THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1914. RICH YANKEES BUY SHIPTO GOME HOME Philanthropic Americans London to Charter Another to Aid Tourists. in STRAIN MUCH RELIEVED Kii-li-li Women, in Protest of Ex orbitant Prices for Ftood, 'Rush' Several Stores and Carry Away Edibles. LONDON. Aug. 5. The wants of most of the Americans in London now have been temporarily provided. Those hold ing notes and checks have been able to get small sums of currency to carry them on, while the hotels are not press ing them for their bills for daily needs. Others without funds of any kind are taken care of by the committees and by loans from individual Americans. Confidence among: the members of the American colony has been largely re stored by the news of the dispatch soon of the United States cruiser Ten nessee with funds to cash checks and letters of credit, and this has spread to the hotel-keepers and others. There was a noticeable decline In the num ber of Americano besieging the ex press companies and the officers of the American banks; the tourists are passing their time while waiting for transportation home by seeing the Bights of the city. American Embassy Acta. The American Embassy, which has taken charge of German interests, was crowded this afternoon with German reservists, asking that their military papers be indorsed so that they may be able to proceed home. Irwin B. McLoughlin. secretary of the American Embassy, paid a visit to the German Embassy before the de parture of Prince Lichnowsky and his staff, to discuss the arrangements for taking over the affairs of Germany. The syndicate which purchased the British steamer Viking Is arranging to charter another steamer to take home Americans who are without funds. Another run on the provision stores In London and in the provinces oc curred today, in spite of the govern ment's assurances that there was suf ficient food to supply the population for months without counting that en route. Prices again jumped and some of the smaller shops were forced to close. Priee-Ralaera Unshed. In the East End several stores where prices had been raised were rushed by infuriated women, who carried off ev erything they could lay their hands on before the arrival of the police. The situation has been aggravated by the throwing out of work of 260, 000 transport workers through the dis continuance of freight traffic to the Continent. It is expected, however, that many of these will find employment In the army transport service. The postoffice is flooded with mail, all the service to the Continent having been held up. Mall for America Starts. If recommendations of the Legislative committee to the State Bar Association could be enacted by the next Legisla ture. Chairman Bixby, of Belllngham recommended: E, Prosecuting- Attorney to have power to subpena witnesses and question them ecu ccrnln alleged crimes. 2. Givinc him authority to Indorse names of witnesses upon information at any time. even during trial. 3. Allowing Prosecutor a special and con fldentlal agent for securing evidence, Inde pendent of Sheriffs office. 4. A statute making it a crime to solicit another to commit a crime, even though the crime not committed. 5. Amend constitution or enact statute so that defendant irv criminal case may be con victed by lu juror same as in civil case. G. Clearer definition of corporate exist ence on prima facia evidence and without the present red tape. 7. Remove proviso from code so that Prosecutor may proceed . against . .one charged with adultery the same as on any other charge. The existing statute re quires more evidence against husband than wire. 8. Give the court power to. fine slOOO or less or imprisonment when a physician convicted of aiding; abortion. Jurors now oftentimes find not guilty because re luctant to send doctors to Jail. . Let Prosecutor appeal to Supreme Court when instructions to Jury may be questioned as to legality. 10. Kmpower Superior Court judges to suspend or alter sentences on all persons convicted of misdemeanors. 11. Make conviction possible when single act of Illicit cohabitation proved. Prece dent requires to prove habltnai. 12. When a department of Supreme Court is not unanimous In a decision let appellant by petition secure hearing en banc. The committee s recommendation that the next Legislature tass ' the probate code NEUTRALITY TO BE OBEYED TO LETTER Revenue Cutters on Pacific and Atlantic Ordered to Aid Officials. PROBLEM IS MOST VEXING What to Do W ith Wheat Crop, Which Nominally Goes to Kurope, Is One of Big Puzzles Which Wash ington Yet Has to Solve. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. The magni tude of the problem of American neutrality in the international war into which Europe has been plunged, FRANCE AN APT PUPIL WITH GERMANY TUTOR. France learned well the lesson Germany taught her in 1870, when, within seven months from the opening of hostilities. Paris had fallen and France was a suppliant for mercy at the throne of the German Emperor. IN 187a On the night of July 19, 1S70, an orderly awoke General von Moltke. chief of the German imperial war staff, and told him Na poleon III had declared war on Germany. Von Moltke directed the orderly to open the second drawer on the left-hand side of his desk for complete instructions to mobilize the German armies. Then he went to sleep again. When he arose troops had been on the march two hours, in accordance with the orders in that drawer. IN 1814. The German Ambassador at St. Petersburg at 7:30 P. M. August 1, handed to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs a declaration of war. When the Council of Ministers in Paris the same evening was, informed that Germany had declared war against Russia they met President Poincare hurriedly at the Elysee Palace. It was announced at once that the mobilization of the French army would begin at mid night and would be completed within 21 hours. Today We Launch a Great Midsummer Sweater Sale at Prices That Are Nothing Short of Unusual which was defeated by the Senate last year did not meet approval. GERMAN VESSEL IS SUNK British Cruiser Wrecks Liner and French Capture Another. The American line steamer Philadel phia, which sailed from Southampton for New York shortly after noon today, took all the American and Canadian mail which had been posted up to this morning. A downpour of rain prevented the gathering of any great crowds this afternoon, but this evening the streets of Whitehall and the West End were filled with people eagerly picking every scrap of news and cheering at the ru mored British, French and Belgian vic tories. The Manchester Guardian, the 'only paper heretofore opposing the war, in printing the announcement of the dec laration of war by Great Britain says: "All controversies are buried. Our front is united." MORGAN'S GOLD TO HELP LONDON. Aug. 6. It was announced officially tonight that the British cruiser Amphlon has sunk the Ham burg-American Line steamship Koenig in Luise, which had been fitted out for mine laying. The Koenlgin Luise, according to Hamburg-American Line officials, was a small passenger ship of 2000 tons register whlcn for several years had been In service from Hamburg to the Summer resorts on the German Coast. She carried a crew of about 30. When last heard from she was in Hamburg. A message received here this after noon from Guernsey, Channel Islands, says that a French gunboat towing a large German steamship anchored in the roadstead under the guns of the Castle. A number of German steamers anch ored at Hull were taken over today by the British authorities as prizes. The crews, composed mostly of naval re serves, were made prisoners of war. BOXCAR TAKES TRAVELERS America ii Move Financier Decisive to Aid Americans. in NEW YORK. Aug. 6. J P. Morgan &. Co. arc understood to have obtained from the Bank of France, on the credit of their Paris branch, Morgan, Harjes & Co., 5.000,000 in gold, to be placed Immediately at the disposal of Ameri cans abroad, who lack funds on ac count of the war. It was said that more gold would be forthcoming in the same manner, if necessary. The J. P. Morgan & Co. gold will be sent abroad on the Tennessee and will So direct to London. consigned to the committee -ot Americans which has been appointed to take charge of relief measures there for their fellow coun trymen. Parts of the gold from the Bank of France will, it is said, be turned over to the American Express Company for cashing American travelers' checks and letters of credit. NOTES TO MEET INTEREST War in Mexico IIus Effect on Rail way Stocks and Bonds There. NEW YORK. Aug. 5. The National Railways of Mexico announced today that interest July 1 and September 30, 1904, on National Railways of Mexico prior Hen 4 per cent bonds. National Railways of Mexico 4 'is, Mexican Cen tral priority bonds and certain bonds of subsidiary companies would be met by the Issuance of notes. This was done to meet previous payments, owing to inability to raise cash during the war in Mexico. The notes will bo se cured by Mexican government 5 per cent bonds. They will bear Interest of 6 per cent and will mature January 1. 