TTTE MOTIXING OREGOXTAX, MONDAY, XOVE3IBER 1G, 1914.
GERMANS RESISTING
INVADERS FIERGELY
Russians Are Progressing in
East Prussia, Says Petro
grad Report.
BERLIN IS NOT ALARMED
Turks Defeat Czar's Troops In Per
sian Province and Another Vic
tory After Desperate Battle Is
Claimed Britons Attacked.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 15. The follow
ing: official communication was Issued
Irom general headquarters tonight:
"On the East Prussian front, at
Etalluponen, around Angerburg and
near Johannlsburg, ourroops are mak
ing a successful progress In the fight
ing The action continues In the re
gion of Soldau and Heldenburg, where
we have progressed, notwithstanding
the desperate resistance of the enemy.
"On the left bank of the Vistula the
battle proceeds, developing along a
front from Plock (Poland) to the River
TVarta. On the front between Kalis
and VVIelan the enemy has withdrawn.
In the neighborhood of Czenstochowa
and toward the south the enemy has
attempted an offensive, but this has
failed.
Russians Approach Carpathians.
"Our march on Cracow continues.
"In Galicia the Austrians are seek
ing to organize a defense .on the River
San. in the Dounaietz region, west of
the front comprising Zabno and Tar
now, and on the Wisloka, on the Jaslo
front.
"In the region to the south of the
Galtcian front our troops are advanc
ing toward the passes across the Car
pathians. BERLIN, Nov. 15. (By wireless to
Eayville, N. Y.) The confidence of the
local authorities In the ability of the
German forces to hold back the Rus
sians is again indicated by the declara
tion of the President of the Province
of Posen that the danger of a Russian,
invasion is not present so far as it is
humanly possible to judge.
Civilians Are Reassured.
Advices reporting the sentiments of
the President also say a warning has
been issued to the inhabitants of East
Prussia, particularly to those on the
-"western part, not to leave their homes,
eince there is no danger of an invasion.
Constantinople reports that Turkish
troops occupied Kotur, In the Persian
province of Azerbaijan, defeating the
Russians at that point Battles at Koe
prikjoel are described as having been
desperate. The Turks took one fortress
on the third bayonet attack. All the
defer "ers either fell or were captured.
a It is announced that the British land
ing force at Fao, in the Province of
Basra, on the Persian Gulf, was at
tacked and 60 men fell.
A dispatch from Vienna gives the fol
lowing Austrian official communica
tion: "The defense of Przemysl is being
conducted with the same activity as
during the first siege. A strong sortie
yesterday on the north side of the
fortress forced back the enemy to the
heights of Rokletnica with small Aus
trian losses.
"In the Carpathians sporadic attacks
by hostile detachments were easily re
pulsed. "All attempts by the Russians to rec
onnoiter in other parts of the war the
ater were frustrated."
FIXER'S DOCTOR DEXIES STORY
Olympic Declassed Not to Save Res
cued Crew, as Reported.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. (Special.)
Dr. J. C. H. Beaumont, ship's doctor on
the White Star liner Olympic, who ar
rived here Friday on the Baltic, de
nied last night the story of the sinking
of the British dreadnaught Audacious.
At least, he eaid, if the Audacious had
sunk off the Irish Coast October 27, as
reported, the crew of the Olympic did
not know -anything; about it and none
of the dreadnaught's crew was rescued
by tlie Olympic. Dr. Beaumont was on
board the Olympic at that time.
It was on October 28. as early as Dr.
Beaumont can remember, that Captain
Haddock, of the Olympic, was warned
of a German mine field near Tory Is
land, which is about 10 miles from the
Irish Coast. That , night, he said, the
Olympic put into Lough Swilly, the
mouth of the Swilly River, near the
North Coast of Ireland. This was the
day after the Olympic's crew is re
ported to have rescued the crew of the
Audacious. Nothing unusual took place
on board the Olympic on the day of the
reported rescue. Dr. Beaumont said,
and so far as he knows they did not
even sight the Audacious. Dr. Beau
mont said that the reported rescue by
the Olympic's crew was doubtless but
another of many wild rumors that have
been current in London during the last
few weeks regarding ships blown up
off the Irish Coast.
