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5 VOL. LV NO. 17,047. rORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JULY 14. 1915. IMJK'I-: FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT'S If D NOT YET IDE UP Note to Be Considered in Washington. CONFLICTING REPORTS DENIED Assertion of Future Intention Deemed Probable. RECENT PRACTICE NOTED Action of German. Submarine Com manders May Have Bearing, Though Some Officials Be ' lleve It Is Only Truce. WASHINGTON, July 13. The first official announcement of the immediate plans of President Wilson for dealing with the situation that has arisen be tween Germany and the United States came tonight in a telegram from Cor nish, X. H., to Secretary Tumulty, say ing that the President would return to Washington soon to lay the entire sub ject before his Cabinet. It indicated that the President had not yet arrived at a decision as to the policy of the Government. President Promises to Be Prompt. The White House statement was as follows: "Referring to statements appearing in certain morning newspapers with reference to the attitude of the Presi dent toward the reply of the German government. Secretary Tumulty tonight save out the following telegram which he had received from the President: " 'Please say that from the moment of the arrival of the official text of the German note I have given the matter the closest attention, keeping constant ly in touch with the Secretary of State and with every source that would throw light on the situation: that so soon as the Secretary of State and I have more thoroughly considered the situation I shall go to Washington to I get into personal conference with him and with the Cabinet, and that there will be as prompt an announcement as possible of the purposes of the Gov ernment." ' - . Earlier Reports Set at Rest. The statement set at rest reports that the President already had made up his mind on the German .reply and that he did not view the situation as seriously as did high officials in Wash ington. Word from the President was sought by officials here, it is under stood, as a result of the spread of varying interpretations of reports from . Cornish of the executive's intentions. Official opinion here continued to regard the situation as grave. Secre tary Lansing and othermembers of the Cabinet who are here hold this view, but are giving no intimations of bow they think the problem should be dealt with. Mr. Lansing and his as sistant have been canvassing the en tire field of law and policy presented by the German note and the President already had received some of the mem oranda bearing on important points. Further Study Required. Tonight's statement from the White House made It apparent that the Presi dent has definitely abandoned the idea of summoning Mr. Lansing to the Summer capital. This programme con forms to the Secretary's desire to study the problem seriously and form his own conclusions before exchanging views with the President. It is as sumed, however, that Mr. Wilson will return here the last of the week and that the subject will be laid before the Cabinet next Tuesday. Emphasis has been laid in officla quarters that the issues involved are of such seriousness and importance that consideration for a week or more of the kind of reply that should be made ought not to be construed as meaning that the necessity for a firm decision of American policy was under estimated. So far as can be gathered here, the President will find his advisers prac tlcally unanimous in the belief that the crucial point in the correspondence with Germany over submarine warfare has arrived, and that if the American Government is not to recede from its previously announced position on the principles Involved, the next note mus convey more or less pointedly the pur poses of the United States in the even of further violations of American rights in the war zone. Statement of Purpose Probable. Just what the United States should say with reference to Germany's re fusal to disavow the intention to de stroy American lives on the Lusltani has not crystallized definitely In offi cial quarters. Suggestions are heard that the German government might be Informed that the United States Intend cd to continue to press for a settle ment of the case and would keep it con stantly to the front as a diplomatic issue of prime Importance between the two countries. The general view in official quar ters is that, irrespective of what course should be