VOL. XIV. NO. 111.
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PORTLAND, r OREGON, FRIDAY v EVENING,' JULY 16 19151 ' SIXTEEN! PAGES,
PRICE TWO CENTS
OH TR A IK S AND Jrrt
STAJiDb TE CENTS
4
THAW IS FREED
BY COURT. GOES
STRAIGHT HOME
Judge Announces He, Places
L No Confidence in : Testi
mony of Alienists and Ac
cepts Jury's Verdict.
STATE APPEALS; THAW
. GIVES 535,000 BONUS
Great Crowd Cheers Thaw as
. He Makes Way Through
:,. V New York Streets.
New Tork,' July'16. (V. P.) Harry
K. Thaw. is1 st liberty. Supreme Court
Justice. Hendrick today declared the
layer of Stanford White sane and an
nounced -that h would immediately
vacate the order Issued by Justice
Bowling. In 1908 committing Thaw to
Matteawan. -.cr .
. Thaw was then released on $35,000
bait pending an appeal by the state In
his sanity trial concluded Wednesday.
In his decision today Justice Hendrick
confirmed ths finding of the Jury
which heard Thaw's case and declared
him to be sane.
"I adopt the Jury's findings.", was
the; announcement of Justice, Hendrick
soon after taking the bench and the
arrival H of Thaw from the Ludlow
street? Jail. -
j ' -. Declares Thaw San.
: 'A crowd which had congregated in
the corridors outside the court room,
.despite the efforts of police to keep
them out. immediately set up a cheer
when the word reached them.
My : decision Is based on my Judg
ment and the advice of friends," said
the Justice. "1 will not speak of the
evidence ;t Impressive testimony " of
his sanity Is practically overwhelming.
The testimony of , the paid experts of
either side, in my estimation, is of no
.value. I now declare Harry K. Thaw
sane."
I -f-. . Jurors Give ytdvlce.
t The first person to reach Thaw after
the decision was announced was John
Klliott, one of the Jurors. : N:,
i vn, air. ciituii. jruu sr iue cuajr
t man. We enjoyed your -t -. candy so
i'lnucni: . inw wiu u ue grispea, nis
t Wei ! Harry." said Elliott, as he
iplaced'his hawtl on , Thaw's shoulder.
I hope you torn over new intj
CvBctuda on Pci Kl. Onlnaaa Ow
LETTER RESEMBLING .
THAT ATTRIBUTED TO
"HOLT GIVES WARNING
i Washington Times Receives
"Pearce" Missive, Telling
- of Alleged Conspiracy, y
Washington. July 16. (U. p.) A
' letter ' was received by the Washing
's, ton . Times this afternoon postmarked
; Kew Orleans and signed Pearce"-and
v with two interlineations resembling
the handwriting of the capltol bomb
i warning, It resulted in raising the
a question of . whether ' Frank Holt, J.
. P. -Morgan's assailant. was really the
.dynamiter -"Pearce" . ' , .
'-: - The - letter received today contained
5 threats against Morgan, Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, the British ambassador,
and declared that Americans ' must
keep off, British ships. -" i ,
Discussing the shipment of muni
tions from the United States, the let
ter said:
. "Submarines alone, will not suffice.
Therefore our only recourse is to de
stroy ships of the enemy with explo
sives.'.! feel only pride when I say I
: am one ' of the first division patriots
; commissioned to carry on this work:
.Within . a fortnight our men will be
operating in every part of country
. where muntions and mules are ex
ported.' ; Some will be arrested, of
course, but each is under oath to de
stroy himself if arrested. Muenter
(Holt) lived up to his "oath."
(Warning, was given that Americans
-should keep-off of certain vessels leav
ing New York. Philadelphia, Montreal
and Newport News.
'. "Others are marked for destruction.
.the letter continued, : "but we are of
the opinion that after all of these are
sunk Americans will, come ' to, their
senses and : no further warnings . will
be necessary. - --!.
'. .We need but.-one thought to spur
us to give our lives If necessary, and
that is, that we are working for the
Fatherland. 7 U . '
Von Bernstorff Is
iiiT of Peace
Ambassador, At Confereae With Xaa
i slag.' Thinks. Diplomatic VHsgotla-
tions Will Tena Toward Ending War.
Washington, July .16. (IX., P.)
