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THB 8 ALUM CAPITAL JOURNAL. '8 ALUM, OREOOW, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
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TOMORROW
MORNING AT 9 A. M.
Bought by the
Elliott Sales Sys
tem of Portland
the doors will be thrown open
and this great event will be in
progress. Novelty goods of
every description prices the
lowest ever known. Make your
holiday purchases.
The Variety Store, 265 N. Commercial St.
SCOOPED IN EJY
The Elliott Sales System of Portland
EVERY DOLLAR'S WORTH
OF THIS STOCK MUST BE
SOLD. THE PUBLIC WILL
BENEFIT.
Don't Miss It!
GET HERE!
Who will wipe out the entire stock at any price. Now for the greatest and most sensational cut and slash
sale the city has ever seen. Positively opening
TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 A.
Not one dollar's worth of this stock must be left to tell the tale. Positively the greatest retail slaughter of
novelty goods ever witnessed. "Sell the stock at whatever price it will bring, that's the orders," even if it
takes a dollar's worth of goods for twenty five cents, it will have to go that way.
ACTUALLY GIVING THE STOCK AWAY!
BOOKS AND STATIONERY, GLASS AND CHINAWARE, XMAS NOVELTIES, NOTIONS, TINWARE
TOYS OF ALL KINDS, PICTURES, . LEATHER GOODS
and hundreds of other articles, merchandise (hat you'll need for the Holiday Season. Much of it less than
.1 Oc on th? dollar. Now for quick action, all together tomorrow morning at 9 a. m.
Miss A. M. Welch Quits! We Pick It Up! Now Turn It To You!
Get the Proper Location, 264 N. Commercial Street, Then COME!
A. HUTCHENSON, Mgr.
Social and Personal Notes
By Mollie Runcorn
WAR DEVELOPMENTS
TOLD BY THE WIRES
MBS. EUGENE ECKERLEN who.
with her husband, has just re
turned from Enroio, wus honor
ttui'Ht at a bountifully jlu lined recep
tion yesterday afternoon, given ')' tho
members of .Sit hit Monica's Allur so
ciety and the ehoirister of Ht. Joseph's
church, in their hall on Chomekotu
street. Handsome decoration were per
fected with cut and potted f lowerB mid
woodland greenery and everything done
by those in charge of the affair to
furnish a cheery welcome, for one ol
their number wiio had experienced much
unpleasantness in the war zone.' Kcv.
A. A. Moore delivered the address of
welcome in behalf cf the church and
society member, Mis. Eekerlen, in her
response, relating many interesting ex
porionccs in connection with their re
cent trip. Members of the Altar so
ciety presented the honor guest ft beau
tiful bouquet of crimson carnations,
emblematic of their order, and the
(hoiiistern duplicated the compliment
with handsome yellow chrysanthemums.
ilotwcen the receiving hours of 2:30
to 4:.IU o'clock friends and church mem
bers called and were greeted by Mrs.
J. 0. N'adon, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Frank
.lachoski, Mrs. Frank Thompson, Mrs.
Thomas Campbell anil Miss heboid, who
presided as hostesses. J ho reception
committee was composed of Mrs. ,lo
soph Lebohl, Mrs. Albert O'Hrlcn, Mrs.
J. B.-rnardi and Mrs. J, U, Nodon.
Hplcndid musical numbers were fur
nished during the hours by Mrs. Marie
( auipbell, Miss .Margaret Campbell
Miss Louise Korndorfnor, Miss Lcoiidine
mid Seaside they will be ut homo to
their friends at (47 Center street.
received uuineious beuutitul wedding
Those present at the wedding were
relatives of the two families.
. ,
Members of the Ladies Aid society
of the .Summit jlothodist church, with
severul additional guests, wero furnish
ed enjoyable entertainment yesterday
when iwrs. frank Wilson ashed them
to her country home tor the day. (juests
brought their needlework una partici
pated in unique contests, Mrs. A. Web
ster being a prize-winner in one. Vo
id and instrumental music tilled ill t.ie
hours pleasantly ami a substantial lun
cheon was served bv the hostess, as
sisted by Mr. 0. McDowell add Miss
Mabel Wilson. Those who enjoyed
Mrs. Wilson's hospitality were: Mrs.
L. Urice, Mrs. A. Southwlck, Mrs. tl.j
K. Adams, .Mrs. 6. Kohcu, Mrs. M. Wil
son, Mrs. Hiimliuni Southwick, Mrs. A.
Webster, Mrs, J, Simmons, Mrs. 0. For
ter, Mrs. (). McDowell, Mrs. I,. 1). Uib
son, Mrs. lleiilley, Mrs. Shinti and Mrs.
.1. Stewart.
