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MANYCASES TH LlfS THAT AREJU MANDON'T HURT HALf SO MUCH AS THE TRUTH "l vWt&t .m TUAT A CLEAN WHOLESOME NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES APArcn . . n iM TUC RFRT Kli BEUEvwi"" " AND ALWAYS BOOSTS ob- MEMBER OP TilK ASSOCIATED PRESS ffloOB Stmw M0.XXXIX Established 1H78 As TIio Const Mull MARSHFIELD, OREGON, tM ilillll WATERS I f RECEDING U.pF'&?'prrs ttKountyScat." ISUEDEUTED assengers Taken by Boat to CoqinlleFromj'-iMoiuH; ping at aeavw o.uuy... ;0OS RIVER MUCH LOWER . ., Tl.nin Will 113 Coll" um.M. 10 !'" ......- toic-afnnr '''""l ",es ,"" ; nested In llincrrai i-n ... Ilie Country is""" "-" Floods o( llio Coqnlllo river wore nitdcrably lessoned througli' tno ' i .. .. !. ..l.tWlM f it till Ifht. especially in mu ui'i- i-w mi reported mis mummi, iu '.1 . dran or eight fcot In Uo river l powm and about four nnd ono air feet at Myrtlo Point. IlocniiBo t the tides that back up from tlio lean there lias been no clinnco lor L wter to drop nt Coqulllo and Eelow that point. Passengers lit llontM This morning tho pnssongor train tent out as far as Coalodo nt wlilcn etat the water on tlio tracks was ken up to the lower stcpa of tlio caches. Hero eight piiHsongoru rough! up Heaver Slough by motor- oil from Coqulllo were taken aboard nd 12 panengcrs from Morshflold ut on the boat. Tlio water had low- red about 10 inchcR at Coalodo over ie mark of yesterday. The early morning train returned tre and went back again on schod- le at 1045 going only to Conledo od It Is expected It will wait there ntll this evening, returning hero bout 5 pm. , ...... .!" ,MII ,My Comb' " Mall wa taken out with tlio 10: -15 all. Postmaster Mchaln Bald tlioro mall in Myrtle, Point and' probably lit moat, of it would get In on tho fila this 'evening. No mnll went Nt yesterday but it was Btnrted lo br and will probably got through. Slles 011 roirqtf Uno ' Fred ppwetj loft Mnrshflold on tlio urly train yesterday and 'plionod torn Powers last night to say that naa not gotten through until 0 '"w " me evening. H0 ltnd to Ht a good share, of tho ii'stnn fbore Myrtle Point. He aald there have linn,. Hnvnrni 1M on the lino nnd that crown or jea are out shoveling and bulkhead. " Near Daker aiding nulto a bit ' Piling Is necessary though A. II. mi Hated today a train could bo f" orer th9 entlro lino If necessary. vuu invor Has Fallen "rough th nlKht Pnn ni,j.' ii lderably. This mnrntn . jorhforkwasstlll between 13 and ueet above normal, which lltdlcat- " Mil of nlmiil in ..... 'i$M of yeatenlnv $0 more are Mm fn.- ... . i land, , v..ia mu on tlio r yh5jJ-.ptaelod.pthof.OT. n2:V.im" J. maklnS a d fferon.n , 0 ST. S- " Tierearflm.. ... lh the miihT CS ml88,nK antl C "r" T" d "Us l'wltii. V. ,a l" "oat ran ob. o??,''''"! had loft M out ",Up.r,ver rms and whirl- wt 0f th !' ' Av''"J' JownanHH "ns a'rely Uuk ol J'rIVer,avU1,l't "" e tho . , Kreateat losses l.!Sn "S.CredaIt..o LDI J,.. -i Wliuro llini-n l. biS;EP,,ta. wat chunk. lu' Place ,1 i, 80mo otller fel Wtait ' PS8lbly l tho form of '"S SrlhT0 ,n Iast oven,nB :!litheha',rkof Cooa River thern,,;""0 been manv h,i. ., Po' Be rT 'lb,Cked' dlft N nigh shU.ra ln shoveled ,C,MtthrouBh Uat th0 ntor car 111 The aun he roaU t0 North "l, 7teraporary """n'ng sometime thoro TWD WOMEN KILLED SHOT NIJAIt KliASrATII VMAH IX liAXI) liKAHKFIUHT Wllltiuu Doylo Hald to Ilnvo Killed Mi'M. Joiich and Mrw. Vllex ClalniH Seir.DefciiHo COr Aatoclttod ttni to Cuoa 0tj Tliuw.i KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Fob. S. Mrs. Myrtlo .Touch and Mrs. Anna Wilcox wore shot and Killed today In u shooting uffruy ovor u land lonso In tho Lnngoll Valley. Tho shooting Is said to have boon done by William Doylo, who was Bllghtly Injured, and who claimed self defense. Officers havo gone to the scene. r - WILLAMETTE RIVER IS H TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1916 EVENING EDITION Consolidation or Times, Const Mali nnd Coos liny Advertiser. No. 168 Water Rises Four Feet In Last Twenty-Four Hours at Portland. ' IN FOUND 1 E IS 1 BALLOT WILHOX OXLV liKMOCIIATIU ('AX DIDATK IX IXIHAXA I'uUllou Wiih Hold Up PcnilliiK WonlJ Ah To Uio I'i'onIiIimiI'h Wlwhos llr AKrUtl I'ffin o Coo liar Time. