VOL. Mil. m 1G,418. PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALLIES FORMALLY DECLARED AT WAR Powers to Keep Hands Off in Balkans. WOUNDED SPREADING CHOLERA Greeks Report Important Vic tory Over Bulgarians.' MASSACRE IS CONFIRMED Sercn Hundred Men Imprisoned in Mosque and Sacrificed In Pres. ence of Wlvow and Daugh ters, Reports Priest. Belgrade:. July . (Wrdor.du.) According; to authoritative information the Bulgarian forces, nine battalions at runs, which Invaded Scrvla at Knlar aevats, were entlrelr annihilated. They met the Srrvlun forces and encased In desperate battle. at the entrance of Zajetsar Pnss. i lhj.a. juiy s. The Balkan war having now beon regularized by for mul declarations, It is understood that the powers will make no attempt to mediate. The Official Gazette at Bel grade published tonight notice of a formal declaration of war against Bul garia. ' ' Servian dispatches today admit that a strong Bulgarian column has invaded Servia at Konagevatz, which town they occupied after setting fire to the ad jacent villages. Cholera bjis been car ried to Belgrade by the wounded. Urcefcs Claim Great Victory. Official Greek dispatches claim a great victory at Dolran. where the Bulgarians, recently reinforced, are in superior strength to the Greeks. The latter assert that a -whole dtfision of Bulgarians was destroyed, and that the Bulgarians fled in such confusion that they even left loaded guns behind. - This victory Is considered of great importance because Doiran was the Bulgarian victualing center and all the provisions fell into the hands of the Greeks. Turkish Demands May Be Met. Tt is reported from Sofia that the 10th Bulgarian division, which rein forced General Ivanoff, 'was brought from the Tchatalja district. This would Indicate compliance with Turkey's de mand that the Bulgarians evacuate Turkish territory. The Bulgarians are taking the of fensive against Nlsh, according to an nouncement from Sofia. A dispatch from Saloniki says that Father Michel, superior to the French Catholio mission at Kilklsh, confirms reports of massacres committed in that district by Bulgarian irregulars. In one instance they burned to death 700 men belonging to -Kurkut by imprison ing them in a mosque under which they exploded bombs, setting the build ing on fire. They had previously as sembled tho victims' wives and daugh ters to witness the spectacle. Women Burned to Death. Even more terrible scenes were enacted at Kilklsh, Planltza and Ray. novo, women also being burned to death. Father Michel asserts that among the irregulars responsible for these atroci ties were business and professional men and students from. Sofia. The Turkish government decided to day to occupy with its armed forces all the territory within the Enos-Midia lino running from the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea. which had been virtually decided upon as the future boundary line between Bulgaria and Turkey, ac cording to a Constantinople telegram to the Exchange Telegraph Company. Bulgarians Attacking; Fiercely. The Bulgarians are fiercely attack ing Pirot on the Belgrade-Sof La Rail way, according to a Belgrade dispatch to the Mall. A Sofia dispatch to the same paper says the Bulgarian army captured ten guns at Konagevatz. north of Nish. The third army has destroyed between Vranla and Leskovatz seven bridges on the railway connecting Macedonia and Belgrade. It Is reported tlat the fifth army, marching from Kuscendil, has succeeded - In joining- the - forces near Kotchana. ' Heavy fighting occurred Monday, the Bulgarians attacking the Servian center at Kotchana. The Servians were repulsed with very severe losses. The Bucharest correspondent of the Mail says a member of the government is authority for the statement that war between Bulgaria and Ruumania is Inevitable. TERRITORIAL. GREED 'HIDEOUS' Former Allies Now Hate Each Other Worse Than Turks. LONDON. July 9. The Daily Express publishes, the rumor that Turkey has made an offer to Servia and Greece to establish an alliance against Bulgaria. The Belgrade correspondent of. the Dally- News was stopped on his way to the front and ordered to leave Servia. lie declares that tite Balkan peoples have become completely barbarous. "Their hatred for the Turk," he says, "is nothing as compared with their hatred for each other. The present ter ritorial greed Is hideous: all sentiments