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.
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General Salazar, Huerta Leader,
Plans Campaign on U. S.
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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
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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
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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
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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?"