WARSHIP LEFT TO FATE
(Continued From First Page.)
crew fought to get into the boats,
so eager were the sailors to do some
thing for the sailors on the doomed
Audacious. When one of the boats hit
the water they found in It a little bell
boy, 11 years old, who carried mes
sages to and from the purser's office.
"Although the starboard lifeboats
were manned, Captain Haddock sud
denly changed his plan. Instead of
Cropping down on the port side of the
pounding warrior, he decided to put
about and approach on the starboard
side. By so doing he made a lee, which
enabled the 14 lifeboats dropped from
the port side to accomplish, a task that
never could have been done if the
original plan had been carried out."
- Lifeboats Brave Hrj Sea.
"The seas were high and the men in
the Olympic's lifeboats had a hard pull.
It took them 20 minutes to get over to
the Audacious, which lay about BOO
yards away. We could see the crew
at quarters. They were the calmest
body' of men I have ever seen. Through
the binoculars the captain of the Au
dacious was seen walking up and down
the deck calmly with bis hands behind
his back.
v "I saw one boat come along the stern
of the super-dreadnought. It had live
men in it. Just as It came into posi
tion for the designated men on the
Audacious to jump into it a big wall of
water pulled it up and slammed it up
side down into the sea. Instantly four
men came to the surface and, clutching
at the beckets, hauled themselves up
ca the keel. . . . ;
Boat's Officer Lost.
"One man was missing. He was the
officer in command. ' The men had not
clung long to the upturned lifeboat
when another boat came bounding by
and picked them up.
"It was a fine piece of work, abeau
tiful pickup. On the deck- of the Au
dacious the officers directed the work
of sending off the crew. Men were
picked for each post and told to jump
on orders. There were about 900 on
the Audacious, but only 280 were taken
to the Olympic. About 400 were trans
ferred to other war craft by the Olym
pic's 14 lifeboats."
Attempt at Toning Futile.
"Some of the small boats made three
trips between battleship and merchant
man. About 200 -men were left on
board the Audacious to assist in the
handling of lines and cables, while
the Olympic made her futile efforts to
take the Audacious in tow. Later
these men were taken off to. the Liver
pool in the Olympic's lifeboats when
it was decided that the Audacious
should be blown up and sunk.
The Olympic dropped anchor off
Lough Swilly at 8 P. M. An hour later
Beames and Griffiths, who were be
low, said a tremendo- flash lighted
up the entire ship. They rushed to the
deck and could see tor fully 20 sec
onds afterward burning fragments
shooting upward from the place where
they hau left the Audacious. Then
came a roar. It sounded, they said,
as if some mammoth boiler were let
ting off steam. It stopped as sud
denly as it came.
Wreck Is Laid to Mine.
That was the end of the Audacious.
Everyone on board had been -taken
off and the Liverpool had put the fin
ishing touches on the havoc that a
mine had begun on the forenoon of that
day, the musicians said.
As a reason for destroying the Au
dacious, it was said that the battle
ship was hopelessly damaged and that
if not blown up she woufd become a
menace to navigation.
One of the new features of the loss
of the Audacious, according to state
ments made on the New York, was
that the battleship was steaming with
a squadron when hit by the mine, but
that immediately her companions of
the super-dreadnaught class steamed
away. In conformity with the Ad
miralty's orders.
The impression was that she had
been torpedoed, it was said, and the
other big warcraft sought to escapeva
similar fate by getting out of the dan
ger zone as quickly as possible. Only
the Liverpool was standing by when
the Olympic came along, but about the
time the White Star liner's lifeboatB
were in the water a' half-dozen de
stroyers and trawlers came out from
Lough Swilly.
Great Steel Hawser Snaps.
The maneuvers of the Olympic In
making fast to the Audacious and try
ing to tow her to the shoals were in
terestingly described. The destroyer
Fury came by the Olympic's Btern at
high speed and a heaving line was
thrown to her. In this fashion a
stouter line was carried out and four
big manila hawsers and a steel cable
from the Olympic were taken over and
made fast to the Audacious. Slowly
the Olympic got under way and the
lines drew- taut.
Hardly had the merchantman begun
to tow her heavy charge when the
dreadnought's bow plunged down un
der a terrific sea. Just as the liner's
own stern was lifted up on a wave.