1917. .Similar steps will be taken to meet the interest of the National Railways of Mexico three-year 6 per cent gold notes dated July 1, 1914. Derailment of Condon Train Forces Passengers to Ride Freight. ARLINGTON, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) Passengers, mail, baggage and ex press arrived here this morning in a freight car and on time for regular connections for Portland. Two cars of the mixed train from Condon were burled Into the ditch near Rock Creek station this morning, due to the break ing of a wheel on a freight car loaded with wheat, hence the makeshift train that startled Arlington this morning. The coach and baggage car at the rear of the train were not derailed in the mishap and none was injured. The car that caused the wreck had been picked up at Mikkalo, six miles from here, loaded for Portland. After the accident the passengers were bundled into an empty freight car and the trip was resumed. what It may mean in the future in the international relations of the United States, and how great its Importance may prove to Americans at present, came sharply today to the attention of the Administration. Prompt steps were taken to see that the President's proclamation of neutrality is observed to the letter. Instructions were telegraphed to every collector of customs throughout the country to see that it Is observed and that vessels clearing from American ports make out the necessary papers. Tonight, to supplement this, orders were sent to the commander of every revenue cutter from Eastport, Me., to Seattle and Nome, Alaska, to give every possible assistance to the customs offi cers to avoid violations of the procla mation. The cutters' cruising grounds cover every mile from Maine to uaiveston and up the Pacific Coast. For the present their officers and men will act in conjunction with the customs officials in port. If there are reports, however, of strange expedi tions In the windings of the coast where there are no collectors, and If smuggling of arms is attempted, the cutters will be sent out on patrol duty to search the seas. The subject of neutrality was dis cussed today at a long conference at the Treasury. Secretary McAdoo Counsellor Lansing, of the State De partment, and Assistant Secretaries Sweet, of Commerce, Roosevelt,, of the Navy, and Malburn and Newton, of the Treasury, were present. Neutrality Great Problem. It became apparent as the discussion progressed that the problem of neu trality is one of the most vexing fac ing this Government, witnin a lew weeks the wheat crop, much of which goes normally to Europe, will be at the seaports, clamoring for ships and passage. American owners will be anxious to sell and no one doubts that some of the belligerents will wish to buy. Whether wheat will be contraband of war and whether the United States, as a neu tral, can permit it to be loaded for shipment to a nation at war, is a ques tion. Wheat is only one of the many things which Europe usually takes from this nation which may be regard ed as contraband. There Is some ques tion even as to Whether gold is free from the ban. One difficulty in the way of a solu tion of the problem is that none of the fighting nations has defined what it $ 5.00 Sweaters, Very $ 6.00 Sweaters, Very $ 7.50 Sweaters, Very $ 8.00 Sweaters, Very $ 8.50 Sweaters, Very $10.00 Sweaters, Very Special, $3.75 Special, $4.50 Special, $5.00 Special, $5.95 Special, $6.50 Special, $7.50 In this sale we feature all the smartest styles in the most fashionable and popular colors. Sweaters for all kinds of sports wear which are superior in every way to sweaters usually found in a special sale, as they represent some of the best styles taken from our regular stock. In Ruff-Neck styles, V-shape necks and with Byron collars deep pockets, some with plain backs, others belted and in Norfolk styles. In plain and com bination colorings, such as white, cardinal, navy, brown, Oxford, cerise, orange, maize, rose, purple,, lavender, black, gray, green and wisteria. This also includes some handsome hand-knit Swiss sweaters in various bright and beautiful colorings. TMnini)or Just received, our second early shipment of The Newest Black and White Pekin Stripe Satins The most fashionable fabric for combination dresses. Second Floor. SEE THE NEW PICTORIAL REVIEW FASHION BOOK AND PATTERNS FOR FALL. Second Floor c'Merckandiso of J Merit OrdjT BUY YOUR SUMMER TALKING MACHINE HERE AT LOWEST TERMS IN THE CITY. Itnrr it n I considers contraband and no interna tional law is clear on the point. Death and Kidnaper's Keep Mr. Cordray Sad Man. Passing of Infant Monkey Followed by Strange