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in:: An attractive O tXf- a r F tJ Fair tonight and VIXIlIp, tomorrow; west V crly winds. Hi 3f IV n-Wity,a 88. feature of The rifDltlCN Sunday Journal - . r 'V V . VOL. XIV. NO. 110. PORTLAND, OREGON,: THtJRS DAY EVENING, -t JULY i 1915 -EIGHTEEN I PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS OH TRATKS J "D r--"1 6 TAJ, I& m Ci .ii BIG THROPJG GREETS BELL APOLOGY. 8LT. FOR ATTACiv 0- - is. From - Early Morning UntU Bell Receives Reverence - : . :L -' ' ' ' ."' ."' ' ' m " ' . ' . i 'ii ft n iii. i , i i I i i ii L n ii i. Iu i i i i i .ii in i. ) ii i I ii i i in mmmm ii, i iii ii , i hi ii I.. i I ill in in I ii i i i m- mmmi I Ji i ' u i i i ( - f x ' - 'f VS '.k T S: . s i . 1! . If PORTLAND Emblem , of Liberty ! Attracts Thousands to Plaza Blocks Opposite Court House; Old Relic Viewed With Rever- ence by Multitude. CROWDS FILE BY IN CONTINUAL STREAM Platform on Either Side Af fords Unobstructed , View; : Many Touch Metal Timidly as They Pass; Portland Po licemen in Charge. . . Tacts About the Liberty BelL - WEIGHT 2080 pounds. . HKIGHT Three feet. -." CIRCUMFERENCE At' Jin. , . twelve feet. At crown, seven feet, six Inches. , THICKNESS At lip, three : Inches, At crown, one and one quarter inches. ' MATERIAL Bronx. LENGTH OF CLAPPER Three feet, two inches; - - CAST First time, in Lon don. In spring: of 1752. Second time, In Philadelphia, March. 1753. .Third time, In Phlladel- phis. June. 17S3. COST About $309. A eld man paused before the Lib V erty Bell in Portland this mnnh,r lifted his hat arid laid a reverent hand I .upon the, cracked metaL v : v'v A ' little child leaned far forward i from Its mother's arms and timidly ; at her urging touched the bell with " a tiny finger. : The crowd a hundred thousand be- . Tore noon passed , by ? the . bell In massed parallel columns and as many . as, could reached out and touched it, ; curiously yet caressingly. ! -' Bides On Zte Own Car. -, The Liberty Bell rode on its Own car Into the city, the . last of the spe cial train from Philadelphia, that , reached Puget . sound : yesterday and , came down In time for a brief stop : .at Vancouver" early this morning. - t . It lacked five minutes of . 7 when the special arrived at the Union -depot . and for more than half an hour the i official committees of welcome had f been waiting. So efficient were the arrangtsments , Xor moving the Liberty-Bell to Fourth " street opposite the, oourthouse. the . place of exhibit, that it was on dis ; Play 20 minutes after 7. ? V Ple ArtlTi Early. Yet early as was the hour, mora than . 2000 people were already wait-' i IriK. ' ' :; -v . r The Liberty Bell hung nuder a can f s opy capable of electric Illumination : for. night display. When in 1T52 - It was first cast no one had dreamed of electric incandescents or of telephones f r flying machines, or automobiles or submarines. - . , As the people pressed about It, the i Liberty Bell became an . island in s i dense human current. - It alone was silent. ; Tet In the days, when It rang; loud- (Coadoded -mm rs Six. Colons One) .WALLACE POSTOFFICE . ROBBERY - CONFESSED BY PALO ALTO COUPLE Assistant Postmaster Mc - Daniels ; and Wife Admit Theft of $20,000. Xi San Krajneisco, July IS. (P. K. s.) - Clarence McDanJels, assistant post. master of Palo Alto, and his wife are alleged to have confessed, today to Pes toff ice - Inspectors James MeCon nell of this dty and Charles Ruther ford of the Spokane district that they hjjd stlen 320.000 from the postof flee at Wallace, Idaho, almost . two years ago. The pair were arrested yester day and are being arraigned this af ternoon before Commissioner Krall : Mrr McOanlels. arrested as an "ac cessory, was released at the arraign ment this afternoon. McDaniels plead ing guilty. H ni be taken, before the federal court In Idaho for trial, i The pair told where more than 315, 000 of the stolen money was bidden In Palo Alto and Inspector Rutherford -left this afternoon to recover IL Bomb Wrecks Mexican Ttain. j Washington. July 15. (U. P.) A train of the Mexican National