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$$p1T ijffr'Mf iffy IJyy V? Air fTKV VOL. LVXO. 17,042. PORTLAND, . OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY , lOt.'S. IMJICi: FIVE CENTS. A WILSON CONSIDERS REPLY TO GERARD Tentative German Note Is Delicate Issue. NIGH OFFICIALS PERPLEXED Desire Strong That Position Shall Not Be Misunderstood. LANSING'S VIEWS GIVEN President, However, W ill Make Final Decision and This May Not Be Given .Vn til Tomorrow Von Bernstorff Ends Vacation. WASHINGTON', July 7. On President Wilson tonight rests the decision as to what repiy, if any, shall be sent to Ambassador Gerard's message outlin ing the tentative draft' of a note sub mitted to him informally by the Ger man Foreign Office as a proposed an swer to the American communication of June 9 concerning submarine war ware. Secretary Lansing and other advis ers of the President have transmitted by mail and telegraph to him at his Summer residence at Cornish, N. H-. their views on the policy they believe ought to be pursued. It was officially declared tonight, however, that no word had been receive as yet as to the President's position. It was in timated, too, that Mr. Wilson might not be ready to act until tomorrow or Friday, as there are delicate- questions involved which require the utmost de liberation. German Ambassador Sees Lansing;. In the course of the day Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, back from his Summer home at Cedar burst. L. I.,, tendered his congratula tions to Mr. Lansing on his elevation to the Secretaryship of State and asked informally concerning the latest phases of the negotiations conducted through Ambassador-Gerard in Berlin. . The Secretary, in accordance with diplomatic Courtesy on such occasions, outlined to Count von Bernstorff in a general way what had been transmitted by Ambassador Gerard, but gave no intimation as to the course which the United States Government would fol low. Count von Bernstorff said he bad no advices of his own concerning the situation, and, it is understood, had no suggestions to make. Proposals Are S'ot Acceptable. After the conference, it was said that Count von Bernstorff learned that Am bassador Gerard's message was not of a. character which would necessarily require an answer. There is little doubt in official quarters that .the Ger man proposals in their present form would be unacceptable to the United Etates Government. The situation is somewhat perplex ing to high officials here, because they are reluctant to engage in an infor mal discussion of questions which they hold were clearly stated in the Ameri can note. At the same time they strongly desire that Germany shall have no misconception as to what the United States would not accept. Although officials were generally reticent regarding Ambassador Gerard's conversation with German Foreign Of fice functionaries, it was said that his message did not make clear whether the German government had asked him to obtain the views of the United States on the tentative draft. Reply Net Absolutely Xermurr. The implication waa that the Ameri can Government could, if It chose, com ment on it before the note was com pleted. As a result of his conference, however, the Ambassador asked if the State Department had any instructions for him. Under the circumstances, it is en tirely possible for the Washington Gov ernment to maintain silence with re spect to the Ambassador's inquiry, but it was believed some indication would 1 be given him whether any comment should be made on the draft before ' him. Some of the President's advisers think advantage should be taken of this time to reiterate most firmly that the United States, having stated its po sition on the law and the facts, can make no concessions from its strictly legal position, or consider any modus Vivendi involving a temporary arrange ment as between the belligerents un til there 13 a clear understanding of Germany's attitude toward the prin ciple compelling visit and search before destroying unresisting merchantmen. While the optimism which has pre vailed in official quarters for some time as a result of Ambassador Gerard's early messages has to some extent been dissipated by the unsatisfactory char acter of some of the proposals made in the tentative draft, the situation was still regarded among well-informed of ficials as susceptible of a