FULL LEASED
WIRE DISPATCHES
CIRCULATION IS I
OVER 3800 DAILY i
; ; , . - ;
nrnnv wwt nvKjiva ON trains and new
. . oijiw ua nvjti utiNTO
a
I
ROOFS
RUSHING
TO POSITIONS ON
MEXICAN
BORDER
Orders Issued To. Various
Commands To Entrain At
Moment's Notice
MIRE REGULAR ARMY
MAY RECEIVE ORDERS
Situation About Brownsvl
Is Tense-More Mexican
Raiders Are Killed
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 1915
Women of France Say War
Until Germans Are Beaten
Fort Leavenworth, Kun., Aug.
11. The Fifth t; t...i T
. ..any wtu entrain for the
Mexican border us soon as it
returns from n practice march,
i was stat, unofficially today!
utticers of the regiment would
not admit, however,- that they
have received formal orders.
. r'nro,1. Tas, Aug. 11. Ma
jnr Genera! Funston thin after
noon ordered another battalion
of the Ninth infantry from Fort
Mcintosh to Brownsville on a
special train. It is reported
that the situation there is vcrv
critical. '
By William PhlUp Slmms.
(United Press staff correspondent )
Paris July 31.-(By mail.)-" How
long will the women of France lot this
war go onf "
Suddenly and without a,o.n: t
this question to the wife of a French
soldier, a man 43 years old, who has
uuuer me colors since the begin
ning of the war, a year this week. I
deliberately surprised the lady with the
question when she was most downhent
ed Her husband had just been ordered
into the front trenches at one of the
hottest parts of the long line, north of
Arras; yet her answer was immediate
and unhesitating.
''Until the Germans are beaten!"
Her voice was low yet it seemed to
fill the air, like Doom pronouncing
cut your Husband!" I insisted. It
was cruel, I know, but I wanted to get
at something. "Wouldn't you, like
"v your nusoanu with you now?
"Nfl " D1,1 onl.l ..:l.l.. .... r.
I:;
Washington, Aug. ll.-Orders con
.iitmting all nvnilable regulars of the
m ed .Slates army on the Mexican
onler are expected to be issued some
would n ? S" vt War Garrism,
conferred with officials through
whom such orders would be issued M
Secretary Garrison later significantly
Emitted that three transports at Gal
veston and one at New' York were
sail for Mexico, although the sec
'tnry did not so state.
";',!',!, ?.,:nt'!'nl ,Funst0!1 "'tt-d to-
- ' ' "er raids are extend-
'"in 100 miles. One group of raiders
J'omihI .penetrated 4 miles into Texas'
Two Mexicans were killed near So
I stian early today when they attempt-
I to escape the Americans who had
nptured them.
Situation on Border Tense. -Brownsville,
Texas, Aug. 11. The
tuution along the Mexican border was
"use today. Furthe. clashes between
-l'x,can raiders and American soldiers
..e feared as the result of the bat
Am '!i Pl'(J'" lart night in which one
An erican mfnntrymh,, was slain. This
'Klit and skirmishes at various other
"ts along the international boundary
Hive aroused the Texnns tn n. i.:..ir
",t nitch .,
l"ivuto reprisals
I weiltv-fivn Ar.,v!...
- - - - ..ii. A.vii tin
l'itch. Some are openly advocating
ale reprisals.
wenty-fivo Mm
'"ked during the night four soldiers
ho were guarding Plm Gardens, near
lermMlos. Vim on .. .
she said quickly, "the Oer
mans are still In France."
"So yon are satisfied that he shall
remain where he isf"
"He must remain until the nrm...
are oeaten. i would not have him back
before that, even if I could."
The lady spoke as though inspired.
