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MORNING OREGONIAN, SLAVS ARE FIGHTERS RETAILERS ARRIVE FOR BUYERS WEEK A FEW OF THE 163 BUYERS WHO ARRIVED IN PORTLAND YESTERDAY FOR BUYERS' WEEK. LAST YEAR ONLY 60 REGISTERED ON THE OPENING DAY. ON YOUR OUTING Lieutenant Von Makdych's History Declared Erroneous. Festivities Start on Arrival of First Day's Trains of Vis itors From Territory. EARLY BATTLES RECALLED Antonin Cliotenovsky Asserts That Slavonic Race Has Fought a nd CROWD RECORDS BROKEN Conquered for Hapsburgs. Be Repaid by Oppression. to rrtTcan A V A TTfJTTST 1 1 . 1914. ' "i f I . i Doable Number of Last Year Here Already. While Many More Are Expected Trip to Walla Walla Is Suggested. Double the number that came last year and with prospect of trebling. merchants from all over the retail ter ritory of Portland began coming: into Portland yesterday as guests of the manufacturers and Jobbers of this city on the second annual Buyers' week held under the auspices of the Manu facturers- and Jobbers' Association. Yesterday was devoted to getting: down to business after registration of the delegates at the headquarters in th Commercial Club anl the first social affair of the week was the smoker given at the Commercial Club last nlrht Delegates came from all parts of Ore gon and Washington and Western Idaho. Many of them were here last year and many more are here for the first time as Buyers" week guests, but all are enthusiastic in their friendship for the Portland houses. Walla Walla Trip Suggested. E. C. Burlingame, of WallaValla, urged that Portland should a business men's excursion to that city. "There are 32 branches from Port land houses' in Walla Walla." he says, and all of our business comes to Port land naturally. We want to get to gether and get better acquainted. You might begin by sending up a big delegation to our Frontier days" cele bration in Walla Walla, September 17-19. It's going to be the biggest Western show on the Coast and I'm down here as much to encourage you to come up there as to bring my share of trade to the Portland wholesale bouses." F. L Johnstone visited the trans portation committee of the Chamber of Commerce immediately after he had registered from Klamath Falls, to lay before it a complaint regarding alleged rate discriminations by the Southern Pacific Company against Portland and in favor of San Francisco. "Klamath Falls wants to trade in Portland and trades here as much as possible." he said, "and would trade here to a greater extent If the dis criminator' railroad rates were re moved. I have been working on this for more than a year and I intend to get an adjustment if I have to carry It to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. Business Talks Are Set. The Buyers will be entertained at a smoker at the Commercial Club to night and tomorrow night will be the meeting of the Buyers' Association. Speakers at this time will be Water Denton of Salem, on "Store Manage ment": A. J. Colllngs. of Vancouver, Wash., on "Co-operative Delivery": Walter Winslow, of Salm. on "Retail Credits." and F. L. Shull of the Port land Flouring Mills, on "Avoiding the Rocks." Mr. Shull's talk will be fol lowed by a general discussion. Buyers who have registered are as follows, and the committee expects to see the list more than doubled before the middle of the week: Flovd T. Jones. Basche-Sase Hardware Company. Baker. Or. John E. Daly, general merchandise. Gate way. Or. William Blair, cigars. Gateway. Or. William Chandler, general merchandise. R.rhland. Or. y A. Epling, meat. !. Grande. Or. If Rosenbaum. Grand Rondo Lumber Company. Perry. Or. ;' A. Fraser. cigars. Baker. Or. John Jackson. Coadon. Or. B J. Ghent. Hermliton. Or. G. C. Eksman. Stayton House Furniture. tayton. Or. C. P. Kear. Burnt River Mercantile Com pany. Unity. Or. F C. Mc ReynoIda. Sutherlln. Or. Frank Woodruff, plumbing. Cottage Grove, Or. Mrs W. G. Curtis, millinery. Salem, Or. G w. Horner. Laldlaw. Or. D. n. Taggart, Ontario Hardware Com pany. Ontario. John