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f, , ,', n &; ' '. lr I t " y l?fc WHEAT AFTER 10 RALLS DROP DUE E CHICAGO, Aug. D. England' actual cntrnnro Into tho war was signalized today uy n drop of price In wheat. Opening prices wore one quarter to 94 under Inst night with the market tending downward. Atlcr tho fall In values reached 2 l, a reaction began and the market rallied moro than a cent a buahot. Tho nearby options In wheat wero tho weakest. Botno of tho last houses In tho trado woro conspic uous on tho selling side. Depression at tho outset In Chi cago was duo to fear that tho export situation In wheat for the tlmo bcln; would bo mado worso by England's entrance Into active hostilities. Re ports woro circulated that tho British guarantee of .war risks on the ocean bad lteen abandoned. Tho opening, which was U to 2 lower, was follow, ed by modcrato further declines, and then by an upward awing that car ried prices H to "i abovo last night. Failure of expected rains made tho corn market strong1. There was a temporary decline, however, when wheat showed a decided break. After starting H off to Vs up and ascend lag a little further, the market sag ged below last night's level, but then climbed decidedly higher than before. Oats developed Independent strength on account of offerings being scanty. The market held firm throughout re gardless of the action of other grain. Falling off la hog receipts brought about an advance In provisions. Sellers were not numerous but there was np difficulty in buying lard. FRANCE ASSISTS AMERICANS OUT LONDON', Anjr. r. The French government, according to Americans arriving from the area of war, is do imr everything it can to get foreign er!! out of the country. The ports of the French coast are crowded with Americans and Eng lishmen waiting nn onjwrtunity to iTOM the channel. Many Americans who have been motoring on the con tinent liave arrived at Boulogne. While tlicy cnu find room for them selves they cannot obtain accommo dations on the steamers for their cars. The steamer that leave Franco with crowds of American and English passengers return with an t'iual number of Frenchmen and SwisH who arc on the wny to join their colore. CABINET INOECtSION ANNOYS BRITISH LONDON, Aug. C Somo of tho papers expressed Irritation because of tho delay of rearrangement of tho cabinet posts. The delay is Inter preted as Indicating a divergence of opinion as to whether an expedition ary force should bo sent to tho assis tance of France. It is understood that Premier As cjulth will relinquish tho duties of secretary of state for war, but It Is still unknown whether Viscount Ilat dane, who Is assisting at the war office, or Field Marshal Lord Kitch ener will succeed him. MILWAUKEE CASCADE TUNNEL COMPLETED SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. Tu The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul tun nel through tho Cascade mountain, which ia 12,000 feet long aud which will reduce the altitude of tho crosa iug 4-iIl feet, was broken through by a blast yctdcrduy and men from cunt itiisl west clasped hands through the gap. The tunnel will snvo four mile in dibtunoo and will avoid tho cnor iiioiih Know fill of the summit. Traliw will bo in operation through tho tun nel next week. The tunnel will cost f .2,000,000, ALSATIANS EXCLUDED BY GERMAN TROOPS PAKJK, Aug. . Am official an. wmimswwU today say that J 'J 7 At mUmm while wiJw4ii'iig to orokb ittttf Krjwtw wrr wiplurVd by the Mm twwtivy phuu WAR SCAR E TO WEST COAST PAHIS, Aug. ". Geroinn begun today lo crowd into tlic- American consulate here, which hns' been chnrged with their inlcnwts during the hostilities, lly urrniigcmcnt with the French governmmt Consul Gen eml Tlmuknro issued to each of them n certificate of identification, which must he pwson'cd to the police con mNsary. In exchange the commis sary gives him nu uuthnruiitiou to lcmrt by train to some town in tho west of France, where he hmt re main until the war N over. Most of tho Ocnunux are destitute and the members of the consular staff have provided ninny of them with money from their own pockets as no public fund i available for the purpose. One wealthy Oertnnu fain- ily expelled from its flat may have to walk the streets until the day ap pointed by the authorities for its de parture for the west of France. The French authorities have ar ranged for the departure of I wo trains to Doulogno and two to Dieppe for the transportation of passengers desiring to cross tho channel. Ar rangements also have been made for connecting steamers to meet the train and carry tho jwssengers to Folkestone. New Haven and South ampton. A large number of Ameri cans have applied for ticket. japfleetrT stay in far east TOKIO, Japan, Aug. 