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tomorrow fair;
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Humidity 62.
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, THE WEATHER K .
II i T - . -
RI POURS ON
FIGHTING IN
ON THE SOME
Sea of Mud Hampers Oper
ations of Allies in Bringing
Up Heavy Guns to Batter
Further Advance.
HEAVY LOSS OF PRUSSIAN
GUARDSMEN REPORTED
French War Office Claims
Slight Progress South of
the Somme.
Ry KI J j. Keen,
T-nrirlon, July 8. (I'. r. ) The
super-of fenslve of the allips' armlp
erwered its econi week today with
the allies everywhere attarkini; hiiJ
MHlntainiriK their earlier Rains at prac
tically pvery point, despite hcuv en
emy rounter at'tarkB.
A heavy downpour of rain through
out yesterday afternoon converted thn
battleground on both Bides of I lie
8mnine Into a Rreat fcea of nr.i'i lant
night and neriouMly hampered ojiera
llonn. Iespit this handicap, the
French war office today claimed liKht
further proRress south of the K.imme,
with the taking at 400 prisoners.
British Improvi Volitions.
Tli British troops north of the
Kornme, after scoring important nuc
ceases aKaliift the Germans In yrster
.iIbv'h I'lxlitlntf. contented themw?lve8
laM nixht with Irnprovlngr their posf
Hons. The flKhtliiK nt the vllluge of
( 'out ii Imalsnn rriiched a deadlock dur
ing the niKht, with t ho British iK.ldlng
llie western aJid thr (lermaii"! the
esstern pari of the ruined town.
No official estimates of either the
Ceinisn or British losses have been
made by th(. war office islnce the of
fensive beaii at T..'!0 last Saturday
morning, but the iermnnn are unoffi
flally reported to have lost from 30,000
to 40.000 tn killed and wounded, be
sides nearly fo.ooo taken prisoners by
the British and French.
Many Prussian Guardsmen Slain.
Kpeilal dispatches lrom Pans to
day reported that 5000 Prussian
Ruartlsmen, th flower of the kaUe.rs
army. , were klUed In the early day
I Concluded on Pn Two. C.ilutnn Thre.)
BRITISH BLOCKADE OF
Hostile Destination of Ships
Carrying Contraband Pre
sumed Until Proof Given,
London. July 8. 1 1 :. p.) King
Oeorgo today issued a royal order in
council withdrawing ait previous orners
In council urraVf'the declaration of Lon
don anjdvflfnno'uncinfr new principles
undetf1iich ,th blockade of Germanv
wLWTie conducted.
The new order In council stipulates
(that
the hostile destination of any shins
tarrying contraband of war Is pre-
imed until the contrary Is shown.
This stipulation permits Britsh war
ships to hold up suspected neutral
ships, which must then show proof that
their cargoes are not ultimately des
tined for enemy countries, to avoid
aclzure.
The principle of continuous voVaee
and ultimate destination will apply to
contraband in ships passing the block
ade. Any vessel is liable to capture
and condemnation by a prize court If
its cargo is more than one-half contra
band.
Any neutral ship carrying contra
band, but which evades capture by
Knowing papers Indicating a neutral
destlnation.and then proceeds to an
enemy port.'wlll be liable to capture on
her next voyage in the proscribed area
Ground for Argument.
Washington. July 8. (U. P. When
England abroKated her orders-ln-coun
ell and made a new one effective to
day, she gave ground for a big new
argument with the I'nlted States.
Knuland's new position is the posi
tron she has held riffht along, theoreti
cally, but never heretofore actually
put in writing. The order means that
Knglund places the burden of proof
as to contraband upon the ship, ac
cording to authorities here. On the
ot?.er hand, this government, with
t'lvll war precedents as a guide, holds
that the suspecting government ha
the burden of proof as to the char
acter of cargoes.
While state department officials
would not publicly comment on the
order in advance of receiving the of
ficial text. Indications were that this
government lodge a protest against
operation of such a system.
French Action Similar.
Paris, July 8. ( I. N. 8.) Follow
ing the action of the British govern
ment, the French government today
announced that the declaration of
Iondon no longer would be followed
In interpreting maritime International
law.