of fair play and chivalry have given t place to brutality. ". SMALL INVESTORS TO BUY CITY BONDS SHORT-TIME ISSUES TO SELL IN $100 DENOMINATIONS. Portland Will Experiment on Both Kinds of Municipal Improve ment Paper. Residents of Portland 'will" have an portunlty before the end of the present month to purchase municipal improve ment bonds In small denominations. This was the announcement yesterday of City Commissioner Bigelow, who is preparing a general popular issue of 6 per cent improvement bonds to be sold in amounts ranging from $100 up. The City Commission at a meeting to day will fix the date for the sale of the bonds and also will authorize- their issuance in small denominations. This is a new venture in the bonding busi ness . of Portland. Later when long time 4 per cent bonds come up for sale a similar system will be worked out if the sale of the first popular issue is a success. Improvement bonds are sold period ically for public improvements such as sewers, paving, street grading and sidewalks. Heretofore bonds of this lrlni lii-u rini- ntr t-unt Interest sand Thavlng an average life of four years, have sold for between 2 and 3 per cent above par. In tnat way an In vestment of J100 will net the Investor between 3 and 4 per cent net interest the first year and 6 per cent thereafter during the life of the bond. Interest Is paid semi-annually. Formerly these bonds have been sold to bonding com panics. In a number of instances, it Is said, the Dremtum on these bonds j could have, been saved by purchasing direct from the city.- When long-time bonds are issued a similar' popular subscription plan will be tried. The charter amendments un der which these issues were authorized provide that the bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than $1000. By the city purchasing these at a rea sonable rate with money in the interest indebtedness sinking fund certificates can be issued for $100 or less and can be sold to small investors. These cer tificates will entitle the purchaser to a pro rata portion of the interest on the bond of $1000 held by the city.. Long time bonds have an average life of 25 years and bear interest of 4 per cent per year. MAN BITTEN KEEPS SNAKE Officers Afraid to Take Rattier From Prisoner In Cell. -' . - WALLA WALLA, Wash.. July 8 (Special.) John Schumely is In a dan gerous condition in a hospital as a re sult of a rattlesnake bite today. Schumely entered a meat market where the. snake was displayed and, saying he was a snake charmer, he asked for the snake, which was given him. As he pulled It from the jar It bit him. He pulled the fangs from the snake, tucked it inside his shirt and left for a sa loon. Later he was arrested for drunkenness.- He refused to surrender the snake and was put In a cell. The officers were afraid to take the reptile from him. W. Reay, a gunner's mate in the United States Navy, got himself locked up with Schumely and talked him In to putting the snake in a sack. A physician lanced the swollen arm and Schumely was taken: to a hospital. BIG LUMBER DEAL TALKED Milwaukee Road Said to Have Pur chased Coeur d'AIcne Company. SPOKANE, Wash.. July S. (Special.) The Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway has purchased the Coeur dAlene Lumber Company of Coeur d'Alene, ' Idaho, according to reports current in Spokane today. The sale price was not announced, but it is re ported to have exceeded $2,009,000. The Coeur d'Alene Lumber Company has. timber on the St. Joe and St. Mary's rivers and has an extensive plant in Coeur d'Alene. It Is said the Milwaukee made the purchase In order to control the company's entire output. J. T. Carroll, manager of the com pany, over the long-distance telephone today, discounted the report, which Is persistent and which is being circu lated in railroad circles. MELLEN QUITS ONE JOB Presidency of Boston & Maine Given Cp to Devote Time to New Haven. - NEW YORK, July S. Charles S. Mel len has resigned the presidency of the Boston & Maine Railroad, according to announcement made at the New York, New Haven & Hartford offices here this afternoon. The reason given for his retirement was that he desired to devote his entire time to his position as president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.. Morris McDonald, vice-president a. id general"manager of the Maine Central Railroad, a subsidiary of the Boston & Maine, will succeed Mr. Mellen, it was announced. ... STAMP CHANGE PROTESTED Canton, O., Wants McKinley's Plc ( ture on Postal Cards. CANTON, O., July 8. Resolutions adopted by the McKlnley Club of this city have been forwarded to President Wilson and Postmaster-General Burle son protesting against the substitution of the picture of Jefferson for that of McKlnley on postal cards. Copies of the - resolution also have been sent to Senators Burton and pomerene and to Representative Whltacre, LAIR IS PLAYING WALL STREET GAME Lobby Witness Frank in Testimony. OTHER MOTIVE IS DENIED Committee Goes Into Free Sugar Campaign. CUBANS ONLY LUKEWARM Efforts to Organize Planters Said to Have Failed Because of Ef forts In Opposition Put Forth by Trust. WASHINGTON, July 8.The Senate lobby Investigating committee took a look at Wall street today through the spectacles of David .Lamar. The dapper operator on the bear side, who admits that he bandied about in the market places the names of men high in Congress, took the committee completely into "his confidence.' ' For all the machinations he con trived there were after all, he swore, only two reasons. He wished to cause an "explosion" which would bring the Wall street men whom he felt were. an tagonistic to him "into the open" and he wished to insure the re-employment of 'Edward Lauterbach, his lawyer friend, who had fallen into disfavor with the mighty of the street. - Wall Street Law to Itself. Although the committee tried to de velop that there might have been some other consideration Involved. Lamar denied such an allegation as often as it was made. He was on the stand for several hours and although five Sena tors ' wielded the scalpel at various times, they uncovered" , nothing that Lamar did not wish to reveal.'. He, was only playing Wall street's game,, he said, when ' he made such frequent . use of the telephone and talked " about rwhat might be done in. Washington through prominent members of Congress. It was the game he had known most of 25 years he had been in the street, he said, but he was through with It now. He summoned up his whole story in a few words when he said: "It was the Wall-street game I was playing. In Wall street you don't act like you do on a New Jersey farm." ' Latej he added bitterly: T " ' "I am the only villain in Wall street. All the others are actuated by the highest motives and possess the high est ideals." Lamar's examination was finished to- (Concluded on Page 3.) - t t t . ............ ' ' " T ; ; 2 ;VT-r-. r 1 """t INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. (" YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, ' 84 degrees; minimum, 52 decrees. TODAY'S Fair, cooler; westerly winds. v Foreign. State of .war Ju Balkans formally declared. - Page. l . . National, lobby committee he was only : playing Wall street same. - Page 1. American troops exterminate rebellious - Moros on Jolo. Page 3. " Itomeffttc- ; Peace overtures cease following - announce ment that 100,000 trainmen -overwhelmingly favor strike. Page A - Federal grand jury criticises Wilson's course in McNab case. Pase 1. Two hydroaeroplanes in Chicago to Oetroit race wrecked on Lake Michigan. , Page 3. Pittsburg banks pass financial crisis, page 2. Consumers using cheaper cuts of beef; In creased demand advances price. Page 3. Edward Leach elected grand, exalted, ruler of Elks. . Page 2. Death and destruction carried by - storm near Chicago. Page 1. . Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2, Venice 1 (10 innings); Sacramento tt, San Francisco 2; Los Angeles 5, Oakland 3. Page 6. - Northwestern League results: Portland 2, Tacoma 0; Vancouver 6, Spokane 4; Vic toria , Seattle d. Page 6. Beavers have deal on for Land, -Cleveland . catcher. Page tf. - .. t ... ; Bud -Anderson's appendix removed in 'opera tion; boxer's condition serious. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. " The Dalles has two police forces- and of ficial deadlock continues.' Page 5. ",; Bull Moose registration in 'Oregon only 4 per cent of total. Page' 5. . Salem policewoman Issue, stirs Salem fac tions, page 4. . Commercial and Marine. Eastern mohair market affected by pro posed tariff change. . Page 17. Stock values in Wall street are well maintained.- Page 17. , " Wheat weak at Chicago owing to large sales by farmers. Page 17. Qerxnan - shipbuilder .looking- over Pacific Coast field. -Page 16. 