railway i was wrecked by a bomb near Apixaco yesterday, a Vera Crux dispatch to the state department announced today. The Carranaistas. It was stated, have not been able to learn- who was re sponsible for planting the bomb. . ; For .additional late news -.see. page r10. - , '1 L METHODS EMPLOYED TO DISPOSE OF STOCK REVEALED AT . TRIAL a, , t ' . .... U. SCashieStockI, Evidence Indicates, Ructuated JRap Idly. United States Cashier stock had 'a book value of $7.43 and $7.16 when it was selling at. $20. and M 30, per share, respecUvely, in 191 L declared Hiram House, government expert at today's session of the. trial . of seven s' of the company's former ' off flclals " - and salesmen for conspiracy and -'fraud in the - federal court. - In shot-t. testified House,' the higher price demanded the - lower" its actoal book value became. The defense did not cross examine him.- . - -. House took the stand - late . in the forenoon ' after - TTnited . States Attor. ney , Beames completed his arduous task; begun yesterday . afternoon, of lntroduclnff and reading exactly 200 letters and telegrams taken from the company- flies, and by which he hopes to connect up the' charges of conspio acy and frasdulent use of the malls. Twenty-five - of these letters and telegrams were read" tnis-taorning and they bare many of the selling schemes resorted to' by the" company 'and Its agents in 1911 and 1912 to dispose of stock..-. One of the most , frequently mentioned schemes,' as shown', by the communications, for' closing sales was to wire an agent a telegram worded (Ooacladed on Fage Seventeen, Colama Three) AnotHer Effort to : :- Save Becker Fails Chief Jnstloe Bartlett of Cowrt of Ap , peala Sejeots . Appeal to . Xatsrveae -: to Vrsvsat Szseatlom Xaly 38. New York, ; July 15. (L K. &) Another, and probably the last, effort to save Charles Becker from the elec tric chair for the murder of Herman Rosenthal failed today. Chief Jus tice Bartlett oX the court of appeals reejeted an appeal by pecker's counsel to intervene to, prevent Becker's ex ecution July S. ' - - - i ., - "V. .W'V y'''' r;.) -. . .. : ,-, . . ... . : . . , . "... ' ' i' 1 - i - . i- " ' . j ' i. 1 " .1 ' , ,- : : - " " .i ' zmkS ; . ..s i 01 WaitlVeterans,! Guardsmen; nonor visii ror uia 2Be!U'7;fi Marching through; . tbe ' downtown stfeetsT Portiahd school children. Civil and Spanish war veterans and j sturdy militiamen paraded - this . morning ' as a mark of. homage' to old 'UbertyBell and' out of compliment to the -bell's escort of distinguished Phlladelphlans. j Cool and gray, 'without a gleam of sun, t be day was Ideal for a. parade. A spirit of veneration filled the air: and the enthusiasm, of those who, lined the streets after . seeing the bell in front of the court' house was without bounds. - i '. - i - , . The li ee of march was short enough not to tire the 4000 pairs of little legs or. the school children who - took ' part and to spare the venerable veterans who; marched proudly behind the na Uenal guard. t. :s", f--. .' - Bronzed and" hardened, by the training-of the encampment Just closed at Gearhart the f ull ' Tclrd regiment. 0J (Concluded on Fmse ne. Ootaaa Two.) MARCHING THRONGS REFLECT PA10TI LIBERTY KrupprjEfnployes iTMk; Strike sc at - Jtf n ' ac t t st $ : st .e - Remington Plant 4 Threatened Bridgeport, Conn, July '15. (U. PJ A general strike is threatened in the shops of the 1 Remington Arms com pany, v - President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor is expected here today in s an effort - to avoid the strike, -which would tie up. ammunition being - manufactured for the allies.!.- .--i-.i. -',.. . - v-. Four local companies of militia are awaiting a call to service in case vio lence Is threatened. . ... - There are now 3 00. men on strike. In cluding; millwrights and hod carriers. . Remington officials r declared there was , evidence of German agents en deavoring to complicate ths situation. -1 fx :v:i PRZASNYSZ C FORCES: ARE: FLANKED Important ftoydrthtiof fcWarsa w I nd rcateCftussran Hold I on itvf Weakenings 'j Berlin, Jnlyl S.