Disappearance of Baby Seal at Oaks Park. T is hard to keep the maternal (or should it be paternal?) instinct down in John John F. Cordray. First it was a baby monkey that passed away from the heat after Mr. Cordray had become Its foster parent. Then it was a seal a baby seal. Mr. Cordray went into raptures over that seal when it arrived at the Oaks. He put it in the chutes pool and every day ho would spend hard-earned coin in taking out untold pounds of fiish to throw to the hungry "mite." On dull days three or four cashiers would be set to fishing In the river, so that he could have fish to throw to the seal. Ah, but it was an affecting family scene! Then one day the seal evinced a dis like to the chutes pond; perhaps he did not care to be dodging the chutes boats as they dashed into the pool at the speed of an express train. So the baby was removed to the new fountain. In the dead of night Mr. Cordray be lieves some villain stole that baby, for next morning it was gone. A watchman reported he observed the seal strolling about the park and that he escorted It back home. But by daylight it was gone. Puzzle wha became of the seal? If the seal escaped to the river I had to crawl 100 feet, climb through a stout fence, then leap 22 feet to the water And that explains why these nights the park manager may be seen strolling sadly round the fountain. LO AD E LOOMS UP Foreign Vessels From New York Run Big Risk. SAILINGS GROW SMALLER WAR OBSERVERS NAMED United States Officers to Study Con flict In Europe. WEST POINT, N. Y., Aug. 5. Major James A. Ryan and Captains Julian R Lindsay, Herman Glade and Frank K Wilcox, on duty at the United States Military Academy here, have been de tailed as military observers in Europe. They will sail on the cruiser Ten nessee. WAR FLEETS OF FOUR GREAT POWERS, WHICH ARE ABOUT TO CLASH IN NORTH SEA. EMBARGO ORDER PLACED Southern Railway to Discontinue equipments to Europe. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Aug. 5. The Southern Railway today placed an em bargo on all shipments intended for ex port to Europe. An order Issued from headquarters of the system here directed traffic rep resentatives to discontinue issuing bills of lading to British and Continental ports. STRINGENT LAWS DESIRED State Bar Association Committee of Washington Makes Suggestions. WENATCHEE, Wash., Aug. 5. (Spe cial.) Lawbreakers will not find It easy to evade justice in Washington ' """" A l t Big Hamburg-American Liner, Fear ing Seizure, Keeps Well Within 3-Mile Neutrality Territory and Enters Port Quietly. NEW YORK, Aug. 5. With British, German and French war vessels lurk ing along the trans-Atlantic lanes plied by steamships, conditions off the American North Atlantic coast have taken on some of the aspects of a blockade. Others incoming traveled for the most part at full speed ahead, regard less of danger in darkness and fog. Their wireless operators caught frag ments of conversations between cruise and cruiser, or from cruiser to land but were unable to interpret the text of what they overheard, as the mes sages were in code. Sailings Fewer Daily. Each day the number of ships dar ing to sail from New York for Eu ropean shores has been growing smaller. Today only three went out, the French steamship La Lorraine carry Ing i00 French reservists and abou 300 other passengers; the Cunard liner Lusltania with 245 passengers for Ens land, and the Greek liner Athinai, with S00 Greeks, 200 Italians and a few Ser vian reservists for the Mediterranean The Lusltania was In faint wlreles touch with the shore at 5 o'clock to night. She was sending code mes sages, presumably to British cruisers which are expected her destination. dropped anchor In the harbor off Tompkinsvllle. There she will remain until Vate to morrow, when she will sail with $7,500, 000 in gold, including $2,500,000 from Government vaults. The Tennessee's paymaster, it was learned tonight, has given receipts for $200,000 intrusted to his care by rel atives of persons In distress abroad. Government officials. United States Army officers, representatives of New Vork banking houses and a crew of between 800 and 900 men will go on the Tennessee. Officers of the Pennonla were aware of the close proximity of foreign war vessels the last two days of Her voy age. Captain Cupper ran at night with all lights out and In the daytime all officers were on the lookout for hostile vessels. GERMAN DOUBTS RESULT POBTI. M l:lll ITOH, IIOWIAI.lt. WILL All) r M ill HI, Ml. Otitinu In Hi Mil ll "mi III lii ml Here and t at ii..i i niter er. to convoy her to TOP 1.1.'K OF tiKKM.W