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Fob. 8. On tho authority or Socrotnry Tumulty, President Wilson's namo was placed on the ludlann ballot ns tho only can- didato for tho democrntlc''noinlpntlon for prcaldont yesterday, which was tho iast day for filing by candidates. A .petition to plnco tho name of Wil son on tho ballot had been circulated Body Floating Is Picked Up by Dredge and Turned Over to Cononer. WILL FLOOD THE DOCKS Another Foot Will Cause Docks on Upper Itlver (o bo KubmorKcd Ciest of Flood lias PiiHscri Kil- ge'uo Where Wilier FiiIIh Ml AinocUtMl Trrti to Com Dr Tim'. POUTLAND, Ore., Feb. 8. Tho Wlllnmotto river continued to rise rapidly today. Thrco lionsc-bonta ureuking from their moorings abovo Portland this morning wont tearing through tho harbor,- thcatenlng ves eoIb moored at the wharves. Tho body of a man floating In tho rlvor was picked up by tho govern ment dredgo Chinook nnd turned or cr to tho coroner nt St. Johns, Itlviv Still ItMuj; ITla In nnnn Hii flrnr Imm 1inl (amt previously bnt was hold up poiullns nbot 4 fect , t0 lnBt 24 ,10Ura A worn irim wimiuiiKiun an 10 uio in.-... , .,,,.- . ... slro of tho president. 44444) WANTS APPAM TO STAV IX U. S. WATFItS (Dr Amivliled rrr.i l c-m tjr Tlrat,J WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 8. Ambassador Von Ilernn torff prosontod a formal com nlcatloir from Gorihnny to Socrbtary Lansing today con tending that under tlio Prus sian-American troatvj the1 ''' ''IlrltlHi,.4luoriiA)pnm,- ft G6ri innn .prize, should .bo permit ted to ropmlii lii American waters. ! , 4'4 4 BIG DAMAGE DONE " IN, PPWDER -FACTORY Kxplosioi n)lni)out Plant Kills Thrco Men and Mj.3c1;k $10,000 Worth ol PiiipiM'ty (Hr AmocU4 rroti to Coos IUr Tlnf TACOMA, Wash., Fob. 8. Tho ox plosion or 1,000 pounds or dynnmlto ar tho golat'no dynnmlto mlvor houco o! tho Dupont Powder plant nt T)u pont, near horo yostorday blow thrco men to pieces, wrecked proporty vnl tied at mora than $10,000, shatterod wlnilowB nearby and rocked houses miles away.- Tho doad aro; Jphn Doll, Giis Wolfr nd Nils P. Jess. All tho iiion woro Wurrlod. tho rlso of another foot will flood docks In the upper harbor. At Albany tho river has risen 9.4 fcot In the last 21 hours. Tho crest bus passed Fugcue whoro tho wator has fallen thrco feet. j;ix)0i) wATicns comi: .Mountain Kti'oaiim Pur futo Colum bia and Wiilauietto (Ilr AmoclileJ rreia to Com Dir TIish.i PpilTMND, Ore, Fob. 8. Out or tVo 'foothills nnd the) tilst(illb8,"yWo'l lon .streams woro nourlrig flood' wat- Icrs jiito tho Wlllnmotto tinU 'Coluiii- bla yesterday and 'threatening to luring further damage In llio wako or last week's sleet' storm. Satcm and oilier WHIamotto valley t6wns report small stroams out or tho bunks. t jTholWIHamotto rosd 7.9 feet at I3u gejifo 'Within M hours. Tho flood istngo or 1G.5 root Is predicted for Portland next Thursday by tho wcath or bureau. This will riood tho lowor floors or docks and basoments of tho buildings near tho rlvor. Trarflc Is rostored to aVout normal. S.VOW DISAPPF.AHIXO Lltllo Dauiago Ih IPjported In Soatlle imtl Vicinity CLUHS BIG WASTE PKltCKXTAflB IX I)nGIX SAID TO I1K (JKEAT Hovealed by KlarllliiK Figures Aid Government ltcport Which is Made Public Today tllr AoclIM rri to Coot lliy TlmM.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 8 Enormous wnstago of tho American forest resources Is revealed by tui In vestigation of tho bureau of foreign and domestic comincrco. A bulletin on luhmber by products Issued today said the wnsto In tho logging Indus try nmounts to rrom 15 to 70 porcont, or about a billion mid hair cubic fect annually. Sawmill wasto also amounts to several billion cubic fcot annually, al though not nil absolute waBtc. It Is btatcd that 320 rcot or lumbor is used for each ono thousand fect that stood In tho forest. 