THE MOnXIXG ORECOXIAX. FRIDAY. JULY !. 10I..
I LINER WITH CARGO
i OF MITIOflS AFIRE
GREAT LINER FOR WHICH ANXIETY WAS MANIFEST. AN ITEM
TINGUISHEO PASSENGER.
1500 Suits all new Spring
models will be sold dur
ing our July Clearance
Sale at actual savings of
one-third to one-half their
former prices.
I "Minnehaha Speeds for Halifax
After Explosion That May
I -. Be Due to Holt.
BLAZE IS UNDER CONTROL
Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to buy seasonable merchan
dise at greatly reduced prices. 1500 Schloss'Bros. and Sophomore Suits
and other good makes at a saving of one-third to one-half actually less
than cost. This is your opportunity to buy the best clothes without pay
ing a profit. Buy now, and measure your savings by these prices:
Theory That Morgan's Assailant Had
Accomplices Virtually Aban
v. doned After Searching Ex-
amination of Letters.
IN HER WAR CARGO AND A DIS"r
SEW YORK, July 8. While the
steamship Minnehaha, afire at sea with
15,000 tons of munitions aboard, was
speeding to Halifax. N. S., tonight, the
Atlantic Transport Line officials and
authorities here were bending every
effort to learn whether the blaze, which
was caused by an explosion, could pos
sibly have beer, the work of Frank
Holt, the assailant of J. P. Morgan, who
had given warning that a steamship
would sink in mid-ocean on July 7.
The Minnehaha was due to reach
Halifax tomorrow morning. Captain
Claret's latest message said the fire
was under control. It started late yes
terday from an explosion in a forward
hold far away from the ammunition,
which was stored aft.
IVarnins Probably Received.
Although Captain Claret did not say
bo. line officials here believe that he
had picked up the wireless warning
sent to all ships and had caused a
t-earch to be made to ascertain whether
there were any bombs aboard.
The fact that no further word was
received tonight at the offices of the
Atlantic Transport Line was taken to
indicate that the ship was making good
progress.
The Minnehaha left here July 4 fbr
London. She carried no passengers.
Her crew numbered nearly 100.
The possible fate of the Minnehaha
overshadowed all other events in the
case of the man who set the Capitol
bomb and then shot J. P. Morgan, and
finally killed himself.
The theory that Holt had - accom
plices, because of the large amount of
money he was supposed to have spent,
was almost abandoned by the police
here tonight, on receipt of much of the
dead man's correspondence. It came
from Ithaca and consisted of letters
written to Holt by friends.
Letters Contain JVo Clew.
After :uy Schull, secretary to Mr.
Woods, had gone through half of the
letters he announced he had found
nothing in the correspondence to indi
cate that Holt had an accomplice. Sec
retary Sculi said most of the letters
were of a Dusiness nature and were
dated about 1906.
With the letters were several news
paper clippings referring for the most
part to murder and Insanity. This,
Schull pointed out. seemed to clinch the
fact that Holt was Erich Muenter. He
pointed to tlio statements of Professor
Munsterberg. of Harvard University,
that Muenter always was deeply in
terested In Insanity.
The police breathed easier today af
ter they learned from an explosives
company that Holt had made only one
purchase of dynamite from It and that
It consisted of 100 pounds of the 60-percent
kind.
The inquest into Holt's death, which
was to have been held today, was post
poned until tomorrow by Justice, of the
Peace Jones, owing to the absence of
Jeremiah O'Ryan. the keeper of the
jail, who was detailed to guard Holt.
Justice Jones said he intended to as
certain from O'Ryan why the door of
Holt's cell was left open on the night
the latter committed suicide.
BRITISH SUB" IN BALTIC
FETROCJRAD SAYS GERMAN BATTLE
SHIP IS Sl'.VK BY ENGLISH DIVER.
" Admiralty Statement Snows That Diver
Traveled to Danmlg, Distance of
900 Miles Front Base.
5 LONDON, July The British Ad-
1 miralty tonight said that it was offi
S cially announced at Petrograd today
Z that the submarine which made a suc
Z cessful attack on a German warship
on July 2 in the Baltic was a British
: boat.