TORPEDO BOATS lilt i:KIM. Ill ICO I I. If IAXK OK HATTI.ESIllPS AT BELOW PHOTOUKAl'H OF BRITISH FLEET sAILINU t-UO.ll S 1'ITH IUJ JIL1 SI, LAST. FLEET SOW IX THE .NORTH SKA. ll.t.VEl'VERS. riiis is inn French Line Cancels Sailing-" To the list of steamship lines which have canceled their sailings from New York four were added today. They were the French line, with the exeep tlon of La Lorraine; the Fabre line, the Santa Anna, which will sail from her Brooklyn pier Saturday afternoon with French reservists In place of the Rochambeau; the Uranium line, flying the British flag and controlled by the Canadian Northern Railway Company and the Lamport ltne, operating to Brazil and Argentine ports. One of the Uranium liners, the Cam pello, which left here July 30, carries 250.000 bushels of wheat consigned to Germany. Officials of the line, anxiou to have her recalled, have communl acted with the Toronto offices to learn If this can be accomplished. The Prlncipello. which arrived Saturday and the Uranium today, will remain here for the present. The Uranium sailed from Rotterdam July 23 and brought 104 passengers. The Lamport and Holt liners, im portant vessels to the coffee trade will be tied up In the ports they are In The Highland Harris and the Tennyson were to have sailed from New Vork ast Saturday. The Vandyck is in New York also. Other vessels of this ine are en route toward South Ameri can ports. Kaiser Wllhelm II Shorn Up. Of the steamships arriving today on was the missing German i-ioya liner Kaiser Wllhelm II, from Bremen, with 250 cabin passengers, mails and a valuable cargo. She confirmed the be lief that she did not wireless, as usual, to Cape Race for fear of defining her position to hostile ships. The President Lincoln arrived from Hamburg with 863 passengers and mails, and has joined the Idle fleet in refuge here. The White Star liner Olympic and the Hamburg-American vessel Prlnz Eitel Frledrich slipped In before dawn, shrouding all except their running lights. The Frledrich came from Colon and wherever possible kept within the American three-mile neutrality terri tory to avoid possible seizure. The Ancona, from Naples, wlth'about 400 passengers, likewise came In under darkness; and the Venezia, from Mar seilles, got in later with 200 passen gers. The Pannonia arrived tonight from Naples. The British steamer Etonian, which had started for Ant werp, returned today, having been In formed by wireless that war existed between England and Germany. Noth ing was known publicly here tonight of the whereabouts of the North Ger man Lloyd liner Kron Prinz Wllhelm, which left port suddenly Monday night, heavily coaled and without passengers. If their agents have had word from her they have not made it known. Armored Crnlser Leaves. GERMAN EMBASSY RAIDED Russian Mob Wrecks Building mid Burns Contents. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 5. The Ger man EmDassy here was wrecked and a bonfire made of the furniture and pic tures by an angry crowd today. The people were angered by the reports ol what they deemed to be an Indignity shown to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorowna by being stopped in Ber lin on her arrival from London on her way to St. Petersburg and compelled by the German authorities to go to Copenhagen. Mounted police routed the rioters. Another crowd later tried to repeat the performance at the Austrian Em bassy, but that building was too strong ly guarded. The body of a Russian footman Is al leged by the authorities to have been found in the German Embassy. The man had been shot In the head and stabbed, and had been dead for some days. GERMANS SHELLING TOWNS (Continued From Firt Pae) German cruiser Leipzig, whose pres ence in Pacific waters has caused much anxiety to British and French shipowners, sailed from this port today (Monday). Nothing is known here of the where abouts of the German cruiser Nurn- berg, last reported as having cleared from Honolulu, ostensibly for German Samoa. The British gunboat Aigcrlne Is still at anchor In the harbor. Quite possibly she will Intern here, in a neutral port, as she has practically no offensive or defensive powers. Evacuation Is proceeding slowly, General Iturbe is sending, at his per sonal expense, provisions for the relief of the Btarvlng city. All the refugees aboard both the British and German men-of-war have been delivered aboard the California, which Is now caring for 130 of them. After entering Mazatlan, General Iturbe plans to hasten to Queretan. where he will rendezvous with the forces of General Obregon. vice In ii ii h ii i