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5 DELIBERATE PLAN LAID TO GERMANY LINER NOW EN ROUTE FOR ENGLAND WITH PASSENGERS IN FACE OF GERMAN WARNINGS. Dunlap Hats $5 Brewer Hats $3 Letter Received Month Ago in Washington Looks on War With Equanimity. i it'' THIS LABEL MARKS THE SMARTEST READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHES j6V T'l I ' MUNITION SALES RESENTED Till SUNDAY ' OREGOXIAX TORTEAND, MAT 9, 1915. ,yJl f ! f. - - - America ILrpardod as ill No Condi tion to Flghl, While Conflict vt Own AVould Slop Srndins Ammunition to Allies. TVASHINUTON.-- May 8 (Special.) That ticrmany deliberately irepared to destroy tlie Lusttanla irrespective of tlio fact that Amer1i:ans might bo on board as patssensrers and that the would roRard war with the United States "with fecltinc; of equanimity," is do elared to have been shown by a letter from a. hiprh tterman government source received in Washington almost a. month? l?o. ! The. name of the writer cannot be disclosed nor can tho letter be frinted in full at this time. The following1 sum mary and paraphrase is declared, how ever, on lilph authority to bo accurate: -That a radical chanse in public senti ment toward America has taken place In recent weeks. Its character is shown by the following statement made by Field Marshal General von llinden b nr it: "How can I feel kindly toward a peo ple with whom wo have no quarrel and whose ammunition is daily killing my soldiers?" War Viewed WltU Equanimity. That Germany looks "with equanimity upon a possible war wlth'the United lStat.es." Germany's situation would not be ecriously affected thereby. On the other hand if war should come, the United states would stop selling muni tions to the allies, for It would need them for its own use. That America is in no condition to go to war. America has no army and Germany has Us opinion of the United States fleet. Moreover, it Is not for a moment to he supposed that the Germans and Irishmen in the United States would remain tranquil in a war .RKainst Ger many which would be an aid to Knsr land. "You must think of the effect of this upon your own government and whether It might not be in danger of overthrow." Starvation Volley Unrated, That there Is not the slightest ques tion that If "one of our submarines should encounter the Lusitania, she would torpedo her; it would make no difference whether she flew tho Am erican or the Knglish flats. The Eng lish have announced a policy of starva tion for the women and, children of Germany. Why should we concern our selves should some of their women and children bo drbwned as the result of an attack on one of her ships? Should several hundred Americans be drowned at the same time, tho fault would rest on them; for we have given warning and they ouprht not to blame Germany. Rather the responsibility rests on Eng land. Tfou. must not forget that our submarines and their officers and crew cannot pursue any other course than It has been necessary for them for the eake of their own safety to follow. "That this submarine war was forced on Germany and in it our Government is hacked by every man, woman and child in the Kmpire. It will not be stopped; It will not be changed until our enemies recognize the right of our peaceable population to receive the food to which they are entitled." CHURCH ADDITION SURE OltKtiO.V CITV BAPTISTS PLAS TO MKKT INCREASED GROWTH. Bible School Roll of Church la In creased From 200 to More Than 500 Durlnxr Two Vein. OREGON C1TT, Or., May S. (Spe cial.) Owing to the large increase In membership and In attendance at Sunday-school services, the construction of u large addition to the First Baptist Church is assured. Tentative plans for the building are being made. In two years the Bible school taoll of the church has grown from 200 to more than 500, with an average Sunday at tendance of 400. There are several or ganized classes with 30 and 40 enroll ment and the classrooms have been out grown. The need of a first-class gym nasium has been felt for some time. The gymnasium planned will have a floor at least 32 by 54 feet with a 14-foot celling, with shower baths. During the last year more than 100 members have been added to the church. Rev. W. T. Milliken has worked on the idea that the preaching la the smallest part of the work of a church, the main thing being to keep every body busy. An efficiency committee consisting of A. U. Rusg, J. L. Lizberg, A, Wiltol. Mrs. C. A. Nash, F. A. Olmsted, Mrs. George Millington, J. W. Loder, Miss Varle Trimble. Miss Lena Costly. Mrs. I. O. Lalourette, Floyd Etdieson and Conrad Vierhus, Is attempting to rem edy weak points in church work. A workers- meeting Is held with a ban quet each month, where the latest and best plans in religious education are