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THE WEATHER REPORT: 'JTI.Nt, July 10 The I ' iiij't'i tuit Mu ttin i n i. , in m nun i 'i , Kuiitli iiu!n Rit ilt.ti W I SHI NU TON .lull t i 1 aril Aftti UvUtivwit I'mil) duud) tri ' V T T 1 J"- - 4- ?V liil V, HP TTS - ' i in - W 7 Vs' JL w. JLn 17,800 wns the combined circulation of Th World ami Hun yestorday Vol.. IX NO. 268 1 1 i i 1 1 m it w mi smi( i 1 1 i rui'.KK m riiiiT T 1 l.s A . OK fi A liOM A, K It I 1 A . .1 I I. V :t I . I'M I TEN PAUKH PRICE FIVE CENTS D, F. CONNOLLY DENOUNCES THE VICIOUS ATTACK ON PAT M ALLOY Brands Bogus Knights of Columbus Oath As Black-Hearted Lie I THERE IS NO SUCH OATH TAKEN SHOWS HOW SCHOOL LAND FUNDS HAVE BEEN GRAFTED. REPLIED TO ARGUMENTS ADVANCED BY OOLONIL ROOSEVEL'l U.S. OWES THE DAMAGES Answered the Statement of the Colonel But Did Mot Men turn His f T GERMANY EXPECTED TO DECLARE WAR IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS SKIS Sim UNDER PRICES DROPPED FASTEST SINCE PANIC OF 1907. Imperial Cabinet Was In Session Until An Early Hour This Morning WAR NEWS IS VERY CONFLICTING CONCEIVED IN INFAMY, WRITTEN IN RELIG IOUS PREJUDICE AND BROUGHT FORTH BY ENEMIES OF THE COUNTRY. WASHINGTON, VnlraSu i i formal statement in ACimiw nl lh FIN1SBED UP ONE COUNTY WHEAT PASSED THE SI MARK Hrymi replied to arguuuniN idvuneed ' I ' il III' i -I .. in. n Hi.' adinlnliitrutli Report to Governor Shows Real BELIEVED NOW THA GRADE HAS NOT BY THE CAPTURE OF BEL ET BEEN EFFECTED JSTR1A. ADS LINCOLN OPPOSED SIMILAR SCHEME c""d - r M" Knows Malloy Intimately Praises His Ability and De clares He Is High Type ol Liberty Loving American Citizenship. Tn a letter ringing with pat riot ism ami denouncing in unmeas ured terms the uarrowness and unfairness of tlie attack bj Con-J grcssman Davenport upon Ins opponent, Pat Malloy, 1 a use of his religion, l. K. Connolly yesterday addressed an open letter to the Democratic voters of the Fust congressional distriot, calling their attention to the patriotic record of the Catholic church and its mem hers throughout the pages of the history of this intry, Air. Connolly, who is one of the leadiug eiticcus of Tulsa, and is himself a life-long Democrat, denounces tlie spurious Knights of Columbus oath as an infamous lie, coi ived in a blackened heart, written in religious prejudice and broughl forth by the worst eue lines this country has ever known. Coming as this does from u man of Mr. Connolly's well known and unquestioned standing in the community, it leaves no chance for quibble or doubt and is a suffi cient answer to the charge that Pat Malloy is hound by or has ever taken such an infamous oath. That thousands of eitiens who aiv not ( 'nl holies, hut who lie- lieVC 111 the Widest eVIVIse ol PCllglOUS lioellolll, BM Joining III tlie .i..,,,,,,,.i:,i ii.o at the efforts to mislead ami Drcudiec the uninformed iKL.AliuMA CITY, Julj 10 -(Special.) "I have gone tar enougb in the mntten nlrtad) to convince nit thai the loans from thi permanent school fund of the state of Oklahoma, us far as Rogej Mills enmity la i- earned, is rotten t" the core." Tin is one "f the muni damaging statement:, made todaj by Btatc K anitner Pred Parkinson In an offic ial report t" Governor Pruoe. A week or hii ago Kxamlnor I'arklnson ch irged that T M Miller, chief dork to John It. William, m rretury of the school land department, was I'.uilty ot manipulations ! which favoritism i,t th. expense of the state school land funds tvai shown to rertain borrowers In Roger Mills l?ruco smiiM I '.IV c menl Uon .1 Stul . Kill .