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6 TTTE arOTTNTN-Q OTfROOXTATT, MOXDAT". NOVEMBER 2, 1914. AR PHOTOGRAPHER WOUNDED BY SHELL SLAUGHTER IS ENORMOUS of the valley. She carried a bouquet of brides roses and lilies of the val ley. The rooms were decorated with pink roses and pink and white carnations. I against a background of palms and ferns. A wedding: supper was given in the Elizabethan room of . the Imperial Ho tel. which was decorated with smilax and red and white carnations. Covers were laid for 40. After a wedding; trip Mr. and Mrs. Dinner With German Officers fr?endTemoerbr &.Tr . . . . r I the Trowbridge ranch, near John Day. inierrUpteQ DV Tire OI I The bride's father is the well-known I John Day merchant, who. with her . British Warship. ; teVi!r; J i?.11 "l ?rUn? I bridegroom Is a member of-one of the oldest pioneer families .of Eastern Ore gon The following were present at the ceremony ana supper: Dr. Loveland. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Trowbridge, Mrs. G. W. Dart, Mrs. Alice E. Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dart, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Boche, Mr. . and Mrs, IC. P. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mar tin, Mr. and Mrs. L 3. Boyce, Miss. Ruth E. Boyce, Miss Louie V. Connor Guy Waterbury, Rolla Johnson, Miss Hazel Johnson, D. Jolly and Master Glen Mar tin, of Portland; Mrs. B. C. Trowbridge, mother of the bridegroom; B. C. Her- burger, H. H. Trowbridge, Charles and Archie Timms 'John Day; Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Johnson, Ferrell, Idaho; A. R. LONDON. Nov. 1. (Special) Donald O'Brien, Marshfleldr Claude Mason, Thompson, the Topeka. Kan., photog- """'"fi"' " "l"". -" rapher who carried a camera through v-ny. Belgium for the World, walked into the World's London office today, look ing as though he had just escaped from the surgery ward of an ambulance hospital, or, as he put it himself, as if he had Just come through a Kansas His storv of his adventures Is best THOMAS M'CUSKKR, HIS told In his own words. "I know my nose is still attached to my face," began Thompson, "because I can feel It, but for several days I was quite sure that it had gone forever. Thrilling Story of Battles In Bel glum Told by Newspaperman Who Risked Life to Obtain oricrares oi acuoh. 11 FOLLETTE IS PITIED FORMER OREGON MANAGER, TALKS. Germans Read London Papers. ."I left London, having come there from Belgium, two weeks ago tomor row (Sunday), and when I reached Ant werp I found myself under arrest- A young German officer made me a pris oner the moment I stepped on xne , train. He took me to the General's Anti-Booth Statement Doubted as Its Phraseology Has Portland. Tinge. ''Little Bob's" Vagaries Revealed. Thomas McCusker, who was the La Follette manager for Oregon two years ago, in an interview yesterday regard ing the position taken by La Follette, headquarters, at the Hotel de Ville, or said: city hall, and there I was met with pro- "Several days ago I was advised by fuse apologies because this youn Lieu- some Wisconsin friends that La Fol tenant nad mistaken me ior an Mg- ,ete was golrig to nav6 an articie iB lishman. The General Immediately in- M ' xn r..mh..i.i. ,i vlted me to have lunch with him. and beratin Booth. I told them that I I accepted; we remained on the friend- would not DeUeve lt until I nad seen It liest terms thereafter. "All the staff, of- course, tried to pump me for news from London, but when I offered them a copy of a Lon don newspaper,., they said: 'We have in his paper, and as I have not seen his paper yet, I am in doubt, coming from the source it does. 'I was told 6000 copies of his-paper would be circulated in .Oregon the last already read mat and enowea a pile f days.of the campaign for the effect of them. No matter where I met with I .. .. v,i ,,,. the German army, bunches of the latest London papers. Real Sympathy Shown. . 1 j ... . it 1 ' I lju.joiuij VI .iag iwuv rr X uuu.u a.ina.ya sol I , T i v. .. REPUBLICAN GAINS STRONGLY INDICATED Sixty-Three Democrats Are Likely, to Lose Seats in House at Washington: BULL MOOSE TO LOSE, TOO Reduction of Majflfityin House W ill Give Minority More Power and Compel Closer At tendance at Session. . SENATE. Total membership present Sen ate. 86; necessary for majority, 49. Present membership: Demo crats, 63; Republicans. 