I 0 0 ,v,i,!jf y BLUw i OREGON OTY ENTERPRISE 9 ThS Inttf.w. la v,a 4 only Clackamas I ..mil, Th. Weekly tnUrprlso It Writs the price Compart - il with others and than auk- e- icrlb. . Neepkper thai print! III of the new of thlt growing County roHjr.Nlnlh Vsi Ko, a. OliKOON (MTV KNTKKI'KISE, KIM MAY. AI'dl ST (i, V.W,. IITAIIIIHID 1M 0Rt00N HISTORICAL SUSPECT OF IL MURMRS IS HELD COUNTY AIL rmoenicK alixanoir amist ID AT NIQUtST OF CRIMI NOLOOIST THATCHIN. IDfNIIf ID MONDAY AS MAN IN MAID NIGHT Of CRIMI Prlaanar Waa Picktd Up by Multno mah County Daputy tor Murder but ant to Asylum Whan Officers Fslled to Secure Ivldanca. Frederick AlMkiirirr. who la lirtlor known aa Fdward Ratnary. la being hrld la thr counly )all until further Invratlgatlon Into thr murdrr of Kit ward Mill, hla wife and (wo alriM-hll drrn at Ardonwald Juno. If) I. la rom plrtrd. Hhorlff Wilson and IMalrlct At tornry Hedgr admitted Monday night Itamaoy waa arrralrd Friday, and Hat urday aa hound over to thr grand Jury by Juallco Krlao. of Mllwauklr. on a rhargr of vagrancy and molesting c hlldren Thr arrrat waa tnadr at thr requral ( of George A Thatcher. Portland rrlm i Inologlat. who. It waa U-arurd Monday. haa brrn working elradlly on thr caar alni r rarly In tho roar. Thatcher lm told local officials that hr haa cumin alvr evidence whlh will ronnrct Alrx ainWr with Hill murdrra but hr haa not turned over thr drtalla of hla rr drnrr lo Clackatnaa county offlclalk. Thr grand Jury will not MSl until thr middle of October. IMatrlrt Attor ney llrdgre aald Monday. Alejander la held In default of hall Alexander waa arrralod Friday after sSOS! on the rati bank of the Wlllain otto river near Mllwauklr by Marshall Held, of Mllwaukle. and later brought lo Oregon CUy by Deputy Sheriff Riley The arrest waa made quietly ami Mat unlay he waa bound over to the grand Jury In the Mllwaukle Juatlre court. Alaaandar Sant to Aaylum. Alejander wua arrralrd only erv crl day after the Hill murder by Archie l.eoiiiird, who wua then ib-puty under Sheriff Sluvtia of Mullnoiiiali i coiuitv After .in I'xtcinleil inviaiiga lion he waa arnl to thr alalr Inaanv aaylum and releaard alter a few inontha confinement At Unit time. Alejaiider'a history was traced down uml every possible effort made to fln.l evidence which would fustell the Hill ease onto him. TbatObaf, SOOOrdtBI Id local offi cials, auya he haa watched every move nisdt by AtoMtBdsr sines his nrat ar real ami eliilma he Iiiih secured uffldn vita and other evidence which were not unearthed nl the I line of his nrrcsl by the Rutland officials. Identified by McMinnville Couple. Aa Die first step of weaving a Chain of evidence about Alexander. Mr. and Mrs I U Brant, who now live neur McMinnville. were here today SSd Identified Alexander ns the mini seen In IDS ArdWWSld district the night of the crime. Mr. and Mrs. BVSIII were In the Ardenwiild district when thb crime was commuted Alexander says he la r.9 yeara old. He Is small but well built and wear soft hut all the time while In jail, nplslntnj thai 'his hairs are few" mid his head gels rold. When first arrosl ed he would not talk freely but now Ik wlllliu: to discuss hla life. He aald thai he has not been In the Mllwaukle nnd Hollwood districts for tho last three years although be admits that be was in Clacknnma county at tho lime of the Ardenwiild crime, lie told of his .previous arrest Monday after noon and denied all knowledge of the Hill murders. When arrested he hud $142 and a quantity of old and broken Jewelry In his pockets. OBJECT TO 3 CENTS A DAY. NOOAI.1CS. Arly... July 29. Five hundred Yaquli In Sonors today theat- etlfd revolt unless they were paid $1 n day for their IgborS, Their prpaont Wflg.es are $1.50 a day In Villlsln cur renoy, or shout :i oenti cold, DEER SEASON OPENS 51 Osrl D. Shoemaker, state game war ilea, has Issued a bulletin warning Ihe public that the deer hunting senson does not open until August 15. Mr. Shoemaker says: "The Klnle game warden Is very an xloiis lo give all Ihe publicity