15 RAISiMG Jl FUND ltltOOKIiVX Cllltli jCOLLKCTIXG DIM US FOlt HATl'IiKSIlIP Hoosevclt Seiis Letter Contributing Ten Dimes for Children nnd (ruud Children (Mr Amo-IiIcJ PrM to Coot tlajr Tlmr. NEW YOIHC, Fob. 8 Mnrjorlo Stcrrott, the Drooklyn girl, who start- red a rund to build n battleship ror tho United Stntcs by spending n dlmo and writing letters to tho Now York COL HEPBURN DIESJN 1DWA Former Member of Congress Diss at His Home After a Long Illness. CIVIL MTEnl Organized Company For the Union and Led Men to War as Captain. FRAMER OF MANY BILLS Pttro Food, Public Health and Hop- btlrii Law All Como from Ills Coin- inlttoo During tho llooso- velt Administration Illy AnocUted Prcu to Coot IUr T!m. CLAItlNDA, Iowa, Fob. 8. Col onel Willlnm P. Hepburn, forme, member or Congress, died hero today after long Illness. Col. William P. Hepburn, although twenty ycarB In Congress, becamo best known throughout tho country during tho Roosovolt administration. It. was ho who framed what lator was called tho Hepburn law, prohib iting rebates nnd discrimination by railroads. Ab chairman or tho liouso commit too on lntorstato and foreign com morco In tho first session of tho fifty- nowspapors calling upon othor child- ninth Congress ho avob tho author of ron to contributo n like amount, Is thrco nets out or rive, which tho then iroasuring todny a lottor rrom Rooso velt In which ho oticloBcd ton dimes, ltcosovelt said lour or thorn woro for his grand chlldron and six ror groat grand children yot unborn. Mayor it's rund now nmounts to $rfi.30. PRE R ETO 0 D 1 COXGItlS JtyipyjlVtiS IFOI6 ftOVil.' ' IXG MAHHflSLAXlW " " liist War(JVe?vVl.to..llo Co'nsictea 1 'In Pmlfip.Qoiwt Will' Ho' ' ' '" Started TJicro " ' , inj,Auncltr'rM to Coot nr .Ttme;j' WASHlNttTON, D. Cv. Feb. 8. Tiio housq haa authorized tho Imiue diato.uso qr ?5Q0,000 to oqulp Maro Island navy yard to begin tho build ing or u droadnnught or battle cruis er, tho first to bn constructed on tho Pacific coast in a government yard, Tho sonato has not yet acted. WOULD IC E AHMOK PLATK MAKKItS XOTIFV SKXATE COMMITTKH fOr AwofliU) t-tru t Coo Bay Tlmrt ) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 8. Private armor pinto- manufacturers notified tho seunto naval committco today that thoy would raiso tho prlco (Jlr Ao-IIk1 Tr to Coo nr Tlmw.l SEATTLE, Wnsh.,vFob. 8. Undor iho influonce of a south wind nnd n 'temporaturo or 45, tho snow that ob- wna still another slldn nnd In all cirnrtnil IiiihIiiohh last -week Is dlsap- nrobabilltv- this can not bo cleared ,.r,irlnir rmildlr but without causing ,f nrmr vMo J200 a ton If congress ' ---- V...... -.- r 'i.i.i ft i awny ror n day or two. Sovoral tons any damngo. Tho Soattlo school ro-' ucciuoa to prccv or purcunso armor nnniiP.1 voaterdav and most or the I incionos tor uio Bovornmoni. stroot car lines are In operation. On TIl commltteo novortholess voted to i aiatlnctlon at tho battlo or Corinth. receipt or government flood nnd nva- recommonu tno government plants. Not ,ong n(torWnrd8 ho was placed lancho wnrnlngs, tho Great Northern l After brlor consideration, the com- ,on (ho Btnff of Gonoral shorldan, and d.scontlnued operation of trains in mltteo ordorod a ravorablo report on Ju Scomber or tho samo year bo tho Cascades yesterday. The Mil- tho bill authorizing an oxpondlturo or camo a eutanant colonel and was ... tRAA AAA 4a nntil. fnn Tnlnn.l .. I . waukoo and Northern Pacific con-. . i um " " .,, ,IIHt , COmmand or the Second Hrl- of earth and rock camo down nnd a largo stump will possibly havo to bo dynamited out or tho road, h A worktraln was sent out bororo daylight and a crow put to work with shovels, getting- tho debris clearod oft tlmt the motor car might mako Its trips toi?ay. t Venvoti Coining Down OaptrE. Qcorgo Smith, or tho Rain