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TIIE MOItXIXG OREGOXIAX. 3IOXDAY, JULY 5, 1913. YOUNG AR1ST0GRATS EFF1G1EHT IN WAR ' - -- - - - - t UNITED STATES SENATE RECEPTION-ROOM WHICH WAS WRECKED BY FRANK HOLTS BOMB. HOLT TELLS KAISER TO BE 'REASONABLE' V" London's Crack Artillery Com Dany Gives Good Account of Itself in France. Letter of Advice on Settlement of War Written by Assail ant of Morgan. SPECIAL INDEPENDENCE ATTRACTION MARY PICKF0RD in a New Characterization Mi 4 . ' ...s - -r . sT MEN GRIM AND SILENT LAND SEIZURE DEPRECATED I -irOoiji&.Tni5 ! ' tpic and Span Young Gentlemen, Once Smartest Volunteer Foot Soldiers In 'World, Striking, t ly Changed by Service. LONDON, June 12. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The Honor able Artillery Company of London, w hich, like Its counterpart and relative in Boston, is one of the oldest and most aristocratic military organiza tions in existence, r.jw has In the field an organization which includes hun dreds of members of the wealthiest and most aristocratic families In Eng land. They have proved their merit and their democracy on countless oc casions since they went to France early in the war. An observer at British headquarters sends the following account of a viBit to the "H. A. C." on a day when they were resting in the reserve lines: "Beyond the last farmhouse," he writes, "I came upon a field about the size of Madison Square, in New York, filled with precise rows of bareheaded, half-dressed soldiers, sitting on their blankets like Mohammedans at prayer, enjoying the baking sun. "That's the H. A. C.,' said my guide, and vanished. Metamorphosis la Complete. "None of the Honorable Artillerymen looked up from their meditations as I walked between them. Some wore trousers and no shirt: others varied the picture by wearing a shirt and no trousers. All were evidently tired, and lazy. Some were sewing on buttons or mending damaged sections of their attire. Others had their garments thrown across their kness. Inside out, and were inspecting them inch by inch, gravely and methodically. I had an impression that I was Intruding upon a solemn and not unimportant cere mony. There was absolute silence. i "How many friends of this famous . regiment would have recognized the cropped, unshaven assemblage sitting on army blankets In that cow pasture? They had nothing in common with the epics; and span young gentlemen who used to appear as glittering guards of ' honor at the London Guildhall and were generally voted the smartest vol unteer foot-soldiers in the world. They looked, in fact, as hard and uncom promising a set of ruffians as could be found anywhere in the area of the war. Hard as nails, they were calm of eye, sunning themselves after a week of careful killing, as though the punishment of Germans had always been their business. Imprnwlve Silence Reigns. "I walked up and down between the rows, trying to readjust my mental picture of the Honorable Artillery Com pany. Here was a wealthy young gen tleman from the city sitting In his shirt with his legs bared to the midday breeze, thoughtfully sewing a button on his trousers. He pricked his finger and swore softly. Next to him was a famous Cambridge scholar, wearing eyeglasses and trousers. His gray shirt was spread out in the sunshine and he regarded it somewhat morosely. "The silence was striking. I had passed other battalions not from the trenches In billets nearby, and the cheerful chatter of the men could be heard on all sides. Here the stillness was broken only by the sound of bag pipes from the next village, and the final preluncheon delivery of German shells. "When the H. A. C. took over the portion of trenches assigned them the enemy was engaged in improving his defenses amid certain ruins. Sandbags were brought up at night and utilized as a breaswork against the shattered walls. Then came a profusion of ma chine guns. Germans Rely en Machine Guns. "The force of enemy Infantry was really small, but the enemy counted as usual on machine gun defenses as be ing more efficacious than riflemen. In a way they are right. Machine guns cannot Doit wnen troops attack. "During the week the Germans be came bolder and bolder In their move ments behind their defenses. The H. A. C. bided their time, and at the right moments they brought down groups of workers who dared "to show them selves out of cover. "A staff officer came down one day last week to inspect the new German defenses, and his