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Newspaper Page TextTin: cr.zGON daily jou::;al, ?c:itla:;d, tuh-day. july .1: i , ;iS!DEIIT EXPECTED . DACK IN VASHINGTON , BEFORE BID OF TO Doth Wilson and Lansing Are ; Preparing Tentative - Notes i to German on Divers, : . Washington." Julr J3. (U.j. P.) President WUion will probably return t; Washington the latter part of thla weK Secretary Tumulty ; said today, lie added that thla waa a-ueae but spoke of the preaidenfe-early return confidently. t Secretary of Stata Xanelng- la- keep ing hla own couneel regarding' the answer to b made to Berlin In the strained .situation resulting front the latest, : unsatisfactory note from Ger many. 4 So-tarrae can be learned the secretary : has ; not a aingle confidant lie la aa reticent aa President Wilaon has been under similar conditions. All indications are that .when the preai dent returns: from Cornish two notes to Germany will be readyhis own and Lansing's But no. one will have a particle of Information as to the con tents of the notes except, the author. Th president and secretary of state will then compare and discuss their replies, draft a final answer and. con sult the cabinet as to its terms. ; There is no doubt that this- govern ment5 will reiterate all demands that have heretofore: been made, upon Ger many a to. the safety of Americans at sea. The Imperial government has ; not yet disavowed: the stntcing of the ' Xusitanla, and sharp comment may be made oh the destruction of the liner and consequent loss of American Uvea. While previous communications have been referred to as President Wilson's notes,, it waa learned authoritatively today' that Secretary Lansing has had more to do with these communications than has been generally credited. Hitherto they were thought to be the president's Ideas and language, but It is now believed Lansing furnished many of the Ideas as well as tha lan guage in which they were expressed. -. r: . . Bombs Fall About I Palaces of Venice i : . ,: Austrian Aviators Bombard Adrlatlo City, ' Wrecking -.. Two Buildings; Bombs rail in tha Grand Canal. I Milan, July 13. (U. P.) Austrian aviators again dropped bombs: upon the ancient city of Venice Sunday, it was s tated here today. This Is the fourth aerial raid that has been made on the city. Two buildings were wrecked and three women and chil dren were Injured. Bombs were hurled from the sky - tend Ploded near many his tori o buildings. Several bombs dropped hear the Doges' palace, and others fell In tha Grand canal. . -' .-: Germans at Italian Front, f Geneva, July IS. (I. N. S.) A transport carrying the first Germans wounded on the Italian fighting front arrived at Constance, Baden, Monday, according to advices received here to day. The transport carried nine offi cers and 157 men.. ; A. Thomas New Director. ' ; New York. July 13. (I. N. S.) Au gustas Thomas, playwright and man bt publfo affairs, has been selected as art director of tha new Charlee Froh mancoinpaay, forniedto continue the theatrical, work of the late manager ?e wnat m BY JONATHAN Copyright br tin ; What Slakes the Bee Buzz? "Oo-w,- o-o-w, oo-o-oo-w!" h Somebody was howling loudly j out Jn. the. yard. Help! h-e-l-pt . Ow-ae," came ; the i-olcM of distress. ' la her ' exfeitemeat Twinkle Eyes i Sropped the lallapop she waa grad ually reducing; to a mere atlck - and ran without caring: - whither. Sister Bell practteally slid down atalra and bounded after Twinkle. : Uncle Ben ' cama lopinff around the corner, shout- Ids "Where, where r Mother shot through - tha ball, her eyes . wide with rrlght. '. f "OU-o-O-w," cried the voice, evU Sent pain in its childish tremulo, ; Uacls Ben turned In the direction tit tha honeysuckle arbor and quick ened his pace.' In a second Twinkle and Slater Bell and Mother were oa ' the scene. There stodd Sculf y. his face puckerlns up Into ' etrangre shapes. "his" mouth ropened1 to emit new and fcioodeurdllna hewls. while he danced -about