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a $500,000,000 TO United States Takes Steps Put Out Emergency Cur rency if Needed. RESERVE BOARD" HURRIED President to Xame Choioaas Succes. sor to Jones, and Warburg Will Appear Country Re sources Are Vast. WASHINGTON. July 3L Present Wilson and the Administration acted promptly today to reassure the coun try against any threatening financial dangers growing out ot the European war situation. First, the President ' took steps to bring about an Immediate completion of the organization of the Federal Reserve Board, in order that the new currency law may become el Xective. Secretary McAdoo. expressing ap proval of the closing of the stock ex changes throughout the country. -issued, a statement announcing that-a 1500.000,000 issue of emergency cur rency waiting at the Treasury Depart ment would be made immediately avail able to the National banks. ' . "Airarlca is in a position to take care of herself," be asserted. Emergency Act Taken. To make more easily accessible this half billion of emergency currency, au thorized by the Aldrlch-Vreeland act, the Senate late in the day. at the sug gestion of Mr. McAdoo. passed unani mously an amendment to the currency law modifying the clause providing that banks of National currency asso ciation in order to avail themselves , of the issue must have outstanding currency notes "secured by bonds of ' the United States to an amount not less than 40 per cent of its capital." , The amendment would give the Sec retary of the Treasury authority in his discretion to Ignore this restriction. It will be passed early tomorrow by the House and probably will be signed by the President before night. To hasten the perfection of the Fed eral Reserve Board It was made known at the White House that President Wil son would send to the Senate tomor row the name of his choice Of a suc cessor to Thomas D. Jones, of Chi cago, whose nomination was with drawn. Edwin A. Potter, of Chicago, may be the nominee. " The tense situation also brought tD. Immediate action Paul M. Warburg, of New York, who had been for weeks holding back from an examination by the Senate committee on banking and currency. Mr. Warburg notified the President that he would come to Wash ington at once, and telegraphed to Senator Owen, chairman of the bank Ing and currency committee, to the same effect. It was arranged that he appear be fore the committee tomorrow after noon. Prison's Words Impressive. In the Senate optimistic notes were sounded on all sides, regardless of party affiliations, and Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, dramatically declared: "In Europe they mobilize armies and navies; in America we mobilize bank reserves." The Senate paused only long enough to allow several Senators to laud the present banking and financial condi tions ani to explain that the measure was passed merely as a precautionary measuie and not because of any press ing present necessity. "Europe Is in a crisis," Senator Owen ''said in presenting the measure. "The great central banks of France and Germany and England have practically suspended specie payment. Something should be done to prepare this country to meet any emergency that may arise." Senator Smoot said the bill should not be taken for a "panic measure." and added that the "treasury and the banking business of the country were In a splendid condition to meet any emergency." "There is In the treasury fifteen hundred million dollars In gold and silver," Senator Owen added, "1150, 000,000 in gold reserve and $130,000,000 free gold In the general fund. These immense funds, with $500,000,000 emer gency currency available, would en able this country to face any financial crista" KCSSIA'S ATTITUDE EXPIi:IXED "Execution" of Serviu, Not to Be Permitted, SayKnvoy. PARIS, July 31. The Temps today relatos details of the conversation be tween Count von Pourtales, the Ger man Ambassador, and Sergius Sazonoff, the Ilussian Foreign Minister, in St,' Petersburg yesterday. Count von Pourtalea first asked whether, in case Russia were assured Austria would not retain any territory conquered in Servla, Russia would stop her mobilization. To this Sazanoff replied: , "No." and said that Russia could not permit the "execution" of Servla which had been announced by Austria. .Count von Pourtales then asked M. Sazanoff under what conditions Rus sia would demobilize. Sazanoff answei-ed that any question of thia sort must first be- raised at