Ambassador von'., Bernstorff le Secre
tary Lansing know at today's confer
ence his desire that the next American
note to Berlin, embody-the proposition
for the United States to sukgest " to
Great Britain modification of the
British ordervin-councll,' in return for
which Germany would correspondingly
modify her submarine warfare,
v On its fac. the suggestion stopped
with a possible settlement of the German-American
controversy, but von
Bernstorff is Understood to be of the
opinion that: such diplomatic regatta
tions, once opened, will at least tend
toward peace-
TJTARRY K THA W,
'Jri slayer of Stanford
" ; White, who has been
given his freedom.
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BRITISH FORCE LANDS
ON NORTHERN SHORE
OF SEA' OF MARMORA
Mitylene;Raports;:uccess of
Allies 'at "Galllpoli Entrance
to, Guarded Waterway.
Mitylene., via Athens Julyl 18. (I.
N. S.)-rBrltlshifeinfqrcements .are re
ported to have, landed on the -northern
shores of the Gallipoll. entrance to the
Marmora sea; according' to advices 're
ceived here . today. s The same dispatch
said that the allies, in their last suc
cessful drive . at the southern -- tip, of
the peninsula' had captured much -material.
' ' ' - , -
: The' Turkish losses in; the'- last 60
days in the fighting around the Dar
danelles . were estimated today - to .ex;
ceedl ?6.000. . 1: ' "
In the sector of the allied front at
Krithia, 'the French are advancing
against tremendously strong Turkish
positions V supported by the . heaviest
guns . in the batteries . of : the allies.
Prisoners taken say - the ' morale . Of
the Turks has been gravely shaken by
the desperate attacks and the terrific
bombardments of the allies.
Fighting in .the peninsula continues
with the greatest ferocity both by day
and night. The Turks, subject to ' a
most powerful bombardment by t the
sJlied fleets, have been compelled to
surrender three lines of J trenches at
Derka. Tepe. ;r- - :
Tirids
Sofia. July 16. (I. N.- S.) At Con
stantinople, hospitals and schools and
other buildings employed as hospitals
are overcrowded with 5 wounded. .. The
opinion of a 'medical ' expert, is that
(Concluded on Pace Fm". .d'lssm Four I
AIM
:se :"'
GERFiW PUTS
PEACE WEDGE
IN 11. S. HANDS
Ambassador yon Bernstorff
Holds a Conference With
Secretary of State Lansing
. and Discusses Mediation.
GIVE UP SUBMARINES
IF F00O IS PERMITTED.
Ambassador Suggests j for
mal .Oral PromiseJo'Modr .
.: ify Submarine Attacksl '
Washington Jttly. 16.-t-U.- P.V-That
Ambassador von Bernstorff suggested
to' Secretary1 of State Cansing a plan
Which h'e believes may serve as the en
tering wedge toward peace "was cob
firmed this' .afternoon- on , reliable ,tf
thority., - : -y-'', -
The inipression this afternoons was
that what the German ambassador told
Lansing durintr-hiti conference with the
secretary1 earlier in -the -day had done
much, ta clarify the; situation ..Jb, the
controversy -between jthe, Dnited Stit
and Germany,,, ' fl, -'"
Lunainir waa asked if formal oral,: in
stead' of written assurance of modifi
cation of Germany's-- submarine -warfare
would i' acceptable. Tliesecre
tary answered, that it probably would.
At the conference, between Secretary
of Stae. LanSing and Count; von Berjo
etorff,, the .German ambassador., is un
derstood to have sought mediation be
tween Germany and . Kngland &s 1 o
methods ot warfare upon the sea..
. - Oermaay Seeks . - Agreement. .
No announcement was made - regard
ing 1th." subject' of the conference, but
it - was understood Ambassador -von
Bernstorff advanced the .suggestion
that if England would end her "starva
tion blockade" of Germany.: the kaiser
would . cease submarine - attacks, upon
all vessels: except '-yarships. ! - ;
: Offer of -; the -good .offices - of the
(Co Deluded os e Two. Column One)
Holland to Build
: . JtoergencyJNayy
Approprlatioa ' f gllJKKMKM ; tor Wsw
Cruisers and Submarines Adopted by
. The Hagyel Julyl(U; ' P---An
appropriation of 4 $11,200,000 - was voted
Jy "t the .' second chamber of parliament
here toaay lor tne immeaiate construc
tlon of two T000 ton cruisers and .four
800 ion submarines,- In addition a sec
ond bill was passed appropriating
$8000 for the construction of naval hy
droplanes. ' The government - was also
authorised to keep -"the DUtcli army
under; the colors.'.- f r, ,i- in'K :- 'f a
- Speakers for the government in pre
senting the measures' declared that' the
Increase was only for emergency pur
poses sit the :. war . bad ' demonstrated
that the Netherlands ' must t construct
a nayy - commensurate .v with her
sition.' . 1 r;; - . ' , , -..