discussed. SHERWOOD CLUB AT WORK Portland Speakers Are Heard and Regular Busnless Transacted. SHERWOOD. Or.. May 8. (Special.) W. J. Brewer, of the Portland Cham tier of Commerce, and C. J. Gay. of Portland, were the principal speakers at tho regular meeting of the newly organized Sherwood t ommercial Club Thursday night. Mr. Brewer dwelt briefly on the spirit to be manifested In a live commercial club In a small town. He spoke also of the possibilities, of the work, that can be done and impressed the "get together" spirit. Mr. Gay outlined the advantages that would be gained through an organiza tion such as Sherwood has in the mak ing. The regular business of the club included the adoption of bylaws. Among matters of importance acted upon was the appointing of member ship contest committee, with H. F. llushong as leader of the "Boosters" and L. A. Hammersly as leader of the "Boomers." - . - v ... y -i- '. . - : '""zL - .,.,.. 1 S P e'!:. r Sgl -H:- - Zs' '4- - v 1-7: C ' "2X- ".nnnw-)- -Mr'f... STEAMEU TRANSVLVAMA, AVII1CII SAILED OX DAY LISITAXIA WAS Sl'SK. LIBAU IS CAPTURED Coast Survey Ofricer Missing. WASHINGTON', May 8. Captain J. B. Miller, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Is anions: those missing on the Lusi tanla. Captain Miller was just back from a - lone trip In Philippine and Alaskan waters. Germans Report Taking of Town and 1600 Prisoners. RIVER WISL0KA CROSSED Cencral Jlakrnscn's Aruijr Said to Be Pursuing Russians and Total of Captives in. Galicia Is Now Figured at 7 0,00. BERLIN, via London. May 8. Offi cial announcement was made at the German War Office today that the City of Libau, in the provlnco of Courland, Russia, has been captured by th.e Ger mans. In the capture of Libau, the Germans have" sained one of the main objects of their invasion of the Baltic prov inces of Kussla. This movement was designed to occupy Libau and Riga, which would enable the Germans to harass Russian communications with Petrosrrad. . Libau is an important seaport and industrial center. It is about .75 miles along: the seacoast from the German border. The official communication says: "'The troops we sent against the City of Libau took possession of this town yesterday. Sixteen hundred prisoners. 18 cannon and four machine suns fell into our hands. "In the southeastern theater of the war, the pursuit of the defeated ene my by the army under General Maekr ensen. and such troops of our allies as Joined this army, was continued steadily throughout -yesterday. Our advance forces crossed the River Vis loka in the neighborhood of Krosno yesterday eveningf. "The Joint action of all parts of the army engaged in this advance led to tho cutting: off of not Inconsiderable Russian forces. Consequently the total number of prisoners taken in the Ga lician arena since the end of April should, so far, have been Increased to about 70.000 men. Eighty-eight can non, including: nine of heavy caliber, have been taken from the Russians." northern slopes of the Beskids are mak ing desperate efforts to break through. "The flg-hting probably will last some time before the Russians arc destroyed, as the battletield is on most difticult ground. "'The Russians are makinsj fierce at tacks in Kast Galicia in order to rejieve the western front, but these attacks are unsuccessful." FIGHTING STILL OBSTINATE Petrograd Keports Enemy Is Show ing Signs of Fatigue. PETROGRAD, via London, May 8. The following: communication was is sued by the War Department tonigrht: "German cruisers and torpedo boats appeared In the vicinity of Libau yes terday and bombarded the port. One of the enemy's torpedo boats was sunk by one of our mines. "To the southwest of Milau our of fensive is developing: successfully. There were engagements yesterday in the direction of Poneviej. Besiagola and Rossleny (in the Baltic provinces). "To the west of the Niemen skir mishes of an obstinate character brought to light the" fact that the en emy advance guards and outposts are in the district of the Upper Szeszupa. In the direction of Mlawa we repulsed yesterday a new German attack, against the Pomicany farm. "On the left bank of the "Vistula all Is quiet. Between the Vistula and the Carpathians obstinate fighting contin ued on Friday. The attacks of the enemy, which were made along most of the front and which were in the na ture of frontal attacks, met with no success. "The enemy, who has suffered enor mous losses. Is showing sign of fatigue, while our counter-attacks are becom ing more frequent. , "During our retreat in the direction of Dukla. large forces of the enemy occupied the roads and surrounded the 5Sth division on all sides. Neverthe less, this division, under the leadership of General Korniloff, cut its way through the ranks of the enemy and succeeded, with