Her eyes burned brightly, almost with
fanticism. To her and she is nn nvr.
age Frenchwoman the war is a Holy
War, and to discuss peace with her on
any temiB other turn, tho complete de
feat of the Germans, is an insult. She
is about 40 years old and there are no
children. Her husband is her one great
interest in life and should he die she
would have to go out in the world nnH
earn her own living. The couple have a
costly furnished apartment but at most
than not more a thousand or so dollars
in the bank. There is no life insur
ance, at any rate the death of her hus
band would mean tne breuking up of
her home and the necessity of earning
I..... i 19
ltd Jl VIM IIIUUU,
I relate these facts because the wn-
men of Franco have always exercised
great influence on the country's his
tory and because one often hears the
remark;
"The government and the army may
be willing to continue long drawn-
out wur, una rney may be perfectly
able to do so from the point of view of
men and money. But what about the
woment"
The answer may be reud above. The
women of France have themselves un
der a sort of self-imposed discipline no
less rigid than that which the men
folks are subject to at the front. They
are part of the "union sacro" just as
much as the men and they will see the
war through.
It must be stated hero that the gov
ernment is doing its sharo aiding the!
army's women-folk. Each wife gots 23
cents a day and more if she ha young
children. Of course if the husband's
salary at the Btart of the war was
uuovb a certuin ligure (about $000 a
3 1. "B v,lle 18 supposed not to need
this allotment. The Frflnnh uAv mmii
above gets no allowance, fv example,
Tlimt.r. w. 1 1 1 . F '
i , . """u"u was earning when
he letf to join the colors only about
$50 a month. She is compelled to live
on her capital now which, thanks to
years of thrift, is ample to see her
through.
French effort, for tho past year has
been universal. It had. to be if the
Germans were to be held in chock, for
most of German preparedness backed
by 70 000,000 of people fell on France
with her democratic unpreparedncss and
her mere 40.000.4000. Ami if ,.
ly due to the women of the land that
the French have been nbla tn
plish so much against her powerful en
emy during tho past 12 months.
At the front and throughout the
army discipline is very strict, largely,
it is true, because of the individual
French soldier chooses to have it so.
i nave seen a prince of one of the old
est and richest families in all Europe
stand nt rigid attention for 20 min
utes wlnlo a major was delivering a
in in- in-iuru on army operations, the
mnjor being the son of a village school
teacher. You say he did perfectly right
and of course all agree that he did. He
knew it himself, ana that is why he
did it, which is precisely the point.
Prince of a niiirhtv family he not
above doing his duty scrupulously,
standing straight as a ramrod when any
sort of a salute micht have answereil
considering the circumstances.
This discipline is universal in France
and being in France it is one of tho
wonders of the war, for perhaps in no
other country does the individual de
mand more personal freedom. This does
not preclude, however, a spirit of com
radeship between officers and men, for
perlinps this exists in France to a great
er extent than in nny other army in the
world, certainly more than in the Amer
ican army. The idea is, neither men nor
officers take advantuge of it, all work
ing for one thing: the defeat of their
old enemvi Germany.
Among civilians and especially among
the women there in rlie same (mil-it.
Duchesses, countesses, princesses, wives
of cabinet ministers and millionaires
work hand in hand with the humblest
and poorest women of Frnnce. Mma
Vivinni, wifo of the primo minister, is
luuing care or scores of Oabics so their
poor mothers can earn a living. Mme.
Poincnre, wife of the president of the
republic, is nt the head of the French
Red Cross and spends her days visit
ing the Bick and wounded. And so'it
go"-
PRESIDENT mi
SEND ULTIMATUM
TO WARRING CHIEFS
Belief Prevails In National
Capital That Statement Is
Now Prepared
British Labor in Harmony
With the Government Now
CARRANZA'S HOT MESSAGE
WARNS LATIN-AMERICANS
Pan-American Conference In
-New York This Afternoon
Will Take Action
E
AH Depends On Whether At
torney General Upholds
View of Thurman
'reviles. For 20 minut... t. ..n .
"'re held t bny) ,tno h th fc
hot fire, until the arrival of a
Th?") iBml 1militl" reinforcements
ch drove them off. One of the sol
l"'i's whs killed.