M. Sweek. Canyon City, Or. Jennie P. Brown. Drewsey Mercantile Company. Drewsey. M. E. Newton. Ontario. Or. E. L. Johnson, general merchandise, Pow ell Butte, Or. C. A. Wllber, general merchandise, Mel rose. Or. G. W. Scram- general merchandise. Mackiburg. Or. O. B. Dundall. general merchandise. Crab tree. Or. John Peterson. Junction City. Or. H. I Deckert. general merchandise. Bin gen." Wash. D D. Kimball. Pnllman Furniture & Un dertaking Company. Pullman. Wash. F. Rhrhter. dry goods, clothing and shoes. Kelso. Wash. Elmer Heater. Snyder Mercantile Com pany. Washtucna, Wash. J. JC Latham. J. N. Latham Mercantile Company, Ftllda, Wash. George F. Beckmann. furniture snd hard ware, Lewlston. Idaho. R. E. Austin. Fall Creek Mercantile Com pany. American Falls, Idaho. C. C. Glvens. Welser Book Store, Welser, Idaho. J a. Stein, dry goods and clothing. Paulina. Or. j T. Reach, general merchandise, Joseph. Or. Otto G. Sapper, general merchandise. Hermlaton. Or. E M. Markwell. Clatskanie. Or. M' L. Gale, men's furnishings, Pendleton, Or J. T. Glroux. Durkee Mercantile Company, Durkee. Or. Charles F. Greer, publisher the Tidlnga. Aahland. Or. A E. Grelner. general merchandise. Echo. Or. ' I Schwartz, general store. Burns, Or. D. X Averlll. dry goods. Bandon. Or. M N' Arena, milliner. Medford. Or. Mrs O M. Miller, milliner. Halsey, Or. Anna E. Hargrove, milliner. Aahland, Or. E. V. Ferguaon. Amity. Or. Henry Schultx, general merchandise, La tourell. Or. Mrs. B. Crauch. milliner. Eugene. Or. Mrs. E. Rocey. milliner. Jefferson, Or. M V. Smith, milliner. Dallas. Or. Mrs. Bertha Toner, milliner. Dallas, Or. Mra. Ralph Cowgtll. milliner. Granta Pass. Or. Lora Hall, milliner. Turner. Or. Ellen M. Gregory, milliner; Doris Greg ory. Maude Gregory. Newberg. Or. J. H. McGee, dry goods. Ashland. Or. Miss Cemen. milliner. Genesee, Wash A. E. Austin. Austin A Austin Paint A Wall paper Company. Nosth Yakima, Waah. Mrs E. Bucklnsham. milliner. Kelso. Miss India Wray. milliner. Kelso. Wash. G. A. Heldlnger, music house. Spokane. E,!l"si. Lupper, the Toggery. Wenatchee, WK,llpeterson, Danish Glove Store. Tacoma. m'ss Ethelyn Twldwell, milliner. Montes sano, Wash. Mrs. Lyle. milliner. Colfax. Wash. Mrs J. D. Rice, milliner, Chehalis, Wash. Mrs L. E. Baron, milliner. Seattle, Wash. Miss M. Neelanda, milliner. Seattle. Waah Mary B. Powell, milliner. Tacoma, Waah. E. K . rinrp, scuti mi i :...; . Reardon. Wash. Mrs. Myrtle E. Bockea, milliner. Sheridan, Or. Mr N Leonard, milliner, Sheridan. Or. Mrs! J. F Lyle. milliner. Turner, Or. V. S. Wennersten-Reeves. Clark Depart ment Store. Lebanon, Or. George W. Craig, general merchandise. Woodrow. Or. '.' . Walter Stringham. Strlngham General Store. Irabler. Or. Chester Johnson. Fremont Mercantile Company. Fremont. Or. Mrs M J. Harblt. milliner. Eugene, Or. Robert A. Hungerford, groceries. Pullman, V!brt Fix dry goods, clothing and shoea. WaHa Walla. Wash. Mary Gersbach. Johnson & Gersbach, toilet supplies. Seattle, Wash. haannsassa. TOP rlCTI RE (LEFT TO RIGHT). E. J. BINKER. WALLOWA, OR.I C. H. FENROW. HEARDOX, VASH.i J. H .TwKuW OR.. AND 5. I. KLRDY, ENDICOTT, WASH-BELOW (LEFT TO RIGHT). J. I. JOHNSTONE, KLAMATH FALLS. Oil, MRS. R. L. JORDAN, PEYILLE. OR.I T- HUGHES, CHAIRMAN LADIES' RECEPTION COMMITTEE, AND E. M. TIPPER, WENATCHEE. WASH. Mrs. Geo Ott. the Bonnet Shop, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. C. A. MUlKey, general mw.iii" Mehama. Or. J H. Dc Lacey, Silver Lake. Or. Mr. w W Fowler. R. S. & Z. Company, Enterprise. Or. ' w w Wnw'.pr. Kntemrise M. i: mu Com pany, Enterprise, Or. J. u. falrman. jouea pany, Wcstfall. Or. i n Falrinnn. Jones Mercantile Com pany. Harper, Or. " nr H D. Aden, Aaen s atore, nitauu., George A. Robinson, general store, Co- 1u'lle. r' .... .. K.rdr. u f . Dmegti, " oui . - Company, Grants Pass, Or. IS. a. funoir, nwn, . L. Berlaner. Erterprlae, Or. D. L. Van de Wllle. St. Paul, Or. S. c. Kurdy, merchandise. Endicott, Wasli. ARREST STALKS LAFFERTY Representative in Peril if Clark