TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1914.
BITTER PRICE PAID
BY SENLIS PEOPLE
Mayor Executed, Town Laid in
Ashes, Guns Turned on
Terrified Populace.
TURCOS INTERRUPT WORK
British Correspondent Tells of Re
prisals Taken "When Townsfolk
i Fired on Slayers of Tobac
conist and His Wife.
; (Reprinted from the Xiondon Times.)
'" BEHIND THE LINES BY -SENLIS
; IAND CHANTILLY. Sept.' 16. I have
'passed through a smiling land to a land
wearing- the mask of death; through
harvest fields rich with great stacks
unugly builded against the "Winter to
the fields of a braver harvest; by jo
! cund villages where there is no break
in the ebb and flow of everyday life
. to villages and towns that despoiling
'Jiands have shattered in ruins.
! And I have passed up this Via Dolo
Iirosa toward the harvesting itself
: toward those great plains stretching
away on the banks of the River Aisne.
: where the second act of this drama of
toattles is at this moment being played.
Itmost Strength Demanded.
I Details of this, fight, as I write.
'Teaches its third day of duration, are
'ecanty, but partly from personal ob
Bervation and partly from information
i which has reached me I know that the
struggle so far has been a terrible one,
.'equal to, if not greater than, the strug
gle on the banks of the Sdarne.
The events of Monday revealed a foe
(battling desperately for his life; and
ithis defense of General Von Kluck's
;&rmy demanded of the allies, and is de
manding, their utmost strength and de
: termination. I see through those fierce
Ihours the tide of battle ebbing and
flowing across the great river, which
;in this place runs deeply betwixt high
banks. Along this huge front there
;are varying fortunes, though every
; where the same zeal and fury of con
flict. I see tremendous doings on these
rough, newly made bridges in the re
; prion of Noyon, of Vic-sur-Aisne, and
of Soissons.
; Picture this battlefield which before
these lines are printed will assuredly
;have taken its place with that of the
'Marne as one of the greatest combats
.of the greatest war. Through the mid
.dle of it flows the great river, passing
from the east to the west. The banks
'.ot the river here are very steep. Above
'the plain, which sweeps away from the
'northern bank, rises the "massif" of
Laon.
' Kield Ideal for Great Movement.
It is an ideal area for great move
ments and for artillery work directed
:upon the valley of the river. Pass
eastward a little, there are the heights
behind the City of Reims and above
the Vesle, a tributary of the Aisne.
Here again nature has builded a
"stronghold easy to defend, difficult ex
ceedingly to attack.
I know of heroic work against these
great lines work that will live with
the most momentous of this struggle. I
know of smashing attacks the thought
of which takes one's breath away. I
have heard narratives of the trenches
and of the bridges these engineers,
French and English, have indeed
"played the game" which no man can
;hear unmoved; how the columns went
down again and again to the blazing
ieath of the valley, and how men
"worked, building and girding in a very
inferno worked with the furious speed
of those whose time of work is short.
And in the trenches, too, the tale of
heroism unfolds itself hour by hour.
Here is an example, one among ten
thousand, the story of a wounded pri
.vate: "We lay together, my friend and
7. . . The order to fire came. We
hot and shot till our rifles burned us.
Still they swarmed on toward us. We
took careful aim all the while. 'Ah,
.good: did you see that?' I turned to
my friend and as I did so heard a terrible
dull sound like a spade striking upon
newly turned earth. His head was
fallen forward. I spoke, I called him
Iby name. He was moaning a little.
SThen I turned to my work again. They
re advancing quickly now. Ah! how
Mool I was. I shot eo slowly ... so
Jvery slowly.
Soldier Tells of Wound.
"And then do you know what it
jeels like to be wounded? I rose just
little too high on my elbow. A sting
that pierces my arm like a hot wir
too sharp almost to be sore. I felt my
nrm go away from me it seemed like
that and then my rifle fell. I believe
3 was a little dazed. I looked at my
Jriend presently. He was dead."
So, on these green river banks and
across these fair wooded plains, the
Huns make their great stand the
Etand that if they are defeated will be
their last in France. And meanwhile
ibehind them lie the wasted fields and
the broken villages of their rapine and
eavagery. It is impossible adequately
to describe the scenes which I have
witnessed on the line of the great re
treat, but here and there events have
had place, which, in truth, cry to the
lieaven for report. Of such is the griny
1 spent many hours" in Senlis this
afternoon and 1 will recount that story
as I saw it and as I, heard it from
those who lived through the dreadful
procession of days. On Saturday, Sep
tember 5, the Germans reached this
beautiful old cathedral town and en
tered into occupation. They issued :
proclamation to the inhabitants call
lng upon them to submit and to offer
no sort of resistance on pain of se
vere reprisals.
