T1TE MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1914.
3 HOUSES, AI MOST,
LEFT IN TERHONDE
Food Sent Peasants Taken by
Germans, Says Briton Who
Has Returned.
WOMEN SEE MATES SHOT
Destruction by Invaders Systematic,
Each Soldier Being Equipped
With Hand Bombs, Reports
Member of Parliament.
LONDON, Oct. 2. A graphic picture
of the desolation of Belgium was
brought to London today by J. H.
Whitehouse. member of Parliament
from Lanarkshire, who has just re
turned, from a tour around Antwerp
to assist in relief measures.
"Having always regarded war as the
negation of all that is good," said Mr.
Whitehouse tonight, "I desired to see
what its ravages were in a country
exposed to all its fury and what steps
were possible to mitigate them. I do
not think that anyone here has realized
the plight of the civilian population of
Belgium today and can attempt to give
a. picture of it only by describing some
my own experiences."
Homes Raxed, Land Flooded.
Mr. Whitehouse made the Journey
outside Antwerp with two military
cars, attended by Belgian officials. In
describing- the damage which he says
the Belgians had. to inflict upon them
selves to supplement the defenses of
Antwerp, he said:
"Hundreds of thousands of trees had
been cut down, so that at some points
of our Journey we had the impression
of passing through a wilderness of
roots. The tree trunks had been re
moved so as to afford no -cover to the
enemy. All houses had been blown
up or otherwise destroyed. Later we
had passed through a country that had
been flooded as a further measure of
defense. The damage resulting from
these precautionary measures amounted
to 10,000,000 pounds sterling (J50,
4100,000). Damage la Under-Pictured.
"In the villages all ordinary life was
arrested. Women and children were
standing or sitting, dumb and patient,
by the roadside. Half way to Termonde
we could plainly hear the booming of
Runs and saw many evidences of the
battle which was then raging.
"I had read newspaper accounts of
the destruction of Termonde and had
seen photographs, but they had not
conveyed to my mind any realization of
the horror of what actually happened.
Termonde, a few , weeks ago was a
beautiful city of about 16,000 inhabi
tants, a city in which the dignity of its
buildings harmonized -with the natural
beauty of its situation, a city which
contained some buildings of surpassing
interest.
Destruction Is Systematic.
"I went through street after street,
square after square, and I found every
house entirely destroyed with all its
contents. It was not the result of bom
bardment; it was systematic destruc
tion. In each house a separate bomb
had been placed, which had blown up
the interior and set fire to the con
tents. All that remained were portions
of the outer walls, which were still
constantly falling. Not a shred of
furniture or anything else remained.
"Of the population I thought that
not a soul remained. I was . wrong,
for as we turned into a square where
the wreck of what had been one of
the most beautiful Gothic churches
met my eyes, a blind woman and her
daughter groped among the ruins.
They were the sole living creatures in
the whole town.
Town Depopulated.
"Shops. factories. churches and
bouses of the wealthy all were sim
ilarly destroyed. One qualification
only have I to make of this state
ment. Two, or perhaps three, houses
bore the -German command in chalk
that they were not to be harmed.
Where a destroyed house had obviously
contained articles of value looting had
taken place.
"I inquired what had become of the
population. It was a question to which
no direct reply coVild be given. They
had fled In all directions. Some had
reached Antwerp, but a. great number
were wandering about the country,
panic stricken and starving. Many
already are dead.
"What had happened In Termonde
was similar to what had happened in
ether parts of Belgium under the mili
tary occupation of Germany. The re
sult is that conditions have been set
tip for the civilian population, through
out the occupied territory, of unex
ampled misery."
Germans Take Citizens' Food,
"Comparatively few refugees have
reached this country. Others remain
wandering about Belgium, flocking into
other towns and villages or flying to
points & little way across the Dutch
frontier.
