERNED CANE IS USED IN FIGHT. BE Fl SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July S. The federal grand Jury late today named 20 individuals and corporations in four indictments in the steamship Sacramento and the British recruit cases. Ralph K. Blair, local publish er, in whose offices Engilsh recruits were physically examined and listed, immediately gave 'himself up and was released on $1000 bond. In the case of the Sacramento In dictments were returned against three corporations and eleven Individuals. In the recruiting affair one corporation and five individuals were named Their names were not made public save in the case of Blair. ' VNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu gene, July 12. For every student lost to the university through graduation in June, six will bo gained thro matriculation in September, according to Ropislrar Albert R. Tiffany. Besides the increase through a large freshman class, Mr. Tiffany holds that his correspondence, compared with previous years, shows that the tend ency of Oregon students to seek big eastern and southern institutions for the last years of their course is about at an end. "Few, if any, students are going to transfer from the university this year," states the registrar. "The In creased facilities of tke university and the spirit of optimism and enterprise and loyalty that now prevails on the campus is going to keep them here, not only this year I believe, but In fu ture years." Mr. Tiffany prophesies 300 freshmen as against a previous record of 375. JURY ACCUSES STIMPSON. ROSEBCRG, Ore., July 13. "That Alexander Church came to his death by blows Inflicted upon him by Charles R. Stimpson," Is the verdict returned by the coroner's Jury which investi gated the fatal quarrel between two members of the Oregon Soldiers' home yesterday morning. Stimpson was ar rested on a charge of second degree murder and commltteed to the county jail. He will be examined as to his sanity. TORNADO IN ILLINOIS. CHICAGO, July 10. A tornado. sweeping through Decatur, 111., this af ternoon caused property damaire run ning into the thousands and severe injury to several persons. One man was pn'ubly fatally hurt. Klnnrnington, III., was. hit by a fierce elo trlcal storm, much damage being caused there also. ITALIANS WIN BATTLE. LONDON, July 10. Capture of sev erul thousand Austrian prisoners and the taking of many positions by .the Latins In a series of desperate charges on the Corso plateau yesterday were reported today in special dispatches to the Exchange Telegraph from C'hiasso, Switzerland. The battle of the Cor so plateau has raged for six days. ItOSKHl'RO. July 12 -Apparently during a ho.ttcd verbal combat, Alex ander Church, aged $:!. early tbli morning was beaten to deulh with a cane by Charles R. Stimpson, ag d 77. hi roommate, at the Oregon Soldier' Home In this city. Both are Civil war veterans. Stimpson sarins little ronvernetl over hi deed. Both men entered the home on (V tobcr of last year. Church rom Mult nomah county, and Stimpson from Cer tain. Stimpson ha a son. Homer, residing in Corvallls. Stimpson and Church occupied room In the hospital annex at the home. When breakfast call was made this morning all responded but the two men. Attendants passing the room heard a scuffle, and entering found Church dead on the floor, Stimp son standing over him with an up raised cane. Stimpson then walked to hi en and sat down unconcernedly. Sheriff's office and corner were no tified. Concerning (he affair Stimpson said Ever since I came here they have been nagging me. Church made fun of me all the time. I never had any peace. This morning my shoes were gone. I asked Church where he put them. He said 'I never stole your shoes.' I said I knew he did, and I called him down. " le swore at me and said ho was going to get out of bed and lick me I said 'you ain't man enough to lick me. lie said he woulu Bhow me. wo clinched and he bit my finger. His teeth took the skin off. I hit him with my fist over the ear and knocked him down. He got up and stnick at me with his cane. I hit him over the head with my cane. He fell, and as I was hitting him ihey came in." OF SEATTLE DIES SEATTLE, Wa.di.. July 12. Colonel Alden J. Blethen, for nearly 20 years editor and publisher of the Seattle Times, died at his homo here late this afternoon of a complication of dis eases. Colonel Blethen is survived by two sons, Joseph, business manager or the Times, and Clarence, mannglng editor: two (laughters, Mrs. Thomas Mesdag and Mrs. Gilbert L. Duffy, and widow, all residents of Seattle. Colonel Blethen had been In poor health for several