At Armstrong another group of raid-
i o fired upon American soldiers;
' th were no casualties. A simi
"""""Jt wo. delivered at the Norias
' "'' li but no one was hit.
Word reached here today that Texas
V ,- '"V1 s.'"in ,hf B"'Jy brother.
,. ,,n!1 of the bandits, near
"I"' Uiristi.
'"ill everywhere along the Texas
'.Vm r "re mn wi,h Wic.n raid
, ,,"r "l'fet, indicating that there is
1 oncerted plot on the part of the Int
mw.. . .trip ot territory along
10 international line.
Minister's Train Delayed.
',. , ;' l 'r ' AMf- " Tlu. train
r g Hraz.l.an Minister Cnrdozn De
i from Mexico Cily to Vera (,,,.
2 ,i,,nr''d t Ape.uco an the re
' ' . t attack by Z,w,ti,a lhp
N 111 1TU" l l'wM AK"nt John
" reported to tne state depart-
Washington. Auir. 11. The fate of
tho I.uFollette senmens act depends
upon n decision which Attorney General
Gregory snid today he would render
in a short time. If he upholds the view
of .Solicitor Thurman, the provisions of
the bill regarding life saving equip
ment nnd working conditions for the
crew will apply only to American, Ital
ian, Belgian and Greek vessels.
British, French, Germnn, Japanese,
Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Canadian,
New South Wnles and New Zeulund
criift will be excepted.
This exemption of the leading mari
time nation, Recording to Solicitor
Thurman 's opinion, is based on section
1400 of the revised statutes which pro-1
vnles that nations whose steamboat in
spection approximates that of the L'nit
ed States, are not subject to the Int
They Should Have Paid Price
Demanded Before Russia
Was Defeated
Cornish, N. H., Aug. 11. President
Wilson is preparing a stntement to the
warring factions. in, Mexico which will
amount to an ultimatum, it is believed
here today. . i
mi . i 1
i no president spent hours on thc
suiMimcni mig morjiing while prepara
tions were being mide nt his Hurlaken
den summer home for his doparturo for
Washington this afternoon, n ...
derstood that the stntement is to bo
suumnteu to tne jxew York i'un-Amer-
icau oonierence tor endorsement.
Will Take Definite Action,
New York, Aug. 1 1. Definite mrron.
ment with regard to tho stops to be
w..tu iu rrniore npaee ill Alex en wn
expected to be reached hv tho numiW..
of the Pan-American conference, who
rinmoA f hnl m .1..I1 U.... ..11- r. i..
" "'""oiauiiiis Hltliennlll
more hotel nt S o'clock this afternnm.
ooereiary iansinp wns iirni,nr..H in
ay oerore tne conferees a plan that in
cluded a letter to the various Mexican
i actional leaders requesting them to
coase their activities and m .,.,
i'1-uvimuimi iiresHienr. tn im ,i nt
until a president can be electd m
gonerul election. It wns believed that
this letter, a draft of wh
" i'"-preu, wouia tie endorsed with
out debato. .
Belief that today's meeting would be
the final session of tho conferees was
strengthened by tho knowledge that
Lansing has engaged accommodations
on a train tlint leaves for Washington
at midnight tonight.
A movement tit secure support for
Krnosto Mndoro for provisional presi
dent was developing today. Mndero's
friends assorted that ho will not be
opposed by the Catholic interests or by
financial powers.
By J. W. T. Mason.
(Written fur the United Press.)
New York, Aug. 11. The disquietude
apparent iu Berlin is due to tho pos
sibility that the diplomatic, struggle
among the Bulkuns may reach a climax
lavoruble to tho allies. Nevertheless
all indications are tlint Teutonic, good
fortune may continue Um1 that tho three
neutrals Balkan nations will bo pre
vented from entering the war.