contempt for British marksmanship cost him his life. He could be seen walking about behind the breastworks, giving orders and other wise emphasizing his importance. '"A certain crack shot waited quietly beside his rifle. The German officer came up to the breastwork and looked through a loophole at our trench. The markings on his cap could be plainly seen. There was a shot and a screaml The bullet hit him squarely In the face. "Immediately the Germans turned loose their machine guns in a blaze of fury. That in itself was sufficient assurance, that the officer had been killed. No one was hurt, although the parapets were peppered with bullets. When the enemy was tired of shooting they shouted threats and Imprecations . across their sap-head." FEMALE LABOR HACKING British Trades Generally Active, and Wages Continue to Rise. LONDON. July 16. Shortage of male labor in the United Kingdom, which was reported by nearly all trades in April, has now extended to female and boy labor, according to the Board of Trade Labor Gazette's monthly review of the labor market. Enlistment makes the working of Liie t-oai-mining industry and building trades difficult: metal trades are c. tive; while engineering and shipbuild ing trades continue to work at high pressure with night shifts. Sundav work and much overtime. Textile, iraaes are weu employed and various other industries show Improvement. In agriculture there is a general scarcity of labor. Increase in wages Coming Into operation in jviay amounted to 1940,000 a week, the largest ever recorded in any montn. War Makes London Smokier. LONDON, June 17. One of the curi ous effects of the war is that London 13 smokier than ever. War has filled the factories with unskilled stokers who do not know how to feed the fur naces so as to produc the best com bustive results. All London Is now complaining of the smoke nuisance. : . : . '-"-,....v . - . . - 1 ; i " 11 i 1 1 ; ' " 1 T- i !"lt"' i 4 fi i'-1 i . - i t t : .... ' "T" ' "tJ ' 'r- i h. Photograph by A. B Doty. Visitors wishing to call on a Senator at the Capitol enter the door of this room, shown near the center of the picture, hand their cards to a messenger, who takes them Into the Senate chamber. If the Senator cares to see the callers, they are then ushered into the "marble room" through the door Just behind the, uni formed man, who is a Capitol policeman. DEATH. PLAN HADE Holt Says He Meant to Hold Family as Hostages. MR. MORGAN IMPROVING Physicians Say Bullet Did Xot En ter Abdomen and That No Bones Were Injured X-Ray Ex aminatlon Is Made. (Continued From Flrt Paie.) In his cell at the Jail, appeared de jected. He spent most 1 of his time writing letters. He was visited by Chief Flynn. of the secret service, who wanted to learn more about his move ments in Washington prior to setting the bomb whieh exploded in the United States Capitol. Prisoner describes Hla Plana. To Commissioner Woods, who visited him in the afternoon, Holt told briefly how he planned to hold as hostages Mrs. Morgan and the Morgan children. "My plan," said Holt, "was to get hold of Mrs. Morgan and the Morgan children, and take them into an up stairs room, and then send Mr. Morgan out to see his Influential friends to atop the exportation of ammunition from this country. I planned to take the dynamite into the room with me and cut a hole In the door and have the food shoved in through it. I planned to keep them there until Mr: Morgan returned and gave me his promise that the exporta tion of war munitions would stop. Un less he stopped it, I would tell him of my Inteitnon to kill Mrs. Morgan and the children and myself by exploding the dynamite." Holt then tried to tell Commissioner Woods about the terrible slaughter re sulting from the war. He Said he knew Mr. Morgan could stop the war, and that Is the reason he went to him. He Insisted he did not Intend to harm him. DrnanUte la Object Lun. Holt said he took the dynamite sticks with him to show Mr. Morgan every material that was killing so many In Europe. At this Juncture Commissioner Woods asked Holt why his plans miscarried Then the former university instructor's eyes brightened and he said the excite ment that followed his appearance in the Morgan home upset his plans. fioii - aeciarea he started for the stairs. When he met the Morgan chil dren and was walking ahead of then when he was intercepted. He had a revolver in each hand, be said, but that did not prevent someone from clutching one of his