months, and was confined to his bed more than two months. Ills death had been expect ed hourly for the past week. Restoration of normal condition In Mexico City by the newly eftablli.be, I Car rn lira authorllle Is going forward rapidly, according to advice to th" state department today. Reopening of the cable from Mexico City to Vera Cnu w announced In mesaage received from Consul lien rrul Shunklln at the capital and from Vera Cnu came the nea that direct Iruln lenlce had been reunie. and that iiippllf for Mexico City were being forwarded. trt'tieral ( arraiwa, in a message l hi Washington agents tonight tell Ing of the rapture of Mexico City, laid that he hud sent to (ho capital by spe cial train all (he personnel for tho de partment of the treasury. Interior and postnffli': that his governim lit was engaged in sending provUlon to the city, and that "ample guarantee would be given to everybody, whether native or foreign." With the reopening of the cable de- tulla of the fighting around Mexico City, a .id Its cv.icuall.iii by the Z.ipata forces are beginning to be rtielved. A dispatch to the state department from (he Briulllan minister, dale, I July 11. waa summarized by the ifop.irtinenl In this slutt ni-iit : "After a prolonged re!tnnce. a far a (heir uiutimnlllon permitted them to ninke. (lie ronvetitlonlsts evaruat'-d the city. Heeling (he strong appeal of th Brazilian minister an his chief diplomatic colleague not t carry out their threat of fighting In (he streets, vengeance upon foreign er. etc., they retired quickly, without putting these mca.mrcs into effect WILSON'S NOT! NOT TO DI TAKEN IERIOUBLV DM. DUMDA WAS TOLD i , Sr t -, J MURDER, KEPT A SECRET FOR 47 !, IS TOLD R WOMAN BRAVES THREAT OF DEATH AND DESCRIBES OLD CRIME. ONE t BAND IS KILLED 6Y Mi TO SAVE HER SISTER DfCDU.m) Widespread publication that he had Informed Dr. Iiumba. Inn iob.isa,or Austria Hungary, (hut I'realdi lit W llaoii a Hole In Germany after (he .ualtaula disaster waa not be laUeii seriously were denied by William Jen nltig Hrvan In a statement Im made before leaving Washington for Han rTuitiiaco. Hr the first time l( I llsclosed authorlatlvrly through Mr. Hrruu's atalement dial hi alleged In rpreianoii or mi ilixMiincnt waa made (he aubjix ( of official exchange between Washington, Berlin and VI eutia. While Mr. Bryan aay dial Ida roiivenmtlon waa misrepresented In Berlin, he fall to tell exactly what he did say to the Austrian Hungarian am basa,lor. Hi denial I In general term. It has been (he unilerlndlng here (bat Ambassador Ibimha got (he Impress!,,!! from Mr. Bryan (hat I'n a blent Wilson' note Informing the German government llml l( would be held lo a "strict accountability" wa Intended for home consumption In Ihe I'nlted State and fur thai reason was not to be taken seriously by Germany. Thai (he German government w Im pressed by (he remark alleged to have been made lo (be ambassador by Mr Bryan I Imllcoted br hi admlssiot that "we learned that the con versa (Ion bad been mlnterpreted In Berlin Formtr Iowa Girl Clvts Ostail of Killing of Rkh CalOswan and Bon by Gang of Coun UrftlKr. WILSONVILLE ODOFELLOWS. SEATTLE WELCOMES SEATTLE. July 12. Seattle opened wide her arms today, forgot her pet ty cures of business, and bowed obeis ance to the gayest monarch of Ihe world, Frederick R. Smith, of Roche ter, N. Y., Imperial potentate of Shrlnedoin. who with his royal divun will run the city for one solid. Joyous week. Throughout the day amid a bewll tiering medley of martial music, wav Ing flags iiml streamers, fluttering hearts and happy chatter. Ibis royal personage was followed by the nrrlvn of troops of scarlet-coated, fezed and festive people a vast Invading throng of SO.000 good fellows, their wives an I families. When Imperial I'oleiiate Smilh step ped from the train nt the union depot at S:.'!0 o'clock, bands and patrols from visiting temples, platoons of police und a guard of Nile scouts, of Seattle. piloted (he potenate lo this brealvfast ut the Washington hotel. Sunday saw thousands of visiting Shrlners on the boulevards und splusn Ing about In tho surf ut (he huthlng beuches. 