heavy losses, in rejoin ing its parent corps yesterday. "There has been only occasional fir ing In the direction of Stry. On Friday, on the Upper Lomnitza, c"ertain ele ments of the enemy which had ascend ed the mountain range of Tavornik were repulsed with heavy losses." RUSSIANS FIGHT DESPERATEIV Vienna Says Force Is Surrounded on Bcskld Mountains. VIENNA, via London. May 8. The Austrian official press bureau today gave out the following: "The headquarters in Galicia reports that the victorious battle for the Aus-tro-German troops in West Galicia con tinues. Advancing forces of Austrlans and Germans have reached the Wistoka River from Jaslo Pilsno. while detach ments heve obtained a firm foothold on the other bank. "All the passes in the Beskid Moun tains, with the exception of Lupkow, are in the hands of the Austro-Germans. The Russian columns surrounded on the PASTOR TELLS OF SWINDLE Matron of Wisconsin College Testi fies of loss by Monaton Stock. NEW TORK, May 3. Rev. - harles K. Nash, who formerly occupied a pul pit in Minneapolis, told on the witness stand in the United States District Court how he helped Pierre M. Looker dispose of the securities of the Monaton Realty Investing Corporation. Mr. Nash says he relinquished his charge to enter the employ of Looker, who is on trial for using the malls to defraud investors of more than $1,000. 000 of the profit-sharing certificates and bonds of the Monaton swindle. Looker was president of the company. The firm of Kendrick & Dowdell was its repre sentative in Philadelphia. Miss Elizabeth Dawson, matron of a woman s college at Allentown. wis., resumed the stand this morning to tell how she made two attempts to get back her savings from the company. Miss Dawson came from Wisconsin to find out what had become of her money after the promised dividends failed to arrive. She said she tried to get a list of the apartment properties the company was supposed to possess, but that Looker said there were only four. She said she reminded Looker that the salesman who sold her the profit sharing certificates guaranteed her a return of $3900 on her investment. Looker, she said, replied that the sales man had exceeded his authority, as she was entitled to only $3000. Having asked for a statement of what she paid into the company. Miss Daw son said she was shown a record in which the total did not correspond with her own figures. The witness quoted Looker as saying he would put the matter in the hands of the company's legal department and would refuse to seo her if she called again. DESTROYER IS SUNK Maori Strickes" Mine and Res cuers Are Driven Off. CREW TAKEN PRISONERS SUICIDE KILLS PONY FIRST Despondent Farmhand ' Also Starts Fire That Burns Employer's Home. COLD WATER, Kan., May 4. Thomas Minklj. a farmhand, shot his fav orite pony, then after starting a fire which destroyed his employer's house, placed the gun to his own head and committed suicide. Hinkle was a bachelor, about B0 years old. working on a farm 15 miles southwest of Coidwater. Several work men had been staying at the house, but had gone to town, leaving Hinkle to look after the farm work. Employes of the farm say they had noticed a tew days before that Hinkle was de spondent. Hinkle had owned the pony several years and had often said that it would never fall into the hands of unkind owners. HORSE MOURNS FOR DRIVER Faithful Animal Jumps Fence and Follows Master to Grave. LA ROSSE, Wis., May 4. One of the most notable cases of animal devo tion to an owner was that of "Babe," a horse driven by Andrew Robinson, a La Crosse grocer, who was buried re cently. The horse had been driven for a dozen years by the grocer In the days before he became prosperous, when he was driving his own delivery wagon. When he died the horse was sent at his wish to Irish Coule, 18 miles away, with a provision that seh be allowed to spend the rest of her life without work in the fields at pasture. "Babe," however, leaped the fence and appeared at the Robinson home just in time to follow the hearse to the cemetery, without even a halter on her neck. SHOES SOUGHT FOR PUPILS Plea for Needy to Be Furthered Be fore School Board Tuesday. To get the School Board to provide shoes for dependent children who may be kept out of school for lack of them, Mrs. R. E. Bondurant will go before the supply committee of the School Board Tuesday and point out the neces sity for providing for these children. Mrs. Bondurant and Truant Officer Krum formally presented their propo sition to the Board by resolution Thurs day. The system recommended is now in operation in Denver and Chicago. Mrs. Bondurant says that she personally has supplied at least 30 pairs of new shoes for children with funds which she col lected by subscription for that purpose. In 