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TTTE MOKMTVfJ 0RE50XIAX. SATDKDAT, OCTOBER 24, 1914. SEIZURE OF OIL IS AGAIN PROTESTED DODGERS OF INCOME TAX TO BE PURSUED A SHOPPING tour with mother is a most pleasing way of spending the weekly holiday; especially so if mother brings her boys and girls to Ben Selling's shop for young Americans State Department Takes Up Case of Platuria, as It Did That of Brindilla. Revenue Bureau Expects Tan gible Resutts Will Be Forth-, coming Soon. Her(f.are hundreds of Norfolk Suits for boys, fitted and made just like the clothes father buys do-yvnstairs; suits tailored from fine tweeds and cheviots, and every one has an extra pair of Knicker ACTION IS ONLY FORMAL RETURNS ARE .FAR SHORT bockers for "good." Any price you -want to pay $5, $6.00, Second m trl Floor.' Elevator.- ftm" Vj Jloubts of Validity of Unneutral In tentions on Part of Standard Oil Vessels to Be Considered by Prize Conrt. WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. The United States protested today to Great Britain against the recent seizure of the Platuria, a tank steamer owned by the .Standard Oil Company, now detained m-t Lewis Island. Scotland. This protest is identical to the one Jlled in the case of the Brindilla, held t Halifax, N. S., and requests the im mediate release of the ship. Inasmuch as the admiralty court at Halifax already has begun proceed ings to determine whether the Brindilla is a prize, the British government is expected to decline formally to re lease the vessel until a decision is reached. A prize court, it is believed, will similarly determine the status of the Platuria. Company- Owned 1y Standard Oil. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British Ambassador, called on Secretary Lansing today to learn the relation between the German company which formerly owned the Brindilla and the Standard Oil Company. According to a report of the commissioner of corpora tions in 1907, the German company in question was a subsidiary of the Stan dard Oil Company and completely con trolled by the latter company. If this fact is proved to the satisfaction of the prize court, all doubt as to the bona fide nature of the transfer of the vessel from German to American reg istry will be removed, as Great Britain has informed the American Govern ment that she will accept as prima facie evidence of legitimate transfer all vessels whose ownership is continu ously American. Unneutral Intentions Considered. The Platuria was similarly owned by a German subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company. Doubt as to the validity of the change of registry would not be a sufficient cause for seizure, how ever, and British officials pointed out today that reports of unneutral in tentions on the part of each vessel probably would be considered by the prize courts. In the release yesterday of the John H. Rockefeller, bound from one neutral country to another, the principle was tacitly admitted that, even though she carried illuminating oil now declared contraband, her cargo would not be seized, because the country to which she was destined had declared an em bargo on the exportation of the product to belligerent countries. In each of the cases now under con sideration the State Department knows nothing of the circumstances of the seizure, but in accordance with prece dent has promptly lodged protest to conserve American rights. . Each pro test cites merely the understanding of the facts as transmitted by the Ameri can owners. 13 DROWN IN TEXAS FLOOD San Antonio Also Suffers Property Damage of $150,000. SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Oct. 23. A five inch rain in less than three hours early today caused a 15-foot flood in the San Antonio River here and put the San Pedro and Alazan Creeks out of their banks from 100 to 1000 feet. Thirteen deaths by drowning have been reported, with indications that the record will reach 17 or more. All the drownings occurred in the two creeks, which run through the city. The property damage is estimated at J150.000. The Olmos Creek, which empties into the river north of the city, was a mile out of its banks, and reached its highest stage in. 30 years. Among the known dead are Mrs. Al bert Liebe. her baby, and three other children, caught in the collapse of their residence. BRITISH ARE REINFORCED (Continued from first page.) so far has been of a preparatory na ture alone. As stated, ground has been grained by us, but-the misty weather ' has hampered aerial reconnaissances and at times rendered artillery co operation