-.ii to examim rout rovers) o in bin 26,400,Ui , i.i mis growl III i iif Panama sin ie ranal tone 1 1 1 1 (.' b his deel n the treaty it Int.. tie r the u tile the mi. d it in Jumped Nine Cents Yeslrr lay Knt Closed ut Decline of Three Cent; FIERCE FIGHTING Rl 'ORTED GOING ON NOW in l miii a Htal urged thnl even in acquit Ins. th. erelsing r rtghl was mt relieved 1 101, If the i anal f omln of liuhi dam igi result nK in Col, olonel Roosevelt rei i the m o.ite foreign relation tn boar a statement from 1 1 porting t in' pending i man Hlone replied tnal tnitleo decided tn e.e up ut i it at i his segslon Itlad tn In. if from tin fnt' aetu.il him la fore 11 tl nil- It it 1 1 1 to acouac religious strife in an effort primarily to make p Utieal capital In .specific instances, and to encourage aud foster a feeling or religious hatred ami intolerance throughout the land.' Congressman Davenport and bis supporters have used the bogus Kniehts of Columbus oath to holster up support Eoi bill! and to tear ilou n Mallo) . Mi I oliliollv tier III IS as tollow - ; 1,11' 111 the eli. 'Sing days 01,111c cun nunnunaij ..... I r lieinj.ll BnorniHIl, Sinii' llic r.. n.i- cT evorj Intelligent ' attmiii in . merits Ann t Ii in I'liniii . 'it'll. Home Colo.. T'lWa ukla., J n i 10. Tn the Vol-1 ,a lh PHral CongreMional las- tW of faith. father Kwlng S.n rinan triit Wi g primary rampalgn for the seloctlon of party i Uldldttei to be vied for at the rnaular election In Movember for year ago in the city .if Denvi tate offloeg and represeutlves to he-Uo. .fe of Rom. our nnUonaJ oonarass. were tn dictate m politics in Amerlcg 1 The niore Interesting part of tbo would march through the Vatican campaign in Tulsa and the First con-ln Rome an my father marched gresjlonul district centora around tli tiinnigii Oeorgla. Bhould the Pops candidacy of Pal Malloy and JajnM 0f Rome ever attempt to encroach on S Davenport, eandWates for cod-J the civil rights of the American pen streas Pie, the Catholics of this country will t win not venture a discussion m fead their Protestant brethren in hurU the relative merits of these tw men. t ing back across the Atlantic every Mutiny's superior qualifications are I un-American doctrine winch would weii known and admitted. t)aven dim a star, or stain h stripe In h tiuK pert is conceded to be deficient. He I for the honoi and glorj ol winch1 is not the ip' of statesman lo oor-1 Catholics have ao herolcallj ilisnn-' rectl represent the most Important gutahed themselves on the battlefields roiiKresxionai insuei in aie ri- .11 America. No 1 car ui Catholic Domination. our Pretestsnt brethren need nol fear Catholie dniiilnati.ui. for tt Was iuae at Catholic War viand thai declared po litical and religious llbert) t Ti i yeara before our constitution mis written, and in Ihls CathoMc inlmiv the perse cutcd and disfranchised Episcopalians I M.issuclm.sctts. and the . xile.l I'nri- OtStahoma. llceauHC lie fa a alhollc. la there any doubl about .Malloy's fie. tl. in' Vea. why iK .1 Catholic. 1 have been over a good portion of th. district and have quietly tell the poliiii ai pulse .1 the voters and I am mm, rise, I and chagrined tn learn that voters .1. iimim; t" be good American tana of Virginia found the freedom of citizens, admitting, Pat Malloy's abtl- conscience. ity and superior Qualifications are when Benedict Arnold betrayed , timid about voting tor him solely oil I Washington and sought to turn west Account of hts religion when such I point, our etronchoid, over to Ihi men are romlnded that the constltu-1 British, WagWngton'a order, "put none Hons, iah stu'. ttnd federal, guatmn-lbut Irish an I Americans on duty to tee 10 every cltlsen the right to sror-1 night." cannot be erased from the rec ahlp Ood a dins to the dictation I ordi of our country. Every irishman ,f in, uwli inns. ien. e. mej uiunii) put upon rne . aicn lowei oi throw up their l ands in horror and I atruggllng inuntry at that time was auk "What aboul that ternoie I Catholic. Knights' of Columbua oath?" Catholic John Stark at the battle of 1 read this bogus oath for the Brat , Trenton said: "Comrades, we will win time inst night and I cannot under- I thla battle or tonight Moll) Stark will it , ml hew any man with any lutein-. a widow-." genet UICJ oe ien l in..