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Pithy Paragraphs for the Reader's Convenience Detailing
the Doings of the Past Week at Home and
Abroad,
Mexican Situation
Monday.
WASHINGTON. The war depart
ment announced that no new
v National Guard units are desired
fof the army organization at this time
except Burn as are necessary to supply
deficiencies In special arms of the ser
vice. Washlugtoa.-'-Three marines were
? wounded and one killed In two fights
with revolutionists in San Domingo.
HI Fuo Representing Brigadier
General Hell, commander of the Kl
Paso district. Lieutenant Moore re
ceived from the Carranztsta official"
at Juarez, Corporal F. X. Cooke. Tenth
Infantry, who sustained a broken arm
from a bullet during the battle at
Carrisal, and wandered on the desert
.until Sunday.
Washington. Demands on President
Wilson and congress to keep the
United States out of war with Mexico
are assuming the form and propor
tions of official ppaganda.
XI Paso. Scores of heat prostra
tions have occurred In the militia. Few
of the guardsmen are accustomed to
the blistering desert conditions and all
are suffering greatly from the blazing
sunshine.
Washington. The war department
announced a division of the southern
department In three sections under the
command of General Funston, General
Prshlng and General Bell.
Tuesday.
San Queatln, Cal. Prisoners at San
Quentln want to form a convicts' bri
gade and Invade Mexico.
Douglas, Arts. Norton Hand, an
American, sentenced to death by a
Mexican court for murder, was taken
fyom the court's Jurisdiction by the
-' Carranststa general. Calles. and liber
ated at the border here today.
Portland. Major Walter W. Wilson,
. acting adjutant general. Oregon Na
" tlona Guard. Is Just In receipt of a
telegram from General Mills, chief of
' the militia bureau, Washington. D. C,
. directing him to recruit to their full
! war strength all Oregon National
Guard organizations now on the Mex
, lean border.
Atlanta, Qa. Independence Pay was
- celebrated here with a great prepared
ness parale. More than 75,000 persons
.were In line.
; Ban Antonio, Texas. While a "sane
Fourth" was being observved back
home, the several thousand National
' Quardsmen distributed along the Mex-
lean border from Brownsville to Kl
Paso, Joined civilians and United
' States regulars In a celebration that
called for the burning of lavish quan-
- titles of black, smokeless and blasting
powder and even dynamite.
Wednesday.
Eagle Pass, Texas. General Mur
tula today was reported to be mov
. ing several thousand Carranza troops
; from Pledras Negras, opposite here, to
the railroad town of AUenJe, 40 miles
V' south. No motive for the movement is
known.
Washington. The United States
government is willing to continue ne
! gotlatlons with the Carranza govern-
mentr In view of the latter's desire
i to maintain relations, as expressed
r In the Carranza note received today,
i Washington. Completely paciflca
tory In tone, the Carranza note
answering the last two American com
munications to Mexico were sent to
Secretary Lansing today by Ambassa
t dor Arredondo. 0
an Diego, CaL Stories of persecu
tions. Imprisonment, privation and suf
' , fering at the hands of Carranza sol--
filers were related today by the 539
-". refugees from the Mexican west coast,
- who arrived In San Diego on the naval
transport Buffalo.
Boise.--Demand for courtmartlal of
, ' Colonel William H. Edelblute and
Majors Harry T. Lewis. Clement Wis
. kins and Dewitt C. Olson, on charges
Of conspiracy against their command
," ef-In-chief and Insubordination, will
be .made to President Wilson by
Governor Alexander, it was aeml-of-flclally
reported.
Washington. Alive and aggressive
Francisco Villa is reported in advices
from the Mexican border to the state
. ' .department today to be leading a large
, fore of his bandits northward and
to be now near Parral.
'' Bl Paso, -The bodies of Captain
Charles T. Boyd, Lieutenant Henry
", Adatr. Private Dewitt Rucker and six
unidentified negro troopers of the
Tenth cavalry. killed at Carrizal by
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Carranzlstas troops, were brought to
El Paso at 8 30 a. m. today from
Juarez.