almost impossible, which factors have made progress somewhat slow." Fighters' View Restricted. The narrative here describes the na ture of the country along the Belgian frontier, explaining that hedges are frequent, that trees often restrict the view, and that means of communication are bad. "It is in a blind country of this na ture," the narrator goes on, "that our advanced guards near the Belgian frontier are engaging the advanced troops of the enemy. The latter con sists in some places of cavalry sup ported by Jager and Schutx detach ments, with large numbers of machine guns and others with larger bodies of Infantry. "As was the case in our advance up to the Aisne, the enemy is making every effort to delay our progress, no doubt to give time for the stronger forces behind to perfect their arrange ments. In general they take every advantage that is to be obtained from the ground and conceal themselves well, making use of ditches and hedges and the villages they hold, together with buildings, many of which have been placed in a state of defense. Machine Guns Placed in Rooms. "Furthermore, they occupy narrow trenches with inconspicuous parapets on our side of the vilage. Machine 1 suns often are placed in the center of rooms whence they can command an approach through a window. "So far in our advance we have in flicted considerable loss on these de- tacnmenis. i.ney nave made several determined counter attacks in order to free themselves and throw us back. 1 Many of the prisoners falling into our hands have expressed surprise at be ing opposed by the British in this quarter. "To the north of the Lys, although for reasons already given, an adequate reconnaisance ahead has been practi cally impossible, and in spite of the xact mat the Germans held a strong no tation on the high bridge between irooawaersverae ana Bailleul, one of our cavalry forces, supported by in fantry, has driven the enemy back steadily. Prosperous Co an try ' Devastated. "Parts of the region south of the Lys, where this fighting has been in progress, present a melancholy aspect. Many of the once - prosperous home steads and hamlets are literally torn to pieces. "The work of burial falls to a great extent on the local inhabitants. Amidst the graves scattered over all the coun tryside are rifle pits, trenches and gun emplacements which those now resting below the sod helped to defend or at tack. From these the progress of the fighting can be traced, and even its nature, for they vary from carefully constructed and cunningly placed works to the hastily shaped lair of a German sniper or a roadside ditch with its sides scooped out by the entrenching implements of our own infantry." GERMAN' . GATXS ARE ADMITTED Invaders More Fortunate Aronnd Be thune and Armentieres. PARIS. Oct- 23. "Invaders, having first failed before Albert and Roye, and. secondly, before Arras, in their attempts to envelop the French left wing, are believed to have been more fortunate in the region of Bethune. Merville, Bailleul and Armentieres," says a Havas Agency dispatch, dated before La Bassee. "For this reason, after pushing for ward toward Hazebrouck, 32 miles northwest of Lille, and Aire, on the Lys, they undertook, October 14, an offensive, following the River Lys. German cavalry crossed the river to ward Erquinghen and supported the right wing of the bulk of the German army, which proceeded south and south westward, with the evident intention of turning Bethune and seizing the railroads, which the- Germans believe have been used for supplying the left wing of the allies. "We defeated this maneuver, and then occurred serious cavalry fighting, which, owing to'the nature of the ter rain, left the issue confused. The dis trict in which these interesting opera tions occurred is an extremely diffi cult country. It is essentially agri cultural and is interspersed with riv ers, canals and deep depressions. The properties are divided by hedges and rows or trees, making communication from one field to another difficult. but excellent for ambuscades. Never theless, the allied cavalry fought suc cessfully at Estalrs, Fleurbaix, Lav- entie, Vieille Chappelle, La Couture and Richebourg. "The battlefields bear numerous traces of the severity of this fighting. At Vieille Chappelle a German cavalry man and a French mounted rifleman, after losing1 their horses, continued their encounter to a neighboring cot tage, where, with drawn swords, they fought a duel in the kitchen. Both were mortally wounded, and thir graves are now side by side in the cem etery in the village churchyard. Here the tombstones have been knocked down, while the church itself shows shattered stained glass windows and is without steeple and roof." SAFE COURSE IS SOUGHT KRONPRIXZESSIN CECIME SKIPPER SEEKS MORE ASSIRA.VCE. Conference With Naval Official, Re garding; Removal of Interned Vessel, to Be Held. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. CaDtaln Charles Polack, commander of the North German Lloyd liner Kronprin zessin Cecilie, will confer tomorrow with Acting Secretary Roosevelt, of the Navy Department, regarding the de tails or tne proposed transfer of the big ship from the exposed harbor at Bar Harbor, Maine, where she now lies, to the sheltered waters of Boston Bay. ine eupiain wants to consult tne hydrographic officers with a view to laying out a course between Bar Harbor and Boston that will not at any point lie outside of the three mile limit. He is said to have been un convinced, however, of the sufficiency of the assurances given by the British government to the State Department that no attempt would be made by any of the British cruisers to capture the Kronprinzessin Cecile during this short voyage. The ship probably will be started on her voyage early next week under the convoy of the torpedo-boat destroyer Sterrett and in the custody of a United States Marshal. PORTUGAL REBELS LOSE REPUBLICAN TROOPS PUT DOWN MONARCHIST UPRISING. Insurgent Band Driven Into Mountains and Colonel and Tvro Sergeants Are Among Captured. LISBON, Oct. 23, via Paris. The monarchists of Portugal made at tempts on the nights of October 20 and October 21 to effect uprisings. There were outbreaks at various places, espe cially in the northern part of Portugal, which for a time was cut off from tele graphic communication with Lisbon. A sharp conflict took place at Mafra between 100 civilians and Republican troops. The civilians were led bv a Lieu ten ant, who seized the arsenal. The troops were victorious. An insurgent band numbering 200 men was pursued to tne mountains. Portions of the railroad track at Santarem and Mafra were torn up and trains were derailed. A Colonel and two sergeants were arrested at San tarem and many monarchists were taken Into custody in Lisbon. MURDER CASES TAKE TIME District Attorney' Keames Spends 16 Days Trying Actions. After spending 16 days at Medford trying murder cases before the first criminal term of the Federal Court held in that city, United States Dis trict Attorney Reames returned to Portland yesterday. In the case of the Government versus Thomas Smith, accused of the murder of Link River Beall, on the Klamath Indian Reservation, a verdict of man slaughter was returned and the de fendant sentenced by Judge Wolverton to serve a term of four years on lie Neil's Island. So tense was the contention in the case made by the Government against James George, accused of murder in the first degree, that 125 witnesses were called during the ten days' continuous session of the court and a crowd of more than 1000 people attended the trial day after day. The evidence in this case was largely circumstantial. The Jury disagreed on the verdict and the case will be retried late in Novum ber.- The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Reames and by John J. Beck man. The defendant was represented by L. R. Webster, of Portland, and Judge Gale, of Klamath Falls. Turkish cigarettes, exquisitely flavored and scented, are the passion of the Ckjl. nr Rn. sia, who scarcely ever smokes anything Number of Incomes Exceeding 3IU lion Is .4 4 Discrepancy Great est in Class Between $5000 and $10,000. "WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. In connec tion with their estimate that there are more than 146,000 income tax dodgers in the United States, Congress experts declare that while they could not ex pect their early figures to be absolutely correct, the discrepancy is so large as to. be suspicious. The Internal Revenue Bureau months ago began a vigorous campaign to de tect the dodgers, and it was understood tonight that results might be forth coming soon. There is little doubt that every effort will be made to catch up with violators, for as a revenue pro ducer the law has fallen considerably below expectations, turning in about $28,000,000 for the payable ten months of last year instead of about $45,000,000 as had been expected. No Class Fulfills Hopes. Not a single class of incomes lived up to the hopes of the estimators. In the $5000 to J 10.000 class, however, the discrepancy was greatest, the estimates being 178,000 and the returns 101.718. Incomes from $4000 to $5000 numbered 114,484, while the estimate was 126.000. The announcement showed that 44 returns were made on incomes over $1,000,000; 91 on incomes between $508, 00 and $1,000,000; 222 on incomes be tween $250,000' and $500,000, and 1241 on incomes between $100,000 and $250, 000. The estimates put the $1.000.000' in. comes at 100, the next class at 350. the next at 500 and the $100,000 to $250,000 at 2500. The lack of incomes between $10,000 and $15,000 and between $15,000 and $20,000 was shown by the fact that there were only 26,818 returns of the first class with estimates of 53,000 and 11.977 of the latter with estimates of 24,500. 