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THE MORNING OREGOXTAN', WfinvRSDAT, JULY 29, 1914. NEW LINE TO BM NOW SEEMS SURE Contracts on Sutherlin, Coos Bay & Eastern to Be Let Within Few Days. TIMBER INTERESTS AID Road to Tap Vast Belt of Douglas Fir, to Ran Eventually to Boise, Idaho, and Sawmills on Route Are Assured. SUTHERLIN. Or.. July 28. ("Special.) With the films of articles of incor. poratton for tne Sutherlin. Coos Bay & Eastern Railway yesterday at Rose burg, and the announcement today that contracts for the nrst actual construe tion work would be let next week, Sutherlin had the first assurance that a new railroad, west to Coos Bay and east, eventually, to Boise, Idaho, would be built. It was made known here today that the Musser, Roach & Weyerhaeuser timber interests were behind the pro posed road. The capital stock has been set at J500.000. The survey of the first 27 miles has been completed, and taps a fio.ooo-acre tract of Douglas fir near Sutherlin. The contract for the grading- of this section will be let next week. Fifteeen surveyors now are running a line east through the Cascade range. Officers and directors of the company will be elected next month. The announcement that the railroad would be realized also practically as ured Sutherlin of two new sawmills and a box factory, construction of which will start at once. The incorporators of the new rail road are George H. Glynn, Charles A. Stark and Charles K. Lemon, all ' of Sutherlin. MISS DUFFI ELD BADLY HURT Girl Thrown From Motorcycle; Al fred Matschiner Injured. Miss Besse DufTleld. 22. was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital last night with a fracture at the base of the brain following a motorcycle accident at the east end of the Hawthorne bridge. She mav not recover. On a motorcycle driven by E. I Touncer. a Southern Pacific machinist. she was coming toward the bridge when the wheels dropped into the car tracks. The machine plunged into the switch and she was thrown. Younger received minor bruises. Miss Duffield struck the planking on her bead and the skull and collar bones were frac tured. At 2 o'clock this morning she was still unconscious. On another machine in the party were C. H. Weaver, a student, 22, 740 Kast Twentyflrst street, and Miss Ina Nuffield, 19. They summoned the Am bulance Service Company and the phy sicians. Alfred Matschiner, hotel clerk, 26. of 777 East Sixth street, while riding his motorcvele alone the Lintnon road. turned Into the curblnar and was I either thrown. He received injuries that ren- I done. dered him unconscious and that may prove to be a fracture of the skull. He was taken to the Good Samaritan Hos pital. Drsl Ziegler and Wright attended both accidents. Miss Duffield lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Duf field, 875 East Thirty-seventh street. FOREST FIRE CONTROLLED 3iany Men Fighting Flames Xcar Base of Mount Adams. WHITE SALMON', Wash.. July 28. (Special.) The big forest fire that has been raging for the last few days near the base of Mount Adams is reported today under control. It is ten miles long and covers an area nearly three miles wide. The for ests through which the fires were burn ing were yellow pine and valuable. Every available man in the Trout Lake and Glenwood vicinity had been drafted Into the forestry service. Two big gangs of men came from Portland today and will take the place of the exhausted farmers and forest rangers. Several smaller fires are burning in the vicinity of the White Salmon and Little White Salmon, rivers MME. CALLAUX IS FREED (Continued From First Pge.) what anguish the orphans await your Verdict. You have heard witness after witness speak in praise of the late M. Calmette. There has been only one discordant note, and that came from M. Calllaux. What connection with the case has the fortune of the mur dered man? How many millions must a man have In order to permit his be lng assassinated with complete im punity?" Pitiless Verdict IV of Demanded. The speech of the procurator-general Jules Herbaux, was unusually mild in tone. To the jurors he said: "Your duty as the defendants of the Interests of society ' requires you to find a verdict of guilty, but no one expects you to be pitiless." Maitre Laborl, who came last, deliV' ered a masterpiece of passionate elo quence. lie closed amidst a tempest of applause, saying: "My wish is that lime. Calllaux shall leave here acquitted and the press shall be purified. Let us keep our anger for our enemies abroad. Let us leave this court resolute and united to face the perils which threaten us." Boulevard Crowds Cry in Derision Demonstrations against the Calllaux verdict occurred in several places to night. In the boulevards excited crowds discussing the merits of the case grew to large proportions, and when the Jury's verdict became known there were shouts of derision and cries of "Down with Caillaux." In one section the mob became so disorderly that mounted Republican Guards were hastily summoned to as sist the police In quelling the disturb ance. A large number of police and rioters were injured and many arreses were made. Maurice and Jean Rostand, sons of the dramatist, were among those taken into custody. The Figaro office also was the scene of a demonstration. With her husband and a few friends. Mme. Caillaux, attired