5. The Jap anese premier. Count Okuma, In an Interview today expressed his regret that the United States had not bcea able to mediate In tho Kurppcan con flict, which If It continues, he said, recant tho destruction of western civ lllutlon. Japan, he continued, would have been happy to Join tho United States in mediation, but ber possible participation la the war as an ally of Great Britain made her an Interest ed party. The premier said that Japan, If she were compelled reluctantly to In tervene, would protect tho British colonics, but under no circumstances would she send a fleet or an army t9 Europe. BRITISH EH STUFF SOARING SKYWARD LONDON, Aug. C A British gov ernment scheme to control the food supply of tho British Isles Is prob ably to bo issued in tho Immediate futuro as tho rail stores already aro experiencing a shortage. lb several districts of London the stores open ed for only a few hours this morn ing. The price of beefsteak, which yet torday was 32 cents a pound, todiy roso to KZ cents. On Murk Lane the price of wheat advanced today Trom $1 to 11.25 per quarter (eight bushels), while maize rose from VI to 2.50 per quarter. AMERICAN LEGATION IN STATE OF SEIGE COPENHAGEN, Aug. 5. Tho Am erican legation here was practically In a ttato of siege today. Nearly 1,000 American citizens have reached tills city from Hamburg whonce they Intended sailing for America on tho Imperator and other liners. Most of them left their baggage In Ger many. Somo of tho Americans will en 'deavor to reach America by Way ?f England, while othora will sail on tho Danish liner United States. STILL REMAIN IN PARIS I'Altlfi Auk. .'- It In iK-liovtd that suvcrnl IIumihuihU of Germans and Austrian are Mill in J'uriw, There witru mow limn H0,000 on llio policu register liefuiu tho war broke out, and It Iw llinuulit lmaiihu lmt all loft tho oily, No (uwvr Hum fifyoviWiiiivis of hoh vxr Jiaya b'il urry(il uw w4 plow lu( Katuiduy, FN DEPORTS GERMANS IN PARIS SI T Fern, Cal July 29. Editor Mall Tribune: , 1 saw an artlclo In your paper about a ranch sinking near Mt. t.asi sen. Well I am hero on this same ranch now catting hay. ami,! find the ranch on tho niovo going dowh so fast I thought It would bo O, K. to keep your paper1 posted from tlmo to tlmo and let tho'pcoplo know what Is taking place. Tho Whltmoro barn has moved or spread out at the bottom on tho west, hut does not have to bo propped up as ct. Tho Sampcy ranch which Joins tho Whltmorc ranch. Is sink ing all tho tlmo. I was Irrigating tobacco In the garden on tho 28th of July and felt the place drop two Inches and catch with a Jar so solid that mado tho garden fenco break In two places. In some places this ranch has brok en away and gone down sixty feet Tho orchard has gone down four feet aud there aro great holes breaking in a number of places and tho grove Is In action or sinking. Yours truly, I. SAMPEY. E VIENNA, Austria, Aug. 5. Tho Austria-Hungarian government today took drastic measures to protect tho public against dealers charging ex hofbltant prices for food. A decrco was Issued calling on producer., warehouse men and dealers to in form tho local authorities as to the stocks In their possession. Any at tempt to keep secret tho extent of the stocks or to raise prices is to bo punished by Imprisonment ranging from one month to ono year. The church authorities have decid ed to permit tho performance of mar riages without the usual publication of bans, the only demand mado being an oath that thcro Is no legal hind rance. Hundreds of couples are tak ing advantage of thcao regulations. FAVORABLE REPORT ON TWENTY TREATIES WASHINGTON Aug. 5. As an in fluenco for peace in such a tlmo of war In Europo tho scnato foreign relations commlttco today reported favorably Secretary Bryan's twenty peace treaties with foreign nation, urged for ratification by I'rvsldcnt Wilson before congress adjourns. NO NAVAL ENGAGEMENT TOOK PLACE OFF SCOTLAND LONDON', Aug. 5. The rumor thai n naval engagement had occurred off Cromarty, Scotland, waa set ui rcbt today by an official denial thai thcro had been a battle in that vi cinity. RANCH NKIN6 AND SET N NEAR MOUNT m AUSTRIA PUNISHES RA1S PRIES Mid-Summer at Newport August is essentially a beach month and the most delightful tlmo In which to spend a vacation at Newport, to get away from tho heat and dust of tho Valley. IMPROVED TRAIN SERVICE Connections mado at Albany and Cortallls 'with C. & E. trains, which )cavo Albrfny at 7:30 a. in. dally and 1:00 p. ro. dally except Sunday, ,. SPECIAL LIMITED SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAIN to Newport, loaves Albany"'ovcry Sunday1 at ' " '' CMS a. m., Corvnllls 7:15 a. ui, Arrives , Newport 11.10 a. in, i.i A'.' . ." HI'iXIAL HOUND Titll' HKAHO.V AM) WI'.HIC END FAIllvH I'ltOH ALL H. I', 101NT8 AM) HVNDAY l'HOM AIJIANV AND (XHIVALL1H. 