bow, said , this morning tho wator has subsided on tho south fork of Coob Rlvor. Ho paid tho damago as yet can hardly bo calculated. Thoro havo boen many rences washed down stream. Tho dobrls has stoppod coming down to a great extent and this ar temoon he was able to got up with tho Rainbow, tho first time since Sat urday, Iloat landings flono Soveral or tho boaf landings along tho rlvor havo boen washed away nnd others hnvo been wrecked. Yostor day It wis Impossible ror tho Messen ger to maHo very many or tho land ings. Albort 'Mntson said that ho has heard nothing , moro about a land slido that yostorday jammed Into his sumemr homo on the south fork. Tho damage Is said not to have beou. ory great. Prcsldont Roosovolt nftorward declar ed would causo that Congress to bo ipcmornblo In history because or ltu constructive legislation. Or tho rivo nets, four camo rrom Col. Hepburn's committco and thrco of them, tho Hopburn lnw, tho puro rood law and tho public health act woro rramod by Col. Hepburn him- " ., ..... I WWW ,Jnysv -District i Mr. tlo;iburn, , represented tho Elgljtli Iowa district. He. also was an efficient solder and a lawyer or high reputation, ilo was n product or tho early pionoer days in Iowa and gdt what "llttlo schooling ho had tn thrco winters at an academy .near Io wa City. Jlo was Vorn in Columbi ana County, O.,, Novombor 4, 1833, removing to Iowa City whoro his mother and his Htop-rathor took up their rcsldonco on a farm, whon ho was'olght yoars or ago. After a brlor exporlonco In tho schools tho community affordod ho got employment In a printing offlco 'Whoro ho workod for four yoars. Lat er ho road law at Iowa City and Chi cago, bolng admitted to tho Illinois bar in 1854, Ho roturnod to Iowa in 1855, married Miss Molvlna A, Morsoman of Iowa City and settled a. Marshalltown. Tn tho Civil Wiy? When tho civil war broko out Col Ilopburn organized n company and becamo Its captain, WdH to tho front In February, 1802 AH.a part of tho Second Iowa Cavalry. Ilo was soon advanced to tho rank of major and In that position earned KITGHENEH Mr LONDOX PAPKIt SAYS THKItK WILL UK A CHAXflK Intliiuited that Sh William Itoiycrt- son May Ho Put In Cluirgo or War (Dr AiaotUtea tit to Coo Hr l'lm. LONDON, Fob. 8. "Changes or great lmiiorlance In direction or war aro contemplated" says tho Dally Sketch. Tho paper assorts tlmt Kit chener probnbly will leavo tho wnr oftlco and Sir William Robertson will probably tako over tho actlvo direc tion of tho wnr. HODING POST ON GF.X. TOWXSFXI) HAS POIXT OF STRATEGICAL VALUK London Anuounconient States Xo Withdrawal from Kut-lCI-Amam Is Contcmplateil (Dr AmooIiUJ Trmti to Co Dr TlmM, LONDON, Fob. 8. An offtclal communication rrom Delhi says tlmt General Townsend Is holding Kut-El-Amara as n point or strategical valuo and that General Aylmoyor's operations aro bolng carried on to support Townsond. Tho communica tion nddn that no withdrawal Is contemplated. (President McctH With Secretary Lans- lug ami Latter Discussed tho Mat ter With Count von Inistorff German Ambassador COUNTRIES ARE NOW ItEPORTHD IX ACCORD LIGHTING WES T IltKXCH AND OERMAXH HAVING KXGAGKMEXT TODAY" r.attler Ioho Part oru Tronlli lint Ite- galn It llyn Counter Attack tnr AMocit4 mm to C004 nr tidm. I1ERLIN, Fob. 8. (Wlrolosa ' o Sayvlllo) Actlvo lighting on tlio Fronqh front south or the Rlvor Soiu- m6 waBannounced, by nrmy hontl'J vjuariars todny, In tho.' eourso of tho ongngomont, tho Gormans lost a small' section or ono or tho trenches thoy had qonquorod.butlrelook' tlio 1 position by a countor attnclc. PflRLEWiRO 1MIRASIXG OF Ll.'SITAXIA MAT. TKIt IS XOW CONSIDERED Germany Offers Substltuto for Ev- lircAslons Which Woro Objoo tloual to that Government tiiiuo to movo with oxtromo caution. IX WASHINGTON Tho steamer Nann Smith will sail rrom Mashfield at 1 p. m. Thurs day. She was delrfyed while boilers woro being repaired. nave your programs printed al Tho Times orfice. Snow Thoro Is Melting