followed in the Lusitania case, a statement of the purpose of the United States to assert its rights notwithstanding Germany's inhibitions on the use of belligerent ships by Americans seems most likely to be made in the next note. That such action would not necessarily lead to a rupture in relations is generally rec ognized, unless an overt act or fla grant violation of the principles for (Concluded ua face 3, Column . FALLING AVIATOR BATTLES FOR LIFE PLANE WITH WING WRECKED FLUTTERS TO GHOO'D. Machine 180 0 Feet in Air and Up side DownN When Crash Comes, but Driver Lands Unhurt. SPOKANE, Wash.. July 13. (Spe cial.) Starting to volplane from a height of 1S00 feet and while be was flying upside down, the left lateral wing of De Lloyd Thompson's biplane collapsed under the strain at ihe fair grounds this afternoon and started him head first for the ground. He battled for 500 feet in an effort to right the machine, but was unable to do so. About 800 feet from the ground the aviator managed to turn his machine, although not able to gain full control. He righted the plane somewhat and cut down his speed, but without his lateral control his machine rocked dangerously. As he neared the ground he apparently regained control of the machine and in a long glide of 300 feet managed to take the ground on the rough prairie a mile and a half from the grounds. The lateral wing was demolished. putting the machine out of commission. Mr. Thompson was not injured and climbed out of bis machine regretting that he would be unable to carry out his programme. FRANK REPORTED IN PERIL Georgia Militia Held in Readiness to Prevent Lynching. ATLANTA, Ga.. July 13. Three com panies Of State Militia at Macon were ordered held at their armory tonight n readiness to proceed to the Mllledge- ville State Farm, where Leo M. Frank s confined. Reports had been clrcu ated that an effort was on foot to lynch Frank. Roads to Milledgeville are guarded by county police. MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga, July 13. Warden Smith, of .the State Prison Farm, said tonight that prison author ities were "well prepared" if any at tempt was made to lynch Frank. Extra guards still are on duty at the farm. MURDER JURY BEING DRAWN Kecess Called In Avery Cne at Cor- vallis to Subpena More Men. CORVALLIS, Or, July 13. (Special.) The attorneys in the case of George Avery, charged with the murder of Will Purdy, have been trying all today ana yesterday atternoon to draw a Jury. 1 After going over the entire list of names of those first subpenaed , to appear, from whom the Jury might be drawn. Judge Hamilton declared a re cess for an bour to have the Sheriff subpenae more men to appear before the court. The complete list of names bad not been drawn when court ad journed. Avery has lived in this locality for several years, being well known. He is the father of the wife of Dr. Pernot, of this city. ITALY USES GREEK FLAG Austria Gives Out Details of Plan to Mislead Submarines. WASHINGTON. July 13. The Aus- tro-Hungarian Embassy tonight gave out the following dispatch from the Foreign Office at Vienna: "A Greek man-of-war about July 11 perceived a small steamer off the Island of Taros flying the Greek mer chant flag and. as it was acting sus piciously, stopped it. It had as a dis guise a cargo of hay, which concealed the real cargo of benzine. The steamer declared Itself as belonging to the Ital ian navy and hoisted the Italian battle flag in place of the Greek flag which it had previously displayed. This is considered evidence that Austro-Hun garian and German submarines were to be misled and thus destroyed." TORPEDO NETT IS TRIED American Navy Experiments With Protection Against Submarines. WASHINGTON. July 13. For exper imental purposes the Navy Department has bought several torpedo nets to hang around battleships and protect them from torpedo attacks. Secretary Daniels said today these were of the same type as those employed by the European navies. Experiments 'are now going on with the nets aboard one of the ships of the Atlantic fleet. Similar experiments made some time ago had produced no definite results, but Navy officials hope to be able so to improve the nets as to reduce the dangers from submarines. The nets are composed of wire links. BLIND WILL "SEE" BELL Special Invitation Issued by Major Is Accepted. Blind people of Portland are to "see" the Uberty Bell on its visit tomor row. Mayor Albee yesterday extended an invitation to all blind persons