FROM HE
SECTIONS
The Misses Ituth anil Edith Fugiitu
d Rightfully entertained the members of
the ".lolly Stitchers" club ,nt their
home on South High street Monday
evening.
The hours were spent in conversation I"" " ,u""r" "' --y-
and needlework, after which dainty re-1 J "'''"J? wn" 1,1 00
freshnients were served. The ineinberB
of this club are: Misses Louise Uniph-
Germans Claim Have Pene
trated to Within Fifty Miles
of Warsaw
AUSTRIA TURNS ON
, AND BEATS SERVIANS
Kaiser's Killed. Wounded and
Is Placed at
1,250,000
Are of Steel About as Big as
Lead Pencils, Have Velocity
of Bullets
By Karl H. VonWiegand.
V'crvinay. France, Oct. 17. (Hy
courier vis. Rotterdam to New York.)
(lerinnn soldiers at Verviuuy, a little
French village almost lost in a sen of
mud, arc holding us rare souvenirs u
number of steel darts or nrrows drop
ped from aeroplanes by French mili
tary aviators.
They are about the length of n lead
pencil but a trifle thicker. The up
per part of the "arrow " has a twisted
groove, running ubout twothiids of itn
length, wb'ic.h causes tho missilu to
whirl as it falls,
"The. darts have betn annoying on
occasions." a captain of the general
stuff told me, "lint not very danger
ous, because of the difficulty of hit
ting nny given object from a great
height."
Washington was still without further1. non-eominissiniieri officer related
news of the Smyrna Incident today, I J? ""' ""lv,'''i "ow one ut the men id
War developments came most swift-i , ', " .v n nun. ji
in Itusslnn I'olaml. entered," ho snid, "just buck of his
crest of a hill about .five minutes walk
from the town, but cannot be seen be
cause of the dense woods. A fire-tracker-like
sputter tells, however,
what is going on up there.
Several wqumled men have been
brought in,
A (lennan field bl.ttery is slowly
pounuim; away from another hill to the
north, while from the southwest conies
il, .1,.,.,, 1,, ,,f .. A,,-,.;,,.,
mortnr liutlnt-v cniouieil in 111 r,.u 5 iw-
eight-inoh shells weighing (WO pounds
into tho Frencli linirier forts beyond
the Kiver Mouse nt St. Mihicl.
la the village's vicinity lire a num
ber of dummy batteries, to deceive aer
ial scouts. They are flour harms
mounted on wngnn wheels, ur tree
trunks cut in eight iind ten-i'onl
lengths on old carts, jn imitation of
field guns. All mo slightly screened
with brunches of trees. The theory in
that the nerinl scouts will report these
to thiir batteries, which it is assumed
will direct their fire accordingly, en
abling the leal guns to keep their positions.
Water Supplies of Many Cali
fornia Towns Threatened
by Flames
rcys, Lottie Lally, llnllio (libson, Mar
garct Fisher, Msio White, Nellie Camp-
Eekerlen, Miss Lucille Jnskoskl audi bell, Lillian Itcnugnrd, Edna Anderson
Miss Myrtle i'cril.o, who appcurcd in I Mabel lliulelsnn, Ituth Hollier, Eva
vocal and Instrumental selections, j Fisher, Etta White, Ituth Fugiito anil
. . Editu Fugate.
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For the pleasure of the Instructors In
the various educatinnnl institutions of
' The (Icrmiiiift lnol tinnetrnio.1 nt na.f left shoulder mil come out a little
HO miles toward Warsaw: somo believed ! nll"V1' hips."
Dropped Irom a height of 4,000 to
from there I ""ml '"'''L militnry men siml, tho darts
The ltussians, though resisting, con- attain n tomulu velocity.
tinned to fall back.
Farther north tho Russians were
across the Knst Prussian frontier, but
the (lermnns were sacrificing somo ios.
Hons there in tho Interests of t lib
Warsaw advance.
Kcccntiy," sunt tho officer, "a
French aviator threw a number of
them upon one of, our wngon parks.
A half dozen horses wero killed or in
jured so badly that they had to be
shot. Such weapons, however, are not
Austria, apparently abandoning ef- seriously considered for offensive nur
fnrtft til linl.l (Jnllein nufiiiiftt ll,A Mini. t. . Kn n 111....' ..1.-n,n ... n
pleasant surprise was given Mr,; ,... ln,i oeeimiril I.IKIO sniinra miles' iinin L n miel.iv li,,,, ill tn,,.i r,n, n,
the citv. Dr. H.-C. Eplev has uraciuiisly , ' ' , , " "'""" K of Servian soil. clouds."
consented to reproduce the sacred ran-"' ' ' on ran n lii had ended all lint minor opera- A tree wns pointed out to ine which
tatn. "Faith Triumphant." nt the First Tw? ",rB,",, in ho". of ""I" i,h ! !'" on tl,fl nussn-Tnrklsh frontier. ,e struck by one of the darts.