"Sometimes when a town has been
bombarded the Germans have with
drawn and the civilians have returned
to their homes, only to flee again at
the renewed attack. A case In point
is Malincs, which on Sunday last, as I
was about to try to reach it, was
again bombarded.
"The inhabitants were then unable
to leave, as the town was surrounded
but when the bombardment ceased
there was a great exodus.
"The whole life of the nation has
been arrested. Food supplies which
would ordinarily reach the civilian
population are being taken by the
merman troops lor their own support.
Entire atlon Faces famine.
"The peasants and poor are with
out the necessities of life, and condi
tions of starvation grow more acute
every day. Even where there is
supply of wheat available, the peasants
are not allowed to use their wind
mills, owing to the German fear that
they will send signals to the Belgian
army.
"We are, therefore, face to face with
a fact which has rarely, if ever, oc
rurred In the history of the world an
entire nation is in a state of famine.
and that within a half day's Journey
of our own shores.
"The completeness of the destruction
in each individual case was explained
to me later by the Belgian ministers,
who described numerous appliances
which the German soldiers carried for
destroying property. Not only were
hand bombs of various sizes and de
scriptions carried, but each soldier
was supplied with a quantity of small
black discs a little bigger than a six
penny piece.
Kick German Has fire Starters.
"I saw some of these discs which bad
been taken from German soldiers on
the field of battle. - These were de
scribed to me as composed of com
pressed benzine. When lighted they
burn brilliantly for a few minutes and
are stiff icient to start whatever fire is
necessary after the explosion of a
bomb.
"To the conditions of famine and
homelessness which exist on such a
stupendous scale there must be added
one which is bad the mental panic in
which many survivors remain. I un
derstood how invitable this was when
I saw and heard what they passed
through.
"Eye witnesses of unimpeachable
character described the sufferings of
the women and children at Liege. As
they fled from their houses, clinging
to their husbands and fathers, they
were violently pulled from them and
saw tbem shot a few yards from them.
Antwerp Is Dark at Night.
"I should supplement what I have
said regarding the condition of Bel
gium with some reference to Antwerp
itself, where the exiled government
now sits. It is a wonderful contrast
to the rest of the country and the first
impression of the visitor is that there
is little change between its life now
and in the days of peace. I approached
it by water and in the early morning
it rose before me like a fairy city. Its
skyline was beautifully broken by
spires and towers, its churches includ
ing the incomparable Gothic cathedral.
"When I entered its shops were open,
its streets were crowded and every
where there was eager activity. By
mid-day the streets became congested.
Barly editions of the papers were
eagerly bought and great crowds as
sembled wherever a telegram giving
news could be read. This continued
until early evening, but by 8 o'clock
a most extraordinary change had fallen
upon the city.
"Not a light of any kind in house
or in shop was to be seen. No lamps
were lit in the streets and the city
was plunged in absolute darkness. Not
a soul remained in the streets. .To the
darkness there was added profound si
lence. It was as though this amazing
city had been suddenly blotted out."
OILED GARB FIRE CLEW
BATTALION CHIEF TESTIFIES IX
ALLEGED ARSON CASE.
Witnesses Declare Shirts Soaked la
Kerosene Were Found In Store
of L. Sax 4b Son,
Oil-soaked shirts were found by fire
men and policemen in the store
which Max Albert, aUeged fire
bug for ' the so-called "arson
trust," is accused or having set afire.
according to testimony given Thursday
in Aioen s trial, in progress before
Judge Morrow. Arson is the charge
against Albert. -
Battalion Chief Holden. of th. fl
department, testified that when he en
tered tne store after the fire was ex
tinguished a strong smell of kerosene
filled the air. He found a quantity of
oil-soaked clothing, which he gave to
the police and directed that it be taken
to the station as evidence.
Patrolman Dalrymple, who entered
the store immediately after the fire,
also testified to the pervading odor of
kerosene. . It was he who took the
oil-soaked clothes to headquarters. Af
ter a hearing in Municipal Court those
accused were discharged.