friendly set tlement. Another Week's Delay Probable. Emphasis was laid on the fact that the German Foreign Office apparently seemed to desire to learn the mini mum of the American demands in sub mitting the tentative draft, and the belief was expressed that further con ferences with other departments of the government, and even with Emperor William himself, might be planned Sn the event that the proposed note, as (Concluded on rage 2. Column 3.) TORNADO SWEEPS OVER 2 COUNTIES MISSOUir: VILLAGE REPORTED BLOWN AWAY; JO KILLED. . Four Indies or Rain Falls In Parts or State in Half an Hoar. Two Churches Wrecked. ST. LOUIS. July 7. A tornado and cloudburst whicn swept St. Louis and St. Charles counties late today caused damage which may aggregate half a million dollars, isolated several small towns and deluged parts of this terri tory with four Inches of rain in half an hour. In spite of heavy property damage, no definite loss of life was reported, al though railroad men brought to St. Charles a rumor that the village of St. Peters had been blown away and that 40 persons had been killed. General Manager Cotton, of the Wabash, im mediately ordered an engine rushed to St. Peters to ascertain the damage done. St. Charles suffered most from the tornado, an area of more than 100 square blocks being damaged. St. Charles Borromeo's Catholic Church was wrecked, the storm tear ing down the east and west walls and cracking the south wall so that it crumbled to the ground. A wall and part of the roof of St. Joseph's Hospital were torn away. The patients, though panic-stricken, were removed to safety. Several houses were damaged. ,TERRE HAUTE. Ind., July 7. Law renceville. 111., 50 miles south of Terre Haute, was visited by a heavy wind storm late today. Two persons were reported to have been killed and more than 50 houses destroyed. It was es timated the damage would exceed half a million dollars. 20 WEDDED IN VANCOUVER One Bridegroom Is Eugene Youth but 18 Years Old. VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 7. (Spe cial.) Ten couples from various cities of the Northwest were married in Van couver today. One lad. 18, was armed with his mother's consent. Those securing licenses today were: George Smith and Ellen Wells, Fair view and Portland; Delbert James Strong and Loueva Mae Ingram. Al bany and Harrisburg, Or.; Charles Krenick. Junction City, and Ruth Dixon, Vancouver: Clyde Chaffee and Ida B. Brenner, Portland; Samuel' E. Johnson and Effie 1-. Hargrove. Loa Angeles and Portland: ' Arthur F. La Flesh and Miss Esther M. Seltenreich, Vancouver; E. J. Nelson and Emma. M. Vonah. Portland; Roy E. Heckard and Elizabeth I. Kindred. Astoria; John H. Lorge and Grayce L. Vaughan, Port land; Bryan K. Wheeler, 18 years old. Eugene, and Dollie M. Fielder, Portland. DOLLARS SELL STEAMERS M. S. Dollar Goes to Chinese Com pany, Mackinaw Also Disposed Of. SAN FRANCISCO. July 7 The Brit ish steel steamer M. S. Dollar was sold today to Btrkall & Co., of Shanghai. China, by the Robert Dollar Company, of San Francisco, managers for the Dollar Steamship Lines (Limited), own ers of the vessel. The price was not given. The Dollar Company sold another vessel, the American steamer Macki naw, to James and George Flood Broth ers. The M. S. Dollar is 375 feet long with a gross tonnage of 4216. It was said the sale of the vessels was not due to the seaman's law, effective in No vember. GIRL HURT JNAUT0 CRASH Successful Operation Tor Hip Trou ble Made Necessary Again. CENTRA LI A, Wash., July 7. .Spe cial.) Dorothea Abbott, daughter of H. M. Abbott, of Bend. Or., is seriously injured as the result of being struck by the car of W. E. Brown while driving an automobile on the county road south of this city. Miss Abbott had been afflicted with hip trouble from birth and was only recently released from a plaster cast after ten months' confinement follow ing a successful operation to remedy the trouble. As the result of the auto accident, however, the operation will have to be performed again. CARS BLOWN FROM TRACK i Wabash Passenger Train F.nroon- ' ters His Storm In Missouri. ST. DOUIS, July 7. Four cars of Wabash passenger train No. 9, from St. Louis to Kansas City, were blown from the track by a tornado, near Gillmore. Mo., today, but, according to information received here, no one was I hurt badly enough to require medical attention. The train crew