Townspeople? of Senlis Hitter.
But the inhabitants of Senlis had al
ready tasted the bitter draft of Ger
man war making. They had been visit
ed some days before by a motor car-
one of 400 which were sent out from
Amiens to scour and to scourge the
country north of Paris in which ap
parently live peaceiul civilians were
traveling. The car had been stopped
on the outskirts of the town and th
travelers ordered to show their papers,
There were in order, bearing the of
ficial stamp of Amiens (pillaged,
course, ny tne conquerors). The ca
proceded. Again it was stopped. This
time no papers were produced, but a
revolver. Next moment the sentry lay
dead at his post. The car dashed
through the town, the occupants shoot
ing as they went.
So Senlis waited in fierce and resent
ful mood. The townspeople had be
come bitter to the point of losing care
of their own safety. They were reck
less, driven to distraction.
Bitter was the price exacted for this
recklessness! The trouble began on
Tuesday of last week when, exasper
ated beyond measure by the insolence
of the invaders, a brave tobacconist de
clared to a couple of the Prussians: "I
serve men, not bullies." He followed
his words with a blow delivered fiercely
from the shoulder.
The infuriated soldiers dragged him
from his shop and hurled him on his
knees in front of the door. His wife
rushed out shrieking for mercy.- Mercy!
A shot rang
Man.
and wife lay dead.
Mayor Fiyi With I.Ife.
Immediately the news of this mur
derous act flew throughout the town.
Windows" on the opposite side of the
street from the tobacco shop were
thrown open. Shots were fired. One
of. the soldiers fell, wounded. ' Then,
realizing what they had done, , the in
habitants closed themselves in again,
terrified of the result.
Their fears were well founded. Out
raged and furious, the conquerors
marched instantly to the -house of the
Mayor their hostage and arrested
him. They convoyed him without a mo
ment's delay to the military headquar
ters, where he was imprisoned for the
night. On Wednesday morning a court
martial sat to decide his fate. A few
minutes later this brave man paid for
the indiscretion of his people with his
life, dying splendidly.
Then guns were-turned on this town
f living men and women and chil
dren. Shells crashed into the houses,
into the shops, into the station. At
Chantilly, seven kilometers away, the
amazed inhabitants saw a great column
of black smoke curl up into the. air;
they guessed the horrible truth. Senlis
was burning. From the shattered
houses men and women ran, wounded
and terrified: children screamed among
the ruins of their homes. But the
bombardment went on till the principal
treet of the town was shattered, till
the railway station was reduced to a
few charred ' walls, till the exquisite
tower of the cathedral had been
smashed and broken though happily
not demolished.
Turcos Take Revenge.
The work, however, was interrupted.
At midday the glad tidings were heard.
The Turcos are here." Within the
hour broken and blazing Senlis was re-
leved and rescued. The Turcos pur
sued and severely punished the enemy.
Today these streets are terrible to
look upon. House after house -bas been
shattered to pieces broken to a pile
of stones. One of the small turrets of
the cathedral has been demolished and
a rent has been torn in the stone work
of the tower. The station is like a wil
derness. APPLE DAY PLANS GROW
SO-COMMITTEB MEETINGS TEND
TO make: sale irresistible.
Special Talks on Indnhtry Planned for
Pnpils Patriotism ot Citizens
Appealed to for Snccess.
"Eat yourself healthy apples 'buy'
the box."
Just what will be the slogan for
Apple day, October 20, is not yet cer
tain, but the above was leading be
fore the sub-committee at its meeting
at the Commercial Club yesterday aft
ernoon. The old standby, "An apple
a day keeps the doctor away," was also
popular.
The plans for the Apple day observ
ance manifest greater elasticity and
tendency to spread at each sub-committee
meeting since the launching of
the movement Tuesday, and by October
20 it is planned, to have a system de
veloped that will make it quite im
possible for any citizen of Portland
who has any loyalty or patriotism
whatsoever to get away without doing
his share to help start the great North
west apple crop moving.
Down South everybody is buying a
bale of cotton, to help the cotton sit
uation under the war conditions, and
the Apple day movement this year is
designed to handle a similar emergency
here in the Northwest to start apples
moving and to keep them moving until
the great capital that is tied up in the
crop of the Northwest shall suffer no
material blow from the restriction on
commerce that results from the war.
The sub-committee yesterday con
sidered the campaign in the schools
principally.
A. 1 1. Brown is chairman of a com
mittee which is going to arrange to
give 30,000 apples to the pupils of the
public schools of Portland on Apple
day.