to report at the City Hall at A. M, where they will be taken In charge by a squad of police and alio -ecrto feel (he belL J. K. Myers. Instructor in the trades school for the blind, has arranged to have 12 of his class at the City Hall for the accaslon. and it is likely many others will be on hand. The police will keep other people away wh!l- the j blind are being "shown" the relic. ITALY'S WAR CHIEF MADE NATION'S IDOL Cadorna Beside King in Popular Mind. WHOLE LIFE SPENT IN ARMY General Long Accepted as Mil itary Authority. TALENT SOON RECOGNIZED Insistence on Discipline Illustrated by Sending On n Son to Orig inal Regiment, Away From Line of lVsvorltlsm. BY CAROLYN WILSON. (Copyright. ISIS, by the Chicago Tribune. Published by Arrangement.) ROME, June 10. In Italy, as in all other countries at war. the commander-in-chief of the army has sprung over night into a worship approaching Idola try Into a popularity which even the presence of the Xing at the front In the midst of his troops nas done little to dim. Pictures of him appear alongside those of the royal family on the mantel piece In the humblest cottases. And many a devout mother, praying for the safety of her son at the front, com mends him alike to God and General Cadorna. Cadorna is not a new man. not an unknown man. as was the case with Joffre. Although without a great deal of practical experience, nevertheless be has long been an accepted authority on things military. His books on tac tics, on attacks and on discipline have been manuals of all the Italian army officers. Kariroinrat Always Military. He comes of a military family, and has never known other Influence or en vironment. His father was the General Cadorna who commanded the Fifth army corps at Costozza and Verona during the wars of l4i and 1SS with the Austrian. And later, in 1170. this same veteran was foremost among those who fought for the separation of church and state and took Roma from the Pope. So that since earliest days for the present General Cadorna was born in 1SS0 he has beard nothing but tbe talk of war around him. the hatred of op pression, whether that oppression was of the church or of the Austrian. II has known what It is to go to bed nights rlth dread of the Austrian In hi heart and not know whether the morn ing would find him fatherless, for he was 1 at the time of the last Austrian war. So that Is why the country people say to you sometimes: "lie knows our General what Is in our hearts. He. too. has gone through it alL" When he was only 10 he was entered In the military school at Milan that same school which turned out the straight, eager young officers with whom I traveled to Bologna last week tOoncluded on Paee Column 4- v S $jj C AKtr - "iAs.. INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, Ofim,, minimum, degree. TODAYS ir sod warmer; westerly winds. War. Munitions war set will be applied In Bouts im eoei striae. Fsg J Russians mutia rarest with technical skill. bot suffer hMvy ioeeea Pace 2. General Cadorna made popular Idol et Italy. rasa J. Capture by Germans of anurhn Cemetery admitted by 1'irU. rase 3. Mexico. Villa reporta ha haa captured Queretaro and isoisteu obracon from vera crus. rasa l. NaUwaai. Edlann'a a-rptanc please Navy Depart ment, j'ag . Wilson haa not made up hie mind as te rpl to uermasjr. J'aga 1. Elke choose Baltimore aa the 11 convea- lion city, fas . Pacirte NactbweaU Letter from legislators oppose axtra saaatoa and adriM uoveraor to act la iaea-great case. Fas Dr. nulla" loctnr hold Chautaaqaana In apolL Pa a. Third Infantry completes rial 4 work and will r flora tomorrow lo escort Liberty lli. Pas 2. Maltitud e heer great oolaraa of gbrlners tt move tnrouga irt of kMUia 6. , Avlato.- battle for Ufa aa plan ltk rkxl win flutlar. to ground at bpokaac 1 Aia 1. Roaeburg meeting Indorse (l6".000.000 bond plan of signup y Inspection party. Pag i. Jack Xeaa break world' record for con co- tlr batting. Peg 12. Champion William alon ramaln a Casters tennis plarer In alnglc at Pasama-i'a- cuic gamoa. rase 12. Phillies lump bach to lead of National Lcagu. Peg A. Rain rob Beavers of likely victory. Pag 12. Commercial and Marian. Pint eblpment of IV 11 wheat la expected la Portland today. Pag It. Condition of Oregon crop high, according l Uovarnment report. pg IT. Black ruat near caueea Chicago wheat price to eoar. Pag 17. War share are feature of Well-alreet stock market, page 1 j. rctlnd ana Vicinity. Witnesses In Cashier company trial any