Washington. General Carranza's
proposal for direct negotiations be
tween the United States and Mexico
for settlement of the Mexican prob
lem was accepted formally by Secre
tary of State Lansing.
Washington. Secretary of War
Baker today Instructed department
commanders to discharge all miliatla
men throughout the country with de
pendent families.
Washington. Out of the forthcom
ing negotiations between the United
States and Mexico may arise apian
for rehabilitation of Mexico, it was
indicated at the state department this
afternoon.
El Paso. The American dead recov
ered from the Carrizal battlefield
show evidence of having been badly
Portland A full military funeral
will be accorded Lieutenant Henrv
Adair. U. S. A., of Portland, who was
killed In the CarrlzaJ massacre.
Washington General Pershing's
punitive column will not only remain
within Mexico "for the time being"
but it may even be sent farther soutl
to take a whack at the Villa band re
ported to have practically annihilated
a Carranza garrison near Jiminez,
Wednesday.
tw.!!Uasrton'"rThoUKh havin no
statistics on the number of national
Kuardsmen with dependent families,
war department officials today esti-
m k th- uC m0re than 100 men
will be discharged under Secretary
Bakers permit to department com
manders to free such men from the
service.
Washington Declaring "the eov
crnment of the Cnited States is pre
pared Immediately t .,i
y vAvuaugt; views
as to a practical plan to remove final-
r.7 ,c a recurrence of the
lifficultles which have been the cause
controversy," Secretary of state
.anslng disna.trh.rf t .al
v. , r w iHCAican Am-
.trr?dond. a reP'y to Gen-
"uu noie or July i.
European War.
TTAVRE Marked Kain fn, c
glan troops in German East Af-
"ls ana occupation of Blaramulo
southwest of I.alt vi.i,i. x-
was announced by the Belgian war of-
Conanharan tk c i.- , , .
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et of Stockholm declares that Ger
many is preparing for a great of-
"""vo in me Joaitic.
Berlin Admission of German re-
reat smith rr c
4 ouinme was me
feature of Monday's official statement
on the war which states that the Brit-
i,i Vl me oomme. failed to equal
the advance of the French.
Pari. Memorial services for Vic
tor Chapman, vmm. a .....
tor, who was killed at the French
x.v,..,. cn no went to the rescue or
two other flyers, attacked by a Ger
man squadron, attracted a large Dor-
t American colony,
tondon. Ignatius T. Lincoln, for
mer member nf
confessed German spy was fn,,H
guilty of forgery and obtaining money
nerf , X prtenses- He was sen
tenced to three Years.
Copenh&iran ns.i i. ji ...
Tuesday hinted that the Germana
?orePatrheS IVJLVZXZ .bT
declared that no one in Berlin consid
ered the situation at all desperate. All
German correspondents report that the
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the greatest supply of ammunition
i.sni uenina any army.
Paris. with.r k c
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uerman.s made nn,. inf..
along the French front north and
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priB- German losses during June
-oo-v0.c lv, auv.vvu men, according
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kal. General Brusilofr right wing
has broken thm An
ance in heavy fighting, driving, the
enemv w..t.Mi i . .
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rr.soners and five machine guns, the
nve iuiouncea.
Xiondon. Edwin Samuel Montagu
is to succeed David Lloyd-George a
minister of munitions.
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Top, left to right President Wilson, addressing Associated Advertising clubs at Philadelphia, when he declared that "in fighting for things I believe in, I am a challen
ger to all comers." Candidate Charles Evans Hughes and his family at their summer home at Rridgehampton, I I. President and Mrs. Wilson attend memorial
services in honor of President Yuan Shi Kai of China at Memorial Continental hall. (Copyright Harris & Ewing.) William K. Dick, millionaire banker who married
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, widow of Colonel John Jacob Astor. (Photo copyright by Brooklyn Times). Bottom, left to right Tremeddin, summer home of Judge
Hughes at Bridgehampton, L. I. Mrs. Finley J. Shepard (Helene Gould) and Finley J. Shepard, her adopted son, with Colonel W. E. Horton at army relief society
garden party at Governors Island.
