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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1916)
BANNIS ON WAV 10 JOIN RANCHO VILLA GERMANS IN MASS ATTACK ON VERDUN FRONT MOWED Paris— Abandoning the nqw open formation and the lately established practice of night attack, the Germans ' Tuesday engaged two army corps (80,- 000 men! in dense masses against the 1 French positions northwest of Verdun, between Avocourt and Cumicros. Forces numbering at least a division and a half (about 30,000 men) charged the line between Avocourt and Bethin- court. They approached within 100 5 yards of the French trenches, and seemed insensible to the fact that hundreds of their men were falling by the way; but notwithstanding their courage ami the weight of their masses ; they were stopped. There was a dead line beyond which they could not pass. When the attacking columns were thinned out by artillery and machine gun Ore so that a reformation became i necessary, the order to retire was j given. Twice they were obliged to fill up EI Paso— General Ynez Salazar, one o f the best known of the former Hu- j the gaps in their ranks, but none of etra generals, who has been living here, was reported Sunday night to ‘Saviour o f Paris” Must Quit have crossed the border with the an nounced intention of taking up arms against the United States. The information was given to the police by a man who was colsely as-, sociated with Salazar and was ac cepted by them as true, after investi gation. ______ General Salazar, Huerta Leader, Plans Campaign on U. S. NEWS ITEMS About Oregon The Red Mirage O f G eneral Interest A Story of the French Legion in Algiers Biennial School Report Shows Increase of Pupils and Teachers to apologize— If not now. at least when he Is Utttclently recovered." Klchurd Farqulmr rose leisurely to his feet. There wss no trace o f un steadiness In hla steps as he crossed the room, but It was obvious (list Mower had not overstated hla coudl tlou. "1 do not suppose that even when I have recover««! I shall see things d if ferently." he said, turning hts white. Ironically smiling face for a moment to the motionless group. “ Come along. Preston.” Farquhar had not far to go, a by street bringing him to a quiet, uupre teutloua house which his Instinct rec ognized Inside all was Inky obscur ity. He stumbled agalust the first step o f the stairs, touch««! some thing that wus warm uud living, and In the r««*oll struck Ids bend against a treacherous overhanging shelf. “ 1 beg somelHHly's pardon,” a quiet voice said through the aubs««jueiit si lence. "I'm afraid I've kill««! some body ” Thou the light was switch««! on. Fariiuhur saw before hlui a small penton, dowdlty drcitacd, with a small, thin fni'e under u amall hat. He took tils baud from his head auil consul- er««l It. “ No very serious damages. I four. Give tue au artu up to my room, will you?” She obey««! Instantly aud with aouie adroitness. “ It’s that ridiculous Imtrack,” she sold. "It blocks up the whole hall I have oftcu spoken to Mrs. Perrier about It.” “ You—" He »topped short, with drawing fits arm slid leaning against tiie banisters. “ I thought—really ! In preparing the official records for his next biennial report. Superintend ent of Public Instruction J. A. Churchill finds that there were 9272 more children enrolled in the schools lAll lights rsMrvvU. Ths UoLbe Murili Cu.) of the state last year than during the SYNOPSIS. them great friends. Mias Omney’» previous year, the total number being brother was a kind of David to Far- 151,799. There was also an increase W hen S y lv ia O n iiiry, a tx>nutlful Fng- qutmr’s Jonathan—“ atri, returns from u March In A lg iers of 803 in the number o f teachers, 6055 ■ llali “ And It wua David who mistook the for her m issing brother, her lover. III, li of whom were employed in public er,I Farqu har, finds she has fallen In love broad path for Ibe narrow?” with C aptain Arnaud o f tho Foreign schools and 509 in private schools. i l.cglon. “ Exactly. There wus a scandal, of The number of students enrolled in course, n dishonored check and a bolt. private schools was exactly 10,000. Guiubllug. I believe Old Charles Om Do you belong to that class of The per cent of attendance was a little ney bn* the reputation of a bard mail. persons who believe that gam over 93, indicating that the attend Like most hard articles he ha» broken bling debts should be paid be ance was regular and that there were up under the first blow.” fore all others! Does yourcreed very few children absent from school. Arnaud wns »Dent a moment, his of honor prescribe the payment The total cost of the public schools delicate, nervous face overclouded with of a bar debt even If the grocer last year was $7,065,018.53. Of this some unpleasant reflection. He wn» and ths dry goods merchant amount, $3,786,697.98 was paid to still watching the players, and his ci must go unpaid and your fam teachers, $1,111,461.94 was used in gar had been allowed to go out. ily go without some necessities? building new school houses and in the The man In the armchair lifted Ida There are such creeds of per purchase of building sites, $545,286.45 bead. sonal honor. was expended for repairs and janitor “ Gambling always seems to me the work and $421,791.34 was spent for lust resort of daring tulnda from the fuel and school supplies. School dis CHAPTER II. deadly security of modern life,” he ob trict clerks were paid $47,198.50 for served sentcnllously. their services. The indebtedness of Torreon, Mex.