THE MORNING OREG ONI AN. ' TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER S3. 1914.
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REIMS MADE GORY
WASTE RY SHELLS
Howitzers Rip Streets Open
and German Missile Kills
Teuton Wounded.
CATHEDRAL IS SHAMBLES
Richard Harding Davis Pictures
Bombardment of Historic City.
Rich and ' Poor Flee; Some
AVomen Pray, Others Knit.
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atroyed; other shops and residences
facing: the cathedral had been ripped
open from roof to cellar. In one a
fire was burning briskly and firemen
were playing- on It with hose. .1 was
the only audience. A sight that at
other times would have collected half
of Rhelms and blocked traffic, in ex
citement of bambardment failed to
attract.
Shells Tear Up Streets.
The Germans were using howitzers.
!Where the shells fell in the street they
tore up the Belgian blocks for a
radius of five yards and made a hole
as though a water main had burst.
"When they hit a house, that house ha'J
to be rebuilt. Before they struck it
was possible to follow the direction or
the shells by their sound. It was like
the bangling of many telegraph wires.
On hundred yards north of the cathe
dral I saw a house hit at the third
story. The roof was of gray slate,
high and sloping, with tall chimneys.
When the shell exploded, roof and
chimneys disappeared. You did not see
them sink and tumble. They merely
vanished. They had been part of the
skyline of Rheims, then a shell re
moved them, and another roof 15 feet
lower down became the skyline.
Defenders Seem Kit.
1 walked to the edge of the city to
the northeast, but at the outskirts all
the streets were blocked wfth carts and
paving stones, and when I wanted to
pass forward to the French batteries
the officer in charge of the barricades
refused to permit me. At this end of
the town, held In reserve in case of a
German advance, the streets were
packed with infantry. Men were going
from shop to shop trying to find one
that Germans hal not emptied. Tobacco
was what they sought
They told me that they had been all
the way to Belgium and bai-k, but 1
never have seen men more fit. Where
the Germans were haggard and show
the need of food and sleep, the French
Were hard and moved quickly and were
smiling.
Chauffeur Scared Away.
1 went in search of the American
Consul, William Bardel. Everybody
seemed to know hitn and all the men
spoke well of him. They like him be
cause he stuck to his post, but the
Maire had sent for him and 1 could
find neither him nor the Maire.
When 1 left the cathedral I had told
my chauffeur to wait near It, not be
lieving that the Germans would con
tinue to make it their point of attack.
He wailed until two houses within 100
yards cf him were knocked down and
then went away from there, leaving
word with a sentry that I could find
him outside the gate to Paris. When
I found him he was well outside and
refused to return, saying that he would
sleep in the car.
On the way back I met a steady
stream of women and old men fleeing
before the shells. Their state was piti
able. Some of them seemed quite
crazed with fear and ran dodging from
one side walk to the other, and as the
shells burst over the city they prayed
aloud and crossed themselves. Others
were busy behind the counters of their
shops serving customers, and others
stood in doorways holding in their
bands their knitting.
AVomen Sweep Under Shells.
The bombardment nad grown sharper
and. the rumble of the guns was unin
terrupted, growling like thunder, after
a Summer storm, or shrieking as shells
passed to burst with jarring detona
tions. Under foot, the pavements were
inch deep will falling glass and as
you walked It tinkled musically. With
an inborn sense of order, some of the
housewives abandoned their knitting
and calmly swept up the glass Into
neat piles. Habit is often so much
stronger than fear. So is curiosity.
All the boys and many young men
and maidens were in the middle of
the street watching to see where the
shells struck and on the lookout for
aeroplanes. When about. 5 o'clock on
sailed over the city, no one knew
whether it was German or French, but
every one followed it apparently In
tending, if it dropped any bombs, to
be in at the death.
Cathedral Declared Target.
The proportion of shells that struck
the cathedral or houses within 100 yards
of it to those falling on other buildings
was about six to one. bo what damage
the cathedral suffered was from blows
delivered not by accident but with in
tent. As the priests put it, the firing
on ine cnurch was expres."
At my feet, down steps leading to the
three portals, were pools of blood.