It is now planned to send speakers
to each school to talk to the pupils
about the apple industry and to su
perintend the distribution of apples.
Hotels and dining-cars throughout
the land are to feature apple menus
and will have baked apples and cream
at especially low rates on their bills
of fare.
The apples that are going to be
turned loose in Portland on Apple day
are not going to be any "culls," as
some people might fear. Whoever buys
a box of apples on Apple day will get
the very best m trie Northwest, care
fully selected and packed and in first-
class conditioniat a low rate, accord
ing to the committee.
Members of the sub-committee that
met yesterday to plan the school tea-
ture were: li. T. Lee, general chair
man; Wilmer Sleg, C. A. Malboeuf, A.
P. liateham and C. C. Chapman.
COURTS TO KEEP HOLIDAY
Columbus Day, Xext Monday, to Be
Honored by County.
Columbus day, next Monday, will b
a day of rest at the Courthouse. Aside
trom a few minor activities that -must
go forward on holidays as well as at
other times, the legal machinery of the
county will be suspended. Judges of
the various Circuit Court departments
wiil rest, with the exception of Judge
McGinn, who declares that if there is
anything important in his court at that
time it win be heard as usual.
"Columbus day is not a non-Judicial
day, although it is a legal holiday,
said Judge McGinn.
October 12 was made a legal holiday
by the 1913 session of the Legislature
and the statute is found in the 1913
session laws..
WHO EVER HEARD
Of Talking
Machines Being
in Price?
Cut
Now, Relieve me, everything is cut in
price at 388 Morrison street, Houle
Bros.' failure sale. Columbia, Edison or
victor talking machines and . records.
Everything goes; also a large number
of brand-new player pianos and baby
grand pianos. If you want any kind of
a musical instrument be sure and call
at SS8 Morrison street right away, for
the balance of this stock is going to
be sold out between now and Saturday
night. Kvery thing goes. Remember the
place 3SS Morrison street. Open in the
evening until 9 or 10 o'clock. Bead page
18, this paper, for further particulars.
Adv.
Albany High Kecruit Injured.
ALBANY. Or.. Oct. .'7. (Special.)
The first accident of the season in foot
ball at Albany occured last evening
during the scrimmage of the Albany
High School eleven, when Johnny Cle
len. -who was trying out for end, col
lided with another player in attempt
ing to make a tackle. , Clelen - was
struck a hard blow on the head and
sustained a severe injury to his neck.
fainting while his team-mates were
assisting him from the field. Physi
cians say he will recover, although he
will have to abandon football work for
a time.
The "United States last
Mi3,50S tons of sypsum.
year mined 3.
As well ask it of a stone!
out. . . . Another.
WORLD
T
ASKED BY BELGIUM
Legation Says Every German
Shot Belies Sacred Pledge
of Neutrality.
INNOCENT HAVE SUFFERED
"Honest Nation That Xever Wanted
1Var" Asks to Be Allowed to Live
Its. Peaceful and Xeutral
Life "Unmolested. ;
(Continued From First-Pase.)
he communicated the following note to
the Belgian government:
" 'The German government has re
ceived unimpeachable news to the ef
fect that the French forces have the
intention of marching on the Meuse
by Givet and Namur. This news leaves
no doubt as to the intention of France
to march upon Germany from Belgian
territory.
" 'The imperial government of Ger
many cannot help fearing that Belgium,
in spite of the best of intentions, will
not be in a po sition to repulse without
help an Incursion by the French of such
great magniture. In this case it is suf
ficiently certain that Germany is seri
ously threatened. It is the urgent bust
ness of Germany ti forestall this at
tack on the part of-the' enemy. The
German government would be filled
with lively regret if Belgium were to
regard as an act of hostility against
her the fact that her precautionary
measures oblige her to violate on her
side Belgian territory.'
Germany Disdains Hostility.
In order to avoid the possibility of
misunderstanding, the German govern
rruent made the following comment:
first Germany contemplates no
act of hostility-towards "Belgium. If
Belgium consents to assume in the war
which is about to commence the atti
tude of friendly neutrality toward Ger
many, the German government, on its
side, engages, when peace is restored,
to guarantee the integrity of the king
dom and its possessions..
Second Germany engages" herself,
on the aforesaid conditions, to evacuate
Belgian territory as soon as peace is
concluded.
'Third If Belgium observes
friendly attitude, Germany is ready, in
co-operatiou with the authorities of the
government of Belgium, to buy for cash
everything that is necessary ' for her
troops and to" pay indemnities for dam
age done in Belgium; but if Belgium
behaves in a hostile manner against the
troopss and in particular places diffi
culties in the way of tbeir advance by
opposition by the fortifications of the
Meuse, or by the destruction of roads,
railways, tunnels or other works, Ger
many will be obliged to consider Bel
gium as an enemy.