posslblo to the fact that Ihe dewr hunting sea son this year does not open until Au gust 15, which Is 15 days later than 1 1 i iirw.n eiistomiirv for ninny years It Is unlawful to hunt deer In Oregon j that time The season closes on I October 31. "This change In the law should be borne In mind, otherwise some hunt er may be found unintentionally vio lating the law and subjecting himself to a heavy fine. The elate game war den's office would rather prevent law violations than make an arrest. The game laws, however, must be rigidly enforced." BUILDING PORTLAND, Ore, Aug unknown origin shortly I Kite .,1 before 3 o'clock Mile morning gutted In Alleky Imllillnii. at th imrthwret corner of Third and M or r I eon atrorta. causing a luaa or nearly 1140.000 persons rr aalerp In th' building at thr time All escaped, but two of Ihom wrrr rrecurd with th grratret in difficulty. Thr hlaia la hellrved lo havo orig inated In thr lisarnirnt of the Hkld MN Drug company on Third elrret When dlerovrrwl hy Hprrlal Patrol man W r Hlmpaon II aa n NHI Ing op a woodrn support In lhi immiI room of th basement under thr Hoarn blalt clothing atom. LAI-AMERICAN AID IN MEXICAN CONFERENCE OVER SITUATION IN REPUBLIC TO SOUTH IS CALLEO AT CAPITAL. JOINT FORCES MAY BE USED TO SEND FOOD TO PEOPLE Sacratary Lanalng Oanlaa Invasion for Relief Would Bo Act of War and Cltaa Boxer Rebellion Policy aa Precedent. ASHINtiTllN. Auk 3. - I'realdent TROUBLE SECURED Wllaon a determination to aoek thoco-age number of puplla belonging waa operation of South and Central Amerl- 5.829 4: while the average dally at can governmenta In reatoratlon of tendance waa 5.S40.0. Tho per cent peace In Mexico wua reached laat June.: of attendance waa 9S. which la con when hla appeal to the Mexlcnn fac-laldered very high In comparison with tloiilatato end tlw atrlfe brought no re I the enrollment. UHl There are 130 achool dlatrlcta In . it,. .m.....rinr ! ""lackamaa county, having 142 achool- from Argentina. Ilratll and Chile, and t the milliliters from nollvia. Uruguay I and Guatemala, to confer with Scere- tary lanalng on thr problem, was ei- tended June 30. while the atatement to the Mexican eoptc waa Issued June 2. Al details of Prctildcnt Wilson's plan for settlement of thr Mexlcnn problem have not. It Is reported, been com- j mnnlcateil to tne six soutnern govern-1 mnnts. but their representatives, who are to take port In tlui conference, havo received In confidence a general outline of what Is lo be proposed by the Washington administration. Pomnnd will be mnde for Immediate r(pf 0f (, i00, ltiiatlnii in Mexico , Cltv nnd maintenance of railroad nud telegraphic communication between Vera Crux nnd Mexico City. It Is un derstood. If Mexican lenders cannot do this, the United States, aided pos sibly by the I.atln-Anierlcan govern ments, may find It necessary to take Control of the- capital nnd Ihe rallrond by torOS and bold it until pence la re stored. Replying lo questions today. Secre tary 1-nnslng snld the sending of troops Into Mexico City to take fond to starving Atncrlcnns and other foreign ers could not bo considered nn act of war. Ho cited the nctlon or the United Slates and other powerse In China dur ing the Uoxer rebellion. L I TRAINMAN CLIMBS OVER WRECK AGE AND WALKS TO STATION TO GET HELP. THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 3. lick inc bis wnv cautiously across a rail road trestle, shuttered hy a landslide : following a cloudburst, a member of an O-W. II A N. I trended train crew made his way to the telegraph station last night and telegraphed here for help Following receipt of the message a wrecker with a crew of 50 mon picked up at Coyote was sent to the scene of tho trouble. Though details are meager here, re ports are that no one wns hurt, though a passenger train wns derailed, nnd two bridges nnd n number of miles of Joint O-W. R. K. and Oregon Trunk track 5 miles north of Rend wero washed out. O-W. R. & N. passenger trnln hound for Band had just pnssed over a section of truck