WOMEN FOR PEACE CELILO CANAL TEST
AT HAGUE MEETING IS ENTIRE SUCCESS
TRAGIC SCENE IN THE CARPATHIANS
ON LINE OF BATTLE
Alfred Stead Describes Scenes in
Village Under Fire.
Belgian Delegate Declares That Large Crowd Greets Vessels As
Justice Must Be Done.
They Meet in Lock.
Effect of Modern Shells Is Told In
Vivid Description of tha Ruin They
Bring About— Haa Praia«
for Officers.
A battery arrives and remains sta
tionary In the main street. The artil
lerymen are gay. An airship pasta«
overhead, two smoke spirals remain
pendent in the air. and soon we h e r«
Steamers J. N. Teal and Inland Em
news. A shrapnel bursts near th«
pire Have Honor o f First Pas
church on a tiled roof, making a red
sage -Government 8pends 6
cloud of smoke; another Into a house
beside it, a yellow cloud this time;
Millions On Great Work.
then a third right among th « battery.
Biz horses are killed, and a caisson
ia perforated and splashed with blood.
Uninterrupted navigation between
'An’ artilleryman ilea dead across Hi«
the PaciAc Ocean and I-ewiston, Idaho,
gun.
A ll the artillerymen retire with ’.help
more than 600 miles inland, has been
guns toward ua; only the overturned
establiahed. *
caisson and the heap of horses remain.
The heretofore insuperable barrier
The dead artilleryman is brought into
of rock that nature placed in the chan
the temporary hospital; there la noth
nel o f the mighty Columbia where that
ing to be done with him.
The artillerymen are all quite cheer
stream cuts
through the Cascade
ful. One goes back—be was seated on
range, has been conquered.
Here Is « tragic and remarkable picture of the horror and death of the battteAeld as seen by women. The dead the caisson when the shell struck—to
A vessel from the salt waters of the tnd wounded are lying where they have been felled by the Russian bullets In the Carpathians. Austrian Red Cross
get bis knapsack from the dead bora«.
PaciAc Wednesday passed successfully nurses are seen active at their work of mercy and relief.
He returns with It. triumphantly,
around that barrier into the upper
blood-stained. Later be goes with two
channels of the Columbia and a vessel
horses and brings back the caisson.
from the head of navigation on the
Some chasseurs come up the street,
Snake river passed successfully around
and there are more signals and morw
it toward tidewater below.
•hells. The artilleryman beside me la
The Celilo canal, which has been ten
hit on the head by a spent shrapnel
years in building and upon which Uncle
bullet. The officer laughingly show«
Sam has expended $5,000,000 has been
him a cabbage stump and says a man
opened.
threw It at him. The buildings around
The opening, through, was wholly
the church are gradually becoming
informal. It was merely preliminary I
skeletons, and there are no longer any
to the formal opening, which will take
roofs. The farther end of the village
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place in the near future.
But it dem
m
ia in ruins, but happily no Ores break
onstrated to the utmost satisfaction of
out
the United States army engineers and
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to the advocates of open-river naviga
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For dinner there were potatoes.
tion that the Celilo waterway now is
None of the men liked peeling them,
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ready to receive traffic moving in
lalthough all were ready to go to the
either direction and that the further
(Cooking house under shell fire to fetch
development o f the Columbia River
the dinner.
Basin, which has been retarded by the
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natural obstructions in the river, can
Soon a heavy exchange of Ore be
proceed.
tween two batteries took place. Bits
To the steamer Inland Empire, one
of bursting shell went skipping abouL
of the original open-river Aeet, was
One went “ plop” Into a pool near by.
given the honor o f leading the way i
Some men were drawing water there,
through the canal.
She passed down
and went on unconcernedly.
the river, from east to west. The J. |
The officers made the men brave be
N. Teal, o f the same Aeet, went up the !
cause they were absolutely fearless.
river, from west to east.
The effect on the men of these brave
It was the Arst time that a lower
officers was magical.— From Notes Tar
river boat ever entered the upper
ken by Alfred Stead in Harper’s Weekr
river.
It was not the Arst time, |
though, that an upper river craft had
ly
passed into the lower river, as a num
ber of vessels built up above have
H AIR O F A N IM A LS U S EFU L!
been sent successfully over the rapids
in periods o f high water, but they nev
This photograph, taken by a member of Sir Thomas Lipton's party, shows a body of Greek soldiers on a route In Many Ways Man Finds Employment
er returned.
The open canal now inarch passing through the town of Piraeus.
for the Bristles of Lower Order -
makes their return possible.
of Beings.
