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2 THE MORNING OREGOyiAJf, ; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 914. BELGIANS LOSE ALL BUT ARE NOT BITTER Scenes of Conflicts Resemble Flood-Swept Area With Grewsome Flotsam. VICTORS PAY USELESS COIN Women Complain Husbands, as Hos tacs. Farm Stock and Vamiljr Food Taken Uncontented Ter ritory ot Devastated. ROTTERDAM. Sept. 11. (Corre spondence of the Associated Press.) By imagining the sweep of a flood tide up a broad, tidal river one can pic ture the advance of the German army through Belgium now creeping, now racing, it defied resistance with each forward luuge. Tempoarily deflected at such points as Liege and Namur, the body of it moved irresistibly forward, engulfing what it could not immediate ly destroy. The result is a rumpled, depleted country, strewn with the flotsam of this passing tide scattered French epaulets and torn uniforms ground into the soil, shallow trenches filled with Vrencli guns broken at the stock, and French knapsacks with their contents spilled over the landscape. At intervals there are new-made graves without a cross or stone to mark them and in every village hospi tals, churches, villas and chateaux are crowded with the wounded. Fields which have escaped the scourge and whose harvests still stand in giant hay cocks, pyramid-shaped like the monu ment which supports the Lion of Water loo, only emphasize the surrounding waste: the purple luster of cabbage beds and the vivid green of enormous beet fields look as out of place as hot beds in a morgue. 1'Hjcht I'tuM of Desolation". The impression is not to be given, however, that the greater part of Bel bium. or even the sections over which the iJermans have passed, have been l"ft fn cinders and ruins. It is the sudden flight of the inhabitants that has given the country its chief appear ance of desolation. In hay fields, mowing machines and carts are to be found in the exact position in which they were left by farmers in the midst of a day's work, with the prints of hoofs showing where the horses had been led away by (Jerman soldiers. On the road from Solre-sur-Sambre through Montignies and St. Christopher to Beaumont, along which the French were driven in headlong flight after two days' artillery engagement August 25 and 26 the complete evacuation of the inhabitants left a sense of dreari ness and utter depression which choked ene like a nightmare. ' Ooors of bouses still remained open, cattle bellowed from deserted barns and half finished glasses of weak Bel gian cognac marked places where groups had gathered and hastily dis persed. In this area not a human soul moved or breathed. It was like the unearthing of an ancient city like T'ompeii stricken in the midst of its daily occupations without a sign of Impending catastrophe. Unfinished Letter Fonnd. In one house a neglected canary pecked at the bars of its cage, and a Belgian shepherd dog solemnly guard ed the door. Along the road on either side French trenches at intervals of only a few hundred yards marked the French retreat. In the midst of the debris I picked up a short blue coat belonging to a sergeant of the Eighteenth French Zouaves. Under it was a half-picked chicken which the officer was apparently preparing to rook. There was also a spilled knap tack close at hand, with a razor and toilet articles on the ground, and pinned under an empty champagne hottle the interrupted letter of a French soldier. This read: "We are being slowly forced back by the Germans, who are coming like a torrent. Through some blunder of our commander we have been separated from Lancers and Cuirassiers. But we make a last stand and " On the boundary line between France and Belgium lay the body of a French dragoon, clad in the resplendent uniform- of a bugler vivid blue coat striped with gold braid and flaring red trousers. He had fallen into a half-dug trench toward the foot of a towering stone monument which marked the frontier of his country. Germau Cola Useless. In other regions where the Germans had passed - without resistance, the peasants still pursued their daily chores, as in times of peace. But it was the women and children who did the farming and work, which was made difficult by the fact that all the horses had been taken by the invad ers. Some of these women complained tnat their husbands had. been taken by the Germans as hostages to prevent sniping from the houses and had never returned. Women who kept email estamtnets along the Belgian countryside were in the peculiar cir cumstance of having lost the contents of their wine cellars and having ac quired tidy sums of German