ITU per cent dltldenu promised. Pag 1. Dr. D. N. Robarg. home from Orient, ad vises rat-proof dorks to prvnt plagu Invasion. fag is. Weather report, data and forecast. Pag IT. Sblppera and longshoremen Boon to discuss r adjustment ol rortianu iraigut cnargee. Page 14. Alaskan Legislator, south of Arctic Circle first time In 12 rear. set Kip Van Wlnkl baa little on him. Pag 11. Horae-boe.ncl Elka will be Portland goest. next week, i'ac 2. Attempt to prov bribery charge In el.vo timber suit occupies court. rsg as. Party of Iowa n writer entertained by Chamber. Pa. 1- Entertalnment la betnr planned for Suou HUrlners. expected irlday. Pag T. Mayor urge half-notlday for amplo) te see bell tomorrow. Fag a. Aaaoclated Chsrllle atlll lack 11212 of need cd fund. Pag S- Portland manuf arturer may mak ehrmpnel for Husalan and Itrlltsh armies. Pag i. RATE ADVANCES STOPPED Steel Schedule 1'roni Portland to lie Subject or Hearlnr OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Waah Ink ton. July 11. Tha Interstate Com merce Commission today suspended the O.-W. R. as N.. Northern Taclflc. Great Northern and other schedules wblcb propose to Increase rates on structural steel In carloads from Portland and other Coast points to certain Interior points. Th present rata is 20 cents per 100 pounds, and the railroad proposes to advance this to 40 cents. The reason ableness of advance will be ascertained by a bearing. Three Convicted of Oleo Fraud. COIX'MIJCS. O.. July 13 Three offi cials and an agent of th old Capital City Dairy Company were found guilty of defrauding th Government out of revenue taxes on oleomargarine amounting to tl.00u.oo0 by a Jury In United Slates District Court here to night. NOW TO TAME THE SUBMARINE. VILLA CUTS LINES NORTH OF CAPITAL Capture of Quer. IsB fT o " , o .vU CARRANZA OFFERS AMNESTY Decree 'Expected to Contrib lite to Better Order. CORN AND MILK NEEDED Banks and Store Are Cked Until Slain of Paper Money Is lx-ter-mined Carranxa Ir feat ml rrdon Artfd. WASHINGTON. July 1J. General Villa telegraphed Enrique C Llorent. his representative here, tonight that Queretaro, 'mil north of Mexico Clty.'had been captured by his troop and that the force of General Obre- gon, the Carranxa commander, were now completely Isolated from Vera Crux. Itcstoratlon of normal condition In Mexico City by the newly established Carranxa authorities Is going forward rapidly, according to advices to the State Department today. Reopening of th cable from Mexico City to Vara Crux wa announced in a message received from Consul-General Vhanklln at the capital and from Vera Crus cam th nws that direct train service had been resumed and that sup piles for Mexico City were being for warded. Carraasa Give Uaaraalrta. General Carranxa. In a message to bis Washington agents tonight telling of tbe capture of Mexico City, said that he had sent to the capital by special train all Lhe personnel for th depart ment of the treasury. Interior and poslofftr; that his government was en gaged 1A sending provisions to th city, and that ''ample aruarantee would be given to everybody, whether native er forelsn." With the reopening of the cable de tails i-f th .righting around Mexico City and Its evaluation by tbe Zapata force are beginning to be received. A dispatch to the State Department from the Kraxlllan Minister, dated July 11. waa ummaiixed by th department In tbl statement: "After a prolonged resistance, as far a their ammunition permitted them to make, th conventlonlst evacuated tbe city. Heeding tbe strong appeal of th Braxlllan Minister and hi chief diplomatic colleague not to carry out their threat ot fighting In th street, vengeance upon foreigner, etc, they retired quickly, without putting tbe measure Into effect. Decree of Amnesty ranlUaVre). "The Carranilataa." the department's statement added, "are aald to be now peacefully occupying the city, and a decree ot amnesty has been published. which. It Is said, will greatly contribute to a calm spirit and to the preservation of order. It la said that th banks and rftfirUf1f! on roiuma 4 SHRAPNEL MAY BE PORTLAND OUTPUT nniTisn and ncssiAx aci-nts N1XIOTIATIXG H1JIK. Txar' Men Wish lo Arrange With Pacific CosM Factories, lo Avoid German Submarine Dancer. Tortland Iron manufacturer soon may be engaged In th gruesome but profitable task of making shrapnel for the European armlea Agent for om of th belligerents now ar negotiating with several Port ia rid concerns that ar equipped to pro duce