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OIKflONr CITY KXTKUPHI8E. l'IMDAY. MAY 7. 101.V V .1 a : 1 5 r RUSSIAN LI IS CUT TO BUS BY AUSTRIAN FORCE ALLIES OF GERMANY ORIVt FOE BEFORE THEM IN THE CARPATHIANS. PHKOCRAD ADMITS H OF CtRMANS OS 100 KILE FKONT Btriln Pftpf to ClbrU Grl Victory Fl0 Art Orderti Unfurltd Throughout Do main of Kiin'. I-ONKOS. May J -AO Imposing Austrian victory In WMt ""' ,n .hlrh the Uuln front of CO nil!. (Ml lrO rut to piece. repotted tody from iw-rtln and Vlcnn. A thourh limed to tk 1'l'c "' uliMtoiiilr, ceplng adne b been made In the llu.slan lUltle prov it . . ih Cermans. Perlln and Pelrogrwd agreeing thit the Invasion M a lOOmile front U unchecked. Aa attack In Writ GlKla na been predicted In Prtrogrd dlspatche a offset W Ruln effort farther east on the Carpathian front. The direction In which tbl new and sud den stroke bsi been inde. evidently In ureal force. Ile to the oulh of Ru slan Polind. The line along which the Autrin advance wa mad mn for about " mile north and outh through Galacla something more than M tulle eat of Cracow. Vienna alto report treat gains over th Russian who bad succeeded In sweeping over the cret of the Car pathlan range. The official German report y: In the pretence of Austrian com mander In chief. Field Mrshal Arch duke Frederick and under the leader hip of General Von Mckensen. the allied troop yesterday, after bitter fighting, pierced everywhere and crushed the entire Russian front In West Gallcla. the Dunajec river and the Vistula. "Such of the enemy a ucceedod In ecaplnii are In hasty retreat toward the east, closely pursued by the allied troop. The trophic of the victory cannot yet even be approximately e tlmated." PETROGRAD. via London. May S. The spectacular advance of German force along a 100-mlle front extend ing from the Iialtlc sea near Ubau In a southeasterly direction to the north ern tributarle of the River Nlemen, continues unchecked, it has not dis turbed Russian activity in the region outh of the Xleman. where, accord ing to information received bere, con sistent successes are being won bv the troops of Emperor Nicholas. T OF HUNDREDS OF SHEEP PERISH IN UMATILLA DAMAGE NOT DETERMINED. PENDLETON. Ore., April 29 Thou sands of dollars' worth of sheep were destroyed in Umatilla comity by a cold rain storm accompanied tn some places .by snow which caught the bands Just after the shearing season. State Senator J. N. Burgess said to night the number of sheep that have died today will run Into the thousands and that they will average a value of $8 a head. No close estimate of the amount of damage can be made here tonight. The heaviest losers, according to Sen ator Burgess, are William SlU3her, of Nolln, and Joseph Menesse, Joseph Cuhna and Stanfield brothers, all of whose bands are In the Echo section. GENERAL HAMILTON COMMANDS ALLIES IN TURK INVASION LONDON, May 3. According to a dispatch to the Times from Carlo, Gen eral Sir Ian Hamilton has been select ed as chief of the allied expeditionary forces in the Dardanelles which will advance upon Constantinople. Gen eral D'Amade is said to have referred to General Hamilton, who has had a long and distinguished career In the British army, was born at Corfu in 1853 and entered the service at the age of twenty. He served in the Afg han war of 1878, the Boer war of 1881, the Nile expeditionary force, the Bur mese and Cbltral expeditions, the Tl rah campaign and the second Boer war, In all of which he won medals and mentions In orders. He was mil itary representative of India in the Russo-Japanese war. His promotion has been steady, and he reached the full grade of general last year. In addition be has been adjutant general to the forces. He was Kitchener's chief of staff in the Boer war. FOREST FIRE IS SPREADING. ABERDEEN", Wash., May 4. The fires which started yesterday in the Lester camp, two miles from Montesa no, and at the Scbafer Brothers' camp four miles from that city, today were reported to have been checked, but this afternoon word was received