- uwi a Catholli or an) other type of human ... ... . ..... i... ... .i..n.....l..a '.w I., h.ir- Krauch thoughts fm a moment, let vessel to Washington and along execute them, Black-II cartod lac. As a Catholic, I want to publicly Barri Bpuraed Offer, Catholic .lohu Harry gave his mer- ganlaed the first American nav) After Barry captured the "Edward," the first 'easel catptured b) the navy, Sir ('Union nf the KngllSh army or- county. uovernor rebuke Parkinson In thing letter, and challenged I'.u- klnaon to InveBtigate conditions in the school land department, of which no complete report has been made to the piii.iic siinc statehood. ( Iwrgt - KoUenneas. iCxaminer Parkinson accepted the challenge, nnd set Ills expert account niiH at work Charles Alexandivr was sent to Rogei Mills count) lo wake u II rat hand Imiulry, the results of which ate contained tn the report that Parkinson has transmitted to Gov ernor CrUOS, In which appears "I wisli to a that m addlUon to the charge of official favoritism shown by Mr Miller to his own county, I now charge him with official rottenness in the matter of making farm loans from the permanent si imoi fund of the state In Roger Mills ounty. The report recites that Richard I". I laird, a business associate of Mill' r at Cheyenne, and who is not a farmer, applied for a loan of $:.'.Miu January 111, 1911, on 16(' acres of land, which Uatrd and two appraisers, under oath, valued .it S'.ui'". and that In addition the Improvements were worth SB6. Baird swore that the I vi" assessed (Continued on Pago Three.) SEEKING JONES SUCCESSOR President I'oulldcnl Marburg win Be "lilil oicd w asi 1 1 N' ri'i'N, Jut) 3a HatlsHed that Paul M Warburg of New ITorh will i" confirmed us a member of the federal N sen e board, following his ap pearance before the senate hanking committee, President Wilson will proceed Mm llately to choose a auc- oeaaor on the board t.i Thomas I . .tones, whoae nomination was with drawn. The president said today he Was seeking to hud another man for the board from the Chi' ago district. He is understood to want a Republli an of large business erperlnce, since with Mr Warburg the hoard Will have the requiaitc two I ankers ami ,-ix I lemonrats. Hdwln A. Potter, a Republican of Chicago, who has had both banking and general business experience, was understood t.la to be the most likely tn be nominated by the president, al though Charlea 'i Dawes, tieorge E! Roberta, w A. Tilden and W T. Pen ton were being mentioned. Mr. Pot- Ii r lias the support of Senator Lewis .. Mllimiu white general opinion in the senate seems to he that the committee will report favorably on Mr Warburg's nomination, thero promises to i p- poaltlon from the Republican side. and probably some Democrats. Sen ator Mristow ot Kansas is leading a light against the banker. MULFORD WON FIRST HEAT condemn the ,,ath as an luminous i rered Harry l ..,o'o guineas ana a po lie, noncelved In u, blackened heart, I Mtlon of rank In the Bngllah navy if written in religious prejudice ana the would surrender his Fleet, Barry iffer. 11" was nut this country has ever known. An antl-Cathollc party was organ- It, "I in litis inuntry In 1 s r. S . 11 Is re- a ,i in history as the Know Noth ing party; ot II Abraham Lincoln de dure I i am nol a know-nothing, thai Is pertain Wow could t bel How Could anyne who abhors the oppraa Mon 1 the negroes be In favor of de grading an) 'lass of White people? Hi i edit t Arnold lie was a good Catholic with u heart beating for lib era . Haiti of Qcttysburg. t. t us come down to the memory of men vet living. It was the and ol Juiv, taat the battle of Oettysburg. ti mmand Is hurried to the Irish brigade to eheck the onrush of ueit il And.'isoii. The chaplain, ruther i. ati -ton l'.i uli ui i Races ire Started. GALV1CBTON, July 30 - Ralph Mul f'.ni. driving a l ien, h oar, won the first installment of the 160-ndIe auto mobile race at the beach straightaway course today. The distance covered was fifty miP'S. Twenty pilots stinted In the race, which will be completed v hen the additional hundred miles ar covered Saturday and Monday. Mulfnrd also captured the ten-mile and one-mils dash, which preceded the feature event gan m ilcii irmu tnai bh no o created