1913 the death rate of Infants in Eng land for earn thousand of population was 100. Thls fiicure has been declining for a number of two, German Submarine Sinks Wilson I.incr and Another - Steamship, and Loss of Additional Traw ler on Sunday Is Reported. LONDON.' May 8. A British torpedo boat destroyer, two British steamships and a trawler, comprise the additional toll of mines and submarines today. The destroyer was the Maori. The crew is reported to have been taken pris oners by the Germans. One of the steamships was the Wil son liner Truro, sunk today by the German submarine U-39 off Day Island. The crew was landed- at Rosyth Cas tle. Scotland. The other, was the Don. of Goole. torpedoed, off Coquet Island, near the Northumberland coast. The crew was rescued. Concerning the sinking of the Maori the British Admiralty today issued the following statement: "While operating off the Belgian coast, the torpedo-boat destroyer Maori, Commander B. W. Barrow, Royal Navy, struck a mine about two miles northwest of the Weilingen light ship. "The crew took to the boats when the ship was sinking. The torpedo boat destroyer Crusader. Lieutenant Commander G. D. L. Mebbs in com mand, which was in company with the Maori, lowered her boats to assist In picking up the crew of the Maori,' but the enemy, then opened fire from shore batteries and the Crusader, after be ing under fire for an hour and a half, had . to leave her boats and retire. "It is reported from German sources that the crew of the Maori and the boat crews of the Crusader, seven of ficers and 28 men in all. were taken prisoners into Zeebrugge." Tne Maori was 280 feet long and of 1035 tons displacement. She was built in 1909 and her complement was 71 men. She was armed with two four Inch guns and two torpedo tubes. A dispatch from the Central News from Aberdeen says the steam trawler Rennington, one of three which es caped from a German submarine Sun day, was shunk by shell fire from a submersible off Aberdeenshire at 4 o'clock yesterday. The crew was saved by a Norwegian steamer. CREW CAPTURED BY GERMANS Berlin Says All Men on Maori and Crusader's Boats AVere Saved. BERLIN, via London. May 8. An of ficial communication by the German War Office concerning the sinking of the British destroyer Maori, says: "The British destroyer Maori was sunk off Zeebrugge. The destrayer .Crusader, which had come to its support, was forced to retreat and leave in lurch life boats which it had launched. "The entire crew of the Maori and the boats' crew of the Crusader were saved by our own vessels and taken In Zeebrugge. In all there are seven offi cers and 88 men." MAN BEATS HEAD WITH AX Joke Inspires ITlm to Learn How Blows AVould Feel. NEW TORK, May 3. Tou've heard the rftory of the man who hit himself on the head with a hammer and gave as his reason the fact that it felt so good when he quit. You probably laughed when you heard it the first time. Not so Gerald Fltzglbbon. of West " Forty-ninth street. It worried him. In fact, .he A mark of m distinction The Stein-Bloch label on a suit of clothes is a guaranty of exclusivcncss of fabric and originality of style. Over that is my own label- a guaranty of immediate and lasting satisfaction in any purchase you make at this store. $20 $25 $30 $35 BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER Morrison at Fourth could not sleep for wondering if it really did help some, bo he pot up In the middle of the niprht and searched the kitchen for a hammer. There be ing none handy he tried it with a email ax. ' When other lodgers called Policeman Jenkins he was still diligently be laboring his skull with an ax. At the hospital the surgeon pronounced "multiple contusions of the scalp." "No, Gerald did not say whether it did hurt or not." HYLA PICKERINGI ARRIVES Many May Not Have Heard ot Him, but Probably Have Heard Him. , f PHILADELPHIA, M?y 3. Unless your bed happens to be set in a district where the only trees are telephone poles and the only garden window boxes, and if you happen to lie awake j.n hour or so on any of these Spring nights, you suddenly will come to a consciousness of a shrill whirring out somewhere in the dark. At first you think of the white vested frosr with his treble croak, but it's not loud enough for that. As a mat ter of fact, until you have cocked your head for a few moments, you are not sure whether this falsetto trill is with in or without the delicate coil of hear ing apparatus folded in your inner, ear. It is without. It is the Spring song of the hyla plckeringl. "I never heard of such a beast or is it a beast?" you say. Like as not you never did hear of the H. Pickeringi. but you have heard of the tree toad, haven't you? Of course, and it is the tree toad that now is trilling through the early