300 GET VICTORIA CROSS. OMAHA IS FLOODED. OMAHA, July 12. Three inches of rain fell in two hours here today. The basements of office buildings and the lower sections of the city are flooded. A number of marooned persons wer rescued by the police. AVIATOR A8KS DIVORCE. SAN FRANCISCO, July 10. H. P. Chrlstofferson, an aviator and brother of Silas Christofferson, today filed suit or divorce here against Bertha Christofferson, charging neglect. They were married in Seattle in July, 1913, and separated July 6 last, according to i vllle, Ky, .the complaint. LONUON, July 12. King George to- day decorated more than 300 officers and men with the Victoria cross for distinguished service. The decora tions were made at Buckingham pal ace. Mt. Angel taking bids on extensive sewer system Traveling Man's Experience. "In the summer of 1888 I had a very severe attack of cholera morbus. Two physicians worked over mc from four a. m. to six p. rn. without giving me any relief and Ihen told me they did not expect me to live: that I had best telegraph for my family. Instead of doing so, I gave the hotel porter fifty cents and told him to buy me a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and take no sub stitute. I took a double dose accord ing to the directions and went to sleep after the second dose. At five o'clock the next morning I was called by my order and took a train for my next stopping point, a well man but feeling rather shaky from the severity of the attack." writes H. W. Ireland, Louls- Ohtalnable everywhere. (Adv.) EX-PREMIER COSTA IS KILLED III LISBON LISBON, July 12. Former Premier Costa was shot today during a now revolution against the government. Costa's condition Is reported grave and little hope In held out for his recovery. WIUSONVII.LK. Ore.. July IT -Hie-Wilsonxllle lodge, Independent Order of Oddfellows, and the Sunshine Ite bekiih lodge held a point Inslallullon and tuimpiet Saturday iiIkIk. with a large attendance. Oddfellow officers Installed wre: W. C. Murray, noble grand; A. Butalgla. vice grand; II. IV Aden, secretary. The Itetiekah offi cer were: Mr. J. Iderbnff, noble grand: Mis Anna Rldder. vice grand, and Mia Belly (talalgia, wcrctury. SCHOOL CHANGES ORDERED. MILWAI KIK. Ore.. July 12 -The directors of the Mllwaukte high school have eliKiirid Mis Jeffrey, of I 'or! land, to lake charge of the domestic' science and art department to be In stalled this full. Mis Jeffrey was highly recommended for the position being a university graduate and hav ing hail special training In the depnrl lliellt of domestic si lence. y I I I VI A V Mo. July to -Mr. Marian I'urter. who. a a girl, washed Ihe bloody ijnllt v hit h a band of niun Icrfeltrra had wrapped about (he hotlr uf a rich laltleiuati lliey murdered In Hlani, la. In r,. today (old die slot) of reiit Ibal led up In the i rime, and described the hiding of Ihe heal con taining a large sum of nnuier bl, 'i Ihe cattleman aser, Mr I'urter. whose maiden name waa Collin, said she lived with her brother and staler and their wid owed mot her on a farm near the cue of Ihe crime. Nearby fixe couoi.-i feltt-ra lived In a raxe Jonathan lark. one of the gang, came often In Ihe Collin home, and finally married one of Mrs I'urter' slaleis III September. IM',1, Mrs I'orter re lated, the coimli rfelllng gang learned Dial a wealthy cattle buyer and hi son were on their way west In buy atiH k ' I did not we the killing." said Mr. I'orter. " bail been asleep Hut nlghl and II must have been alxmt I.' o'ebx k when heard linlaea Hillside and Willi out. Mi linn, tarrying something wrapped up In a ijnllt. were coming lown Ihe road. II was moonlight, and they saw me. They came iii and lold me Dial If I ever lold what I had seen Ibey would wash their hands In my In art a blood.' I waa lerrllli d and promised In keep lliidr aecret. They "it the body In an old well near Hie bouse and then made me wash the Unlit, which had been wrapped about Ihe body, and their clolhlns. whlili waa blood spattered." Some time after Ihe murder Mm. I'orter and an elder lster came In Quitman, ihelr present home, where Mr. I'orter ha llvrd mole than III years Jonathan hark, her br'lher In law, became fearful lest the secret would became known and innis to Quitman lo kill her, she says "Dark became ungry l-iuise he thought we did not treat him right and uld he would kill me." Mr I'or ter said. "My sister took my putt and, a he reached for III pistol, she nhot him. Dark died with hi head on my lap." STEEL RATES HELD UP. WASHINGTON. July l:-The inter state commerce commission today suspended until November I? pro posed Increases in rates on structural steel in carload lots from I'mifl const points to Interior ' points over the Chicago, Mllwnukln & St. I'tiul and other railroads. ALBERT PADDOCK SUES. VANCOrVKR. Wnsh., July 12. Suit for divorce was filed in the superior court Saturday by Albert Miles rud dock ngulnst Lena Paddock, whom he married nt Oregon (ily, Ore., on July I90S. Abandonment Is ulleged, und plaintiff asks for thn custody of two minor children. There nro no prop erty Interests to bo affected. ALLIES GAIN ON GALLIPOLI. ATHKNS, July 12. The allies to day effected a 200 yard gain on the iiilllpoli penlnsuln lifter violent fight Ing. according to dlsputcheH from Mltyleno today. A terrific hombiidment of tho Turk Ish forts In tho Interior also wus be ing maintained. HALIFAX. N. S.. July ln.