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I GREATEST WAR Vivid Picture of the Aisne t Fight Scenes of Awful Carnage Depicted. PARAGRAPHS In the news from Europe's arena of battle Imbue the reader with a vivid sense of what such a terrible war menus. These little stories, so numerous In the dispatches from the sone of action, re count distances of dauntless courage In tbe face of shot and shell and spectac ular and tragic incidents. The London Dally Telegraph sends this vivid picture of tbe battle of the Aisne: -To the ghastly fields about ruisleux I came, through tbe haunting horrors of men In gray and blue lying on the roadside. One man was kneeling with .his rifle on the shattered stump of a telegraph pole. Be might have Just sighted the enemy, but the finger on the trigger was stiff and cold, and itbrough the brow of the Boldler was a tiny bole. Blazed Trail With Blood. "Here on the sloping plain they fought the batteries. You can trace the path of the men who fed the batteries. They have blazed the trail with their blood. You can see where tbe ammunition -wagons waited in tbe rear and where 'the horses stamped with Impatient iboot "And the gunners, the men who fought among flame and thunder In a hurricane of lead and steel shards, you can see where they stood be hind this earthen wall; where they mended the shattered parapet with spent cases; where they took cover - In a cave dug in the side of tbe em placement when answering guns bad igot the range and poured upon them la deadly shower. Men and guns have gone, the broad fields are silent, de serted, and all tbe emplacements are empty except two. Outlined against 'the gray sky are tbe skeletons of guns. There is always some strange attrac tion about a gun that has been wound ted In battle. It Is like a human being, lit was the same with these German gnns. I felt as if I stood before men who had fought like heroes, who had been sorely wounded and left on the 'battlefield." This Is War. ' "Here, one among ten thousand, is the history of a French private, wound ed near Noyon," cables a correspond ent "We lay together, my friend and L "The order to fire came. We shot and yshot until our rifles burned us. Still Uhe Germans swarmed on toward ns. yWe took careful aim. " 'Did you see that? I turned to ask toy friend. "And as I did so I heard a terrible dull sound, like a spade striking newly turned earth. His bead had fallen for 'Ward. I called him by name. He was 'moaning a little. Then I turned to my Work again. "They were advancing quickly now. Ah, bow cool I wasl I shot so slowly, and then do you know what it feels like to be wounded? I rose just a little . too high on my elbow. A sting pierced my arm like a hot wire. It was too 6harp almost to be sore. I felt my arm Igo from me, and then my rifle fell. I was a little dazed. I looked at my friend presently. He was dead." ; A Maddening Vision. The following description of the ad vance of a battery across a stricken Held Is from an account given by a (wounded French artilleryman In a hospital at Bordeaux: "Never shall I forget that most ter rible scene when we rushed our horses and gnns across tbe field, covered all over with the bodies of dead and dy llng German soldiers. As we swept Across the field we beard the crunchmg of bones under the horses' feet and ,gun wheels. "Every now and again the horses Staggered, stumbled and slipped In their mad run over those hundreds of corpses. I did not venture to look about, but kept my eyes steadily fixed at a distant point of my horse's neck, but I heard blood stirring cries of agony and despair, mingled with moan ing and weeping, which dominated the noise of my galloping horses and guns. "Once, when my horse slipped and fell on one knee I saw on my left the, wreck of a man spring to his feet and make a wild gesture with his arms as if to stop the deadly avalanche. He iwas knocked down by the horses of a gun next to mine and I heard the creaking of bis bones. This madden ing vision has ever since haunted me." j Burying Dead at Night. A London Dally News correspond ent who has returned to Paris from the neighborhood of Senlls Jells of a new corps of the French army. He Bays: "When the curtain of night has fallen the corps of the sextons go from vMufTPS and farmsteads, an uncanny, client procession, to set forth about their business among tbe dead, their way Illuminated by horn lanterns and torches, and their shadows dance ghoul-like in the flicker of the beams little old men, most of them, and bent double, but thplr shadows' amid the trees are shadows of glnnts. "Their women follow behind bear ing little bundles of peeled willow wands and strands of wire. They cut IN NEWS OF THE j flDAWA III UIQTflPV : uimiim 111 IIIUIUlll Spectacular Incidents and Heroic Deeds Reported From the Front a few inches from each wand and bind It on crosswise with the