from Montesano that the fire at the Schafer Brothers' camp had started up again and was spreading. Jefferson County Searchlight: There are some good looking farms in this county. A big bunch of them are around Metolius. Some day the magic waters will course through the bII very veins in every quarter of this portion of Central Oregon, and these large farms will melt away and become trans formed Into small, more productive ones. MR. WAOIWORTH CALLED At WITNESS IN T. K. LIBEL SUI .IA.MFS W-WAD.SV.ORTH 8 VRACfSE. N. Y.. May 3. Among those who have been subpoenaed In (he still for 150.000 damages brought by William Panic. Jr.. against former President Theodore Roosevelt 1 I nit ed State Senator Jamr V. Wad worth. Jr. Mr. Wadsworth was the speaker of the Xew York assembly for five year. WAR LETTERS, LONG HIDDEN, ARE FOUND NEW YORK. May . A collection of manuscripts and autograph letter relating to the Civil war gathered by the late Major General Samuel W. Crawford. l S. A., will be auctioned at the American Art gnllerles tomor row. These papers bad been cast aside for more than twenty year In an at tic In northern Pennsylvania. The owner had arranged to sell them to an expert at a price scarcely above that of waste paper when an inkling of their true value was gleaned. The pa per tell an Intimate story of the great struggle from belnnlng to end. There are many documents In the collection which tend to prove that South Carolina Intended, before Janu ary 31. 1S61. to take Fort Sumter by force of arms. Several important let ters of Major Robert Anderson are al so Included. In one of them he writes: "No one can tell what will be the result of mat ters in this harbor. I still trust in God that we may not be engaged in civil strife. Though by profession a soldier, I think that the sword should not be drawn until all other honorable measures have been tried to settle difficulties between states and bow much more forebearance should we exercise toward those who have so re cently belonged to the same confed eracy." 2 KILLED; 2 HURT IN RACING CAR HITS AND WRECKS FORD DRIVER HELD IN JAIL. PORTLAND, Ore., May 1. Theo dore C. Hyde and Harry Miller were killed and two women were seriously injured, as the result of an automobile accident here about 1:43 o'clock this afternoon. Two cars, one racing ma chine No. 8, driven by Emerson Reed, and a smaller Ford driven by Miller, were going toward Rose City Speed way, when the accident occurred. Hyde was in the smaller machine. He was thrown against a telephone pole by the force of the collision. Witnesses of the accident Bay that the racing machine ran into the rear end of a Ford, forcing it upon the curb Into the telephone pole. The racer then proceeded on Its way to the track. The smaller machine was completely wrecked. Within 15 minutes after the acci dent occurred Reed, who is 27 years old, was arrested near the grandstand at the speedway by Captain of De tectives Baty. The man had appar ently made no effort to communicate with the police about the accident. He Is held at the city Jail without ball on an open charge. 12,000 GET RAISE OF PAY CALUMET, Mich., April 30. Fully 12,000 men are benefited by the 10 per cent increase In wages granted by the Calumet & Heela to the employes of Its mills and smelters and three of Its 11 subsidiary companies. The in crease puts the wages back onto the same basis as before the strike of two years ago. A'e You Rheumat c?