hands. He said ne thought Mr. Morgan attempted to stop him and that a scuffle followed. He became unconscious and remei bered nothing until he was lodeed in Jail. "I did not want to hurt Mr. Morgan." Holt persisted in reiterating. "I only wanted him to do something to stop this terrible war." Holt then told Commissioner Woods that he had tried to do what he thought was his duty and that he hoped his act would help to end the war. Holt said he had studied hard until six months ago. wnen ne Degan to brood over the war. "I still have hopes that good may be accomplished by my act." he added. "I did not care about the war. I did not want America in it. but I was interested in the war should stop." After the Interview Mr. Wood de clared Holt had spent many sleepless nignts. "The man appears to be mentally unbalanced," he said. "He has evldently brought himself to this poor mental condition. He appears to be in a state of utter mental and physical collapse." Holt protested that he had no ac complices. "I acted alone," he added. "I realize that I did a wrong, but that wrong was done to accomplish a great right. Dr. Guy Cleighorn, the Jail physl N f . - - - it. 1 - "7 t 1. ( - 7171! m 1 1 K-i.' 'I I 1. 1 clan, was the only medical man to visit Holt today. "He is In an. extremely bad mental and physical condition." said Cleighorn. Holt wrote two letters during the day. One waa addressed to his father-in-law. Itev. O. r Senabaugh. Dallas, Tex., and the other to his wife, who Is with her father. To Jail 'attendants Holt referred to his relatives In affectionate terms, and said they would understand that he had attempted to do a great service to mankland. To Chief Flynn. who spent half an hour with htm. Holt refused to re veal where he bought the dynamite found onhlm at the time of the shoot ing. Nor would he say anything about his movements In Washington prior to setting the bomb in the Capitol, or In New Tork City before coming to this place. GAS SUFFERING INTENSE BLOOD OP VICTIMS OF" ASPHYXIAT ING SHELLS INKY BLACK. Injection of Camphor Solntlon Vnder Skin Most F.fTeetlve Treatment Thus Far Dlseovereffe WARSAW, June 1 From yesterday afternoon through the night all avail able ambulances, sanitary wagons and tramcars, the latter especially rigged Into ambulances, have been carrying victims of the German gas attacks from the south to the many hospitals in this city. The Associated Press correspondent visited several hospitals to view at first hand the results of inhaling the as phyxiating gases used by the Germans. In one hospital 300 beds were occupied by men with liver-colored faces, blood shot eyes, nearly lifeless, but with open mouths gasping ior breath. Six victims died In the ambulances en route from the w arsaw- ienna railway station. All night the doctors and nurses worked untiringly, applying remedies lor the relief of the fearful sufferings of the patients. Injection of a camphor solution under the skin appears to be me most enrectlve treatment so far dis covered. The gas apprars to have the enect of turning th.; blood of the vic tim inky black. The patients He mo tionless, seemingly In a etunor the heavy breathing interrupted from time 10 lime Dy a racking cough. CHERRY SHIPMENTS LARGE 4 0 Carloads Sent Krom Wcnauhee and Prices Are Going Vp. WENATCHEE, Wash.. July 4. Spe cial.) Counting in, Saturday's ship ments of cherries,' there have been rolled from the Wenatchee Great Northern station this year 4u carloads of cherries, according to the record of Agent Piper. The prices are good on cherries. This does not Include the express shipments, but only carloads, and. counting the express shipments. It is believed tne total will reach almost as many more. The returns to the growers will ag gregate from 45 to ho cents a box. For a time there was a decided slump, but prices received during the last few days mean substantial returns. TRAGEDY DUE TO POVERTY Woman Kills Daughter and Poisons Herself at Spokane. ' SPOKANE. Wash.. July 4.- Worry over the shabblness of her children's clothing was the reason given the au thorities by Mrs. Thomas J. Ryan for the poisoning here today or herself and daughter Ruth, two and a half months old. The child died shortly afterwards', and Mrs. ltyan Is in a precarious condi tion In a hospltaL The neighbors expressed the belief that the woman's mind has become un balanced through brooding over her husband being out of work. The family came here three months ago from Al berta. Canada, where they lived on a homestead. in--'- nr.;:-; . 