It will be charged, it is said, that
Albert received $t00 for setting fire to
the clothing store of L. Sax & Son, 207
First street. It is charged that $400
was paid for the Job, but that Philip
Davis, who, it is alleged, got the con
tract for Albert, received one-half that
sum as his commission.
Testimony of Holden and Dalrymple
showed that the counters in the store
had been disarranged and shifted, as if
an attempt to bar the entrance had been
planned.
L. and Samuel Sax are to be tried
later and Philip Davis is also accused
in this affair as well as in other in
dictments that also charge" arson.
As a result ot this fire. Insurance
of S6699 was paid. The authorities
assert a significant fact is that two
policies, aggregating $3000. were writ
ten on the Hax stock on July S and 13,
1912. making a total insurance of
$9000. The fire took place August 6.
Attorney Dan Malarkey for the de
fense, contested every inch of ground
with Deputy District Attorneys Collier
and Maguire who are pressing the
charge against Albert.
W. J. Lloyd, insurance adjuster who
settled the losses following the Sax
fire, was on the witness-stand for a
long time.
Proceedings were interruped in the
morning while the Jury was taken for
a visit to thi location of the fire that
the jurymen might view the premises.
Deputy District Attorney Maguire
said that Victor Goldstein, a former
friend of Max Albert, will appear as
a state witness. The two are under
stood to have fallen out because, it is
charged by Goldstein, he was cheated
out of his share of profits from the
operations of the alleged arson ring.
The case against Max Albert is the
first of about a dozen prosecutions
based on a series of almost 50 fires.
Court adjourned at 5 o'clock because
the day was Deputy District Attorney
McGulre's birthday.
BABY LIVES WITH BEARS
Youngster Wanders Into Woods and
Animals Keep Him Warm.
FI FI ELD, Wis., Sept. 24. Kept alive
ior two aays Dy association with two
bear-cubs and their mother. Baby Ball.
me j-year-oid son of a settler north of
nere. was found late at night recently
asleep in the underbrush and. though
starving, was not suffering from ex
posure. The searchers saw the sign of
bears near where the child was found.
and old woodsmen declared that the
aoy was Kept alive by sleeping with
the cubs and their mother.
All that the child can say is: "Big
5i piay; Daoy nungry."
The child wandered awav one niirht
The next day the entire county Joined
in a search for the little one. The
day's work --was resumed . and the
searchers found thoir first trace of the
youngster when a scrap of his torn
jean rompers was found clinging to a
raspberry bush miles from his home.
The place was all trampled with bear
prints and the child's father became
frantic, thinking the youngster had been
killed by an angry she-bear.
Instead, when at o'clock at night
the hunters stirred the bears in the
brush they found the baby alone and
unharmed. The crashing of the under
brush Indicated that the bear and cubs
leit just betore the searchers arrived
The Northern Wisconsin nights are cold
ana tne child would have frozen had
not he been mothered by the old bear,
woodsmen declare.
MOOSE SEEN IN MICHIGAN
Animals, One Quite Large), Come
Close to Town of Pickford.
PICKFORD, Mich.. Sept. 25. There
are at least two moose In upper Michi
gan, for the animals have been seen
lately in the neighborhood of Pickford.
They have approached to within a few
rods of the town. One of the animals
is exceptionally large, its weight being
estimated at 1500 pounds. Tracks of
moose have occasionally been seen in
various localities in the eastern part
of the upper peninsula. Not until this
visit to Pickford, however, was more
tangible evidence of the existence of
the animals obtained.
Half a century ago moose were plen
tiful in upper Michigan, as they are in
Northern Minnesota today. It is be
lieved those- now in the region have
entered via the St. Mary's River from
Ontario. Moose are protected by the
state laws.
GERMANS HOT TO
STEM TIDE Iff EAST
Supreme Direction of . AusT
trian General Staff As-...
sumed by Ally.
BIG REINFORCEMENTS SENT
The United State last year imported 27,-
to.Aii pounuB ox mac ana wane ppxr,
valued at s:,S32.S6.