Slowly With out Floods IDr AMoMtteJ Vrtrt to Com I!r Tlmw.J SEATTLE, Wabh., Feb. 8. An inch of snow fell hero this morning. Tho manner In wlimn tuo snow m leaving the ground hero la eatlsfac- yard for battleship construction, and $100,000 to onlargo the facllltlea or tho Now York navy yard, and a bill !to add about 300 mldshlpmun to en- trnnco at tho Annapolis naval acado my In July. Threo Against It Senator Ponroso notified tho com mltteo or tho stand or tho armour plato manufacturers, tboso chiefly concorued bolng the nethlohom and Mldvalo steol companies. Tho com mltteo votod novortholess, nine to tnrv Ktrnnms beliicr able to carry .-.,, t-- .. , ..,... I i. .AH mim.A Ttna linnn tin nurp.n m rnnnrr nn i nininn'a mil rn away mu wijmii " "" -" .-... - - -... .- general tliaw In the mountains as rar authorlzo tho secretary of tho navy as Is known but a break cannot uo to proviuo emier uy erecuon or pur iiostDoned much longer. Groat ; chase, of an armor plato factory, or Northern trains were halted last night by mud slides ten miles if"i of Seattlo. AGREEMENT IS PTEJILK Germany and United States Reaching Understanding About the Lusitania. LOOKS HOPEFUL Two Countries Are Now Said to Be Substantially In Accord. CONFERENCE HELD TODAY ARTILLERY FIGHTS ARE IN PROGRESS Engagements Ilotwceii Allies and Germans Said to Ho of Ter rific Intensity (Br Allocated I'reii to Com Bir TIdom.j BERLIN, Feb. 8. Artillery en gagoments ol terrlftc Intensity have been In progress between the La Bas se canal and Arras In northern France and south or tho river Sommo, army headquarters has announced. both, with a capacity of not less than 2C.0O0 tons of armor a year. The bill Would appropriate 11,000,000. Penrose, Lodgo nnd Smith of Michi gan, republicans, voted against tho motion. Senator La Follette blocked tho at tempt to pass immediately the pro posal to mako nvallablo at once, 600,000 to equip tho navy yards or Maro Island and Now York, although Tillman asked a unanimous consent lor Immediate consideration. "I thing on' a matter or such importance we should have a written roport" said La Follette. ICryptok, or one-jiioco bifocals, glvo perfect comfoit. .Soo llirch. gado, Cavalry Division, Sixteenth Ar my Corps. Ho was later transror red to other commands and soryod until the closo or tho war. Wont to Congross In 1870, Col. Hepburn movod to Clarlnda, la,, which had since beou his homo, except lor a part or tho timo whon ho had resided In Wash ington, D. C. Ho was olected to Congress In 1880 and twice success ively thereafter. During tho Harri son administration ho was solicitor of tho treasury department, which pqsltlon he resigned March 4, 1893 to again entor Congress ror his old district. He was an uusucccssrul candidate ror United States Senator In 1888. Prominent Figure Col. Hepburn was tbjrteen times tlio nominee or his party in tho Eighth Iowa District, his first con test in 1880 being the most remark able. Tho convention was hold at Council niuffa and Congressman Sapp bad recolved rifty-rour votes, three I less than a majority, without dimin ution 384 times. After a three days' spBston tho convention took a recess ot four days. Its second session cov ered two days and Col. Hepburn was nominated on the 385th ballot, recolv Ing fifty-nine votes. His twolvo sub sequent nominations were practically Or AiiorlttM PrtM lo Com IUr TlmM.