destroyed, and then tho water caused s landslide which blocked fur ther progress nnd wrecked a trestle. The only mall In today or last night was brought over the 8. P. & S. lines tnis niternoon Reports are that fences and out buildings were swept away at Paxton. but that principal damage was to the railroad compony'a property. Paxton Is a siding. It has a popula tion of about 50 persons. R. I Skalfe and family of Colfai. Waah.. are in this city where they will spend several days sightseeing. CITY'S LOSS ACTS AS A DETRIMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY SU PERINTENDENT CALAVAN SHOWS 8LIOHT OAIN. CLACKAMAS COUNTY TEACHERS NUMBER 270, HIS FIGURES SHOW Only Savan Thouaand Persons Quail flad to Vote on School Mattora Avaraga Balarlea Paid Man Taachara 183.36 Clackamas county aboard but alight j Increase In Ita educational cenaua for 19lf. over that of 1914, acordlng to the annual report of County Superin tendent of School J. E. Cslavsn, Juat made to the atale superintendent at Salem. In fact thorn are but 32 more pcriont In the county between thr agea of four and 21 yeara than there i were onr year ago, and thla amall In- rreaae la due to thr big drcrraae In the Oregon City dlatrlrl. which la aald to be .1.30 leaa than In 114 According to the report of County Suerlnlriiilrnt Calavan thr total num ber of persons enrolled In the school cenaua for the year waa aa followa. Male. IIU: female. 5728; total. 11.039. The enrollment for thr year totaled 78X4. There wer 270 teacher. The num l.ri of clrht grade dlplomaa waa: County. 440; Oregon City, 105. The enrollment In thr high erhoola of tho counly (dialed 043. Average number of daya taught waa 104, while the whole number of daysl attendance for the counly made the I enormoua total of 908,066. The aver- houses. Six new school buildings were erected last year. In the total number of buildings there are 273 rooms in SOtnl operation. Clnckamna county contalna 7014 le gal voters on all school matters. There are but eight schools In the county having n short school term of atx months: 17 have a seven months (prm. r,4 have an eight months' term nm, 4- n)n() months. nrHool vear pi.rv,.mnH ronntv. according to the i superintendent's report, has f2S.043.S5 In Its fund, while one venr ago It had $32,riS0.3fi. thus showing n decrease of 16,500. The sum of $1 53.593.90 was paid Ul Ihe teachers of the county dur- nK n,0 pnst year. The nverage month ly salary pnld the male teachers wns IS8.Ni while the average for the fe- COUNTY CI male teachers was I60JJ& The aver-l 8tllnton .Those taking part In the con age salary for the teachers In one forpncp wm he the ambassadors from room buildings was $02.70. while that for the assistant teachers in buildings of more than one room was $00. The average monthly salary for principals was $83.75. VISITORS FROM EAST For some w eeks Mr. and Mrs. C, H. Dy of this city, have been entertain ing visitors to and from tho exposi tion. Mr. Dye's brother, Honorable WlllOUghby Dye, merchant and bank er of Iowa, nnd bis son, Harvey, and two merchant! from Minneapolis, xvere welcomed nnd shown the Columbia highway, with which they were re lighted. Ur. Wllloughby Dye nnd wife of Deer Lodge. Mont., were the next guests, they being enroiite to the fair. I.nst week Ruth Kedzle Wood, who In private life Is Mrs. W. Thompson, nnd her husband, Mr. Thompson, were shown the city. Ruth Kedzie Wood Is the author of books on Uussln. Portu- r-.il nnd California, and Is now engaged upon a Tourist's Guide of the North- west, lo he published hy Ootid, Mead nnd company of Now York. Last Saturdny morning a party of four. Mr. Wlldberger, a hanker of Sid uey, Iowa, accompanied by his wife and daughter and Miss Rnldah Focht arrived from California, nnd Saturday nfternonn Miss Jessie S. Emery, of Uoston, n cousin of Mrs. Dye, arrived on her way to San Francisco. All wero hospitably entertnlned nt the Dye home and shown best drives of Ore gon City, Portland nnd vicinity, leav ing Ihe first of the week on their re spective