coin, which they could not use. As a consequence of this.' those who followed the German advance through Belgium found provisions and wine at a great premium, and greatly depre ciated German currency which, the neighbors were doing their best to dis pose of. But, with a few exceptions, they bore their misfortunes with a resignation that was half stolid and nail philosophical. one woman showed her wrecked wine cellar, where Germans soldiers had first dined and then slept; a Kitcnen and cupboard denuded - of everything remotely concerned with iood. and a house in a state of chaos which outraged her Belgian thrift; her husband, she said, had been one of those lorced to .march with the Ger mans as hostages, and she was left alone in a house impossible to dwell in. But she greeted correspondents with cheerfulness and hospitality. In fact, inrougnout tne desolated .Belgian coun try the invasion has left little bitter ness or vituperation. Y. M. C. A.SCH00L OPENS Hundreds of Men. Register In Cho sen Courses of Stndy. Several hundred young men gathered at tne xoung Men's Christian Associa tion last night for the opening of even. ing schools for the Fall and Winter season, the initial enrollment for which exceeds all previous records. riuapctu 01 a nara winter are cringing us many young men who de eire to learn useful trades, for they are beginning to vision a cold world in the future for ill-equipped men." said K. B. MacKaughton, chairman of the educational committee of management. ino ngures on attendance are vet available, but General Secretary Stone 18 convinced tnat this .year will far exceed that of 1913-14; The total for last year was 1506 and it .a hoped that by the close of this season 2000 stu dents will have been enrolled. The work of registration occupied both day and evening, and numbers of young men were to be seen about the tables where the names were taken, continuously. The departments of work were grouped into different classifica tions, but by far the most popular were the teaching of trades. The Y. M- C A. is placing emphasis upon the vocational and handicraft work which fits men to earn good livings. The new students were corralled last night in tne Y. M. C. A. auditorium, where the season was opened by speeches General Secretary Stone, Chairman MacNaughton and R. 'C. French, .educational secretary. All pointed out the value of concentrated work and urged the young men to put forth their best efforts to make them selves efficient in the line they had chosen. The Y. M. C. A school is in reality made up of many schools. There is the commercial school, the school of ac countancy, the college preparatory and secondary school, the school of electric ity, the school of telegraphy, the col lege of pharmacy, the general English school, the boys' elementary school, the automobile school and special courses offered in Bible study, freehand and mechanical drawing, surveying and mapping, reinforced concrete construc tion, mining and assaying pre-law and pre-medical courses, and also a course of lectures in special subjects. PANTAGES' GIRLS CHEER POXV MOORE, HEADLIXER, SO GOOD Al'DIEt'E CALLS FOR MORE. Cooffan and Cox, Comedians of Gem Type, Are Riot and Entire Show Is Lively Melange. Pony Moore is a wizard at fun-making and a veritable onslaught of joy. With very little makeup and wear ing her hair in a washerwoman's oun she puts her lines and songs over with so much "pep" that the bedecked and hand-painted beauties in ber act are completely forgotten. Pony is the headiner at Pantages this week a Jolly good-looking woman, with an English accent, a smjle that is dazzling and gobs of personality. She heads a scenic ex travaganza called "The Jolly Tars," and the tars are a half dozen pretty girl dancers. Miss Moore and a cast of principals enact a comedy in which Morgan Davis, as a lank and melancholy sailor, plays right along with the comedienne for honors. Pony walks off with the cakes. She directs her people and when she isn't on the stage everybody is wish ing she'd come back. A dainty little maid, Fifi, pirouettes on her toes, and a quartet of dancing girls in sea-weed costumes have an Annette Kellerman dance that is at tractive. Pony and Morgan are so clever they should do a song and con versational act by themselves of the Rooney-Bent type. Another act that convulses everyone Is Coogan and Cox (Jack and Edward), comedians . of the Kohinoor quality. Coogan is attenuated and accents it until his legs look like lead pencils, and his dance is a medley of. windmill twirlings and acrobatic antics. Cox warbles and dances, too. This duo Is one of the real delights