In a memorandum, accompanying
the announcement, declaration is made
that the allies will continue to ob
serve rights of neutrala aa respecting
lives and property but that circum
stances have developed which oblige
.the allies to modify jhe rules of the
; declaration.
k Kxperlence lias shown, the memoran
dum declares, that the rules embodied
In the declaration of London do not
. secure expected results, either for
belligerents or neutrals.
GERMANY TIGHTENED
BY ORDER IN COUNCIL
WHAT THE BRITISH ARE FIGHTING IN FRANCE Map identifying the various
units of the German army that are now opposing the British advances and showing
their location and the location of German reserves back of the fighting line. Today's
dispatches indicate the real objective of the British may be the recapture of Lille. The French
are now in the outskirts of Peronne, on the southern part of the battle line shown in the map.
Poperinqhet, Nf"""" y pudenarde ) -I
ymrd Us
SOmer Bai!leuto V JAXXUIR-C. UjJy v enaix rlmot.
hazebrouck IjlxrKA.r S-
Arment,eresp-y X
lM9ld$3s journal cAth J
liners I rLaBassee I i '
Cambrm lSnBavA-C o0rchiesS " lions T
tooylVA.C .X Mn 1
VTTX -Dovai (pQOIILCj German Battle Front
i,7thl (irtfJrt I 3 A.C Active Corps
" 9 & TLC... Reserve Corps
Dou I le n MorHrhyL?1?"?' c amraiO fnTn. f3 BavAC Bavarian Active Coras
(52"?Dlv. Div...... Division
HebutemeSti ' oBap3um Mromf tX Reserve Division
ytv r p TeCateau tk GRD. Guard Reserve Oi vision
AlbTtow ZCombles -leCareJet UA.r.-tLandehr8r,9id,
BrayKVcVIA.C tr r. rstz Brigade
17lO'"BVDIV. omf J M
WASHINGTON'S GUARD
MAKES CAMP BESIDE
Militiamen Arrive Late and
Work Nearly All Night Put
ting Things in Order,
Calexlco. Cal., July 8. (I". P.) The
entire Second regiment infantry,
Washington National Guard, totalling
1800 men, in addition to several auxil
iary companies, under the command
of Colonel W. N. Inglis of Seattle. Is
encamped here today alongside the
camp of Oregon militiamen.
By moonlight last night the Wash
ington troops pitched camp, working
from the time of their arrival, early
in the evening, until the small hours
of the morning. Troopers under direc
tion of their officers went about their
work of systematically setting up con
ical tents in company streets. Cook
tents and stoves were unloaded and
set up, and the work of preparing
breakfast begun.
When the Oregon troops turned out
at reveille this morning they found
their northern comrades already well
established in their camp home. With
the exception of the North Yakima
company, which was compelled tc use
their pack shelter tents, owing to de
lay In their equipment arriving, the
entire Washington contingent is today
entertaining Imperial valley vibllorb
In a well established permanent camp.
There are now more than 3000 troops
here. It was stated here on gooJ un
official authority that an Idaho regl
n. lit will arrive early next week.
Ranch Hands Shoot
Raiding Mexicans
Kl Paso. Texas. July 8. I U. P.)
Fouiteen Mexicans are reported to have
been killed in a running fight with em
ployes on Tom Perrin"s ranch, about
30 miles up the Rio Grande, in New
Mexico. The sheriff's office here was
notified of the raid and rushed depu
ties and United Uates regulars to the
scene. The fight with the ranch hands,
unconfirmed as yet. as understood to
have taken place in the meantime.
Fifty Mexicans in the raiding party ran
off a number of cattle.
Americans Reported Captured.
Kl Paso. Texas, July 8 (P. N. S.)
Mexican bandits have raided Boqulllas.
destroying property and capturing
three Americans, according to dis
patches received here today. The dis
patches have not been officially con
firmed. Ixmer Gasoline Prices Aim.
Washington, July 8. (1. N. S.) The
house mines committee recommended
passage of a bill providing for collec
tion of information upon which con
gress can baie legislation designed to
lessen the price of gasoline.
OREGON'S
REG WENT
VICTOR MURDOCH IS
LEFT HIGH AND DRY
ILI
Admires Hughes' Isolation
but Shudders at Taft for
Supreme Bench.
Removing a hug'e Peterson pipe from
his mouth Victor Murdock. Progress
ive national chairman, of Wichita.