trains for the north and south. Another visitor, Or. Media Runker, of Cleveland, Ohio, Is expected soon. All these people are relatives, old friends, neighbors and schoolmates of Mr. and Mrs. Dye. Among the guests w as also Included Miss Piatt, of Phil adelphia. She Is one of the editors of the Indies' Home Journal. McCREDlE SUSPENDS EVANS. I.Ofl A NT El ES, July 10 Rube Ev ans, southpaw pitcher of the Portland Beavers, was Indefinitely suspended here this afternoon by Manager Mc Credie for failure to keep In condition. Oswego Lake Gets Its First Victim Of This Summer PORTLAND OY, CAMPINO ON SHORE. SWIMS OUT BEYOND HIS DEPTH AND SINKS. Oswego lake claimed Ita flral victim of the aeaaon Holiday when Victor Oflerdahl, aged" 1 yeara. of 354 Ora ham avenue, Portland, waa drowned while In swimming Ilia body waa brought to abort about r,0 mlnutea aft er hr went under and a pulmotor waa uaed In an until re eaaful attempt to reatore him. Ofterdahl waa camping with Robert Itoeentbal, 2190 Thoiupaon atreet. near the ahore of the lake and Juat before noon went In awfmmlng. He ventured out In the wataa) beyond hla depth and frlenda on ahora vati lint blm alnk be fore help could larrlve. The pulmotrr of the Portland Railway Light A Pow er company waa aent for and put to uae when tba bMy waa brought from the water about 1 o'clock The body waa taken to 1'ortland late Monday afternoon Coroner Hemp atead InveatlgaUd the rate but did not conalder an InqteMt tceceaaary. U. S. SEEKS AID OF ALL AMERICA TO BRING PEACE aid OF ITALIAN REPUBLICS TO SETTLE MEXICAN TROUBLES IS SOUGHT. OFFICIALS BELIEYE ACTION WILL SATISFY ENTIRE WORLD Brszil. Chile, Bollvi, Uruguay and Guatemala Diplomata Called to Meet SecrevVry Landsir.g All to Act in Concert. W ASHINGTON. Aug. 2 The United States has decided to aak the co-opcra. tlon of South and Central America In the next step to reatore peace to Mexi co. The nrnim-snuors irom .-rgeminii Itrazll and Chile and the ministers i neutrals, and observes that the Amen from nollvia. Uruguay and Guatemala, j can statistics show that any loss In have been asked to confer with Secre- trade with Germany and Austria has tary 1-anslng here Thursday. This announcement was made at tho state department tonight: "On Thursday afternoon there will he nn informal conference at the state .Inctnrt tn consider the Mexlcnn Rraill. Argentina and Chile, and the three ranking ministers of the Ameri can republic, namely, those of Bolivia. Uruguay and Oiiatemala. As to the de tails which will be considered, noth ing can be said at the present time as the conference with lie entirely confi dential." While the stats department charac- terlr.ed the coming conference as an in formal one. the sentiment has been j '"- - r growing among American officials that I n their power to overcome their com the next step In the Mexican situation mon enemy, in view of the shocking should be one which would meet the I violation of the recognised rules and approval of the world and should be ! principles of civillxed warfare of which taken In concert with the nations of .he has been guilty during the present Central and South America, even if in struggle.' the laat event the trend should be to wnrd military action. THREE STATES RACE TO PASS NEW LAW A race lo avoid Doing tne last state in the union to adopt compulsory edu- game. cation laws Is apparently under way; McCredie stated that it was likely in the southern states, according tone would recall Infielder Murphy, reports received at the United States : pitcher Callahan, Catcher Brenegau bureau of education. There are now ann- infiolder Coltrln from the North only three states without such laws. western league some time In August. Florida having recently joined Texns m - m- and South Carolina. In adopting com pulsory education by legislative enact ment. The three states still without laws are Georgia, Mississippi and Al abama. The new Florida law provides that on petition of one-fourth of the elec tors of any special school district or county, the