of vaude ville and a riot on any bill. Gilbert Gerard, a human clarinet, im itates everything in the barnyard and out of it, plays on a fake clarinet, has two dogs fighting and keeps hie audience constantly entertained by the variety of his offerings. Louis J. Winsch and Josephine) Poore have an act called "No Trespassing," set in a crabapple orchard, with a flir tation as a basis for the clever lines, gay songs and pretty dance steps the two present. Opening the bill 'is a really mer itorious balancing and bar act. Jean- ette Wilbur, with a won t-come-oir smile, and Eddie Love perform aerial wonders. The Mutual Weekly, full of war pic tures and some home-production stuff. closes an excellent bill. KING'S ARMYHEAD IN SOUTH AFRICA QUITS General Beyers Refuses to Lead Boers in Campaign Against Germans. CONFLICT HELD UNJUST SICK CHILDREN LOVE CASCARETS FOR THE BOWELS Give "Candy Cathartic" for a Bad Cold, Sour Stomach, Constipation. DUM DIMS ON BRITQNS GERMAN RED CROSS ALSO REPORTS BUCKSHOT WOUXDS. French Bullets Uniformly Good; Bel gian Are Accused of Treacta- . erous Act- AACHEN (Aix-Ia-Chapelle). Spt. 6 (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The head of the Red Cross dtvtslion in Rhineland today showed American correspondents "dum dum" bullets, 1000 of which, he said, had been found on British soldiers taken at Maubeuge. The ends of these bullets were tipped with lead which contained copper core. The officer spoke without animus and only gave evidence which he said he had personally gathered. He said many of the English bullets were made like the sharp nickel-pointed German bullets. The French bullets were unl forraly good, he declared, made small wounds and did not spread. - According to the official's story he had treated German wounded who had been shot wlth English buckshot- He brought in a wounded German boy, "Wolfgang Kocher, son of Madgeburg professor, and enlisted in the Seventy-fourth Infantry regiment of Hanover. This boyt aged 19, was made prisoner with 1J others by the Belgians at Liege during the first days of the fighting. He said he was told by the wife of the doctor who attended them that if anything happened to any of her relatives in the war she would poison the prisoners. For four days, therefore, they were afraid to touch food or water, and when rescued by the Germans, were on the point of star vation. The Red Cross chief said be had seen a Red Cross automobile fired on at Battieste by Belgian, civilians. He told a remarkable story of a Belgian tele phone girl at Dahlen, who telephoned Belgian officers at the forts that they were not properly placing their shells. By following her instructions they were able to regulate their firing ef fectively and the telephone girl was killed by a shot which destroyed the office from which she was directing the. operations. At Dahlen, the Red Cross official said, they had been fired upon by Bel gians at midnight, after being kindly treated by them during the day. Action of Commander of Defense I'orces Draws Rebuke I'rom Min ister of Finance, Who Up holds Government. LONDON, Sept. 21. Brigadier-General Christian Frederick Beyers, commandant-general of the Union of South Africa's defense forces, has resigned his post because of bis disapproval of the action of Great Britain in sending com mandoes to conquer German Southwest Africa. The official press bureau tonight gave out the letter of resignation of Gen eral Beyers and the reply of General Jan Christian Smuts, minister of finance and defense of the South African union. General Beyers reminds General Smuts that in August he disapproved of the sending of commandoes (forces of Boer troops) to conquer German Southwest Africa and expressed sur prise that Parliament confirmed the resolution of the government to con quer the German territory without any prpvocation to the union by the Ger mans. He insists that a majority of the Dutch people in the union disap proved of crossing the German frontier. General Takes Exception. Referring to a statement that Great Britain had taken part in the Euro pean war for the sake of justice and to protect the independence of smaller nations and to comply with treaties. General Beyers points to the resigna on of two British Ministers as evi dence "that a strong minority cannot be convinced of the righteousness of war with Germany." As to the pro tection of smaller nations. General Beyers says: 'I have only to indicate how the in dependence of the South African re public and of the Orange Free State was violated and of what, weight the Ddim xviver vunvenuun was. It is said this war Is being waged against the