Before they retreated, the Germans
had carried their wounded up the steps
into the nave of the cathedral, had
spread straw upon the stone flagging,
placed with it a bucket of water and
a raw shoulder of beef and abandoned
to the care of the enemy these unfor
tunates, who had become a burden. In
this procedure there was nothing ex
ceptional. During this last week of
retreat it has been the rule.
Along the 20 miles of the wake of
the Germans tre strewn these derelicts,
who are no longer able to help them
selves. Germans Shell Kills Comrades.
The entire west end of the cathedral
looked like a stable and in the blue and
purple rays from the gorgeous windows
the wounded were as unreal as ghosts.
Already two of them had passed into
the world of ghosts. They had not died
from their wounds, but from a shell
sent by their own people. It had come
screaming into this backwater of war
and, tearing out the leaded window
panes as you would destroy cobwebs,
had burst among those who had already
paid the penalty. And so two of them
done with pack, drill, goose-step, half
rations and forced marches, lay under
the straw which the priests had heaped
upon them, the toes of their boots
pointed grotesquely upwards, their
gray hands clasped rigidly as though
in prayer.
Half hidden in the straw others were
as silent and almost as still. Since they
had been dropped upon the stone floor
they had not moved, but lay in twisted.
unnatural attitudes. Only their eyes
snowea mat tney lived. Those were
turned beseechingly upon the French
Red Gross doctors kneeling, waist hieh
In the straw and unreeling long, white
Danaages. The wounded watched the
drawing slowly nearer. fiKhtincr off
death until they came, clinging to life
as shipwrecked sailors cling; to a raft
and watch the boats pulled toward
them.
A young German officer, his smart
cavalry cloak torn and slashed and
nlthy with dried mud and blood and
with his eyes in bandages, groped
towards the pail of water, feeling his
way with his boot, his arms stretched
out clutching the air. To guide him a
priest took his arm and the officer
turned and stumbled against him.
Thinking that the priest was one of
his own men, he swore at him and then,
to learn whether he wore shoulder
straps, ran his finger over the priest's
shoulders and finding a silk cassock,
said, quickly in French: "Pardon me,
my father, I am blind."
The Archbishop of Rhelms was at
Rome electing the new Pope and in his
absence the young cure resident with
the white hair was In charge. As be
guided me through the wrecked cathe
dral his indignation and his fear of
being unjust waged a fine battle.
"Every Summer," he said, "thousands
of your fellow countrymen visit this
cathedral. They come again and again,
they love these beautiful windows.
They will not permit them to be de
stroyed. Will you tell them what
you saw?"
Carvings Reduced to Debris.
It is no pleasure to tell what I saw.
Shells had torn out some of the win
dows entirely. Sash, glass and stone
frame all were gone. Only a jagged
hole was left. On the floor lay broken
carvings, pieces of stone from flying
buttresses outside that had been hurled
through the embrasures, tangled masses
of leaden window sashes like twisted
coils of barbed wire and great brass
candelabra. The steel ropes that sup
ported them had been shot away and
they had plunged to the flagging below,
carrying with them their scarlet silk
tassels heavy with the dust of cen
turies. And everywhere was broken
glass. Not one of the famous blue
windows was intact. None had been
totally destroyed, but each had been
shattered and through the apertures the
sun blazed blatantly.
Kvea Glass Precious.
We walked upon glass more precious
than precious stones. It was beyond
price; no one can replace it. Seven
hundred years ago the secret of that
glass died. Diamonds can be bought
anywhere, pearls can be matched, but
not the stained glass of Rheims, and
under our feet with straw and caked
blood it lay crushed into tiny fragments.
When you held a piece of Jt between
your eyes and the sun it glowed with
light that never was on land or sea.
The cure guided me to a side door,
unlocked it and led the way into the
cathedral. It is built in the form of a
crucifix, and so vast is the edifice that
many chapels are lost In it and the
lower half is in shadow. But from
high above the stained windows of the
13th century, or what was left of them,
cast a glow so gorgeous, so wonderful,
so pure, that it seemed to come direct
from the other world.
Church Houses Wounded.