Or ders Absent Lawmakers Seized. nDnuuu mbws RT7REAU. Wash- " in if Sneaker Champ Clark carries out his threat and or ders the arrest of all members of the i .... oKcArtt without pernus- nouse yviiu n c uo,..fc slon, Representative Lafferty. of Ore gon, will have tne oisiiiicuwi - ing- brought from rornanu m i . i ......tnu- ii r a serceant-at- MIKIOII 111 me . .v., arms of the House, and the cost f ar resting him will be m tne hc.ki.kv. hood of 700, for the House will not , , Dyt ire arresting officer from here to Portland, but also will have to shoulder the expense ox uhb ing Mr. Lafferty back. r ,t-vn T.nffertv deserted the House about the middle of April, last, and has been absent continuously since then on political business ana privme i. .!..., not connected with his office. All the time lie has been absent he has been drawing his salary iro:n me House at the rate of $625 a month, not- .. ...... la i law on the statute books making it unlawful for members of congress to retci.t ij when absent, unless they are detained by illness. 'WANT AD" GIVES IDEA G. S. Crego Has Suggestion for Re servists Who Dislike Service. a ' at th ("Tnmmerclal Club thinks he has found "the boss idea" in ...,,. fnr war and he has been studiously spreading the propaganda among his friends aDoui tne ciuu may be subject to reservist duty In the war in Europe. Deginning mu ui. ou,.i shuraho of the immigration serv ice of the club, although Dr. Schwabe denies that the suggestion applies to him in any way. Mr. Crego got the idea by accident while he was going over a set of press clippings. It was a want ad from the Fayetteville (.South Carolina) Observer and he has It folded in his notebook ready for use wherever he may meet anyone who seems likely to be called back to the old country. This is the advertisement that sug gested the idea: "Wanted To iraae a goou army iu for a pair of running shoes. Seo S. S. S. ." ELLENSBURG PIONEER DIES Mrs. Virginia Gilmour Leaves Fam ily ot Six. ELLENSBl'RG, Wash., Aug. 10. (Special.) Mrs. Virginia Gilmour, age 69, mother of I'red Gilmour. County Treasurer, passed away this morning after an illness of three weeks from blood pressure. Mrs. Gilmour was a native of Wash ington County. Oregon, and came here with her family In 1880. Mrs. Gilmour leaves two sons and .1., h t ur TiVed and John. Mrs. Ona Wright. Mrs. Fanny Lothrop. Mrs. Lena Voche and -Miss ataua uumur, all of Ellensburg. The funeral will be held tomorrow with interment in Odd fellows' cemetery. $5200 Automobile Bnrned. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) A $5200 automobile, owned by Romeo S. Thompson, of this city, was destroyed by fire in the garage last midnight. In the garage was stored a quantity of furniture and the amount of insurance carried was $1500. The oar burned was used by General Maus in the Joint maneuvers two years ago at Gate, Wash. CLUB BUYERS HOST Merchants Guests at First Re ception of Week. ARRIVAL LIST SWELLS Scores Register at Commercial Club Headquarters, Wliile in Parlors Welcome Is Given to Vis itors From Outside. From all cities of the Northwest, merchants were guests at the Com mercial Club last night at the reception by the Jobbers and Manufacturers of Portland for the Opening of Buyers' week. While the reception was beginning in the green parlor of the Commercial Club, scores of new arrivals for the Buyers' week, who came in on late trains, were registering at the head quarters, and before the close of the evening the list had grown to three times the size it boasted on the first day of Buyers' week a year ago. Short addresses of welcome were given at the opening of the reception by Nathan Strauss, chairman of the Jobbers and Manufacturers; H. E. Ramsdell. president of the Commercial Club, and A. H. Averill. president of the Chamber of Commerce. Musical selections were given by the Commercial Club Orchestra and by the Boyer Quartet, consisting of W. H. Boyer, Dom J. Zan, H. W. Hogue and W. A. Montgomery. A buffet luncheon was served. Following