The dispatches make no mention of
the allies further attempting to in
fluence iiuinunia. Representatives of
the ullicd nutions are evidently con-
nuiiig wicir attention to Uulguria und
Greece. The success of the Germiuis in
Kussiu and Galicia which has permitted
the Teutonic forces to mass, against
Kuinania's flank and rear,' probably
compelled the authorities at Bucharest
ter s inspection. Thiirmnn held that i to reluse to consider intervention nnu,
the only remedy for this is emigres-. The impression is prevalent now that
sionnl repeal of section 4400. Section tho Kiiiiitiiiiuns are not ns willing now
14 of the I.uFollette bill was under- to consider interv.-ntim. n ... it...
I stood to linve done tins ny inipiicution, , itiissiuns were iu the Carpathians',
minister to rench Vr .... i.'f.....
he- declared.
, " i reported that tl.. n.:.,;af...
,,,''i(t a strong np,.rat from the Am-
but it fulled.
Would Organize Combine
If Bulgaria und Greece decide to loin
I forces with the allies, while Htimi'inia
I remains neutral, a possibility exists
umi ine leutons will advance into Bui
To Limit Lumber Output ther,newnofen"i
I with Hum mi in 's army remlv i. 1 1.
I tne rear or tue tlermnn forces, it is im
Tncnnin. Wnih.. Aiu. 1 1 . Sll Jtfestitill I .i.t ... ..... .. . ' ..
- ' ' " " priiimoie mat ine eiutons woulil con
that n legal method be found of organ-uider such n move.
"'"'"'' in Mexico Cit vf ,,r ,..,. i . ,u ising a corporation to control the prod- rhe nllies mude a serious blunder
! I'.in tl... . . "IU".V relief i' .,... . i ii i.. i,..ii ... when thev r..fn,..l t .,n il. ....
1,1 the citv ..i.i.t, I,.. I...,.,, .l,,lv ..hinnlmnij vention wnee uemnnded bv the tl,f..n
'"' arrnnzisttm have shown l.im v Hn the minds of Pacific Const lumber ; neuirni nuiKun nstions iet..re the Uus
lv deration and have mad.. it t,os'll,"'n for """" yan' J- 1,1 Blwdel. S"".! rt T!L-
"'I I;'m ,t0 ,rv''1 i" comfort and ! preni.lei.t ofthe West Const Lumber!
! i-ft Mi,. ,...: .u "mnr;. ,,int h":; z. ;.:.,: .h. ;:r. i ? e,.i . Th" t?" arrived in Taeo.
!' "l e.v.. i " : T'"""'. "n " i. - u l'rtly before 11 o'clock this morning
I m ill 111 BP III 111 t rattll . IIIIBPMIIl INI OUVII n tl MJ nuutu "V, V, , ... . .
'"H'or word l,n. " ..i...., the be.t means of reniedvi.ig the pres. ,ru'" ut "uv '?
. '. .i..-..-u . . , ,-, COMMI ere UI CI nil.l Ol.pneJ Id hna.
cut bad condition or tne iiinioer innus-i . . . i... . ' . ,;, T
ui..tni. .t,.i....,..t ii"'. .nun joo mm-
rdi
.f
'"K Gie case uf Minluia ri,..
uatenint.. .l ... .. "
II,., I , '., """" tnrran.a ex-
"" "t in era Crui harbor.
Cauwj rresh Trouble
"'w'Tronl V""?8'1 ''"'"y Pfcipitated
-JLIl1''''! he sent Secretary
(Continued oa Pug, Thrw.
t
made in hi. address to the.eommi.sion ! FuV uL."'1"!1
in the course of which he summarized:""-:"" ' """" w
the condition, which the lumber men , A' '' t Paget Mill con,.
..1 1 .ir. . nictnr. f ! I""'-V f 1 or' Uumhle, were the wit-
- . , .1.. i.. nesses.
ine iuiure-or wie nioucirr umr wunn
steps were taken for its relief. He was
the opening speaker at the hearing and
introduced the witnesses to the eonimis-
In a way, a smallpox epidemic has Its
compenwitions. It keeps people from
worrying about hydrophobia.