7 Portland and Vicinity. Portland will' sell bonds to small Investors of city. Page 1. San Francisco belles representing old Cali fornia aristocracy visit ;in city. Page 10. Mayor Aibee gives hearing to packing-house strikers and others. Page "10. Weather rep.ort. data and forecast. Page 13. Grand jury probe unearths system of barter in Police Department. page 1. . Docks for deep sea vessels urged by. Cham ber of Commerce, page 16. Police begin war on cocaine traffic " and numerous arrests are made. Page 16. - Commercial Club fund for promotion work reaches $06,000. Page 7. Sweet pea exhibit' draws crowds. Page 12. Chief of ' Police and Judge Stevenson to clear city of. mashers. Page 12. Judge Morrow refuses to permit "Von Klein's attorneys to quit. Page 9. WOOL ADVANCE PREDICTED McClure Says Mills Will Confine At tention to Domestic Crop. . , OREOONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington,. July 8. S.'AV. McClure, secre tary of the National Wool-Growers' s Bociation, believes that . delaying the cut In . the wool , tariff u'n.ti" December, as provided for by ' the Democratic 'Seh atorial caucus, will materially help the Western woolmen. He said today: "'At present, there is l'.tl wool In tho American market except the clip of this year and between now and De cember 1 our mills should be able to consume a large part of this year's wool." There Is some' So, 000, 000 pounds of imported wool in bond, but this wool cannot be taken "without the payment of 11 cents a pound duty. Therefore it Is probable that our manufacturers will confine their attention to domestic wools until December 1 and this should mean an advance of prices throughout the West." ' - - - GRAND JURY TAKES UP MB'S CAUSE Federal Body Criti cises Wilson. ' ACTION GALLED ASTOUNDING Disposition of Noted pases Viewed With Sadness. COURT REJECTS REPORT Judge Van Vleet Says Comments Re fleeting -on President or Attorney-General Are Not Called For by Case. ; SAN FRANCISCO. July 8. (Special.) The . Federal grand jury in .making its 'final report to United States Dis trict Judge Van Fleet today severely criticised the President and the Attorney-General for their, treatment of Dis trict Attorney McNab. Judge Van Fleet refused to accept the report until these criticisms had been eliminated, so the Jury took the report under advisement until tomorrow, when the report will be presented in amended form'. The action of the grand Jury caused a sen sation, as it was this body which in dicted the Western Fuel officials, be sides Indicting Dlggs.and Caminettl on "white slave" charges. The paragraphs which the Judge ob jected are: "Delays and postponements in - the trials of influential defendants have for many years been the cause of grave criticism on the part of the public, who cannot but view them with distrust and suspicion. , Grind Jury Know. Circumstances. '. "Considering the fact that the pres ent grand Jury was familiar with the cases .the postponement of which led to Mr. McNab's resignation, and that we have examined the letters, tele grams, and other correspondence rela tive to' these postponements, we feci that we would be lacking In our duty to the public if we did not record our Judgment and opinion thereon. "The District Attorney had repre sented to all parties in interest, includ ing A. Caminettl and . the Attorney General, for months the seriousness of any postponements. Several delays had already been acceded to. These repre sentations had been continued o the last, when in the . face of them the Attorney-General, without consultation with the officers here, peremptorily or dered the cases postponed. ' "In the minds of the' grand Jury this constitutes a precise example of the (Concluded on Pace 2.) THREE KILLED BY LIGHTNING BOLTS DISASTROUS STORM SWEEPS DISTRICT NEAR CHICAGO. High Winds and Hail Flatten Crops, Blow Down Barns and Tear Roofs From Buildings. , CHICAGO, July S. High winds, attaining- a velocity of tiO miles an hour, bringing sheets of rain and hail, com bined In a storm .which swept Northern- Illinois," Southern Wisconsin and parts of Indiana "today, killing three persons, injuring a scoref others, tearing roofs from buildings and blow ing down barns. . , Almost a dozen cities and towns suf fered through the visit of the storm. Among the cities and villages to suffer are Rockford, Elgin, Sycamore, Dekalb, Woodstock, Hartland, Harvard, J?in gree. Grove, Dundee, Algonquin and Marengo. The dead are: ' ' Frank O'Leary. farmer, killed when a lightning bolt struck Woodstock. 