are the committees In charge of the reception: Jobbers and Manufacturers' reception committee J. K. Gill, chairman, J. K. Gill Company; Dom Zan, Zan Bros.; P. Feldman, Mount Hood Soap Com pany; J. W. Vogan, Modern Confection ery Company; R. B. Bain, Closset & De vers; J. H. Dundore. Sherman. Clay & Co.; C. C. Colt, Union Meat Company; R. E. Brlstow, Carman Manufacturing Company; Carl Schallinger. Hazelwood Company; D. E. McLean, Gray, McLean & Percy. Commercial Club reception committee Edgar B. Piper, chairman, The Ore gonian; A. Feldenheimer. A. & C. Fel denheimer; Theodore B. Wilcox, The Portland Flouring Mills Company; J. R. Rogers, J. R. Rogers Printing Company. Jobbers and Manufacturers' enter tainment committee Charles B. Wood ruff, chairman, W. P. Fuller Company; W. A. Montgomery, The J. K. Gill Company; J. P. Cronin, P. J. Cronin & Co. GOTHAM FURORE TOLD R. M. GRAY, LOCAL MERCHANT, VIEWS WAR EXCITEMENT. One of Sights Is Number of Passen gers Driven Back by Danger of Capture. R. M. Gray, Portland clothing mer chant. Just returned from a month's business trip in New York, was there during the time of declaration of war in Europe. Before it was thought se riously that there would be war he found New York crowded with people, and hotels reporting much the largest business for a Summer season that they had ever known. When the war disturbance began it was scarcely possible to crowd through on Broad way from Thirtieth to Forty-fifth streets, day or night. "The crowds at the Herald and Times offices were tremendous," said Mr. Gray, "and from the begin ning of the war and until I left, on August 6. great crowds were there day and night "It is said that there were 150,000 men of different nationalities In New York anxious to enlist in Euro pean armies. A number of vessels de parted for New York, but were com pelled to turn back. "On the day I left New York I saw many steerage passengers returning from the ship Kronprinzessin Cecile, which carried $11,000,000 in gold for Germany and which was forced to put back to Bar Harbor, Me., to avoid capture." Mr. Gray described scenes of wild est excitement on Wall street and in all big business circles. Another effect of the war, Mr. Gray says, is that the styles are settled for this year, as there will be no more Paris models brought over this season. KAISER HELD INVINCIBLE EUROPE AT MERCY OF GERMANS, SAYS VETERAN. Frank Busch, of Oregon City, Officer In Hapabarg Armies, TellH of Re sources Yet Untouched. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) Although the Kaiser has been defeated in minor battles, the Germans and the Austrians represent a com bination capable of finally taking the whole of Europe, says Frank Busch, of this city, a veteran of the war between the Austrians and the Servians 30 years ago. He served from 1879 to 1883 as an of ficer in the Austrian army through all the mountainous region now the battle ground of the present conflict. "The land forces of the combined Germans and Austrians are almost in vincible," said Mr. Busch. "The two countries have unlimited resources. Germany alone can put 500,000 new men in the field each year as they reach the age of 20, but the number available right now who have had ex perience in the army would stagger you. "The Germans do not have to be forced to fight. They are anxious to go to war. I am 55, and men like me will do everything possible to enroll. The Austrians and the Hungarians are the same way. This talk of a revolt In the Austrian army is not based on facts, but comes from men who have been forced from Austria." Mr. Busch fought In the Austrian army in the provinces of Bosnia, Herze govina and Sandshak Novi Bazar on ths border between Servia and Austria. He recalls each town or river as it takes a part in the war news of the day. "The territory along the border line between Servia and Austria Is like our own Willamette Valley," lie said. "It is rolling, full of hills, and in places there are mountains. When I was there the land was