Kan., announced this morning that he
was going to China at the conclusion
of his present lecture tour.
"Primarily Mrs. Murdock and I are I
going to visit our daughter." he said,:
"but I think I shall make a deep
study of insurgency in the Flowery
Kingdom. I want to see how they
are getting away with the progressive
movement in one of the oldest coun
tries In the world."
Mr. Murdock is tolerably familiar
with the success of the progressive
movement In his own country; he is
chairman of the National Progressive
. nmmitiee c
committee.
Along came Colonel Kmmett Cal
lahan, well known Oregon Progres
sive, and invited Mr. Murdock to
lunch.
"I shall go." said the former mem
ber of congress from Kansas, "if you
will take me to a certain Chinese
restaurant 1 have In mind. I want i
some chop suey." !
From which it will be seen that
Mr. Murdock believes in preparedness.
Pleads for Preparedness.
He is wholeheartedly for prepared- i
nesss, real, adequate, physical pre- I
paredness. He Is making an earnest
plea for preparedness on his present
IN NATIONAL POLITI S
lecture tour. 1 j
"The United States is bec-cming , Rwn4M of Iiautaat Killed at Car
greater and greater, and richer and rt?al Left Zl Paso This Morning to
richer; but we are In nowise prepared ; tb Accompaniment .of All Konott.
to defend ourselves against the ag- I .
gresslo,, of a powerful and envious KI Paso' Te3ts- Ju'y N. S.)
foe." he said When the Southern Pacific train
(fmclndrt on Page Seven. Cnlumn FWe. j
Cow, Horse, Buggy
Tent House for Sale
When rople want the latest
war news they look to the news
papers. When they want to makn
quick sales, they use Journal
want ads and the ads get tlie busi
ness. Have you tried them?
Livestock 35
FOR SAIK Fine cow, horse, rub
ber tired lop buggy
Strmrcer Kesorta 66 '
FOR SALK Tent house, electric
lights and water. .
Launches uAA Boats 64
WILL FAY spot cash for good
canoe.
The dally circulation of Thu
Journal In Portland and trading
radius exceeds the morning paper
by several thousands and is prac
tically 5ft per cent greater than
Its nearest afternoon contem
porary. ,
CITIES OF COAST WILL
MAKE UNITED FIGHT
UPON RATE DECISION
Meeting of Portland, Tacoma
and Seattle Shippers to Be
Held at Seattle,
Portland. Seattle and Tacoma will
resist unitedly the interstate com
merce commission's decision of the
Spokane rate case.
San Francisco, Ios Angeles and
other California coast cities will swing
into line, so that the whole Pacific
coast will present a solid front against
the order increasing transcontinental
I freight rates, to the disudvanLase of
the coast, without corresponding ad
vantage to intermediate points.
Competitive struggles between the
coast cities Will be laid a.side while
they join forces In meeting the com
mon danger.
, i tV.J v -r r y T
; land Traffic and Transportation asso
ciation, said this morning thht the
Seatt le-Tacoma - Portland conference
will be held next Tuesday at Seattle.
The date for the meeting with Cali
fornia roast shippers' organizations
probably will he decided then.
Meanwhile the local association will
be planning action alone a line that
(Conrlude'l fn Puge Svmi. Column Four.)
Adair's Body Will
Reach Here Tuesday
reaches toruann rrorn hi Fhso, Tues
day evening It will carry a grim steel
gray box draped with an American
I l tag ana coverea wun wiuea aesert ;
i flowers and wreaths of immortelles. (
The metallic box will contain th I
ibcdy of Lieutenant Henry Adair, the
! hero of the battle of Carrlzal, which i
is heinir nhinned to his home In Prirt- '
land, where it wlil be buried beside
that of his father, who died without
, knowing that his son had fallen on a
! Mtxican battlefield.
Lieutenant Adair's lo y left th
I union station here at S:4!i thisWmorri
: (ng mountain time and should reach
San Francisco late Sunday evening
j en route to Portland. When the, train
pulled out this nTorniiig the Eighth
I cavalry mounted band played "Nearer
j My God to Thee." an artillery field
1 pie -e boomed a salute for the dead,
i while a negro trumpets of the fight
i ing Tenth played"Taps."
i The family of IJeutenant Adair ex
pects the body to arrive here some
' time Tuesday. Funeral services prob
jably will be held on Thursday, but
I definite arrangements will not be un
dertaken until after the funeral of S.