— Canuto Reyes, at The Fourth Floor Back. He spoke for the first time, snd Ar the districts at the close of the last the head of a considerable number of Capt. Robert Sower had never been naud glanced at him quickly snd al school year amounted to $5.560,894.17, ■ailed a drawing room soldier, and this bandits, passed the Durango railroad most with appreciation. of which $4.718,849.14 was bonded in Sunday near Pedricena, going north. In spite of the fact that he had many “ You may be right. Due baa the debtedness which hail been assumed in It is supposed that his object is to join ; letractora. When he wns In town he feeling sometimes of stlfllug." He the erection of new school buildings. Villa, who, according to latest reports, j kept open house, nnd It became gradu laughed cynically, uud the older man is somewhere midway between Tor ally a custom to such of his comrades rose It was noticeable for the first reon and Parral. as were In the vicinity to congregate time that lie limped. A large number o f bandits are re In the luxuriously apisdiited smoking “ All Frenchmen gamble," he said, ported by arrivals from the north to room, smoke Ids cigars and drtuk Ids “either with their lives, other people’» be operating in the Sierra Mojada. Klamath Falls— Next week will see wine. lives, their honor, or somebody elss’s The Sierra Mojada is 120 miles north additional lumber plants in operation On the evening when Capt. I>e«lre honor. Will you not take a hand?" o f Torreon and an equal distance west i in this section, with good increases to Arnaud entered the softly lighted Aninud hesitated with something of of Parral. It is one of the wildest and Klamath county’s payrolls. npartiucnt four men were seated round his first frigidity of maimer, but there most desolate spots in Mexico. There The Algoma Lumber company's mill the card-table smoking and chatting, were nervous, feverish patehea o f color is a good deal of speculation here as to at Algoma, 12 miles north of this city, apparently taking their game none t>>o In his pnle face. the possibility that Villa and Canuto will begin cutting early next week, seriously. Sower himself stood by the "I beg your pardon —I did not catch Reyes are planning to concentrate according to Manager E. J. Grant. ' log (Ire warming Ids hands and ex your name?” he said coldly. their forces in this sierra. This mill w ill cut about 25,000,000 j changing desultory remarks with n “ Lowe— Stephen l-owe, at your serv- I f they do, any troops coming from feet of lumber during the present sea man whom the Indefinable something Ice." the direction of Parral would have to son. stamped as a civilian. As Arnaud's Arnaud returned the formal little cross the terrible Mapini desert, a The company’ s logging camps have name was announced Sower turned bow. burning waste stretching 100 miles been in operation several weeks. The round and advanced with hospitably “ I shall be delighted.” north and south and from 50 to 60 Algoma mill cuts 125,000 feet of lum extended hand. They turned toward the table. Sower miles broad. It is a spot that is dread ber every 10 hours. The company “ My good fellow, delighted to sec laughed significantly. ed by Mexicans and shunned by fore also operates a box factory the year you. I was half nfrald the fog had “ lie careful, Arnaud: remember the igners. round, empoying about 50 men. swallowed you up. Let me get the lu- adage ’ Lucky In love—’ ” General Michael Maunoury. The Klamath Manufacturing com- troductions over. Preston, Hardy, St. Columbus, N. M.— American troops It wns at that moment that the door in the field will soon be equipped with General Michael Maunoury, who led pany s sawmill, on Upper Klamath' (q ajr itensou—all o f my regiment— opened and Fnrqtihur entered. For no new clothing to replace that torn into the army out of Paris which turned the Lake at Shippington, a suburb of this Captain Arnaud of the French army.” obvious rensou Ills appearance caused shreds in the strain o f the campaign. right wing of General von Kluck on city, will begin Monday cutting «0,000 | jjy what appeared to lie a slip he a moment's awkward silence. He had, A consignment o f shoes, hats, uni what seemed to be a victorious Ger feet of lumber per day. This company pas„w| over the elderly man tty the in fact, the look of n man who has forms, sweaters and other wearing ap man march to the city, has been com also operated a box factory steadily flrt,Hlde. and the latter lunde no move been drinking bard, but hns somehow to reiuiir the omission. Arnaud glanced managed to retain a dangerous self parel, valued at $100,000, was for pelled to give up the military gover a^_w*I}*er.