briskly, first' on, one foot and then oa the other. Close to his chest he hugged his. riarht band, successful 3y combating all Uncle Ben's efforts to examine the , injured . member. i MA bee, cried Scuffy, indulging: In fresh outburst of hopping. "A great, big, . old,' nasty bumble, bee. He stung me. I pulled out the stinger." -I , Mother turned and hastened away for first aid to the Injured. Twinkle -and Sister Bell stood durably by, torn " between pity and curiosity. - Uncle Ben gradually persuaded Scuffv to Jet : loose of his hand and submit to ex amination. Sure enough, there on the back, was a tiny red puncture en closed in a white ring en a rapidly -rising riage. "Come to the house, boy, said Uncle uen gently. . "We'll "have It all fixed up good as new In the jerk of a lamb's taji."- - ' ? The group slowly sought the cooling shadows of the veranda where Sister Bell straightened out the cushions In sthe big chair to receive the Invalid, ana a wibku nastenea to place a has sock under his feet. In the midst of all this attention mother appeated OREGON'S HtALTH. Happiness. Hospitality V4 ??T5h .CEARHAR" Notedtor lt wperlor accommod.tlon and cuisine. GEARHART BEACH: Unaurpaased oa either coast. GOUP LINKS: New 13-hole coarse, the finest on the continent, s " ' , TENNIS COURTS, Lawn Bowling, Horseback Riding, Motoring. " - v ii NATATOR1UM: Fully equipped: extra Urje uwlmmlng tank ' -AUDITORIUM : For large or email gatherings, seating capacity 700. " ' AUTO SPEEDWAY: Hard sand beach 1000 feet wide, 18 mile long. GEARHART ha more than 200 beautiful Summer home. V : . OCEAN FRONT building sites for tale at low prices. - COTEL GEARHART Full InformaUon and reservation at - - "";: ' earh-rt. Ore. ' - - pOHTXATCD OFFICE. lOOX Fourth St. British Invoke Munitions Act to Stop Strike Welsh Coal Bliners ; Threatening to Tie up Collieries ' Face Sample of Compulsory Arbitration. Ixnd6n, July jll. (rN S.)-The government txty took drastic steps to avoid a strike of 42.000. miners ordered to begin in South Wales Thursday, Tha provisions of -the munitions act, which makes arbitration compulsory and the strikers liable to fines, wilt b invoked. -' Announcement of this, decision was made in the house of commons this afternoon by Walter H unci man, presi dent of the board of trade. - A strike of miners, at this time would greatly cripple the manufacture of munitions. ' , Germany to 5 Tag i iflTar profits. Berlin, July r 12. (I. N. 8.) (Via London, July 18.) The special taxa tion of war profits has been considered at a meeting of the finance ministers of the federated states of Germany; It was decided at" the" meeting that the imperial government: was . entitled A to levy: aispecial :; ta on increments Of property arising through and during tha war,? "'.::?J;-; j; S::;4:": Italy Grapples AVith Munitions. ' Paris. July 13. L N.. S.) A dis patch, to the Havas agency. fr dm iiome dated Monday says: . "The king baa .signed a 'decree es tablishing a supreme committee, com posed of the president of tha council of ministers and the ministers of for eign affairs, finance,' war and f marina to work, on munitions problems." . Berlin Regulates Sale of Coal. London, July 13. CI. N. S.) A dis patch to Reuters Telegram company from Berlin, coming by way of Amster dam, says: "The bundersrath has authorised the central authoriUes in- the , province to form a romhln. of mm. owners i to form a combine ; of mine owners with a view to compulsory regulation of the production and sale of coaL' Gay 'Impersonator Used Chief's ; Auto Randolph Wilson of Fhlladalphla, Who Was Arrested Here a Tmw icoatas Ago, XEa ns Time With Tin Badge. Los Angeles, July: IS. (P. ; N. ; S.) After hoaxing the entire Los Angeles police department. borrowing tha chiefs automobile and utilising a cltyf detective to " 'stair 4 ror mm wnue ne robbed Chinese and placed other Chi nese in Jail on - the strength of a! tin badge inscribed with 'the words "Se cret Service, Randolph