Russians Report They Have Foiled
Determined Effort to Force Fas
,sage of River Memen and
Broken German Center.
ROME, via Paris, Oct. 2 According
to dispatches reaching here, all the Bo
hemian and Moravian railroads are con
gested with German troops and war
material which are being transported
to the Russian frontier. Germany Is
making a supreme effort to face the
Russian advance and all civilian trans
port has been forbidden.
Dispatches from Vienna say that the
Austrian staff is entirely dependent on
that of Germany, which has assumed
supreme command in the campaign
against Russia.
PARIS. Oct. 2. The Rome correspon-
Hat a . V, T , .
.-. " - 1 1 a an A5em:, Bays & U1S-
patch from Petrograd to the Giornale
d'ltalia, says that in the great battle
w uiL-ii is imminent in tne' region or
Cracow, Gallcia, the Russian strength
will be 1,000,000 men, with powerful
artillery, under the command of Gen
erals Rozsky, Brussiloff and Dimitrieff.
Germans Reinforce Anstrians.
Four corps of Bavarians and Saxons
have reinforced the Austrians - for the
purpose of attempting to prevent the
Russians frem invading Silesia, adds
the dispatch. The Austrian and Ger
man forces have been placed under
command of General von Hindenburg,
who has been recalled from East
Prussia.
LONDON, Oct. 2. A Petrograd dis
patch to Reuters' says:
"In the Suwalkl district from the left
flank of the Germans the Russians
foiled two determined attempts to
force a passage of the Niemen River
between Olita, on the north, and Dru
skeniwl, on the south. Military critics
point out that with the caDture of
Agustowo and Koptzyewo the Rus
sians have broken the German center.
Gnus Embedded In Mire.
"The German line extended from Os-
sowetz to SImno and the Russians, with
great bravery, have expelled the Ger
mans from their entrenchments on the
lakes, which are divided by only from
two to five miles of dry land.
According to the newspaper the Ger
man losses at Drukeniki amounted to
20,000. The rains have mired the roads
so that many German guns have been
imbedded and lost."
PETROGRAD. Oct. 2. via London
A correspondent of Reuter's who has
Just returned from a tour of the Ga-
Ucian battlefields reports that from
Lublin southward he found the coun
try devastated and deserted, with the
villages burned or razed.
At lomaszow, depots for Russian
troops had been improvised In barns.
Amonsr the prizes of war were rows
of howitzers, quick-firers and mortars
many of which had not even been fired.
ana tne majority oi which were un
damaged. 1 he Russians proposed to
establish a special battery of artillery
wim tnese guns.
The correspondent found Jarosla.il
surrounded with barbed wire, behind
which were trenches and undamaged
earthworks.
j iie niKnt, oi me Austrians after so
short a bombardment," he says, "ap
pears to have been a most pusillanimous
action.
The-, town itself presented an ani
mated appearance, business going on
a3 usual.
GERMANS RIP COLONEL
RECENT STATEMENT ON WAR IS
CAUSE OF CHAGRIN.
"Never Had Full Insight Into Euro
pean Affairs," Says Editor of
Cologne Newspaper.
LONDON, Oct. 2. (Special.) The
London Times prints an article head
ed "Through German Eyes," in which
it says-that Theodore Roosevelt's re
cent statement on the war seems to
have caused much chagrin In Germany
and its press expresses regret that in
spite of all efforts Germany is unable
to win American sympathy. The Uo
logne Gazette deals with Mr. Roose
velt as follows:
"This man was never gifted with
modesty; never had a full insight into1
European affairs. When anybody is
in ofrice other people have respect for
that fact, and that is why Roosevelt
was formally treated with special re
spect in Germany."
"To say," continues the London
Times, "that Mr. Roosevelt was treat
ed in Germany with special respect is
below mark, for there is nobody whose
sympathy Emperor William more as
slduously tried to capture."