‘ Beginning the first of May the at j,|[n ourloualy, aud then came over possession. There was no trsce of warded south along the American line norship of Paris by ill heatlh. For o f communication Sunday. With the this exploit he was hailed as the sa Ewauna box factory, in this city, will (o t(le jjrt> hesitancy In his manner ns he an Sower laughed nnd shrugged Ills swered Sower's belated welcome, but clothing went a shipment of approxi vior of Paris. While on a tour of in put on a night crew to take care of the _ _ _ _ _ shoulders; and then, as though din- Instead a not easily defined shade of mately a quarter of a million dollars spection a year ago he was struck by rush orders. | missing the subject, "You’re late. Insolence. Sower appeared to notice in Mexican gold and silver coin to be a German shell which destroyed his used in paying the wages of the sol left eye and broke his jaw. nothing. 1 rom the Omneya. Miss Omney Is diers. "Help yourself,” he said hospitably, Eugene Passenger service between v(>rv .-harming " he «aid “ and alt down. You look queer. Any their three onslaughts shook the Eugene and Marshfield was inaugural- - AnJ w,,a;thy. Aul ( to congratu- thing wrong?” French line, which had been consider ed over the Willamette-Pacific railroad la te r Fnrquhar made no anawer. He sank “ I Am a Cur,” He Said Under Hla ably strengthened in the region of Wednesday with one train each way Arnaud put Ills hand to his little fair down Into the proffered chair, and, Bethincourt by the withdrawal of daily. Breath. mustache, but he did not answer di forces from the dangerously exposed Postmaster E. L. Campbell, an rectly, though Ids smile might have having poured out half a tumbler of must be fur gone— I thought you were salient to commanding positions be nounced that mail service over the new brandy from the deennter at his elbow Baltimore, Md.— Physicians at the hind the village. counted ns an nuswer. stared moodily Into the firelight. Sower Mrs. Fender." railroad also began on that day. This Johns Hopkins hospital invented some “ I have Just met a comrade of "Ob. no; I rather wish I was. Pm Two fresh divisions attacked Dead watched him cautiously. time ago a device to restore to life Man’s H ill while the assault was in mail service has been brought about as yours,” he remarked Instead, “ a aotnc- the fourth floor Ixick.“ “ You look ill, Fnrquhar,” he repeat those apparently dead from drowning. progress on the Bethincourt line, other the result of an exception by the Post- “ Well, I don’t know who the fourth cd after u moment. "Can I do any It proved successful on animals that forces at the same time trying to slip office department which, it is said, floor back Is exnctly, but I know I thing for you?” rarely enters into a contract with a could be put under treatment immedi through the ravine near Cumieres. have taken an unwarrantable lib railroad to carry mail before its actual Fnrquhar looked up. ately after the accident. erty—” To aid the maneuver, an attack was completion. "E ver been drunk?" he asked ab With the idea of restoring life simultaneously made on the east bank "Don’t. You are not In n condition ruptly. The letter mail has been going by some time after the accident, physi o f the Meuse in the region of Champ- to offer resistance. This your room. stage from Roseburg to Marshfield, “ No. I ’ve never been tempted thnt cians began to search for a desired neuville-Vacherauville. Isn’t It?" She pushed open a door on The few hun from Drain to Gardiner and from Eu way. Have you?” serum. the first floor nnd turned on the IlghL dred men who had succeeded in pene "Not yet. I ’m thinking of frying It. However, in most of the cases there trating the ravine were left on the gene to Florence; the second-class He looked at her In weary, half a unis««! mail has been going by boat from He threw back his head with a laugh. have been after effects, such as high field after the action proved unsuccess perplexity. Portland to Marshfield. Sower tossed his cigar end luto the blood pressure or hardening of the ar ful. “ I enn’t allow this sort of thing. It’s __________________ _____________ There was no celebration in connec- fender. teries. not right that n young Indy—" tion with the completion of the rail- “ I shouldn't If I were you,” he said According to the physicians, if the “ Pm not a Indy—at least, not by cir road at either end of the line. Such coolly. "W e hove Inspection tomor cumstance. Anyhow, I don’t care. You serum can be injected into the person an event on an elaborate scale is being! row afternoon.” even several hours after the accident, are 111. Sit down.” , Washington, D. C.