THREE REFUSE SEAIS ON PIATFORM PASSAGE COMPLETED IN ÍHREE HOURS
Resolution Call* on Ail Nationa to End
Bloodshed on Permanent Basis—
Patrlotlim o f Paopla o f War
ring Nations Recognized.
The Hague, Netherlands- The wings
o f the dove or peace were ruffled Sat
urday at the aeaalon of the Interna
tional Congress of Women.
A t the instance ofjDr. Augspurg, of
Munich, the entire Belgian delegation
was invited to the platform. Only
two women of the live present came
from their box at the side of the stage
and made their way to the platform.
They were welcomed by the chairman,
Miss Jane Addams, of Chicago, with
both hands, but there was no hand
shaking with the German delegations.
In moving the Anal resolution, Mrs.
Koeika, Hchwimmer, president o f the
Hungarian Women’s Suffrage associa
tion, requested that all the delegatee
Resent stand one minute in silent
prayer for peace.
Mile. Hamer, of
the
Belgian delegation, thereupon
asked permission to utter a few words.
When this was granted ahe astounded
her audience with the dramatic ex
clamation:
“ 1 am Belgian before everything,
and 1 cannot think as you do. There
ran be no peace without justice. The
war must continue until the Belgians'
wrongs have been righted.
There
must be no mediation except at the
bar of justice. ”
General sympathy for the suffering
o f the Belgians caused part o f the au
dience to break into cheers.
On the motion of Mias Florence Hol
brook, o f Chicago, the word "ju stice”
was inserted in the resolution, which
reads:
"T h e International Congress o f W o
men of different nationalities, creeds,
classes and parties is united in ex
pressing sympathy with the suffering
o f all, whalevur their nationality, who
are Aghting for their country, or who
are laboring under the burden of war.
Since the mass of the people of each
o f the countries now warring believe
themselves to be Aghting, not aggres
sively, but in self-defense ami for
their national existence, it urges the
governments of the world to put an
end to this bloodshed and to begin
peace negotiations; and it emphat
ically demands that the peace which
follows shall be (lermanent, and, there
fore, based upon justice ami principles
which include those adopted by this
congress. ”
GREEK SOLDIERS ON A ROUTE MARCH
Colon— More than half the city of
Colon whs swept by a disastrous Are
which started shortly after 2 o’clock
Saturday afternoon.
Ten persons are known to be dead,
including two native policemen and
several hundred persons have been in
jured, while between 10,000 and 12,000
others, mostly negroes, have been ren
dered homeless.
The loss is estimated at about $2,-
000,000.
The Are destroyed 22 city
blocks.
Many arrests have been made for
looting. The town is now under guard
of native police and two companies of
the United States coast artillery, who
aided in Aghting the Ares.
H alf the population have lost all
their belongings.
The Are started in the heart of the
city and soon was beyond control of
the native Are brigade.
The wooden
buildings, of which the town is almost
excuslively constructed, burned like
tinder. Most of the largest stores in
Colon, all o f them carrying heavy
stocks o f merchandise, were directly
in the path of the Aames.
The cause
of the Are has not yet been learned.
A ll the banka in the city were
destroyed ami part of the railway sta
tion.
Washington, I). C.— A second note
from the United States government
to Germany concerning the sinking of
the American ship William P. Frye by
the commerce raider Prinz Eitel Fried-
i rich was dispatched to Berlin. It ia
understood to accept the German prop
osition to compensate the owners o f
the Frye, under the terms o f the old
Prussian-American treaties o f 1799
and 1828, regardless of any prize court
decision.
These treaties provide that contra
band belonging to the subjects o f
either party shall not be conAscated by
the other in any case, but may be de
tained or used only in consideration o f
payment o f the full value.
While willing to agree to payment
o f the Frye as proposed, it is under
stood the United States stands by ita
original protest against the destruc
tion of the ship as a violation of inter
national law and again denies that the
cargo of wheat consigned to a British
port was contraband.
No claim for
the cargo was made because it was
sold cn route to British dealers.
An effort is said to have been made
in the later note to narrow the appli
cation of the old treaties so that no
precedent will be created warranting
the lodgment under them in future of
claims against the American govern
ment under the favored nation clause.
There have been varying consturctiona
in the past of the treaties and it has
been contended at times that while
they were in force they did not include
all Germany.
$600,000 Gift Is Divided.
Des Moines— By the provisions of
the will of William W. Brown, who
was a wealthy rattle owner o f Bend,
Or., the conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church in Oregon is to re
ceive $600,000, to be used in the es
tablishment of an industrial school for
boys and a home for aged ministers at
Salem. Willamette University is also
one of the beneAeiaries.