--try Sloan'. If you want quick and real relief from Rheumatism, do what io many thousand other people are doing whenever an attack comes on, bathe the sore muscle or Joint with Sloan's Liniment. No need to nib it in Just apply the Liniment to the surface. It is wonderfully penetrating. It goes right to the seat of trouble and draws the pain almost immediately. Get a bcttle of Sloan's Liniment for 25c o any druggist and have it in the house against Colds, Sore and Swollen Joints, Lumbago. Sciatica and like ail ments. Your money back if not satis fied, bat it does give almost instant relief. (Adv.) The lightest and heaviest woods grow in the United States. The heavi est is the Florida lronwood and the lightest is the corkwood of Missouri. f V " t t i T BE LAST DECLARE PEACE DELEGATES WOMEN AT THE HAGUE PEACE CONGRESS ISSUE MANIFESTO DECLARING STAND. MESSACES SENT TO PRESIDENT WILSON AND EUROPEAN KINGS Hungarian Dlfgat Encounters Spirit td Opposition Resolution Arc Adopted Only After Long Dtbst. THE HAGrE. May 1. .! London. The International Cutigrvs of Women concluded It elon her tod)'. At the final meeting there ws adopted proposal to send delegations represent ing the congress to the president of the I'nlted States and to the bead of all the European powers fur the pur pose of demanding Immediate ceua lion of the war. 'We are not here only to talk, but to show the way to action." si Id Mr. Roslka Sctiwlmnu'r, president of the Hungarian Woman Suffrage assorla lion. "We wish to take poltlv stops to end this terrible war." After the motion had been finnlly adopted, another reMilutlon, brought forward by Mr. Schwlmmer and Miss Julia Grace Wale, of the I'niversily of Wisconsin, was approved. The resolution read: The International Congres of Wo men rsolvf Immediately to ask neu tral countries to takv step to crvate a conference of neutral, whlcb. with out delay, shall offer continuous medi ation by Inviting suggestion for set tlement from each of the belligerents and by submitting to all of them si multaneously reasonable proposal a a basis for peace." Mr. Kannle Andrew, of Boston. read a manifesto covering all the point dealt with by the congress. This manifesto, which will be Issued among women throughout the civilized world, declares that "this must be the last war." A permanent international commit tee was formed. It will make recom mendatlons for conferences at The Hague and arrange for a pe.vce con ference of women, to be held at the same time and place as the peace con ference at the end of the war. OLONEL LEAVES STAND AFTER 8 ROOSEVELT REVIEWS PRECAU TION AGAINST PANIC TAKEN IN 1907. 50,C LETTERS WRITTEN SINCE HIS ELECTION AS COVERNOR Laws Signed Number 20,000, T. Testifies, and Is Excused From Stand Government Never Invisible, He Say. SYRACUSE, N. Y.. April 29. Colo, nel Roosevelt completed his testimony today In the suit for libel brought against him by William Barnes Jr. He had been on the stand eight days. Review of the action he took In per mitting the steel corporation Ten nessee Coal & Iron deal consumed part of the time today. The colonel closed his statement on that subject with a snap or nia jaws as ne mu. "The panic was stopped." He also outlined briefly the extent of his letter-writing, speech-making and other work since his election as governor of New York. This involved big figures. He said he bad written 150,000 letters, made 40,000 appoint ments, signed 20,000 laws and made thousands of speeches. At the beginning of his examination today Colonel Roosevelt was asked about a meeting he arranged between Senator Piatt and Seth Low, who had been elected mayor of New York. "The organization had helped elect Mr. Low," said the colonel, "and I wanted Mr. Low to take the same atti tude I did toward the organization. Therefore I wrote to Mr. Piatt about a meeting between the two. I dodn't want the organization to feel it was being slighted. But I wanted Mr. Low always to understand that he was to do what he thought beBt. I was presi dent then." There was some sparring by counsel over questions as to how the colonel happened to- be nominated for vice president In 1900. These were ruled out by the court, but Colonel Roose velt finally said: "I accepted so as to gratify Presi dent McKlnley." VICE FIGHT PLANNED PHILADELPHIA, April 30. A brand new kind of court, in which the social problem Is to be dealt with scientifically, will be under way next week. The "Misdemeanors Court" will deal with the problem of fallen women. Judge Charle L. Brown, who presides, declares his belief that most of the women who come before the courts on account of vice are physical ly