Result l.cft- to Arms.
In that case Germany will enter
into no agreement with the kingdom.
but will allow the further relationship
of the two states to be left to the de
cision of arms. The German government
feels that it is justified in hoping that
this eventuality will not ' materialize
and that the Belgian government will
know how to take appropriate meas
ures to prevent its materialization. In
that case the friendly relations which
unite the two neighboring states will
become closer and more lasting.'
Such is the German note. It will be
noticed that there is no question of
the alleged entry of French aviators
and officers into Belgium, as has been
stated in several papers here. The
document, in fact, knocks that fable
on the head. The only reason given
for the violation of Belgian territory
is the alleged intention of the French
army to march upon Givet and Namur.
This assertion is supported by no proof
and is denied by the French govern
ment, which officially declared to Bel
gium and England its intention of not
violating Belgian territory. On the
contrary, the premeditated intention of
Germany to violate Belgian neutrality
is proved in the most irrefutable way
namely, by the affirmation of the Ger
man Secretary of State himself and by
that of the German Chancellor.
Neutrality "Already Violated."
"To the request of Sir William
Goschen, the English Ambassador in
Berlin, to be allowed to know if Ger
many would pledge herself to respect
the neutrality of Belgium, the German
Secretary of State replied that 'this
neutrality had already been violated
by Germany." Herr von Jagow went
again into the reasons why the im
perial government had been obliged to
take this step namely, that they had
to advance into France by the quickest
and easiest way, so as to be able to get
well ahead with their operations and
endeavor to strike some decisive blow
as early as possible. It was a matter
of life and death to them, for, if they
had gone by the more southern route.
they could not have hoped, in view of
the paucity of the roads and the
strength of the fortresses, to have got
through without formidable opposition
entailing great loss of time. This loss
of time would mean time gained by
the Russians for the bringing up of
their troops to the German frontier.
Rapidity of action was the great Ger
man asset, while that of Russia was
the inexhaustible supply of troops.
(Official report of the British Am
bassador in Berlin to the British gov
ernment-)
"This conversation preceded by a few
minutes that in which the German
Chancellor, giddy at the sight of the
abyss into which Germany was falling.
uttered these celebrated words: 'Just
for a word, neutrality," a word which in
war times has been so often disre
garded, just for a scrap of paper. Great
Britain is going to make war on a
kindred nation. At what price would
that compact (neutrality) have been
kept? Has the , British government
thought of that?' J Sir William Goschen
replied that fear of consequences
would hardly be regarded as an excuse
for breaking a solemn engagement
(Official report of the British Am
bassador in Berlin to his government.)
Premeditation Is Charged.
"It is clear from these documents
that Germany had for a long time pre
meditated the violation of the neu
trality of Belgium and that she has
even reconciled herself to the terrible
danger of war with Great Britain
rather than renounce the advantages
she thought she would gain by not re
specting the treaty. In the face of
these confessions the allegations that
France wished to violate the neutrality
of Belgium, an allegation. supported by
no proof, falls to the ground.
"To continue the analysis of the Ger
man note, one reads: 'If Belgium con
sents to assume in the war, which is
JUDGE!
about to commence, the attitude of
friendly neutrality towards Germany,
the German government, on its side,
engages, when peace is restored, to
guarantee the Integrity of the kingdom
and its possessions.' ""
could Belgium, without being false
to her duties of neutrality, take up the
position which the German govern
ment calls 'friendly neutrality'? That
is to say, could she allow the German
armies to , pass without opposition
through her territory? Can the Ger
man government itself answer that
question?
IVote Concluded by Threats.
It is enough to re-read the conver
sation given above between the
British Ambassador and the German
Secretary of State to come to a clear
conclusion in that respect. If the vio
lation ot Belgian territory was to pro
cure so signal an advantage to Ger
many that she had no fear of bringing
on war with England to attain it. then
for Belgium to lend herself to the
passage of German troops must have
meant the certainty of fatal conse
quences for France. Thus, for Belgium
to have yielded to the German ulti
matum would, ipso facto, have con
ferred a considerable advantage to
Germany to the detriment of the other
belligerent, and would have constitut
ed a breach of neutrality.