Vienrfa, which had committed acts - of war and made declarations which alone had determined Russia to mobilize. The conversation did not continue further. The German government, on receipt of Count von Pourtales" report, accord ing to the Temps, did put itself into communication with Vienna, which up to that time' it had refused to do, but, to be exact. Germany affirmed that it was not exercising pressure nor hav ing recourse to mediation, but was sim ply asking for information nothing else. SWISS OAIX TO ARMS OCT Government Ready to Defend JTeu- , ' trality or Territory. GENEVA. Switzerland, July 31. Sev eral American naval officers on 'leave in Switserland were recalled today on orders from Washington. tka Cu'iaa irnvaminAnt Tina nrAA & partial mobilization and the troops are reaay 10 aeienu tue uauirauiy vi Swiss territory. BERNE, Switzerland, July 31. The Federal Council today ordered the mo hiiia.tlon of all men between 20 and 4s years of age capable of bearing arms. , Germany Stops Exports. BERLIN, July 31. The German Fed eral Council today Issued a decree pro hibiting exports of grain, flour, food stuffs, meats, animal products, automo biles, trucks, motorcycles, petroleum, coal tar and coal oils. This goes Into effect immediately. ' BE MADE AVAILABli .'0 WAR MAPS, WITH EXPLANATORY KEYS. SHOWING- PORTIONS OP AUSTRIAN INVADERS IN SEE, VIA. s at .saw m1 . A H ex czeqfovina o. S?' 'tlfifliary forr. I infantry 4 AiJCre UPPER MAP SHOWS .NVESTMEVT TRIAN ORlli AVUtr i-uwa OTBJi. .w.- . NEUTRALITY IN TEST Austria-ervia Enlistment in America Is.lssue. PRESENT TACTICS DOUBTED International L,ava Forbid Depart ure or Armed Expedition Against Friendly Nation Advance or Money Illegal, Too. WASHINGTON. July SI. Strenuous efforts being made by Austria anl Servia to recall from the United States for military service the many thoi sands of their citlaenB who ' are em ployed in American tactorles has at tracted official attention and the quei- , I . r. Y. kafln r4H whflthftf SUCh 3 C - tivitles are being carried beyond the limits prescribed by the neutrality laws. Aylu.fllHttmanta tllV'a AnnPHTftrt In many American papers calling upon the reservists ana oiirer Au.iram nu Servians eligible for military duty to return to their fatherland for service and offering money for their transpor tation. . The neutrality laws not oniy xoroia the departure of armed expedlt.ons th TTnitAri states directed against a friendly nation, but enlistments" are specifically prohibited. una ina.viautM foreigner is left free to make the way as an Individual out of the country, h,, .ronirn tn him of aid In the shape of passage money and expenses and any attempt to direct nis m certain rendeavous in a foreign country is believed by some officials here to be of questionable legality and akin to enlistment. , t. r.rilai tnnieht that in 1856. during the Crimean war. Secretary Marcy expelled irom tne unuco British Minister Crampton because he was concerned in the enlistment 01 re cruits within the United States for service in the British army. These recruits were directed, througnh Con sul at New York. Philadelphia and Cincinnati to Halifax, where the Brit ish government had opened a recrult . .tatinn tind at that point techni cal enlistments were made. CHINA PRESENTS TASK RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING OR DER VP TO AMERICA. Burden WUl Fall Heavily m Unite States if Europe Is Plunged Into Conflict, Is General View. WASHINGTON. July 31. Responsi bility for the maintenance of order in China in the event of a generaVEuro pean conflict, observers here believe, will fall largely upon the United States. At present tha International guard in Chili province, including American marines and soldiers, approx imates 90000 officers and men. Of these forces 335 American marines under command of Major TJion Wil liams are guarding the legation at Pekln, while 1300 infantrymen with a machine-gun platoon are at Tien Tsln, under command of Colonel John C F. T'ltSwas suggested tonight that If a general European war cam foreign troops other than those of the United States, and. possibly Japan, might be withdrawn to augment home forces and to prevent complications in China. It Is thought, however, that the present American forces would be sufficient to guarantee order and Insure undis turbed traffic on the railroad between Tien Tsin and the capital city of Pekln. XIIE ' MOENIXG OREGONIAJf, SAyUItPAT, AUGUST 1. 