equal We trnw practically "ii progress m aege iq , , , , , ,h(. top "f a larg I" l'"" ' 1 l'i' s a nauun "-"boulder. "Th, t. limit ' hur-h ." no Shouts, "refuses I'htlstian burial H II... ...l.ll.. -.1.1. h.MU 111- I.....I. In I-.. mi, I it: aii men an crcatea equal (M M aeieHg hM .1 tUllK ,tml . s ; negroes . hen tnc know-notn-1 h(. xv Kiv, lacratMnUi absoluUon to lugs Bet control II w ill f id. Bl men those Who in tin lr hearts make n sln- SJ led . iual except .negroes, ,It M ,.f ,. f,,r sin. All ure foreigners and Cath, ics wnen n . n t,1(il. Kn, K Qeneral Hancock, in comes t this 1 sie.it prefer emigrat-1 B, paddla, removes his hat. The ab. 1 - a ...I.-. ..I...... tli... t.i!lkp ... . . . ... oig , "mi ........... . a nuuon 1 j given; me cnarge is mime, no pretenat of loving lUterty, wnere 1 Anderson is driven hack. Some car. depoetlam can be lukeii pure uit'l 1 . monument was erert-d In I.in wtlhent the baas alloy of hypocrisy. ,,,, rhlcago. to perpetuate the (Lincoln, Nleolay & Bay, vol. l, page j Iiumc of ,ne 0I1d,.r ,,f this Irish bri III 1 I cade, and ,,n its base whs chlaled his (iwe No VIUgtSMie to Pop, dying words, as he was carried from The ileal fear of lae non-catnoiic 1 the battle 111 id, i.ny me down ana Is the domination of the country hy save the flag." Young 0NetL mor the I'op' of Rome The Catholics I tally Wounded, said. Tell my of this country owe no nllegtance lo llH Pope of Rome, eseept In th- mat- i (Cot.tlnued on Page Three.) Plan Home Rn'e for Hilo, COLtTMBUB. Ohio, July 10. Rep lesentatlves of the Ohio Home Rule HMOClaUon today filed with the bc- retary of state initiative petitions for the submission of a proposed consti tutions amendment which would pre vent in future state prOhlbtUon of the liquor traffic by statutory means and vi uld. In effe-t, repeal thu present COUnty local option law. flM Wilson t" aid Ectppsttlota, s.W FRANCtRCO, July 10. Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of Picsl dent Wilson, will visit Hun Francisco to kUo concerts In ralec funds for tho exhibit e.t the Panama-Pacific exnosl Hon, showing the use of SOBOCll as tivle and neighborhood social oor.tera. .diss WIltKjn today wired fspoaltlon ffi tula to this effe't, mid be nel. but tin general undorstaadtnt Is thai the matter will go oyer unii1 December, Tn. it) lull) Just! I Secretary Bryan, in Ills Statement tonight, says: "in considering the tri in with Co lombia it is not neeeaasin to examine Into the merits of the Sjoutrovors) n luting tn the action el the 1 tilted states in 1001, The j. 11 nt treat) lie, Us with the gltuatlorl as It proaents itself tint. 1) and is 1 el) plstifled, tin matter what theory nun muy adopt as to tbe courae pursued i. our nnUon In connecUon with the separation of Panama from Colomhiu Home con tended that the iictioii taken b) the United BtatuS was bagCd upon tlie 111 essrtiea of the cute and those necessities, us stated by thoae who t.iki this position, an- thai Colombia was ma able to build the canal her self and was not willing to sell to the United Stan s upon reasonable terms the right lo build th" canal. "Tle.se who take tins position put the United states In the attitude of exercising tin right of eminent do main in the interests of the world's commeroo, but (he exercise of the right of eminent domain dues not re lieve those who exercise it of liability for actual damages suffered, "If it is , untendi d that the pi lei offered bj the 1 'nlti .1 states lo Pat um.i's separation was a reasonable ne and tti.it Colombia ought in have accepted It, that ralutlon cannot b reduced merely because Colombia was not willing to ai cepl the offei The price tlon offered was approximate!) 1 1 7 500, ( 1 1 1 0,1 ,00 eiisli ami T , 1 . 11 0 ,1 ,1 year fm .1 hundred yeara, which could be capitalised ut 17,500, iioui. Bui when ibis price w.is of fered it wag understood that Colombia would retain the state of Panama and have the advantages to be derived from proxlmlt) to tie capel. Reasonable damages, "What Justice 01 I illness can there be in this proposition thai Colombia, having refused to accept a fall price, is not entitled to an) damages at all ' The payment of Hie I !!.", U'Mi.oiHi plu nged fm in the tn.ii) now before the senate '8 only a reasonable oom pensotion for damages actuall) Buf fered damage.