coupled up the five) cars which were left on the track and proceeded toward Kansas City. JAPAN AND RUSSIA ALLIED New Compact Between Nations In Nearly Completed Form. HOXOLI'LU. T. H July 7. A new) alliance between Japan and itussia is! reported by Tokio dispatches to Japan ese papers here to be imminent. Advices received today say that the elder statesmen- spent yesterday in completing details" of the reported al liance and that it Is in nearly final form. LINERS WARNED OF PLAN LAID BY HOLT Wireless Busy as Let ter Is Disclosed. SHIPS FINALLY FOUND SAFE AH Doubt That Prisoner Was Suicide Is Removed. SOME DYNAMITE MISSING Authorities Check Shipments Known to Have Been Made to Morgan's Assailant Mr. Morgan Able to Resume Business. NEW YORK, July 7. While J. P. Morgan, victim of an assault by Frank Holt, had recovered sufficiently to take up the threads of business again, and Holt himself lay dead in a cell at Mineola. L. I., sensations followed rap idly in the form of disclosures growing out of Holt's act and his arrest and suicide. Revelations in letters to his wife in Texas indicated that Holt planned the destruction of two liners now on the Atlantic Ocean the Saxonia and the Philadelphia by placing bombs on them. The authorities placed enough credence in this clew to make strenu ous efforts to warn these vessels by wlrelesH. Late today word was re ceived that they were safe, Kant Crnlwr ArrtHrd For. Warnings by wireless were sent broadcast over the Atlantic from sta tions on the Eastern seaboard advising the Saxonia and Philadelphia to steer toward each other. The Navy Depart ment arranged to send a fast cruiser after the liners. The Philadelphia replied that every thing aboard bad been identified and that all was well. The Cunard line and the American line also endeavored to reach the steamers by wireless. At both, offices It, was said that it would be practically impossible for anyone to pass the many lines of guards at the piers and to place ex plosives aboard the ships. Destruction Predicted by Holt. "Steamers leaving New York will be destroyed in mldocean by an explo sion." Holt is quoted as having writ ten his wife. On the margin of the letter there was a penciled admonition to say nothing about what he had writ ten. , Search Made for Dynamite. . The authorities of Nassau County joined the New York City detectives today in a painstaking search for more than 25 pounds of dynamite known to have been delivered to and unaccounted for by Frank Holt. The trunk found last night in a stor age room above a livery stable and garage In West Thirty-eighth street in f foncjutledon race i.J'nlumn IT . INDEX OF TODArS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 75 decrees; minimum. Zi'J dffrtef. TODAY'S Showers: southerly winds. Katlaaal. Wilson to decide on reply to Gerard's out line of oerman note. Pace 1. Domestic. Bright future predicted ' for country editor, fas 4. Dual personality of man who attacked Mor i first enoorn at Harvard. Face .. Two Missouri counties swept by tornado, face 1. Sports. Boston and Brooklyn Nationals play lS-tn-nlns; scoreless game. fas 14. Pacific Coast I-ctje results: Los Anseles 12, Portland O: ban Krsnclsco s. Oakland 2; Salt Uka -. Vernon 0. Pass 14. Boston Americans advance to within fraction of same of leasue'a leadership. Face 14. McCredis to set major leafue shortstop In few days, pace li. Pacific Northwest. Additional day of camp duty urged. Page A. Country editor-humorist keeps Gladstone Chautauqua in mirthful uproar. Fags lo. More fish and game Is Intent of Oregon Com. mission. I'ags 11. List of tin named as successful at recent ex amination for bar admission. Page 10. Highway party reaches Maryhlll after tri umphal tour. Page 1. Commercial and Marias. Bosrd of Pilot Commissioners organises. Psgs 11. California barley brought to Portland for first time In years. Page 14. Rains In Middle West responsible for sharp adTsnco In Chlcsgo wheat. Psge 15. Wall -street stocks unsettled by foreign sell ing. I'sgs li. Portland and Vicinity. Secretary of Nsttonsl Nurse Association tells of progress In work. Page 7. Water meter issue up again. Page V. New rsllroad rais on Iron and steel pro. tested by Chamber. Page w. Council changes some details of auditorium's prellmlnsry plsns. Psgs lO. Council rwnstatra Mr. Chsmberlsln and ends Supreme Court action. I'ags 16. Muts stage "rears snd War" stunt at Ad Club luncheon. Psgs I. E. It. Dodge testifies to details of loss of vest fortune. 