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.