Antwerp when the bomb from the Zep-!
pelin was thrown. killing mostly
women and children."
Mme. Vandervelde had a letter from
& secretary of Queen Elizabeth aa follows:
"Her Majesty, the. Oueen. wishes me
to tell you that she approves your pro
ject of putting before public opinion
"i tne united states the sufferings
which Germany has inflicted upon our
peaceful people. Five of our provinces
are devastated. Thousands of families
nave been driven out of their houses
and are at this moment without
homes.
"The best wishes of the Queen ac
company you to that country which
loves to help those in distress."
Mrs. Frederic C. Howe, J. Q. Phelps
Stokes. Mrs. Stokes, and Pierre Mali,
the Belgian Consul, met Mme. Vander
velde at the pier in the morning and
attended the reception also. Among
others present were Mrs. Henry Vil
lard, Mrs. J. Elliot Langstaff, Miss
Elizabeth Dutcher, Mrs. Arthur Elliot
Fish, Mme. Carlo Polifeme. Mrs. Clar
ence Burns, Miss Madge Hoadley. Miss
Alice Carpenter, Miss Rose Young,
Miss Katherlne Leckle, Miss L. L.
Deaver, Mrs. John F. Yawger, the
Misses Lewisohn. Mrs. Helen Hoy
Greeley, Mrs. Horace Greelev. who
lived for some years in Belgium; Miss
Belle Greene. Mrs. A. M. Palmer, Mrs.
Arnold Furst. Miss Annie Kenny, Mrs.
Morris Hilquit, Miss Henriette Rod
man, Mrs. Harriet Johnston Wood, and
Miss Dorothy Black.
DIFFICULT TOUR MADE
DR. WITH V COMBE COVERS NEARLY
2000 MILES BY ALTO.
Candidate for Governor In City After
Journey on Which He Met Mr.
Booth Says Ticket Is Strong;.
To travel more than 1000 miles
through railroadless country, moving
by automobile by night and visiting
hundreds of people by day, make a
speech when occasion demands and eat
or sleep only when the opportunity
presents, might be hard on the con
stitution and wearisome to the heart
of the man of ordinary physical cal
iber, but not so with Dr. James Wlthy
combe. Republican nominee for Gov
ernor, who returned to Portland Thurs
day night after a remarkable 10-day
campaign of Eastern and Northeastern
Oregon.
Dr. Wlthycombe covered nearly 2000
miles, most of which was done by auto
mobile, and most of the automobile
travel by night.
"And I feel Just as fresh as a school
boy," commented Dr, Withcyombe last
night.
To Dr. Withycombe the trip, while
primarily to gain political advantage,
offered opportunity to study the agri
cultural progress of a resourceful and
promising section of the state. In
which he long has taken a keen per
sonal interest.
"And you'd be surprised to see how
that country has gone ahead," be ex
claimed Jubilantly.
Dr. Withycombe left Portland a week
ago last Monday, going to Pendleton,
where he passed the following day.
He met R. A. Booth, Republican nom
inee for the United States Senate, at
Enterprise. Together they toured Wal
lowa and Union counties. Their trip
on Tuesday took them to Elgin. Somer
vllle, Imbler, Allcel, Cove, Union. Hot
Lake, Island City and La Grande.
"There is no. question about the Re
publican strength ot eastern Oregon."
he said. "I think the ticket will sweep
everything. I-found Booth particularly
strong and am confident that I will
run up well with him."
Dr. Withycombe will attend the
luncheon at the Mnltnomah Hotel.
PEOPLE BLAMED FOR WAR
Professor Says Rulers Had Little to
Do Willi Conflict's Start.
SYRACUSE. N. Y., Sept. 24. Declar
ing that the causes of the war lie in a
historical development of Europe since
the overthrow of Napoleon at Water
loo in J 815, Professor Alexander C.
Flick, head of the department of his
tory at Syracuse University, said the
war was not one of rulers, but a war of
the people. He returned from Europe a
short time ago.