30,000 Women Make Returns. Incomes between $20,000 and $25,000 were not ar wrong in the estimates, only about 4000 fewer than expected. Those between $25,000. and $50,000 actually returned were 11.144, while the estimate was 21,000. The remaining incomes, those between $50,000 and $100,000, were found to be 3616 while the estimate was 8500. There were 6682 married women who made separate returns, the total of all married persons making returns being 278,835. Bachelors numbered 55,212 and the single women 23,551. LAWYER, ARRESTED, SUES H. C. King Asks $10,000 From Otto TV. Nelson, Keeently His Accuser. H. C. ICing. local attorney, who was set free' Thursday after a trial in the District Court on a charge of larceny by bailee, brought suit yesterday against Otto W. Nelson, his accuser. asking for $10,000 damages because of the humiliation and disgrace attendant upon bis arrest. Attorney King was arrested upon complaint of Mr. Nelson, an automobile owner, whose car was stolen and re covered by Sheriff Word's office. The auto was returned from Wyoming by rail ana air. kelson alleged that At torney King promised to secure the re turn of a freight overcharge from the railway company. He said it was agreed that the two would divide equally the money thus secured. -It wsa alleged that the attorney secured $40 from the railway company, but Mr. Nelson could not get any part of this sum for himself. POSTAL INCREASE NOTABLE Parcels Post Grows, -Rapidly Over Records of April This Year. A comparison of the parcel post busi ness transacted in the Portland post office during the first 15 davs of the present month ana the first 15 days of April shows an increase of 136 per cent in the number of parcels received and that 213 tons were outgoing during the nrst half of this month as compared with 146 tons for the corresponding number of days in April. The postage on the outgoing parcels shows an in crease of 50 per cent, but the clerk hire required to handle the work has increased only 18 per cent, according to figures compiled by Postmaster Myers. - The postal receipts for the first 22 days of the present month show an in. crease of $10,944.92, or 10 per cent more than the same period last year. HIGH SCHOOL GAINS GREAT Registration Increases From 10 94 to .4131 Since 1905, Figures Show, Since 1905, the year of the Lewis & Clark Fair, the high school registra tion in the Portland schools has in creased from 1094 to 4131, and the night-school enrollment has increased from 605 to 4570, according to figures prepared by Assistant City School Superintendent Rice. In 1910 only 170 were registered in the trade schools, while the showing for 1914 is 740. In four years the at tendence at the vacation schools has Increased from 670 to 4841. The rapid increase in the night school attendance was evidenced at the meet lng of the School Board yesterday. when the Board decided to handle the overflow in the attendance at the Lin coln High School night school by using in conjunction the Ladd School build ing, located a few blocks' distant. WIFE SMOKES IS PLAINT Husband Also Charges Ma to With Drinking Beer and Swearing. John Bauer yesterday sued Ethel Bauer for divorce, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment because of peccadil los attributed to her. such as smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, besides calling him vile cam.s and boasting to him or improper conduct with other men. The custody of a child is asked. Mary sued Charles Suretlinska for alleged desertion. Judge McGinn granted a divorce to Mary from Paul Ochs for cruel and in human treatment and restored the plaintiffs maiden name, Harlow. In the same court a divorce was granted to Martha. E. from alelvln L. Broad-hurst. 