EUUENE. Or.. Aug. I (iinHH Saying that conditions look dark for Germ. ii.. Q. C. Von Egloff stein, a On -man Instructor In Hill .Military Ai-iiltmi , passed through Eugene today. hurrylBd home to report to the German Consul and be sent. If necessary, to Join hi fellow-countrymen In Europe. He was motoring in California, being at Mon- tHguo with a broken cur, when the word of war came. Hurrying the I pairs on the machine, he turned aba and has driven north over the Pad Blghway as fast as his machine wot carry him. Von Kgloffsteln is a lieutenant In the econd-class reserves In the German armv and Is subject to the call for service. He left Germany II year ago, but he has returned several times slncn then, and has remained loyal to hi fatherland. His brother, he aaya. Is probably In the war game as a captain In the field artillery of the imperial guards in Berlin. "It looks dark for Germany." ad mitted Mr. Von Kgloffsteln. "But we'll tight like the devil. They'll have a scrap before It ! finished." He believes that If Germany lose-. the defeat will make Germany a re public. "But It won't bn William that wlna or loses. The man I'm relying upon is Von Moltke, chief of the general staff. Be Is not the head of the army, but he directs the moving of the armies. "But I have given It little thought. I am trying to get back as soon as possible that 1 may report for duty." He expected to reach Portland tonight. NICARAGUA GETS $3,000,000 Treaty .Signed Giving United Ktnd- Perpetual Canal Right. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. Sec- retary Bryan and General Chamorro. tho Nlcaraguan Minister, today signed ItiA trmtv In nav 13 000 000 tn the fen - tral American republic for perpetual lnter-oceanlc canal rights and navnl basis In the Gulf of Fonaeca. GERMANS CAPTURE TOWN'S Russian Airman Killed and Kaiser's Destroyer Kxplodes. BRUSSELS, Belgium. Aug. 6. The capture of the Belgian frontier town of Vise was effected by German troops after an engagement lasting several hours. It is said the victors act fire the town, killing those of the popu- atlon who resisted them. The town of Argenteau Is also in llames. One hun dred thousand Germans are reported to be marching on Liege. The government states that the Ger man troops continuing their marcn were today In the neighborhood of Fleron. near Liege. They were out of range of the forts, and evidently wlsh- n? to reach the French Department f Meuse by following the course of the River Meuse. An official announcement says today that 17 Alsatians, while endeavoring o cross Into France, were captured by the Germans and summarily shot. According to the Neue Frele Presse. f Vienna, a Russian aeroplane, carry- ng a pilot and two Russian officers. was sighted on tne nusso-uerman frontier near Lemborg. an Important military station of Austria-Hungary, r.d was fired ion by Austrlans. The machine crashed to the ground and the two officers were killed. A Copenhagen dispatch says a Ger man torpedo boat destroyer was sunk today near Gcdser lightship, off South Gedser, by the explosion of one of her boilers. Thirty men were drowned. A few of the crew were saved and taken board the lightship. Manning's 35c Coffee Manning's Coffee Store Jones Market f ourth and Alder Senate Amends Reserve Aet. WASHINGTON, Aug. G. An amend ent to the Federal reserve act to enable state member banks to keep their reserves In other state banks for 36 months after the organization of the Federal reserve system was passed by the Senate today at the suggestion of Senator Owen. Peru Bars Gold Shipment. TREAT ALL CUTS BURNS, WITH POSLAM LIMA. Peru. Auir. 5. The Htnnrta. The cruiser Tennessee, which the tlon of gold and silver from Peru w Government will send to the relief of prohibited today by the government. the thousands of Americans abroad, left Many German and French reservists are the Brooklyn Navy-Yard tonight and leaving for Europe. The healing power which enable Poslam to eradicate virulent Edema, makes It the most valuable omergem-v remedy for Scalds, Sores. Bnlla, Irri tations, wounds and all household mi--haps resulting in abrasions of the skin. Poslam Is antiseptic, penetrating, tun -Ifylng. Eradicates heat-raah, nettle rash Takes soreness out of Sunburn. Insert-Bites. Stop- Hiding s.in'i,, and comforts Itching feet. Removes Pimples. Blackheads. Blemishes. Hives. Clears Inflamed complexions overnight. Tour druggist sells Poslam. For trie sample write lo emergency l.al.nrnto ries, a West 25th street. New York. Boslam Soap Is perfection for tha sain. rv'oinea, improves. Brighten. Beautifies. 25 cents aud l& rents