42; Pro gressive, L ' Terms of 32 Senators expire March 3, 1916. Of the 32, 16 are held by Democrats and 16 by Republicans. Owing to the death of Senator A. O. Bacon (Demo crat), of Georgia, two Senators will be elected in that state. The death of Senator Bradley (Re publican), of Kentucky, necessi tates the election of two sena tors from that state, the term of one to expire March 8, next. In Louisiana. Representative Rob-. J ert F. Broussard already has been elected as Senator to succeed John R. Thornton. HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES. Total membership, 435; neces sary for a majority, 218. Present standing: Democratic, 285; Re publican, 122; Progressive Re publican, 2; Progressive, 19; In dependent, 1, and six vacancies due to resignations. The latter were Democrats. bringing La Follette into this game will not have the -effect desired, as his After lunch I obtained a Dass to friends here will not be led astray by go through to Ostend by saying I was political trickery. desirous of seeing my wife. The Ger- "It is too bad that necessity. If such mans were so sympathetic about this it is. should cause him to use his paper that they offered to take me to Os- to boost the game of unscrupulous tend immediately by motor, but, know- politicians, and It is a pity that he Ing that my wife was really in sunny should be led to say unkind things Kansas, I told them I would stay In about Booth, a man of whom he has Antwerp a while to take pictures of no personal knowledge, whatever, and the German troops and other pleasant I about whom the opinions, expressed features of German rule. I were supplied by the man In whose The commander readily consented I Interests they were written. to give me a pass through the! "La Follette has developed - some lines to Malines, where I had left I queer political theories within the last zny trunk on a previous visit, and I two years. In 1912 when a candidate even gave me a motorcycle, apolo- for the Presidency, McGovern attemp- glzing for the scarcity of auto- ed to double-cross him In the .interest mobiles. The motorcycle was of of Roosevelt, and had lt not been for American make, as the Germans smil- Roosevelt, he undoubtedly would have lngly pointed out. I had never ridden been the nominee of a Republican con one in my life, but I experimented on vention. A few months later he was the nerve of a lew people In Antwerp fighting for McGovern, although he until I had reached the gates of the I telegraphed me that he was not worth city. After a while I learned how to I saving, but it was the principle for top the machine when I wanted to, I which he was fighting, notwlthstand and so I went to Fort Walden, where lng that the Legislature was Repub the peasants were still busy burying lican. and the principle would not have suffered with a Democratic Governor. When it came to the general elec- the dead. Dead Unbnried In Streets. -In the streets and "houses of Duffel h 1""??(PP" tlnf I saw more dead men than I could ?af W"so"- nor RhOSeVe"17tlSti?: have believed possible, and no effort factory to him. and he would not vote had been made to bury them. From Duffel I rode to Lierre, where the work of destruction was complete. It was even worse than at Louvain. - for any of them. "A few weeks ago he came out in his paper for Francis J. Heney for United States Senator, notwithstanding that Brussels was my next stop, and Heney fought him in .the convention. finding things quiet there, I managed to get to Malines, which is In ruins. and in a speech said that Roosevelt had done more in three months for Evert irmr hntwoon the Progressive cause man ba jcoueue Brussels had been leveled to the ground naa ln a11 nIS lllB' and the dead remained unburied ln the fields. This year he fought McGovern in Wisconsin, but McGovern beat his can I then hannenrf! tn rnmmhr tViot didate, and he has now picked an. inde- M- I - VUU. , ... I had a letter to Consul Johnson at pendent to run against mm. Ostend, so I set out Immediately for I "He is backing Roosevelt's Bruges on my motorcycle. Wherever I ln Illinois. s candidate and Democrats in other stopped I showed my American pass- states, but nowhere do we find him port ana sam l was a special envoy. charged with dispatches to the Ameri can Consul at Ostend. In this way I finally got to the German lines outside Dlxmude on Wednesday afternoon. I wet a German Captain there, and after some argument managed to persuade Indorsing a Republican. It leaves us with the suspicion . that he may be nursing a personal grudge by reason of his defeat, and we thought him too great a man to entertain such a fatal folly. Two years ago he refused to be read him that I had the personal peimission lout of the Republican party, and now of the Kaiser to photograph German I he picks himself up by the bootstraps Troops, so ne said all Tight,' but rather, and Is carriedout of his own volition. dubiously!. However, he,let me go along with his detachment on" the way to the . coast. He, at -one time, criticised Wilson's policies: now he indorses them. It Is quite evident that La Follette Is labor- "All day long the German artillery I Inir under th imnresslon that as the Kepi up a xernnc nre on jJixmude. 