Carranza's Hot Message.
(By C. P. Stewart.)
(United l'ress .Stuff Correspondent.)
Washington, Aug. 11. A lint hip.
sage from General Vcnustiano Cnrran-
warning the I'nlted States and tho
Latin-American republics to keep their
hands off Mexico, hurst into the already
complicated Mexican situation like a
oomo today.
inu I ni'r.'i n.i Htii agency hero made
piione tno note ns Wecretnry of Htate
liiuisnig iipening tne mini session
of the Piin Amcnriin conference in New
V.irk nnd when American battleships
were steaming lownrds Vera Cruz and
the United States army was known to
bo in readiness Iu mass along tho in
ternational bonier,
With kaleidoscopic swiftness the
whole Mexican situation today changed
in a manner to make government offi
cials gasp.
The early morning found the war ami
navy departments rushing preparations
for threatened actual f iihtinir. Vinlent
unii-Aiucricnn ilcmonstrntions were re
ported to lie imminent or to hnvn i.c
cnrre.l in Vera I'riiT,. Then came Gen
era! ( arrnn.n s curt note to tho United
States and nlmo! simultaneously with
it an oincini r; i u rrom special Agent
oiiiimuii oi tne nine department de
claring Vera Cm, was quiet and that
nenniai i arriinz;i was deprecating anti
Amoricnn feeling.
Olficinlilun h convinced that whili
conditions in i iirriinza 's territory pos
u..- .nu uii.THieiiiiig as nail iieen
leared, then was no doubt that Car
ran a mennt o resist eliininution of
himvelt from the proviaional presidency
of Mexico. Simiild 4in nursim tin.
course, it is believed that the necessity
(if starving him out can scarcely be
avoided, even if it should be possible
frift iignrn.g mm.
I'.xcepting fur the defense of thn
American border and of tho lives of
foreigners in the interior, tho adminis
tration does not . utitemplato the use of
armed forces in Mexico; despite the
(By Wilbur S. Forrest.)
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London, Aug. 1. (By mail.) " Brit
ish labor is today working hand iu hand
with the government to save tho nation.
That, for the moment, is tho stutus
tif British labor. But after it is all
over British labor will have something
to say to tho British government."
This was today the unqualified state
ment IO Hie Llllted i'ress of Kmnanv
Mac Donald, member of parliament anil
leader of the British socialists.
The "something" that British labor
will have to say to tho guvernment
after the war, according to MacDonuld,
is tnnt "war is unnecessary ami the
elements that make war possible must
"But in the meantime," continued
JlneDonald, "British labor has come
to the stage of realization that the gov
ernment must be helped out of its diffi
culty and iuevitably British lubeir imiHt
forget the past and look to the future
by helping the government fight for
its existence."
British trades union members nnd
leaders nro now in khaki by thousands
and tens of thousands, arc" putting in
hard licks in war munition factories
and other government work, declared
Mac Donald.
"Do yon mean that labor henceforth
will overlook all its Industrial griev
ances and strikos until after the war!
wns asked.
"Por the present labor is forced to
give in. it is inevitable at this
iimo, - answered MacDoiiald.
Labor leaders do not object to Walter
i.ong s national registry bill requiring
ull porsons in Knglund between the
ages of 15 and 65 to declare their wit
ness for war work, but they look upon
it as something tlint may load to a
form of conscription, according to Mac-
I'uiiwu. iion.iueii:
"This will cmbraco tho provis'icwi of
compulsory registration and lays down
certain penalties. 1 hardly think it
will result in conscription, but in the
haiuis of a clover minister it can- be
brought around nnd twisted to assume
practically tho same form. British la
bor cannot object to this bocauso its
hands are tied bv the neimltina ;. i
but tho workmen of this country will
..u.iT.inj uujeci, 10 nusoiute oaut mili
tary conscription because it is unneces
sary. Tho government hna been inform
ed of tho workmen's intention, and that
m to stay in tho fight and help snvo
the eonnti-v VVl.n il... ............ '.-
j, ,,..,. , tuiiuuj ib hhv-
ed the workmen will say what he has
to say."