Oermany concludes her note by
threats. She engages, on the condi
tions already defined, to evacuate Bel
gian territory at the conclusion of
peace. If Belgium behaves in a hos
tile manner (that is to sav. if she does
her duty), Germany will be obliged to
consider .Belgium as an enemy. She
would then leave the ultimate ar-
rangments of the relations of the two
states to the decision of arms in
other words, if Belgium does not agree
to violate the treaty, Germany will
treat her as an enemy, and adds
veiled threat of annexing a Dart or
tne wnoie of her territory.
Death With Honor Preferred.
"The moral fiber of nations is not al
ways measured by their- size or power.
Belgium is small and weak, but her
answer bears witness to her love of
justice and to her respect of the right
She would rather die with honor than
live dishonored.
"That was made clear by the answer
of her government. The answer was as
follows:
" 'The German note has been a pain
ful surprise to the Belgian govern
ment. The intentions which the note
attributes to France are in contradic
tion to the formal declarations which
were made to us on the first of August
In the name of the republic. Besides,
if contrary to our expectations
France is about to violate the neu
trality of Belgium, Belgium would be
prepared to fullfil its neutrality obli
gations, and her army would offer to
the army of the invader the most vig
orous resistance. The treaties of 1839,
confirmed by the treaties of 1870, com
mit to the guarantee of the powers,
and notably to the government of his
majesty, the King of Prussia, the In
dependence and neutrality of the king
dom of Belgium.'
"The Chancellor of the German em
pire said in sitting of the Reichstag
on August 4: 'We are in a state of
legitimate defense. Necessity knows
no law. Our troops' have -occupied
Luxemburg and have, perhaps,' already
penetrated into Belgium. This is
against the law of nations. France, it
is true, has declared to Brussels that
she is determined to respect the neu
trality of Belgium as long as her ad
versary respects it, but we know that
France was ready to invade Belgium.
France can afford to wait, we cannot.
A French attack on our flank in the
region of the Lower Rhine might have
been fatal. It Is for that reason that
we have been compelled to ignore the
Just protests of the governments of
Luxemburg and Belgium. The injus
tice which we thus commit we will re
pair as soon as our military object
has Deen attained.'
French Invasion Disbelieved.
"It has been shown above how much
value can be attached to the assertion
of the alleged intention of France to
invade Belgium. That Intention, and
the realization of that intention, belong
exclusively to Germany, and they must
be left - in her posesslon. This is
especially the case in view of the fact
that the military dispositions undertak
en by France absolutely refute the al
legations of the German Chancellor.
So true is this that when the viola
tion of Belgian territory became an
accomplished fact, and when the King
of Belgium appealed under the terms
of the treaty of 1839 for support In
maintaining the neutrality of Belgium,
which these powers had guaranteed
France was so little prepared to in
vade Belgium that it took her more
than ten days to get her troops into
the country.
"The world is familiar with the
way Germany has repaired in Bel
glum the injustice of which she was
guilty, to use the words of the German
Chancellor.
Under the pretext that her troops
were attacked by civilians, and even
under no pretext at all, whole vll
lages have been razed to" the ground.
Important towns whose boast it was
to' represent part of the common in
heritance of civilization were not
spared. Their monuments, which have
been respected during the centuries in
all the constant wars of which Bel
gium has been the theater, were de
liberately destroyed. Open cities were
bombarded.
"Vanquished Exorbitantly Taxed.
"Exorbitant taxation was imposed
upon -conquered towns, and when the
inhabitants were unable to pay the
taxes a large number, of their houses
were set on fire. That is what hap
pened to Wavre, among other cities.
whose 8500 inhabitants were unable to
pay a tax of $600,000. Termonde, with
10,000 Inhabitants, was utterly de
stroyed. On the 15th of September,
there only remained in that town 282
houses out ot 1400. The town of
Aerschot, with 8000 inhabitants, is
now nothing but a anass of ruins and
more than 150 of its inhabitants have
been shot.
"Dirigible balloons . have thrown
bombs at night into Antwerp. It
cannot be maintained by those who
were in the balloons that they were
trying to hit the forts,' as the forts are
outside the boundaries of the town, and
good distance outside them as well
Nor could the bombs thrown have had
any effect upon the forts, which are
even stronger than those of Liege.
There was no warning of this bom
bardment, a fact which constitutes
violation of article 26 of the fourth
convention of The Hague, and more
than a dozen people were killed, all of
them non-combatants and several of
them women and children.
IVo Mercy Shown Lonrsini.
The town of Louvain, with its 42,
000 inhabitants, was one of the canters
of Belgian culture. It had no mercy
shown to it and has been nearly ob
literated. Several quarters of the town
were set on fire, the Church of St.