night. On the trunk of some big tree, or perched on a young lily pad on the sur face of a pond, H. P. is tuning up his bagpipe for the great series ot Summer night concerts now being planned In the bug and water world under the leadership of Ilerr Bullfrog, the famous whangdoodler. Toung Mr. Pickeringi is quite active these nights, and there Is a well-founded suspicion that he regards himself as the official lullaby-artist in Miss Spring's famous company of entertain ers. At any rate, he reminds us all that Summer is coming. COLORED EDUCATOR HURT Assistant Superintendent of AVasIi ington Schools Auto Victim. BALTIMORE, Md.. May 3. Roscoe C. Bruce, colored, assistant superin tendent of the public schools of Wash ington and highest honor man of Harvard class of '02, is in the Mercy Hospital in a serious condition. He was unconscious when brought to the hospital with his skull fractured, as the result of an automobile accident on the "S' curve near Relay. His secretary, lederick TX Morton, who was with him when the accident occurred, brought him to the hospital. Bruce left Washington for Baltimore In his automobile, driving himself. The secretary said they were going up the curve hill near Relay and had made the first bend in safety. As the car went around the second bend the front wheel broke at the hub and Bruce, who was at the wheel, was catapulted out of the machine, landing on his head about 30 feet away. The engine con tinued to run. and the hub and axle of th3 car ploughed up the road for ten feet. Another machine came along'and of fered assistance. Bruce was placed In It and taken to the Mercy Hospital, where he was sent to the surgical ward immediately. An operation was performed. TOY GUN ROUTS BURGLARS Boy of Eight, With Glass Pistol, Puts Robbers to Flight. NEW YORK. May 3 A glass toy pistol leveled by the valiant hand of 8-year-old Wilbur Baldwin frightened away two burglars. They had effected an entrance by chloroforming the watchdog. Before the dauntless scowl of Wilbur the two men fled, taking with them a fold watch and chain, heirlooms valued at $700, and a necklace of pearls worth $1000. Had It not been for the terror inspired by young Baldwin, they prob ably would have got away with his mother's jewelry case, containing $5000 in trinkets and rinprs. At 1 in the morning Wilbur's older Came to Her Rescue From her borne in Mountain Park, Okla., Mrs. O. A. Strange writca to the Pin u laboratories i "I am taking: Fruitola and Traxo for gall-stones with good results. If it had not been that it came to ' my rescue, I would have been dead, I am sure. I cannot say too much for Fruitola and Traxo." Fruitola possesses properti parts. It ts m. icreat system el and dtnlntrKratlng the harden ins;, and quickly expels the ac patient. Traxo la a tonic al neys. stimulates the flow of c moves bile from the sreneral e strengthen the weakened, run For the convenience of the to supply Fruitola and Traxo they can be obtained at the a ra that act directly upon the Intestinal ennser. softening; the eonsested wsste ed particles that cause so nnrh suffer cumulation to the Intense relief of the teratlve that acta on the liver and kld astrte Juices to aid digestion and rr ireulation. It serves to build up- and -down system. public nrrans;emrnts hive been made through lending druggists. In Portland torea of The Owl Drue Company. brother Warner was awakened by two men bending over him. A revolver was shovSd Into his face, and he was com manded to lead the way to his moth er's Jewelry case. He did so. Wilbur heard the noise and came from his room to investigate, bringing along his shooting iron. Uttering a wild howl which would have awed a tribe of Indians he appeared on the scene, flourishing the weapon above his head. The burglars leaped through a window and disappeared. YYomiin Peacemaker IVIIcd. nOSKBL'RU. Or., May 8. (Special.) Her desire to stop a fiKht. In which Orange Norman, a colored porter at H loi-al hotel, and (lordon (Ihsc, a livery man, were enuacecl. cost Mrs. Ucrtha Johnson, of this city, a serious Injury of the head. Tho negro aimed a heavy flatlron at his opponent, when Mrs. Johnson Jumped between tho two men. The flatiron struck her over tho eye and she was rendered nm-onsHoijs. Pi aver Music Rolls 25 to 50 OFF One Week Only Our entire stock of Player Music Rolls subject to decisive discounts both 88 and 65-note music of the following well-known makes: Universal 40 off Themodist 2.V.' off Autograph 7Q' off Uni-Kecord 40',' off American r0 off VotSiIstyle 40'.'; off Q. R. S 50 off Solo Apollo r0';, off Rythmodik 40 off United Stales 50',;, off These rolls are absolutely new and embrace every kind of music even the late popular hits of April issue. 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