county hoard of education shnll cull an election to determine whether attendance shall be compul sory therein. A three-fifths majority vote is necessary for adoption. Chil dren between 8 and 14 years of age are required to attend for at least 80 davs each vear. unless exempt be cause of physical or mental disability: because they live 2H miles from a school and no transportation Is pro vided: because their services are re quired for the support of a depend ent family: or because their parents are unable to provide booka and cloth ing. By the provisions of the law the county boards of education are author ized to appoint attendance officers to enforce the law and to take a census of the children between 0 and 21 years of age. BRITISH COURSE HELD IN NOTE TO U. S. NEW CONDITIONS REQUIRE NEW RULES IS CLAIM OF LONDON IN ME PL V BLOCKADE POLICY Of BRITAIN IS DEFENDED IN NEW MESSACE American Policy la Declared Unten able In Law or International Equity Caeca In Civil War Are Cited. WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 -Oreat lirlt .in. repiiea to the lateat American reprearntatlona agalnat lnterferencea with neutral commercere)ect entirely the contention that the orders-lnoun-cll are Illegal acd juatlfy tbe lliitiab courae aa being wholly within Interna tlonal law. "Unauatainable either In point of law or upon ptibclplea of International equity" ia tbe Hrlttah reply to tbe j American proteat agalnat tbe blockade : of neutral porta, wltb an Invitation lo j aubmlt to In'ernatlonal arbitration any I cases In wblcb the United States la dissatisfied wltb tbe action of Britleh prize courts, (treat liritain'a reply, embodied In two notes, one supplemental, waa made , public here tonight and In London aironltaneously by agreement between the two governments. With the notes I was made nubile also the correspond- pnre 0Yn tne American steamer Ne- cbez. seized by tbe Rritiah while en route from Rotterdam to the United Statea with goods of German origin. All the correspondence aggregates ' 7000 words. Changed conditions of warfare, the I Tlritlah note contends, require a new ! application of the princlplea of lnter : national law. The advent of tbe sub ! marine, the airship and the alleged atrocities by German troopa In Bel- glum are cltad aa justlfcation for the j exercise of extreme measures. ' The blockade Is justified on the con tention that the universally recognized i fundamental principle of a blockade i Is that a belligerent is entitled to cut off "hy effective means the sea-borne , commerce of his enemy." The note reiterates that Great Hrit- Ian will continue to apply the orders complained of, although not without every effort to avoid embarrassment to been more than overbalanced by tho increase of other industrial activities due to the war. In the general reply to the American representations against the orders-ln-oouncll Sir Eward Grey, the foreign minister, addressing Ambassador Page, begins by expressing the hope that ho may be able to convince the adminis tration In Washington "that tho meas- urcs we have announced are not only reasonable and necessary In them selves, hut constitute no more than an adaption of the old principles of block ade to the peculiar circumstances with which we nre confronted." "I need scarcely dwell." wrote Sir Edward, "on the obligations Incum- kn.l ..nn. Iha nil,. in IflL-a Dl-orc- dltln McCREDlE TO STAY HERE. I.OS ANGELES, July 30. All re ports that he as slated for the man agership of the Cleveland Americans next year or that he would leave the Pacific Coast league were emphatical ly denied by Manager Walter McCre dle of the Portland team here today. McCredie stated that when he hid enough of baseball as it is handled ou tne coast he would retire from the WHEAT CROP SET BY The wheat crops in and around Clackamas county have been set back considerably by the rains of the past week, say the men of the commission houses. Although the continued changes of weather has interferred somewhat with the threshing it is ex pected that