— Such a marked pianne(j f or a date in July, when the J it w ill restore life. In one case on an Fnrquhar returned to hla fixed con He obeyed, tossing his coat and tint improvement in conditions along the ( j mpqUa bridge will be completed. animal the serum was injected four Mexican border has been reported by templation of the firelight. During the onto the nearest chair, and sat list _________ hours after "drow ning,” and the ani hour that passed he did not move, ex lessly with his bend In his hands. General Funston that the War depart- p Colo Ic PonnrtoH mal was brought back to life, although ment is now considering drawing upon cept to riqdenlsh the glass beside From a long way off he beard her soft, LOOS 5310 IS KBpOllcQ, it died later from high blood pressure. some of the troops stationed in Texas him. Then 1‘res ton suddenly left rapid movements. They were curi North Bend — A fter the departure the card-table, went over to the fire ously soothing, nnd presently he looked to strengthen the ever lengthening Wednesday of Dr. J. H. Dennison and Peace Advocate Mobbed. side and stood there with hts back up again, urged by an Idle wonder. lines of communication of the expedi- John B. Rogers, San Francisco capital- London— An attempt to hold a non tion seeking Villa. turned, his head bent. lie did not no But apparently she had forgotten his Many alarming ists, Frederick Hollister, o f the First tice Farqubar, who looked up ns existence. Hutlesa, with alcoves roll««! conscription and peace meeting in Tra rumors have been disposed of, and the National bank of North Bend, an- j though raised from his deliberate leth up to her elbows, she knelt before the falgar Square Sunday was broken up border situation generally is said to be nounced that the visitors had negoti-! argy by some painful sound. The fire, engng««! in a quiet but determined by thousands o f persons, who charged quieter than heretofore, but the plan ated for the purchase of the estate ■ boy’s round, unformed face was wet. struggle with a rusty nnd refractory the procession and tore up the banners is not to disturb the garrisons or patrol formerly held by Major L. D. Kinney “ Hullo— Preston!” kettle. Presently she got up from her and flags. Various peace societies had in New Mexico or Arizona for the on Coos, and would close the deal knees. He started violently. organized the demonstration. Sylvia present. A part of the Twenty-fourth within the next few weeks, infantry, negroes, withdrawn from Del Frank S. Waite, who holds a mbrt- j “ In two minute« you will have your Pankhurst was prominent among them. “ Oh, you, Fnrquhar— I didn't know After the procession had dispersed the Rio, Tex., at the request o f the local gage of several hundred thousand dol- | you were there. For God's snke don't tea," she announce«! In the ruthless leaders mounted the plinth of the Nel authorities after one of the soldiers lars on the property, will reach Coos | look at me— I'm n fool— but I ’m elenned tones of n professional nurse. "H ow Is son column and endeavored to make had been killed by a ranger attempting Bay this week to attend to details out. Two hundred pounds at n sit your liend now ?” to arrest him, already has been or which interest him in the transfer. speeches, but the crowd pelted them “ Better—’’ For the first time she ting—all my allowance— ” He broke 1 ----------- with flour. The speakers faced the dered into Mexico. o ff. turned and looked him full In the fnce, Ancient Art is Revived. ordeal for five minutes and retreated. Farqulmr shifted his position so that and he broke oflT blankly. Either aha Shells Beset Norwegian. Eugene— W. Everingham, of 574 \ he faced the cnrd-table. Ula eyes was young, or she had conserved In New York— The Brabloch, a Norwe- Thirteenth avenue, has restored a lost Three Killed in Auto Race. those two clear, sternly eyes all thnt were dangerous. Corona, Cal.