D. Adair, the father, held this after
' noon.
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Mill and Ship
Yard to Begin
Work July 15
Four Hundred Men Will Be Kept
Busy at Peninsula Plant Cutting
Lumber and Building Ships.
About 400 men will be put to work
at the plants of the Peninsula Lumber
company and the new shipyard connect
ed therewith on July 15. according to
K. C. Knapp, manager of the mill and
yard. AlV. Knapp has Just returned
from a trip to Is'ew York.
The mill resumed operations a couple
of months ago, but closed down for a
few weeks, but it has been decided to
resume with the intention of keeping
the saw buzzing for a long time.
About l'"0 men will be employed in the
mill; liO will be needed in the shipyard-Two
sailing vessels equipped with
auxiliary power are to be built at once.
Mr. Kuapp's trip to New York was for
the purpose of purchasing machinery
tbat is now on the way. It is expected
to have it on the ground by the middle
of the month.
Mr. Knapp sees improvement in the
lumber business in tight. He expects
the demand to continue fair from now
on till the war is over, when he looks
tor a record-breaking business.
One Not Too Closely Hitched
to Old Factions Likely to
Win Honors Now,
This fpftns to be the day of the
dmk horse with the Republican state
central committee which Is meeting
this afternoon. The committeemen
say they like Charles B. Moores, and
Charles A. Johns, and K. H. Hermann,
that they are all fine centlemen. but
that the times are ca'ltni fur some
one to head the Republlcaa organiza
tion who lias not been Identified too
closely with old factions during ilia
past.
Wherefore they are looking around,
and. according to the dope that Is
being whispered about it Is probable
that the final bailot for state chair
man will name Thomas H. Tongue Jr..
Thomas 21 M-ahoney of Heppner, Pn'I
Metsef.afr,- of Portland, Cud's
Huntley of Oregon City, J. N. Burgess
of Pendleton, Charles I.. McNary of
(Concluded on Pa(re STn. Column Slx)
Hughes Swelters to
Comply With Law
O. O. P. Hominee Leaves Cool Sum
mer Home on Leamlar He Must
Max Affidavit In PennaylTanla.
New York, July 8. ( U. P.) A
clause In the Pennsylvania election
law which had alrnoct been forgot
ten brought Charles E. Hughes, lie
publican presidential nominee, back
from the cool hicfjzcs of Bridgehamp
ton to sweltering New York.
ome body remembered that the
Pennsylvania law provides that witli
in ;;o days aUer a presidential can
didate has been named lie must make
affidavit of his candidacy in Penn
sylvania and nominate his presidential
electors.
Hughes was immediately summoned
to his headquarters at the Hotel Astor
to comply with the neglected provis
ion of the law.
Jellicoe Report for
Home Consumption
Admiralty, Commenting' on British Ad
miral's Statement, Reiterates pre
vlons Admissions.
Berlin, July 8. P. Trie, ad
miralty Issued a brief comment on
Admiral Jelllcoe's verxion of the North
sea battle. It reiterates that previous
admissions of German losses are cor
rect, and that any further claims by
the British nava! chief of the destruc
tion of German ships are false.
"The Jellicoe report," said the Co
logne Volks Zeitong. "is specially pre
pared for home ronnimption."
N. E. A. May Meet in
Portland Next Time
New York, July 8. l. P.) At the
National Education association direc
tors' meeting today Asbury Park. N.
J.. Portland. Or., and Chicago were
named in e. preferential vote a; the
place of the next convention. Final
se'.tlemcnt will be made later
Federal Reserve
Statement
San Franrlnw, Jiilr 8. (P. N. &. Ptte
ir.ent of rndlTWn federpl rieri bank at tb
cle of butneti July 7. ll'H'.:
KESornrns
t;.l(l roin and gold certificate -In
.nn vault. $ 2.iX)
In piM ttlement f iiimJ . . .'jr-.trfto
i 1 1. tclil rwieinfiflmn fund loCOi
I-egal tender notes, silver, etc 11.000
Total rrwrtm fisxm.noo
Commercial imper tredl-ocma i . . . . N:!2.oOii
Bunk acceptance :. ?7 . 00
I' jilt. -J State txjuiln 3.HOA.OO0
Municipal warrant 2.082,000
Federal reaerre note tn banda of
bank
All other reaourcee
1.7WO00
S.1M.000
Total rraonrce
LIABILITIES
Capital paid In
lepit', net member bank .