1914. ' ' 1 - S 7ZP In any event -the American Asiatic naval squaUron always is available, as well as troops from the Philippines. Foreign troops In China other than American, according to the latest re ports, include: Great Britain, 8000 officers and men; Austria-Hungary, S7; Belgium, 31; France, 1462; Germany. 459; Italy, 821; Japan. 1777; Holland. 25. WOULD-BE CITIZENS ASKANCE Serbs and --Auatrlans Would Turn . Aside Now to Fight, in . War. OAKLAND, Cal.. July SI. (Special.) Several dozen Serbs and Austrlans who have taken out declarations of in tention to become United States citizens spiked today to the County Clerk re garding their status if they go to Eu rope and fight They were warned that, as they swore allegiance to the United States, they could not retain their standings if they battled for some other country. Most of the men expressed their un official Intent of fighting, anyhow, though they said they regretted losing possible citizenship. Others said they would, try to return after the war and apply all over again. Whether they would be allowed to do this is a ques tion, since the courts might decide they had a dubious sort of citizenship if they dropped it every now and then and left the country for some, other flag. GERMANS HALT SHIPS DENMARK COMMANDS KAISER'S VESSELS TO IjEAVE. Russian Battleships Are Sighted in Baltic Danish Frontier Is Barred by Troops. pnPF.wtTifiRW. July St. A.German crutalntr off Langeland. Is stopping all vessels, to Investigate their nationality and the destination of their cargoes. German torpedo-boats have been observed near Glenesei ana in tne Cattegat and German warships are pa trolling between Sweden and Jutland. A big Russian squadron has been seen outside the Danish Island ot Bornholm in the Baulo. Denmark has called out all persons ij.ku artiva nervine, nartlcularly tor the proteotlon of the coast. Par liament has been sumroonea to rooei tomorrow night Cable and telegraphio communica tion between Denmark and Germany has been suspended by Germany, with out notice to the Danish authorities. t i , .i .i li ( -. f,nmmnnlnHtlnn to manV places in Germany also has been sus pended. AH the editors of the Danish papers at Hadersleben, a seaport of Prussia, In 3chleswig. have been arrested by the German authorities and imprisoned In the Middlefrund fortress. The Danish-German frontier is barred by Ger man troops. Both German and English warship were observed today in Danish waters. Two German torpedo-boat destroyers steamed close to the fortress of Middle frund, a few miles from Copenhagen. The warships retired only after being commanded to do ao by the command ant of the fortress, who threatened to resort to force if 'they did not leave. A big German naval fleet was reported today off the south or Holland. LOS ANGELES, TOO, CLOSES Stock Exchange Shuts Through Courtesy to Other; ol World. LOS ANGELES, July 31. (Speolal.) The Los Angeles Stock Exchange was today ordered closed until further or ders through courtesy to the other stock exchanges all over the world. Manager F. P. Parsons, of the ex change, declared the market here to be In excellent condition, with .no depres sion on account of the European war scare. n n - .iff I ..ws EV" - . P4YQ.OVA Koloisvax CRISIS SHOWS NEED American Merchant Marine Argument Great. CHICAGO BANKERS TALK 'With General War Apparently Only Matter or Hours, Country Finds No Ships to Send Wheat Abroad," He Says- rnrficn .Tnlv 31. (Special.) That the present European orlsis will be the strongest argument ever made for an American merchant marine is tha opinion of John J. Arnold, nrst vice president of the irst National Bank, v. H . v. a tcannlatinn of Com- Ultwiuar . . inerce Foreign Trade Committee and recognised as an minority on iv.uia" exchange. . .... T ... V. nraa WA.th 110 & OUart tO- day, where would you get ships to sell it to Europe?" asked Mr. Arnold of a group. "With a general war apparency hnn,. isa am helncf in- formed of ships being commandeered tor European service. "If we put that wheat on a foreign v. i n v.w Vnrir It hecomea a con traband of war, liable to seizure." To get a ship to New iorK to Duy our wheat, it may be necessary for an t . . . wAUAnmAnt tn Rfind battle- r. m j y cy v. - - ships to convoy the food fleet a costly and entirely unsatisiaciory um un necessary way of doing business. Ex port would be limited to the point of absurdity. "If we had -our own American merchant marine, we could start load ing wheat today ana sail me n j j.i., rf onv Pliirnnean