barbarity of the Germans. have forgiven, but not forgotten, all the barbarities perpetrated on our country during the South African war, With very few exceptions, all the arms, not to mention many towns, were so many of the Louvains of which we now hear so much. German lavaston Denied. General Beyers denies that the Ger mans invaded South African Union territory and declares,- "if they did. the Dutch and British would fight side-by-side in Its defense," and that he would gladly lead them. General Smuts in hia reply to the etter of resignation says that all the plans for operations against German soutnweat Africa were made in con sultation with General Beyer and that hts suggestions were largely carried out. " - - Your bitter attack on Great Britain,' General Smuts continues, "not only is entirely baseless, but most unjustified, coming as it does in the midst , of a great war. ' - . Belgium Devastation ' Compared. 'Your reference to barbarous acts during the South African war can not justify the criminal devastation of Belgium and can only be calculated to sow hatred and division among the people of South Africa. General Smuts refers to the freedom given South Africa by Great Britain, which allows you to write a letter for which you would, without doubt, be liable in the German Empire to the extreme penalty." The Minister goes to say that the coast of the South African Union is threatened, that mail boats have been held up and that her borders have been invaded by the Germans, .and con cludes by declaring: 'I cannot conceive of anything more fatal and humiliating than a life of loyalty in fair weather, and a policy or neutrality ana pro-uerman sentl ment in days of storm and stress." Get a lt-cent box now. , Most of the ills of childhood are caused by a sour, disordered stomach, sluggish liver and constipated bowels. They catch cold easily, become cross, listless, irritable, feverish, restless, tongue coated, don't eat or sleep well and need a gentle cleansing of the bowels but don't try to force a nauseating dose of oil Into the little one's already sick stomach it is cruel, needless and old-fashioned. Any child will gladly take Cascarets Candy Cathartic which act gently never gripe or produce the slightest uneasiness though cleanse the little one's system, sweeten the stomach and put the liver and bowels in a pure. healthy condition. Full directions for children and grown-ups in each package. Mothers can rest easy after riving this gentle, thorough laxative which costs only 10 cents a box at any drug store.- Adv. ly, and the two offices might remain. M. B. McFaul. Dan Kellaher, Dr. R. A. Wilton, M. F. Brady. L. M. Lepper and others said that they had inter- iewed the people of Central East Port land and ascertained that the sentiment n that district favored the retention of the offices. LILLIAN RUSSELL IS ILL Actress in Hospital to Be Operated on for Appendicitis. PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 21. Lillian Russell, the actress, who. is Mrs. A. P. Moore in private life, was taken to a hospital tonight, suffering from an at tack of appendictitis, and will undergo an operation. The illness is not acute, her physi clan says. President Will Vote at Princeton. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. President Wilson will go to Princeton tomorrow to vote in the primary election. He will return to Washington in the aft ernooxu . . . ' Michael Dovrgiallo Held In 300 Ball on Confession of Alleged Accomplice. Michael Dowgiallo, owner of a saloon at Fourth and Burnside streets, known as "Mike's Place," was arrested late yesterday by Detective Tackaberry on charge of setting fire to a saloon and lodging house he -formely owned at Third and Flanders streets. Detective Tackaberry received infor mation that Dowgiallo. who is a. tus ian. had employed his porter, Carl ohnson. to set fire to the saloon building, which was gutted by flames March 4. 1913. Previous to the lire, it alleged that Dowgiallo paid the owner of the building with a check for rent which was post dated. Alter the fire, it is alleged, Dowgiallo stopped payment. Johnson confessed his part in tne crime and said that a few days before he fire Dowgiallo removed 11 gas stoves and a quantity of bedding from a lodging-house which he conducted -on the second floor of the building. Tneee were found yesterday in Dowgiallo's apartment-house at 3s North xwenty fifth street. Johnson said that the saloonkeeper was to pay him $100. Dowgiallo, he said, purchased gasoline, and Johnson admitted saturating the rooms over the saloon with gasoline on the morning of March 4, 1913. Eight men were