From the north and south the win
dows shed a radiance of deep blue, like
the blue of the sky by moonlight on
the coldest night of Winter, and from
the west the great rose windows
glowed with the warmth and beauty
of thousands f rubies. Beneath it,
bathed in crimson light, where for gen
erations French men and women knelt
in prayer, where Joan of Arc helped
place the crowr. upon Charles VII, was
piled three feet of dirty straw, and on
the straw were gray-coated Germans,
covered with the mud of the fields,
caked with blood and white and hag
gard from loss of it, from lack of sleep,
rest and food.
The cathedral dominates not only the
city but the countryside. It rises from
the plain ui Gibraltar rises from the
sea, as the pyramids rise from the
desert, and at a distance of six miles, as
you approach from Paris along the val
ley of the Marne, It has more tne ap
pearance of a fortress than a church.
But when you stand in the square be
neath and look up, it is entirely ecclesi
astic, of noble and magnificent propor
tions, in design, in spires, much too
sublime for the Kings it has crowned,
and almost worthy of the King in
whose honor 700 years ago it was
reared.
560 Statues There.
It has been called perhaps the most
beautiful structure produced in the Mid
die Ages. On the west facade, rising
tier upon tier, are 560 statues and carv
ings. The statues are of angels, mar
tyrs, patriarchs, apostles, the vices and
the virtues, the virgin and child. In
the center of these is the famous rose
window and on either side giant tow
ers. Outside the cathedral I found that
the bombardment of the city was still
going forward with spirit, and that
the French batteries to the north and
the east were answering gun for gun.
How people will act under unusual
conditions none can guess.
I found all the hotels closed and on
their doors I pounded in vain and was
planning to go back to my car when
I was directed to the Hotel Du Nord.
It was open and the proprietress, who
was knitting, told me that the table
d'hote dinner was ready. Not wishing
to miss dinner I halted an aged citizen
who was fleeing from the city and
asked him to carry a note to the Amer
ican Consul Inviting him to dinner,
but the aged man said the Consulate
was close to tbe cathedral and to ap
proach it was as much as life was
worth. I-asked him how much his life
was worth in money and he said two
francs.
War Declared Waste.
He did not find the Consul, and 1
shared tbe table d'hote with three
tearful old French women, each of
whom, had ber husband or a son at the
front. That would seem to have been
enough without being shelled at home.
It is commonplace, but it is neverthe
less true in war, that it is the women
who suffer.
The bombardment ceased at 8
o'clock, but at 4 this morning it woke
me, and as I departed for Paris salvos
of French artillery were returning the
German fire.
War is only waste. The German Em
peror thinks It is thousands of men in
flashing breastplates at maneuvers gal
loping past him shouting "Hoch der
Kaiser." That is all of war that he has
ever seen. I have seen a lot of it, and
real war Is his high-born officer with
his eyes shot out, his peasant soldiers
with their toes sticking stiff through
the straw and the windows of Rheims,
that for centuries with their beautv
have glorified the Lord, swept into mere
dust heaps.
NEWSPAPER IS DYNAMITED
Corner of Bonanza Building, Tono
pali, Xcv., Torn Off..
TONOPAH, Nev Sept. 22. The of
fice of the Bonanza, an afternoon
newspaper, was damaged at 12:15
o'clock this morning by the explosion
of three sticks of dynamite under the
corner of the room occupied by the job
printing plant.
A corner of the building was torn
off, a garage adjoining was wrecked,
and windows a block away were
broken by the concussion.
Robber Suspects Captured.
CHICAGO, Sept. 21. After a desper
ate struggle with a squad of police.
tnree men suspected or Deing members
of a gang which last week stole jew
elry valued at $60,000 from Mrs. Nellie
Clark, of Kankakee, were arrested here
today.
Hold your orders on furniture and
house-furnishings and take advantage
of Calef Bros.' 9-day sale that starts
Thursday at E. 3d and E. Morrison. Adv.
AIRMEN RAZE FORTS
OF KAISER IN CHINA
Two Important Fortifications
at Tsing-Tau Destroyed by
Japanese Bombs.
NIPPON WARSHIP IS SUNK
German Cruisers Destroy Torpedo
boat and Foe's Navy Shells Bar
racks British Force Thought '
Respecting China's Land.