this kind of material. It I probable that large contracts l!l b lt her within the next few day by either th British or the Russian gov ernment for Immediate fulfillment. An officer of the Willamette Iron ea st eel Work admitted last night that hi firm was negotiating with both British and Russian war agents for th lant few weeks and that contracts soon may be signed. It Is understood that the Ruaalans are eager to place heavy orders oa thl Coast with "the Mea of transoorilng th finished product trrost th Tarlilc. wnere it Is less liable to be sent to the bottom by German submarine. The Willamette plant, aa well a ev eral other In Tortland. easily can be turned into shrapnel factories with a few Important changes in equipment and machinery. If th orders are given In the volume contemplated It I prob able that the local plant will b re quired to run night and day. RAX FRANCISCO, July 11 (Spe cial.) Coming to purchase railway equipment In great quantity, three dis tinguished Russians arrived on the liner China today and i:l go at once to the North and th Kant, where they will eonclude their purchases. They are Paul Janouahevsky. engineer, and his companions. A. RorodouMn and N. Vinogradoff. and they come from the Vladl Cauras Railway Company, of Roatoff Don. Russia. Th company they represent owns and operstes a great railway In South eastern Russia, along the Black Sea and In tho Caucasus Mounlalna The equipment they are to obtain In this country will consist of bridgest. to gether with locomotives and other roll ing slock. They cam from Runll over th Trans-Siberian Railway and to Japan. embarking on th China at Yokohama. They will spend more than 11.000.000 In the near future for equipment which they need at one, and larg auina later on. They are not connected with the government railways, but with a pri vate corporation. THE session of th British I'arlla meru yesterday a as marked by a series of Important announcements by th Minister after the Ilous of Com mons had adopted a resolution ex pressing gratification at th success ot General Loula Botaa In conquering German Southwest Africa. Th Chancellor of th Exchequer. Reginald McKenna. announced that the subscription to th new war loan had reached nearly lioo. 000.00 tl.oeo.OOJ. 000). not Including small sum re ceived at th poatomce. The president of th Board of Trade. Walter Runclman. aroused tbe House to further cheers by th statement that In view of th failure of th South Wale coal owners and miners lo reach an agreement on the wage dispute, the government had decided to apply te th nrtnlng Industry th munlttona-of-war act ThU make It an offense to take part IcU strlk or lockout un less the difference bar been reported to the Board of Trad and th Board has referred th matter for settlement by one of tbe methods prescribed by th act. A serious view Is taken of -the re fusal of the miner to accept a com promise, for. even n the face of the decision of the gaa-ernment. they ar threatening defiance. Most of the coal for the navy comes from South Wale. and even before the trouble arose th supply waa affected by the enlistment in th army of S0.00O of the younger miner. whlcfl eventually made it necessary for the government to atop recruiting In the mining district of Wales. Th crisis first threatened three months ago when the miners gave no tice to terminate the existing agree ment on July 1. and In lieu of these they proposed a national programme, giving an all-around Increase in wages. The owner objected to consideration of new law during th war and asked the miner to accept th existing agreement plus a war bonus. After a series of conferences th union officials agreed to recommend a compromise, whlrh'was arranged through the Board of Trade. The miners, however, voted against this, and th government was obliged to take action. In the House of Lords the Marquis of Lansdowne. a member of the Cab inet without portfolio, said that 13 or IS British divisions are now In France and Belgium and expressed the opinion that, although recruits are flowing In. the country would not much longer tolerate the anomalies and Injustice of the voluntary system, which I taking unusual proportions of married men. and that a national register would be useful, ahould It ! found necessary to Introduce rompleory military service. Intimated also that th munition situation wa nuw being sallfactorlly handled. Beyond the German assertions that the v have made further progress la their attacks