111. . - wagon near Artnur Peterson, IS years old. struck by lightning In a gravel pit two miles south of Elgin. Unidentified man. killed at Marengo by a bolt of lightning, which struck a barn In which he had taken refuge. reports from Southern Wisconsin tell of damage to the tobacco crops in m neiua near janesvuie. Illinois points report corn blown nat in some of the fields. Property damage fronj the wind will not be large. WILSON GAINING WEIGHT x Removal of Tariff Worries Adds to Flesh and Makes President Happy. CORNISH, N. H., July 8. President Wilson has so improved in health In the last three days and likes his Sum mer home here so well that he virtually ueciaea tonight to prolong hi visit until Sunday. Should affairs In Wash, lngton. however, become pressing, "he win start back immediately. , .ine satisfactory progress of the tariff bill, especially the adoption of tne caucus resolution by the Senate Democrats insuring a safe majority for the measure, removed the last bit of anxiety the President had about spend ing the week away from Washington. The President has not only taken , on weight but his face bears a ruddy tan and a glow of health, the result of orisK motor rides In the cool mountain air and- plenty of golf. The President found an Ideal "links, at Hanover, -N-H., and' probably will play golf there frequently . hereafter.. Professor Cox, oi Dartmouth College,, invited him over ana. assured him that he could lay In conspicuously there. BERG CLAIMS BABY CART oiorh. .special . Arrives at Home of Commercial Club Member. weetuiiy aia Charles F. Berg tele phone to the Commercial Club yester day announcing hia claim to the baby carriage that is on display in the green room of the club, one of the yet un awarded prizes from the annual out ing of the club which was held in Van couver June 28. His elaim is validated by tiny Miss Caroline Flora Berg, whose age on this earth is dated from 9:30 o'clock Mon day night. The baby carriage was offered by Meier & Frank at the annual outing, to be given to the family of a Com mercial Club member to whom first a child should be born after the date of tha annual outlnsr. The baby carriage is not all. either. Jaeger Bros, offered, under the same terms, a valuable diamond ring, and to this also Is the little Miss Berg en titled unless some other member of the Commercial Club besides Mr. Berg can come forward and substantiate a prior claim, which is thought improbable. NICKEL FARE LAW INVALID Seattle Traction Officials Escape Jail on Court's Ruling.' OLYMPIA, Wash.. July 8. (Special.) The B-cent streetcar fare provision of the Washington public utilities law was declared Invalid by the State Su preme Court today in a decision In the case of officials of the Seattle. Ren ton & Southern Railway, sentenced to SO days' Imprisonment for collecting a 10-cent fare within the city limits of Seattle. The court, following a decision of the United States Supreme Court, held that the penalty of the public utilities law, which makes collection of more than 5 cents fare a gross misdemeanor, is so severe that In practice it would prevent street railroads from seeking to " protect their rights, since failure might mean a penalty as great as a year's imprisonment for each official. SUFFRAGISTS IN PARADE Votes for Women Signs in Evidence ' at Perry Centennial. ERIE, Pa., July 8. Through streets thronged by cheering thousands, school children and advocates of woman's suffrage this afternoon marched in pro cession as the principal event of the third day of Erie's centennial celebra tion of Perry's victory at Put-In Bay. Following the' yellow and white ban ner' of the Pennsylvania Equal Suffrage Association several hundred women from a dozen or more states marched through the streets after the children's parade. Handsomely-gowned . women represented the btates where women can vote and scattered through the pa rade were many banners, each bearing some . favorite battla cry of Uie suffragists. GRAND JURY PROBE POINTS TO 'SYSTEM' A. P. Armstrong, School Head, Mentioned. CRADDOCK'S NAME IS HEARD District Attorney's Office Makes Revelations. 