; The statement of the British Ad
" miralty contained the first public an
' nouncement Intimating that British
; submarines were operating in the Baltic
; Sea. It is presumed that the undersea
boat passed through the Cattegat from
2 the North Sea to the Baltic Sea and
; then traveled eastward for 200 miles.
7 The Bay of Danzig, where the warship
t was attacked, lies In the southeastern
part of that body of water. The dis-
tance from an English port to Danzig
- Is about 900 miles.
The Russian official communication
announcing that a German warship had
- been sunk by a submarine said that
- the battleship, which was of the
- Deutschland type, was steaming at the
r neao. oi a erman squadron at me en -
- trance to Danzig Bay July 2, when she
- was blown up by two torpedoes fired
- by a submarine.
ALL TOWN TO GREET BELL
y Even Postofficr at Pendleton Will
J Close During Visit.
PENDLETON. Or.. July S. (Special.)
Even the postoffice in this city will
close at S o'clock on July 12, when
the Liberty Bell reaches Pendleton on
Its way to the Panama-Pacific Exposition-
HoKtmaster T. J. Tweedy yester
day received permission from the Post-
office Department . at Washington to
close earlier than usual to give the
mail clerks and carriers an equal op
portunity with other ctizens to see the
famous relic
Honoring a proclamation Issued by
Mayor John Dyer, all stores, offices and
factories will close at S o'clock instead
of at the usual hour of 6 P. M. next
Monday to permit their employes to
see the Bell, which is scheduled to
make a 15-minute stop here, from S:2i
to 5:40.
Church Community to Sing.
VANCOUVER. Wash., July 8. (Spe
cial.) The churches were so well
pleased with the community sing held
in the city park last Sunday afternoon
in celebration of the Fourth of July,
that they have decided to hold another
sing next Sunday afternoon. The vari
ous church choirs will be present, as
will a number of well-known soloists.
An address will be made by some one
to be decided upon later. There were
several thousand persons present last
, Sunday. -
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ADRIATIC IS SAFE
White Liner's Arrival in Mer
sey Is Reported.
MUCH ANXIETY 'RELIEVED
Passenger List Includes l-'ivc Amer
icans and Many Prominent Eng.
llshmen and Canadians Mu
nitions v Cargo Large.
LIVERPOOL. July . The White Star
liner Adriatic arrived in the Mersey to-
night
Much anxiety had been felt for the
liner because or persistent reports that
especial orders for her destruction had
been given by the German Admiralty
for her destruction by submarines.
The Adriatic had on board a huge
cargo of munitions and supplies for
the allies, according to rumors current
in the same circles that predicted the
sinking of the Lusltanla.
Amonsr the 420 passengers on board
the Adriatic are five Americans and
many prominent Englishmen and Cana
dians, including Sir Robert Borden, the
Canadian Premier.
NEW YORK. July 8. Word of the
arrival of the Adriatic In Ll-erpool
was received shortly before o'clock
tonight at the local offices of the White
Star line and dispelled apprehension
over the safety of the liner, which had
t n nn -i throurh the war zone where
German submarines' are operating.
The Adriatic sailed from here on June
30 with 339 passengers and a large con
signment of ammunition. It was said
there were only eight Americans aboard
her.
FLAX CROP OUTLOOK GOOD
Governor Says Quality Is Good and
Per Acre Yield Will Bo J.arge.
SALEM. Or., July 8. (Special.) That
the outlook for the success of the
state's venture with flax growing Is
most promising is the opinion of Gov
ernor Withy combe, who has Just looked
over the flax fields In this vicinity.
"There is every assurance of a good
crop." said the Governor. "Also, the
quality of the flax appears excellent.
I believe it will run from one and a
half to three tons an acre."
J. C. Cady. the flax man employed by
the Board of Control, has just returned
from the East, where he purchased
retting machinery which will be In
stalled at the Penitentiary.