...... . ... i,ji.ris iiniieu nun jiussiu nns uring iho point nod iicnetrateil an inch and
very pleasantly spent with curds ami . feninteil Into so niunv offensives that . l... i f i. . i,.,.,i i,n...
, . music, luncheon being served at a Into U was in danger of wasting its strength. A French aerial scout was bombard-
Christian church tonight.- All teachers,
and anyune whom they mny wish to
bring with them, nic extended a cor
dial Invitation. No admittance will i "u",r, ,"" 1 """" " ml " '"" l ie lermnns, st.ni determine,! to , , ,y the Oerninns hero today,
be charged, tho compliment being in'""""," " V . . '.' 1 . i clouds of smoke showeS
memrnltinn of the sldendid work beinir , "''"' presents were rcee.ve.i.
done by tho local educators. The pro-'j'"!'" J'",',''1 Tv."5 u- u
J.:n i.. ..i .1.. ... w '-i ...i, Sclirniik, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Si
' 1 1 ' Mr. mid Mrs. Koy Smith, Mrs. Mnrylng the canipnign in this quarter drag.
I Kodgers, Mrs, dessle Crnsson, Missj A serious typhus outbreak was re
At the home of tho bride's parents, i Kdith Schruuk, Miss Mildreu White, ported among the flermans In the west.
Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Aekermnn, 11)1 J Minn Cindy lteynolds, Miss (lertrudei The kaiser's killed, wounded and
Meyers street, at 8 o'clock Wednesday .Crossan, Miss Ida Srhrunk, Miss Alice mlslng were estlmntcd at 1 ,2"0,00, be
evcnltig, MJss Lyla Ackerman and Fos-Hchiunk, Miss Hcssie Schrunk, Mr. I sides flim.OOO sick,
tor Van Osdal were united in marriage, I Francis Schrunk, Mr. Arthur Spcrllng,l Ths Belgians made fresh ehnrges of
KV. w. is. liioilgett oinciaiing. 1 no nnl Mr. ami Mrs. A. W. Schrunk. , vinraian airocmes, nermrinu ine i eu
ed. Hie lg hard nt the allies' line from Vpres, Hlrllpp M bursting in the
Jonn ..to Ubasse, , I around the aeroplane, which wi
Hrbrunk,! Snow and floods, however, wero inak- ,itU( ( prmi,y (,nmrfect.
Little
where the
air nil
was nt an
A the
gunners begun to get the range, every
shell came nearer to, the target, but the
flyer escaped.
Vervinny is a field hospital station
on the (icrmnn army's left wing. The
trenches mid filing lino are on the
house was decorated with ehrysanthe
mums and Into roses. The bride was at
tired in a becoming gown of blue silk
with shadow Inco used in combination.
tons wantonlv executed 2, Soil eivilinns
CANNOT SHIP TEA. st Taurines, Dlnsnt and in Delgian
London. Nuv, ?). Gtent Pritnin to- Luxemburg.
day prohibited tea shipment to nny A At 8o.
Sh Is well known in tho south part of European ports but its own and those A torm t)lp Adriatic forced tho
ths city and is popular among a largest missin, r rnnce, rpnm nnci rortit- Anglo French fleet to raiso the Aus-
gil. It was asserteit mat tnc tiern ans trHim rnn,t Mm kaile.
were being supplied from tea Yin .lol As a result of Its fight off Pevasto
number of friends. Mr. Van Osdal is
with the Vokahatna Tea company. They
gifts. After a short trip to Astoria
In ad.
pol, the Turkish cruiser flneben was be- at its ports.
Ileved at least temporarily out of com
mission, Angered because the Oermnn Cosmos
liners Luxer and Memphis, disregarding
the port, authorities' orders, respective.
Iv left Coronel and I'unta Arena, with
provisions for Admiral Von Spec's
cruiser squadron it was said Chile would
allow no more Cosmos ships to provision
FLAGS AGAIN FLOAT
OVER THE CAPITOL
After being conspicuous bv their lib
sence for moro than a year, the Aiuer-;
lean flags are once more to bo seen 1
waving in the breezes from the roofs
of the north and south wings of the,
slate capitol. Two steel poles have j
been erected upon those wings of the'
building to replace the old wooden ones I
which wero blown down by the high
winds of too first of the present year, I
and they are built and placed to stay.