British labor, Mae Donald concluded,
nuum uvruiy uiieuipt. any national tie
up cveu in tho event of impending mili
tnry conscription but would
an isHuo in every other poNHiblo way...
BULGARIA READY
HI M
AGAINST lie
Serbia Informs Neighbor That
Coveted Territory Will
Be Ceded
CARBANZA MAY YIELD.
Washington, Aug. 11. Tho
first hint of yielding to tho
United States came from the
Carranza agency here this after
noon in tho form of a suggestion
that the "first chief" might
consider n "get together ' pro
gram on tho basis of representa
tion by Carran.n, Villa and
Zapata in proportion to their
respective strength.
ft
BULLETINS ON MEXICO
Rates Will Be Boosted On
Several Western Lines
Under Interstate Ruling
Washington, Aug. 11. The inter
state commerce commission In a second
Cornish, N, II.. Auir. 1 1.. President ' "t,trl.s'on today concerning tho re.iuest of
vviison left here this afternoon and will western railroads for a 20 per cent gen
eral increase in freight rates, confirm-
arrive in Washington tomorrow, lie
was accompanied by his physician, Dr.
Grayson.
Latln-Aniericang Agree,
New York, An. II. The Utin-Ani-
erienn diplomats attending the Pan
American ilerenco this afternoon
formally approved the draft of a let
ter to bo addressed to the Mexican
factions. Secretary Lansing, who pre
pared the letter, made this announce
ment at the conclusion of the confer
ence tiiis afternoon at 4:15.
Situation Becomes Tense.
Brownsville, Texas, Aul'. 11. The
Mexican border situation is becoiiiinif
hourly more tense and grave.
Aiatanioras advices toiliuv declared
that the Mexicans intend to attack that
ity, if the United Stales troops oc !
rupy Vera (.hi, again. Alarmed bv
tne widespread rulds into Texas tern
tnry citizens everywhere are arming.
More Jexns rangers have been sent to
the border and still more are on the
way.
Posses, troops and rangers are scat
tering in every direi'tiifi preparatory
to concerted roundup of the bandits.
warsiiips Bound Southward.
aHhingtoii, Aug. 11
STILL GERMANY HOLDS
UPPER HAND IN BALKANS
Russians Prepare To Fall
Further Back Evacuating
More Fortresses
lierliii, via London, Aug. 11.
Tho entire Kussian line from
lvomv.ii south to Nova Oeorgie
wsk is in full retreat, it was of
ficially announced here today.
German troops have captured
Benjumiiiow . fortress east of
Novo Georgiewsk,
Gorman aviators have also
dropped bombs on Novo Geor
giewsk and Brest-Litovsk.
ed tho increase in some rates but not
in nil. Most of tho rates were' in
creased. Whilo Increases were granted on five
items and were refused on four, the
hitter nro tho items which furnish the
largest revenues. The minis will receive
an estimated increase of iil,n:i2,,'ls7 in
revenue from hay, straw, coal, fruit,
vegetables and rice.
State Franchise Taxes
Large In California
Sacramento, Oil,, Aug. 11. Stale
Treasurer ltlehnrdson will be the busy
man next Monday, that being the last
day on which slnte traiichisn taxes enn
be paid by California corporations.
The Southern Pacific company which
will pay into thn state treasury the sum
of 1,52 1,0511.85 has received permission
to turn in $521,051) in the form of cer
tified checks, but the balance of 1,0II0,
01)1), weighing two tuns must be brniiehl
Secretary of 10 me ooor or the rnpitol In gold iloiib
(Continued on Page Eight.)