- ' Building 20 ; Aeroplanes.
Los Angeles, Call, July ; 16. t(TJ.
P. Twenty. war aeroplanes for "fh
Netherlands government are - under
construction here by Glenn Martin, avi
ator. ;y The machines are W g tractors.
Captain Visscher and Lieutenant Poot-en-of
. the-Dutch army are making test
nights dally -near Palms. " t.
; " Cy. Salandra Goes to Front.
Rome, - July 16. (I, N. S). Terrific
infantry and; artillery - duels- were! in
progress today all -along the Tyroiese
frontier., reports received. Here today
from staff -neadquarters at Bologna
say. Premier Salandra was on his way
to the front today to confer with King
.v ictor cmannuei.'''
ENDLESS CHT
Battleships
Pass Through
PariamaCahal
ftflsscmrl,- ATlsconsin and Ohio,
First -Big Fighting Craft to Use
; , Ditch,' Conie ! to Pacific.
Colon, PahamaT July !. TJ. P.
The Missouri, "Wisconsin and Ohio, the
first large battleships, to pass through
the. PanaaW canal, entered the east en
trance at noon today.' The cadets from
the - United i States itnllltary academy
from-Annapolis are on board. en-route
to the. San Francisco .exposition. - The
fleet . Is -expected to -pass out of ? the
Pacific entiance at T pT-nw
Rear Admiral FuUara is la command.
The .. warships,. .were - appropriately
decorated.: "Eacn,. fired , a salute- of 21
guns-while passing the Gaillard cut at
IWOB.. . u - t,H 4 -. . -v .
t , - .... 1 1 11 1 1 1
. A . , . : '
Penrose; Is-.Bcking
. '.RbotoBjresident
Tomer Hew Tork Senator Is Stroagest
. JtspnbUcan" Osirwiity .Says Pena-
sylvaal. Boss.
PitUburg Pa.; -July 6.-1(1. N-! S
Senator Penrose discussing: the' next
presldentialj election,' said , today: 1 '
fnihu' Root is 'the strongest possi
bility In 'the sense that ho'ls' the' most
talked of. asj the-.Republican .nominee.
"yVtii areface-" -to! viae with serious
international complications ' that will
require the future president- to be : a
man . well up ' in; the -"knowledge - of
clpiiomacy. This .'means Mr. Root will
be' picked." ' i ? i ? ? .' . ' '
GEDDESVINS:
SUIT -TO GAIN SHARE
OF ECCLES FORTUNE
Jury? Stands Seven to: One in
ravor- ot ooy- uaimmgao
r r ' . . r ; 1 J Ml" ' .
de.oon.oTtiviHiionaire, .
v Ogden. iUtah. ijuly 16. (tJ.. P.)
After' deliberating for more, than 20
hors, r th jury which heard Albert
Geddes' slt for a share' in the estate
of the late David Kccles at noon today
returned a verdict for 'Geddes.- The
jury stood seven .to . one...; Only 4 six
i
. (Cpnclnded on Pige Fifteen, Column flT;t
- fyHRlNERS are spending today sightseeing in Portland,
1 V Sme e visitors are: ToprMrs. George R. Foltx
lr.:.ot Savannah, Co., wife of 'a' prominent member of
Alee patrol : In auto Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Putnam,
Port Henry, N. Y.j Mrs. W Hi Paaschen,-Troy, NsY. j s4
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j .: Arnis .Makers to Strikers;.
.Bridgeport." Conn-" .July 3.8 U." P.J
i. Kvery machinist tn-: ;the munitions
rectories- nere nas .tnreatened to striKe
tonight -.unless , the millwright in the
Remington. Arms company plants are
allowed to work ' under the machinists'
rules. Labor, officials from- all-parts
of 'the, country have flocked here and
two government mediators -are on; the
groijnd.. Representative Kitchen ? of
North Carolina said he is authorized by
President - Wilson - to offer the services
of .the -government .to, help mediate the
difficulties.,: r ,?-. i ..