1 heard orders had been given to level every house In that town, and from the church tower in the village I could see on Rooth. he will recosrnize the same the continual flash of shells exploding phraseology that is appearing In' the 1U 41.1 ktia laits ul Luuy DJ minute. Democrats are In power, they may re main, and his chances will be better there. If one will read his strictures Democratic press of this city, and that is the pity of It, that a man of his "Through my field glasses I watched standing should be so misled for po .Belgian soldiers running for cover minal nfmmt.. Neither with aneer through the Dlxmude streets, but the most thrilling sight was a Red Cross nor resentment, will, his friends here pass judgment on him, but will, sorrow motor ambulance loaded with wounded tnat tnelr idol nag fa'llen proceeding through a whirlwind of shrapnel toward the rear of the Bel gian line. I expected momentarily to' eee lt blown to bits, but It never was touched. "I spent the night at Bruges and the next day started for the .coast again with a cavalry officer, who supplied me with a horse. He volunteered to show me the trenches near Nleuport, and also kept telling me about the big guns they were getting ready to go into ac tion. He said the Germans would have .two 42-centlmeter Howitzers and 10 32 centimeter guns within a day or so, and with their aid lt should be easy to-open the way to Calais. "That night and the next day I spent at German headquarters in a small vil lage nearby. Friday night, just eight days ago, while German officers and myself were having dinner in a private house used for the army headquarters. & shell from a British warship dropped through the roof. "I remembered nothing more until I found myself rocking about in an am bulance on my way to Pruges. In the hospital there I was told I had been thrown through a window by the force . of the explosion and that my face was rather badly torn up. They also Bald that two of my officer companions had been instantly killed and another had died in a hospital soon afterward. 'The German Red cross nurses, clothed In white even to their hats and shoes, dressed my wounds. As soon as I was able to get up I rode to Ant werp on an ammunition cart, and after a few days there I came on to London. "Never again can La Follette hope for anything at the hands ot Repub licans, and his so-called Democratic friends will repudiate him. So far as his political career Is concerned, the clo.ck has stopped." War With Mexico Averted. Income Tax Passed .aw President Wrote: Wil son "I want to say how sincerely I hope for the re election of. Senator Cham berlain." f ' : 4V X . . . ' ' i -t - s. - 'it : a-v 9 Currency Law Passed Anti-Trust Law Passed Peace Treaties Negotiated Flegel for Congress Stands for President Wilson w.wmmm.t amiU(,.w( ' t J . , I OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash Ington. Nov. 1. The Democratic ma jority In the House of Representatives will be tremendously reduced by the election Tuesday, but there appears to be no prospect that control of the House .will be lost to that party. After March 4 the Democratic majority In the lower branch of Congress will be between 15 and 40, as against 144 at present. In any event, the margin will be so close that the Democratic members, for the next two years, will be comDelled more regularly to attend' the sessions oi the House, or the Ad ministration's legislative programme may, at times, be held up by the deter mined minority. The Republican Congressional cam paign committee claims the next House by a small margin; the Democratic Congressional committee concedes the loss of from 40 to 50 districts. The balloting will show that a balance somewhere between the-two claims is the correct one, and' that the Democrats will control the House and the Senate for the remainder of Mr. Wilson's Ad ministration. -t Two New Districts Claimed. In two Congressional districts now represented by Republicans the Demo crats hope to be victorious, one ois trict being ln Oklahoma and the other In West Virginia. More than bo dis tricts now represented by Democrats probably will send Republicans to the next Congress, but it would require a gain of 73 seats to give the Republi cans control of the next House, it- is in Nflur F.nD-Iflnd. Nav York. Pennsyl vania, Ohio and Illinois that the Re publicans will make the heaviest gains, but taey will gather in one, two or three districts each in less populous states which now have an- abnormally large Democratic representation, due largely to the strength of the Pro gressive party In 1912 a strength that has largely disappeared during the past year. A conservative estimate shows that the Republicans are likely to make gains ln the House representation about as follows: California 2New Hampshire. . . 2 Colorado 2:New Jersey 8 Connecticut ....... 4New York. .10 Delaware ......... 1 Ohio S Illinois TlOregon .' , I Indiana ........... 2;PennsyIvanta ...... 6 Iowa .............. -iRhode Island....... 1 Kansas 2'Washington 2 Maryland 2,Wlsconstn .". 