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. iVt7 , ' THE WEATilKl: - . Vr ; Fair tonlsht. and THE OXCE OVER A daily editorial ."" 1 v page featnrfl WlldUZ taucb worth westerly, s winds. Jf1" , -Humidity, . 7?. Ti -, w ', . 3 p. m., 8 7. Vol.' xiv. no. 99. PORTLAND OREGON (FRIDAY ? EVENING; JULY 2,1 1915 EIGHTfiEN' PAGES ' - PRICE TWO CENTS VtShSZl BREEZE BLOWS, TODAY IIS HOT QUITE SO HOT Starting Witfiv Temperature of 65 at 5 Mi at 2:30 P. M. Thermometer Regis tersv 87, Degrees. TRAFFIC COPS STILL .."CLAIM HOTTEST JOBS Window, Washers and As , phalt Layers Also Have - , Hot Work. ; - i.j - Sourly Tempexatntes Today. ' The wrtirly terfiperatures to day were: ' 6:00 a. Jru'i. J . , .5 degrees . . 6:00 7:00 8:00 m. , j. ...68 decrees m. m. 68 degrees 1 69 degrees . 9:00 4u m. i . ......71 degrees 16:00 a. m. 4 V.VV CL. HI. ... M . . . . , .. UCKltO 11:00 a. m. . j. 78 degrees ,74 degrees 42:00 noon . 81 degrees 1:00 p. m. .. . 4 . 2:30 p. m. 184 degrees , 87 degrees . 1 4fr 3 4( it lit lf 3ft 3t 3i $1 4t 3f 3t tt lli j Today you. is not quite i so hot. thank A -cool breeze Is, tempering the heat that baked everybody . yesterday. - Starting at: his day4 work at the same martc as n aiu yBteruay inuiu tnc, 65 degrees at 5 o'dlock. th Heat did not hit the same stride todny. . At 10 o'clock the government ther rnometer s registered 74 r degrees, as compared with SO j at . the saint) hour yesterday momingj - At 2:30 today the nercury hesitated at 87 on Its upward march. ' Tester day it was six degrees warmer at that nour. - - t - The traffic cops still hold the undis puted title of having 'the, hottest Jobs In town. : A no ther torrid occupation is that of window and building washing. Men washing-the white walls of the Olds. Wortmaa & King building have one of the -hottest jobs, but probably the not-' lust Of all is that of repairing asphalt j-avemeBU rUicbem.a always to . be- necessary when the. wheels or i'noeous' chariots, make, - thiir most -blistering track across the sky." ' I " -- , Indications are that while today will be cooler than yesterday by .several degrees, it will be nothing to call for furs. ' , " -At 6 this morning the) thermometer registered 66; at T, 68; at 8, 68; at 9, 71; at 10 o'clock, 74; at 11 o'clock. 78 degrees, and at noon, 81 degrees. -; it was 84 yesterday atnoon." Today is S degrees cooler. At V o'clock yes terday it was 95.6 degrees ' ' TAPPUE FALLS BEFORE STORMING BY Crown Prince's , Army Ad- f vances Along 250 ? Yard -Front in the'Argonne, Berlin, via wireless to, London, July 2. (U. P.) Wurtemburg troops under the crown prince stormed and captured Point Appue In the Argonne, the war office announced today. The army of the crowjf prince was declared to have advanced on a 250 yard front. . The Wurtemburg troops are declared to have captured 1710 men, 25 officers, 18 machine guns and 40 mine throwers. The official statement ; describes the French losses in - resisting the attack aa extremely heavy , j : ' Germans . in Counter Attack. -, Paris, July 2. (U. P.) -Violent counter attacks are being made against the allied lines by-the Germans from Arras to Ypres. The British . in the -region of Ypres are being subjected to terrific .bombardment, today's official communique slated. ?The artillery ac tion' la followed by. massed attacks of enemy Infantry attempting to" storm' the British positions. So fax; these at tacks have been repulsed and the Brit ish are holding their lines gallantly, the statement said "' ..: r : ' Advancing .from La Basse the Ger- mans attempted to storm the English positions in the brickyard along the Bethane, road. They were repulsed In confusion and successive attacks'- de livered against the English also failed, the official announcement said " Rushes against the French along the Angres-Ablaia road were easily re pulsed. -, ! In the Argonne the Germans resorted to the use of asphyxiating gases. I btlt yr ere only temporarily successful., f HERE IS THE FIRST ONE Salem, Or.. July 2.