1 TESTIMONY MOST VITAL J. S. Thompson and George K. Teeters Said to Have Gone Far With Evidence of "Dcals' in Armstrong: Office. Reports that there .lias existed a system of barter and sale in appoint- mentn to thft nnlic. rtotiyrt mn( hnv'.' -" ' been under exclusive consideration by the grand Jury for the past two days. , Following a late-night investigation by Deputy District Attorney Maguire last night, further evidence of a sen sational nature will be placed before that body today and the prospect is that the affair so will, ramify that the greatest municipal scandal in years will come to light before the inquisi tors have concluded their labors. Mentioned in the evidence already produced are A. P. Armstrong, County Superintendent of Schools and until a few days ago member of the City Civil Service Commission; Detective Ser geant Robert H. Craddock, and an un named man who is believed to have been campaign manager for Superin tendent Armstrong in the campaign last Fall for the position he now holds. Net Reach r Far. . While the evidence so far adduced concerns only a few transactions, in volving .wi all sums of money, said to range from $10 to 850, a lead has been developed which reaches i.n many di rections.. . Growing out of the present investi gation Is at least one other, which probably will be placed before the grand jury today. This Is the per- '" sistent report, backed by some evi dence, that a ' determined effort was made at the time of the city primary campaign to persuade members of the police department to subscribe for tho Daily News." supporter of Candidate Rushlight, and to urge their friends to do so. The movement, which was placed in the Viands of Acting Chief Slover to manage, came' to' little or . nothing, through the determined resistance of a few doughty . members of the force, who threatened to carry the affair be fore the public. . Humor Current Lode Rumors that numerous new ap pointees to the police department had paid for their ratings at the- head of the eligible list have beon current In police circles for several weeks. They reached the ears of District Attorney Evans last Saturday, and the i Tst thing Monday morning ho began plac- ity.g evidence before the grand Jury. Pfh.f hnriif lia. p.ini...n I i-u fur) n 1 1. I . case ever since and lias more days of similar work, in prospect. All tho stories centered about one group of 10 young patrolmen who took the civil service examination, last Fall, and the District Attorney started by issuing subpenas for all of them, with, out knowing; which ones held the in formation he desired. 'From the start he met with encouraging success. J. S. Thompson, who headed the list at that examination, with a rating of 96 per cent and who, . In rumor, was said to have paid 830. denied the pay ment of the money, but told the fol lowing story: "Webb" Mgm Menage. Thompson received a note, .written on a yellow sheet of paper, asking him to call at detectlvo headquarters. Tha message was signed "Webb." Inquiring at headquarters, he found no one who understood the summons, but someone at length told him to wait and sea Craddock. When that officer arrived, says Thompson, ho escorted the appli cant to Mr. Armstrong's office, wncre there was desultory talk about the ex amination, but no overt solicitation. Ha never paid any money, but headed the list when it was Issued. George E. Teeters, another member of tho force, is said to have gone far ther in his testimony. lie, like Thomp son,- was summoned to detective head quarters, where he met Craddock and Patrolman C. W. Vroman. and waa taken to Armstrong's office. There they met the stranger, who appears from time to time in the case, and tha four, excluding Armstrong, withdrew to another room, where the stranger made a direct proposal to them to con tribute to Armstrong's campaign fund. v Teeters excused himself on the ground that he had not the money. He does not know what arrangement Vrbman made, but that officer will also be be fore the grand jury to tell his story. Vroman was passed with a comfortable rating. The sum mentioned to Teeters, ha says, was $20. Schiller Gives JLIsfct. Eugene Schiller, who was appointed to the force on the last day of the Rush light administration, but whose, ap pointment wa held up by Mayor Albee, told a similar story, with additions. He said Craddock told him that ha (Craddock) had contributed 850 for the "old man's" campaign. "Don't you ever V (Concluded on axe . 33 109.2