"No one man planned the present
war." he continued. "It is not one of
rulers, of dynasties or of cabinets. It
is a war of the peoples with conflicting
material interests of racial hatred and
Jealousy.
' "The Austrians raised the mailed fist
against the Serb. The Russians Imme
diately prepared to strike Austria. Then
Germany threatened Russia-and its ally,
France, and ultimately England saw its
opportunity to strike a blow at Ger
many. "Responsibility for the war rests on
no ruler, no government, and no peo
ple, but upon the peculiarly intricate
European relationships military, co
lonial, commercial, social and lndua
trial. Because of these conditions, one
power after another was drawn Into
the conflict to appeal to the court of
war instead of to the court of reason
and arbitration to settle the questions
at issue.
"The historic makeup of France, the
ambitious of the various powers and the
character of the various races supply
the fundamental reasons for the war.
The grouping of the great powers
provided the fuel for the conflagration,
so that when one power was involved
tne others would be drawn in inevtt
ably."
QUEEN'S AGENT SEEKS AID
Mme. Vandervelde, Wife of Belgian
Cabinet Member, in New York.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20. Mme. Emilie
Vandervelde, wife of the Belgian Min
ister of State, and representative of
Queen Elizabeth, arrived here on the
Cretic of the White Star Line. Her
husband is now In Washington with
the Belgian commission to the United
States, of which he is a member.
Several hundred New York women
and some refugees from Belgium met
Mme. Vandervelde at a reception given
at the home of Mrs. Elmer Black, 512
Fifth avenue. In the afternoon. The
guest in a brief address said that Bhe
hoped to take back with her 11,000.
000 to help the Belgian people build
up their country.
"Two-thirds of my country is deso
lated." she said, "and the people have
fled, most of them to England. They
have no homes, no tools, no clothes, no
food they have nothing. The Ameri
can people have been so kind to me. I
met many of them In England, and
they expressed their sorrow for my
country and shed tears with me. One
of them whom I never before met said
that I would need a home in New
York; that she herself would not be
here, but that she would cable to have
the house ready for me. and here 1
find myself, a stranger, but in a beau
tiful home. I have only been in the
city for a few hours, and all of these
American women have come to meet
me.
"My friends laugh at me, but I tell
them that I want to take back with
me a million dollars. ' have seen all
of this suffering myself. I was in
RUSSIAN PORT IS SHELLED
Forty tier m an Warships Are Re
ported Repulsed.
PARIS, Oct. 2 A Petrograd Bpeclal
to the Havas Agency, dated September
30, says:
"The details of the naval engagement
which took place September 24 off the
coast at Windau, a Russian seaport in
Courland on the Baltic, have been made
public It appears that a German squad
ron, comprising 40 ships of all classes,
appeared off the harbor and was pre
vented from landing forces by the
heavy Are from the forte. One officer
and two sailors were killed and three
more were drowned.
"The ships withdrew, but on the day
following two cruisers returned, opened
tire and destroyed the lighthouse. They
killed a civilian and a number of sol
diers but were driven off again by the
fire from the forts."
$5,000,000 GOLD SHIPPED
First Payment Made on Account of
Foreign Indebtedness.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2 The first ship
ment of gold to Ottawa. Canada, for
account of the 100.000,000 gold pool,
raised to pay indebtedness abroad, was
made today, when $ 5,000,000 in coin and
bars was taken from the Subtreasury
and assay office. It is the purpose of
the managers of the fund to ship at
least J25.000.000 to Canada by the mid
die of the month.
There was a further decline In ex
change on London today In conse
quence. With cables at $4.97 U and de
mand a cent under that quotation, ex
change now Is about 6 cents under its
high rates of the early week.
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IT YET HOPEFUL
MISS ANME KEN Y SAYS WAR W ILL
HELP CAUSE OF VOTES.
South Africa, last yr produced 250.000
pouiws oi urfcien tobacco.