1 1 -1 v ,t - 2 ASPIRANTS LIKELY Ex-Senator Burton and Mann Are Presidential Possibilities. BOTH ARE OF SAME TYPE Each Returns Suddenly Krom For eign Tour and "Booiun" Are Like. Ijr as Soon as War News Per mits Publicity Campaigns. OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington July . The unexpetced return from fouth America of ex-Senator Bur ton,' of Ohio, and the return from Hawaii of James R. Mann, of Illinois, has given an Impetus to political gossip.speclally as regards the Repub lican presidential nomination. and backers of these two candidates an nounce that movements in their behalf will be launched without delay. As yet neither BJrton nor Mann has announced himself a candidate for the Republican nomination, yet both are known to entertain presidential aspirations, and both have been in conference with men desirous of becoming their campaign mHTiagen. While Mr. Burton was In outtj Amer ica his friends managed to get con siderable publicity In his name, and while Mr. Mann was In Hawaii a rather imprersl ve Mann bureau was built up In Illinois, and ' gave signs of branching out. with offices in Wash ington and New York as well. War Prevents Boom Publicity. The publicity campaign has not been pressed, however, because of the sur plus of war news, and the difficulty ex perienced In getting "boom" stult printed In the dally nanera There Is much similarity In the can- oiaaey or r. Burton and or Mr. Mann Both are the same tyre, politically Mr. Hurton, perhaps, enjoys the wider reputation, because of his long work on waterway Improvements, and be cause of the prominence he attained In filibustering to death two "pork-bar rel" river and harbor bills, and In an Plying the same treatment to the ad ministration's ship purchase bill in the last session 01 Congress. Mann Is Republican Lender. Representative Mann's chler claim to distinction lies in the fact that he has been the Republican floor leader In the House since the Democrats came Into control of the lower, branch of Con gress. Prior to that he was chairman of the committee on Interstate com mere, and Is author of the pure food law. the Mann white slave act. and sev eral Important railroad laws affecting interstate commerce. Both Mann and hurton are regular In their republicanism: neither sympa thlsed with the Progressive break In 1911. and yet both are of the moderate ly progressive type, but far from being radicals. Burton, by some. Is believed to oe nanaicapped at this time be cause he is known as a "peace advo cale" and does not favor larae expend! lures for the Army and Navy. Mr. Mann nas no particular record on that eues tlon. Both Burton and Mann advocate the upbuilding of an American mar. chant marine; both are protective tariff men ana both are critics of the economic policies rT the Wllnon Administration. - C"-' - J ' ' There is nothing that will give a man such a feel ing of security and confidence as a policy in the NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. Horace Mecklem. Gen. Agt. Northwestern Bank Bldg.. Portland, Or. If Sympathy of Real Americans Is to Re Won, Says Writer, Must Hear Xo Reports of Self ll Artrandlu'tnent. GLJZX COVE. N. V.. July . (Spe cial.) Justice of the Peace Lrfiyster and Constable McCahlll made a thorough examination today of the suitcase of Frank Holt, the assailant of J. P. Mor gan. As a result, they found in a concealed pocket between two thin sheet of leather the following type written letter addressed to His Majesty, the German Kmperor: "My lear Mr; 1 hope that you will listen to my plea In the same spirit in which It 1 mule. Lt me assure you that I represent the Meal American, ihe real American as he Is In his heart of hearts. My name Is either known to you or will be In a day or two, so don't brush this letter aside as of no Importance. Entneror Tela B Rennennhle. "We Americans have your best In terests In mind and are striving to aid the unfortunate Kuropean belligerents, but In order that we may be able to work for you effectively, we mut flivl you reasonable and exhibiting the spirit of humanity and not of land-grabbing, If you will pardon the expression. "Recently, when we went Into Vera Crus to help the Mexicans settle their troubles, many of the representative! of your Datiina who were over here at the time could not understand our move except In the light of land-grabbing. We could not explain to thera that we were unselltsn