CINCINNATI IS HARD HIT
(Continued From First Paze.)
were stricken, three of the Cohen fam
ily and four of the Tennebaum family
being - among the known dead. wh:ie
four other members, one Tennebaum
and three Cohens, are believed to be
still buried in the ruins of their homes,
IS TheroBghbreda Are Killed.
At Terrace Park, a suburb, a special
train carrying race horses from L
tonla to the Eastern tracks w
wrecked and 19 thoroughbred horses
were killed or injured so that tbey later
had to be destroyed, three of their care
takers were killed, while several oth
ers. Including several Jockeys, were In
Jured. Twenty-nve members of the
Sigma Sigma Sorority. In convention
here, were on the river steamer Estelle
and the boat was run ashore and tied
up and it was not until late today that
me saiety or trie party was ascertained.
The work of searching for the dead
goes on tonight, while the captain and
the 13 surviving members of the crew
of the towboat Convoy, which hit a
bridge pier and went down, have given
up all hope that the remaining six
,BKT MR ROBERT BORI1KV, PREMIER
ADRIATIC'S DECK WHEN SHE LLrT
members of the crew are alive. Six
other members of the crew floated sev
eral miles down the river on wreckage
from the boat, but managed to land
and walk back to the city today.
Keataeky Side Sailers Heavily.
The Kentucky side of the river was
hit as hard as was Cincinnati Itself,
and It has not recovered as quickly
as the metropolis. The streetcar com
pany has been atked to keep ail of Its
power shut oft for fear of bringing
numerous dangling wires to life, while
the lighting system covers such large
area that It has been Impossible to re
pair It, and no hope for lights until to
morrow is held out
"file damage to Newport. Covington,
Belleview. Layton. Fort Thomas, Fort
Mitchell, Latonia and Ludlow, on the
Kentucky tide, it Is believed will al
most equal the amount of damage
wrought in this county. While the
telegraph and railroad service were al
most put out of commission, both have
recovered and are almost normal.
MERCHANT SHIPS CAN ARM
Lord Robert Cecil Says Defensive
Weapons Alrea-ty Permitted.
LONDON. July 8 "Verchant vessels
of a belligerent power are entitled by
established and uninterrupted usage of
the sea to carry and use armament In
self-defense." said Lord Robert Cecil.
Parliamentary under-secretary for
foreign affairs, in reply to a question
put by Commander Carl yon W. Bellalrs
in the House of Commons today.
"Several neutral governments. Lord
lioberts said, "were communicated with
in this m.ter at the outbreak of the
war and several more have been ap
proached since as circumstances sug
gested. ' The principle of merchant
ships' carrying arms for self-defense
has been generally recognized and
British ships so armed have been trad
ing regularly with the various coun
tries feince an early stage of the war."
Commander Bellalrs question was
whether in view of the unusual char
acter of ths German attacks on un
armed merchant vessels, the govern
ment would ask all neutral govern
ments to allow merchant vessels armed
for purpose of defense only, with a
gun in thf stern, to trade with their
ports in spite of the fact that they
carried a gun.
BANKERS HEAR WOMAN
"Take Parmer's Wife Into Your
Confidence," Urges Speaker.
CHICAGO. July 8. In an address to
day at the fourth annual convention of
the Bankers'-Farmers' Conference Mrs.
Nellie Kedzle Jones, of Auburndale.
Win., said the American banker was in
a position to lighten the burden of
farmers by remembering there should
always be a partnership between the
farmer and his wife.
"Take the farmer's wife Into your
business confidence, said Mrs. Jones.
"If you lend her husband money she
will have to help psy It and she will
Insist that the notes are met at the
proper time.
"I'm not sure that these men who
work in the fields have any the worst
of It." continued Mrs. Jones. "It Is
good deal easier to stand .In a hay
wagon than it is to stand over a hot
stove. You may be proud of your herds
and crops, but a farmer's wife's crop
of boys and girls seems to me to be the
roost Important of all.
AUSTRIAN LOAN GROWING
Total of Second Subscription Ilttl
maird at $900,000,000.