DepJStts. government
..fSJM.ow
. . s.or.i.ono
. . .;.ok.cx
Totl liabilities..,
MEMOKANM M
Federal reserve notes out landing In
banda of public.
.. 7,971,000
DARK HORSE LOOMS
IN REPUBLICAN RACE
R
CHAIRMANSHIP
RUSSIA DRIVES
AUSTRIA BACK
Oil RIVER STYR
Berlin Receives Word That!
Greatlv Superior Force of
Czar's Men Cannot Be
Withstood by Front Lines.
IN DANGER OF BEING
DOUBLY OUTFLANKED
rOllSn LegiOn and German
Force Aids in the With
drawal.
Tetrograd, July S. (I'. P.) Capture
of 1000 additional prisoners and occu
pation of the villages of Letchlnevka.
Griva and Orevorov was announced by
the war office this afternoon.
Berlin, Via Wireless to Savvtile.
I.. July 8. (t;. P.) Austrian troops
have retreated from their advanced
lines In the bend of the River tityr in
Volhynia, before greatly superior Rus
sian forces, said an official statement
from the Austrian war office, racelved
here today.
The German war office, however, an-
iinnnp.ft 1 Vi 1 ta aftmmrrn that rurin-i taA
attacks In the Lake Narocz region, and
a Russian attack northwest of Buczacz,
In Ualtcia. were repulsed.
Austrian troops fighting In the River
Styr bend, who during four weeks have
opposed hostile forces of from three to
five fold superiority, on Thursday re
ceived orders to withdraw their most
advanced lines, which were exposed to
double outflanking, said the Austrian
statement.
"With the cooperation of German
troops west of Kolkl, and by the heroic
action of the Polish legion near Koloda,
the movement was executed undis
turbed by the enemy. South of Kolkl
there has been no damags. Thursday
(Concluded on Pur Seven. Column Seven)
RUSSIA WILL RELY ON
JAPAN TO GUARD HER
INTERESTS IN ORIENT
Minister Says His Country
Will Be Occupied With the
German Question Alone,
Petrograd. July 8. (I. N. S.) That
Japan will be relied on fully by Rus-
sla to guard her interests in the ea:t
while Russia devotes her entire ener
gies to solving the German problen1,
was Indicated here today by Sergl'i?
Sazonoff. minister of foreign affaiin.
In an Interview published by the
Bourse Gazette on the recently signed
Russo-Japanese treaty. Sazonoff is
quoted thus:
. "The present war opens up a series
of problems for Russia, the solution
of which necessitates our confining
our attention to the west for many
years. Relying on our solidarity with
Japan as regarding far eastern ques
tions, we can devote all our energies
to the solution of these problems witb
the assurance that no power will take
an unfair advantage of China to carry
out its ambitious plans as was the
case with other countries bordering
Russia In the east."
AmerlcanVill Be Welcomed.
New York, July 8. (U. P.l "Japan
welcomes American money and Invest
ments, and will steadfastly ma'ntaln
the open door policy in China," Count
Okumai, Japaneee prime minister, de
clared in an Interview with i New
York Times correspondent at Toklo.
published today, commenting on the
new Russo-Japanese treaty.
"Japan has no ambition for Chinese
territory. The territorial ambition of
the oldtimers is a dream. The world
does not think President Wilson's
Mexican polfcy Is an indication of ter
ritorial ambition, notwithstanding that
America took Mexican territory years
ago.
"Tell Americans we heartily wel
come their commercial and Industrial
activity In China. America has enor
mous capital, which, if used commer
cially and industrially in China will
further Japan's trade with China."
'Tensing Asks Details. wreckage and has caused a loss of $2.-
Washington. July 8. (I. N. S.) Sec. 000.00O. This report was brought here
retary lansing today requested the j today by passengers who came from
American ambassadors at both Petro- Mobile.
grad and Tokio to make a report on the Roof n were blown from big build
status of 'the ne,w Russo-JapaneKe i lngs all over the city, the refugees
treaty. The treaty waa informally dis- I said, and continued rains acre lncreas
cussed by the senate committee on for- I ing the damage from the cyclone. The
elgn relations today. The committee ! people of Mobile were reported without
took no action, deciding to await re
ceipt of the full text of the treaty.