'f '' " JOHN E FOR SHOOTING Coronrr's Jury Finds Death Due to Gunshot Wound From Gun In the Hands of Louis Dodge, Carelessly Flred-rVictlni Only Tlilrty-llvo Feet Away at Time of Sheeting. l.oui Dodge, of Ahlnnd, who shot and killed Henry Olson Saturday night, mUtakiug the latter for a, deer, wns arraigned in Justice Taylor's court IliW afternoon on a complaint sworn out by Prosecutor Kelly charging him with manslaughter. The defendant waived examination and wan bound over to the grutnl jury on $1000 bail bond, which was furnished by the defendant' father and K. A. Estcs. Carelessness upon the part of Loni Dodge of Ashland caused the death of Henry Olson on Klk creek last Saturday evening, when he was shot through the heart for a deer, according to the verdict of the cor oner's jury, held at tho Perl mulct . taking establishment this morning. The verdict ia na follews: "We, the eoronerV jury, find that Henry Olsen was n native of Wiscon sin, nge 23 yearn, and that he came to his death from a gunshot wound from a gun in the hands of Louis Dodge of Ashland, carelessly firtd." "Carelessly fired" was substituted for'earclesHtioss'' upon tho grounds it wns a softer term. Tho jury was composrd of A. N Lofland, Al Garrcttson, C. H. Her man, Fred llurk, V. C. Cluyville and W. A. Mallcy. 8Urtlnjr Evidence Startling evidence wns introduced nt the hearing. Three witnesses tes tified that tho dead man wns not over thirty-five feet away from Dodge when ho fired the fatal shot, and that it wns practically oen country. If. O. Clnldrcth of Engl Point testified that Olson must have been visible "from tho knees up." Dodge testified the distance was forty or fifty feclj the count rj bruhhy and that 'he wiit, guided by noises in the wood. Dodge, showing plainly tho heavy nervous tdrain, testified that he had heard deer in the brush around the, camp fire where he was conking sup per. ITo said he heard tho chug chug of the lioofH and before ho fired saw plainly Ihe outline of a buck, bonis and all. Ho ran to see the result and found Olson near the trail. Dodge Close to Victim Merle Willits, a young man of Per skt, testified that ho lute mousurcd tho distance between the camp fire where Dodge was cooking and where Olson fell and that it was nine rifle lengths. The rifio was thirty-eight inches long. He said that Olson in trncling from thcTwin Lioktf, where Olson left VMvx, tbo third man in the party, ho had taken tho most natural routo to reach camp. He testified there wus no obstruction be tween Dodge aud Ohson, except bare fir limbs. E. A. Et-tos, a member of the party, testified that it wns his first experience in the mountains, and that i . DODG BLAMED HENRY SON For folders describing Newport, tickets and full Information, call on uuarvst M, P, Agent M. KOOTT, (;wra! fa, Agent f t'miUtt Ihie, . .. m ' ' hMK MflflB55MssttHNNNMHsBV I ,,ry;rt,,'-niuiyT,;.trr-1'": FEAR GERMAN EAGLE VANCOUVKIt, II. C, Aur, 5. Tlio big bla,ck cftRlo abon tho door Vf tho llormau consulate was torn fro in It supports today hy erowi pf) incA w.hlch Jlnvaded tho block "Anil 'hiil for the consulate' with threaa of ij(ilru()tlon. '- Having thrown down.tl lnnlHiin pf Germany and trampled ,on it. tho tarty I'sft peaceably after breaking a! little glass and defacing thn signs on the tonsulatn doora'j '' M"' i It was reported hero oday that German Consul Von KlillnKcr, who Id said to be a nalurullicd Ilrltlsh sub ject, had resigned his position and .thrown his fortuneea with bis adopt ed country. Mr. Von Kltllngcr could not bo found today to deny or con firm tho story. Immigration and military officers here aro preparing to stop all Ger man and Austrian subjects who may endeavor to flee to the United States he went to sleep at tho Twin Licks being tired, while Olson hunted. Ho wa.H awakened by n shot, and thcu Heard Dodge yell fvr help He rushed down the trail ami found'Ol son. Coroner Kellogg attached consid erable importance to the brush in the neighborhood of the shooting, nnd Al (larrrllson on the jury proxsed that the jury mukc u trip to the scene of the tragedy to investigate tho con ditionn. Prosecutor Kelly said that the brush cut no figure, and that it wns not necessary for the coroner' jury' to go into the fine points to de termine the cause of death. Adolphus Olson, u brother of the dead maii caused a thrill aftor Dodge had told for the second time of hearing the chug-chug of hoofn in the brush, by asking for the hobnail ed shoes llio dead man wore, and linking if they would ninko n noise like hoofs on tho bedrock of the creek bottom. Olson also te-itifird a man could tell the color of the eyes at the distance between Dodge