in a handsome evening gown, received a number of close acquaintances. "It is Maitre Laborl," she said, "to whom I owe the good fortune to be finally free. He pleaded today with all his fine talent, and I am profoundly grateful to him." MRS. HELEN ANGLE HELD WOMAN TO BE TRIED FOR POLITI. CIAJTS DEATH. Refusal to Make Statement la Accord ance With Coroner's Atteraa ' tlve Leads to Detention. STAMFORD, Conn.. July 28. Mrs. Helen M. Angle is held criminally re sponsible for the death of Waldo R. Ballou, a prominent politician here, on the night ot June 23, in a finding made today by Coroner Phelan. Ballou was found dying outside a downtown business building, in which Mrs. Angle had apartments. To the police that night Mrs. Angle said she found Ballou at the foot of a flight of stairs In the building after he had left her and that, in the belief that he was dazed from a fall or from liquor, she carried him outside and left him on the doorstep of the entrance. Ballou died from a fractured skull. At the Coroner's inquest Mrs. Angle refused to make a statement and Cor oner Phelan announced that if she failed to do so by Friday he would hold her for trial. He admitted Mrs. Angle to ball, owing to her nervous state, and she was taken by her father, Leonard Blondell. to South- port, Me. 500 Womens Summer Dresses for Quick j)4.75 The Most Extraordinary Price of the Season For the Newest Styles Selling to $10.00 These dresses are in the authentic styles that have been indorsed for Summer. Therefore you will not get a lukewarm bargain one that applies merely to materials. At the same time we wish to emphasize particularly that the materials in these dresses are of the most commendable qualities, as well as the most fashionable, and that they are in the cor rect colors for the Summer. . . , Of figured and plain crepes, of plain and ' striped voiles, novelty pique, in pure white, light and dark blue, Dresden colored figured designs, pink, salmon pink, gray stripes, tan, gold and green. Every dress is carefully made each model representing one of the season's most popular and latest models with long Russian tunics girdles of plain satin ribbons, moire silk or Roman stripe silks collars and cuffs of white hemstitched organdie, or of lace and embroidery. Trimmed with self covered buttons. Three of the models on sale are in exact styles as shown in the illustration. Third Floor Going Bohemian Glassware at a Price Without Duplicate Articles That Sell Regularly at 75c and $1.00 40c Each Every piece of this glassware is clear and fine, highly- polished and beautifully etched in gold in empire wreath and vining pat terns. In this collection we are offering : Handled nappies in square, round and heart shapes. Five and six-inch, long-stem" comports. Handled baskets in round and oblong shapes, for bon bons, etc. Six-inch vases that will hold a rose or two. You will really be surprised at the variety of different shapes and designs that we can offer at this little price. Sixth Floor A Sale That Cannot Be Equaled of A New and Special Assortment of Artistic Printed Cotton Crepe That Sells Regularly at 18c Yard Sale 10c Yard These cotton fabrics came from one of the most important manufacturers in America. The reason that prompted him to dispose of these cotton fabrics at a concession is the very reason why he is a big and successful maker of fine cotton fabrics he puts his mill in order at the end of the season, and we were fortunate enough to secure this line, which represents the most artistic crepes of the season. An evenly woven crepe, ground in white and tinted effects, over which are printed, in two and three-toned colored designs, buds, sprigs and conventionalized flowers. These are crepes that you do not find in common circulation, because they are copies of imported French designs. , Basement The New Pictorial Review Fashion Book for Fall and the New Pictorial Review Patterns for September Are Now on Sale . Second Floor. SiinrtWWot la & (Sex J Merchandise of Merit Onf VICTOR and COLUMBIA Talking Machines $1.00 Down, $1.00 Week Butmral FRENZY HITS WHEAT PIT (Continued From First Page.) up or down, if not far out- of Justice, where an automobile was waiting, and drove off unobserved. M. Calllaux left by the main en trance on the arm of his devoted friend. Deputy Pascal Ceccaldi, amid mingled cheers and hoots. Thus ended the most sensational trial with which Parisian courts have had to deal in years. Each day provided Its dramatic thrill, and. though the verdict has been pronounced, the out come cannot be foretold. Speeek Slakes Prisoner Swora. The session of the court was devoted to speeches by counsel. Mme. Calllaux had come into the prisoner's dock-f pale and worn. She collapsed in the course of the address of Maitre Chenu, who scored her bitterly. At the time Mme. Caillaux swooned he was Baying: a"I will speak of nothing except the assassination of M. Calmette. I will ask the accused whether, when she spoke of her love for her daughter, she thought of the two children of M. Calmette, whose pictures never left him. I shall not attempt to go into the biography of Mme. Caillaux. She is a cool, sensible woman without emotion, or pity. She has tears only for herself. "She worked with tenacity to break up her lover's home. You see the re sult the mistress triumphed