wire, and whenever an officer is fouud cold and stiff amid the dead a cross of willow waud is placed over bis grave. "Hour after hour, night after night, the corps of sextons with the women ply their trade, marking cemetery after cemetery. Their bundles of sticks dl mlutsh as this acreage of tbe dead swells." Air Men Who Know No Fear. A dispatch from Sculls to the London Times describes the thrilling flight of a British air inun. it says: "A British air man flew over the Ger man lines ou the Alsne. He was fired at by 100 sharpshooters aud guns throwing a shell specially designed for such work. Several bullets pierced the wings of his machine, and a shell burst beside the aeroplane, sending the pilot reeling giddily sideways through space, but he finished his reconnaissance. He marked the placing of the great guns, the lines of trenches and the di rection of shell fire. Even In his one giddy moment he swooped down close to a wood where the artillery waa con cealed, taking almost unthinkable risks. "In almost every aerial reconnaisanca bullets .pierce the aeroplanes. They have descended over forest land almost to the tops of trees, through forest land known to be swarming with soldiers. They have skimmed over trenches and batteries in the face of tremendous fusillades and have won priceless in formation." Germans' Daring Attempt Germans disguised as French officers made a daring attempt to blow up the railway bridge six miles and a half from Bouen. Tbe plan was obviously to sever railroad communication be tween Havre, Rouen and Paris. The French oflicers' uniforms worn by the Germans fitted well, and every man carried tbe necessary identifica tion papers, obtained, of course, from the prisoners whose uniforms were used. By means of their papers they were able to pass guards and patrols. Information was circulated that two touring cars carrying French officers bad acted suspiciously at Gisors, dash ing through the town and through pa trols that challenged them at Gournay. They were shot at by gendarmes, but they escaped, and all traces were lost They were finally cangbt at Olsset fter they had alighted from the motor cars and were in tbe act of carrying explosives toward the bridge. A large quantity of explosives was found In tbe cars. The prisoners confessed that they bad received orders to blow up the bridge in order to prevent re-enforcements and supplies from reaching the French army. Rescued by the Enemy. A little wounded French trooper tells of being rescued by Germans. "I pre tended to be dead," be said, "as I thought it safer. The second German firing line was a long way off, so when the first had passed I got up and wan dered along, but two stray German troopers caught me up. I thought I was done for, but not a bit of It They ac tually gave me a handkerchief to bind my wonnds and then went away, and as I lay there in a trench I could not help roaring with laughter. Both were wounded In the leg, but one man's game leg was the right one, and the other one's was the left and they looked ridiculous as they hobbled off." Shells Halt Flange Bath. A British guardsman, now at Wool wich, who was wounded near Com plegne on Sept 1, has given a vivid ac count of the fighting there. "We were in a field," he says, "when the Germans dropped on us all of a sudden, as though from the sky. The first bint we had of their presence was when a battery of guns on the right sang out dropping shells into a mob of us who were waiting for our turn at the washtub the river. There was no panic as far as I saw, only somo of our fellows, who hadn't bad a wash for a long time, said strong things about tbe Germans for spoiling the best chance we had bad for four days." Cossacks' Trick Horses. The prowess of the Russian Cossacks Is especially remarkable. As scouts they are unequaled. At all times their horsemanship enables them to deal successfully with cavalry of the enemy four or five times superior in number. Their horses are skilled In every con ceivable trick. A Cossack horse will drop "dead" under Its rider at the word, springing up the next moment The rider combines all the arts of the circus performer and red Indian with perfect command of his borse, and tbe horses are as handy as polo ponies. Families Wiped Out. The Berlin correspondent of the New Rotterdam Coiirant writes: "The most gloomy sight to be seen In these days is the advertisements of deaths In the dignified Kreuz Zeitung. The families of officers there make known the blows that have fallen upon them. In the hint few days this news paper has published fifty death an nouncements of officers." IRHEIMS A "ROYAL CITY:" CATHEDRAL WORLD FAMED. Madiavtl and Runmsaonct Arohitaoturs Unaqualad In Europe. Hlncninr, the mighty archbishop of (ho ninth century, devluml that liuolms was "by thu appointment of ueuveu a royal city." According to the historians of art libeling