Wilson of Philadelphia, was today delivered into the hands of the federal authorities on a charge of impersonating a federal officer. - Wilson had represented him self to the. officers as the son of a former Pennsylvania congressman.. Following a iconfesslon, Wilson Is alleged to have confessed working the same plan in San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and - Tacoma-,: ; 'r. c According ; to Captain of ; Detectivea Baty, Randolph Wilson was 4 arrested ifr Portlan-l for passing bad checks four months ago. He was convicted in tha municipal court but on an appeal to the circuit court was acquitted. , Watchful. ' ti'yk-r.' Cleveland: Leader. .- .While Uncle Sam's ear has been close to the ground : for a long time his eye ha been on the old musket' hanging over the: mantel. :y . ,.; i Why Comer? WUeeJer Srndlcate. ' Iuc with a dish full of aome kind of whlM stuff which proved to be baking soda and water made into & paste. This she applied generously to the wound. A few minutes- more and the patient acknowledged something 'like comfort. -However,- aid ' he come to- sting '. your . inquired Sister Bell. 4Coildn't you hear him buzzing and get. out of his'wayr - "Yes, I heard him -all . right." said Scuffy. "He was buzzing along aud I was running .ater a ball I had pitched up in the air and we just ran into each other, that's all. I guess he t tnougbt I did it on purpose and he. up and itings ma". - . j "Uncle Ben what maketh a bee i buthT' asked Twinkle ; J ""Well, explained Uncle Ben. ? ana 1 ious to get Scuff ys .mind away from the sting, "It's like this. He really hasn't a voice, nor a throat, nor any- ; thing like that. What he has is a very active pair of. wings. "When he. files through the air these wings vibrate or tremble, which is what gives him motion. . They mora so rapidly that the. vibrations .make waves In the air, and the waves strike our ear drums, making sound. If you could' wave a stick back and forth In the air fast enough, the stick would give forth a sound. But tbe wings of the bee move a thousand times faster tbanVthe fastest stick. That is what makes the hum or buzs. . This buzz Is a warning Mr. Bee glvej so you may get out of his way. Birds wave their wings, too. i but so slowlv . that th Vibration or In th .ir. tA .ii.nt come to our ears fast enough to make a sound.; The humming- bird Is differ ent. He is a kind of a 'cross between bee and bird. Ag he dips his beak Into the heart of the flower to sip out the honey, hla gauzy winga tremble so that we hear a humming noise. - This noise sounds like ; the word humming, and that is how- he got his name. . -."When Mithter j Bee butheth In my eah I'se goin' te wun," declared Twin kle, as she gazed at the big bump on Scuf fy's . hand. - . , , i."So'm'I.'' a.greed Scuffy. " . - Next storyr Why Fish Cannot Live on Land.' FAMOUS RESORT IBIS III . MEXICO CITY HEEDED X WIRES U. S CONSUL , " "' . General, Carranza Organizing ,;New "Government at Cap ital; Looters Executed., 1 , Washington, Jojjr 13. (1. N. S. In the first official dispatch received from Mexico City since its recent oc cupation by the forces of Carransa, American Consul ' Shanklin this after noon notified the state department that 10,000 bushels of corn should be rushed to the capital at once. . ; ''Air food : suitable for babies." , said the cablegram, "is needed :in great quantities. Present prices in Mexico City are prohibitive. ' I am opening a subscription list for emergency relief." . General Carransa this afternoon notf f led his agency here that the personnel ef the treasury, interior and postoffice department were hurrying, to Mexico City- on a special train,- and that a telegraph department already had been established there. . Civil officers, the dispatch eaid, , already have, , been ap pointed. . ... ' -J "I ha ve ordered , that all looters be tried and executed promptly," wired Carranza. "Schools, "courts and other institutions will be opened Immediate- - Take