the wheat will run per haps as high as 30 bushels to the acre. Up the valley the threshing began the fore part of the week, but was delayed Wednesday on account of rain. The wheat is running on an average, so far. from 20 to 30 bushels per acre. Those In charge of the new public natatorium at Pendleton have an nounced the intention "to eliminate all 'routhnecklsm,' even if it becames ne cessary to open a pool blacklist." JUSTIFIED DEED TO MOLALLA A deed coveylng the Caaby Molalla railroad from the Cortland Rugeoe ,. Kaateni Railway company to tbe Rout hern Pacific waa fUed wltb Re corder I ied if an Monday. Tbe consid eration la glvan aa II I Mi'. 4 3 and la the large t realty tranafor In Clack- amae county alnce the government look title lo Ihe Oregon City loeka In the Willamette n . . r The r.,aci g nine miles long and waa tbe first built Into tbe Molalla co.in try. The transfer la part of the gen eral plan lo out all Portland Engene & Raatern property under thr control of the Southern Pacific. Tbe linn was completed late In the eummer of 1913 and the first v heduled paaaenger train run In October of that year. TO LEAVE POLISH CAPITAL AT LAST LUBLIN. IMPORTANT CITY NEAR WARSAW. IS OCCUPIED BY AUSTRO GERMANS. PfTROGRAD GLOOMY, BUT WILL FIGHT FOR YEARS, IF NECESSARY Invaders Cross Vistula at Several Pomt Between Ivangorod and Warsaw Military Observ ers Hold Out No Hope- LONDON. July 31 Lublin has been occupied by the Austro-Oerman forces and. according to reports of Austrian aviators, the Russians have beg-in the evacuation of Warsaw, capita: of Po land. .-lmuHaneoiif.lv with theae dis patches an official order waa printed, todav In ihe Pourse Gai-lte. Pctro- grad. Interpreted to mean that the Ruasian government Is resigned to tbe mammoth reverse now under way. but in no way discouraged. On th? other hand. It speaka of continuance of war nn firrmanv. "mavbe for vear? Lublin Is an Important city on It e railroad southeast of Warsaw, and through which military experta thought would be defended at all costs bv the Russians as a line of retreat from the Polish capital. Entrance Into Lublin by Austrian cavalry followed closely on one of the Austro-German armies forcing cross ings of the Vistula river at several points between Warsaw and Ivan gorod. latest reports Indicate that the on ward sweep of the Teutons continues. The most optimistic military ob server now holds out no hope for War saw, while most of them are trying to figure out some means by which the Russian armies may safely retreat to a new line of defense along the eastern border of Poland. Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the Russian forces, had de creed, acordlng to a Renter's Petro grad dispatch, that no property in War saw shall be destroyed unless such a step is Imperative from a viewpoint of military necessity. Owners of prop erty and growing crops which are de stroyed Will be idemnlfied by the Rus sian government. PROMINENT MEN ARE SPECIAL LECTURERS ARE SE CURED BY COUNTY SUPER INTENDENT CALAVAN. Members of university and college faculties and other educators promi nent in this state. Including J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of pub lic Instruction, have been secured by County Superintendent Calavan to give special lectures at th.? teachers' training school which opens next Mon day. The tenatlve schedule of these spe cial lectures, announced Tuesday by Superintendent Calavan. follows: J. A .Churchill, state superintendent of public instruction, August 10: Frank H. Sheppard, member of Oregon Agri culture college faculty. August 13, sub ject. "New Demands In Education"; M. 3. Pittman. state normal school, August 16; Dr. H. S. Sheldon, Univer sity of Oregon, August 25: and Rev. W. T. Milliken. pastor of Oregon City Baptist church. August 18. A majority of the subjects have not been selected. RESERVOIR IS DYNAMITED. PHOENIX. Ariz., July 29. An at tempt was made today to blow up the new reservoir at Miami, a mining town. This reservoir, which is of con crete, holds