Is royal In wuothor souse, lu no city lu Europe, iliey say, have the life aud thought of the middle ages aud of the renaissance found such royal expression lu architecture. From early Gothic to Itoiuauoauue aud from Romanesque to renalMtutice the build lugs of Rheluis reveal better thau any records the city' historical develop ment Aud of all the bulUItugs Illus trative of their various periods there are said to be no better examples than, those reported destroyed by the shells of Germans the Cathedral of Notre Dame aud the Church of St Jacques, fine monuments of the early Gothic; the later Gothic edltice of the arch bishop's palace and tiually the city ball, a handsome work of the best period of the French reualssuuce. No one really knows who designed and built the cathedral, although the names of the two Roberta de Corny and of the monk Uuguea Lnbergler are traditionally connected with its be ginnings. Tbe first stones were laid in 1211; the choir wns finished thirty years later, together with the transepts and part of the nave, while the superb west facade dates from the latter part of tbe thirteenth century. This last to adorned with three exquisite recessed portals containing 530 statues. The Interior, which Is cruciform. Is 4o5 feet long and DO feet wide; tbe dis tance from the middle aisle to the highest point in the roof Is 125 feet Here, in niches ki the walls, la another multitude of statues, and in the nave and transepts are preserved some val uable tapestry representing Biblical scenes and scenes from the history of medieval France. The famous clock with Its mechani cal figures Is In the north transept and dates from the sixteenth century. Tbe treasury of the cathedral, which con tains many historical and valuable ves sels in gold. Is the most remarkable in France. Tbe treasures Include not only the coronation ornaments of various kings, but the vase of St Ursula, the massive chalice of St Remlgtus and a beautiful Ivory liturgical comb as well as countless crucifixes In gold, silver and precious woods. MOST FURIOUS BATTLE YET. Artillery Work th Big Feature of th Fighting Along Lines of 140 Miles. Tbe total number of men engaged In tbe battle of the Aluse approximated 2.000.0OO. and the length of the lighting line was more than 140 miles. This has been a battle even greater than that of tbe Manic. Tbe fighting was fast and furious. Two vast armies of the allies and tbe Germans burled themselves at each other with amazing courage and unprecedented determination. There were attacks, counter attacks, dashing charges, strategic retreats, rushes of cavalry, Ir resistible onslaughts of Infantry and artillery contests tbe like of which bad never been witnessed befora On this battle alone a book of buge dimensions could be written, and still there would be untold tales of valor and skill and of gallant deeds. Tbe Germans bud a number of their heavy howitzers placed In most ad vantageous positions, which are capa ble of shelling tbe lines of tbe allies at a distance of seven or eight miles. Their range was considerably longer than the British and French artillery. Consequently there was no way of re plying to them until the latter ap proached within a much shorter dis tance of them. Tbe possession and use of these heavy guns have been of great value to the Germans, but the French artil lery is tremendously effective. Day and night this battle has been waged. The Germans made some of their fiercest counter attacks in the darkness. Many soldiers In the allied army had not bad more than one bour's sleep each night since the battle began. LAND FOR HOMESTEADERS. Millions of Acres Thrown Open For Settlement In Four States. Secretary Lane has made an order opening to settlement aud entry about 750,000 acres of land in California ly ing In San Bernardino, Kern, Modoc and Lassen counties; also about 2,500. 000 acres of land In New Mexico, prin cipally in San Miguel, Union, Chaves, Luna and Guadalupe counties; about 100,000 acres of land in Colorado, the greater portion being In Itoutt and Bio Blanco counties, and 2.10,000 acres In Washington, the greater portion of which lies In Ynkinia, Kittitas and Grant counties, north and east of North Yakima, and small portions of which are In Okanogan. Ferry and Douglas counties. The enlarged homestead act which provides for the designation of these lands and under which they will be come subject to settlement and entry allows settlors to obtain 320 acres each. Food For 10,000,000 8oldiera. It Is estimated that there are 10,000, 000 men in arms In Europe. Each man Is given about two and one-fourth pounds of food a day. This will make 11,250 tons of food. A box car on one of our own railroads will carry twenty tons. So to transport tbe food of one day will take COO of these cars, or four teen trains of sixty cars each. A TfilP INTO SPACE. " With a Peep at the Milky