near Souchex. the French air raid on th German line of com niunlcatlon ertng their front In the Woene, and repulse by both sides of the uul lslly attack, lilt; has hap pened oa tbe w cater a front. (Tuesdays War Moves RADIANT PROMISES OF DIVIDENDS TOLD 170 Per Cent Assured, Says Cashier Witness. EARLY PROFITS EXPECTED Accountant Reveals Commis sions of 53 Per Cent Paid. COMPANY'S SHARE SMALL llxpcrt Find Stock Chanse Hands and Corporation Treasury Is Not Helped Montana Handl ers TeMlfj for Government. Promised dividends of 1T0 rr cert were the Inducement tht led B. F. Moulton. a rancher of Grass Rsnge. Mont, to Invest SIZS in ten share of United Slate Cashier Company slock In 111. he testified yesterday in the trial bfor Federal Judge Bean of even officials and salesmen of th company for alleged conspiracy t vio late the postal fraud statute. Mr. Moulton said th slock was sold to htm by two of th defendant sales men. R. F". Bonneweil and II. M. Todd. Th Government ha been concentrat ing Its evidence against Hies two for Hi past couple of daya Testimony so far given haa been that they found a profitable field for stock selling among ranchers and cattlemen of Montana and Wyoming. That the salesmen also represented to htm that th company owned pat ent to four or flee different tvpea of coin machine was testified by Mr. Moulton. The Government later will Introduce evidence te show that at th time application for patents to some of th machine bad not even been road, although th defer con tend this Is not so. IT st lee of ire) rer Cent Relate. Oa crvs-xamlnatton by Walter Mc Henrr. an attorney of Ie Molars, la. th witness stuck to hi statement that b had keen promised dividends of IT per cent. "You ar positive It was 170 per cenlT" questioned Mr. Mclienry. The witness said he waa The reason I ask la that the man on the stand Juat befor you said IT per cent and then changed It to 100 per cent, remarked the attorney. "They told me IT0 per cent." replied Mr. Moulton. "Did they ear when ou would gel ices dividends?" Mr. Moulton said no data bad bera specified, but that they wer to b paid "soon."" "Soon" la a relative term." said Mr. Mclienry. "You know, don't )ou. that a company 1 now engaged In manu facturing the machines In Terr Haute. Ind with a big factory and a payroll of thousands of dollars, thst you bar an Interest In TS per cent ot the stock, and that It will b a bis money-maker?" Th witness did not know. II testi fied, after further croas-examlnatlon. however, that he bed been Impressed with th machln that waa demon strated to him. Mr. Moulton testified in such low tones that Judge Bean admonished him to speak up. "Speak a if you were trying to driv your stock - on th range," he suggested. large DIvle.-ad Mentioned. Another strong witness for th Gov ernment waa Walter J. Wtnnelt, also of Montana, a stock raiser. II said that on September rl. 1911. he bad bousht 100 shares at lis a shsre. for $1100. from BonnewelL "What did he tell you?" asked L'nlted Statea Attorney Rearaes, "He said the stock was sold for th benefit of th Cnlted Ststes Cashier Company." testified Mr. Wlnnett. snd he told me thst th mscblne they showed m would be ready for th mar ket In about SO days; that tbey bad enough orders to keep th factory run ning fully a year; that the company would pay a dividend of SO per cent within 00 days, and that In a very short time It would pay 100 per cent dividends." H went on to relsto that not long after Bonneweil told him he had a little stock left over which he wanted to hold, but that he did not hav money enough to awing It. Sleek rarc-hased. Agent Leatrs, "II wanted m to pay enough don at 11 a shar to satlafy the company and hold th stock." aald Mr. Wlnnett. "and that In a short time after the stock had gone up In price he would then resell It for 130 a share and di vld th profit with me. There were TOO shares, and I paid fSOO down and gave my note for 1SS00" "Whrn did you se him again?" askc'l th L'nlted states Attorney. "1 nvr him again from Itul day." replied tlx witness, "until her In court." Mr. Wlnnett testified that in ay cf th next ear. 113. Todd ram aiont; and wantd him to make out a iicur note, which he proposed to us In trad tor a real estate deed. "I told him that I waa through and didn't want anything more to Oo villi th concern." It. witness continues. "I told Mm I had written tj lh .;.. psny. ordering two of th r.iirMni, erd g-t not a scratch cf a 1-en In re tCoaclaCeil oa lag 3, Cwunaa L