The strain was too great even for the
steel hawser and all lines snapped as
the Olympic steamed on.
The liner's propellers were reversed
and she came to a stop, finally going
astern of the pounding dreadnought.
She got within heaving distance again
of the dreadnought's bow under the
skillful maneuvering of Captain Had
dock, but the fast approaching dark
ness made it impossible to continue the
attempt to save the big warship.
Salvage' Efforts Abandoned.
It was thought that some of the col
lision bulkheads of the Audacious must
have given way and that more water
was finding its way intp the hold, for
her commander signalled to Captain
Haddock that she could not be saved
and advised him to risk his ship no
further. -
A heavier sea was now running and
as the Olympic's lifeboats came along
side Captain Haddock had his men
hauled aboard. He decided, however,
that the boats could not be taken up
on the davits and they were set adrift.
being picked up later by trawlers and
other small craft.
None of the Olympic's 200 passengers
was allowed ashore for six days and
all, it was said, were requested by the
naval authorities to -say nothing of
what they had seen and all members
of the crew were sworn to refrain from
speaking of the loss of the battleship.
wnile held on board-the Olympics
passengers saw other dreadnoughts of
the squadron steaming in and out of
Lough Swilly, but not until mine
weepers had gone over an area of
some 2400 square miles surrounding
the place where the Audacious was hit.
Ship's Discipline Perfect.
Among the dreadnought's men taken
aboard the Olympic was a petty officer
who was in the steering engine-room
when the vessel was hit. 1 He told his
story to Beames and Griffiths and they
recalled part .of it tonight. This offi
cer said thshock came at eierht hells
of the foreWoon watch. He said he
thought a six-Inch gun had been fired
and gave it little or no attention.
Water began to pour In, however, and
as it did he heard the cry. "Torpedoed
on port side! Close all water-tight
aoors:
All hands were ordered on deck. The
discipline was perfect, according to the
petty officer's story. The fireroom
Jjorce drew the fires on the starboard
side and this, together with the flood
of cold water rushing into the fire
room on the port side, was assumed to
be the reason why the engines of the
dreadnought were unable to drive her
into shoal water.
Only Two of Crew Lost.
Another version of the final destruc
tion of the Audacious, brought by the
New Tork, was that she was blown up
by her own crew by direction of the
fleet commander.
In spite of the fact that there were
900 -officers and men on the Audacious
and that the rescue work was carried
on under great difficulties In a heavy
sea and a westerly gale, only two lives
were lost. One was a petty officer who
was drowned out of a lifeboat and the
other a gunner's mate who was struck
by a fragment of steel when the Auda
cious was blown up.
WIRELESS ISSUE rlAISED"
Japanese Use System Just Outside
Three-Mile Limit.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15. (Special.)
Another possible neutrality problem
that the United States may be Called on
tosolve on the Pacific Coast came to
light today with a report of activities
of Japanese wireless operators in this
vicinity.
For weeks, according to the report.
three or four portable wireless outfits,
operated by Japanese, have been moved
up and down the Southern California
coast outside the three-mile ' limit in
small but powerful motor-driven ves
sels, and have been used effectively in
the interests of Japanese naval man
euvers.
Emil Roedel, newly-appointed Ger
man Consul at Los Angeles, is said to
have complained to John M. Bowen,
special agent or the Department of Jus
tlce, and asked for a mandate of the
State Department providing for a thoi
ough investigation In the vicinity of
ixs Angeles. When questioned con
cerning the Japanese wireless Bowen
was reticent.
"I will not confirm it, nor will I say
that It is untrue," said he. "Assuming
that such a condition existed, it would
be too delicate a matter to discuss at
this time,-and I am not at liberty to
say whether or not Mr. Roebel has
made any such complaint."
Champagne was discovered or invented
250 years ago in France, in a monastery.
3 NATIONS HONOR
KING OF BELGIUi
Monarch's Fete Day Given
Over to Feasts for Exiled
. Subjects and Orations.
REFUGEES SEND PRESENTS
Special Attention Shown Wonnded
Soldiers of Fighting Ruler Brit
ons and French of Every
Rank Join Observance.