NEW YORK. July 8. The Austro
Hungarian Consulate-General today
called attention to a recent dispatch
from Vienna regarding the second Aus-tro-Hungarlan
war loan, which stated
that the subscriptions amounted to
2, 50.000.000 clowns 1530. 000. 000).
The Consulate-General pointed oat
that thla was not a complete statement
of the facts and that In reality the sub
scriptions on June 2S had reached the
amount of 4.500.000.000 crowna 900.
000,000) and were still coming In.
OF" 'A.4DA, AND ( RIGHT) ARMY
NEW lOHK,
REPRISAL IS MADE
Germany Complains of Treat
ment of Captives in France.
CASE, OF PATROL ANGERS
Cavalrymen Caught Behind trench
Lines bent' to Prison for Taking
IVod Lieutenant Trans
- ported to Guiana.
BERLIN, via London. July f Re
ports of continued unsatisfactory treat
ment of German prisoners of war by
the French have resulted la the Ger
man government's adopting further re
taliatory measures In an effort to ob
tain better conditions for them.
The case foremost In public atten
tion here Is that of the German cav
alry patrol headed by Lieutenant von
S-hlerstaedt and Count btrachwtlz.
who were caught behind the French
lines in the retirement from the Marne
and sentenced to five yeara In the peni
tentiary ior appropriating the food on
which they lived during their three
weeks of wanderings before they sur.
rendered. Lieutenant von Schlerstaedt'a
sentence provided that he be trans
ported to the penal colony In French
ituiana.
Patrel Treated as Crtsalaale.
The members of the oatrol. denlt
all efforts to change this sentence, are
sin i conunea in the military penlten
tiary at Avignon. It Is reported, and
are treated the same as French mili
tary criminals. Lieutenant von Schler
staedt la said to have gone Insane under
the treatment and to have been sent to
an asylum.
Six r ranch officers today were trans
ferred In retaliation to the military
prison at Spandau. They will be given
the same treatment as the patrol mem
bers until the latter are treated as
regular prisoners of war, it la an
nounced. Other Reprisals Cited.
Fifty other French officers were taken
from officers' prison camp and sent to
Fort Zorndorf. near Kueatrln, In an-effort
to enforce better treatment of SO
German orticera at Fort Entrevaux.
Frame. These Germans. It Is said, are
held In strict anest In four casements
of the French fort, and are allowed to
leave their cells only an hour dally.
Officers who are prisoners in Ger
many, Including the French, have, on
the other hand, full freedom of move
ment within the limits of the camps.
They are not even locked up at night,
merely being pledged to remain within
their sleeping quarters.
WOOD COMPETITION GAINS
Commerce Department Ileports on
Philippine Lumber Market-
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.' Wash
ington. July I. Douglas Or from Ore
son and Washington ajid redwood from
California dominated the Philippine
market during the past year, so far as
Imports are concerned, announces th.
Department of Commerce, but these
woods may b. expected to meet active
compewtion from native lumbar In th.
future, according to thla same author
ity. The Department's announcement
says:
The Ia!an4a provided a market far mors
then tooo ikx worta of forwt frxxiueta la toe
12 mooirta ended Juna uu, lvl. and prau
tlrallr th. entire quantity reprtnaiM b
lha rlcures mm eh!ppd frm lae. ttouflaa
fir mli: of Washington and uresa and tot
redwood mills of California.
Mr. smith found, however, a sharp com
petition by native vtooda and It la his uplnmn
tnat this -lil Inevltablv b.rumt keener. Karb
surreedlna; year. h thlnlta. v. Ill wilneea an
Inrrraalne cut of i'hlllfplne wckxH The con
rlu.toQ reached la that the prospective de
mand for American lumber la lit fntltp
pinta Is not particularly cucourssms.
$15.00
$20.00
$25.00
$30.00
$35.00
Blue Serge Suits 2o'0 Off
Furnishing Goods and Straw Hats Reduced for Quick Selling
Phegley & Cavender
Cor. Fourth and Alder Sts. '
GERMAN AHACK STRONG
ISSt'K FORITU IX WKST, BIT AU
LIKS DtCMMK THHY HOLD.