PARIS. Sept. 21. Telegraphing from
Petrograd, a correspondent of the
Havas agency says:
"A dispatch received here from Vladi
vostok declares that Japanese aero
planes, throwing bombs, have destroyed
two of the important forts at Tsing
Tau." PEKING, Sept. 21. Mail advices from
Tsimo say that the Japanese lost a
second torpedo-boat outside Kiau
Chau. The . vessel was sunk by a
German cruiser.
Correspondence from Tsing-Tau dated
September 16 says:
"Japanese destroyers shelled the Ger
man barracks on the coast 14 miles
north of Tsing-Tau. Bombs dropped
from hydroaeroplanes today damaged
neither the town nor its defenses be
cause the constant firing of the gar
rison kept the airships about 2000 yards
above the town."
The British detachment which left
Tientsin to co-operate with the Japa
nese at Klau-Chau sailed nominally
for Wei-Hal-Wei, Shan-Tung, but it is
believed that the men would land at
Lao-Shan Bay, thereby avoiding a
violation of China's neutraity.
GERMAN' HERE FROM JAPAN
Kx-Secretary of Legation to Join
Kmbassay Staff at Washington. '
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21 Baron Von
Schoen, ex-secretary of the German le
gation to Japan, who left there after
the declaration of war, arrived here to
day and will be attached temporarily
to the embassy staff.
His father was German Ambassador
to France at the outbreak of the war.
CENTRALIA BANKS FAIL
WAR AND PANIC IN LUMBER TRADE
CAUSE FINANCIAL SHAKE-UP.
Stockholder Promise to Give C Own
Property to Pay Depositors
Dollar for Dollar.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Sept. 21. (Spe
cial.) The United States National
Bank and the Union Loan & Trust Com
pany, two of Centralia's oldest Insti
tutions, failed to open their doors this
morning.
Federal and state bank examiners
are in charge.
Overconfidence in financing outside
commercial enterprises is said to have
been the cause of the failure, though
bank officers lay the blame on the
war and the attendant sudden call on
outstanding paper. The demoraliza
tion of the lumber market also had an
effect upon the investments of .tne
two institutions.
George Dysart. one of the chief
stockholders of the United 1 States Na
tional Bank, asserts that, with any
thing like a revival of business condi
tions and the careful handling of the
assets of the bank, the depositors will
be paid in full.
The directors of the United States
National, men who have been promi
nent in the business life of Centralia
for years, will turn every dollar of
their property toward paying the de
positors, leaving them where they
started in life years ago.
Both United States iUistrict Attorney
Allen and United States Marshal J. M.
Boyles arrived this morning.
The deposits of the United States
National total over $1,000,000. while the
deposits of the Union Loan & Trust
Company, according to a statement
published last week, are $235,866,60.
The officers of the united States
National, capitalized for $100,000, are
Charles Gilchrist, president; C S. Gil
christ, vice-president and general man
ager; George Dysart, second vice
president; J. W. Daubney, cashier, and
R. W. Daubney. assistant cashier. The
directors are the two Gilchrists, J. W.
Daubney, Judge Dysart and J. A.
Veness, of Winlock.
The officers of the Union Loan &
Trust Company are F. B. Hubbard,
president; F. T. McNitt, vice-president;
G. B. Mason, manager; M. W. Daubney,
assistant manager, and P. R. Stahl, sec
retary. The directors are Messrs. Hub
bard, McNitt, Mason, Stahl, Daubney,
D. F. Davies and Herman Young.
VALLEY COUNTIES SHOW
EIGHT COUNTIES TO EXHIBIT AT
LAND PRODUCTS DISPLAY.
nesosreet si state la t. rain a, brasses
and Krnits Arranged for Crowds
Dae Here October 20.
The best exhibit of a greneral re
source nature of tne state of Oregon
at the Manufacturer's and Land Prod
ucts Show at Portland. October 26 to
November 14, win be that of the eight
counties in the Willamette Valley.
Fred S. Bynon, of Salem, is secretary
of the Willamette Valley Association
and is prominent in real estate ciccles
of Marion County. He was in Portland
and called on Manager Louis W. Buck
ley, of the Land Show, yesterday, and
said the counties were getting to
gether and through the various com
missioners and C. H. Steward, of Linn
County, president of the Willamette
Valley Exposition Association, exhibits
would cover almost everything of the
soil grown in Oregon.