Germany, are one cause of his grief.
the newspaper asserts, and another Is
that the bie men of the empire arc
showing a disposition to abandon him.
Paris. Losses aggregating more
than 3,100,000 officers and men since
the beginning of the war are admit
ted bv the Austro-Hungarlan govern
ment in a statement handed to the
Spanish ambassador at Vienna, ac
cording to a press dispatch received
here.
London. That the great war will
not be a draw, but a final and decis-
iv victory for the allies, was the dec
laration made here by Viscount Bryce
in a notable speech at a luncheon to
the Pilgrims society.
London. The kaiser Is withdrawing
troons from the Verdun front to meet
the supreme offensive of the allies, J
which continued to gain ground on
both sides of the river Somme in
Tuesday's fighting.
London. An Amsterdam dispatch
reported the kaiser's arrival, and said
he had established headquarters near
the front not far from Cambral and
opposite the British front.
Petroffrad. Russian troops have oc
cupied Gradie and Komerovo, an of
ficial statement from the war office
this afternoon announced.
hhUh. derm an trooDs have aban
doned certain lines in the region of
Czartory In Volhynia, under attack by
superior Russian rorces, it was or
ficlally admitted.
Xiondozu, An official statement from
General Halg, Friday, announced a
striking success east of La Boissellt,
where 1000 yards of German trenches
were taken, and the capture of sev
eral important tactical positions.
Berlin. The official statement from
the German war office Friday re
ported violent fighting on both banks
of the Somme. but contained no ad
mission of allied gains.
Berlin. The Germans admit a re
tirement under heavy Russian attack
near Czartory, and announced that the
Russians delivered strong attacks
against Von Hindenburg's front in the
north. These attacks, however, were
repulsed.
Copenhagen. England and Ger
many have agreed to an exchange of
civilfan prisoners, according to infor
mation received by Americans here.
London. British troops resumed
their great offensive against the Ger
mans at dawn Friday, with simultan
eous smashes against the German
lines, on a wide front.
Xtoadoa David Lloyd-George has
been appointed secretary of state for
war. the post of the late Lord Kitch
ener. General Newt.
WASXXJrOTOBV There are 21,000.
000 able-bodied men in the Unit
ed States between the ages of
IS and 45, according to a report by the
census bureau as to the nation' re
sources in men of military fitness,
i Washington -The senate by a vote
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of 33 to 21" adopted an amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill
abolishing the furnshing of free seeds
by the government.
Kew Tork. The New York Evening
Sun and the Morning Sun appeared
Monday under the ownership of Frank
A. Munsey. Coincidental ly, the New
York Press, owned by Munsey. was
discontinued and absorbed in the Morn
ing Sun.
In an open letter
Los Angeles
President Wilson
FranciS J H 6 n C '
"as one of
the delegates who left thai
Republican convention ln Chicago feurivi """-"'i"-
years ago and participated in the or- j Chicago. Statistics filed by the Chi
ganization of the national Progres- : cago Tribune show 12 were killed and
sive party," announced his intention
to work earnestly and actively lor
Wilson's re-election.
Washington. The senate military af
fairs committee announced agreement
on the army appropriation bill. It
unnrnnriates 1328.000.000. an Increase
of $146,000,000 over the bill passed by I Walsh of Montana for associate Justice
the house 1 the supreme court to succeed Charles
San Jose. Mrs. James D. Courtney E' Hune8
of San Francisco and Patrick P. Court-I Pranclsoo. Thousands of people
ney of Grangeville, Idaho, were killed; 'Jn India are facing starvaton from fa
James D. Courtney badly Injured and j mine, according to the statement of
his three children cut and bruised when j Fam Chandra, editor of a Hindoo news
the automobile in which the Courtney I Paper here. He asserts his information
brothers with their wives and fami
lies, were riding turned turtle five
miles north of here.