-.The first f victim of ; fireworks reported i here was the-6-year-oid son f. - Roy Keer,- who had ' his face v badly burned when; a firecrack- er he was examining exploded. " m ' IS A VANDERBILT HEIR New ,Tork, July ' 2.Cl. N. - S.) In volving possible ehanj? in the distrl bution of the Alfred G. Yanderbilt es tate another child for Mrs; Vanderbilt s expected in the fall. PON UBURG CORPS 1 PORTLAND HAS Some of Portland's giant policemen who may be (elected as guards 6 feet 3 inches. ' Left to right C. F. Hunter, 6 tt. 5 in.; H. A. - 3 in. "All are traffic officers.' " t ' '. ' GIANT GUARDIANS OF . LIBERTY BELL TO BE . TOPPED IN PORTLAND ; j : . t, Mayor Will" Have Policemen ,; Who Can; Look; Overheads ; r" of Ph iladelphia's - Finest.; When Ihe famous liberty . Bell ar rives here 'Thursday; JuIyjj 5, four Portland policemen who can "overlook the heads of the giant, policemen who accompany the. bell are to be detailed to guard the relic while in this -city. Mayor Albee' decided this 'morning that as long as , Philadelphia had ' se lected hen biggest; policemen' to travel with the belt as guards Portland would have her biggestmen on ,vthe Job to help them : when the. bell: arrives here. Each one of .the men :to be selected. will tower above the giants ' of Phila delphia, for there will be "several Inches difference in favor of the .Portland po licemen between ;the. two sets of 'Offi cers. The tallest Portland officers are six' feet; five inches- in. height, while the tallest coming from Philadelphia are only six feet three.. . - ..j Mayor Albee' has not (definitely de cided on the men, but it is probable that C, F. Hunter, .H." Ac Lewis, : F. D. Hepner,. V. P.. Owens and R. L, Schad Will bo on the list; from which ; the quartet of local giant ; patrolmen 'will be selected. Hunter Is 6 feet 5 Inches tall "H. A. Lewis 6 feet 5 Inches, Hepner, 6 feet S inches, . Owens' S feet ,3 inches;, ,and Schad S feet 3- inches..,: , t . ' -j . - The policemen comingr ; fro m Phila delphia, and their -freights, are: -i - James J. -Quirk- feet 3 inches. W. -E. Sykes-6 feet -1 inch, Joseph- W Franks 6 feet 3 inches and James E. Jackson 6 feet 2 inches. - - , Patrolman Ben Wade Is believed to be the tallest man on the police force, he being even taller ' than Hunter,-with his 6 feet 5 inches. , He can. not be one of the guards, lioweyer, as he is on- his vacation and will not return for work in time for the: Liberty, Bell celebra tion. . ; ; , -y - , - 7 v President's ' Vacations i May.' Be; Extended Cornish; K, H., July ' 2. ( L - N S.) Inclement weather today did not. pre vent President: Wilson from, taking his usual long walk through the woods, as golf was Impossible, ...Advices 'from Washington' were "so. reassuring, that 'the president -has de cided to extend his vacation until un- jusual developments - in the .interna tional situation - should render - his presence In the capital imperative; - i : TtJe note t urtat Britain regarding Interference - with. American -shipping is DccuDTing the president's attAntinn at present,' although the actual work oz pulling nis meas-oa m 'subject into tangible t shape has not been' started yet. . ; , ' . PV , . ' - A rchbisbop . Quigley J I'Near , Death. Rochester, K. Y..- July 2. (12 fr. S.) -Although Archbishop -Quigley .early today showed slight improtvemenft; and was able for. the first tim in Several ' days to recognize and speajt to - his friends, laten in the day he grew worse i rapidly, and his -death was expected at I any moment. , . BIGGER GUARDIANS FOR LJBERTY:BELL THAN Av'JuvX ..