-I S. Capture by ths German armies of Praasnyss in northern -Poland -was announced today by. the' German "general 'staff: 'rThJs victory Is believed jto be'likelyj to nave a serious effect on the Russian hold on "Warsaw. : j prtasnyss lies between the Vistula and the Karew rivers, well to the east (and orhiof fi the Russian . stronghold. Its capture i8 taken to in dicate .that a vasti turning; movement" by the Teutons, Is well Under way and t hat the. Russian, positions between the Lublin - front ; and i Archduke . Joseph's attacking! army have been flanked. -. The, Rasslans had held PrsasnysV for several months, t :It Is situated on the northeast point of an angle where the;, Russians- were concentrated or the defense of Warsaw from- an" at tack from, east Prussia. -. - . . -IMrectly north of Warsaw, Przasnyss Is less than 25 miles from. Poltusk. one of tne chief defenses of 'T'arsaW. Geneva, Switzerland,. Julyt IS, L. N. " S.) The great KrOpp works at ssen Is - threatened ; with a. strnte, according to reliable, resorts received here, tonight from' Basle. .1 Demand for higher wages because Of thrt Increased cost": of Uving- and -shorter, hours be cause of the strain undsjr -which, they are working is the harden of the-complaint of the workmen. -; Severer officials have arrived at the plant and - hope tor straighten out all differences. ' ' " i - ...-,. ,.-: '..,- The employes "are" said to be In an engry mood, and have, threatened to destroy the -plant's machinery, i; - : J v ' - t . ..v " . ' v " .i ihmw i iiiSWSSff . J -r. s?--i:si ir im-MiH "'"-'i yf- : "wnQMii --:.--.--J-.--.m-Ji--tvr ' 7v ... . ."i r...wiwn' iPTURED.; i-.i .. -- - - jT: - 1E:-- ,::r , 'fl , ': r-:bs9 5?:?:; -::" eras;: GIVE ENTHUSIASTIC: mm IfepartmgPhllalielphlansl'Are f f High Pleased WithRl 3peptbjTg6T veifrrfieml Here. - j Promptly at noon today, an .electric engine" pulled, "the flatcarl bearing- the Liberty .., Rll - into the .Union . statlod passenger yard . and . . s steam, . locomo tive l.took. It ";from the ;' electric and pushed it into 'position at be rear of the train, pig" " 'y A crowd nad a4iberedst the ta tlon which jammed most of the stand ins room- around the "rear of the train and.lt required, much persuasion bv patrolmen and depot officers to get the track clear.lBut no one was hurt and it was Just 12M)tp. vbl, : when -General J. B. Lauck. special ; passenger agent er me sonmen racinc, shouted "Let 'jr. er go V. ; and ., Conductor A. J. Carman waved the high . ball to Engi neer , R C. Morris.. - , Then came a scrambled of - Portland committeemen ; to- get off the car. , It was almost as much of a wrench ' to get away xrom the Phlladelphlans. . r "This reception t s " somethl ng like." declared .Councilmans Prederick Schwartz. Just befsre the train drew out. We bavs been having royal re ceptions and' they have .been getting njore.'enthuslastic as we came west. -. a"Out here the people seem to realize (CDBetaded os Page SuC Comsat Three) Chinese. Driven- '.-;-'. ; Out. by Floods Tweaty-flve ' Thousand ZnnaMtaats ' of , Canton Tlee " for Safety Ssttaated , SSOOO ZanMgey Zoaa. ; t . t Csntoa, China, -July 1$. (t N. g,) Twenty-five thousand Inhabitants of Canton were driven rom their homes and property damage estimated at $5, 000,090 caused, by floods , her today. The : waters - are sweeping through the : streets and" all " business.- includ ing teiegrapn ana telephone, -dosed.. PATRIOTIC mm ENDANGERED INlLSH?COAIinELD s.toSettle Trouble-Fail, .; .1 50,000 ! Men Quit Work; v Naval!SiippIy;Cut"0ff Cardiff. July x, 1S I. tt. . s. The British admiralty this afternoon Vequl ffltloned all reserve supplies of coaL London. July 15. t,l T". At-; t o'clock thla- afternoon labor leaders announced : that 160,000 . coal ' miners fcadQWt,-worfcii; ; Every mine In the Swansea. Sfaester, Aberdare, Monmouthshire, Heath, Avon end - Rhendda .districts .'' was - closed 1 dOWtt. : .' - S , .