Germans Suggesting i Peace. 'y j
London. July H. (TJ. P.) Financial
iezna.usi.ion is Dringing.tne uermang to
i terms," . according to . the ; Financial
wewg, .which today gave prominence to
a report thaUGermany Is "making ten-
j tative peace proposals," '. through the
united States. The " Information was
declared to.be from a reliable source. :
Sand Bags -Protect Baltic. '' .
New Torkr July 1C. (U. ' P)
When the White Star liner Baltic
'sailed ; from'' here for Liverpool - sand
bags . were . piled along ; her decks for
protection from possible shellfire from
German': submarines.' f Great precau
tion was taken to protect the - ship
while at her-pier, as a portion of the
cargo 'Consists of ' munitions and sup
plies. r::.r.v . ; jr-'xtrZ'-u'-',
.. .... ; ' , . j -- '' :
k Germans sDriT" at Warsaw.
; Berlin,, via Wireless to London, -July
1 P. X--The -Germans, are con
tinuing their-drive upon Warsaw from
the north, through Prxasnysx,. E0 miles
from the Polish capital, .an announce-,
ment - from the war office stated to
day. - . . r
i "In north . Poland near the : Baltic
our forces crossed the Wlndau 'river
despite, desperate, resistance," j the of
ficial statement said "We are - now
moving 'eastward - from.. Kokeljany.. -
; Trawler's, Crew Killed.' ;v. Fj
Calais.- rraneJury Sf)
The French . Trawler Nieuporl 'was
blown,- jup by n-a .-mine "in . the Engllsh
ehannel today and .Is persons were
drowned. .f - "
1 Cable ; Schooner" Wrecked.? 1
! London, " July 16. (T. N. S.)-:Th
Pacific cable schooner - Stratbcona ' has
been . wrecked off Suva. Fiji .islands,
according to- advices ceceived. here - to
day. 'Five members of thr crew were
lost. v : ' ' , '
;" Germany to Qtiirt Sociallstajx " ,.;
Copenhagen,.: July. , 16. (" -.N.L S,
Martial law soon is to ' be ; declared
throughout Germany, to .suppress. So
cialist agitation for terminating the
wr ;aeeording; to a -dispatch received
here today. from-Berlin-- -r .
i I .Vienna Reports - Cholera:
I Geneva,' July-16. 1 1.' N. S.) Vienna
dispatches- today officially announced
, S42 cases- of cholera, in Hungary; 281
f ef -wtyen had' resulted in death. ? sixty-
four in the.- armysar recorded, ;A2 4-; Of.
them toeing hopeless. vAS if- :s A-9
' . . .cySr . " ij,t5.ty i....j
'-- -London May Close -Change. - ?
k London,. July. 16. (I. N. S.') Finan
cial, circles are stirred, by rumors that
the government" intends tot order th
stock exchange" closed tnronghont the
month 'of August unless 'the "practice
of clandestine trading in . half penny
aliens is abandoned." - ; f ' - 0 '-:' '-1
It is suspected-that certain natur
alized Germans1 who f still V are memJ
bers have been operating between" Lon.
don,. New. Tork and other neutral cen
ters : to the "detriment of British m
tereats.V ,;V?"? rf:' '' .' '' 1 " ' '
Alleged American "Spy Shot.
London,- July 16. ( I. -N. -S.)-Frana
Berka, a laborer, who -claimed Ameri
canr citizenship, was shot t for high
treason atV Maprtch-Ostrau. In "Austrian-,
Silesia, June -14 according .-to ; th
Daily Chronicle, which says Jt gets its
information from a copy of the . of
ficial Journal of the. province of Sile
sia. - ' ' ' - ' "
; Berks, says the 'Chronicle,: was tried
before the militay. court charged' with
using two traltorlous expressions in an
inn at' Gross Holendorf. - The expressions-
were alleged to be calculated to
disturb the peace of the neighborhood.
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British Occupy - African - City."
w London,- "July' $. (U. P. Anglo
French fotce- have' occupied Ngaund
ere, - ar town 'of 35.000 ' inhabitants,
north-" of central Cameroon, an offi
cial announcement" stated hefe today.