-'X ji-- my.. BAKER 'WOULD- HAVE'' IN CASE T New: ) Commissioner, Starts , Excitement ;.in Council at -First -'Session, V . ' Without; ,the slightest of warning George L.". Baker, Portland's new com missioner ."of public affairs, -s at , his first council meeting today; introduced aaresolutioxf asking ; for the' dismissal of the case of Russell:' Chamberlain, discharged city hall Janitor, now pend ing before. the supreme court. .' - The resolution . came like a ' bomb shell , fronx" a dirigible., and; hit the council amidships. It came so sud denly : that " the T other commi ssioners did not have a chance to get over their surprise .before Commissioner -Baker was insisting on'a vote; ' . When theyv did ;get v over their sur prise, ' however, they-, blocked Commis sioner Baker's wishes by referring the resolution ; to the civil ? service board. Baker protested vigorously against the action, -' steadfastly! insisting on -the adoption of his original resolution. buT the council by the votes of Mayor Al bee and Commissioners Dleck- and Daly turned him 'down. " ? - . . -: .Accompanying the resolution' was" a letter written by Commissioner; Baker in which he "Stated that -he would pre fer to. have the. chargesagalnat' Cham berlain dropped. ' " r-i . " "After a . thorough' investigation of the facts,' read. the. letter, :i am.con- ( Concluded en- Pas Two,- Cotumul Sti Austriali;U-ll;Siiiik; i By Frenct Bifdman "i.yr-$ :'-' ... .. -. - ,-.--.. Attack Takes Place la Adrlatlo; Boat ; Was On of .fewest of Vary- Carried -. Baaall Crew. -.' - - v- -- ? ', .-- Rome, July - 2,-r-(U. P,) A.: French aviator bombarded, and t sank the Aus trian submarine U-U In the Adriatic, it ' was of flclally announced here" to- cently constructed submarines of the Austrian navy, and was a vessel of 800 tons.-" The' submarine, is supposed, to have carried .a crew of 25. -; -" This 4s the second instance in which an aviator is credited with having sunk a submarine by dropping bombs on the under-sea craft.' A German aviator 1J said to have destroyed a Russian sub marine in Uke Baltic- , - ",, Roumanian Electa "r Man-. Favoring War ineolas , rUipeMa. Xaflaeatlal States ! man, JTew President of Wlay Which Wants Country to riffht With Allies. Bucharest, July 2.-T.- N. S.i-V-N ic- bias Filipesca, one of Rou mania's most i CHAMBERLA COUR DISMISSED ed president of that wing of the Con-1 TON . BUREAU OF, THE JOURNAL.) servative party which favors Rou- ! The.- postof flee" -department has an mania's entrance into the war on the nouneed -a change in the name of Dll id of th quadruple entene powers.' Ion, Wasco , county, to Celilo. 1 " r - ' for the liberty Bell. The tallest Is Lewis, 6 ft. 3 in.; F. D. Hepner, O i .. . .".,- .';f . HAVING STATE TAKE' 0.1 C. SUIT LANDS Recommend.. Classification : and,k Sale, With ; Surplus MoneyReverting' to State Salem,,Or., July: 2. Governor. Withy-f combe made- it plain today that he is opposed to ' tl state's .-buying' . the lands involved in the-. O. & C suit, say ing that: he. believed'?, the -undertaking too speculative, 'and one requiring a, constitutional amendment. " - '' His- plan sis to recommend that -the lands ;. be classified-, -air to value and sold within. - m reasonable . time, and that all jpver 22.60 -per acre go to the state, ana be divided among the irrii gationV .highway and. school funds. The governor is sending out letters to all mehtbers of the legislature telling of the plan and '.asking tor its approval and suggestions., , He also asks the legislators if they think a. special ses sion advisable,. ' ' At -present ... Governor ' Withyconibe says Jje. doesj .not. consider one advis able, but- If a - majority- Of - the legis lators want one he will give the mat ter consideration. - ;--', Alaskans Oppose.; System of Bidding Tell Secretary of Interior -If lots on Bhip .Creek Oo to. . Blffhest : Bidders' They ,W1U Be Shnt Out. ' -v" Anchorage; 4Alafek!.'July-. V. P.) General dissatisfaction with the plan to auction the lots on - Ship creek town site . to the - highest bidder found expression ' today - in. telegrams . to Sec retary of ' the Interior Lane, Governor Strong -and Delegate Wicker sham. ; ' ; The telegram . to Lane, readr . ; : . "Today- 1014 signed petition ask ing your" assistance ; in changin? the Bystem'-of selling- jots to the-, highest bidder.