not better than half civilized, but now towns and cities have sprung up. Servia is a country of shepherds. They have no really big industries, and are a roving class, but they certainly can fight," concluded Mr. Busch with emphasis. SUFFRAGE 0PINI0N KEPT Papal Envoy Says Women May Make Franchise Good or Bad. PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 10. Ad dresses by the Most Rev. John Bonzano, papal delegate to the United States; Bishop J. F. Regis Canevin, of Pitts burg; Bishop Joseph Schrembs, or Toledo, and Bishop Joseph F. Bush, of Lead, S. D., were among the principal features of today's sessions of the Central Verein. The papal delegates, discussing woman suffrage said: "I am not going to say anything for or against woman suffrage. It may be good and it may be bad. It all depends on the women themselves." Routine business of the convention took up the greater part of the day. After expressing disapproval of "col ored" news reports which, it is as serted, "are being sent by the Anglo American press," delegates of the 1600 Catholic societies affiliated with the organization voted to raise a large fund for widows and orphans which will be made by the battles waged in the European war. The money will be forwarded to the Fatherland. BY ANTONIN CHOTENOVSKY. I honor every man that defends his nation, be he a Hungarian, German. Slavonian or of any other nationality, but I have to correct them if they do not give the straight facts. I will give a few facts that Lieutenant J. von Makdych left out in a recent article in The Oregonlan. The Magyars (Hungarians) in the years 895-955 were the terror of West ern Europe. They were then attack ing all the neighboring nations and plundering them. In the year 955 they were beaten by the Germans at Augs- v.Al -cin,n tlirniirh Bo- UU1S, Ull buw "- hernia were defeated by Boleslav, the !., . -wl thai,- '. :t.i.-r l.e- Lt U II e 111 mu in Nac, iiv - , liela. was taken prisoner. This prac tically ended their depredations. Now something about the glory of King Math las. When he waged war against the heretic Bohemians in the year 1470, he had in his army a Hun garian tribe, the Races, whom he paid Instead of a regular stipend one ducat for every head they brought him. The Races took a Bohemian commis sary train and killed the 5S5 soldiers accompanying it. Then King Mathias ordered those 585 human heads shot with catapults Into the Bohemian camp. Oh, what a humanity, what a glory' Slavs Are Conquerors. Now to the battle of the field of Kossowo and the Serbs. The following extracts are taken from the book "Ot toman Power in Europe." by Edward A. Freeman, so that anybody, if in doubt, can see for himself in the Port land Library. On page 109 we read about the bat tle of Kossowo; "A great Slav con federation was formed under the Bos nian King, Stephen, and Bosnians, Croats and' Servians for a little while won some successes over the Turks. But at last a great confederate army. Bosnian, Servian, Bulgarian and Wal lachian, was utterly defeated by the Turks at Kossowo in 13S9." Now there are no Hungarians mentioned, but only Slavs, Bosnians. Servians and Bulgar ians while the Wallachlans were Rou manians. So I would like to know where Mr. Makdych got his 120,000 Hungarians. Most of the historians don't seem to know anything about it. On page 150 we read: "In 16S3 the Turks again besieged the city of Vien na, and the city was saved, not at all by the Emperor, but by John Sobieski and his Poles. Austria and Hungary i tsi Hnltvonv! frnm the Turk were ill Lubix bv the swords of a Slavonic people, the - . . i.ii ....... 