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pi.rted rTom Prtraf (',
Greaadra aad Bessa-a la le.
LONDON. July 8. The Berlin aaxr
tlon tnat the Germans have retaken
trenches near Ypres. Belgium, rec.ntlr
seised by the Brltlsn, Is not confirm 1
from British sources. At several points
In France the Germans have been at
tacking violently but the only lo cji.
ceded by the French Is in the St. Mihiel
district. Th. French admit they have
lost a strip of trenches measuring IM
yards. The German official statement
makes the distance Sou yards.
The i'etrosrad correspondent of th
Timea ssys that according to private
reports all paasensrr traffln on Ihe
German railways has been suspended.
He says It la believed that large forces
are leaving th. eastern front for the
western theater, with a view ot an Im
pending ruh on Calais.
The official report from Berlin ssvs
than hand-Krenade fishtlng for posses
sion ot trenches w.t vf bouclies Is
continuing. Caitur. of three officers
and 400 men Is further reported.
The French report specifies numer
ous relatively minor engasements. It
as th. Germsns prepared for an at
tack north of th. Uethune-Arraa road
with a bombardment of especial vio
lence, but were repulsed completely.
At one tin. of German trenches, says
the report, every defender was killed
with grenades and bombs. In Belgium
a German attack directed against the
trenches which th. British troops occu
pied on July . to th. southwest 'f
filken. was taken under the fir. of the
British artillery and th. French field
guns and dispersed lth heavy losses.
Both reports agree that there have
been spirited artillery enaagementa at
many points, hand grenades and aerial.
At some points the exchanges have
been exceedingly vlol.nl. fckisons has
been bomberded.
TAX BOARD MEMBER NAMED
Governor Lister Appoints Arthur A.
Lewis to Represent Hint.
OLYMTIA. Wash.. July . (Spelal.)
Governor Lister has appointed Arthur
A. Lewis, uf th. publlo service com
mission, as his representative on the
tal. Board of Equalisation, which
meets In September to fix the stat. tax
levy and distribute railroad taxes
among the counties.
The recent legislature removed the
member of the state tux .ommii"1on
Fliraal CalM
This is the climax of our Great Removal Sale. We
must absolutely clear out every garment before
our lease expires, and we move to our new location
at Sixth and Washington streets. Positively every
high-grade Suit in our shop will go. Suits of indi
viduality in style, workmanship and fabric, the
kind of clothes that has made Politz' phenomenal
growth. Blues and blacks included in this final
wind-up. Suits selling to $35.00. Many beautiful
patterns, tweeds, serges and cheviots, every color
and weave included. This is your last chance to
buy Suits that have style and individuality at
this price. Final call.
$1I.5
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from th. board of equalisa 'ylon. maklng
the majority ot that body Itepubllcan.
but allowed the Governor to designate
one member of the public ervlr coin
mlntton to act as his representative on
the tax levylnc board.
BERLIN YIELDS TO VATICAN
Wife of Belgian Minister Ileleased
at Iteqaest of l'ope.
PAUIS. July t The Home corre
spondent of the llavas News Agency
sends the following:
The Corrlere delta Sera says that
news hss been received at the Vatican
that Germany, as a result of the Tope's
intervention, hss ordered the release
of Mnie. Carton de V lart.
Madame de Wlari. who Is the wife f
the UelKlan Minister of Justice, was
sentenced recently to three months'
Imprisonment for correpondlng with
her husband, according to newa dis
patches. The German authorities ac
cused her of endangering the security
of German troops. Later It. was re
ported that h. had been sent to Berlin
as a prisoner.
Firt 115 Wheat Is leaded.
GALVKSTON. Tex.. July . What Is
expected to be the first cargo ot 1915
wheat to be exported from any Ameri
can port was being loaded today on
board th. Hrlti.n steamship Alalia.
She ill take approximately Ili.OOo
buhel.
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