sleeping in the lod gin g-house, when the fire broke out. Johnson said that later Dowgiallo refused to pay him the S100. The saloon man carried in surance amounting to (3000 on the stock and furnishings of the rooming- house and saloon, but it is Bald the concern paid him only 1400. Soon after the saloon wa moved to its present location at Fourth and Burnside streets. Dowgiallo's ball - has been fixed at $3000. JOHN A. HEUSNER DIES LIKE ENDS SUDDENLY AFTER ILL NESS OK SEVERAL. YEARS. Active Life Is Marked By Success Basinena and Generous Aid to Philanthropic Objects. After - an illness of several years, John A. Heusner, president of the Royal Bakery & Confectionery Com pany, died suddenly yesterday morn ing at hia home, 1164 Thurman street. of heart disease. Mr. Heusner appeared to be improving during the past week and he was making preparations fo a trip to Seaside when seized with ai attack about 7:30 o'clock. He died 45 minutes later. Mr. Heusner was unusually active on the day preceding 'his death. Dr, Fenton, who attended him, said yes terday that the attack was brought by a nervous breakdown, the patient Buffering from a combination of heart and kidney trouble. John A. Heusner was born at Rochester, N. Y., in April 1868. At th age of 20 he moved to Oshkosb, Wis. where he was General Agent for th Wisconsin Central Railroad Company at that point, being the youngest sta tion agent in the service of the com pany. fc-everal years later . he removed to Chicago and started the Heusner Bak lng Company, now a large institution. Eight years ago his brother, George F. Heusner, induced him to come to Port land and the Royal Baking & Confec tionery Company was purchased. Un der Mr. Heusner's management the concern has grown rapidly. Mr. Heusner was active in philan thropic work. He was a director and life member of the Multnomah Club, a raemoer or tne commercial Club, th Ad Club and several German societies, and a Mason. He is survived, by his wire, son and daughter. WATER OFFICES YET ISSUE Commissioner Daly and East Side Club Discuss Matters. .' The East Side Business Men's Clu at a recent meeting held that the East Portland and Albina water offices should be retained. Commissioner Daly reviewed the water situation in Port land. He suggested that if the East side Business Men's Club would sup port a plan lor quarterly collection and if that plan could be adopted i would reduce expenses $60,000 annual' ARSON CHARGE IS FILED ALOONKEEPER ACCISED OK HIR I.N'C POUTER TO BURN PREMISES.1 235 FIGHT VACCINE MASS MEETING OF .PARENTS OF PUPILS IS HELD. Committee Is Appointed to Notify An thoritlea of Protest and Go to Court If Necessary. Protesting what was termed "the ar bitrary action of the School Board in excluding students who had not beer. vaccinated nor exposed to t-.mallpox from the Arleta. Creston, Hoffman and Woodmere schools, a meeting .jf-Ji, citizens was held in Laurelwooil Hall last night. The gathering went on record as un alterably opposed to vaccination and a cdramittee was appointed to notify the School Board and Health Board ot tne sentiment of the meeting and to get a restraining order on the action of the school trustees if necessary. 1 ni committee expects to meet with school authorities-today. Rev. V. E. W tilings was appointed chairman and others on the committee are Dr. W. u. foweu, Mrs. L. C. Little. Rev. J. C. Tlbbets and Charles E. Kitching. Following the speaking a collection was taken to defray the expenses of possible legal action. Charles Kitching opened the meeting and Kev. Mr. Willlngs was elected chairman. The hall was crowded and many were standing in the rear, ts elusive of numerous children present, 235 persons attended the meeting, was estimated. The chairman called attention to former meeting and said the purpose of the gathering: was In protest of th School Board's action. Attorney W. T. Vaughn suggested that the trouble b arbitrated if possible. A feature of the meeting was the ap pearance of three school girls. Two of them were said to have survived bad attacks of smallpox. The third girl was reported to have been vac clnated 18- months ago and It was as serted that she had only partial use o her arm because of the recurrent vac cination trouble. She also was reported to have suffered from throat trouble. her tonsils having been removed, and it was asserted that her weakened Best Laxative for Children Silk DRUGS mm mf r 1 n ( U3 D oufole Stamps Till 2 To day These are Days of Small Economies-Trading Stamps Are But On; of 0 nr Many Price Sayings Yes, we sell patents at cut rates as low as any firm, lower than most. "We do not recom mend