Mr. Bynon has called a meeting of
the Exposition Association, to be held
today.
William H. Daughtrey, president of
the Portland Union Stockyards Com
pany, is a member of the honorary
advisory board of the Land Show. The
Fruit and Flower Mission, of Port
land, has been given space In the ex
position. W. B. Dodson, foreign trade
commissioner of the Chamber of Com'
merce, has been Invited to make a
series of talks at the exposition.
The moving picture theater managers,
under the name of the Exhibitors'
Spend the Coming Fall
and Winter Season
On the Beautiful
Hawaiian Islands
With a Special Run to HILO, for a
Visit to the VOLCANO OF K1LAUEA
Travel by American Steamers
A splendid trip. 3hrerified mountain. Taller,
tropical foliage superb roads to the larvast active
volcano In creation, the rim of which thousands of
people visit in increasingly Larva numbers yearly.
On these tripe, while sight seeing, yon are sur
rounded by every comfort and enjoyment.
Everything First-Gass from Start to Fmisli
1 4 days in transit to and from Honolulu ana Hilsv
16 days on the Islands at tbe best Hotels.
30 Day, at a Cort cf Only $300.00
for tho Round Trip
Should you desire to remain longer on the Isla)da
than is covered by your nrst-daaa ticket, you may
do so by paying the additional hotel rate in Hono
lulu, by day. week or month, at satisfactory prices.
Tbe Oceanic Steamship Co's. Favorite Steamers
"SIERRA," "SONOMA" or "VENTURA"
Take You to Honolulu sad Back
Sailing Dates from San Francisco are:
October 13. 1914 Janusrr 5. 1913
Ntmb.i lO, 114 FtbrM7 2. 191
DkusIxi 8, 1914 March 2. ISIS
Each trip is personally conducted by a wfdcYr
traveled transportation man, who knows what is
required on an outing- of this nature.
For fall details of trips and reservations, both
steamship and hotel, address, by wire or mails
' CHARLES T. BATTELLE
(In Charge of Parties)
Hotel Argns 149 Sd St., San Francisco.
OCKAMC STKAMSHLF COMPANY.
673 Market Street San Francisco.
League, will operate a tree show. In
side of the grounds.
FRANCHISE IS HELD UP
MR. BREWSTER ASKS FOR RECON
SIDERATION OP RAILWAY GRANT.
Commissioner Opposes Line of Portland
A Oregon City Company la Town
as Against Public Welfare.
Because he is opposed to the opera
tion of interurban electric cars through
the streets of Portland, unless they
serve local traffic. City Commissioner
Brewster gave notice yesterday that be
will call for a reconsideration of the
vote by which the City Council at a
recent meeting granted a franchise to
the Portland & Oregon City Railway
Company to operate interurban cars
from Oregon City to the West Side
business district of Portland by way
of the East Side.
Under the city charter any Commis
sioner may move for a reconsideration
of any ordinance within 10 days after
it is passed. This operation has taken
the place of the veto power, which
formerly was vested in the Mayor. It
acts as a veto, insofar as it requires
another vote of the Council to make
tbe ordinance operative.
Commissioner Brewster has opposed
the proposed new interurban line for
some time past. During consideration
of the measure he insisted upon a num
ber of amendments, some of which were
adopted and others rejected. When the
franchise was up for passage he voted
against it- All other Councilmen voted
for ic
In a communication sent to the Coun
cil. Commissioner Brewster says he ob
jects to the franchise being granted.
'for the reason that it will bring onto
city streets long and heavy cars which
will serve little, if any. local traffic
within the city boundaries."
"I am opposed to allowing any in
terurban lines to operate within the
city limits," reads the communication.
exceot on private rights-of-way. Cars
and trains of this type should be pro
hibited from using the city streets and
should have terminals at such points
as would enable them to connect with
the local service of the city. The fact
that other interurban lines are already
in tre city is not a good reason for
allowing these lines to come in, but,
rather, they furnish examples of what
should not be permitted in the future
and of a situation which should be
remedied as soon as possible."