-i "-' - "" f 7 ; -. . n Martial Jaw Is in ef f ect,"alUiough no formal ? proclamation was - issued. Troops-are stationel along; government railroads and docks... and no one Is aiowed .to approach without : giving full account of his business. . . ; v' The -.worksre ,ln the ,Pontyprid 'dis trict : were "- the first to throw - down their tools, but the movement soon spread to other fields. Not-more than 42.000 had been expected, to go tout, and. even the -agitators who had been most active 'were surprised by the ex tent of the strike, . : , It was believed here today 'that the strike would be ended shortly. Presi dent Walter Runclman of the board of trade has gone to Cardiff and Is working- with the leaders , opposed , to , the strike" to effect a ' com promise of the men's grievances. . Announcement of a settlement was expected this after noon. - - i . All colleries in the Rhonda district ef Glamorganshire, including the Cam brian group, of which U. A. Thomas Is the head, , were shut down at noon today.: " i'iiHi M The ' government munition factories only .have coal sufficient for a few days, and unless the strike is brought to a speedy ., termination some -Will be forced to close, er run on part time. - - Settlement - Not ' Reached. ' Cardiff. July 15. OL N. 8.) Confer encs here .today, between ' President Runclman of . the London board of trade and labor leaders in an effort fo bring the coal miner T strike to ,an end was . unproductive of results, no de cision being arrived at regarding .. the matters in aispute. . BRITAIN BY STRIKE1 OF 'MINERS AboveTwo hnndred and fifty flag r grls, a pretty feature" of this morning's parade, being drilled by , Professor Robert Krohn. These ; girls were 'chosen ': from all the schools in . Portland and - in-the Rose Festival parade were ; - "nose girls. t Their drill aronsed applaose along the whole line of . march. .. Right, . a close view of tho. Liberty Cell. ;; . . , ? . -Below Som -of - Spanish 'War Tet ; erans, who were loudly cheered :, as , they . marched w-ith . all ; the -'spirit of their fathers. " LATE ' BULLETINS Austria Threatens Roumanla, liinflnn Jul t 5 t T Ttf ? H. Anat ri has threatened to close the Roumanian frontier unless -restrictions : against German exports to Turkey fare re moved, according to dispatches received here today - from, Rome." Venice 'Covers Statutes. . Vienna. July 15- U. P. The fig ures of the- Apostles on St. Mark's cathedral and other statutes except a small figure of Christ, have been cov ered with heavy: wrappings at-the di rection of" the - military authorities,' as the results of reports that Austria contemplated a great; aerial Taid upon Venice ,H was stated here today, i The golden - angels- outside' the catnearai have been painted a' khaki -color. ".. . .Ho Terms for Peacew -London. ."July 15. U.' P.) Great Britain - is ? net even -considering pos sible - terms? for an early "peace, pre mier A3ulth made this statement ; to-dav-. in the bouse of commons in - re sponse to a Question as to whether the government , la ;enaeavonng j to ascer tain the' terms : under ; which Germany would consent to J Immediate : peace. . British Hiers Scot IliU. . 'AmatersaitVJulyl.!- N.' 8.) British aviators have destroyed an am- munition - depot near Rollegen - Capelle according to - advices received ; Here to-; day.; Seven bombs also were uroppea upon a casino at aiewn, aming several eff leers. . ' - , " ' j . - To Se von BeTnstorff. ' Washington. July -: 15. il. JT. S. Secretary of State Lansing- announced this afternoon 1 that be would confer tomorrow , with Count von ". Bernstorf f , the German,, ambassador.", preparatory to'drawtns;. up .America's answer to Germany's representations in regard to Kaiser -WllhelnVs diver -warfare. t ' ' ,. . 1 -t- v '-A'..; -" German . Gains Admitted. Paris. -"July IS. (L ' K. S.) New German - gains in the Argonne district were admitted In today's official communique.