Hew York. Mrs. Hetty Green,
known as the "richest woman" in the
world, died Monday at her home here.
Seward, Alaska. This and other
Alaska coast towns face a serious
shortage of fresh food, due to the
strike of Pacific coast longshoremen.
Washington. Following a confer
nce with President Wilson; Senator
Kern of Indiana, announced the belief
that congress will adjourn about
August 20.
Berlin. Two naval engagements
were fought in the Baltic sea the
night of June 29-30, an official state
ment from the German admiralty
said. In the first one, German torpedo
boats sighted three hostile destroyer
of the Novik type south of Haefringe.
The Germans immediately opened fire,
whereupon the enemy fled, a heavy
rainstorm aiding their flight.
Boa Pranelsoo. Flftv-two cities
from New York to San Francisco are
Included in the new vaudeville circuit
being planned by William Morris and
the John Cort Interests. In Portland
It will have the Hellig.
Saa Pranelsoo. The cash drawer and
safe of the fashionable Hotel Fielding,
Geary and Mason streets, were robbed
of between $4000 and $500 in money
and jewelry by an armed unmasked
bandit
Bellows Palls, XX. The body of the
world's richest woman. Mrs. Hetty
Green, was burled here Wednesday
with most simple ceremony.
3BlliLr-Acceptance of the Lloyd -George
proposals to . solve the Irish
question was definitely made here at
a meeting of the directors of the Unit-
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ed Irish league. John Redmond pre
sided and strongly Indorsed Lloyd
George's plan. This Is for the grant
ing of home rule to Ireland, with the
exclusion of certain counties in Ulster,
which will remain under English rule.
Washington. Ten thousand hearers
standing in a broiling sun saw refer
ence to the Mexican problem in a
speech by President Wilson at the
dedication of the new home of the
' fmeran Federation of Labor when
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iuu injured in fourth of July ceiepra
tions. This Is a favorable comparison
with last year's record, when 19 were
killed and 903 injured.
Washington. President Wilson has
under consideration the appointment of
United States Senator Thomas J.
came from reliable sources.
Washington, Warning the house
against the waterpower lobby, Repre
sentative Smith of Minnesota charged
that the Adamson dam site bill is a
"subterfuge," and plans are on foot
to have the Shields bill, declared ob
noxious by friends of conservation,
finally reported out by a conference
committee and passed in the closing
hours of the session.
Ottawa, Ont. A second Canadian do
mestic loan will be floated In Septem-"
ber. The exact amount is not known,
but it will be between $50,000,000 and
$100,000,000. The first Canadian do
mestic loan was issued last fall for
$50,000,000 and was subscribed more
than twice over.
Bw Tork. Sale of the New York.
Chicago & St. Louis, or "Nickei Plate, '
railroad for $8,600,000 is announced
by the New York Central.
London Dispatches from Rome
report a violent earthquake at Saltani-
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London. It is understood that tho
cabinet has substantially adopted
Lloyd George's proposals for the set
tlement of the Irish home rule ques
tion. Bsw Tork. Dr. Robert J. A ley.
president of the University of Maine,
was unanimously chosen for the
presidency of the National Education
association.
gnr Tork. Colonel E. H. R. Green,
son of the late Hetty Green, and with
his sister heir to the millions of the
"richest woman in tho world." expects
a contest over $1,500,000 of the estate
left by his mother. And 17,600 persons
will be Interested in. It.
Washington-Attorney Genera Gre
gory, after a consultation with Presi
dent Wilson Intimated that he had
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refused a nomination as associate
justice of the United States supreme
court to succeed Charles E. Hughes.
Ban Francisco. The second theatri
cal bombshell within a week fell to
day with the publication of a report
that the Pantages circuit is to be
booked in affiliation with the Marcus
Loew, Schafer, H. G. Miles and
Thomas Saxe circuits.
Chicago. United States Judge
Landis entered an order directing dis
solution of the Associated Bill Posters
of the United States and Canada.