in such condition that they are un able to lead lives of any other sort. He will treat the women primarily as patients in need of medical attention, rather than as criminals. TI WAR S DAYSAS WITNESS WILLIAM M. IVINI CHIEF COUNSEL FOR WILLIAM BAHNES JR wumtAf SYRACUSE. N. Y. April 30 -Th big gun for the proms-iilton In the lib' suit brought by Wlilum Borne Jr against formrr President llooelt I William M. Ivlns. Ileoin-ned the im for Mr. liarne. e pild nuny com pllmentt to Colonel KkokovpU' abll Ity. but carefully pn-swd home the argument that an e pn'sldt-ut of the United States had no more right thin the humblest rltiten to libel a man He fairly shouted wln n he pointed his finger at Mr. Hoowveti and ald: "We now rail upon this man. who hn himself up a an arluT of moral, to prove what he said In hi statement. Using the Immensity of hi power, he ha seen fit to tear don the plaintiff character. It I for him to sulmtantl ate hi statements." IS LUG If! CHARACTER MADE FAMOUS BY MARK TWAIN TELLS HIS ADVENTURES. EUGENE. Ore.. May f Huckleber ry Finn, the famous character In Mark Twain's stories of Mississippi river travel, has celebrated his 9m h birthday on his turpentine furm near Eugene. Robust and toughened by hi hard out-door life, he Is as active today as in the old days when he and Murk Twain and Tom Sawyer manned the Grey Eagle, the fastest steamboat on the Mississippi In the day of long ago For forty-five years. Huckleberry tins been a character of the .McKenile rlv er. To his intimate friends he tells of his boyhood days on the Mississippi farm, near that of Clemens, of his rough life on the river before and dur ing the war, and how he finnlly crossed the plains and the Rockies to find himself on the McKenzle river without money and looking for a place to winter. In telling how he got the name "Huckleberry," he relates to a racket on the Grey Eagle, on which he was first mate. "You see, if anything didn't go rlfcht, I was the 'hucklelier ry.' That's what we called a man who gets In between a fight. I Jumped down from the quarter deck and knocked them apart." Here tho old man held up two mutlluted hands. Ac cording to his story, Clemens, Sawyer and himself bought the Grey Euglu and fitted her up. In a race on the river, Clemens piloted the craft to victory. Finally the government bought the boat, according to his story, and the owners uriued westward. Clemens stopped at Denver, he said, to write books. Sawyer went up to St. Paul, but Finn kept on toward the north west. He was accompanied by his wife and six children, and the outfit Included two mules, two horses but no money. Kinn was tne rirst seiner on the McKenzie, according to his story. Tuberculosis among the miners In the South African gold fields has been reduced by the use of electricity for light. Rendered Harmless If Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It Master t!ii Terror of Childhood. Of eonrse it neuron too to br tbst loud, hoars, rronnj cough. You know the littls thrt hall cIioIcikI op and Ihenajplmj. tran ling uglit for breath most b helped at once. "Ok, bit uut Foley' Hose aaJ T If a wasderfal tKiaf for cmp. Tkaak Usavai I kid it M kaL" Folct's Hoket nDTaCoirpocDipreads haaliog, auothiox coating sa It glides down Die throat. It cuts away sod clears out the chnkiogmaengandheaiiiaorenemand tickling. ho more hoane metallic eotiKhing, Do gaftp ing, strangling fight (or breath, but peaceful breathing and qnlet rest. MRS. J. N. HILL, Homer, Oa.. writes! "I find Four's IIohet amd Tab never (aiia to cure oar coughs and colds, and prerenl croup. I can not say too ronch for it. ' HAROLD BERO, JJaa, Mleh.,writ! "W trite Folei'i Honrt and Tab to oar children fur croup and italwaja acta qokklr." A good druggist is glad to sell Foley's Boe avd Tab Coiifocbd becaose it is th beet medicine for coughs, colds, croup, throat and long affection that mr esn boy, and contains no opiates. IaZ0c,SucS1.0Osiaa. EVEV US. IS A FRIEND. Jones Drug Co. (Adv.) mm? ROAD DECLARES ITSELF OPPOSED TO ALL PINNIVLVANIA ftARA IFfCCT