- It was claimed In the same statement,; however, that' the French had captured a line of German trenches north) of Arras., The forest of Beau rein., in the Argonne district, has been the; scene of terrifies fightings in the past 24 hours. It was captured from the Germans Wednesday morning, but was regained by them last night.; ' - - -v. ::;;M . Isonzo ' Battle 'Terrific. - London. July 15. (L N. S.) Pri vate. advices to the, London Post from Budapest ' describe- the battle -of the Isonzo river jas ths greatest fought vet on the Caledonian . front, ' the at tack of the Italians being" almost in cessant and- most determined. . -' The whole front along the line ia strewn with thousands of dead. It is stated that the., losses -of the Italians up to the - present have been 100.000 men. Including 17,000 : prisoners, s Tnrkish Positions SheDed. Athens. July: 15. !.' N. A Brit ish battleship - and four - destroyers shelled positions at Gabs Tepeh suc cessfully 8undayr: firing 200 shells at THE NEBRAS:; 1 . Germany Also Announces !. Will Make. Reparation f.. Damage to Vessel and In jury to American Crew. ATTACK WAS MISTAKE, SAYS FOREIGN OFFICII Washington Encouraged t : Believe Settlement of All Disputes in Sight. .Washington, July , 15. r. N. S.) Germany apologised to the Unite States today for the attack on t! American steamship Kebraskan, Mi 25. Compensation also will be ma i j . for the damage sustained by Amer icans In the Injury to the vessel Announcement to this effect was made-today here by Secretary of Stat Lansing, following the receipt of a cablegram from the American ambas sador with the following memorandum from the Berlin foreign office admit ting full responsibility for the attack. T,he memorandum said: The imperial German government has received from newspaper reports intelligence that the American steam ship .Kebraskan was damaged by a mine or torpedo off the souther: coast of Ireland. A strict Investi gation without delay was started, ar. i the result of the investigation show i the damage wa caused by a subma rine attack. j "On the evening of May 25, the sub marine met the steamer bound wt She flew no flag and there were r neutral markings of any kind. Ther was no Illumination of the flag or markings. In the twilight. which h I set In. the name of the steamer ws net visible from the submarine. -.Since - the commander of the sub marine. was obliged to assume, frcn wide .experience in the area of mar i- V- Ocschidee ee Pa riTe-tralaaia One. I Valdcz, Alaska H CD A 8500,000 Bl:. Valdes. Alaska. July 15.-(P. . -i Fire her today caused $500.00 3 I la the business section of the tow a. ths Turkish trenches and batteries, ac cording to advices received here to-! - . Next day an allied - cruiser, ali.l 1 ' torpedo boats and seroplanes,. effect ively bombarded positions at Ai Burnu. . -.. Belgians Repulse , Attacks. London. July 15.- N. 8.) T! DaUy Telegraph's , Havre correspoii ent today says: "News from the front I states V ths Germans were particularly art' on the Belgian line yesterday. 1 sharp attacks were repulsed by t Belgians, who captured several j, : -: oners." . , --.j . -r C Nowhere in the , wesC ! bowev r, there any- sign of a general German tensive aside from the fact that I glum ; remains ' vecluded and lo troop trains are constantly rr.ov: toward the front. These . men, it i believed, are 1 newly - organized i r ' rather than transfers from ths Po".. or Galiclan theatres. I Tert of 'ote WitWicIJ. Washington, July 15. (I. N. E.) The state department announced t: ' afternoon that while It had no cfri elal Information :.' that Gtrmany a - ? Turkey would make repreaentatlo similar to those of Austria on the Jeet of shipment of war munitions t ths allies, the text of the Austrian r.' would be withheld pending an s nouncement from Oemaany and Tarkf regarding their Intentions in the m ter. , , ' I . 1913 Ohio Electric--50 H. P. Mdse. Boat "Want Adssuch ss the follow ing may be found every day in t: "Want Ad" columns of The Jour nal, There rosy be some inter est $ng item thers for you: Launches and Boats 4 IN order to cloee estate, willU 60 M. P. gasoline roerci.an.ii.-- . boau" . Wasted Zfl cell as eou sS WANTia 2d tani bicrcift." j. , Kousehold Ooofls foT f .. e 3 '"FOB iSALj-v Kef rift era tor. ... ing maciiine, sideboard a&i l.r- rdture." . f " Sozs sad Kon.elieli Pets- i 1 "CANARIKrf, f.. !nrers, you:: and old." 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