Enffland Expected to Emerge Krorn
Conflict With Chastened Spirit
and Willing to Listen.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24. Miss Annie
Kenny, a militant suffragette, who at
the time of the general elections In Eng
land In 1906 was Imprisoned and grave
the first Impetus to the militant suf
frage movement there. was in New
York recently at the Hotel Latham.
She reached this country under an as
sumed name to escape notoriety.
feince that time MiKS Kenny has been
in Newport, where she spoke once at a
garden party for the Women's Con
gressional Union, though since her
thirst strike In the Knglish prison her
throat has not been in condition to al
low her to make outdoor speeches.
"We have suspended our work In
England for the present," said Miss
Kenny, for our merciful militancy
would be entirely overshadowed by this
greater militancy. But it is not a truce
nor an amnesty, for then we should
have consulted with our enemies, which
we have not done. I do not know
what they are doing In the way of
meetings now, for It Is a month since
I was in Kngland. but there were many
going on when I left.
We had one great meeting in the
Holland Park skating rink just pre
vious to my coming away, at which
there was great enthusiasm and money
was poured out upon us. We collect
ed 16.000, and not from a few rich
people, but from everyone and In sums
from sixpence up. one woman giving
Z0C0. And still the press says that the
movement is unpopular. We had a
great meeting In Edinburgh, even when
the troops were being mobilized.
"We have not been doing any Indi
vidual work for the war. I think our
member have been told to associate
themselves with any of the many or?
ganizatlons doing relief work and many
will work with the Red Cross. They al
ways wear, whatever they are doing,
the purple, green and white of tha
Women's Social andc Political Union.
"Our giving up :-militancy for the
time being has had nothing to do with
public opinion. What is public opinion
anyway? It is your opinion and my
opinion, the opinion of our society, the
Women's Social and Political Union.
We do always what we think Is right
without regard to people's opinion.
That is the only way to work without
fear, for with fear there is no progress.
"In the long run the war will do our
cause good, for the people and the Gov
ernment will come through it with a
chastened spirit. With the aid of the
women they will settle questions with
out war. .
"We women are not fighting against
our country: we are fighting the Gov
ernment which opposes us. If we are
not enfranchised by the coming Gov
ernment we shall continue as we have
been doing. Militancy is the only thing
for our country until we get the vote."
Miss Kenny has no definite plans for
work tn this country. She may go to
one of the Western states, and she ex
pects to make a speaking tour through
the country. She has been in prison
'ive times.
foreign valet to "blow up the place."
The message was handed to the police,
who seized the mansion, which was
found to be magnificently furnished
and to contain a rare collection of art
treasures. The entire property is val
ued at $500,000.
The history of Croydon Hall is inter
esting. Five or six years ago the Count
purchased a plot of land, which at the
time did not seem to be very desirable,
for it was exposed to the Bristol Chan
nel, and difficult of access.
The new owner of the land said that
he wished to build a hunting box, and
nothing seemed more natural in the
heart of the Devon and Somerset, the
stag-hunting country.
The "hunting box" was built on the
top of a hill facing the channel. No
ship or aircraft could pass that way
unobserved, and no one could climb any
of the three roads leading to the place
without being observed by the Inhabit
ants. The cost of the "hunting box" was
about J200.000. When it waa finished
It was thought that the owner would
hunt, but he did not do so. He went
away, and when he returned he brought
with him many foreign servants and
friends and one Englishman. The lat
ter was said to be an ex-soldier, who
acted as private secretary at a high
salary.
GERMAN CACHE IN LONDON
Police I-ind Hunting Box Is I.iUe
Furt Overlooking Channel.
LONDON, Sept. 27. Seven thousand
gallons of gasoline, 300 rifles and im
portant plans of defense have been
found by the police at Croydon Hall,
near Dunster. Somerset, the residence
of Count Conrad Hochberg. a German.
The Count disappeared when war was
declared and h sent a telegfam to his
WHAT CAUSES COLDS?