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 7. Delayed In Transmission) Gormany haa agreed that reprisals must not bo directed against any othor than onomy subjocts. This expression Is ofrorod by Germany to tako placo or tho phrnso containing tho word "111- This company fogal" which was Incorporated In tno draft or tlio Lusltanla ngreomont now undor consideration. Action Not Known ' There was no Indication whothor tho president had doflnltoly decided whether Gormany's latest proposal was satisfactory. Administration or riclnls lot It bo known that tho moro cholco or words would not bo permit- tod to stand In tho way or tho succem of tho negotiations. Remove Objection Tho proposal now bororo President Wilson Is described In Oerman quar ters as substituting ror tho word "HI egal" a phraso which Germany hopes will bo accoptablo to tho United States as covering tho samo point without humiliating Gormany. Tho Main Point Tho principal consideration or tho United States now is that thoro shall bo an acknowledgement by Germany that the sinking or unresisting mer chantmen, without warning, is In con travention or international law and that such naval warfare shall bo per manently discontinued, tnr AMorittod rrtu to mm nir TlmM, WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 8. Lator today tho adminis tration officials authorlzod tho statomont that "tho Unit ed States and Germany aro substantially in accord," nr AwocUtfel Trot to Com Dr TlmM. WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 8. - That tho Lusltanla caso looks "very hopeful" was tho statement made by a high administration official follow ing a conforenco botwoon President Wilson and Socrotnry Lansing. It was Indicated the prcsldont consid ers aermau'a latest offor as almost, if not ontiroly, satisfactory. After tho cabinot mooting, Lansing said there was no statomont to bo giv en out .at tho present time. Ho addon that ho might sco Ambassador' von Dpmstorfr Inter In tho day. i Hor for Settlement .lAnother high administration, ''of ficial Bqld tho caso could not bo con sldorod as, finally settled, but It Won' hopod a oottlomont might bo reach ed during thp conforenco betweoh Sccrotnry Lansing and Ambassador von, Bornstorf lato today, although that Is not absolutely certain. Question of .Wording ' It Is understood that tho exact wording or tho communication sub mitted by Count von Ilornstorff Is not In ontlro accord with tho views or tho president and cabinet. Closo In In Sight Lato today a high administration official mado this nnnouncomont- "Sottlomont of tho Lusltanla caso In In Bight, probably within tho next fow days. Tho United States has not tncroasod Its demands and It has not reduced thorn. You can draw yotu own conclusion as to tho basis ot ag reomont." Tho samo offtclal said: "Tho word Ing proposod by Gormany appears t" covor tho position or tho Unltod States. It Is not fair to nBsumo that thoro will bo any othor concession horn Berlin." Ilo added that tho proposal wnt "substantially Batlsractory", W!fh tho two govornmonts substantial In accord, tho next step In tho prt ceedlngs will bo to put tho settlement when finally agreed upon In a for mal dooumont to bo presonted to thv stato department In bohnlf of the Borlln foreign offlco. Indemnity Promised In addition to tho declaration thdt reprisals must not bo directed against I others than onomlos, a promlso of ln- uemnity ror American lives on the Lusltanla, and declaration or Ger wany's doslro to co-operuto with trv Vnttod States to securo the freedom or tho soas, it is understood tho doc umont either will Incorporate, or call attention to tho nssuranco Germanv gave In tho Arable caso that liners would not be sunk without warning' unless they resisted capturo or at tempted to fleo. unanimous. Two of thorn woro by acclamation. During his career in Congress which ended March 4, 1909, Col. Hepburn supported ovory moas uro that became law looking to the control of common carrlors. Many of theso bills wero Introduced by him. KLKS NOTICE Membors and visiting Elks nro urg ed to be out Weduesduy night at lodgo, Nomination or officers, Init iation and goueral business. J. W. HILDENBRAND Exalted Ruler FRENCH ARTILLERY OANNOXADK8 TRAIN Or AiiorlttM r-rtM to xc n7 TlmM. PARIS, Feb. 8. An offic ial statomont Bays: ''South of Sommo our artillery cannon aded a train, At Argonno wo exploded four mines. The rest or the front was calm last night." Dr. I). Q. Vnughan, Dentist, Room 20, First National Dank bulldog Dr. Leslie. Osteopath, MarshfWd i ' J. (1