7 BEN AERIAL MEET IS OFF Government Offers No Induce ment, Say Aviators. ARMY OFFER IS REJECTED Xo Ca&b. Prizes or Certainty of Con tracts Provided and Manufactur ers Prepare to Remove Ma chines From San Diego. SAN DIEGO, CaL, Oct. 23. That there will be no aeroplane competition which will allow the Government the privilege of seeing: what the machines can do without. undertaking to make any pur chases is the position taken by the aviators and manufacturers who have gathered here for the War Depart ment's aerial meet. An offer made by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Reber to have the Army officers conduct the competition without any cash prizes and contracts for rewards, as had been previously planned.- was rejected here today by the three man ufacturers who have their machines at the Army aerodrome, and word was re ceived from another to the effect that he would not send a machine to take part in such a competition. One manu facturer already is packing up his ma chine for shipment, while the other two have placed their aeroplanes in their own hangars here. In taking the attitude they have the manufacturers and pilots declare that they do not feel able to risk their ma chines without any certainty of reward. The tests set by the War Department, they assert, are the most difficult ever prescribed for heavier-than-air ma chines ami whereas the prizes formerly offered were niggardly as compared with those offered at European gov ernment competitions, the idea of com peting without any certainty of re ward is called absurd. When told that the War Department officials had said American builders were too busy getting machines ready for the European market to enter the United States meet, the manufacturers here at first refused to believe the statement. Only one manufacturer. they asserted, had any European con tracts and his was the only machine which complied with every technical ity of the War Department's reaulre- ments. The other three entrants were disqualified on technical grounds, two because they failed to present tneir engine specifications within the re quired time and the other because, owing to engine trouble, he was unable to get his machine here until after the formal opening of the meet. MONEYED TEUTONS FREE LONDON PAPER DECLARES POLICE NET HOT DRAWN TIGHT ENOUGH. Germans In Position to Obtain Import ant Information. Still Allowed Use of Club Telephones. LONDON, Oct. 23 Though express ing general satisfaction today with the result of police crusades against Ger mans in England, the Evening News, one of the first newspapers to start this agitation, says It feels that the higher class of alien enemies are be ing skipped. "There is an Impression," the news paper says, "that we have failed to reach the comfortable moneyed Germans who know a good deal more about Ger many's plot against England than do the humble hotel employes. The fash ionable German club, Atheneum. is do ing business as usual, being visited by men well known in the upper circles of the German colony. The club is per mitted to use the telephone, which must be a service to its members, who are barred from using this service in their own homes."- The Evening News makes the fur ther charge that German employment agencies still are allowed to select the servants employed in the English of fleers' mess and at the training camp. SUBLIMITY ROBBERS TAKEN Men, Captured in Store, Held at Sa lem Under Bonds. SALEM, Or, Oct. 23. (Special.) Captured while robbing the general merchandise store of Dlttmers & Bell in Sublimity at 4 o clock this morning. Fred Peterson and Charley Wade were locked up in the County Jail here. The men were captured by Henry Smith, Marshal of Stayton, whe was dis- patcned to Sublimity by Sheriff Esch. . The men waived examination and OTTT T TATr LEADING OJliXJl-jllN VT CLOTHIER ' MORRISON STREET AT Attractive Specials All 3ay Today dor bonds of J 1000 each. The Sheriff thinks they are members of a band which has been robbing stores in Port land and. towns in the valley. James Bremen, John O'Neill and Jim Taylor, arrested here several days ago, are be lieved to be members of the same band. Peterson, according to the She rift, haa served, terms in several penitentiaries. 