Ixmdon Papers Approve Treaty.
T-ondon, July 8. tr. P.) F.nirland
played a prominent part in the fram
ing of the new Russo-Japanese naty,
the Iondon newspapers stated today.
1n registering their approval ot the
pact .
The papers generally refrain from
discusrion of the effect of the treaty
on American Interests.
Peace Committee Formed.
Washington. July 8. (I. N. 8.
The lnter-Amerlcan peace committee;
vlg formed here Friday by six men I
who have been conferring about wsys
of avoiding war between the United !
States .and Mexico. Moorefteld Story
of Boston ws chosen chairman. Th I
other members are Dr. David Starr j
Jordan, Paul U. Kellogg. M, C. Ro
land, Dr. Atl and Liius Manuel Rojas. 1
S. P. Protests
O.-C. Grant Act
Enforcement
Action Taken to Mean Precaution
ary Step to Preserve Com
pany's Bights.
Washington. July 8 (WASHING
TON BITREAU OK THE JOURNAL.)
The Southern Pacific company to-
'day flled writ,en potest against any
force the. Chamberlain land grant act
and gave notice that payment of taxes
and lands by such officials will be
made "upon their own responsibility
and at their own peril and that of
the Lnited States."
The actio. i dit" not occa-sion sur
prise, the expectation being that ths
railroad will make a fight In the
courts against the act. Officials in
terpret the protest as a precautionary
legal rights it may have. The rail
! road olflcialH are Ktill expected to co-
operate with tlie government in fur
nishing data on which classification
and preliminary work may proceed,
leaving the validity of the act to be
tcisted later.
The protest begins with the asser
tion that the Chamberlain i.et is a
violation of the property right of the
lall'-oad; that revesting of title in the
government Is void unless with the
consent of the railroad, and that the
railroad does not ufuenl to the pro
visions of the act.
A protest is made against the gov
ernment asserting uny right of owner
ship over the lands or interfering with
the railroad's possession. The docu
ment closes with a warning against
payment of taxes.
Attorney lloehling. counsel for the
railroad her.', filed copies at the ' hite
House, with the vice president, the
speaker, the secretaries of the Interior
and agriculture, the attorney general,
United States treasurer and other of
ficials. F. AlllTS
FEDERAL ATTORNEYS
Relinquishes Title tos Land
Involved in Three Test
Casesr After Long Battle.
San Francisco, July 8. (P. N. S.)
F. A. Hyde, accused of land frauds In
volvlng hundreds of thousands of acres
in the west, balked the government to
day by relinquishing title to 200 acres
b'volved in three test cases.
J. B. Sanford. United States land
registrar, returning to San Francisco
to write an opinion giving victory to
the government, found on his desk a
brief note from Hyde saying that he
i wculd not dispute the contention that
he was not entitled to the land In three
test cases.
For I'he years the government pre
pared Hm case against Hyde, and now
it Is thrown back to I he beginning, us
far as legal presentation of Its claims
tjoes.
Sixty cases were Investigated, and
of these the three were picked out
as giving a general test of all the
charges involved, principally forgery.
Three months ago the Tiearlng be
gan before Sanford. Hyde put up a
noticeably slight defense. In those
cai-es he was charged with forging
tho names of George S. Jones, C. P.
Carpenter and Fannie Danhu5er to
tecure government land.
The testimony made a mass as big
as two unabridged dictionaries and
Sanford took It away, with a cartload
of books cited as authorities. He
went to the country and spent a month
digesting it all.
Then finding the government's caso
proven, in his opinion, he came back
to write his decision. And there was
Hyde's letter.
Federal prosecuting circles were
chagrined this afternoon, but it was
declared other steps for prosecution
would be taken, new tests being made.
Looters in Mobile
Are Shot to Death
Continued Rains Increase Damage of
$3,000,000 Prom Cyclone ; Oa Supply
Tails, Bread Scarce; Martial Law.
Meridian Miss., July 8. (I. N. S.)