war. no matter how long it lasted or who it involved. "On thia sale of foodstuffs at such a. i. ktiti th whnla atructura of lljiiua. - - foreign exchange, which at this time la completely demoralised because we have no snips in wnivu i v. or goods abroad. JAPAN TO HOLD OFF TO LAST San Francisco Consul-General Sajs Country Now Wants Peace. SAN FRANCISCO. July SI. "Japan will be the last nation to enter the vortex that is now threatening Eu rope." said Y. Numano, Japanese Consul-General at San Francisco, in an address today at a luncheon given by officials of the Panama-Pacific Expo sition in honor of Hacukl Yamawaki. Japanese commissioner-general to the exposition. "In two wars within recent years my country has shown what she can do in the art ot war," said the Consul-General. "Here at this exposition you are going to hold next -year we hope to show what we can do in the art of peace." Oil Steamer Called Back, NEW YORK. July St. The steamer Kiowa, owned, by the Standard Oil Company and flying u German flag, which sailed this morning for Algiers, turned around when off Sandy Hook and headed for New York again. At the offices of the Standard Oil Com pany information concerning the Kio wa was refused. It was reported that the company was considering recalling all of its ships In foreign waters. Arrest and sentence In Record Time. PENDLETON. Or July 31. (Spe cial.) Arrested and sentenced within 15 minutes was the quick punishment meted out t William Hart yesterday. He was arrested By Officer Manning on a charge of selling liquor to In diana and was sentenced by Police Judge Fitzgerald to serve 25 days in jail. ARMOUR a STOP WHEAT PANIC Chicago Board of Trade Re mains Open, Preventing, Crashes and Failures. G. E. MARCY 'MAN OF HOUR' Firms and Individuals In Distress Because of War Crisis Invited to Ask Aid One Firm Called On for $50,000. CHICAGO, July 81. Armour's mil lions today rescued . the wheal trade from panic. ' Instead of chaos resulting from a settlement day in the" midst of a war market, with possibly' scores of firms embarrassed and a virtual certainty that bankruptcies, few or many, would . 1. l' t. i Unowl nf rTmdA WHa ensue, ino ciiiwbu avw.m - - - enabled to maintain the record of never having closed, no matter now great the emergency, and tonight not a failure, bis or little, had taken place. The chief reason was that 75' en tangled Arms and individuals on the .t. v, ., rM!ilvfd from Armour & Co., whatever aid the necessities of the situation requlrea. . Marcy Is "Man of the Hour." President George E. Marcy, of the Armour Grain Company, was the man Inn. He auletlv mm rwoo . w - - circulated word on the floor of the Board, partly in person ana pamy through his lieutenants, that any mem. ber in trouble today need only come to him and before nightfall Armour & Co. had taken over 8,000,000 bushels of open trades, which if not transferred were critically in danger of not being lately settled in due contract time, the expiration of business hours at the end of the month. In addition to the relief extended directly, President Marcy ordered the sale of 8,000,000 bushels of wheat in the open market, and was thus largely instrumental in preventing Chicago prices from paralleling the wild up ward sweep that in Liverpool today came ahead of a steep subsequent fall. Duty Owed to Country. The Armour sales of wheat were sup plemented by simultaneous disposal of 1 000,000 bushels of corn and an equal quantity of oats. These sales were afterwards covered by numerous gradual purchases whenever pit condi tions would allow without disturbing the course of prices. Mr Marcv said tonight: "The Chicago Board of Trade today owed a duty to the country not to olOBe It was not a similar case to that of the Stock Exchange in New York. Mil lions of bushels 'of grain in transit had to be cared for, and the effect on railroad and other interests had to be taken into account. Grains are com modities almost wholly unlike stocks and bonds." Possibly a clear idea of the strain that reached a climax today can be obtained from one well verified example. On a single trade one firm here of excellent standing was called on for J650.000 In margins $400,000 at first and then on a second demand $250,000. PARIS STOPS WHEAT EXPORT French Government Prohibits AH Grain Outward Movement. PARIS, July 31. The French min istry of finance issued the following notice tonight: - "The rise in the price of 'heat in all the markets of the world, the