LONDON, Nov. 15. Thousands of
Belgian refugees who sought tempo
rary homes in England when their
country was Invaded by the Germans
and hundreds of Belgian soldiers who
are being treated in English hospitals
for wounds, celebrated today the fete
day of King Albert, who, with Queen
Elizabeth, remains with the Belgian
army.'
High mass was celebrated by Canon
Moyas in Westminster Cathedral in
the presence of Cardinal Bourne. The
congregation aggregated some 3000,
chiefly Belgians. Among them were
the three children of the Belgian King
and Queen, who are guests of Lord
Curzon of Kedleston, and many other
Belgian dignitaries and representatives
of the British royal household.
Royal Tots Cheer Wounded.
In the course of the day the hos
pitals where the Belgian wounded
were being cared for were visited by
the Belgian royal children, who gave
to each man some small present. Loyal
messages and simple gifts subscribed
for by the Belgian refugees were sent
to King Albert, Queen Elizabeth and
the royal children.
PARIS, Nov. 15. France was dressed
tn black, yellow and red today in honor
of the fete day of King Albert of Bel
gium. There was a great outpouring
everywhere of the people in sympathy
with the heroic monarch and his sub
jects. The City Hall and other public edi
fices and most of the private buildings
in Paris flew the Belgian colors and in
spite of the heavy downpour of rain
immense throngs attended services in
the Belgian Church and Notre Dame
Cathedral. Thousands visited the
Champs Elysee and saluted a bust of
King Albert and gave their mite to the
Belgian relief fund.
Million Send Tributes.
The telegraph wires carried many
official messages to King Albert ex
pressing admiration and encourage
ment. Among those who sent tele
grams were President Poincare, the
Municipal Council of Paris and the au
thorities of every Important town in
France. By special post and by special
motor car service a million persons
from all corners of the country not
occupied by the Germans, from the
highest aristocrat to the humblest
toiler, sent touching tributes to the
Belgian monarch.
"What the world owes the French
no one knows better than the Bel
gians," said the spokesman of a dele
gation of Brussels Aldermrn who vis
ited Paris in 1910 with King Albert.
Today M. Galli, president of the Paris
City Council, in an address, and vari
ous Pans newspapers "turned this
phrase Into "What the world owes Bel
gium no one knows better than the
French."
Feast Provided Refugees.
Early this morning crowds assem
bled to attend a "Ta deum" In the Bel
gian Church in the Rue de Charonne.
In this quarter are 20,000 Belgian
wood-carvers employed in the Fau
bourg Saint Antoine furniture indus
tries. They overflowed the church
and "the Rue de Charonne into the
Boulevard Voltaire.
At 2 o'clock there was a similar
scene before Notre Dame Cathedral,
where the services were presided over
by Cardinal Amette.
Among those who attended the serv
ices were the Duchess of Vendome,
eldest sister of King Albert, and Mme.
Gulllery, who came to Paris from
Brussels in 1870 to nurse the wounded
French soldiers.
The most touching scene of the day
was the special feastprov!ded for the
Belgian refugees quartered at the
Cirque de Paris, where the exiles, in
spite of the trials they have undergone,
assembled to celebrate their King's fete
date. Many thousands of other Belgian
exiles were received for lunch and din
ner in private families.
The Belgian soldiers sent to Paris
for a rest, who are occupying the forts
around the fortified camp, were not
forgotten. Special rations were served
and leave was granted them for an
afternoon s outing.
DR. E. FLUEGEL IS DEAD
WORRY OVER WAR IS FATAL TO
INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR.
Death Occurs at Stanford University,
Cutting Short Compilation of
"Great Chaucer Lexicon.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cat, Nov.
15. Dr. Ewald Fluegel. head of the
Stanford English philology department
and a scholar of international reputa
tion, died today as a result of a gen
eral breakdown attributed to worry
over the European war. He was born
in Leipzig in 1863, and although he
had spent the greater cart of his life
in this country, he retained an ardent
affection for the Fatherland. Excite
ment and grief over 'the tremendous
struggle brought a recurrence of heart
trouble -Ixom which he had recently
suffered severely and this was accom
panied by a general decline.