OF IVMPATHITIC TIKH BV TRAINMEN. LINE IS NOT OPPOSED TO ORGANIZATION Of EMPLOYEES Divided Loyalty Is Oppoid by Dig Eastern Corporation Disci pline of Employ! Is Put First. WAHIIIMlTON, May 5 -The Penn sylvania Kallroad company, answer- Inn rhnrcs of iinfitlrni-s to orgsnlrrd labor before the I'nltrd Htate t'om- mlsMin on Industrial Hclutlnnt today, declared throiiKh lis lc presldi-lit, V. V. Attcrbury. that It did nut op x organlratlon of It employe, but did Insist on the "open hnp" princi ple and oppoaml union with affilia tions which mliiht brlnK on sytupa. th. tic strike. "We would welcome closer relation with our employe. said Mr. Attcr bury, "if It rniild be bmtiKht about un der proper auspice. We would more tha welcome an oricsiilratlon of all Pennsylvania employes anion them- selvr without enlsnnlliu outside alli ance, fuch an ornnnlrnllon undouM edly would be Rood for the railroad and anylhlnK that I good fur the rail road Is good for the employe.' The objection of the Pennsylvania to the Order of tUllrond Telegrapher, which made the complaint again! the company to the commission, the wit ness said, was that It would make the men responsible In the president of the union and not to the proper offi cials of the railroad company. Mr. Attcrbury championed media tion a the best means of settling la bor dispute and said that lie would welcome a federal workmen' compen sation law for Interstate commerce employes, modelled after some of the state compensation luw. lie pre sented a written statement of the po sition of his company. "The Pennsylvania company Is and always hn been unalterably oppon-d to the 'closed shop' and sympathetic strike policy," tho statement says. This principle Is Inimical to the best Interest of the public, the company and Its employes." THAT ATLANTIC TRAVEL IS RISKY EMBASSY PUBLISHES NOTICE TO AMERICANS IN ALL IMPORT ANT EASTERN CITIES SAILINGS FROM NEW YORK ARE HEAVIEST Of SEASON Lusitania Alone Carrie 1310 Passen gersCancellation Show No Marked Increase In the Atlantic Port. WASHINGTON, Mny 1. In an offl- lit! notice published by tho German embassy In ninny Important cltleB of he eastern part of the United States today, Americans were warned anew hat the travel on ships flylriK the flags of Germuny's enemies was at their own risk. While the notlcn was reRnrdnd mong officials and diplomatists horo s nothing more than a reiteration of Germany's flrHt warning Riven when the war zono about tho nritlsh Isles was announced, there was much Inter est In whether it foreshadowed In- cresed activity of German submarines or posslblly had to do with movements f the German fleet, which has been variously reported of late as cruising n tho North Sea. Count ncrnstorff, the German am bassador, was away today but officials at the embassy said so far ns they knew tho published notice was Intend ed merely to remind neutral travelers of their danger and did not Indicate new naval operations. Embassy officials In explaining the publication emphasized that It was In tended as a warning to travelers and that the embassy had acted In accord ance with Its general Instructions from the Berlin foreign office. SUBMARINE WOUNDS FISHERMEN ABERDEEN, Scotland, May 4. Sov- en members of tho crew of the trawler , cruiser, of whom four were wounded by the shell fire of a German sub marine, have been landed here by a collier. They say that the cruiser was pproachlng Aberdeen harbor, laden with fish, when the submarine ap peared and opened fire. Health Promotes Happiness Without health, genuine Joy is im possible; without good digestion and regular bowel movement you cannot bave ihealth. Why neglect keeping bowels open and risk being sick and ailing? You don't have to.