Formal Possession. T : Mexico City. July 12. (i:K. &) (Delayed intransmission) Cable com munication with the outside world waa reestablished . today when the Consti tutionalist force took formal posses sion of the capital .with a guarantee to preserve order. Pending instruction from General , Carranaa, a city council, to be in charge during tha . term of Raoul Madero, was elected. ' .,"e?,ccuP?"on 01 lRe PrV" e.on- . w"Ji . wjn DUl ,lew disordera - Pursuit of the disorganised 2patists continued today. rrospeet of a water famine in Mex ico City- was eliminated late today by the capture of Xochimitco, the site qf the 'plant supplying the capital. Za patistas there were completely routed. Carranzistas Take Coal Fields. ' .Washington, July 15. U. P.) Car ranzistas on Monday captured Hermos. giving them control- of tha Coahulla coal fields, the agency announced nere today. - - s , . TJ. S. to Front as . ; Airship Exporter ' Washington, July IS. (I. N. S.) Aeroplanes and parts- valued "at more than $1,000,000 ; were shipped to . the allies up to May 31, according to the department of commerce. : In May" the United States sold to belligerents 10 aeroplanes,, valued at 183,950. ; Since war began, 90 craft. "valued at $674,807, were exported. ? ; t -" v V t if arts ox . aeroplanes, s valued at $444,328 were sold up to May 31, and in May alone exports, totalled $160,412 If the war continues much longer It is believed the United States will, take first ranK as an- exporter , of aero Dlanes ' ' I The Wiley B. Allen Co. FOOD Morrison Street at Broadway, Portland, Or '.Please - send ..catalogues garding Victor Victrolas (Sign here) i Address fJournaL) Of course, you dance! A Who doesn't? But your music! Is it all that' you could wish? Is it perfect in volume, tune, time and tone? ? i..Victrola supplies the most perfect dance music .to, be .had from any source, or at any price. For ; the dance, it is indispensable. For entertainment of guests, for every; occasion upon which good music, is desirable, it fills every de mand, meets every requirement. Your home without a Victrola is shorn of one of the most pleasing and refining influences that the home can know. . Let us demonstrate theVictrola for ydu.v i ; -; J : Nicholson Is Chosen Grand Ruler of Elks ,4f . 4, ; ., ' - Sprinield, Blass., Man Wins Cov eted Position; W. F. Shad of ' v MilwankJe Ieadlng Knight. Los-.:. Ahgeles, fCal July ' 13. CTJ- P.) Baltimore Is the 1918 convenUon city'of the B." Y O. E. . It was selected, in preference to Atlanta at this af ternoon's . grand lodge session here. Atlanto received only. 259 out of 1000 votes cast LrlgeU Los Arieeles. Julv IS. tP. N. S.) James , R. Nicholson,' of Springfield, Mass., was elected grand exalted ruler of th B. P Cv Elks at ' their grand lodge -meeting here today.- Other of ficers elected wera: r " l- . - ' v . William F. Schad, Milwaukee, grand esteemed!-leading knight; Fred Robin son, secretary, Dubuque, Iowa, reelect ed; Grand treasurer, C. A. White, also reelected; E. R. . Ingersoll, Seattle, elected A grand esteemed lecturing knight; Oliver C. Black, Oklahoma Ctty, elected grand inner guard; Thom as . Donahue. - New London, : Conn,, chosen grand tyler. - t' ,Georg: F. Cooper, Knoxvilla, Tenn was elected grand esteemed - loyal knight.) and Edward Masters, Char leroi. Pa., was v elected grand . trusteaw CHARTER VESSELS TO : CARRY WHEAT FROM c THE PORT 0F;AST0RIA Grin , From Inland - Empire I Carried on Open Riven Will I , Be Cargo. : '' 'ni Astoria Or.. July 13. The first two sailing vessels to .carry wheat ' from Astoria ."to Europe have been char tered. - -4 i This announcement' was made by C. B. Stout,, general manager of the As toria Flouring Mills- company, wno re turned - last ' evening from New Tork city, where he completed arrangements for financing, a -proposition Ahat will b a big factor in developing the ship-: ping resources of the Port of Astoria. : For some time the Astoria Flouring Mills