prob abilities that the harvests of France will be below the average and the pros pect of seeing this commodity go into hiding as gold does on the eve of grave eventualities have caused the govern ment to prohibit the exports of grains and farinaceous foods of all kinds. This measure was taken by Belgium and Germany today and is supplanted by the prohibition of the export of va rious products, which are considered contrabrand of war." - Bank of England AVaits. LONDON, JuHeai. It was officially announced tonight that the conference, consisting of the Premier, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, representa tives of the Bank of England and other great banks, decided that the situation does not at the present justify any emergency action to increase the sup ply of legal tender. If, however, fu ture events necessitate it, the treasury, will take Immediate action. SLAYER NOTIFIES OFFICERS Homesteader Near Tillamook Is Vic tlm or Shooting. TILLAMOOK. Or., July 31. (Spe cial.) Lee Cooper shot and killed a man by the name of Ether, nine miles above Blaine, and then went to the telephone and asked to have the Sheriff and Coroner sent out. In talk ing to Sheriff Crenshaw over the tele phone. Cooper said he had killed a man In self-defense, and would re main at the Blaine store until the of ficer arrived. , It seems they had had some trouble over ohittlm bark. The man who Is killed was a homesteader. Cooper Is a young-man Sheriff CrenBhaw and Coroner Hawk left immediately for the scene of the shooting. STOCK EXCHANGES CLOSE (Continued From Flrt Pay.) the signal for the opening Mr. Ely made his brief announcement. For an Instant while the significance of his words was sinking in there was not a sound. Then a. shout went up a shout of relief. A second conference of bankers was held during the afternoon In Morgan's office, but no further action was de cided on. During the day the foremost menof Wall street kept In close touch with one another in an effort to bring about an adjustment of the situation as speedily as possible. It was said the present position of the banks was unusually "strong; that none of them was tn need of assistance and nothing of an alarming character need be ap prehended, whatever the developments in Europe. Cotton Exchange 8eslo Brief. The Cotton Exchange was open 1 hour and 10 minutes, in which time the three failures were announced. In Its brief session the Cotton Er-Jango had Its worst experience since w days In 1904 when Daniel J. Sully failed. The Pell firm, largest of the thre,e which sus pended, did an extensive business and had contracts widely scattered. William Allen Butler, of counsel for the firm, in a statement tonight said it was not possible to give an estimate of assets and liabilities at the moment, but that accountants were at work. MILLIONS The rotton market was extremely ex oltrf during- its neriod of trading. Flue tuations ranged from 150 to nearly 200 points meaning a -change of values of $7.50 to $10 a bale. For half an hour the Consolidated Stock Exchange, usually known as the "Little Board," was the only open se curities market in the world. The Con solidated opened a half an hour before the New York Stock Exchange. A com paratively small amount of business was done during the first half hour today at prices which showed only small changes. The Consolidated closed as soon as word came that "the big board" would not open. The Coffee Exchange, the Produce Exchange and the Metal Exchange quickly followed suit. Outside Market Discouraged. The Stock Exchange took steps early in the day to discourage in every pos sible way the formation of an outside market for Its securities by venture some or irresponsible traders. It Issued a notice to members pointing -out that tha constitution Drohiblts dealing on any other exchange In this city or pub lielv outside of the exchange, either directly or Indirectly, in securities listed or quoted on the exchange, rrivaie transactions, it Is believed, win con tinue In moderate volume as long as the exchange remains closed. Foreign exchange was more demoral ized than before, but it did not prevent the engagements of more gold to tne extent of about $3,650,000. all for Lon don. Bankers took up the matter of gold exports in the course of the sev eral conferences today, and a meeting of foreign exchange bankers will be called shortly to consider the proposi tion of canceling, or at Jeast postpon ing, the fulfillment ot future contracts