- ': .Poor. Alaskan 'residents prac- V ' 1" i ' Makes!ltaly. Angry Protest Kade to Triple Bnteste . canse of Oeonpatton of Scutari, Al ?. hania; Allies Assure Italians. - ' Rome, :Jly 2. (U. P. Italy has formally protested tor the triple; en tente against Montenegro'sv occupation of Scutari, Albania. The allies, are said to, hkve assured the Italian foreign of !Ri ' VSf.JK'Sr slon of Scutari will be definitely set tied at the end of the war. ' , -Montenegro has long desired Scutari and Captured 'the city after a siege In the - last Balkan ' war. Demand -was made that the Montenegrins ' evacuate the city at the close 'of the war and an International blockade was ordered - to enforce thedemand of the powers, f V, - AOT lliion, aw. ITUVPnMD OPPOSES fIJII UUI PHILADELPHIA 6 feet 5 inches and the shortest r ft. 3 in., and . K. Owens, O ft.: j .-- ---:f' . BECTOOIIERATEDi ' 'BY-CONFESSION iN:; HANDS, OF DEFENSE i'-MJ.iA ii - v..- .v., ;-".-. aJJi::..J'. Attorney: H. T, Marshall Says "Bridgie;Webep Told Him : '.Condemned 'Man Innocent. New Tork,, July 2.'. (I, N. s.)i Charles F. - Becker "had absolutely nothing to do wi th the murder of Her man Rosenthal." ; , . f . This, confession, s according , to.- At torney Hartford T.. Marshall, was made to him by "Brldgie' Webber, a New York -gunman. whose . testimony was largely,, responsible for the' conviction of former t Police . "Lieutenant Charles F. Becker on a charge of complicity in the' murder 'of Herman Rosenthal, a New .York gambler, In .'front of , the Hotel' Metropole 'here several months a'i: - t'w. - Becker, who Is under t sentence of deaths-. was ; reprieved yesterday until July 28, by Governor Whitman. Mr-shall-r has'-acted ,ts i Webber's attorney at various times. ' -Webber's alleged, confession has created a, sensation in police circles. , "Becker," said. Marshall. ,-is innocent-of the crimes - When Webber em. ployed. me he admitted he, and others were perjuring, themselves to save their "skins. I told him to get. another lawyer. - From then ' on ' I could not speak because of the professional ob ligation tiue ta client. 'If I had not been convinced- of Becker's . Innocence I. would not have .aligned, myself with the defense at the, second trial.'. . The defense plans. to use Marshall's anioavu.in an enort to secure a new trial. , , f..-, ,v-.;.. , . - ' i Well Eiiowii Eussian t'OomniaridfeKilled f : - t -;. .. .r- . . - . v...-..,..-.- . . Oenexal Tokareff Shot Tuesday While . T.eaaipg Against Austrian Positions iH Oaacia, Aocordlng-to Beport. , . Petrograd, J uly- 2. (L'.N. S. ) -General , Tokareff, -one bf the most, able and best- Known7 Russian commanders in the -operations against the Teutons; was': killed - Tuesday while leading a campaign- against - an .Austrian posi tion in Gallcla. : Official' announcement -' of ' Oeneral Tokaref fs death was made here today, Zeppelin Explodes While -Leaving Shed Amsterdam.' July 2.-MTT. P.) A Zep pelin, ' leaving , its shed . at Brussels stecor-dlng to dispatches h7e Wednesday, exploded - and : was de- today. '- The cause of the ekploslon is notv knpwn,-- and whether there - were any casualties has not been learned. --ii v', y 1 .... .. 1 " ." 1 yJ si Austria Invaded : i ,y By. Serbian Forces x Nish. . July 4 tVJ.. p.") Serbian forces -have invaded Austria, and cap tured .MIcharskaada, 40 miles west of Belgrade, it was officially announced today.,; The Invaders took 195 pris oners. ' j , . ..'