company has been contemplating entering the export business,, and Mr. Stout's mission to New York was to close, negotiations. v ; , , : Tha first two vessels chartered by Mr; Stout are a British bark and a Russian ship. - One is due "in Decem ber and the other in January. The one to arrive in December "has been - chartered at a 'rate of 8$ - shill ings and the" other at SO shillings. . The ships will be loaded' at the Port of Astoria docks with wheat, shipped to the mouth of the river from the Inland Empire. - - . The wheat will - be brought . to As toria this fall ' whether v the proposed barges to be established by the port commission ate ready or not. If the and full r information re and your easy payment plan. ; " 1. YOUR MONEY'S WORTH Morricon Street at Broadway Portland ALLIES WOULD GRAUT NO PERMISSION FOR TRANSFER OF VESSELS X " ' - - f r . 1 Proposal of Germany: That U. . S, Take Over Liners Meets . Withhold Favor. : " - . By Ed.L. Keen. London. July13. P.) The allies would , not -consent " to any : arrange ment between Germany and thaUnlted States whereby Interned, German ships might resume sailings under the stars and stripes, - providing they carried no contraband to England, X was reliably informed todajr. - " - . ' f- The United Press dispatch from Ber lin yesterday in which , Under Foreign Secretary Zimmerman suggested that Germany would consent to tha George Washington, v Kaiseiin Augusta . Vlo torla. and Imperator being placed under the-American flag excited great Interest, in of f icial -circles, but the unanimous opinion was that the alllea would not entertain such a plan for transportation of Americans through the war sone. JIt was pointed out that such a scheme is in violation of the Declaration of London, signed by both Germany and the United States. ' i "The transfer of an enemy vessel to a neutral- flag -and after .thew out break of ; hostilities is void, unless" It is proved that such transfer wa not made in order to evade consequences to which an enemy vessel, as such, is exposed," the declaration states. .- There is. however, ansolute nresumn- tion that the 'transfer ' is ' void if the right of re-purchase or recovery of tha vessel,' is "reserved to the vendor. r Under 'Secretary Zimmerman .did not suggest the sale of the three in terned ships to the united States, hut merely the temporary transfer of con trol. The "absolute presumption," pro vision would therefore be in full effect and the "consequences" .would be cap ture. - - ' The . feeling how exists : in' England that the allies erred in not permitting America to' purchase the interned ships in the beginning. - They might now be carrying supplies to the allies. HONEST PORTLANDER . ' Oakland, CaU July 13. (P. N. S.) A letter prompted by an accusing con science was turned over to the police today by Henry Falk. The letter was from Ulysses B.-: Wells, a - carpenter. formerly in Falk'a employ, and now in Portland, Or. "- Wells confessed the theft of tools from Falk and saya he pawned them for $2.60. He asked for giveness and promised to make resti tution. . . . , . - barges are not ready . for service in ample time to provide cargo for the ships that have been chartered, 'i the xporterss, will make some other - ar rangements for bring the wheat here. It is not improbable that they will lease a number of river steamers for the purpose and place the cargo at As toria. Some horses are better mud runners than others. It la ,so with human beings. OR YOUR MONEY Old-Timer Quits ; Jitney Business 'f .t'y, - - 1 . " v:r.. Pasadena Kaa.' Who - Oaee Operated rive Bases, Says Whole Thing Just i a Xadi Borrenders Xdeease. Pasadena, CaU July , 13-U. P.) Surrendering hla Jitney bus license to day, G W; Home, who has been in the business In Pasadena longer than any other driver, asserted that the Jitney business was a fad and will soon be a thing of the past. Home at one time operated five buses and - his business was 1 prosperous -for ' several