them. We regard many as fakes, for which Bkillful advertising has created a pass ing1 demand. But here they are, yours, without profit to us, and when you ask for it you will not be importuned to buy something: else "just as good." We have no baits. I ?3fe5 ASK. FOR THE J. B. L. BOOK TODAY. Wouldn't you like to take a TURKISH or MEDICATED bath at home? A Robinson Vapor Bath Cabinet will do it for less than 5 cents. No trouble, no time, no expense. A relief lor rheumatism, colds, indigestion, insomnia and many nerv ous troubles. . A simple, sensible home treatment which makes for good health without drugs or loss of time. Three Styles, All Good, $5.50, $7.50, 12.50. Miistrite' 0-AR B AGE CAN Every home, every kitchen should have thi3 "Justrite" garbage can opens with the foot Clean, Sanitary, Strong - 51.50. The "Ever Ready" Electric Flash Lamp This is' "Ever-Ready" time. Get vrwS an t,ver-Ready flashlight today; get iS' t;'S;,f! ng battery, 0065 figtji one with a fresh, Etrong that will light you on your way. 15 STYLES ALT. GOOD The best and safest candle or lamp, good in .any dark place. pR"gs Wood-Lark Building Alder St. at West Park condition was due primarily to vaccination. Mr. Kitching said ho had spoken to the principal of the Arleta school and had been informed that the principal was not certain whether his enrollment was 300 or 700, intimating that fully 400 students had been excluded from this school by the ruling of the Board. He also quoted Dr. Mare ell us. of the Health Board, as saying that the quar antine on the most recent case of smallpox in Portland had been lifted. A permanent organization was not suggested last night, the leaders say ing they preferred to go on record as a display of disapproval by citizens of the districts affected by the ruling. City Health Officer Marcellus an nounced last night that the health ex aminers had taken no further action, other thnn to turn over the Woodmere school situation to the county authori ties, it having been learned yesterday that that district was beyond the city limits. BROTHER WOULD TESTIFY Evan Ivlnstrom Offers to Help Avenge Death of B. C. Lrinstrom. Kxpressins his willingness to come to Portland, If desired, in case he can be of assistance to the state in the prosecution or Mrs. Delia Marsh, who is said to have shot and killed his brother here this Summer, Evan Lin strom has written Deputy District At torney Ryan thanking him for his ef forts to punish Mrs. Marsh. It is not thought likely Mr. Linstrom, who lives in Chicago, can be of any assistance to the prosecution, and be will not be asked to come. . Mrs. Marsh win be placed on trial next Thursday for the killing of Ber nard C. Linstrom. She is charged with second degree murder. Deputy District Attorney Collier will prosecute the case, and Mrs. Marsh will be defended by Attorney Wilson T. Hume. The trial will be held in Judge Morrow's department of the Circuit Court. Wisconsin Greeks Off for Front. SHEBOYGAN, Wis., Sept. 31. Forty members of the local Greek colony left today for Milwaukee, en route to their native land for war service. Twenty others left Sunday for Chicago, all hav ing received orders to return. Bottle Is tlie Weak Liek No chain is stronger than its weakest link. No beer in a light bottle is any purer than that bottle keeps it The light bottle is insuffi cient protection from light Light starts decay even in pure beer. Schlitz is made pure, and the Brown Bottle keeps it pure. You are not asked to take any risk of impurity from exposure to light. Schlitz Brown Bottle protects it. See that Crown is branded "Schlitz." 1 mm : 'JmL '. . Sflifslll & II m llife": 1 '' i t L-:-? When your baby Is cross and fretful Instead of the happy, laughing little dear you a,re ac customed to, in all probability the digestion has become derang ed and the bowels need attention. Give it a mild laxative, dispel the irritability and bring back the happy content of babyhood. The very best laxative for child ren is Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, because it contains . no opiate or narcotic drug, is pleasant tasting and acts gently, but surely, with out griping or other distress. Druggists sell Dr. Caldwell's Syr up Pepsin at fifty cents and one dollar a bottle. For a free trial bottle vrrite to Dr. W. B.-" Cald well. 461, Washington St., Monti cello, 111. (Main 153 Phones J A 466a Rothchllil Bros, SO-S6 N. First St Portland, Oregon. jc,TV"--jr.-?v o- ulj. -' r i . v 1. rrrrmi .t ' fc, m r W -.-w I a J n jmr m. w me- r-.'i. ' . t, - r. , 4 aw Li '-..-- 'iT','i mlfBVI m F rt n n n n n franR mm mme Mimaim : V"'9M''i' 'f-t '.w-.;.r Si 73