1 nr. people ot a Kingdom which, wwim u years later, Austria helped to dismem ber." So it were again the Slavs, and not the Germans or Hungarians, that saved Austria from the Turk. Injustice Is Empbaslzed. On page 151 we read: "But it is hard that a people like the Magyars, who owe their freedom to Slavonic help, should grudge their Slavonic neighbors the same freedom which they themselves enjoy." So we can see that even the English writers of the year 1877 could see the rank injustice of the Austrian administration. Mr. Makdych says that the Servians were taken under the sheltering wings of Hungary, but he knows as well as I that the Turks were kept back by Croatian and Servian regiments, called the Pandurs and Granlcary, also Slav onians. So we can see that even the single excuse he has that the Slavs were saved by Hungarian blood is false Let him take almost any his torian that is neither Hungarian, Slav nor German and he will find out that the Slav always carried the brunt of the fighting for the Hapsburgs and never received any thanks for it at all, but abuse and oppression. Let all the Slavs unite, and fight, by force of arms if necessary, for the mot to: "Slavic schools for the Slavs, and Slavs under a Slavic rule!" POSTOFFICE TO TRANSMIT COIN TO WARRING COUNTHIES. $100 for Each Person Is Limit for Refugees and 20 for Others Ex press Company also Sends. i'Atni money orders in small amounts and American Express Com pany checks to any amount will be honored in the European countries now . i ,.rnD annnnnrAd vesterdav. at wiii, u " - -. The Government has not yet stopped transmission of money oruers, uul ims restricted the amounts of those to be mailed to the Continent, while the ex press company is resuming a privi lege which had been denied since the war flurry. Wells-Fargo, as yet, will accept nothing on foreign exchanges. A special order of the postal depart ment permits sending of money orders to aid the return of Americans now : T..- -uh the limit of 100 a person. Money orders will be accepted on Europe for otner purposes, u rauu being about 120. The Government gives no guarantee that the money orders will be paid in w. for which they are is sued, but, if not, the money may be collected from this end. No money orders on Egypt will be accepted and no parcels may be sent to Germany or trance, uui icutm be accepted for any nation. American Express Company money i mnv hp cashed In Berlin. UIUCIS llJ" ' Paris, London, Liverpool, Southampton, Glasgow, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Havre, Marseilles, Rome, Lienua, iiapieo, nam hurir Bremen. Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Christiania. Travelers' checks ana letters oi credit are not being sold,. Orders fbr money thought to be used for specula tion will be refused by the express company and remittances cannot be j rnm nno RnrnnpRn office to an- 1 1 1 H.l . - ' ' other, but can be made from the United States. THREE KILLED IN WRECK Train Plunges Through Bridge and Guard Shoots Man in Flight. OTTAW--. Ont.. Aug. 10. Three per sons were killed today, when a train plunged through a railway bridge near the Canadian military cai..p, Valcartier. The bridge was damaged during tne night, and a man whom the authorities susDect was implicated in the plot was shot to death as he was running away. A guard who saw the man hurrying on challenged him. . hen the man re fused to halt, the guard fired. A Bottle of (team With Your -Ltinch Main 49 GERMAN SIDE GIVEN Salem Teutons Declare Much Misunderstanding Exists. PROTRACTED STRIFE CITED For 300 Years, It Is Asserted, In vasion of Furope hy Slav. Tartars and Turks Has Been Resisted. Series of Crimes Hecalled. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 10. (Special.) De claring that there Is much misunder standing regarding the position of Germany in the present war, the Ger man Society of Salem, through Colonel E. Hofer and Dr. G. A. Wlsllcenus to night gave out the following state ment; "To understand the European war situation it must be remembered that for at least S00 years the Teutonic race has resisted with armed force the in vasion of Europe by Slavs, Tartars and Turks. The narrative of their strug gles to keep these elements out of civilized Christian Europe constitutes modern and medieval history. In the present war at least 80.000,000 German speaking people are arrayed against the Slav nation called Servia, supported