—Eddie O ’ Doneli won gian sailing vessel, which arrived art jn Oregon. In the days before the ! “ I say, this Is a damned gnmhllng Is youthful and nil thnt Is splendid in youth. She wns smiling, and Inexpli the third Corona boulevard race Satur Tuesday from Kolding, Denmark, re- coming of the white man, the Indian hell,” be said clearly. day in a “ Roman holiday.” ported escaping from a choice of de- obtained yew wood in the mountains of “I Say, Thla Is a Damned Gambling “ X»Id you speak, Farquhar?” Sower cably her frank pleasure si-cnied to . goad blin out of Ills heavy indifference. Bob Burman, of Detroit, the race struction between floating mines and Lane county, from which they made Hell.” asked, quietly. driver, his mechanician, Eric Schroed- guns of a British cruiser when she was their bows and arrows. Mr. Evering "I am a cur," he auld under his Farquhar did not move. breath. er, of Chicago, and a guard, W. H. beating through the passage between ham is making'occasional pilgrimages what unusual character for an Eng "Yea, I snld tills was a damned Speer, of Corona, all were killed or the Orkney Islands and Scotland. "Oh, no, you’re not a cur. You are to these same forests, where he selects lishman—hot-headed, with admirable gambling hell. I may add that you are died soon after the race and five others When off the coast o f Scotland the choice cute and shapes them into arch- nerve— Richard Farqubar, If you know a damned scoundrel. Ask your friend drunk. It’s not a nice word, but Pm were injured when Burman’ s car Brabloch encountered winds so heavy I ery sets. He began the work as a pas- j him.” afraid I ’m too busy to think out pretty The man by the fireside shifted his there to return Ids I. O. U.’s on the wnys o f expressing myself. There’s lurched off the track. that she was driven into the Orkney time. Now, working only at odd times, spot, or I promise you we two shall lie The list o f dead and injured was passages, which, unknown to her cap- j his sales aggregate several hundred position nnd glanced up. By mere your ten.” greater than the number of drivers tain, are mined and closed to all but dollars a year, some going to Europe. chance Sower wus looking In his di explaining matters at headquarters to She placed the eup fearlessly at hla You know what rection, and their eyes met for an In morrow morning. who crossed the finish line. naval vessels. elbow. "Plense drink It nt once." that means, I fancy.” stant. He obeyed. Park Tract Given Salem. There wns no nswer for a minute. “ Lieutenant In my regiment," Sower 92 Saved From Steamer. Lake Ports Ice-Bound. Salem— The city council haa accept answered quietly. “ Quite promising; All five men looked Instinctively at Malta, via London — One engineer Cleveland, Ohio — Backwardness in ed the offer of A. N. Bush, o f Salem, Don’t you Just love a gams lit flower, waiting for his next move. The and eight Lascars of the crew of the the opening o f the navigation season, to convey to the city a 50-aere*tract of served out In South Africa.” tle girl that Isn’t afraid of ap cloud of the gaming passion hnd lift steamer Chantala, were killed when together with great increase in de land in the southeast part o f the city, j “ Ah!” Arnnud’s restless eyes had pearances and rules of conduct the vessel was sunk by a submarine. mand, has caused congestion of freight known as Bush’s pasture. Under the! wandered from the (Ire to the distant ed, leaving a rank, hltter-tnstlng real when she knows she’s helping a ity. Rower recovered his calm good card-table, where the four younger Ninety-two survivors were rescued and in Lake ports amounting to 100,000,- terms of the proposal the city will o b -( fellow ereature In trouble? landed here. They declare they had 000 tons o f iron ore and grain, accord tain title after the death of Miss Sally men were now playing with a listless nature with unaffected ease. Wouldn't It be a fine piece o f "Farquhar, you are undoubtedly Interest. “ Well, I do not suppose we no warning o f the impending attack. ing to a statement issued by the Lake Bush, a sister of A. N. Bush. The bualness If Farquhar had tha Carriers’ association. The weather tract will be used for municipal park shall often meet. He nnd Miss Om- the worse for my brandy,” he observed. gumption to cast aside family “ Lowe, I should lie glad If you would London— Lloyds Monday announced continues to hold the ice in Upper Lake purposes, and will be known Bush’s aey are great friends, Is It not so?” pride and marry a really senal Sower pushed the cigar box along return Mr. Preston's note o f hand. I the sinking of the British steamers ports and it probably will be May 1 Pasture Park. It will be a memorial ble girl? shall settle with yon myself for your Ovona, 6607 tons, and Adamton, 2204 before navigation really is under way, for the late Asahel Bush, pioneer Sa Ihe mantelpiece. tona. “ Help yourself. No, I should not call loss. I tmst that Farquhar will see fit says the statement. lem banker. (TO BE CONTINUED.) By I. A. R. WYLIE PfRStlING’S TROOPS EQUIPPÏD ANEW Clothing Worth $100,000 Now On Way to Front, Also Mexican Gold to Pay Off Soldiers. Two Klamath Lumber Mills Resume Operations at Once First Train Enters Marshfield. Whf Newly-Discovered Serum Is Used Successfully in Drowning Cases U. S. Troops Ordered to Cross Border J J r l“T 7°u ‘'ome fxr”w?"