2 Massachusetts 1 1 Michigan 3 Total ....63 Minnesota ........ H FrogreaaiTn Expected to Lose. In several Instances, as in Oregon, Washington and California, the Repub lican gains enumerated Indicate the election of republicans ln place of Pro gressives, and do not indicate a reduc tion ln the. Democratic total. In the: main, however, the Republican gains are estimated for districts now repre sented by Democrats. Perhaps the most interesting situ ation, from a National standpoint, . Is found ln the President's home- state. New Jersey, which now has two Re publicans and eight Democrats ln the House. The Republicans are sure - to have five members froa New Jersey ln the next House, and may elect seven of the 12 members. President Wilson's own district, now represented by a Democrat, is among those most likely to go Republican at the coming elec tion. It is conceded 'that a straight-out Re publican will succeed LaffertyMn the GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN FOR U. S. SENATOR WAR'S WORST ENEMY AMERICA'S BEST FRIEND A. F. FLEGEL FOR CONGRESS The President Has Earned a Vote of Confidence From the People. The Only Way He Can Get. Such an Endorsement Is by Voting for Chamberlain for Senator and Flegel for Congress. Senator Chamberlain Speaks . Tonight at Washington High School at 7:30, and Lincoln High School at 8:30. (Paid Advertisement. Democratic State ' Central Committee B. E. Haner, Cnalr man.) r Portland, Or., district, and that Re publicans will - succeed Bryan and Fal coner. Progressives, In Washington. The California situation Is decidedly muddled, but Indications point to the retirement of all but one Progressive, and the Republicans stand to gain two members. Montana Is expected to re elect her two Democratic Congress men, both being chosen at large. Colo rado will divide her delegation evenly: all four are now Democrats. In other Far Western states no changes are ex pected. - Much Oak "Wood "Will Bo Cut. AIRLIE, Or.. Nov. 1. (Special.) Ar rangements have been made for a large supply of oak wood to be cut in the hills surrounding this place this Win ter. The demand for wood is growing. Last year the upply of some towns was short, owing to the failure of the owners to have the timber cut. Oak wood now brings about $4.50 a cord, and $1.25 a cord is paid for cutting. The strongest demand for ash stove wood fails to bring any Into the market. Three years ago the ash swales were extensively cleared and since that time the price has raised steadily. When ash was available from $5 to $6 a cord was paid. A California Inventor has patented a scoop for grocers that weighs its con tents, the scoop pressing down an indi cator along a scale mounted on the handle. The Dress My Mother Wore Hear this charming ballad, at Ye Oregon tonight, featuring PROMINENT COUPLE WED Miss Bertha O. Boyce Becomes Bride , of O. A. Trowbridge. " Charles Augustus Trowbridge, pf John Day, Or., and Miss Bertha Olga Boyce were married Thursday after noon at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Q. Boyce, , 306 Fourteenth' street, by Dr. Frank L. Loveland, pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. The bride wore Ivory white brocaded charmeuse. with a tulle veil, and lilies ff6 n rnixw MBHBHHMnMMnHHmM Cowan Assisted by His Charming Chorus in Costumes of "Ye Olden Days." - MIm Jessie Mills. MlsS Dorothy Olds. Tower. Mlaa Ethel Betta. Other Attractions. ' '. Miss Ansta Osgood, "The Vital Spark." Miss Eugene Barlow, Favorite Soprano. Slar. Pletro Marino, -With His Popular Orchestra. Ye Oregon Grille Broadway at Stark. Chas. Wright. President. C. Dickinson, Managing Director. INGL E T AX4CILL .11 Single Tax Is Again on the guised. There Are Seven lot and Two of Them Are Vote IB eat lira 327 No and Ballot "Cleverly Dis Tax Bills on the Bal S ingle Tax in Effect T si 337 No - There are thousands of people in the City of Portland who are striving to pay for their lots and et a home. If this measure is carried their property will be absolutely confiscated and they will be com pelled to sacrifice what they have paid on the property. It is unquestionably the most unjust measure that was ever offered . -TThe best citizens in a conTmunity are those who own real property and this is a direct blow to that class of citizens and if you wish to be square with lot owners be sure to defeat these two measures. These measures, if carried, will increase the taxes on your lots over 40 per cent. It is one of the most vicious and cunningly disguised measures on the ballot. Bear in mind there is - , NO EXEMPTION WHATEVE ON LOTS OR LAND but on the contrary the taxes on your land is greatly increased. The Realty Board of Portland most earnestly aslc your complete co-operation in defeating this most unjust increase in taxes. . F. N. CLARKE, Chairman, . FRED A. JACOBS, . A. C. CALEAN. R Pald Advertisement.)