by the Russian nation. Slav and Tartar, and indirectly supported by Houmania, Greece and Montenegro. "Servia. the direct cause of the pres ent war. is at best a half civilized na tion, with a King called Feter. Peter was the head of the military cabal re sponsible for tiie assassination of King Alexander, his predecessor. He su ceeded to the throne much as lluerta did in Mexico, by even more bloody means. His rule has been unfriendly to Germany and Austria and this culmi nated in the assassination of the Aus trian Crown Prince Ferdinand and his wife. Alexander and his wife were slaughtered In 1900 or 1901. and Ihe last victims of Servian treachery were Fer dinand and liis wife, about July 1, at Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. Assassination Dtrret CaUNC. "For 30 years Bosnia has virtually been a part of Austria, having been taken from Turkey and formally an nexed In 1888. The Crown Prince of Austria was killed while conducting a military review in his own terri tory. Austria demanded punishment of these murderers, who were ap parently the agents of the Servian government. Servia refused to make even a preliminary Investigation into the circumstances of this double crime. "Russian press opinions were to the effect that the killing of the Austrian Crown Prince was a patriotic duty of the Servians, and Russia began war preparations to back the consequences of Servia refusing to comply with the demands of Austria. "France and England showed a dis position to side with Servia and Russia-France from a spirit of revenge for the downfall of her military en terprise in the Franco-Prussian war. and England to cripple Germany as a naval and commercial power. England's Position Explained. "The pretext of England supporting Belgium in her pretended neutrality must be understood historically. Ne gotiations for many years have brought no other conclusion than that Belgium was willing to admit English or French armies upon her soil, but never a Ger man soldier. Bearing these historical facts in mind, the position of Germany and Austria is made clearer. These two nations are fighting not alone for their own national honor and existence but for all that Teutonic or Germanic culture means as against Slav barbar ism and the deathless appetite of Rus sia for expansion of territory. "The Crimean war was fought to keep Russia from securing ports on the Mediterranean. In 187" Russia went to war with Turkey, but the fruits of that campaign for ports were snatched away by the Berlin treaty, where Bis marck, supported by Great Britain, se cured Bosnia for Austria as a check against Russian advances upon the Balkan. "Russia made her last effort to naval supremacy by her war on Japan and Instead lost Port Arthur and all her military prestige. In the present war Russia is only formidable on account of her alliance with England and France. Germany and Austria keep their his torical position of alignment against Slav and Tartar barbarian encroach ment." REV. J. D. CROOKS PLEADS NOT GUILTY OF WIFE-MURDER. Friends of Troy. Idaho, Pastor Engage Lawyer to Defend Him New Evi dence Found. Says Prosecutor. MfisfOW. Idaho. Aug. 10. (Special.) New evidence is promised by the au thorities when Rev. .1. u. crooks, agea Methodist minister of Troy, who is charged with smothering his wife to death August 1. is brought to trial. Before Probate Judge Morgarcidge Good Old Al 149 this morning the preacher was ar raigned and pleaded not guilty. Ho was remanded to the custody flf thu Sheriff without ball to awslt prelimi nary hearing Friday morning. Friends of the accused minister have retained Attorney Frank L. Moore to defend him. "Evidence at hand, details of which I cannot disclose now, tends to show that the woman was Rtrnngled, and marks on her body disclosed in Ihe autopsy indicate that death followed a terrific struggle," said County Attorney NIs bett. Mr. Crooks declared todny that he would clear himself of the murder charge. His friends hnve conic to his rescue and