- Hint ..light to be paid, no matter what tbeor) one adopts In leg. ml tn the action of the Culled States nt the 1 tlon "f Colombia in iOOS. The above argument I baaed upon the tbeor) adopted by those who say Colombia w.'.s entirely wrong In refusing t" u icepl the offer made h) the 1 tnlted Bl - but it must be 1 - mem bored that this theory Is disputed by the people 01 Colombia, w ho de fended the poaltlon of their govern ment then, and who have ever since asked that n ntroversy ! arbi trated by some impartial tribunal. "Tim reopeninn al this time of the original controversy Is not only un heoesasry but objectionable, first, be cause u diverts attention from the present gltuatlon and second, because It would revive both hero and In Co lombia Hi" ven feeling of unfriendli ness whl'h It is desirable in allay, The treat) Is Intended to restore friendship and good will between these nations and this can be done by dealing with the situation us It now presents Itself without renewing the discussion iui t" the merits of the 1 isl ti.,ts originally taken by the two gov ernments, reap eUvely. I A VOB M M ' M I 1 I MttVs 1 1 .i' ejlii.ii of VI n tn Jinn tlic Mine Workors, DENVER, July 30. A motion to amalgamate the IV extern Federation of Miners nnd the United Mine Work crs .f America was adopted today by the convention Ol the, federation The motion provides for the ap pointment of 1 committee of three from the western federation to meet .1 like committee from Ihn mine work ers and that the joint committee ahull fix a plan for the merger of the two unit this proposal Shall be submitted to v referendum vote of the two mem 1 'rshlps. Rebels Seise Railroad Terminal. VERA CRUE, July so. Two hun dred t'arranra troops, under Richard 0 fx. rex, havo occupied Alvnrndo, the terminus of the Vera Orug-Alvarado j railroad, the federal forca of forty I evacuating the place. This Is confirmatory of the state, ment of the personal representative of tJencral CarratlSS at Vera ('ni7 that an armattloa would not be recognised snd that liostlllti.-s would continue. m: )iii:k, .lui) 30 The New N.i 1 stock exchange lime the brunt ti.' 1. of 1 11-1 He mi 1 us world-wide tbiui. dntion .a securities Inspired aolel) l) 'ti.e ivtu clouds which toda) more out. 11 i enteted lu i bet tiuat there 1 - no other pi una 1 market In the world w he ii is nni ul 1 in r rloi ' a or under prices broke fro mlsx to IT points nuclei an ..i ei t in 11 ot 1 . 300,000 shares a large part ..1 which rupreacnled the .American aecurllleae and ihe selling W'hil. n was the moat drastic di 1 line suae t hi p.uie ol 1007, Intel .iiiiiiiu.il bunkers who have Iheii tin 'gels on lite pulse nt the situation v pi .! pride in the fa I that His Ametlcail market had so Well With sti ...i ihe avalanche of woek-lonH sell Kiiuatbui I- siuiinl There was talk of following the direction w.,- taken toda) Clcaiins house bunkers rieealred toda) thai the financial situation lure w.is am sol lei) sound and n.is was rolteratod i by financiers who called I" discuss in. situation Informal!) at the office ; of J, P. Morgan '". 'lie. ugh values tumbled preclpl loi sly, one of Ho- features of today's trading pointed to as significant of thi domestic Bltualon was he large I amount of Investment buying at the record lo wprlcea which man) of the standard s rltlea dropped II wet further pointed oul lhal there U- n ad) mid hoi ii a long p' l iml nf Uqui datton in this country so thai the mi si ii. ght from abroad could havo not come at a more favorable time. Plunge tAa l oicciisteii The local market was prepared III la tneasurt before the opening for ! w . at wai to come i'.utlN advi.es from England Is Preparing to Call Out. Reserve. a General European War Will Follow Shortly. Expecting IAIN) ION, Jul :11 KarU tins t 'Ilillg conies news thai Hie Ucrniau t'ubiiK't, iirosided ovisf tin1 pmporor, sat .n Potsdatu until iuidiiiflit and liial t'cnsorsliip over tliu telegraph lines is li.