1'sse 2. Montenegrins give s.'o.ooo ball after arrest on charge of neutrality violation. Psge a. Jury drswn In Csshter Compsr.y suit and Government esse outlined. I'sgs 1. WOMEN HAVE PEACE PLAN International Legislative Body and Court Proposed. SAN FRANCISCO. July 7. A definite plan for the abolition of war and the promotion of permanent peace was suggested today In resolutions passed by the International Conference of Women Workers to Promote Permanent Peace, which concluded Its four-day session tonight. The plan contemplates the establish ment of an International legislative body, which shall . create an interna tional court and police power; an In ternational council of investigation and conciliation: the abolition of secret treaties and the right of capture: uni versal disarmament, and asks that a share in the political rlghta and re sponsibilities of the world be given to women. TRADE BALANCE CONTINUES Week's Statement Shows $2 0,5 4 3, 7 78 In rvor of United Stales. WASHINGTON, July 7. A favorable trade balance of $J0.64S,7"8 waa shown by the weekly statement of Imports and exports at the 13 principal ports of the United States issued today by the Department of Commerce'. The statement shows e29.89t.ltl for imports and 50.44.:.MJ for exports. The balance is an Increase of more than 13.000,000 over the first week of last month and $11,000,000 over last week. CANNOT BE DELAYED Mt'CH LONGER. lYlARYHILL REACHED BY HIGHWAY PARTY Roadmakers Tour Tri umphal Procession. MR. MAYER BREAKFAST HOST Hearty Welcome , ! uanquet Tendered at The Dalles. OVATION GIVEN MR. BENSON Governor Kloquent in Advocacy or Good Itoads Wasco Citizens Give Greeting Sam Hill Host ror Night Itcturn Today. BY ADDISON ssKNNETT. MARYHILU Wash.. July 7. tSpe rlaL) The Columbia Hl;hwaj- dedica tion party left Hood River this morn ing at (:30 and came to the palatial country home of Mark Mayer, two miles east of Mosier. for breakfast. We were splendidly entertained by Mr. Mayer, and our hostess, Mrs. Weller. From the Mayer home we went to Ortley. and thenco to the heights over looking the Columbia, where we bad one of the finest views to be had along that great river. The Dalles Sends tireetlosr. After leaving there, we went over the ridge and soon were met by a large delegation of citizens of The Dalles In several automobiles. They escorted us to The Dalles, where we were met by a great concourse of the cltlaens and soon were seated by Judd Fish around a banquet table at the Hotel Dalles. There were about 100 at the table, and we were served with a fine lunch, at the close of which Judge Gunning gave an address of welcome, and called upon Governor Wlthycombe, who re sponded in a fitting manner, at times In his address growing exceedingly eloquent In the causa of good roads and th4 Columbia Highwa in partic ular. Ovation t.ltea Mr. Benson. Simon Benson, first citizen, spoke next, and In his usual forceful man ner told of some of his labors In be half of good roads, and promised to continue until the great highway was completed f.-tr past The Dalles. Mr. Benson met with a great ovation, every person rising and shouting a welcome. Other speakers were Senator Butler. State Treasurer Kay. Secretary of State Oliott. Sam Hill, Itufus llolman. and several other t IlizriiH of The Dalles and members of the party. t annery Plant Insnerted. After lunch we were escorted through the great cannery plant of Dibby. Mc Neill t I.lbhy, and then we wended our way eastward, across the Deschutes, via Miller's bridge, at which place we tfonelinled on I'Sse 2. I'nlumB 3.1 ; n Wednesdays War Moves BY the employment of strong rein forcements the Russians have tem porarily, at least, checked the Austro German advance toward the Lublin railway, which. If successful, would seriously Imperil Warsaw. The Rus sians on Tuesday said they bad in flicted a serious cefeat on the Austro German army In the region of Kras nlk. south of that railway, while the Austrlans lpt night said "the battle was Invigorated by the participation of strong Russian leserves.