.., . .. PORTLAND ELKS VILL BUY QUARTER BLOCK FOR A NEW BUILDING Authority ' G ranted ' to : Secu re ; Site at -Twelfth; arid . Aider Streets , ''. .. The Portland ' lodge of Elks has de cided to purchased valuable property which ultimately will be the site for 'a new lodge home. . A-t last night's meeting of the lodge the board of , trustees were authorised to purchase a lot 100 by 100 feet at the - northeast corper - of Twelfth - and Alder '- streets - from - the owner. Dr. Charles W. Cornelias Sf this' city. The price agreed upon was 1 1 07,400. ' In part exchange Irf Cornelius has agreed: to take a lot at the southwest corner of Thirteenth and Taylor streets150 by 100 feet in dimensions on a valuation of 123,733, This prop erty nas oeen owned by the lodge for seme time. .''. - . -. The property Just purchased. by the lodge Is occupied by two frame build ings and will not be Improved at the present time. . Several nrooertiea have been under consideration by , an in vestigating . -committee - for -. some time ana an , preliminary negotiations were made by it. The committee consisted of J. P. FInlev. OeOra-e P. Henry. John E. KeUey. Dr. Harry F. vMcKay Jand '. The lodge "which is ther wealthiest one in the order, also owns "the "corner lot and building it occupies at Brbad way and starkl street. . The valuations on the two properties were those placed upon them, by Henry E. Reed, who ,was, chosen by the par ties. - m - - - 4 ' It is 'generally agreed that the Elks have made a. good buy, as three years age- Dr. Cornelius was offered 1150.000 for his property at Twelfth and Alder. ECCLES ADMITTED HE WAS CHILD'S FATHER' WITNESS TESTIFIES George Gibbs, Secretary bf First President'of 'Mormon .Church, Helps Case,-.r ? Ogden, truh,july t. 'cu., P.)--What Is considered the ' most Important evi dence yet- produced in favor of Albert Geddes Eocles, as son of the late mil lionalre. David Eccles. was gjven today By eorge Glblss, secreta.ry to the first president, of the - Mormon ; church," that Eccles, in 1900 admitted to him he was the father of the boy. -.U X -v Gibbs testified in the' trial - of the young man's suit for a share of 1 the Eccles estate - that the . admission re sulted from -the activities of "Bishop George S. Bram well of .Plain City, in seeking- -.'excommunication -- of" Mrs. Geddes because 1 she would . not - name the father of her child. Gibbs ; testified in low. tones, and spoked as. if .he were talking about the most sac fed things. After he had told of Eccles' admission, be said the mil lionaire praised Mrs. Eccles, and de scribed her as - a "good 'girl. ? Gibbs testified that Eccles had ; decided not to tell i the late president of the Mor mon church about the alleged plural marriage.. ,..-. .,:.' . , Wanted to Proteot Family. , i The ceremony did not take place un der the regime of President Snow, and It was after the- manifesto of President Woodruff, forbidding plural marriage, was issued. ; "After deciding : that he himself could not see -the president about It,' testified Gibbs, "Mr. ccle authorized me to -say in conference that, if it was necessary. Margaret Geddes. be longed to him; that she was a good girl, and that he was the father of her child Mrs. Geddes ' wished ' to keep it secret, becausev as Eccles said, the truth would - be - the means of breaking up his family. "When the matter of , the threatened excommunication' of . -Mrs. Geddes reached President Snow, I . told him that. I knew the 'father-of her child, but did not tell him the, name of - the man. He asked me why the man did not take his wife arid go - to Mexico. where he could raise his family under proper Mormon conditions.- ' WiUMl Spirited Awy, - ; . "When I told this to Eccles later, he replied that he was more afraid of the church than he was of - the courts of the land. He laughingly added that he thought this country , was big enough and not overpopulated for him to keep Maggie here." - . - ; i . - ' Joel i Nibly.s . son ? of the presiding bishop of the Mormon church, intro duced himself into the case, . He was asked whether he would Induce persons who knew .Albert's - father . to testify for the boy. Nibly said they had d ex pended on' one good witness, Mrs. Baird, sister of Eccles,: who knew the facts, but that