Pierre, a marvelous example of Gothic
art. the buildings of the university,
eluding the library with more than 70,
000 volumes, of which a large number
were -ancient manuscripts, the collec
ttons belonging to the university,
nearly all the scientific institution
and nearly all the houses of the town
were deliberately burned. They are
now nothing more than heaps of ashes.
Their destruction has been a loss t
the whole civilized world.
"Numbers of absolutely - innocent
women and children lost their lives
in the fire, which was started by th
order of the German military officials.
Of those who were saved, several
thousand. . including women enfeebled
by age and children in arms, are to
dav wandering homeless over the rosd
without food or clothing. They are not
to blame for anything, unless it 1
because they belong to a nation which
has refused to purchase peace at th
price of dishonor. That can. be th
only crime accounted to them and it
"BLOOD WILL TELL"
The Heroes of the -war.
"Blood .will tell." Is an axiom that
In all the ages has never been gain
said. Every man who does a brave,
heroic act carries within his veins a
quality of blood that urges and sus
tains him. No matter whether he in
herits it from a long line of famous
ancestors or from the sound and
healthy constitution of his immediate
parents, whose only distinction is hon
orable toil and a simple, virtuous lite.
It matters little where or how you
obtain it, but it matters all the world
that by some means you possess good
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always the making of manly men and
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all courage, virtue and happiness.
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is for that they have lost all their
possessions upon the earth.
Universal Jadgment Asked
From the declaration made by the
mperial German Chancellor it may be
seen that the German government is
conscious of its wrongdoing. As one
of the guarantors of Belgium's neu
trality, it wanted to force Belgium to
relinquish its neutrality for Germany s
benefit .Because Belgium would not
consent to this perjury and because
Germany could not reproach her with
anything . else, Germany invaded and
overed with blood and ruin a small
peaceful country of hard-working and
honest people, a country which it had
promised to protect.
This attack upon her neutrality is
the first violation for which Belfium
asks judgment from the universal con
science.
"The entire Belgo-German question
today is dominated by the fact of this
violation of the neutrality of Belgium.
Therefore, there is not a single shot
fired by a German soldier in Belglub
which is not manifestly and avowedly
belying most sacred things the keep-
ng of a solemn pledge and the right
for an honest nation that never want
ed war, nor showed aggressive dis
position, to be allowed to live its
peaceful and neutral life.
Such is the Belgian case.
Human
ity will judge it."
DATA FOR VOTERS LATE
Washington Pamphlets Ielayed by
Court Contest.
OLYMPIC Wash., Oct. 7. (Special.)
Secretary of State Howell will beg-in
tomorrow, almost a month later than
the time prescribed by law, the task
of mailing 40,000 copies of the state
initiative and referendum pamphlet to
voters. The delay of the state pam
phlet, under Washington's first experi
ence with direct legislation, came as
the result of the contests carried
through the Superior and Supreme
Courts against the "seven sisters" in
itiative measures.
The pamphlet will contain the text
of one constitutional amendment, the
two referendum measures and seven
nitiative measures upon which Wash
ngton voters will pass November 3,
and will contain also arguments for
and against a unmber of the measures.
LINNT0N FARE IS ARGUED
United Hallways Files Brier Con
tending 10-f9ent Toll Is Just.
Judge C. H. Carey presented his brief
to the County Commissioners at a spe
cial meeting yesterday afternoon set
ting forth legal phases of the petition
of Linnton residents, asking that the
franchise of the United Railways on the
Portland-St. Helens road be revoked
and the tracks of the company torn
up.
He argued that the United Railways
should retain its franchise and declared
the opposed 10-cent fare between Port
land and Linnton is necessary as the
line has not paid operating expenses,
but has been operated at a loss.
Mayor Schaefer, of Linnton, declared
the 10-cent fare is a violation of th
franchise.
The brief of Judge Carey was re
ferred to District Attorney Evans.
PORTLAND MAIM MISSING
U. Wilson Disappears After Leavin
Auto In Tacoma Six Weeks Ago.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 7. (Special.)
Disappearance of L. Wilson, a restau
rant proprietor of Portland, who was
last seen in Tacoma six weeks ago
after leaving a new touring car with
Captain Cornish, of the mounted po
lice, has alarmed friends of Mr. Wil
son here.
The Portland man was arrested on
the Puyallup road, two miles from Ta
coma, six weeks ago today, after h
had driven his car into a ditch. He
was taken to the Tacoma police head
quarters and was held in jail until nex
morning, when he was released to go
to a hotel. He has not been seen here
since.
STREET PAVING BIDS OPEN
Offers on $6500 of Sewer Work an
$36,000 of Improvements Made.