- So far as communications are con cerned the Russians now have the ad vyviN' of positions, as they have a ' system of railways behind em on which they can quickly move troops and guns to the threatened This battle, one of the nan; sine the Austro-Cermana began "their drive through Galicta, baa only Just begun, but, according to dispatches re ceived In Geneva from Austrian sources. te Russians hava thus far had the best of It and since Monday have Inflicted heavy losses on the In vader These dispatches say that thousands of wounded are continually arriving In Lemberg. Prsemsyl and Ja roslau. The German onslaught In the west thus far baa been confined to the Woevre region, where the army of the German Crown Prince Is on the of fensive and making efforts to regain the ground It lost to the French in April, wben the latter attempted to force tha withdrawal of what is known as the St, Mlhlel wedge. The Germans hava won some trenches at the tip of the wedge, but at other points, accord ing to French accounts, they were re pulsed with heavy losses. Artillery combats continue from Arras to the sea and It Is said that as a result of the Cerman bombardment Arras is in flames and its cathedral destroyed. The Germans also say they have retaken the trenches they lost to the British north of Ypras Tuesday. Horn-ever, the fighting here appeared to be desultory, despite reports from Hol land of the arrival of the large Gor man reinforcements for another effort to reach Calais. The Gallipoll peninsula again has been the scene of severe lighting, the Turks on Sunday having made their thirl attempt within a week to regain the ground which the allies took from them In their last attack. Sunday's of fensive, like those which preceded, re sulted, according to British and French reports Issued last night. In the com plete discomfiture of the Turks, who are said to have suffered again se verely. The allies are only six miles from thir goal, the Narrows of the Darda nelles, but the country between Is strongly forttr:ed and a gain of a few hundred yards la all that can be ex pected at ono time. There is talk of a new combined general attack by the land and the sea forces. DYE ISSUE IS DEADLOCKED Germany Will Not Itelas, Kiiitar0 Vnless Suplied W Itli Cotlon. WASHINGTON. July 7. Kfforts of the I'ntted States Government to se cure dyestufts from Germany for American manufacturers have reached a deadlock which appears unbreakable and officials here today expressed lit tle hope that an arrangement would be made which would give this coun try a supply of German-made colors. The German government Is under stood to hare taken the position that unless American cotton reachea Ger man ports on dyestuffs will be released for export. EMDEN JO BE REFLOATED Australian Government Plans to Kihlbit Vanquished tierman Haider. PVI'NKT, N. S. W July 7. The de partment of defense has awarded a contract for the salving of the German cruiser Kmden. which was sunk off Cocos Island in the Indian Ocean by the Australian cruiser Sydney. The contractors said raider could be floated easily agd would be here by Chrlstms. The Kmden will be ex hibited. Recruiting In Victoria has been high ly successful and New South Wales Is about to begin a new campaign for men. MINISTER DIES IN PULPIT "Prepare In IJve and Von Will He Prepared to Pie, Itst Words. Tl ltXER, Or.. July 7 (Special Rev. R. !. t'olllson. formerly of Eu gene, died suddenly at 1:4S today of apoplexy, while speaking In the taber nacle of the Oregon Christian Church convention at Turner. He had been speaking a few minutes on "The pio neer Minister." when be dropped In the pulpit and breathed only a few limes after he fell. His last words were: "Prepare to live and you will be preiareJ to die. BERLIN DENIES CENSORSHIP Swedish Mall laerlared to Have Peen Forwarded Vn touched. PEKLIN. July 7. by wireless to Sayvllle. N. Y. The report that the German authorities had opened and censored mall on the Swedish steam ships BJoern and Torsten was denied officially by the German government tddaj . The entire mall on the Torsten. offi cials declare, was mailed to the Swed ish autlioiltle untouched. Some sus pected mall baas on the BJoern were investigated and found to contain scis sors for cutting bsrBed wire. These packages, addrencd to the British gov ernment, were confiscated. JURY IS SELECTED FOR CASHIER TRIAL Defense Exhausts Per emptory Challenges. GOVERNMENT CASE OUTLINED Total Receipts by Company Estimated at $1,532,812. OFFICIALS DRAW HEAVILY Mr. IJeamr-s Say t;o eminent Will Prove Misrepresentation Was G-ii era I and Claimed Pat ent Nexer Were Owned. After