--inp imposed at lierlitii Tins is interpreted here as implying preparations for German muboliiiitioti and s lew hours will nrobablj decide whether Europe i to lie involved in universal warfare, Ii is lull) expected both ul Ijondon ami lierlin Dial the Russian Itii'eiffii minister. KergiuH Knr.oiioff, will reply to Q-enuaiiy's demand for an explanation to tlie effect that liusKian mobtlir.at.ion has al , read) been ordered ami cannot he cancelled. In the event of German) mobilising ii is expected that Premier lAsquith itnniediulel) ill asli parliament lo sanction a large vote of credil as y necessary precaution, Will Dedare War Today. IXiNOON, J-ily 30. A despatch from Kt. Petersburg to ftett ter's Telenraph coinpanv says it is believed in Bt. Petersburg t lint. Austria will declare war against llussia totnoirow. Tin despatcli adds that i( this should be tbe case it is under stood that Rinperor Nicholas will go to Moscow to deliver I pro tiiouneeinent in 'lie Uspenski cathedral, Belgrada Is Holding Out. liKMiRADR July U0. The Austrians opened I Imavv ean iiouadt1 in tlior second attack on Belgrade at II o'clock last night, The lmjiis of the Austrian monitors and tl"- batteries at Kemlin fired until 8 o clock ui the morning ii 'ontlnui a on Page Three i OHIO TO VOTE ON SUFFRAGE Wiiiic ll Piled PcUtlOJJ lor lie Hi ill I line j i a il.l M HI S. ' I., lui) (0 Starting their second campaign, Ohio suffra gists Invaded the statehouse today and plai c't on tile III tin office ol the see. ivlary of state Initiative petitions to.' tin submission In the November eluc- I ii. ,i. nt a proposal to amend tin hUtUtlon so as '" give in n the right tu vote, A proposed auffrugo amendmnnl was defeated lu Septem ber, 1013, The women r.xpreascd their rescnt- I men! of ihe action .) slate officials in i , i , is. nil lo i eeelve the delegation I whit 'i . 'in. "I the petitions to the Statehouse Secretary of Slates lii.iv.s I was busy iii his private office when the women arrived, and be sent word he , iu:1 not sc. i hem SELL A RAILROAD TODAY n lb. .i.t.i- Will Bill in tb" Okla homa i cutral. PUHCKLL, ' kla , Jul) SO The Oklahoma Cortral railroad win be sold to Its bondholders for snout one million dollars I en- tomorrow, sc c. iiiling to an announcement by Asa Ramsey, receiver, who said he had i nl) received the one bid it is un -deritood that the road will be leased ' t.. the Santa l'c it. n. ii Moon- itub- Agreement, I ON1MJN, July 80. A l! Ifast dis patch to the Post gays It Is reported that an agreement has been reached ever home rule which is saUsfsctory t.. the Clsterlti I, viral buildings wero damaged. The Kerviau guos replied only occassionally, An Austrian gun boat was badly damaged. An attempt by the Austrians to cross the river was repulsed with severe losses by heavy infantry ami (machine gun fire, Tim rifle fire lasted until four in the morning. There were HO Servian losses. The Austrians made several other attempts to cross the riven Save ami Danube but were driven back. It was reported, the) m- tended to renew their bombardment f Belgrade today, Servian Capital lb Fired On. VIENNA, Jul) 30. The following official despatch was re ceived here touighti "About midnight machine k'un fire was opened from Belgrada and in repl) the Auatro Hungarian monitors bombarded the city. "At oue o'clock in the morning the powder magaeine in Bel grade blew up. At dawn tlie Servians made anothei unsuccessful ' attempt to destroy the bridge. "As shots were fired from the Servian customs house upon cur troops, our artillery was trained upon the Iniililinrr which was quickly demolished. This was followed b) the sound of rifle fire. I Simultaneous!) fires broke oul at different points in Belgrade. "During the Servian attempts to blow up the bridge sixteen Servians were captured b) our men and taken to Petervardein. "It