Way and Its Fiery 8P"-I Nebula. If you could mmiil still and let th nr!d glide .from muter you tbe most impressive characteristic of space would be Its emptlucK. Its awful black sllem-o, of which iiuiu know about as uiuch as the deep tlao do of their ixvau. As the sun went sailing away its pin nets would close lu one by oue until apparently consumed by the solar rays. Before you bud panned through the orbit of Neptune the sun would look no larger tluiu an arc light Faint er and fainter, deprived bit by bit of Its dominance. It would finally fade Into a pitiful spark. In spite of your tcuai-Kt efforts to keeb that gllutlng point clear or lu fellows. It would at uixt melt Into the multitude of soft lights that make np the Milky way, aud henceforth, seek a you might, you could never distinguish your sun again. Lost In the Milky way. It would be as futile to try to find It aa to tlud a certain grain or dust whlrb you had noticed settling on a country road Then drtftltit npltcltke out Into Ink? uiitliluuiit'H yuu would D surrounded b.r myriads of brillluut lights. Soon they would linpnus you with this star tlitig fact: The universe of stars la ar ranged like a mtgiity world. The Milky way encircle the sklea very much as the equator due this earth, and since life I most abundant (n the south so the atars grow thickest about the Milky way. U-t the eve travel iwity toward the Imaginary north and south poles, and not only do ttie star thin out but entirely new forma of star life make their appeurunre. Through the telescope they are notb Iiir more than filmy patches of Ugbt; to the cameras and siwctrooeope of observatories they become the most limning and frightful spectacles of all nature. They abow themselves then to be stupendous whirlpools of fire. Incon ceivable to magnitude, thousands of "light years" away (light travpllug IW.ooO miles a second), where whole system of sun are being slowly evolv ed We call them "spiral nebula," but to describe them we need th tongue of God himself. They seem to be measureless caldrons, where bis band stirs cosmic dust until Dew suns rise and float off In fiamlng bubble. They are so onthlnkabiy gigantic that there Is no perceptible motion to them. Al ready tbe cameras bave recorded sev eral hundred, thousand In every stage of condensation, presenting an unde niable cballeuge. perhaps an answer, to those who would solve the riddle of the universe. Maxwell i'rry to Chi cago Herald. Snipe and Wave. When Uie wave of th ocean are one-balf the length of the ship and one-twentieth of the length lu height tbe sires upou the ship Itself la very little increased above that in smooth water. But when the wave ar of the same length a the ship or oue and one-half time Its length the stxesne are considerable higher than when the ship Is In smooth water; hence. In view of tbe fact that waves ar seldom over 000 feet long, the maximum bend ing momenta which come upon a ahlp UO0 feet loug are much less than those which come upon one 600 feet loug. Chicago New. Improving th Milk' Quality. A certain Glasgow mllkiuau waa sus pected of using tbe pump handle rath er too much before starting out with his milk delivery. Tbe other day aa be was standing serving customer In a busy side street a man passing nudg ed him aud whispered. "Look out; Uie sanitary Inspector I coming round the comer." Turning off the crank, ha rushed for his cream barrel and. tilling a huge can from It opened the milk cask and emptied It In. Tbe "sanita ry" did not come, but tbe wife of th "tipster" got a splendid supply of rich creamy milk that morning. Loudon Taller. Giving Proper Credit Two Pblladelphlvos were talking of tbe fortune of a third denizen ot that city when one said: "His first lucky strike waa In eggs. He bought 10,000 dozen at a low figure, put them in cold storage and sold them at a profit of more than 300 per cent That waa tbe cornerstone of bis great fortune." "Ah!" exclaimed tbe other. "Then the bena laid It!" Harper's Magazine. Both Together. Little Mary bad been sent to the tore by ber mother to get some fly paper. She was a long time in return ing, and the mother began to get anxious. Going to tbe door, sbe spied tbe little girl coming np the street and called to ber, "Mary, have yon got tbe flypaper?" "No, mother." replied Mary; "lt'a got me; but we're coming together." Lip plncott'a. The Why of th Tip. The reason why the tipping svstero will never be abolished Is that the at titude of the average patron of the res taurant toward the high mighty WHlter I that of Alice, who wept with delight When Ben Bolt gave ber a smile tirt trembled with fear at his frown. Louisville Courier-Journal. A Good One. "What test would yon apply to men seeking positions as waiters?" "I wonld select those of fetching ways." Baltimore American. ' Every great crisis develops some master mind aa well as a multitude of