- Take one small Dr. King's New Life Pill at ight, in the morning yon will have a full, free bowel movement and feel much better. Helps your appetite and digestion. Try one to-night. (Adv.) 0 GERMANY WARNS WILLIAM LOtB JR, AN IMPORTANT WITNtll IN T. R. LI01L IUIT V ., -.v . A-iV HYHAri'SK. N. Y.. My 4-It I e peeled that one of the slronxcst wit ncee fur the defense In the suit fur libel brought by William Itarnew. Jr against former President Thtwidoro Itmwevell. on trial In thl city, will be William Ueb, Jr. Mr. Ub ha been closely Identified with Mr. IliKisewIt for year. When Mr. Itoosevelt ot president Mr. UMb hi prlvat ecretary , It I said that the ej president ba something tip hi sleeve and that Mr. uwb will be the medium through which It will be sprung. COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS, April Term, 1915. In the matter of the transfer of road funds from Itoad District No. M to tload District No. S. Ordered that 1149170 of the Special fund and IT.97.0H of the regulur fund lie transferred on account of division of said district. In the matter of the report of the County Hoard of Itoad Viewer on tho Helen M. Klllolt. Thoma Daniel, and J. II. Vlck roads. Passed first and second reading and referred to District Attorney. In the matter of the petition of Hans HennliiKsen for county road. lleferred to County Hoard of Road Viewer. In the matter of the J. M. Hayden, T. W. K1h and Henry J. Iloffuu lstcr road. Ordered opened. In the matter of the rate of toll for Mt. Hood and Harlow Road Co for 1915. Ordered aa follows: Each Automobile 12.50 Kach Vwhoeled vehicle drawn by one apan of horses, mules or oen 2 &0 Knrh additional span or yoke .. .CO Kach two or four wheller vehicle drawn by one horso or mule I.fiO Each saddle horse with rider ... .75 Each horso or mule with pack.. AO Each horse or mule loose 20 Each head of rattlo looso 15 Each head of sheep, goal or hog .01 Each motorcycle 75 In the mntter of tho claim of H. Hosklns for damage on account of ditch through land. Disallowed. In the mntter of claim of C. U Adlx for damages on account of tho cstul lishmeiit of J. M. Hayden road. Disallowed. In the matter of tho claim of C. F. Deford for $25,000 damage on nccnunt of Injury received whllo working In Harton gravel pit. Disallowed. In tho mntter of tho claims of Chris Niiegcll, C. C. Henderson and II. R. Tyler for cnttlo Indemnity. Ordered that Chris Nnegnll bo al lowed $112.50, C. C. Henderson, $50.00, and 11. II. Tnyler, $12.50. In the mntter of tho petition for re bate of tn for year 1 904 on lots 7 mid R. block. 7, South Oregon City. Allowed. In tho mntter of tho petitions of GiiHtav Greblo and A. C. 81elght for county aid. Ordered that ench be allowed the sum of $10.00 per month. In the ninltor of tho petition of Mary Hnnlon for cancelation of tnxes for year 1911. Allowed. In the mntter of tho petition of Jos. Melndl for rebate of tnx. Allowed In tho sum of $39.63. In the matter of the claim of Geo. S. I.acy for rebate of tnx. Allowed. 82,000 ARMED MEN QUIT. GENEVA, Switzerland, May 4. The Tribune de Genevo publishes statis tics to tho effect that a total of 82,000 officers nnd men of the Austrollun- gnrlan urmy have surrendered to the Russians and to the Siberians since the beginning of hostilities without I firing a single shot. CDFCf ALTO WOMEN J-A"1 The most economical, cleansing and germicidal of all antiseptics is A soluble Antiseptic Powder to be dissolved in water aa needed. As a medicinal antiseptic for douches in treating catarrh, inflammation or ulceration of nose, throat, and thaf caused by feminine Ills It basno equal. For ten years the Lydla E. Plnkham Medicine Co. has recommended Paxtine In their private correspondence with women, which proves Its superiority. Women who have been cured sar it Is "worth IU weight In gold." At druggists. 60c large box, or by mall Tha Pax ton Toilet Co, Boston, Mass. CHINESE PREPARE TODEFEND PEKIH IN CASE Of WAR PtCIAL POLICE AND MILITARY PRECAUTION TAKEN THROUGHOUT CITY. JAPANESE RESERVISTS ARE CALLED BACK TO THEIR COLORS Forsiuntr Not BelHwsd lo b In Prts nt Danger Report Jpn Plans Ultimatum Cause Surprise at Capitol PKKI.V May i.