she had been spirited away. At this Juncture Gibbs said that, the other - person whom Nibly ' was ' after was himself, but ' that he did not want Nibly to know it. , Later Gibbs said he had admitted to President Smith, of the Mormon church that . he knew Eccles admission. . " ' . Gibbs was .cross .examined for an hour, but all - efforts to shake his original testimony failed. . ' f : 90 Persons Blown To Bits by Powder r . . , Kort - of - Vlotims 'of Sxploslom la - Vyxoteennie Vaetory, , Where Sockets Being Made for Army, Were Women Marseilles,- July 2 (tJ.OP.)Ninety persons, mostly women, were killed by the explosion of i pyrotechnic factory engaged in making rockets for 'the army here - last night. : The' victims were blown to .hits. In the search of the ruins today only four whole bodies were recovered. - : - , ,i. . ULIIIllMU uUUIIIillllliiLU, litl LU Ul IS TO VESSELS Crew; Mutinies", in " Tear of Submarine 4r .- QUeenstown, 1 July 2--- (II." Mt P.) Fearing attack by German,; submarines.!, the crew - of, the IK Jit . Norwegian bark Abyssinia aiu-. , r, tinted in the harbor here today, m & ' refusing to put to sea. . Ih a bloody. battle on deck. Hi officers of the bark shot three r members., of -the crew. . i Two 4f it were .fatally wounded.' Har- ibor police quelled,- the mutiny. i. The Abyssinia is sttit at an- ijt chor here. , -, i - ... - ,...:'- m EX-PRESIDENT- DIAZ. IoMgo Dill : DADI0. lJ . rmio ii Revolution of 1 9 1 1 Drove : ManliWIioadO'l M exlco OrdeVlyill nto Exile, -4 l1 y V. If rs4 sasv. s.t . 4mMam--w.i :? ;; .r.PprflrioDIaz.;;;;,;,: "-... . j .-iry.-'r.. - 'S' ' V. i '.' if- I "'' f" .-iilftlyjt--i(tr".'!: .)-rOieral Porfirio Diss, former dictator and pres ident of Mexloo, (dled her today. , A revoInUon. headed by the lata Tramclsco Madero sent Diss Into exile tal911. - With General Dlas - when i the end came were his ' wife, Senora : Carmen Romero' Rubio Dias, and their -son, Porfirio Dlas Jr., and the later s wife. BULLETINS Turkish Trencheg Takn. -v London, July 2. (U.'P.) The cap ture of several more Turkish trenches on the Gallpoli peninsula was reported to the war office this afternoon' by General Ian Hamilton, commanding the British' forces In the Dardanelles. The Turks delivered counter attacks In an effort to -regain thel oat' posi tions, but .were ; repulsed with heavy losses, Hamilton said. , - - Serbians Occttpy - Dnrazzo. .-. ' ' Rome. Jul v fll. P.V - Serbian troops have occupied Durazzo.Albania, it was announced tog ay. TlfiH ;T';f vit" ' '.' i'Mi - Tliree Killed by' Cay-ln. ' Glenwoodsprings, Colo July1 J.-i-(I. N.- - S.J Three men were .killed . and three others badly injured by cave- In at the South Canon oCal mine today. unose Killed were: John Hart, An drew Bergman and - Vincent ' Smeekle. iV:r.JT::.'S;- ':'r Ten Lost With Lugger. : - Amsterdam, July; I. (I.' Ni'taj -The Dutch lugger K. W. 147 of Katwyk struck a mine in the North sea todav and.- was wrecked. Ten members of the, -crew -;were saved and - 10 were drowned. -.; ... , . '.:. 'tliawf Trial Adjourned. New York, July 2. (1. N. S.) Jury trial .to determine the mental m of Harry K. Thaw this afternoon was ' ' '. ' ' ' .. " . ' ' ' V Veterans Come to - Aid Crown Prince Paris, July I. N. S.)-t-Crown Prince Frederich Wllhelra today was continuing his efforts to pierce the French front in. the Argonne region, r Reinforced' by ; Prussian veterans. his army Is maintaining . furious at tacks, - out so lr ail liave been' re pulsed, according;' to today's i off i?ta.l communique. The , statement charac terizes the fishting last night In the Argonne as the "most violent in weeks with the Germans using bomb throw ers and. poisonous ' cases." -r "The Germans,." says the statement. '"have taken the offensive in the-Arras district Attacks on French rosXions on -thei Albain road have ' been re- pulsed. fAc hinfATno mo uiumiuu fi x-i,---?:'.; '- r .."V.V",',v'-v.'-:i-.ir.;is- .