The poles were made by Crane & Co.,
ol' I'ortluud, nn, I weic put ill place by j
the contracting firm of l.ulloux & La-1
Donx, who constructed the pavilion lit'
the state fair grounds last yenr. Each
of '.he polos is IK) feet III length ami
have n combined weight of L'lio pounds,'
in two pieces, boil, on the telescope'
plan. Their combined cost was t-eS.
The poles lire set Ml feet Into tho roof
of the building ami extend fur a dis-l
tniiee) ol' oil feet skyward. The brass
balls which surmounts the top of the
staff, which appears from the ground
to be about four Inches in diameter,
are 10 Inches, Extensive preparations
had to be mmle for the erection of the
huge staffs, but, once under way, It
was soon uceompllMheil,
INDIAN STORY HOUR
The Indian stories will be continued
ill the story hour at the public library
on Saturday morning. They will be
Indian nnimnl stories of the west, espe
cially Oregon; "How the Animals (lot
Their Colors," "Mnnslln, the Kali
bit," and "Milinpii, Ited Old Man," a
Black foot story. All children ore In
vitcd for Saturday morning at ihili),
, San Hcrnnidino, Oil., Nov, 2(1. In
spite of the effort s of 400 fire fighters
the forest lire that started yesterday
iu Cujoii Fuss was spreading tii.iuy.
More than .100 acres had been ilex as
tiitcd, and tho flames were threaten
ing to sweep Lytic (.'reck canyon, the
sourcu of much of the wutcr supply of
severul cities,
l'nrtinlly as the result of the fire, u
stiff wind prevailed. It funned the
fires from the north, currying dense
flotilla of smoke over the valley
Two hundred men were fighting an
other fire in Dnrk ennyon. This tire
threntei.ed the water supply of the
towns uf Hornet nod Sun Jacinto For
ist rangers were directing the work.
More fire fighters were being sent
today from the valley towns to the t'in
line.
Those Under Control.
Srinta lliirbaiu, Cal., jNev. lio. For
est fires that were sweeping tile ninth
ern part of Santa Harburn county were
reported today to bo undr control,
Danger of further duinuge was past, it
was believed, unless a change ill the
direction of the wind oceiiired.
Twelve sqiinre miles of territory was
devastated in Tepesqi.ct canyon lute
yesterdiiy nnd Inst night. Several set
tlers' cabins were reported to have
been destroyed, Other fires extended
for -0 miles in a broken line 'ib ng tin
i oast. Except in Tcpcsquct rniiNon the
damage wns confined to imsturuge
along the watersheds. No live wore
lost.
Another fire noar Curpinterla was
reported today to have burtied itself
out.
Resort in. Danger.
Lou lleiieh, Cal., Nov. 8(1. Two auto
mobiles filled with men were rushed
from this city to Modjesku ranch, San
tiago canyon, ID miles east of Santi
Ami, todny by the Townsend-Vnnde-water
company, owners of tho immense
holdings, which was ouco the home of
the fi ins actress, Madame Helen
Mudjeslin, to light a forest firo whie.i
is raging there.
The fire is within four miles of the
ranch, which has been convolved Into
a resort witn a hundred or more suin
1 mer cottages, surrounding the former
country huuie of Modjeslu, now n mod
'cm hotel.
More than a thousand men, inchul-
lug fotest"rs from the reserve, randier i
and members of the Lung llench f !r
I ilepa' tmeiit, are fighting tho flames in
inn attempt to save the settlement. Se
ientl I ri i in houses have been laid in rules)
'and the Orange county highway leading
1 1 inn Santa Ana. to Mo.ljes'ka's him
j been devastated for miles. The canyon
j contains a dense growth of trees along
I liie waterway, which have been
j struyed,
FRANCE WILL EXHIBIT
I AT PANAMA EXPOSITION
I Paris, Nov. 20. At a mooting of tin)
I French cabinet nt Ilorile'iux today il.
I was decided that France shall be of
ficiiilly represented nt the I'ununiii l'n-
'cifle exposition In San Franclseo, de
spite the war. The Fremiti buildiii;,
it. was iinnoiinced, will be ll rcprinlmi-
1 1 ion of the I'nltico of the Legion in'
Honor, various munutiu'turcd nrtielen
tnX'strics and nit works will be ev
hibited.
"Small, hot bullets cause little
, puin," declare a dispatch. Nobody
sins the sunie about large, cold Inly
1 onets.
LONDON, Nov. 20. The Turkish:
cruiser Sulliin Sellm the (Irim, formerly'
the Herman cruiser (locben, wns be-1
lieved here today tn be at least tem-i
pnrarily out of commission as a result
of the damage It sustained in Its lilacs
sea clash with Kussian warships, I
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Host Cranberries
Spitz. Apples
Spv Apples
Dubinin Apples
Snuer Kraut
Sweet Cider
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