In our motives, that we merely wished to help the unfortunate parties In Mexico settle their differ ences. We Americans, therefore. In or der to sympathize with any European nation, must not get the Impression that she Is contemplating the seizure of land that does not belong to her by nature. Talk ef Annexaflnn UenreeateeU "If. for instance. France should ask for the French-speaking portions of Lorraine, or Italy for her Italian popu lation, or Austria and Serbia for ade quate seaports, that would seem rea sonable to tie and we would sympathise with such demands, but when we hear of Germany contemplating to annex Belgium, or of England wishing to take German South Africa, then we get Im patient, and all of these things have nothing to do with the question of who will be victor In battle. "If, then, the American heart and mind and means are to help you. we beg of you not to allow any reports of selfish aggrandizement come to our ears. We feel that such attitude would not lead to a real settlement, but merely lay the foundation for more war. Affectionately. IC FEARCE." WEEDS CAPTURE SERBIA FERTILE, IXTILLUU FIF.LKS BRIL LIANT IX THEIR DIH JE. Denarlmre mt iJinerere Frena Senthern Utstrtrta t War Zone In Xerth Makes Chance In L.nnense. L'SKLT. Serbia. June IS (Corre spondence of the Associated Press.) (Jreat sections of the fine agricultural lands of Southern Serbia lie unculti vated this year, owing to the departure of the laborers to the war xone farther north. As a result these tremendously fertile nelds are given up to a pro fusion of weeds and wild llowera which present a spectacle as brilliant as a California garden multiplied In area until It stretches over the whole Vardar Valley. Everything grows In great luxuriance and In the must vivid colors. The more familiar wild flowers seen here are dalstaa. poppies and huge thistles 10 feet high. The popples are of an intense crimson, while here and there are patches of cultivated opium popples, tn full white tlowers. More rloloue In coloring are flowers not easily Identified by an American visitor mossy fields of purple weed lno fret across, a clover-like plant with tiny blossoms of intense coral-red. tall lilac flowers, clumps of blue and atlver-gray. various types of yellow and crimson blossoms. Here and there the solid tapestry of vegetation Is broken by lit tie lakes or ponds, fringed with rushes as thick 'as n man's arm and tall as mall trees, over the water are aprta kled masses of white water lilies. . Birds and butterflies vie In coloring with the flowers. ome of the butter flies are of great size and wonderful coloring, and the connoisseur recog nlses varieties which are rare In the western world. The bird world Is dominated by the storks and buzzards, the former spotlessly black-and-white. tne latter yellowish brown. CENTRALIA WINS VERDICT Rank Receiver's Petition for Man damus Is Denied. CENTRAL! A. Wash.. July 4. (Spe claL) In the Lewla County Superior Court Saturday Judge Kir. denied the writ of mandamus sought by A. K. Titloa, receiver of the United States National Bank, to comprl the city treasurer to pay rlty current ezpense warrants, totaling $T3sO. held by the receiver and railed in by the city. The city was ordered to pay about It JO worth of local improvement marrams, however. The city contended that the warrants should be discounted from the 144.000 of city money tied up In the bank. The case of the rlty against the re ceiver, wherein the former endeavors to establish a claim of preferred credi tor to Its deposit, will be heard In the Federal ourt In Teom Tuesday. "LITTLE PAL The story is based on primative emotion and primal pas sions, and presents a hitherto unsuspected aspect of Mary Piekford's astounding; versatility. 10 COME Laugh and Enjoy Your Holiday By Seeing the Funniest Photo Comcdv CHIMMIE FADDEW With the Funniest Screen Comedian VICTOR MOORE 10c IT'S A SCREAM To MAI1 WINS TRENCH ALONE BRITISH UKITKMNT KTTLEO BY I.O!S Of -ia;t.u CUSI. Rrpalac Taraed Vlrtery By Impet mbs Yeaag Officer Ileat ea Re cotertac llli Irsery. LONDON. June 1. The story of a Rrilish sub-lleutenant who was so angered at the loss of a pair of fine I leld-glasaes that he charged a trencn of Germans single-handed and thereby earned the Victoria Cross, waa told at London University In a lecture by I ro (easor J. 11. A! org an. who has Just returned from the front. "Tl-.ls sub-lieutenant." said Profes sor Morgan, "possessed a pair of bi noculars of