- r -'"i i ' j i- - r.
Last Germans f Called. Oat. y
Vzurtch, j Julyl6.-.(L; N.S.) ItYls
becoming clearer day by day that Ger
many has called up her last reserves
and that every available man is be
ing sent ton th i fighting- line.; v Ger
mans . 45 "years old. residing : In .Swltz-.
er land , have- now . been called : to t he
colors, 1. Th . doctors -refuse ; hardly
any , one. Germany , has - every - avail
able man in uniform and can no long
er; make good th . wastage,
,. ', j' Germans Aim at Calais.. r'-
London, July 16. (U, P.) Th Ger
mans are apparently1 preparing for an
other attempt vto reach Calais, accord
ing . to a. Rotterdam dispatch to the
Daily.' Mail, today. " -.l .",.-.
r "Eighty thousand Germans and nu
merous guns hav left Aix 1& Chape lie
bound for- the Ter,i apparently . for a
new drive i; on Calais.; th dispatch
said.
. Holt's v Death ,. Described.: ; , j
'-3f taaola, -L. L,. July U6. (L P.)
Th -iaquest--into4' the death -of Frank
Holt, assailant - of - J. P, Morgan, who
committed suicide in the Jail here was
resumed today. -Thre prisoners tes
tified that Holt climbed to thetop of
the cell tier and threw himself rto the
floor., ..- " -"". '".-. - -" " -'- .
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Train : Rons - Down . Auto;'- Kills 8.
'Niagara Falls, NJ -T.,-"'July 16. (ti;
P.) A -' chauffeur and ' two - children
Tourist Travel-to
:West Breaks Eecord
New York, July 1. (U. P.)Tour-.
1st traffic to the. west over transconti
nental lines has already increased 15
per cent over the: best previous year,
It was learned from an official source
today. The existing low rates to- the
Pacific coast. . the - attraction offered
by the California expositions and the
war checking European travel, were
declared to be responsible for, the in
crease in- western traffic.
were ? instantly Wiled Jhere' this after
noon when , a. sUburban. train bound for
Buffalo struck an automobll. " ;
y&''; , ,'.'. ...v. -r-r-;---j
Iowa Bank Robbed. ; . !
North Liberty; ;lOwa.;!JuIy 16. (I.
N-.S.) Holding up the cashier of th
Farmers Savings bank ' here, this af
ternoon; .'two masked robbers gathered
up all cash In, sight and escaped. , . j
V Chicago Heat :. Prostrates.
Chicago July16. (L'N. S.) Fred
Heinz,, a commission dealer, was pros
trated by . theibeat here . today. Hs
collapsed In his office, where th ther
mometer r registered 86. degrees above
, i Distribute Food In ' Mexico.
.Washington, July, 16. (I. N. S.)
Colonel Ignaclo Enrlquez. former Mexi
can consul general t New Yorit," naa
been., appointed municipal president of
Mexico City and-today -was conducting
distribution of the 11 tratnloads of
foodstuffs shipped In from Vera Crux.
V..1 . ..- ,r . i n L .-..V -
May End Welsh Strike. ,
Cardiff. Wales, July 16-I. N. 8.)
The strike situation .in the South
Wales -coat mines took a .turn for th
better'- this evening, when 19 members
of the executive committee of the
miners'" organization pledged them
selves to end the Strike at one. Four
other members of the committee re
fused. - - -, "I "-.:.
" Aviator Is Commended. -."Paris.
July 16. 11. Nv S.) Jules Ve
drines, the famous French aviator, is
.mentioned in the army orders : today
.as -having flown more than 1000 hours
and accomplished " brilliant reconnais
sances.
Austrian Note Held
? TpBe' Shrewd Move
V. . -
German Prats Skeptical As to Its Oat.
. come, - owtrrer atop Expressed
That Wilsoa Will B Oonysrted, '
Berlin,-' via .wireless, to .Say ville, L.
1.. July 16 (U. P.) The. Vosslche
SSeitung, often the organ of Chancellor
yon iBethmann-Hollweg, ",- commenting
upon th ... Austrian , note protesting
against , the shipment ; of muntions to
the jillies from: America,. today said:,
"We; hope this strong neutrality ar
gument - will f Impress -' and, convert
President Wilson, as .Bryan . was con
verted before.; Now is th golden op
portunity for the United States to show
its" readiness to observe. ' true neu
trality," -x
- The Berlin . press , generally consid
erad the Austrian note a. shrewd poli
tical move, but was skeptical as to Its
effect. - - . ,
j, " j I, - i inn r i i " sy ' ,''"
For additional late news
see page-9
ARABS EtlTER
mm rayb
OF RISING SUl
Fez-Topped ; Nobles Drift In
From Imperial Council and
Are Busy Seeing Sights
' Shown by Friends.