is rumored that serious disturbances have broken out in i New Bervia where the uon-Berviau elements are reported to have ' refused to enter t be army." m:i ii (iOOU ROM I A yogns woman with two chil dren Is now In the cars ,.r the local humane agency wanting a comfortable home for herself and her bsblea sue is not more than -"i rears of age, is refined and capable Th" children at" a lltti" girl S venrs old and a tiny baby 'i months old, Tho father of th children died i isl M.iri h, leaving Ids family In destitute circumstances, A room has been rented for the won, an nml tho children until a t itter arrangement can be made for them Surely there Is sunns futility la this city Who would be iiiad of un opportunity to lend assistance to thla Worthy woman, and a."". .t In return lor services, whb h would BO doubt abundantly pay for tho necessities of Ufa of th"so three. lu chs sn yono hns need of a good housekeeper, who is Quits capable of doing any kind of housework, and who Is In need of a shelter end a moans of pre- Ming food for her children, call phono tin and ask fur Nfri iJiad ley, police matron. Utile Reliable News. LONDON, July 10. -With the es ceptlon of ,,rfieiai reports from Vienna In the briefest form, and thus fat dealing with the bombardment of Bel grade and the capture of several Ser vian Vessels on the Danube, littl" te llable news has been received in Lon don conoernlng the course of hos tilities in ihe Austro-Servlan wai Numerous reports un- current that battles are In progress al various points, Including one report from Milan that a heavy engagement Is raging south of Belgrade tonight, but according to Servian official accounts, all alt, imptS on the part of the Am-' triune to cross th" rvier have he. ii re pulsed, and reports of the occupation nf Belgrade are considered pr ma lum. Growing Menace. While Hi,, news nf the a. tual de velopments m th" A ust i n-Ser urn war is iinsatlsfactoryi the general situation la one nf growing menace. There Is a tragus report thai Austrls and Russia are '-1111 engaged In diplomatic negotiations through the medium of 11.. ..u., .nr.... 1 Uii.li.niiitic Intel cnlirs" between Austria and Russia basing suspennea, nut bifii, in-.i ntertalned nf so, si In this .1 recti ott Qermany has addressed a note t. Russls requesting an explanation "f Russia's mobilisation, ami tn the sb senoe of a satisfactory repl) it is feared Qermany also may take steps to mobilise, 1 1 is undent 1 1 hat on tho fall. 11.' of I ilsi CI inference scheme sti Bdward Qrey Invited Q rman) t- auggeal some way out or the iinn- rultv, and all eyes now are turi '! to the German emperor as tb" maa upon whom Europe's fat" depends Qasfgann Can Dei Ida. It Is believed if ttm Herman em peror desires It, peace will be main tallied. The i.erman view 11 lhal It I behooves Gi.ii Britain ami FYanc to be arc n bring pressure to bear upon Russia to allow the two principals to settle then difficulties without outside in terference! in the meantime, every nation in Europe Is taking active stops to be prepared for any eventualities. Tb" Bally Telegraph'a correspon dent at Vienna, who is often ihe mouthpiece of the Austrian govern ment, says that Sir Kdward HteV's mediation proposal must not have the object of modifying the peac, terms agreed upon by the belligerents. Wain- Hands Ulf." "The Austro-Servlan conflict In all its phases, from the wording of the nolo tn the ratification "f peace treaty,' lie says, ";s deemed tn he a matter which concerns those states alone. Just us Count Votl Achrenthal the late Austro-Hungarlan minister iii-eiis Hie annexation of Bosnia and Mersegovina with any power but "Sn will mint Von Berchtntd de. I If War Inevitable, Austrian pop war with Rui The British 1 war at a mom llritish army Is preparing The i old water un the nd has is- . 1 Wat ,s prcpa' 1 I for notice, and tho it!) and iwlftly office throws rd "mobilisation" mother carefully framed notice to the newspapers than "only the usual precautlorsr are being (Continued on I'agf Two.