Bishop
Richard J. Cooke, o f Portland, report
ed the g ift to the board of bishops at
the afternoon session hare Satur
day.
Canada Making Shells.
Ottawa, Ont.— The business o f man
ufacturing sheila is assuming large
proportions in Canda.
Minister of
Militia Hughes says that 200 factories
in the Dominion were engaged in this
work. The orders are placed through a
central committee and now amount to
175,000,000. Arrangements have been
completed at Sydney, Nova Scotia, and
at Sault Ste. Marie for reAned copper
and zinc, and the manufacture of brass
for shells.
Heretofore the reAned
materials have been obtained from the
United States.
Austrians Again Rioting.
London— Serious rioting has occurred
' during the last few days at Trieste and
Austrian nearnast towns, according to
mail advices from Budapest received
by the Post.
The disturbances have
been due largely to a further increase
In food prices and a scarcity o f Aour,
resulting from large military requisi
tions.
The police on one occasion
were reported to have charged a mob
in a suburb of Trieste, killing several
and wounding 300.
Lassen Sprinkles Town.
Cottonwood, Oal. — Citizens awoke
Thursday morning to And the town
covered with ashes from Lassen Peak,
40 miles away. Pans full of Ane, salt-
coTored ashes were swept from the
sidewalks and Agures and letters could
be traced on roofs and all Aat surfaces
in the volcanic dust. It has been ten
days since Lassen Peak could be seen
from here, as it has been obscured by
clouds and haze. It is believed here
that a big eruption haa taken place.
Half of City of Colon Destroyed
by Disastrous Fire— Ten Killed
TRENCH MAKERS PAUSE FOR LUNCHEON
Pay From Germany for Ship Frye
k To Be Accepted by United States
The hair of various animals Is em-
loyed in many uses. The strongest
nd most durable o f hair cloth la
Woven from the tails of horses. The
horsehair from the mane Is twisted
into ropes, and after being boiled and
then dried in an oven Is untwisted ind
In a half-matted condition employed
for stuffing beds and cushions.
The hair of cows is employed as k
hinder for plaster; in Europe Jt ts
sometimes woven into carpets or hose.
¡Pig's hair is used in China for the
name purposes. The stiff hair or Dris-
tles from the ridge of a hog’s back «
made into brushes for the hair, teeth
and nails, as well as into brooms and
the larger painting and whitewashing
brushes. The finer paint brushes are
o f the hair of the camel, sable, badger,
squirrel, marten, raccoon, goat. etc.
Quills of the crow, pigeon, goosey
turkey, or swan are also used.
E
N EW L IF E -S A V IN G A P P A R A T U S
Can Be Folded Compactly and Easily
and Quickly Opens When It
Is Needed.
The feature about this Invention 1«
that it can easily be folded compactly
or opened out to spherical form by
Germans in Poland pause in their work of digging trenches for their
midday meal.
PULLING TEETH IN THE TRENCHES
One of the biggest jobs of the Brit
ish army Is that of the quartermaster-
general, whose duty It is to see that
»very soldier In service Is provided
with all necessities of war, from a
shoestring to big trench shelters. Sir
I. S. Cowans, who Alls this highly im
portant position, Is the third military
member of the army council and has
been working ceaselessly to cuppiy
the provisions, clothing, shelter, and.
In fact, everything used by the three
to four million soldiers In the Aeld.
Amber.
Amber beads, amber combs, even
amber pins, says Dame Fashion. We
admire It, but who knows where it Is
found or what it is?
Do you, sir,
when the amber mouthpiece of your
favorite pipe la stuck between your
lips and you gaze contented Into the
Are? Do you, madam, with your am
ber beads on your white throat? Pine,
and Ar trees, centuries ago, poured
out their sticky juices and as the gum
oozed out, It Aowed down to the tree
This photograph of a dentist pulling a tooth from the mouth of a Ger
roots where it lay deposited undis man soldier In a trench Illustrates vividly the thoroughness with which th#
turbed for centuries
physical welfare of the kaiser's fightors is looked after.
the rotation of the handle, which op
erates a series of semicircular ribs
on which the airtight covering id
mounted. The user is supported by
shoulder straps as shown. Fastenings
are provided for holding the life pre
server in spherical shape, and when
secured In this way It is airtight—
Popular Mechanics.
Joke on the Hounds.
C. T. Stiles prepared to take hi«
collection of stuffed birds from War
ren to Boston, and gave two of the
larger specimens, a fiahhawk and s
partridge, a bath in Quaboag river.
Then, leaving them to dry, he went
Into the house to work on the pack
ing case. Vilien he returned he saw
a pair of hounds disappear, each wltll
one of the birds In its mouth,
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