Bids for street paving contracts ag
greeating about $36,000 and sewer con
tracts amounting to about $6500 were
opened yesterday by the City Commis
sion. The bids were reterrea to tn
public works department for tabula
tion and report witn recommenaation
Following are the bids as received:
Sewer in Bast Seventy-fourth street. Trior
bush avenue and Bast Seventy-second stree
G. G. Randies, vitrified pipe. $6,455.03
George Gordon, vitrified pipe, 16,157. 40; Joh
Keitlne. vitrified pipe. $6,424 S4: Bdwar
Sundeberc, vitrified pipe, $6,377.14: George
Abraham, vltnrjea pipe. .w.
Improvement of Bast Grant street from
Grand avenue to Bast Eleventh street. War.
ren construction company, bltullthle pve
ment. $1.85 square yard, $15,523.75; aspna
pavement, 1.43 square yam. $12.T
Ores-oil Hassam Paving- Company, Class
Hacsam pavement, $1.40 square yard, $1,
016.62. Oskar Huber, bltullthle pavemen
$1.42 squars yard, (12.507. 48. Oregon led
pendent Paving Company, asphalt pave
Harney County
Strong
News, of Burns,
Supports Home Man
FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE
His Generous Treatment of
How to Develop Oregon
Figure His Earnestness,
Harney County People to
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WILLIAM HAXLEY.
WILLIAM HAXLEY AT MEDFORD.
MEDFORD, Oregon, Oct. 7. (Spe
cial.) William Ha nicy, Progrreaaive
candidate for Vnltcd States Senator,
ww Riven a great reception here.
An enthiiaf antic meeting; waa lie Id
today at Ashland. He was Riven a
banquet acre this evening and re
ception at the Courthouse at Jack
sonville, Tomorrow he soes to Grants
IN SUPPORT OF MR. HANLEY
(Editorial Harney County News of
Burns.)
With the purchase by the man
ager of this paper of the inter
est of Mr. Frank Davey, while
the general policy heretofore ad
vocated in the ' editorial columns
will be pursued, there will be one
change which we desire to men
tion -and explain. From now to
the election the News will do all
in its power to secure the election
of Mr. Hanley, of this county, to
the office of United States Sena
tor, with the full belief that the
best interests of Oregon, especial
ly of Eastern Oregon, and particu
larly of Harney County, will be
subserved by Mr. Hanley s suc
cess.
Over thirty years ago a family
came from Missouri and settled a
mile north of Burns. There were
the father, mother and six chil
dren, the oldest of whom was a
boy of 16 years. Like most of the
immigrants of those days, the
family purse wras not as plethoric
as it might have been, the family
necessities not so numerously sup
plied as could be desired. In fact,
they were pioneering with hope
and determination as their chief
assets.
But there were good angels in
human form then and one of them
is still with us. "Bill" Hanley
and his brother Ed were here in
those days, running their herds
on the surrounding hills, and one
day, as they rode to the camp of
the Missouri family, "Bill"
stopped and entered into conver
sation with the father and mother,
surveying also the bevy of young
sters. "Look here," he said, "you
have no cow and these little ones
cannot thrive in this country with
out milk. "We have some cows up
here in the hills, and if that boy
will ride up there he can bring in
one. it you nave no norse ana
saddle for him to ride, we will
furnish them and you have him go
out and get her at once." The
family was overcome with thank
fulness for the generous offer of
the man who was then a stranger
to them, and the boy made the
mnnt, $1.35 square yard, $12,154.01.
Improvement of Webster street from Den
ver avenue to Delaware avenue. Oregon In
dependent Pavins: Company, asphaltic con
crete pavement, $l.O square yard. $8,178. tH.
Cochran-Nuttins; &. Company, concrete
pavement, $1.25 square yard, $6,542.20. Oskar
Huber. asphaltic concrete pavement, $1.13
square yard, J6.05S.05. Oskar Huber. srravel
bitulithie pavement, $1.38 square yard, $6,
876.91. Warren Construction Company, as
phaltic concrete pavement, $1.30 square
vard, $6,610.85; pravel-bttulithlc pavement,
$1.45 square yard, $7,148.15.
Improvement on Fremont street, from East
Thirty-third street to county road No. 316.
Oreson Independent Paving Company, as
phaltic concrete pavement. $1.10 square
yard, $19,654.75. Oskar Huber, ssphaltlc
concrete pavement. $1.07 square yard, $18,
476.55. Montasue-O-Rellly. asphaltic con
crete pavement, " $1.35 square yard, $--.-445.46.
Gleblsca & Joplln, asphaltic con
crete pavement, $1.12J square yard, $10,
607.87. Warren Construction Compsny, as
phaltic concrete pavement, $1.35 square
yard, $23,736.65: bltullthle pavement. $1.85
jquare yard, $2fl.l38.28: asphalt pavement,
51.50 square yard, $25,070.07.