over the lawful spouse. They are bound up in each other, in their happiness, in their hopes, even in their murder plans. Rochette Swindle Real Fear. "II. Calllaux Is a man of inordinate and limiuess ambition, whose power rests on his own audacity and on the fear he inspires. "M. Caillaux omitted to tell his wife of the assurance given by President Poincare that Calmette was incapable of printing private letters. They did not fear that. What they feared was the publication of. the report by Victor Fabre on the Rochette swindle. "The husband's violent words at the lunch table decided the wife to sub stitute herself for him, and Bhe pre pared the assassination with as much calmness as a society woman fitting in calls between two tea parties." Previously to this, Maitre Edouard Eeligman. .representing- the family of the murdered editor, had said: , "The sons of Gaston Calmette asked us to bring them to this court to seek Justice. We refused to do so, but do not forget, gentlemen of the Jury, with( I STOCK PRICES DROP SHARPLY Selling for lVreign Account Is on Incalculable Scule. NEW YORK, July 28. Austria's formal declaration of war against Servia was followed by a violent de cline in prices on the New York Stock Exchange today, preceded by convulsive disturbances at leading financial cen ters abroad. Prices were dropped from 5 to IS points in many of the high-grade issues, Canadian Pacific scoring a maximum decline of almost 20 points. Selling for foreign account was incalculable. much of it taking the form of direct orders from London. Parts and Berlin. Of the more than 1.000,000 shares that changed hand's here, it was estimated that fully 200,000 represented offerings from across the water. The New York market, while some what nervous and weak, was holding Itself well in hand until word came at midday of Austria's attitude. Imme diately there came an avalanche of liauldation from all directions. The sharpness with which securities de clined betokened enforced selling, ma terially assisted by bear raids. Out- nnurlnsrs continued to the close, a few Issues recovering a small part of their loss. Trading in United States Steel ag gregated 200,000 shares and constituted the main feature of the day's business, which was the largest of the year. There were also - heavy offerings of Hill and Ilarrlman shares, Reading, Canadian Pacific and Amalgamated Copper. Talk of private settlements were heard after the close of the exchange. Bankers and brokers were busy until late in the night issuing calls for extra margins and exchanging cables with foreign corresponden ts. FEAR OF GOLD DRAIX ALLAYED Money Now Demanded Expected to Return for Supplies. WASHINGTON, July 28. With near ly jl 300,000,000 in gold coin and bul lion store in treasury vaults and about $600,000,000 more of coin in cir culation. Treasury officials said to night the United States had no cause for alarm over the tremendous ship ments of gold from New York to war clouded Europe. Secretary McAdoo explained that the country never was in a better position to send some of Its millions abroad and declared there was nothing to fear from the drain to meet European de mands. It was pointed out that while Europe Just now was draining upon America's gold supply, it would be only for a short time before the money would be coming back to pay for the vast quantities of food and supplies this country would be called on to ship across the water. Of the 11.286,216,783 in the Treasury at the close of business yesterday, $495,411,806 was In the Denver mint, $318,343,929 in the Philadelphia sub treasury and mint, $241,404,904 in the San Francisco subtreasury and mint, $75,731,648 in New York. $79,903,627 in Chicago, $33,260,547 in St. Louis, with the rest scattered at 11 other points throughout the country, including Washington, Boston, Baltimore, Cin cinnati. New Orleans and Seattle. FOURTH WIFE AIDS Young Drummond Asks Parole on Bigamy Charge. EX-MILLIONAIRE IS CLERK Liberty Once Revoked on Report He Had Eloped and Married, for Third Time Abstention of Nearly Two Years Alleged. ST. LOUIS, July 28. Charles R. Drummond, heir of the late millionaire tobacco manufacturer of St. Louis, now a clerk in a cigar, store at San Diego, Cal., asked the Circuit Court of Clay ton, St. Louis County, for a parole on his six months' sentence for bigamy, in a petition filed her today. Drummond pleaded guilty to the charge of bigamy January 3, 1911. He was fined. $500 and sentenced to Jail for six months, but was paroled on his promise to let liquor and women alone. Six days later nis paroie waa revoked when it was learnea ne naa innd to EnroDS with a St. Louis girl and had married lor tne inira iim. Nothing of Drummono s wnereaoouis were known here until a year ago, when it was reported he had married the fourth time and was living In San Diego. The fact that urummono, n;ra helf at one time rated as a million aire, was a cigar clerk, first became known to his St. Louis friends today. His petition recited he had not touched liquor since November, 1912. It was accompanied by the affidavit of his, wife that Drummond had been kind to her throughout her married life. IDAHO SEEKS INQUIRY RIVAL BAKING POWDER COMPANIES IN PURE FOOD MESS. - Washington with the request that Con gressional investigation be conducted over the prevention of Interstate ship ments of baking powder from one state to another. Commissioner Wallis asserts that be cause of his friendship with McCabe and the fact he Is familiar with cases of the kind, McCabe used his friendship to obtain advice from him. Hood River Man Found Dead. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 28 (Spe cial.) A. M. Curtis, employed by the Oregon Lumber Company, at Dee, was found dead in his room by his son, Fred Curtis. Mr. Curtis was 47 and had suf fered from heart trouble. In addition to his wife and son, Fred, Mr. Curtis left five children Pearl, Crystal, Al lie, Helen and Earl. Corn to Be Ground Tp. SEATTLE, July 28. Six thousand bags of weevil-Infested Manchuria corn held on Seattle wharves by the State De partment of Agriculture will be per mitted to be grounc" for stock feed under the supervision of agents of the department. ASHLAND FOLK PLAY Midsummer Carnival Opens With Rousing Good Time. QUEEN FITTINGLY CROWNED Miss Mildred Applegate Rules Over Fun Kingdom and Streets Are Gay Nearby Towns Aid In Big Pageant. ASHLAND, Or., July 28. (Special.) Five days of unrestricted gaiety was ushered in tonight by the opening of addition Ashland's Midsummer carnival. The fixed attractions are furnished by the Foley & Burke Amusement Company, supplemented with pageants and a mul titude of stunts improvised by local talent, which has been freely and cheerfully placed at the disposal of the women of the Civic Improvement Club, under whose auspices the carnival is being given. Voting for queen of the carnival closed Monday night. Five young women were In the lists. Including Miss Mildred Applegate, the choice of the Elks; Pearl Wamsley, the Moose; Hope Burdic, the Shriners; Fern Murphy, the Maccabees, and Bculah Caldwell, the Oddfellows. There was much good-natured rival ry among the various fraternal orders over this contest, which resulted In the selection of Miss Applegate. who was duly crowned tonight as queen, with appropriate ceremonies. Her majesty is the daughter of Dan Applegate. local Wells-Fargo agent She is a graduate of this year's class, Ashland high school, and is popular with schoolmates and in social circles. Ashland's streets assumed the ap pearance of a Fourth of July celebra tion at the opening of festivities. In to gaily-decked automobiles. the Ladles and Gentlemen's Equestrian Club turned out 60 strong. Floats rep resented out-of-town visitors, one bearing the legend "Bandon by the iSva." Talent is assisting In various displays. Wednesday night the babies will pa rde Thursday Is children's day, Fri day will be given over to the grotesque and there will be specialties brimful of tun and frolic- Hnturday night will be a "hot one in the old town." It has been given over to the band boy without fear of, or favor from, the authorities. They will organise a street dance, having been given full power to act. and will make the closing event of carnival week one long to be remembered. IDAHO POSTOFFICE LOOTED Robbery at Murtaugli Is Reported at Twin Falls. TWIN FALI-S, jdaho. July (Rpe- clal.) Word was received In Twin Falls today of the robbery of the postoriii; at Murtaugh, IT miles east of hero. some time last night. K'o clew to the robbers has been found. The New rresistos Are Going Fast ! Centralla Road Work Let. CENTRALIA. Wash.. July 28. (Spe cial.) Allred & James. Centralia con tractors, have been awarded a contract by the Lewis County Commissioners to change the course of the Newaukum and Bolstford road through the Henry Foster place near Chehalis. -The amount of the bid was about $2000. The road will be made 20 feet wide. l'elesrama Sent by Commissioner Wallis to Manufacturer's Lawyer Basin of Probe Sonant. BOISE, Idaho, July 28. (Special) Telegrams that have passed between James H. Wallis, State Pure Food Com. missioner of Idaho, and George P. Mc Cabe, chief counsel for the Jacques Manufacturing Company, who is al leged to be affiliated with what is known as "The Baking Powder Trust," have brought about a demand for an inquiry in this state. Commissioner Wallis defends his ac tion in communicating with McCabe, saying his telegrams merely advised McCabe how to proceed against a rival, the Crescent Manufacturing Company. The telegrams were taken from the records of the Western Union by order of Judge Dietrich, of the District Fed eral Court. On the charge that the baking pow der manufactured by the Crescent com pany contained egg albumen. Commis sioner Wallis issued an order prohibit ing its sale in Idaho. The Crescent company asked for an order enjoining the Commissioner. Judge Dietrich granted the restraining order and ruled that the Crescent company must not use the "waterglass test" in comparing its baking powder with others. A similar case is pending in Oregon. The telegraphic correspondence and proceedings of the trial in the Federal Court here have been forwarded to , All to Be' Had for a Deposit of Only $5 New and highly-improved talking machines, in the la test and most attractive models the equal in all es sential particulars of any of the regular $200 types. Superb and life-like tone. Offered in combination with latest dance records (six teen, all different) and eight other selections, a large quantity of needles, also brush, oil can and all extras free. 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