months last year, but he gradually lost ground until he owned only one bus, which- he drove himself. , . Home was one of three men to ap pearln Court today charged with vio lating the traffitf ordinance, sThey at tack the ordinance on the ground that it does not permit , tnem to lay off or substitute another ; machine, for' thell regular one while, repairs, are -being made. r EXPERTS IDENTIFY AS . GEDDES' SIXTY LETTERS TO ECCLES Case to Secure Portion of - Big Estate for Mrs. Geddes' ' Son fs Nearly-Complete; Ogden, Utah, July 13. (U. P.) When Judge J. A. Howell's court was adjourned at noon: today until tomor row, it marked the completion of iden tification of evidence in the suit of Al bert Geddes for a share in the $6,000, 000 estate of David Eccles. - - - The case, now in Its third week, will probably be - given- to the" Jury ' late Wednesday . afternoon, : following clos- "WILL PATRICIA HAVE A NEW SUIT FOR HER TRIP? "Oh I'm Sure She Will, for Patricia Buys Her Clothes ON CREDIT!" ""Well. - now. Diane, that's splendid. I've been interested In thla credit prop osition - for some time, . and now you can tell m how it works for girls like you and Patricia and me. " "Fine, Blanche, . simply : great! I've tried it myself, and I kever knew be fore that paying - for clothea could really be a cheerful operation. A few dollars each week, or each' month, is the way It's -.- managed. . Patricia ? will get her suit at a big saving now, for CHERRY S have a special line of beau ties all very; moderately ? priced. "Then : I'm :: going, too; this - week, Diane, to their store, at 889-391 Wash ington street. In- the Plttock block.".. Ad. MRS The Fox Trot, Castlo Pol lea, and all the other new dzmceo all played loud and clear and in perfect time. ? There are Victors and Victrolas in great variety cf -styles from $10 to $250 all Victor dealers. Victor Talking Machine Co Camden, N.J. BACK Ing arguments. Attorney T, D. John ton: will be on the bench as acting Judge, Judge Howell having left for Los Angeles. Today's, morning session waa devot ed to evidence In rebuttal and sur re buttal. Two1 spectators In the court room testified - they saw Mrs. Ellen Stoddard Eccles, plural - wife of the financier,, signal an answer, to one of they witnesses ' for the defense on the stand several days ago. ;.:" -..: -v.-'-.'r.. Albert 8. Osborn, of New Jork., and Theodore Kytka, San Francisco, hand writing experts, testified for the de fense that 60 letters denied by Mrs. Margaret Geddes as having been writ ten by her to Eccles were her hand writing. These letters were received from 190.1: to 1912. and contain constant appeals for money and no statement showing Eccles to nave been the father of Albert Geddes. . ??JV.; i: .,.-.- A report from Portland that the fed eral authorities seek to make the Ec cles" estate a party defendant to a gov ernment suit on alleged timber grants of an1 Oregon lumber company substan ifflraiiii Expert Developing and Printing ONLY THE BEST MEN AND THE BEST MATERIALS EMPLOYED PROMPT . SERVICE MAIL ORDERS FILLED. Headquarters Eastman Kodaks See . the ' New Autographic. ' The Ideal Vacation Camera. COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. 145 Sixth St., Bet. Alder & Morrison. Floyd Brower, Mgr. inilininillin!!!!!!!!!!! !! !! ! ! Il llilllllll!!!!!! !! IIIIIHIIilliillllllllilllllllilMliMlllllllllllllllllllillUlillllllll Free The Yamhill a the low prices, those who present this ad when making purchase cf 50c d over, at any one stall,, will get 10 extra S. Cc H. 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Gunners at Fortress Monroe smashed targets eight miles .at sea yesterday with General Strong, department com mander of the South Atlantic Artillery school,, looking on. - The targets were anchored in Chesa peake bay. The practice will continue today. . . iTTmni !!!l!m!!!!!H!! iiilillililiii.i We Give the JRegxtlar Stamps Stamp Public Mar- c v) c; t r AND YAMHILL STS. il ba U BUTi SroAa, . T. C.