This question and "How to Prevent
Colds" is asked a thousand times every
day. A cold is really a, fever, not
always caused by the weather but due
to a disordered condition of the blood
or lack of Important food elements. In
changing seasons fat foods are es
sential because they distribute heat by
enriching the blood and so render the
body better able to withstand the
varying elements.
This is the underlying reason why
the medicinal fats In Scott's Emulsion
quickly overcome colds and build
strength to prevent more serious sick
ness. It contains nature's medicinal
tats, so skillfully prepared that tht
blood profits from every drop, and it
is free from harmful drugs or .alcohol.
Adv.
P0TTST0WN PRIESTS JOIN
Rev. Martin Don Dalek. Commis
sioned Captain in Austrian Army.
POTTSTOWN Pa.. Sept 20. The Rev
Martin Don DaloK, rector of Holy Trin
ity Catholic Church here, will sail in
three weeks to join the Austrian army
and will be commissioned a captain.
Yesterday he received from the Austro
Hungarian Consul at Philadelphia a
check for '00 marks to pay his trans
portation. The Rev. P. F. Fuengerling. rector
of the Catholic Church at Bally, whu
reached Europe on a pleasure trip just
at the outbreak of the war. immedi
ately applied for a chaplain's commis
sion in the German army, and he had
been decorated by the Kaiser with the
Cross of St. George for brilliant serv
ice. Father Fuengerling was naturalized
as an American citizen shortly before
leaving for abroad and was therefora
Immune from military service. Speak
ing seven different languages, he will
be of especially valuable service oa
the battlefield.
CANOEISTS GO 1000 MILES
Two Follow Wisconsin and Othcjf
Kivers, Living Like Indians.
MANITOWOC, Wis.. Sept. 24. Wil
liam Schmidt of Two Rivers and Clau
sen Stekt, of Baraboo. have just com
pleted a 1000-mile canoe trip. Includ
ing among other streams the entiro
length of the Wisconsin River. Start
ing at Lake View Deserte in Upper
Michigan, they made their way down
the Wisconsin to Prairie du Chien.
Paddling on in easy stages, they some
times made 60 to 70 miles a day and
camped wherever night overtook them.
In Indian fashion they slept in blan
kets and pitched a tent only when it
rained. Along the upper portion ot
the river they caught many fish and
shot enough same to live high. Along
the lower end they had to be content
by occasionally ransacking a farmer's
cornfield and potato patch.
They shot most of the rapids alonsr
the river and there were many of
them.
They fattened up on their own cook
ing and bought necessary supplies at
the cities on the way.
In the weekly bulletin issued by Postmas
ter Fav cf Francisco there was an an
nouncement that hereafter Ave demerits
will be imposed where It is shown lhat a.
distributer is wasting- time looking. i(t the
pictures on postcards or perusing ihe cor
respondence on the reverse side of tlie postcard?."
THERE is a disposition these days to
demand a staple value for all money
expended. The Suit of clothes you may
need, be you young; or middle aged,
should receive this same consideration;
get the best you can for the price. Our
$20 and $25 Suits
For men and young men stand the test.
Every dollar of the purchase price is
evident in these stylish, serviceable Suits.
Buffum &
Pendleton
Morrison
Street.
Opposite
Postoffice.
Popular Society
Events
The welcome reception tendered the
FTKRXOO. TEAS AXD DI.NXKR
OANtKS In the hotel ballroom every
veek dny la evidenced by the large
attendance.
.Mr. and 51 rn. Carvllle, JntroducinK
their FOX THOT and other late dmen,
are a popular attraction at theae af
fair. Danciit from 4 until T and
to 12.
, DOVT FOIWjET bih.oon mght,
tonight la the Arcadian Garden. Bal
loon with na from 10 to 12. Entertain
ment by the Carvllles tn eontume
dances and Brenonler and Uiovachlnl In
acenea and songs from crand opera.
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