Cottage Grove Woman lios.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Oct 7. (Spe
cial.) Mrs.- Mary Hart died Monday
evening: at the home of her son. Harry
Hart. The funeral will be held Sat
urday aternoon from the Methodist
Church. tsv. H. N. Aldrieh ofriciatinfr.
Mrs. Hart was born on Christmas day,
1846, at Tuckinrmill, Cornwall, Eng
for Hanley
Tells Why It
Settlers His Knowledge of
His Standing as a National
Courage and Candor Cause
Rally to His Support.
trip for the cow, which proved
such a great boon in their strange
and new surroundings. That was
not the only assistance and en
couragement given by "Bill"
Hanley to the same family in
those times, but is simply a sample.
The parents of that family
were "Daddy" and "Mammy"
Byrd, and that boy was the man
ager of this paper, and it is the
memory of that time and the
knowledge that in all these years
other families and other settlers
have met the same generous treat
ment and encouragement from
he same "Bill" Hanle3 which
rises in our mind, prompting this
article and making one of many
pleasant reasons why we wish to
support Mr. Hanlev at this time.
If "Daddy" and Mamma Byrd
were alive today they would be
supporting "Bill" Hanley for
Senator. W ith a grateful memory
of their goodness, this scion of the
Byrd stock considers it a tribute
to them to do the same.
But these personal reasons are
not the only ones which prompt
the support of the News for Mr.
Hanley. "We believe that no man
m the state better understands or
has a deeper s3'mpathy with the
needs of Oregon in general than
he. lie is a native of the state
and his whole being is wrapped up
in its development and prosperity.
With Eastern Oregon it is vital
that such a man as he should be
sent to the National hulls of leg
islation, in order that proper en
couragement may be received for
the use and development of its
resources and for the betterment
of agricultural conditions. It is
impossible for any man in Port
land or Western Oregon to know
as Mr. Hanley does the great
needs of this undeveloped empire,
for he has been in it and a part
of it for a generation ; he has
given it the most careful study ;
he has labored for changes and
improvements; he has spent time
and money traveling to Eastern
gatherings and appearing before
commercial bodies and Congres
sional committees to hold up the
rights and demands of the Great
West, so that those Eastern fel
lows might realize something of
what had heretofore been a
strange and unimportant land to
them.
He has thus become a National
character and will be no stranger
to the big men of the Senate when
he lands there. He will at once
take his place among them as one
of them. His earnestness of -purpose,
his courage and candor, to
gether with his open-hearted
kindness, will appeal to their in
telligence; his homely and direct
way of presenting facts will be
come attractive .and he will, have
ready audience for all his meas
ures and theories.
All the facts recited herein
should create a strong pride
among the people of Harney
County in having such a man in
their midst, who in the honoring
will honor them ; who is their
friend, neighbor and co-worker;
whose every interest is their in
terest, and they should rally
unitedly to his support.
We believe they will and that
William Hanley will be the next
Senator from Oregon.
(Paid advertisement by Hanley Cam
paign Committee, Clarke Letter. Hn
agr; Headquarters 223-224- Oregon
Hotel. Slain 6465, A 6761. If you want
to help elect a bijr man United States
Senator, call up and enlist in. the Han
ley campaign. We have a small army
of voluntary workers now. Won't you
help make this People's Fight?)
land. She came West to Virginia City,
Nevada, in July. 1847, moved to Cali
fornia Nevember 24. 1893, and came to
Oregon May 28, 1898. The surviving
children are: James H. Hart. Bisbee.
Ariz.: John W. Hart. Chico, Cal.; Mrs.
James H- White. Chico. CaU: Harry C.
Hart. Cottage Grove, and Mrs, H. M.
Wheeler, Roseburg.
Ashland Club to Raise School Fund.
ASHLAND.Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) At
a meeting of the Commercial Club
Monday it was decided to raise at once
$1000 to add to the Normal School
fund. A. resolution also was adopted
providing that hereafter the secretary
shall be appointed by the club trustees.
Instead of being elected by the mem
bershinv This new order takes effect
November 1, when the present secre
tary's term expires. According to the
new resolutaion. the secretary does not
have to be selected from the club
membership.
ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 7. (Special.)
Lee Siner, a Chinaman, pleaded guilty
in the Circuit Court this afternoon to
an Indictment charging him with con
ducting a lottery. He was fined $500.
George Aywatter, a bartender, pleaded
guilty to an indictment charging him
with selling liquor on Sunday and wu
fined ;B0.