: THE WEATHER
Thc had "J
WlTfT
OrVCt j
Fa i r
nnd
Oregon:
tonight
Thursday; cooler
this afternoon
west portion,
cooler tonight
and Thursday
e a 1 1 portion ;
o n t h westerly
winds.
tho Navy Daniels announced late today I loons. Kichnrdson was notified this
that the battleships New Hampshire morning tlint the gold would be nn
and Louisiana are bound for southern ; 'mud, properly guimlcd on Monday,
waters, and that they will lie joined by Other big franchise payers who will
the Connecticut, the destination (i'' pny on Monday are'
the three ships will be announced Inter, i Santa Poo railroad 177,1153.52; West
he Miiid. Admiral Walter McLean is ern Pacific 1(18,000; Key Itoule 121,
in command nr. the squadron. joOO; I, on Angeles railway 17(1,000; Pa-
I ci I ic Hcetrie, l.os A ngeles, 23 1,000;
Washington, Aug. II. Mnjor (Icner-! Salt Lake railway 117,00(1; United Hail
al Funston this afternoon reported lojwnvs of San Francisco, 220,000.
Secretary Garrison (liat ( aineron, ilidn-l The total amount which will I) I-
lo mid Starr counties, Texas, are being lected by the stale for the first hnlf of
terrorized by mixed "ang of Mcxicnu , the franchise tax is 7,5(I8,(I2-I.H.
anil American bandits and political1 . m
bands. Garrison assured Fuiislon that ni n j iiri 1
he would scud troops when tnev are DlHV OlMQaV WtiaCKS
asked for. i .
Navy department officials refused t.l, Satan 111 N,ail mnrKM
discuss a report that a siiiiiidron of war
ship had been ordered from Newport
to Vera Cruz. Sun Francisco, Aug. II. Billy Sun
Sheriffs Ask Assistance, idnv. the eviinu. list, rushcl Int.. t..o.n
Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 1 1. Sheriffs and this morning, hurried to n hotel, glanced
supervisors of border counties tele- throiieh some notes. nril...l a
graphed Governor Hunt today asking clergymen, nnnou , he had no li,eanco would be offered to u Teuton a I
(By Hoiury Wood.)
(United Press Stuff Correspondent.)
Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 10. (Delayed
in transmission.) -Tho possibility of
IJiilgariu abaiidoiiiiiir her neutrality nnd
sending her nrinies in tho direction of
Constantinople, won materially increas- .
en ioiiu.v wnou sieroia informally told
ituigimii she wu wi ling to make im-
por'ant concessions provided Rumania,
und Greeco adopt a conciliatory- atti
tude in the present negotiations. Hup
rosuntutivos of the allied nations de
clared today that the latest
fruin Athens hnd aroused their hope
Ihut both Greece mid Bulgaria would
join tho allies.
Hcgnrdless of this recent develop
ment, Germany still holds the upper
hand in tho present diplomatic struggle,
although Die outlook appears brightest
for tiie allies. Tho effect of the Cull
of Warsaw ami the retreat of tho Itus
siim armies upon the Bulgarians cannot
bo over estimated. Today the Bulgar
ians believe in nu ultimate victory tor
thn Auslro (leriniins.
Unwittingly the United Stales is
playing the most important role iu the
uipnmuiie coinest on tne Mulkun pen
insula. Hepresentatives of tho allies
have been particularly active In spread
ing broadcast President Wilson's mes
sages to Germany about the sinking of
thn Lusitniiia und the destruction of
vessels carrying American passengers.
Tho lust American note was given un
usual publicity here with tho view of
iiil'lnencing the Bulgarians. F.ven the
reply of President Church of tho Car
negie iiistiluto to the German intellec
tuals was circiiluted here.
To counteract the iiossible in fl
of the American notes, tho Austi-o llcr
mans are circulating quotations from
American newspnpers in un attempt t
slum that public men of the United
Stales favor Germany ' stand.
Kovno to Be Evacuated,
Pelrograd, i.ug, II. Kovno may Imi
evacuated by (Irnnd Duke Nicholas'
forces before the end of the week, nf
ficials of tiie war office admitted to
day. Since Sunday Germnn big guns have
been hurling 'thousands of shells int.)