Professor Fluegel's death cut short a
monumental work on which he had
been engaged for 20 years. This was
a compilation of what is known among
philologists as the great Chaucer Lexi
con," the plan having been originated
by the late President Furpevall. of the
Chaucer Society of London. The work,
which Professor Fluegel had elaborated
to include old and middle English
words generally, had progressed only
as far as the letter "H," making two
large volumes. It had long been ap
parent that Professor Fluegel would
never be able to complete the dic
tionary.
Dr. Felix Ewald, the decedent's
father, was the author of the Universal
Dictionary.
A widow and four children living In
Leipzig survive . the distinguished
scholar.
56 BRITISH OFFICERS DIE
Additional Xanies of Members of
Nobility Appear.
LONDON, Nov. 15. The Official
Press Bureau made public tonight the
casualty lists of officers received from
headquarters under dates of November
4, 6 and 7. These lists give 66 officers
killed, 108 wounded and 47 missing.
The names of some of the more promi
nent contained in the lists have been
published.
Among those killed ' whose names
have not previously been made public
are: LieuC-CoL C. A. C. King, of the
Yorkshire regiment: Captain the Hon
orable Douglas Arthur Kinnaird., of
the Scots Guards, son of Baron
Kinnaird, former Lord High Commis
sioner to the Church of Scotland, and
Major the Honorable Hugh Dawnay, of
the Second Life Guards, second son of
Viscount Downe.
In the list of wounded appear the
names of Captain the Honorable Rich
ard George Morgan-Grenville, Master
of Kinloss of the First Rifle Brigade:
Lieutenant the Honorable William Fra
zer, of the Gordon Highlanders, son of
Baron Saltoun; Lieut-CoL R. M. Owens,
of the Staffordshire regiment; Lieut.
CoL A. C. B. Smith, of the Scots Fusi
liers, and Brig.-Gen. H. G. Ruggles
Brise. f
NEGATIVE MAJORITY 90
OFFICIAL COUNT NEEDED TO DE
CIDE DEATH PENALTY.
Returns From Every County In tbe
State Show Yes Vote Is 09.957,
No, 100,047.
It will require the official canvass
by the state board to determine defi
nitely the fate of the proposed amend
ment to abolish the death penalty in
Oregon.
Complete returns have been received
on this measure by The Oregonian from
every county, and the large majority
of the figures are the county official
returns. The totals are as follows:
Abolishment of death penalty. Yes,
99,957.
Abolishment death penalty. No,
100.047.
Majority against, 90.
In the county official returns errors
may be discovered by the state can
vassing board and the returns sent
for newspaper publication are subject
to slight errors in transmission. But
in the majority of cases the figures
as forwarded to The Oregonian have
been checked up with the county of
ficial figures as they were published
In the various county newspapers of
the state, and are believed to be as ac
curate as is possible under the circum
stances. In Multnomah County, which has
about one third of the vote of the state.
the figures are not official. They have
been compiled from the totals as given
by the precinct boards. The county
canvassing board frequently finds er
rors in precinct returns and a change
of a few votes, therefore, may wipe
out the apparent negative majority
given the amendment.
Added interest Is given the result on
this measure because of its effect upon
two. condemned murderers. They are
under sentence of death for murdei
committed prior to the adoption of the
act. provided it be adopted. The pen
alty prescribed by statute for their
crime is death and that alone. The
amendment does not carry a saving
clause. That is. It makes no provision
for a penalty for murders committed
in which convictions have been had
prior to its enactment. It is, there
fore, reasoned by many lawyers that
the one penalty prescribed in the case
of the two men cannot be Inflicted if
the amendment has passed, and ther.
being no other penalty to fit their
case they will go free.
It Is probable that the official can
vass will not be completed at Salem
for a week or two. Reports from the
Secretary of State's office aay that th
county official returns are coming In.
but that It has been necessary to re
turn several of them because of tech
nical errors.
HOMES ARE FORTIFIED
RUSSIAN GENERAL SAYS GERMAN
DEFENSES ARE ELABORATE,
Walls Facing; West Are Solid Masonry,
With Rifle Pitsi Underground
Telephones Are Many.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 15. (Special.)
From a report by General Rennen
kampf on his dash to Koenigsberg at
the opening of the Russian campaign
in order to bluff the Germans from
their sweep on Paris, it Is established
that German preparations for a possi
ble war with Russia were as numerous
and thorough as those made for the
invasion of Belgium and France.