which he waa exceedingly proud, and he used to bore everybody oy talking about them and exhibiting them. One day our men were driven back from their first trenches by a Uerinan attack, in which we lost heav ily. They retired into the support trenches, and the men were being mustered, when suddenly the young officer exclaimed: 'Ureat fccolt!' and started at a gallop back toward the trench occupied by the Uermana. "lie was given up for lost, but a sergeant who was fond of him ran after him. After an Interval the ser- gant came back alone, and reported to the company commander: bir, he haa captured the trench. "The commander collected some sup ports and went up. When ho got around the corner of the traverse, he found the young officer with a re volver In each hand, facing a row of Germans who were holding up their hands, having laid down their rifles. "'This is a fine thing. said the com mander to the youngster. 'Ton will get the Victoria Cross for this: but It was a foolhardy thing to do. What on earth did you do It tor? "Well. confeased the sub-lleutenant. I didn't intend to recapture the trench. I merely went back to get my binoculars." " TWO GIRLS ARE DROWNED TConllnu1 Krom Flrt Ptg E. . Ilaurh. formerly of this city, and now raehler for the American Express By Roy L. "At f !ottis ricfcrford ctir J Euissls Farda CAST I W. J. Ttdmsrth (A new chapter will KVl'RV MODtl' Assrvss Tews. TXf. r lllaasef te St. Kaaeae. Oreaea. riL ACE It'aeberc. Ureana. MMM Aahlaad. Oreaea. ETmV Tl'EtDAT nr.t 7B Wlllasselie t. l airar. nt. MAIt Mr4l.ra.Om. EIT.HV WtllM:lltV .ftn orecea Oty. Oregea unriltCl'M Hakrr.Orti. TK Meaforal. oreeesu ( KV W eealbara. ureses. EVEItV THinIUV ORPHEI M Itaker. Orecea. OV I rlrl l'll, Or. 1 . V 4hr. Urea a. HKt ( xuk ltr, ur. K KHT FRIDAY SAVOT . Taleaf. Oregon. EVtrtV SATl'KDAY SAVOY oeld Hill. Oregaa. EVEHY SIMJAY rtMTK Hear bora. Oreeoa, W.M.N W 1 Ashlaad. Oreaea. ' Theatera can book these film by applying to: Mutual Film Corporation, 2S9 Oak Street, Portland, Oregon 10c Comj'sny at H00J lilver. The tegraph ofTice at Hood Hiver waa closed tor.lcht. and up to a late hour Mr. and Mrs. Kauch h.1 not been apprised uf the tracic death of their daughter. K!wsrd Rauch. brother of the M:es :uch. hat Just pushed off in a row boat from the faletn ride of the river to go for bia siMcrs and lis Srr.lth. whrii he observed them struagilrg In the uater. He rowed his best, but a rived on the scene after the men m the motor boats had rescued three of the party and were diving fr the other tao. He alitd In recn:r.g the bodis. C. r. Rauch. another trother. Is official court reporter Tor Marlon County. News of the tragedy quickly srres to all parts of the city and scores of persons In automohilc. other vehicles and afoot hst-ne-l 10 Inn river huik where the firemen and I'oetore W". K Mott and K E. Klsher were working over the bodies. The drownings put a bl.xht upon what had been a hajpy aftermath tf Salem's grat cherry fair snd Fourth of July celebration, an) gloom was cast over the entire city. Miss Mav Kauch liiitht school at Lebanon last year and her friend. Miss fiailth. h.1.1 conie to be her guest dur ing the celebration. The ivlxmmc party ws planned la.t night and the girls started for the river early thin afternoon. They had he-n in the water some time before ire eld-.-r Mlii Kauch stepped Into the hole. Miks Hwth Rauch tauKht school at I'hlromath lat year. Miss Smith had bten employed in Tur ner's department store at Lebanon- for two years. Her father. U. M. iinillh. a retired farmer. Uvea at Ilufur. "1 was working on my motorboat. said Mr. Starr, one of the rescuers, "when I observe.l the girls across the river In the water. Pretty soon some one on the Polk County bank cried Tor help and 1 saw that the youn-r women were In distress. I put out In my boat about Die same time as Mr. Paul us and Mr. Talt. We arrived on the scene at about the same time and began the work of rescuing. There are numerous deep holes niude by a dredge where the gtrla were hathinir and I am sure' they knew 11 i.hing of them." Grants Pass lias Thunder Monu. ORANT8 PAS?. Or, July (Spe cial The hottest spell of July weather which Southern Oregon has experienced In years was broken to day by a thunder storm, which cleared the atmosphere. In some sections the rainfall was o,ulte heavy, hut no dam ace l-.sn hn reortd. i "-on McCaurdeal Irvine? Ctumalncs William RBfrse.ll CMrE Pariolat Orral Humph ray tx shown rwry week) EARLY mm r -1