in exchange. Insurance Risks Rejected. Insurance companies continued to ask $10,000 per million, and even then rejected some risks, it was asserted. The whole question of gold exports took on a new phase .when It became known that ships of the English. Uer. man and French lines surely would be pressed into the service of their respec tive governments in case of war. All problems arising from the status of call loans were solved when it be came known that loans of that charac ter 'made before the closing of the stock exchange hold over automatically until operations there are resumed. This was relief to many brokers, but was not particularly relished by bank ers, as the continuance of these loans makes heavy drafts, on the reserve ot some Institutions. WAR lYlI HARD CALIFORNIA EXPORT IJliSI.ES9 LIKELY TO LACK SUIPH. Dally Average ot 40,000 Barrels Oot of Dally Production of 300,000 Barrels Goes Abroad. SAN FRANCISCO. July SI. (Special.) An absolute stoppage of oil export by sea from California ports, with a consequent glutted local market, fall ing prices and great depression In the producing business In this state Is feared as a result of general war among the European powers. Practically every uarrcl of oil shipped abroad from California goes out in British or German tankers plying be tween the Coast and South America or the Orient With snips of these na tionalities afraid to venture out on the high seas there are nj oil carriers left to handle the California export busi ness. 2 At the present time, according to one of the best-posted men In the export business, California is shipping abroad a dally average of 40,000 barrels out of a total dally production of 300,000 barrels. With the aver-seas business cut off there will be, according to the same authority, no room In California for this oil. Present storage facili ties are not adequate to handle more oil than they are taking now. Seventeen tankers under the British flag and six under the German are now engaged in handling the Standard's export business out of California ports. These vessels are owned under the foreign flags by the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey through subsidiary British and German corporations. The Union Oil Company Is employing half a dozen more. The Standard OH Company of Cali fornia owns all Its tankers under American registry, but employs them solely in coastwise business. None of them, it is said, could be used for foreign business. Its oil is sold f. o. b. California ports to the Eastern com pany's subsidiaries operating the for eign tankers. A proposed solution of the present difficulty is that Congress might pass an emergency measure permitting the transfer of American-owned vessels from foreign to domestic registry. There is a question, though, as to whether the foreign governments would permit this after war has been declared. SEA TICKETS ON SALE HERE Portland . Steamship Afc-ents, How ever, Expect Order to Slop Selling;- Despite war preparations, Portland agents of trans-Atlantic steamship lines have not as yet received Instructions to stop selling tickets to European destinations. Such orders, however, are expected at any moment Most of the big passenger vessels on the Atlantic are In the naval reserves of their respective nations, and subject to call In case of war. This Is espe cially true of the German ami British boats. On the Pacific, the Canadian Paciflo liners Empress of Asia and Empress of Russia, plying between Vancouver, B. C. and the Orient, are In the British naval reserve. Their crews uro royal navy reserve men. Each of these ships Is built to carry guns and to have a belt of protective armor. WOMAN'S AMBITION HIGH California Student Would Be First Fair Sex Lawyer In China. BERKELEY, CaTT July 31. (Spe cial.) with an ambition to be the first woman lawyer In China. Miss Yarlock Lowe, 6433 Benvenue avenue, Oakland, Junior at the State University and Sum mer session student. Is pursuing the course preparatory to that of law. Miss Lowe has chosen the Ting Yang Prov ince as the field for her endeavors and believes that by the time she has won her degree China will be ready to receive a woman attorney. The Chinese student already has won many honors In the classroom In the regular and. Summer session terms. She is considered an adept In parlia mentary procedure and is accomplished in debate. D0DS0N GETS CHANCE Portland Man Ordered lo Try K. umlnutlon for Trade Attache. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, July 31. Senator Chi.mbeilaln todav 'was advised by the Secretary of Commerce that VV. D. 1!. !o !. !i. -i' Portland, has been tieslgiiHlvil ' t:'' Manning s 35c Coffee Manning' Coffee Store Jones Market Fourth and Alder the examination preliminary to an ap polntment as commercial attache. Mr. Dodson received generous recom mendation from Portland. L WAR MIMRIT GROWS DAILY AMONQ OHKIiOV CITY FORKItiNEIlS. G. Rrrnard .Nohlr, Mudrnf at Hons University, la Ordered Out at Germany at Crisis. OREGON CITY, Or., July 31. (Spe clul.) Oregon City Is several thousand miles from the sat of trouble In Eu rope, but the Influence of the war Is reflected among foreigners here. Many Austrlans and others from th south ot Europe are employed In the mills nnd the war fever among them Is dally growing, n iveral have left to re join their armies, while others are plan ning to go in a few v- ys if tha situa tion grows any mora acute. City Engineer C S. Noble received a cablegram from London this morning from his son, G. Bernard Noble, who has been attending the university al liolin, Germany. With other rorelim students at the university, he has been ordered out of the country. The mes sage also said that Germany Is making active preparations for war and that thousands ot soldiers are being rushed to the frontier. Noble was formerly a student at th University of Washington and wenl from Seattle, where ha won a Rhodes scholarship, to Oxford, Enaland. Rev. II. Mau, pastor of tha Shubel German Lutheran vr.im-h, Is spending his vacation In Germany this Summer, wit... .lis parents t .el. Friends here are uncertain whether he will ba sub ject tj military duty. Dr. and Mrs. II. S. Mount, who ra making a tour ot Europe, are now In Germany, acrordlng to tha Itinerary which they announced before their de parture. It Is expected that they have been sunt to England. FIRE GAIN IS 200 PER CENT Big Increase in Alurms Doe to Grass and JlruMh Dlaxes. Fire alarms in Portland during the month of July numbered more than three times as many as in the ttmo month last year. Two hundred and thirty-eight alarms, responded to by the fire department. Is believed to set a high-water mark for any one month. In July. 1913, there ware only 75 alarms. About half of tha alarms this year, however, were for grass or brush fires due to residents burning weeds losing control of the fires. THRESHING MACHINES BURN Three Destroyed, Two Damaged in Iny in Whitman County. COLFAX. Wash., July 31. (Special.) .Five threshing machines were burned today in Northwestern Whitman Coun ty as the result of explosions caused from smut Three of the machines are total losses. One Colfax company received orders to write no more threshing machine Insurance. Thirty-three explosions have occurred In Whitman County to date. Kentucky l'rlniary On Today. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. July 31. Deme crats. Republicans and Progressives of u-.n,,r.Uv ilia alate-wlda primaries tomorrow will nominate their candi dates for the United stales oenaie. Representatives In Congresea from 11 i..ri-. mill Judira of tha Stata Court of Appeals for the Third District Moose Lodge Fleets Officers. MILWAUKEE. Wis., July 11. Mahlon M. Garland, of ritt.burg. was today elected supreme dictator of tha Loyal Order of Moose at the conven tion here. Other officers elected wcra E. J. Hennlng. Kan Diego. Cal.. su preme vice-dictator, and 11, l. Davis. Columbus, supreme prelate. Other of ficers held over on unexpired terms. Santlseptto Lotion relieves and prevent sunburn, tan. mosquito and Insect bites. Adv. RESINOL STOPS How Tbla Wonderful Ointment Knds Ilrhlna- and Heals Knla Krnatlona. The soothing, healing medication In Reslnol Ointment and Kaslnol Hoap ponetrates the tiny pores of tha skin, rlenrs them of Impurities, and stops itching instantly. Reslnol speedily heals ecsema, rashes, ringworm, and other eruptions, and clears away dlaflgurlnr pimples ' and blackheads, wlven other treatments prove worse than useless, Reslnol Is not an experiment It Is a doctor's prescription which proved so wonderfully successful for skin troubles that It hn been used by other uuclurs all over tha country for nine teen years. No otber treatment for tha skin now before the public can show such a record of professional approval. Every druggist sells Reslnol Ointment Cirtr uiiil ft. and Healunl Soap tibel; iiiit Tor trial, freu. write to Dept 33-R, ..lii"t. Ha'.tlnioio. Mil. Adv. SIN MINIS f