The General reports that, besides the
forts throughout all the border region
of Eastern Prussia, there is not a
building, not even a peasant's hut, that
has not the side facing 'Russia con
structed of solid masonry as a cover for
rifle pits. Moreover, this wall some
times had rifle holes in tho same way.
and the basements were so arranged
that they could be almost instantly
transformed into first-class trenches.
All villages also had innocent-looking
earthworks at suitable points,
which were nothing less than fortifi
cations on an organized scale, while at
regular intervals throughout the coun
tryside irrigation canals had been built
to serve as trenches. Every locality
had a perfectly organized system ot
underground telephones and telegraph
wires. All this had been standing for
at least ten years.
CARGO OF DYES ARRIVES
New Material From Germany Will
Revive American. Textile Industry.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. More than a
million dollars' worth of dyestuffs from
Germany were brought into port to
day by the American steamer Matan
zas. The cargo was taken from Ger
many by rail to Rotterdam, where it
was received by the ship.
The arrival of the material will re
sult in a renewal of activity in
branches of the textile industry, it is
said, and the consequent employment
of a large number of operatives who
have been idle.
ALLIES ARE MAKING GAINS
(Continued From First Fag-e.)
the possession of it has thus far been
of little value to the Invaders.
Heavy fog, alternating with pouring
rains, are causing a great deal of sick
ness among the soldiers in tbe
trenches. The ditches are flooded and
the men are forced constantly to stand
In the .water. As a result these sol
diers suffer from severe colds, which
frequently develop into pneumonia.
There is no place in which those who
are ill can be cared for immediately,
since all the villages in this vicinity
have been destroyed and the nearest
hospitals, which are In Ghent and
Bruges, already are overcrowded.
The emanation of the troops which
are fighting under these conditions has
caused a momentary lapse in the oper
ations of the infantry and the battle
continues to be chiefly an artillery
duel, which, owing to the fog. Is of a
desultory character. Military men here
expect no decision in the conflict for
several days, .
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SCHOOL DIRECTORS
WORK ON BUDGET
Frequent Meetings in Secret
Held to Wrestle With
Problems Involved.
ECONOMY EFFORTS MADE
Petitions for Grade Schools May Be
Denied In Favor of Buildings
for Advanced Students Next
Conference May Be Last One.
Members of the Portland School
Board have been meeting frequently In
secret sessions during the past few
weeks to labor with the problems of
the 1915 budget, which will be deter
mined definitely November 24.
Board Chairman Munly and Directors
Plummer and Beach Went i over the
rough draft of the budget Saturday
night, but decided not to make any
recommendations public until the full
Board had passed judgment on each
Item in the list of estimated expendi
tures prepared tentatively by R. 11.
Thomas, clerk of the School Board.
Hearing; to Be Accorded.
All public hearings on tbe - budget
must be completed and the recommen
dations of the Board formed before
the night of November 24, the date Bet
for the annual school meeting, when
the taxpayer's of the district will make
the tax levy after considering the
budget submitted by the Board for
ratification or amendment. In order to
accommodate the large crowd that will
attend this taxpayers' meeting the
Armory has been engaged. Last year
the Board recommended a tax levy ot
5.5 mills, but after a long session,
marked by heated argument and much
wrangling, the taxpayers increased the
levy to T.o mills, which created a fund
of $2,225,000. The levy was raised to
accommodate the taxpayers in respect
ive districts "-who aemanded the erec
tion of the $160,000 Couch, $160,000
Shattuck, $55,000 Richmond annex and
the $30,000 Fulton Park buildings.
Limit of 3.5 Mills Desired.
It is understood that the Board will
not recommend a levy in excess of 6.5
mills this year, in spite of the fact that
residents in many districts are petition
ing for the construction of buildings.
This year there is feeling among tax
payers generally that the levy ought to
be less than it was last year and that
no funds should be spent except where
absolutely necessary.