-FIro again broke nut today In hold 3 of the British amiiiuiiiilllou iri.iixport M In lie hahi. A burst of flame followed clouds of smoke and Ihe hutches were hastily battered down, while slrenms of wnter were poured through opening In an effort lo flood Dm hold. Two hundred horses, n part of (he Minnehaha's cargo, were suffocated by the dense smoke pouring throu;ih the holds. A bur, I buttle In subduing the blaze wus expected and flreboats were rush ed lo the assistance of Ihe crew. Spontaneous combustion of u ipiun- tlly of whiskey, stored In hold No. 3, was believed to be (ho cause of the fresh fire. GERMANS ARE ATTACKING. 8AXONIA MAKES PORT SAFELY. LA GRANDE GIRL LOST. LA GRANDK, Ore., July 9. Mrs. Tom Monk, of Tillamook arrived today and will aid In Ihe search of her sis ter, Miss Nellie Conrad, who has been mysteriously missing since last Friday, when she disappeared, leaving not the slightest trace of her whereabouts, Mrs. Monk, It was hoped, would ho tho person to whom the girl would go, were sho in trouble. Mrs. Monk re ports she haB not seen the girl. LIVERPOOL, July 13. The llnnr Saxonla arrived hero safely todny aft- u thrilling voyngo, owing to thu message received from tho United Stales navy department, warning thn commander to search for n bomb In tho bob). MEXICAN MOVE CONSIDERED. 8UMMER ACHES AND PAINS. That backache or stiff muscle that cannot bo explained on account of hav ing "sat In a draft and caught cold" Is more than likely the result of weak ened or' disordered kidneys. Foley Kidney Pills promptly relieve back ache, sore, swollen or stiff muscles and joints, rheumatism, and sleep dlstprb Ing bladder aliments. They put the kidneys In sound, healthy condition, and help them eliminate nrlc acid and other poisons from the system. Jones Drug Co. (Adv.) The Baker Democrat testifies that everv habitable acre of land In Baker cnuntv will soon be under cultivation.! Corvallls: Retrenchment and "so rapidly are people making entry redncatlrm program adopted by of lands In every nook and corner." zenn. WASHINGTON, July 13. Recogni tion of somo Moxlcnn fuel Ion prob ably tho Constitutionalists Is ob taining vital consideration from .the Htale department, It was learned this afternoon. Secretary Lansing de clined to state what test the admini stration would tipply before granting recognition. I'KTROGRAI), July 13. Incessant nttucks along u 110 mile front from (be Vistula northwest of Block to the Bohr near Ossowlec, feature tho latest Ger man attempt to break down tho Rus sian reslstnnce mid force through to Wnrsaw. BRITISH BARK HELD UP. NKW YORK, July 8. Tim British lmrk Vnmplro, hound to Australia, was held up by the I'nlted tSales de stroyer Drayton this afternoon ufter a thrilling rhaso down tho buy. Rho wus taken to Btuploton, whero an Investi gation of her enrgo will ho made. Of ficials of tho United I Sates nuvy (In clined to sluto why thu vessel wus held. RUSSIA FEARS 8WEDEN. WOULD PLACATE RUSSIA. AMSTKRDAM. July 13. Germany Is encouraging dlHctisslnns as to the possibility of a separate pence with Russia, according to Berlin advices here today. "An understanding; wllh Russia Is not Impossible since only a fow po litical questions separate us," a gov ernment circular to tho newspapers declared. "Our only quarrel with France arises from the Frnnco-Prus-slan war. But England Is our most dangerous and foulest enemy. The mission of the submarines la to break the principle: 'Britannia rules tho waves.' " NKW YORK, July lO.-Fcnrlng that Sweden Is about to enter tho world war ns tho ally of Germany, Ruiisln Is rushing troops to and digging trenches on tho Sewcdlsh frontier, according to Frank Ortnsby, a machinery sales man, whrl arrived hero todny from Archnngul on tho Russlan-Americiiii liner Czar. Inquiry of tho officers of the liner eonflrmod Ormrby's statement. POWDER MILLS BLOW UP. tax cltl- LONDON, July . One man Is miss ing and seven others were Injured in an explosion which dumnged the 'lib; powdr mill ut Ilounslow, Middlesex, near hero, todny, Tho force of tho explosion waB felt here. An Investi gation to determine tho cause of the explosion Is in progress. FATAL FLOODS IN CHINA. WASHINGTON, July 12. Many lives have been lost In heavy floods In the provlncea of Kwuntuiig; and Kwangsl, according to a dispatch re ceived here this afternoon from Con sul General Cheshire, at Canton, Chl- V