II veniremen had been exam ined and the aetense had used all 14 of Its peremptory challenges, a Jury was finally selected at J:5 o'clock yesterday In JudKe Beai.'s department of the lnited States District Court for the trial of seven officials and stock salesmen of the I'nited States Cas-hier Company for alleged conspir acy to use the malls to defraud In the sale of stock In the concern. As soon as the Jury had been sworn t'nlted States Attorney Iteames be gan his opening statement. In which he outlined the Government's case and told what he expected to prove. He finished at 4:30 o'clock, after speaking for and hour and three-quarter. eersl tllirirli Assrsrlsx. On request of Martin I- Pipes, who w ill make the main statement in reply for the defendants, and specifically for Frank Menefee. president and general Tiuinasrr of the lnited States Cashier Company, Judge Bean then aJj- Jrned court to 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Pipes probably will Meak for at Ieat an hour and a half. Dan J. Malarkey. representing O. K. Gernert. assistant sales manager, and illiani M. Cake, representing Thomas Bileu, director, also will make statements in behalf of these defendants, and it 1 not in probable that short statements may be made by A. P. Dobson for Frank lMonn, sales manager, and J. J. Fltxserald. representing B. F. Bonneweil and H. M. Todd, salesmen, although this had not been determine by the attorneys last nlsht. The other defendant. Oscar A. Campbell, d'reclor In the company. Is represented by Lark Bilyeu, who may also speak I'Tlef'y. travlly of t fcarae Asserted. In beginning his preliminary state ment. I'ntted Slates Attorney Ueames empnaslxed the Importance of the case. He explained that Ira the Indictment the defendants, as officials and agents of the I'nltrd States Cashier Company, were charged with Intending: to de fraud by offering stork for sale under representations that the co:npar.y o ncd patents to various coin ehancliu; ma chines, whereas In fai t they did not own the patents. and that they had used the malls !:i furthersnre of this alleged Intention to defiaud. Mlsreatrrseallag Assets t tasraes. Oiher rhsrges In the Indictment, be pointed out. were, tlist th defendants Intended to defraud the putdtc by mis representing assets and liabilities .In various statements snd advertisements meant to give a false Impression of the financial status of the company; that In order to promote the ssle of stock. Its pries was arbitrarily raised from time to time from 110 to as high as f30 a share: that it was alleged big dividends would be paid, which It would hare been Impossible to pay; that It was the purpose of the defend ants to carry out this scheme In seen or eight states, and that In further anco of It they conspired to Use the United States malls. -V expect to show thst 11 or 1 letters were m M I ed by defendants for the purpose of carrying out this con spiracy," said Mr. Rrames. History of t osastaay Oatllaaed. Continuing, he outlined the history of the company, from Its orsanlsatlon. August Z 1309, with a capital stock of IJOd.nfiK, through various stases of its career, to January SI. 114. when It went out of business. He said that the ;overnment would show that after buying a r..in-marhin patent from a man named Totter which proved Impracticable, the company ran advertisements on March 11. 1911, an nouncing they had abandoned it, but that despite this abandonment the patent was carried on the books aa an asset of llio.ooo. Itllyea I sea I Cited. He discussed from the viewpoint of the prosecution the purchase from Thomas lUlyeu his rights in two coin machines of which Hilyeu claimed to be the inventor for $:"o.0'i to be paid In rash and $i.n(in In stock and the increase in 110 of the capital stock of the I'nited States Cashier Company to Mr. Reamcs explained that there were seven types of machine which the company purported to be organized to manuf acture. These Included a simple coin delivery machine, whlrh by compression of a key paid out in rash the exact amount Indicated by the key: a similar machine with an at tacnment recording the amount paid out; a computing machine, which by compressing a key Indicating the amount of the coin paid and another trey indicating the amount due. would Irtstsntly ray out the exact change: a coin delivery and adding machine tConeluded oa Pace lu. Column 2. j