Hie three principal furls guarding thrt
fortress from the west. Sections of the
fortifications have been destroyed by
(his shell fire, il was declared today,
but 'ho Hussion defenders, hy a rurrt
cnspin.v or neroism, nave repulsed nil
nl tempts to storm the gaps in the
lines,
Despite Hie probubility of this now
German advance, ol'ficials continue op
timistic. If tim Slavs urn forced ti
iiliandnii Kovnn, they say, thev will
retire to vilnn, where desperate resist-
him to use his influence to have tli
government send more troops to tin
Arizona border. They nlsu want tin
state militia called out to fight Mcil-1
for newspapermen, and then wns whiz
zed nut to the Van Ness tabernacle,
where he took another shot at satnn.
"f in not here to iiiinrrnl with Dr.
can raiders, i ae mwn or .Miar, "- Akti
. ' I, - . he disagreed with me. If everybody
ziBtns. Hung r riots are in prouress 1...1: .
' "-"nu K'll " 'I'MII'l
my own beliefs. I know what kind of
vii 11 en towards the Petrograd railway.
North of Warsaw fighting of a most
sanguinary diameter continues. Vio
lent dashes between Infnnlrv column
in llermosillo.
No Orders for Pacific Flout.
Snn Diego, Cnl Aug. II. No war
orders have been received by the ves
sels (if the Pacific fleet in port here
todav, navy men nnnminced. The U,
S. S. Yorktnwn sails Into today lor
Corrinto, her regular stntion, but this
move, it is said, hns nothing to do with
the Mexican situation. The flagship
Colorado is awaiting orders.
vera unit is Quiet.
New York, Aug. 11. Privatn ad
vices received bv the United press to-
a devil I am fighling ami if Dr. Aked
doesnt think the word of (Jod is the
proper weapon to use on Old Nick, he's
crnzv.'
SENATOR TILLMAN'S BIRTHDAY.
Portland, Or., Aug. II. United
Slates Senator Benjamin Tillman, of
South ( nrolina celebrated his sixty
eighlh birthday here today.
Senator Tillman, his wife and diiuuli-
Inv from Vera Cruz indicated that the Iter Sully Mnyj are visiting here with
ifuatioii there was quiet, but tuat on- a second daughter, Mrs. Henry V.
friendly sentiment toward Americans
had been manifested. The Carranzistas,
it was stated, anticipated no nuti-Am-
erican demonstrations.
Consul Asks for Troops.
Laredo. Texas, Aug. 11. Consul Gar
rett at Nuevri Laredo telegraphed See
Hughes.
Mrs. Homer Phillips of W'hitesiin is
rotary Lansing today asking that troopsj dead here today. Her husband and
be sent to the bonier to replace soldiers ! young daughter were also terribly
recently removed. burned but will recover.
snid Sunday. "I'm glad thuti"r" " m"K ni,'"r Vysknf, but thi.
.cumins imve sun iieen linalile to fores)
n passage of the Hug river. Similar
operations on a Inrge scale are in prog
ress north ol' Ostrow, where the Teu
tons are aiming at both the river and
the I'etrograd railway. At both of
these points, dispatches tolay indicate,
tin enemy is reinforcing heavily.
Around Warsaw nnd to the south
cast, the Hussion retirement continues)
to be conducted In an orderly manner.
Two hospital trains bound i'nim War
saw to Hiedlen were bombarded by
Zeppelins and many of their witunded
passengers were killed.
The only official announcement Hindu
today tegnrding the situation at Kovno
was that the (lerinnus ruptured and re
tained some works near the villngo of
Piple, near Kovno, but tliut the cost
iu men was appalling.
Why Kaiser Stayed Out.
Amsterdam, Aug. 11. Fear that h
would be killed by a mine prevented
the emperor of Germany from entering
MRS. FIIILL1P8 IS DEAD.
McMinnvillc, Or,, Aug. It.--Burned
bv thn explosion of a can of gasoline,
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