Vancouver, B. C. Fire In Ashcroft,
one of the last oid time camps left on
the noted Cariboo trail, completely
consumed the business section of the
town with a loss estimated at $500,
0o0, with no Insurance.
New Tork. Every playground and
every "play street," under Jurisdiction
of the police department in Greater
New York was ordered closed today in
a final effort to stamp out the infan
tile paralysis epidemic,
Jacksonville. Twenty dead and sev
eral million dollars' property damage
was Ihe estimate here of the toll
taken by the storm, which ravaged
the coasts of Alabama, Louisiana and
Florida for two days. Most of the
dead are negroes.
Washington. Sharp warning to
Turkey that further neglect of the
United States' request that neutrals
be permitted to feed the starving
Christian population of Syria will
"severely strain the friendly rela
tions between the United States and
Turkey" was ordered made in Con
stantinople by the state department.
Waokegan. At 10:20 o'clock Friday
the defense in the trial of Will H.
Orpet, charged with the murder of
Marian Lambert, rested its case. Tho
prosecution immediately began evi
dence fn rebuttal.
San Dleg-o. Albert G. Spalding, Jr .
adopted son of the late A. G. Spalding,
millionaire sporting goods manufac
turer, was killed ln action in Flanders
on July 1, according to word received
here.
Oregon,
PEHBLBTOH. A bank of ( water IS
feet high sweeping down McDon
ald canyon crushed the home of
Mrs. M. C. McCabe. 33 years old, Sat
urday night, drowning her and her in
fant child.
John Say. The discovery on Canyon
mountain of a 5 foot ledge of what Is
scid to be a very high grade of chrome
iron ore is causing considerable mining
excitement in John Day and Canyon
City.
8 side. Frederick William Prouty.
proprietor of the local lumber mill, was
drowned early Tuesday morning off
the mouth of the Neeanicum, when the
Sta Wolf capsized.
Washington. Statements by the
Oregon delegation that today there Is
S7 feet of water at low tide on the
Columbia, bar, with depths of 40 to 60
feet inside,. where a navy yard or sub-
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marine base would be located, had a
telling effect upon members of the
house committee on naval affairs.
Portland ,
NEARLY all the churches of
Portland observed Good Citizen
ship Sunday and the patriotic ad
dresses and programs drew much larger
congregations than usual.
Beatn Prom Starvation, threatens the
people of Greece unless the blockade
by the allies is raised soon, according
tc C. J. Danos, a native of Patlas,
Greece, who Is In Portland,
The Interstate Bridge over the Co
lumbia river and the huge sand fill
running from Union avenue to and
across Hayden Island are receiving the
severest test to which they have been
subjected by the Columbia flood. So
I far, they have withstood the ravages of
I swift waters fairly well.
Cleve Morrow, 30 years old, a strik
ing longshoreman, was shot and se
verely injured about 9 o'clock Tuesday
night by William Hill, a strikebreaker,
at First and Main streets.
Industrial Activities of Portland and
i Oregon have practically doubled in the
last 10 years, according to a statement
Just promulgated by Sam L. Rogers,
director of the bureau of the census.
Only Two Members of the party of
C5 who started for the summit of Mt.
Adams Monday in the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic club party succeeded
in reaching the summit of the peak.
Mrs. Susie Psnnell Pipes, prominent
violinist, and wife of Attorney John
M. Pipes, 662 Carlton avenue, is at the
Sellwood General hospital suffering
f re m concussion of the brain as the
result of an automobile accident at
East Thirteenth and Knott streets.
Wages of Track Laborers employed
by the Southern Pacific company ln
Oregon have been raised to $1.86
a day. Some 800 men are affected, the
increase being dated July 1. In other
states an advance from $1.75 to $2 has
been given.
While the body of his son. Lieu
tenant Henry R. Adair, a victim of
the battle at Carrizal, Mexico, was On
its way to the border, Sauel D. Adair,
4:g East Eleventh street, died at the
Good Samaritan hospital Friday, in
ignorance of the fate of his son.