RAILWAY HEARING IS ON
GOVERNMENT TAKES UP CENTRAL
PACIFIC CASE.
Several ex-Officials of Southern Pacific
and Subsidiary Lines Give
Testimony.
NEW YORK. Sept. 21. Examination
of witnesses was begun here today in
the Government suit instituted by ex-
Attorney-General McReynolds to end
the control of the Southern Pacific
Railway Company over the Central Pa
cific Railway Company and its sub
sidiary Pacific Coast lines. Special
Examiner Hanna, of Washington, who
conducted the examination, is expected
to hold hearings here for several weeks
and then go to Boston, where other wit
nesses will be called.
John Muir, ex-traffic manager of
the Northern Pacific Railway Company,
was questioned regarding an agreement
of the Trans-Continental Association
dated September 28, 1883. He testified
that he executed the agreement, but
was unable to give any information as
to the whereabouts of the original
agreement and of some other records,
Hugh Nelll, secretary of the Southern
Pacific Company, was called to identify
railroad documents introduced by the
Government. James C Lincoln, ex
traffic officer of the Missouri Pacific
Railway Company, testified regarding
technical matters.
The Government was represented at
the hearing by Special Assistant Attorney-Generals
Orr, McClenne and Gann.
W. F. Herrin, J. P. Blair and P. F.
Dunne, counsel for the Southern Pa
cific, represented the defendants. The
action was begun February 11 in the
United States District Court at Salt
Lake City, Utah, but not until today
were any wlnesses examined.
BRIDGE BONDS GET QUERY
Eastern Markets Ask Information
as to Sale of County Issue.
That the bond market is reviving
and that Interstate bridge bonds may
be marketed soon is indicated by a
telegraphic inquiry on the subject re
ceived yesterday by County Clerk Cof
fey from Elston, Clifford & Co., bond
dealers, of Chicago. The message was
as follows:
"Please wire If you will sell Mult
nomah County bridge bonds and when
convenient to see our representative."
The query will be turned over to the
County Commissioners, as they will
make arrangements for readvertising
the proposed issued as soon as the time
seems opportune. It would be illegal,
the Chicago buyers will be advised, to
arrange to sell the securities by private
sale.
Tbe shamrock wu selected as the na
tional emblem of Ireland because St. Pat
rick proved with it the doctrine of the
Trinity.
The Stein-Blh Label
-.on a Suit or Overcoat
Stands
Warranty of what? That fabrics
are the best, dollar for dollar, to be
had? That style is right because it
is Stein-Bloch style?
All of that and then this other
thing so rare in clothes nowadays:
Every stitch is there, and every stitch
is right.
That's why the clothes and the
label stand up together through
months and months of wear.
That's why the Stein-Bloch label
means clothes distinction that sticks.
Suits and Overcoats $20 to $40
Balmacaans $15 to $30
FRIENDSHIP IS EDICT
Mayors of German Cities Or
der Protection of Americans.
PROCLAMATION IS POSTED
orriclals Cite United States Protec
torates Over Teutons Interests
in Hostile Countries In
Asking Reciprocation.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21. (Spe
cial.) A copy of a proclamation posted
in Berlin and signed by the Mayors
of most of the large cities of Germany
and by other prominent citizens has
been received by Miss L-ouretta Weir,
of Berkeley. The proclamation reads:
"Fellow Citizens Many citizens of
the United States of America are in
our land. It is a matter of honor and
at the same time a political duty to
grant them the strongest protc .tion.
The great American Nation is most in
timately associated with us through
old friendship and through friendly ex
change in all spheres of culture and
of economic life. Millions of Germans
have found a new home in the United
States, and thousands of Americans,
happy and trustful, are constantly be
ing received by us as welcome guests.
"Fellow Citizens The law of hospi
tality has always been holy to Ger
mans, even toward innccent members
of such nations as have forced war
upon us.
"But how much more so toward the
citizens of a country which, like
America, is now again, as in the year
1870, discharging a worthy service
toward the German Empire, in that it
has taken upon itself the protection of
the Germans in the hostile foreign
lands. Hence, we also must stand by
the Americans in our midst Let us
give friendly response to every Ameri
can who seeks protection or advice.