20 ATTEND ITREN MEETING Linn Address Devoted to Defense of 91500 Amendment. ALBANY, Or.. Oct. 23. (Special.) Exactly 20 veople, including two news papermen, heard W. S. IT Ren. of Ore gon City, Independent candidate for Governor of Oregon, speak in the Linn County Courthouse last night. He devoted most of his time to a discussion of Initiative measures on the ballot for the coming election, ar guing especially in favor of the $1500 tax exemption amendment. He avowed that he is yet a single-taxer, but re newed his pledge formerly made In his campaign that if elected Governor he would not do anything during his term to further the interests of the single tax cause. Roseburg; Rid of 200 Idle Men. ROSEBTJRG, Or.. Oct. 23. (Special.) Keeping their promise made to Mayor Rice last night that they would leave Rosebur? today if crlven food and shelter, 200 unemployed men departed from here this afternoon. The men were housed in the Armory last night and breakfast was furnished this morn ing by the Roseburg Lodse of Elka Most of the hobos were compelled to leave Roseburg on foot as the result of vigilance displayed by local South em Pacific detectives. Hi v OUtcrs may :53, " i ! wr wo w21 not fflHHDI CWfflLATE 1 ?6.50, $7.50, ?8.50, $10, f 12.50. Handsome cravenetted Balmacaaiis for either boys or girls of 9 to 18 years. Splendid grays, browns, and fancy colorings, 5 to $12.50. Dandy Overcoats for little hopefuls of 2 to 8 years, priced from 5 to S 12.50. Mother; Fathers and Children are welcome here today. Make this store your retting place as mell as your buying place, , FOURTH ' on Boys' Furnishings. BAD BUTTER SENT ARMY SHIPMENT GUARANTEED BV NEW YORK EXCHASGE IS ADMISSION. Inspector Blamed ana Dinehars;e4 and Guilty Firm Suspended, Snya Or ganisation Snperlntendent. NEW .YORK, Oct. 23. An inferior brand . of butter, described as unfit to eat. but bearing the guarantee of the New York Mercantile Exchange that it was the best quality,, was shipped- last June to Vera Cms for the use of the United States troops, according to tes timony adduced today at the inquiry begun by State Attorney-General Par sons to determine if a butter, egg and cheese monopoly exists in this city. According to F. G. Henry, superin tendent of the exchange, who testified today, the inferior butter was sold to the Government by the firm of Henne berger & Herold and received the offi cial guarantee of the Mercantile Ex change through the connivance of its butter inspector, James H. Barrett. Barrett, after an investigation by the board of directors, was discharged and the firm was suspended for one year, Mr. Henry added. Henry, who said he testified under protest, explained that the substitu tion' had been discovtsred through a complaint made by a competitive bid der for the butter contract. "The firm of Henneberger & Herold was ordered to make good the entire quantity of butter, which it did," said Henry. On further crosw-examination, Henry Tlhse Where We Live From In well-equipped kitchens where the choicest foods are prepared, you will always find Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate. The kitchen takes on a new delight when Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate enters it, for then you may look for many new and delightful things to eat. It is easily and quickly made and is extremely economical. Is it in your kitchen? See that it is. In hermetically sealed tins, GlurardenTs Ground Chocolate is the only original ground chocolate. It haa been nsed in , Western homes for over a third of a century and its popularity is growing day by day. D. GHTRAjEDEXXI CO. 1852 admitted that Barrett, now a butter broker, was last month admitted to membership in the exchange. ROSEBURG GIRL HONORED Miss Mabel Sillier Elected to Visit Portland on "Royalty" Day. ROSEBURG, Or., Oct 23. (Special.) At a meeting of thk Strawberry Carnival committee held here today Miss Mabel Miller was elected to repre sent Roseburg at Portland on "Royalty" day, which will be one of the features of the annual land show there. Miss Miller's election was due to the fact that Mrs. Claud Catching, who served as Queen of the Strawberry LFestival here in May was recently mar ried ana nas gone East to reside. Miss Miller is well known in this vicinity and her selection to represent Roseburg nas given general satisfaction here. Roseburg Hospital Graduates Two. ROSEBURG, Or.. Oct. 23. (Special.) The first graduation exercises of the Mercy Hospital Training School were held here last night, with a large crowd in attendance. Tbe event was held In honor of Mrs. Cora Wilkle and Miss Mabel Carter, who have the distinction of being the first graduates from the training school since it wan-established in connection with Mercy Hospital. Normal Schools' Reopening Favored. ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 23. (Special.) The teachers of Douglas County, in session here today, went on record t favoring the reopening of the Weston and the Southern Oregon- Normal schools and the creation of a County High School fund for Douglas County. were bound, over to the errand. Jury un- ON