Several looters have been shot to death
In Mobile, Ala., which is under martial
law as a result of the hurricane which
filled the streets of that city with
gas for house or street use, bread was
scarce and the streetcar service para-
1 1 ved.
IN LAND FRAUD CASE
Will You Help the Families of Enlisted Men?
The advisory board of th Daughters of the American Revolution
appeal for co-operation In looking after the families of men who havj
ret ponded to the call of their country, leaving their usual occupation
and toregoing their regular salaries. We must have 1000 pledges ot
25c, 5oc, 75c, ll.oo, 13.00 and 5.00, or more, a month for. thref
months. Fill out the blank below and send to D. A. R. patribtlc heatt
quarters, room 616 Journal Building, or bring pledges personally.
NAME
ADDRESS
AMOUNT PER MONTH
VILLISTAS AND
CARRANS
IN DEATH GRIP
Force of 2000 of Carranza's
Men and 800 Bandits Are
Engaged in Desperate Bat
tle Southeast of Jiminez.
JIMINEZ EVACUATED BY
VILLA, EL PASO HEARS
Villa Reported to Be Leading
Force of 3000 Men to
Attack Parral.
Kl Paso. Texas, July 8 (tr. TM-
Fighting s In progress near Baca,
midway between Jtmlnes and Parral,
between a VUllsta column under Gen
eral Calexlo Contreras and a Csrranaa
force. Three thousand men are en
gaged on both sides, the CarranilMas
attempting the check Villa's advance
on Parral. Official announcement of
the battle was made by General Fran
Cisco Gonzales, commandant In Culdad
Juarez, across the river, this after
noon. El Peso, Texas. July 8. (U. IM
A desperate engagement Is rating;
southeast of Jlmlnei. between 2000
CarrunziHtas and k00 Vllllstas, led by
General Calexlo Contreras. accordln
to official advices today to General
Gnnzsles of Juarez In a delayed ma-
fage from Chihuahua City.
Unofficial advices reported KVan-
i-lsco. Villa at the head of 3000 men
advancing to attack Parral. . Villa, the
ri-pnrt stated, evHi-unted Jlmlnaz,
which he captured two days ago and
i ut communication lines north to
I'urral.
Parral Is garrisoned by 1000 Car
ranzlslu. under General F.rnesto
Gome. Villa is reported tn have en-
ICom-luilfd uti 1'niie Seren. Column Trer
F
L OFFER BY
U. S. TO MEXICO WILL
Feeling, However, Is Chang
ing and Events May Lead
to Request for Aid.
By Robert J. Render.
Washington, July 8. (U. P.) Pres
ident Wilson will make no effort to
rehabilitate Mexico with American
money until General Carranica re
iietM It. Administration officials
hve been Informed tbat any offers of
financial sfHlstani e now would meet
with rebuff.
This Is not due to the fact thut Car
ranza doe not need money, brt to
fears among Mexican official that
full trust cannot be placed In this
country. Carranza has said In the
past that any foreign loan would mean
right of Intervention a a loaning pow
er to collect Its Interest. Up to th
present, Carranza has refused to con
sider borrowing from any foreign
country.
Within the last two weeks, however,
two thincs have occurred which may
result tn a cooperative plan between
President Wllon and Carranza, from
which sn American loan may result.
In the first place, an earnest effort
has been made to convince Carranxa
agents of the sincerity of President
Wilson In dealing with MextCD that
the United States may be looked upon
aa a friend of the republic.
Thin worrk Is already bearing fruit,
and some of these agentta are expected
to return to Mexico City soon carry,
lng their report to Carranza.
In the second place, the rep'y ot
President Wilson to Carransa'4 last
note leaves the way open for the first
chief to fcuggest not only mtuns of
ending the border trouble, but a'sot of
solving other problems confronting
him.
German Merchant
Vessels Attacked
Submarine Is .AJJeged to Have
Ho Wamla-, Bat All tee Teasels
Escape Unharmed.
Berlin, July . (I. N. 8 The ad
rr'ralty today announced that a Con
voy of nine German merchant ves
sels proceeding toward Bwlnemunde
wer attacked by a hostile submarine
July 2 In the Baltic sea off Oelani
lrland. but escaped unharmed.
No warning of the submarine's at
tack was given, the statement de
clared. i
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