- Military prepsr Ihiiia are being nude fur the defense of I'rkln. According to Chinese offl rials, whose statement have been lor rulKirated In other circle, tho govern ment Is making no preparation else where than at the rapltal fur defense, considering that the Chinese) will be unable to oppose the Japanese rhould they make an atta' k. It I asserted In high quarter that innooo troops have been concentrat ed In the environs of Pekln. but with diffident ammunition for only a brief resistance. Special police and military precau tion hive been taken throughout the city, especially around the winter pal ace, where President Yuan Khl Kal re lde. The officials declare that they are auspicious that Japanese may at tempt a repetition of the Korean coup d'etat. The Japanese legation. It I said, notified the Japanese yesterday to pre pare tn leave Pekin. and many women and children are getting ready to de part. Many of the Japaneae men prob ably will take refuge III the leratlnii quarter It hostllllle break out. The situation Is considered awkward for some of the foreign legation. esve dally those whose rnuntrle sympa thize with the Chinese, but none of them could oppnst the entry of Jap anese Into Pekln. Telegrams received here from Muk den say that the Japanese bank and poslofflce there have suspended busi ness, (nut tne Japaneae reservist have been railed lo the color and that other civilian are concentrating In he railway tone. Dr. Paul 8. Itelnach, the I'nlted Slate minister here, rxpresse the opinion that the missionaries and oth er American In the Interior am in no danger. Ho say the Chinese govern ment will preserve order In the re gion over which tho Chinese held con trol. In spite of the belief which had pre vailed In China for many year that Japan coveted control of the country, considerable surprise was caused by the report that Japan Intended to Is ue an ultimatum to the government a an autgrowth of China' refusal to concede all of Japan' demand. JUSTICE FIRST, CRY AT PEACE CONGRESS BELGIAN WOMAN DECLARES THAT WRONGS OF WAR MUST BE MADE RIGHT. THE HAGI'K. April 30.-Tho wings of tho dovo of peace were ruffled to- day at tho session of the International Congress of Women. At the Instance of Dr. Augspurg, of Munich, the entire Hclglan delegation whs Invited to the platform. Only two women of tho five present came from their box ut the side of the stage and iimnidn their way to tho pint form. In moving the final resolution, Mrs. Roslka Schwlmmer, president of the Hungarian Women's Suffnigo associa tion, requested that nil Ilia delegates present stand one minute In silent prayer for peace. Mile. Ilnmer as tounded her audienco with tho dra matic exclamation: "I nrn Ilnlglnn before everything, nnd I cannot think ns you do. Thero can be no penco without Justice. Tho war must continue until the Ilelginns' wrongs have beon righted. There must bo no mediation except at the bar of Justice." SOLVE EUGENIC PROBLEM ST. I.OHIS, Mo., April 29. Tho Hal Inn In New York havo solved the problem of eugenic iiinrrlngcs In a tactful, effective way, according to a letter received from Father Curry of St. JnmoB parish, Now York. Accord ing to Father Curry, the Italian moth er and father usually ask the young man who seeks the hand of their daughter whether he Is Insured. If he is not Insured, they urge him to take out Insurance before tho wedding nnd sometimes they Insist upon It. That this relieves embarrassments Is the opinion of the New York clorgman. The "bridegroom's policy" Is consid ered a certificate of perfect health. FRANK TWO YEAR8 IN JAIL ATLANTA, Ga., April 29. It was Just two years ago today that Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, was arrcstod and locked up. pjirlng those two years, his case has attracted attnetion far and wide, and bas beon taken to the highest court In the country. The decision of the United States supreme court that Frank had had a fair trial, and that all of his constitutional rights had been protected, puts the unusual case up to the governor of the state. Governor Slaton will probably postpone final action on the pardon appeal until his successor comes into office next June. Wall paper originated In China In the fourth century.