Every American should know and feel
that, even in times of war, he is not
an unprotected stranger, but a good
friend in our midst."
GERMANY ACCUSES BRITAIN
Russia Long Assured of Anglo Aid
Against Kaiser, Is Charge.
LONDON, Sept. 21. The following
official statement issued in Berlin was
received here tonight by the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Company: ,
"The North German Gazette, the
official organ of the German govern
ment, commenting on the recent speech
from the throne by King George says:
'If the British government had made
every possible effort for the main
tenance of the peace of the world that
peace would undoubtedly have been
preserved The German Emperor made
such etlorts with the Emperor of Rus
sia and the King of England up to
the last moments, but these efforts did
not meet with any success.
" 'We know today from a report sub
mitted by the Belgian Ambassador in
Petrograd to his government on July
30 that Russia attacked us because she
had received the positive assurance of
the British government that England
as a Warranty
BEN SELLING
Leading Clothier
MORRISON AT FOURTH
would take part in a war against Gar
many." "
D. P. REA DRINKS POISON
Attempt of Civil Engineer to Com
mit Suicide Is Foiled.
Donald P. Rea, a prominent real es
tate man and civil engineer, of this
city, with offices in the Chamber of
Commerce building, attempted to com
mit suicide yesterday by taking a dead
ly poison. .
Mr. Rea registered in a Fourth-street
hotel as R. P. Donald and took the
poison there. He was found and re
moved to the Good Samaritan Hospital.
The doctors last night gave promise
of his recovery.
Mrs. Rea said Mr. Rea had seemed
to be worried about business affairs.
He left home Friday, giving the im
The October SCRIBNER
is aremarkably interesting
and a very live Magazine
Sir Henry Norman's ar
ticle, "Armageddon
The Forging of a Great
Peace," will give you a
clear idea of the causes
of the Great War and
its significance.
Theodore Roosevelt
writes his own thrilling
story of his hazardous
journey on the River of
Doubt.
Stories by Cordon H.Gerould, Abbii
Swhmiriptionm Co Scribnmr'm tnmy bmgin mitk
CHARLES SOUBNER
Afr. and Mrs. Carville
the greatest dance Interpreters erer on the Coast,
late dancing stars of "THK TANCiO TEA," and orig
inators of the FOX TROT. See them in their reper
toire of costume dances. Theirs Is no ordinary entertainment.
Bresenier and Giovachini
are a great joy to mosie lovers. Excellent voices and
careful Interpretation, render their "SCEMiS FROM
GRAMO OPERA" favorite numbers.
Afternoon. Teas and Dinner Dances
from A nntll 7, also 9 ontll 12, la the Hotel Ball Room
every vrcek day. Expert Instruction. Arrange a Din
ner I'arty Tonignt.
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pression that he was going to Eastern
Oregon, but members of the family
heard yesterday that he had been seen
in town and started out to search for
him.
BEND. Or., Sept. 21. (Special.) Mr.
Rea engaged in railroad and irrigation
engineering in Central Oregon about
five years ago. He surveyed the Ore
gon Trunk line and platted the town
sites of Madras and. Kenwood ad
Joining Bnd. Mr. Rea has made occa
sional visits here in the past few years.
Steamer Cordova Goes to Rescue.
NOME, Alaska. Sept. 21. The
steamer Cordova of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, while anchored in the
Nome roadstead picked up the "S. O. S."
call of the revenue cutter Tahoma last
night. The Cordova stopped only long
enough to procure charts from the
Custom-House and then sailed to the
stranded vessel's assistance.
"The Diary of James Gal
latin" gives an eye-witness
accoaot of the assassination of
the Due de Berri at the Opera
in Paris.
The late Price Collier writes of
Norway and Its People."
Rear-Admiral Schroeder's "The
Fleet." with sixteen full-page
illustrations.
"Abroad with Jane," by E. S.
Martin. "Una Mary," by Una A.
Hunt. " Desert Song " of Santa
Ft, by John Galsworthy. "A
Gloucester Helmsman's Song,"
by J. B. Connolly.
Carter Goodloe, Barry Benefield
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