ISMAILA TEMPLE OF
; BUFFALO VANGUARD
Auto Trips Prove Popular
With Members of Huge
Caravan.
. Salaam! The Arabs are here.
As early as 4 o'clock this morning
special trains bearing fes-toppe.l
nobles of the. Mystic Shrine began
pulling r into the Union and North
Bank depots from the Seattle conven
tion, v Accompanying these overlords
of Masonry came beautiful and viva
cious women wives, ; for the mot
part,: and daughters. Now and then a
bright .. faced boy of tenaer years,
wearing a diminutive fs just like
papa's, trotted along with the-grownups..
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:-. Ismallia temple, of Buffalo, N. - Y.,
arrived perhaps earlier " than any
other delegation. Its special train win
parked at the Union depot long beforo
daylight and Tom McCusker, chairman
of Al Kader's reception committer,
found a. hungry bunch at the train
When the 26 Portland "committeemen
went to. do the honors..
Sscorted to Breakfast.
They were escorted to the Portland
hotel for breakfast and afterward
were , loaded - into - automobiles and
whisked ail around tn town. Tlie
had to have an early start, because
they were scheduled to start south at
t o'clock. v
--'At 7 o'clock came two long special
trains, on bearing Acca of Richmond,
Akdar of Tulsa. Bedouin' of Muskogee
and MIrsa of Pittsburg. Ky. El MaiJ.i
of El Pao. Texas, came on the other.
An even 100 people-were. In the Acca
party and all were breakfasted at 1 1 1
Multnomah hotel under the ausplceH
of 'Fred A- Jacobs and his J5 recep-
Concluded m Tliree. Column Two.)
OSCAR CAMPBELL OF
EUGENE IS BROUGHT
CASHIER CASE
Prosecution ( nt rod uces Evi-
dence to Connect the Vice
- President With Stock Sales
m
m
m
Tormer galeraan Arrested.
Chicago. July 16. I. N.
S.) O. I Hopson, indicted in
Portland, Or., last February
on charges of . using the mails
to ' defraud, was arrested - here
today., He will be taken to th
Oregon Imetropolls Monday.
Hopson denies he is guilty of
any illegal acts. -
(
w-
O.' L. Hopson was a salesman
for the United States Cashier
company,- officers and pro
moters ' of which are now on
trial in - the - federal court.
United States Attorney Reames
stated this afternoon that evert
since th Indictment, a. nation
wide search has been going on
for Hopson and . he has just
been found. Mr, Reames said
the indictment in Hopson's case
Is similar to those of the other
defendants. f. .: : V" ' ... ' "
4 tifc "T V
For the first tim since the open
ing of the trial in the federal court
of the seven U. S. Cashier officers and
salesmen, the government today intro
duced evidence in an effort to connect
Oscar Campbell of Eugene, vice presi
dent and director, with the fraud and
conspiracy chsrges resulting from
stock sales..
At the same time United States At
torney ' Reames continued his line of
evidence begun yesterday afternoon,
directed against Trank Menefee, presi
dent of the $1,000,000 concern.
Campbell's activities in the com
pany, were brought forward today
when John Ctraub, professor of lan
guage of th University of Oregon, and
(CoBCladed on Pass vrfbr. Colono Ooe.i
American Is Held
."..On Secret Charge
Osorg S. Spests, Claiming to spr-
sent Amsricaa Copper Interests im
.Bsrlls, Has Bssa Arrested There.
Berlin,'July H.(t N. 8.) Gorr
8. fcpeets,. who claims to represe- t
American- copper interests and to fc
a native of Winter, CaU, is under ar
rest here today on secret charges.
. Ambassador, Gerard has . started - a n
investigation. ., -:
Crops Damaged.
.Huntington, Ind July 16. (U. P.)
Reports received today from th Wn
bash valley country are that fin, ,
have seriously damaged the rn
Washouts have Impeded railt
travel.
INTO