the city's water supply. Dynamite tore a large hole in the bottom of the basin. The Identity of the dynamiters is unknown. RUSSIANS BEGIN BRYAN SAYSHEIS NOT 'EXPECTING' TO RUN IN 1916 EX SECRETARY OF STATE WHO VISITS PORTLAND PARRIES CANDIDACY QUERY. COMMONER THINKS WAR WILL BE FACTOR IN THE CAMPAIGN follower In Ross City Turn Out in Force to Greet Visitor snd Big Crowds Aecompsny Him From Depot to Hotel. PORTLAND. Ore.. July 30. William Jrnnlnga Hryan does not expect to be a candidate for prealdent. He aald so upon bis arrival In Port Isnd tonight. But mark that word "expect." It ia Mr. Hryan'a own. That la tbe word b used when one of bis friends ssked blm: "Mr. Bryan. It la true that you will be a candidate for president next yearT "No. I do not expect to be a candi date." waa his reply. "Hat does a man ever expect to be a candidate for prealdent?" be waa aaked. At thla point Mr. Bryan put an ab rupt end to all categorical questions touching on his own plans for tbe fu ture or on the political situation in general. He declared that he had been so fre quently misrepresented that he has ac quired a practice of answering sll questions intended for the public prints in writing after they were sub mitted to him tn writing. In an Informal, off-hand manner be summed up the political situation, however, by declaring that the war will be the big laaue of the 1916 cam paignif the war continues. "It la too far ahead to aay what the situation will be next year." he aald. "Tbe war queatlon is of all-absorbing Interest and It will be an Import ant factor In future political eventa. The subject of war brought forth questions regarding his attitude on In ternational relations. "I have been much misrepresented on this nuestlon." he replied. He lntl- j mated that ne is not sucn a aeierminea : advocate of peace that he believes In peace at any price, but !n this connee- ; tlon declared again that whenever he I expressed his views on the subject he prefers to put them in writing. He was exceedingly bitter toward those newspapers that have opposed him and the political principles for which he stands. "I am not vain enough." he re marked, "to believe that they are op posed to me personally, for I am but a most humble individual. "But I happen to stand for certal'i political principles that are 1n conflict with the views and the wlsbes of the grasping plutocrats. For tnat reason the plutocratic press Is opposed to me. "I appreciate, though, that I have the honest opposition of many honest newspapers, but I car. readily distin guish the difference between this nnd the conscienceless opposition of con scienceless newspapers." He added that the same "interests' that opposed him 20 years ago are op posing him now. NEW TRIAL DENIED COBURN. REDWOOD CITY. Cal., July 29. Superior Judge Buck this afternoon re fused a new trial to Loren Coburn, aged Pescadero millionaire, in the suite brought against him by Archl bold J. Treat, his former attorney, for $75,000 damages. The Jury awarded Treat $50,000 and Coburn moved for a new trial. LYNCHING IS EXPECTED. TEMPLE, Texas, July 30. Citizens bent on lynching raced to Rodgers to day following the report that a negro with blood stained trousers, had been captured and was believed to be the man that battered the three children of W. C. Grimes to death with a pick here. MANY WILL RECEIVE STATE CERTIFICATES Lists made public by the state de partment of education show that a large percentage of those who took the recent state teachers' examinations In this county were successful. Fol lowing is a list of all to whom certifi cates have been issued, excluding the names of applicants who were success ful in passing this examination but who have certificates still in force: One year certificates Llllie, Edith M.; Scott. Mrs. B. C; Coleman, Philip L. : Larkin, Guy C.J Parker, Ruth D.: Schuebel. Grace K.; Toder. Lorey: Miller, Nellie L.; Peckover, Amy M.: Duncan, Harriet. Five-year certificates Olthens, Echo D.: Hanson, Olga. Life certifcate, Calavan, J. E.