an) the victim. Olson woro n checked shirt, and l. O. Chlldreth testified that while packing tho body out through a dark canyon at 8 o clock at night party was nblo to distinguish the the shirt enslly. Aftor five minutes deliberation (bo coroner's jury returned its ver dict. A formal complaint wi.ll bo fil ed iii the justice court this afternoon by Prosecutor Kelly. Dodge will he released upon bonds to insure his ap pearand before the Toll grand jury nnd will probably waive the prelim inary hearing. Attorney O. D. Ilriggs of Ashland is his nttornov. SStSKSSSBBB33SBSSSaBSSBaBanHHHHEI k OFF CONSULATE Smooth TrsMtd TIDFC and Non-Skid 1 lKLS Highest In Quality Not Highest In Price OFECIALIZED production improves quality and cuts cost. There is no arguing with that Industrial Law. And that is why Firestone Tires beat competition in quality and ttieet competition in price. 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Yeiir ""A lium'stly, I cmj'l May lliiil I'cu'vy tj r'uroRuiiH n. little bit for the ,lmh. they am In, tor now,' said Hnil Dillon Wood, u newspaper man' who has spent the iast three yenrt. In Mexico as cone sjiouden ,Cor Iteutnr'a uewH iigcuoy of England, add who passed tlirough Msdfonl today, hound for Mmitluu, Mex." Wood" waMpltirted twice, In jail nine, times lyid expelled from Mnxatlan five weeka ago by (leueral Victoriuno lluerta, then pseudo-pies-ideal of Mexico, just before (lint am iable old brigand was chased oft' llio Mexican -a'cnc himself. Wood, who Is youthful and tanned, said ho had been at soveial of Hie battles of the lusl three iniurrctf tious, among them nachiiuba, Ojtu ngn, Kauta Hotalia, Parral, Jliurncr, Monterey, Torrcou ami tho last and bloodiest conflict al Duraugo. "I have seen men lying half in, half out of ditches" ho said, "with wunns crawling around in thnlr open w(mimV, denied nnler, food and med ical aid. What little I saw of Mar in Mexico sickened me of -it, ami I can honestly oay that I am glad I am not across Hip water lo witness the stnughtcr that will ensue follow ing the war emperor's defi flung to tho four winds at Potsdam. If thcro was slaughter and bloodshed In Mex ico, there wilt he fifty times as ter rible a war in Europe." Wood, who is n South African by birth, mentioned the fact that liN relatives aro living at the present time in England. "If I could, I would go over to them," ho said, "hut I'm afraid It would be worse than useless to look for a boat going that way now." L EQUIPPED TO SAIL NEW YOHK, Aug. 6,-Huiuora that tho grrat Hamburg. American liner Vaterlnud, now In iMirt, was he- ing made ready for sailing an a- pro visum transport were given credence when an additional guard was placed around her dock at Hoboken and In formation as to plans for her de purl tire wero refused.. It was re ported that not only llio Vntcrland, but ships of other (leniian lines befthed here were secretly pnnis ioued nnd coaled for tho Maine pur-pose. 5i .,t:::t ? BY CORRESPONDEN LLOYD GEORGE TO E TO SIX PER CENT LONDON, Aug. fi. rhaiiccllor of the Exi'dripicr' LlnyiLdcorgc an nounced In (lib Imiiso of commons to day lliat Ilia lln'uk of England tale was to ho reduced to II per cent either tomorrow or Fridiiy, The gov ernment ho Mild, hud not yet decided n suspend specie payments. Cltaiicclloi' Llnyd-Ucorgc contend ed t list t iiiixoiio lorn hi Ing gold was asslttiug llio enemy of his country. At the same time, with thn view of rcounttiUing gold and maintaining the Integrity of (he gold standaid, It was proposed to Issue notes of I pound ($.") and 10 shillings (V.,.ll) onmerlihli' to gold at llio Hank of England. These would lie aviiihihlo on Friday to Hie extent of tLVIiili,. Out), ami after that would bo (sHiml at the rate of fJ.'i.DOO.IIDO dally. Pos tal orders are aNo to be mado legal tender on thn same terms as notes. He mado an appeal to patriot!) peo ple not to withdraw gold. SEEKING VESSELS TO BRING REFUGEES WAHIIINOTON, Aug. 6 8ecro tary Garrlioit was scanning tho Pacif ic voait today for shtpiMo bring Am erican reftiRccss out of Europe, If suitable vessels can bo found limy will be brought through tho Panama Canal. Inquiry also was made for available ships on the Great Lakes. Mr. Garrison said no attempt would ho mado to start passenger vessels to Europe until It had been determined Juit what the needs of Amrlcaus wore. If neutral transpor tation llaes continue to run they may be emplo)cd. GERMAN TORPEDO rOPENHAUES. Aug. .. -A tier- man torpedo-boat destroyer wns sunk toditY near (leder lightship, off South (InUrr, by the explosion of ono of her hollers, Thirty men wero drowned. A few of the ernw. wen saved and taken aboard tho light ship. Why Not Get tbo best smoke, Gov. 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