-.,5'v ' S I 1 I 1 I I LEAVING POUIC II, SIOKILF IMIE. Four Big Steamers Are Sent o Bottom in Rapid Suc cession Making" Biggcct ; Waul Since the Lusitania. SECRET 'SIGNALS HAVE : JUST BEEN PERFECTED Fears Felt -for .White Star Liner Adriatic on Her Way With Big Cargo." .' London,' July 2. Germnn submarine commanders are being "tippel" on the departure of : BHtlsh vessels , from American' ports. Definite reports to this; effect were received by the ad miralty; today coincident with the re newal of submarine attacxs on a larg Scale. ' , . '' "a.: . ,- . Reports of ther sinking of the four big steamers, , a;, schooner and a brk were received by the admiralty In rapid succession , today. The night'M work by the submariHes represnnied the biggest haul made since the Lul taniai. was-sent to the bottom a ail of the ships sanlc Were vessels of iuoim than 301)0 tons, three Of them being of more than 4000 tons displacement. The steamer Welsbury, one of Ilia Victims, was warned that she wouM l..s sunk, soon after sailing from Cuba. The crew found, painted Jn large let ters in the forehold, . the Inscription : "You have a cargo of pugar Tor Kn . land. You will never get there." -XI, i was taken as a Joke, iSut In view i the fact that a submarine came along side i and sent the Welsburg to th bottom, the admiralty displayed Vn greatest interest in the warning whU h the vessel received. Fears Jire admittedly felt'for tl.n White Star Uner Adrlatirwhlch sail.-1 from New York , on Wednesday. It was recalled today that similar rumor of the-;tveBseI ; being 'marked, for sub marine ' attack were- circulated wIiki -4- (OooMuoad on l'e Tn. (oIiioid fourt first Witness for state takes staijd IN THAV'S HEARING Nothing of Interesting fa : ture 'Brought 'Out; Throw-Sing- of ' Beer . Bottle Cited, I New "York,; July 2.The first wit nesses for the state to take the stan.l today in the Thaw sanity hearing 1 .'. I little" of value to offer. , PolicemaM Frank McFaddman of Coatlcook testi fied to his belief in Thaw's .irration ality as evinced by .Thaw hurling a, beeri bottle through the Jalljr-windov and other minor outbreaks. Inspector H. Giroux ' of Coatlcook stated that he Considered Thaw "dan gerously mad!' but under cross-examination admitted that the whole town was greatly excited on the day Ttiv was deported and that, h mljtht have been influenced to this opinion by t:. general' excitement.. James p. Barrett, doorman "at tli Old Tenderloin station to which Tliaw was taken immediately after the kill ing of Stanford White, told something of Thaw's actions, and behavior at thut time, but was unable torememter much,, - ' Deputy Attorney General Cook stat ed, that he was fully convinced thnt Evelyn Nesbit Thaw would appear m a , state's witness despite reims of her reluctance to testify. , : Cook intimated thatl the act r would likely take. the stand next Tu day. ...: , . . : . Corpice Brake . Parlor Organ . j The fololwlng "Want Ads" nl many others can be found in ttie "Want - Ad'" - columns of today's paper. i . -: , , pianos. Organs and 34 Musical Instruments "WANTKU Good- .second han l piano for new -21' Jewel Hamil ton 992 railroad watch and perma- - rent ' 14 K. cane; - a Kemingtoii double, barrel Larnascu hainrnnr- ; less. ! gauge shotgun and some .cash.!' i - X,ost and Pound 21 "LOST June 'i'i, on ttie west M " of Sth mt., bet. Oak and Pino, city, a lady's handbag containing - money and private papers. lJarty finding same please return to mo and receive suitable reward." Tor Bale Kiscellnou 19 "66 -DROPHKAU White lewtn; machine. $11, Bargain." :9 ' , , y. Wanted Miscellaneous 5 ' "WANTKD Cornice brake and other tlnnera' toolsi'give prKt and description." r Aatomobiles-Aceessories 4 4 'BL'ICK light 5 pu8,f firt cin condition, $425 cash; would ta-s light roadster for part." 'Household Goods for tal 5 "KINK parlor Orran, I., a-itif-.il tone, walnut oa; frletniij -n.:-ditlon. Will sell $22.00." j