Multnomah eountr, through the
county commissioners and its boarJ
of relief, will cooperate with the
Daughters of the American Revolution
ln caring for the families or other
dependents of Multnomah county mili
tiamen now on the border.
A Premature Explosion of a six
pound gun shell on the cruiser Boston
Tuesday morning caused the death of
V. D. Burnell. a coxswain, and Injured
C. F. Trullinger, ship blacksmith, both
regulars ln the United States navy, as
signed as caretakers to the Boston.'
Bot One Person Was Billed ln Port
land in traffic accidents ln June and
only 31 were injured, according to the
report compiled by H. P. Coffin, chair
man of the public safety commission.
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Theft of Auto Only Petit Larceny,
With Gasoline Included, Zt Be
comes Grand t.arony.
Alva, Okla . July 8. A short ride
to Avard was al that Harry Con
verse ot out of tHkln a flivver
thol hPluiiKH lo N. K. (iasho, presi
dent of the Alva Light A Power com
pany. Tlic car was standing In front
of the light o'flc o about 11 o'clock
at night and young Converse impro
priated It to his own use and diyive
to Avard, 14 miles away.
He was captured the npxt day. He
explained that he ha 1 a date with a
R-lrJ in Avard and had no other way
o fill the engnKotncni. )je declared
hat he had tried every way to get
to Avard and that the temptation of
Gaslio's car was too much for. nlm.
County Attorney Vltfg filed a charsce
of R-rand larceny, after considerable
delay.
He was unahle to make the major
offense out of the affair until It
was shown tliat the tank was full
of gasoline, which caused .htm to
change the Information from petit
to grand larceny.
Woman Punishes
Husband With Whip
Charge of Simple Assault Is Made
Against Wife by Mate; Woman Qlves
Ball; Leave Jail Together.
New York. .July 8. A well-dressed
woman of petite physique walked Into
the Hotel Annonla and asked thst Al
bert J. Hart be told that "a lady was
waiting to see him."
When Mr. Hart stepped from the
elevator she walked up to him pulled
a riding quirt, from under a wrap and
began to heat him about the face snd
head. The encounter created immense
excitement. Then a policeman was
called. Mr. Hart Insisted thst she be
arrested.
"She's my wife," he said, "and I want
her arrested."
Hart told the police that thev had
quarreled about the hotel at which they
were to stop. ' A chnrge of simple as
sault was made against Mrs. Hart
She gave ball, and aTter an earnest
conversation they left the police sta
tion together.
Craft May Carry
Armored Automobiles
Machines, Cradled on Becks of War
ships, May Soon Be Added to Bqnlp
moat of the Bavy.
Washington, July R. Armored auto
mobiles cradled on the decks of war
ships, in sea going crafts, for use of
detachments of the United States ma
rine corps In shore operations, may
soon be added to the regular equip
ment of naval vessels.
Experiments at the Boston navy
yard a few days ago demonstrated
that these indispensable cars can be
stowed aboard by the means of elec
tric cranes on war vessels in a very
few moments, and that the deck space
they occupy In very little.
United States" marines found great
need for armored cars In their recent
operations in Mexico. Haiti and Santo
Domingo, but the cars they! used had
to be shipped to them by regular naval
transports.
Men Serve Term in
Court Room Chairs
Chicago, July 8 Eight defendants
ln Judge Landis' court servved com-'
blned sentences amounting to 40 min
utes In two chairs in front of the
judge's bench as rapidly as he could
order them seated and wave them out
at the" expiration of their terms. ;
The eight men and boys who thV .
satisfied the demands of Justice hare
had the sentences hanging over their'
heads for from one to three years.
Their offenses consisted of' falsely
swearing to their age or cltlxenshlp
in (Civil service examinations. sellln
narcotics and stealing maiL The Judgs
had given them a chance to make
good and had found reports of their
behavior satisfactory, r -, ,: .