many are supporting tha old man in the belief that he Is Inno cent. Ho passed a bad day today, ai d the Sheriff says If the prisoner's physi cal condition docs not Improve he will have to be sent to a hospital. SPEEDERS HALED TO COURT Judpe Dayton Ai.mi.ms Fines, but Suspends Some .MMilence. Speeders arrested on the Sandy road by Special Agent Euneno White, the county's traffic officer, worn punished In Judge Dayton's aeparttm nt of the Dis trict Court yesterday. Fred T. Merrill, aged 16. was so young an offender that he was remanded t the Juvenile Court by tlio Judge. N. Hilton, charged with driving without lights, was fined $J0 and sentence was suspended because of extenuating cir cumstances. W. T. Wright, who was said by the arresting officer to have been making M miles an hour, was as sessed 1 ,r. Richard Lee, a taxi driver who was taken late, at night without lights, pleaded lie was on his way back to the city after a call that took him far out Into the country and was be lated. He was fined li and sentence, suspended. J. F. Sherrlll, who was said to have been driving fast, although he doubted it. was lined $lf. CHICAGO ELKS GIVE AID .VLfuirs of Lata Bernard t . I.iiistriim to Be Settled b Brethren. Upon telegraphic request from Exalt ed Ruler Johnson, of the Chicago lodge of Elks, that the affairs ..f liernard '. Linstrom be looked after. Exalted Ruler Dr. E. A. Marshall, of tho I t land lodge, yesterday presented a pe tition hi probate court asking for let ters of administration tot the rstato and he promptly was made adminis trator. Linstrom, who was shut and killed last Friday by Mrs. Delia Marsh, at the Palace Hotel, was a member of the Scranton, Pa., lodga of Elks, and his brother, E. U. Linstrom. is Inner guard of the Chicago Lodge. Tho estate Is valued at about ilioou, half of which Is life Insurance and the remainder consists of stock In the Oregon Arti ficial Limb Company and miscellane ous effects. JUNIORS OAKS' GUESTS Mayor Rich and Official 1 uniil) to Spend Day at llesort. Junior government officials will spend an afternoon and evening at Tli Oaks today as tho guests of Manager John F. Cordray, who Is extending them the courtesy of the park. They also will be guests of numerous of the con cessions. The afternoon probably wltl be de voted to swimming, while the evening will be given over to the enjoyment of tho BUUiy attractions of the resort. The officials going will he Mayor Eu gene Rh h and his Commissioners. The delegation will be led by mem bers of the Muts, Trustees Dorr E. Keascy. J. & Wcrleln and L. E. War ford being In charge of the boys. ELKS HONOR NEW YORKER .1. W. Cod, Banqueted Tor Ro.wil Time He Gave Porllundcr. In return for the reception tendered Portland Elks In New York City thru years ago, Joseph W. Cody, chairman of the New York entertainment com mittee, 'as banqueted by Portland Lodge B. P. O. K., nt the quarters of the Portland Automobile Club last night. More than 10 Elks motored to the clubhouse to Imsor Mr. Cody. Mr. Cody remained in Portland for a few days on his return from a vacation in Porto Rico. H. D. Griffin, past ealte ruler ..f Portland Lodge, wus toastmaster. Ad dresses were made by tho honor guest. Dr. A. K. Marshall, exalted ruler, and K. K. Kubli, past exalted ruler. Tho B. P. O. E. orchestra played. INFRINGEMENT CASE LOST Talent of Twohy Bro. and OUtcrs Legal, Court Holds . That tho defendants were not guilty of infringement of patent was the de cision of District Judge Wolverton yes terday in the case of Clayton E. Kald versus Twohy Bros. Company, the Northern Equipment Company and El bert G. Chandler. , Mr. Eald Is the Inventor of a car bunk, used to hold logs on a fiatear He obtained patents and Twohy Bros, manufactured the articles. The defend ants testified that as Mr. Eald's patent iui uell well Elbert G. Chandler designed a bunk. F.al.is purchased an interest In the James A. MCC onnell pat ent bunk and brought suit, aliening the Chandler patent was an Infringe ment on the McConncll patent. t