surprises. LAST HE PRESIDENTS OPPOSED TO PROHIBITION mm PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS: "I am in favor of Local Option. I am a thorough believer in LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT and believe that every self governing community which constitutes a social unit should have the right to CONTROL the matter of the regulation or the withholding of licenses." fx J WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Ex-rri-sldrnt Rtnti-smnn. Jurist nd Profi-aimr, In an nJur on Clvlo Liuty, Mid: "Nothing is more foolish, noth ing more utterly at variance with sound policy, than to en act a law which, on account of conditions surrounding the community, is incapable of en forcement. Such instances are . . . presented by sump tuary laws by which the sale of intoxicating liquors is pro hibited under penalties in lo calities where the publio senti ment . . . will not sustain the enforcement of the law." THEODORE ROOSEVELT Ex-President, Soldier, Explorer and one of the most remark able leaders in the United States, is a strong champion of . LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT and Home Rule. He has never raised his voice in behalf of statewide prohibition, and so he has suffered attacks from radical and hysterical prohibi tionists. As between a man of Theodore Roosevelt's ability and standing and those who are the paid emissaries of pro fessional propagandists, the voters of Oregon will not be slow in passing upon the wis. dom and credibility of the witnesses. With these three National Leaders agreed on the Issue ot Prohibition, Isn't It wis dom to tollow their course? Register and Vote r f 0S 333 a no . Paid Advertlnemant Taxpayers and WaRe-Karnors' League of Oregon. Portlund, Ore. Homestead I can lora'e you on a hruneatead situ- oto.l nn II, ..,... ll..cl,,,l..,. .!.,. taininu 30 acrns of river bottom land mill ou acre griou yenow pine timoer, remaiiiinu 80 vry good quality bunch land, Inquire Journal ollice. 0-10 illinery Tlicfe'ii linlliitie; pcveliologlcitl aluttit our full linn. IT'S A FACT We are, flowing a linn of I ml Ira' and mUse ready-to-wear and irtHed shape that has lice 1 1 acknowledged aa the Reason's standard o ( merit becauaa of tin ir Best Latest Styles Mrs. Estes MILLINERY MILLINERY PARLORS Call for Warrants Not lee Is hereby tflvcn Hint nil ri,glster"d (ii'iiiTiil Fund Warrant up tu nnil liu'liiiltnit rt-glMter Mo. '."GO, will Ih puld nil rri-ntutlii. InU-r-vol stops Si-pt 10, l'JU. IUi.ru I.. JmituN, 0 10 Trrnsurvr uihI Tu Collector. Hit fishing Itooil reduced 20 -r rent. 1 Kunixtru. 8 2Ut( Notice tor Puhlit'itttoti. I) irtnnnl of Dm Interior. I". S. Land Oltlce t The Dalles, Oregon, Hoptemlwr J, 1UI4. Notice- ts hereby glvru Hint W it In? I in (lomer nt I'rliiKvltln, Orrgon, who on Oi-tolier '!', It'll, mule donor! In ml entry No. mm lor iw iv i, miction fl, lowmhlp 1) wiiith, rii)ta ltl rt, VVillanmt'e meridian, Iim Weil notice of Intention to tiiftk Dual demrt roof to MtahlUh claim to III Uml above ilKwrltmd Imfora Timothv K. J Puffy, V. 9. cnnunlMlon or, at I'rlnrv 1U.. dregou, on th Oil) dy of Novnmlwr, 1UI4. Claimant ninii a Iiiixkmh) i II. K.rl CroM, i:d in dikI K. I'rli-, Kltner llowthora and Unary (Sower, all of I'rinnvllln, Oti-goii. 10 1 11 Kimmc Wooix'im-k. iKltir Mole of Appoint mint ol Adminilrtr and to Creditor Notli-p U hi-r-l.v iflvpu that tlm I niiili-mlK'u'il hit Ihii by tlin rutin ty l court of thn tnlw of On-uon for Crook county, duly iipinliitfil ml I mlnlMtrntor of thn I'wttito of Jm k I Ityitii, ihvi-iiwil, nnil nil iN-riton hnv i lux i liilniM nu'iliiMt Hiilii i-xliito nri In-ivliy ri'tlrM to Jiti-m-nt llit miiiiii-, 'duly vi-rllli-d. to mild mliiitnUtrntor nt tin- Inw ollh I L. M. lUi-htidl In I'rlui'vlllii, Oregon, within 1x I month from thn ditto of tin II rut piil'llciitliin of lid notlco. ' Da'i-il uml iuI1ImIii-( tlrnt tlmi (HtolM-r 1, 11114. l.AKK M. IlKI MTKI.I., I AduiltilHtriitor of the vtnu of Jack Kyiin, dcci-imed. Statement of Ownership ol Cro ik County Journal, iuhlUlinl at I'riiif villi", Oregon, lor Octohor 1, 1914. NhiiidoI rilltor, it K. Gray. MmiRKinii editor, K. K. i my. lluMniim iiinur, It. K. tiny, l'ulilinher, It. K. (imy. uwimr, K. K. Ory, I'rlneville, Ore., ml" owner, Known homlliiili-r, iunrigniti-ia a'n! otliiir Hei-urity holder, ImldiiiK one per cent or more ol total amount of homli, mortguuui or other nsx-urlneM none. K, K. tiiuv, Owner. Farm i L oans For a short time we htive sub ject to our tlinposul $25,000 for loans on highly improved irrigated ranched in the vicin ity of Prinevillo, Louns to he for t5,0(K) or more and run from 3 to 5 years, with inter est at 8 per cent, payable an nually. We charge a email comminsion to be paid by the borrower. See A. R. BOWMAN with Central Oregon Title & Trust Co, 6 19 Prineville, Oregon PATRONIZE THE Prineville Steam Laundry 1-20 M