The residents of the South East Side
are making a persistent demand that
a 1-mtll tax be levied to finance the
construction of the first unit of the new
Franklin High School on the 15-acre
Tenney tract at East Fifty-second and
Division streets, recently purchased by
the Board for $37,000. A general mass
meeting will be held tomorrow night at
the Creston School, at East Forty-eighth
street ana roweu valley road, to dis
cuss ways and means to secure the
building. . Property owners In the com
munlties served by the Creston, Hon
man. Clinton Kelly, Richmond. Wood
stock. Woodmere, Lents and Arleta
schools, who are behind the demand
for the new building, will attend this
meeting.
Hawthorne te to Be Dlvcnsaed.
The Board has consented to meet
with the residents of the Hawthorne
district some time in the near future to
investigate the feasibility of purchas
ing a site for a new Hawthon e school.
The members of the Hawthorne Parent
Teacher Association complain bitterly
because the rooms In the Hawthorne
building are being usurped to house the
overflow of the Washington High
School.
While it hardly is possible that the
Board can be persuaded to levy a 1-mill
tax for the construction of the Franklin
building, it is believed likely that a
fraction of a unit will be appropriated
to build a nnit that will take care of
the increased enrollment ot high Bchool
students.
Those .familiar with the present
school situation in Portland predict
that the Board is more apt to recom
mend the construction of a high school
than any other building. The records
In tbe school offices show that the high
school attendance has increased more
rapidly during recent years than the
grade attendance, due to various
causes.
Many Grade Jleomi Tataat
On the other hand, there are many
vacant rooms in the grade schools scat
tered over the city, and the Board mem
bers have reiterated time after time
that they do not believe in the con
struction of new grade buildings until
all of the present rooms are filled, even
though the locations necessitate Incon
. Watch for
DODGE BROTHERS'
Announcement
Soon
venience on the part of some pupils.
The coming taxpayers' meeting In the
Armory may be the last one ever held
In Portland. There Is concerted effort
on foot to pass a law at the coming
session of the Legislature to give the
School Board the same powers that the
City Commission and the County Com
mission exercise In making budget
levies.
JOHNSON'S LEAD 11,000
Votes of Opponents Xelghbors Go
to Representative.
HOUQUIAM, Wash.. Nov. 15. (Spe
cial.) Representative Albert Johnson
was re-elected to Congress from the
Third District by a majority of more
than 11,000, according to the official
returns now being received. This ma
jority was over his nearest opponent,
Charles Drury, Democrat, of Tacoma;
Staton Warburton, the Progressive, not
being a contender.
The totals of returns received give
Mr. Johnson a majority of 11,569, the
largest ever given a candidate for Con
gress in this district- Mr. Johnson
carried every county in the district, his
largest majority being secured in
Pierce County, the home of his two
principal opponents, Drury and War
burton, where he had a lead of 500
votes. x
GOOSE HUNTER IS KILLED
Auto Overturns Chasing Bird and
Arlington Mian Is Crashed.
CONDON, Or.. Nov. 15. (Special.)
J. M. McKinneyr of Arlington, was
killed yesterday afternoon In an auto
mobile accident, while hunting geese
in the fields near Blalock. Accompan
ied by his son-in-law. Ed Huxley, Mr.
McKinney hai gone to the fields for
geose and had shot and crippled one.
Thinking the goose was going to get
away both men jumped into the car
and gave chase.
When under full way one of the
front wheels struck & badger hole, the
front axle broke and the car over
turned. Mr. McKinney, who ay-aa driv
ing, was caught underneath and
crushed. Mr. Huxley was severely
bruised.
Mr. McKinney was an early settler in
Gilliam County.
Mrs. Sarah M. Anderson Dies.
OREGON CITT, Or., Nov. 15. (Spe
cial) Mrs. Sarah M. Anderson, of
Emmett, Idaho, who came to Oregon
two months ago, died at Canby last
night. The first month she spent in
Portland but later moved to Canby.
Mrs. Anderson was a widow and 54
years old. The body will be sent to
Emmett for burial. She is survived by
two daughters, both of wbm were
with, her at the time of her death.
Police Raid Rooming-Honse.
Patrolmen Schmidtke, Miller and
Wellbrook late yesterday raided a
rooming-house at 328 Front street and
placed Rose Wilson, 33 years old, un
der arrest on a charge of conducting
a disorderly house. Nellie Black, 27
years old, was charged with vagrancy.
23 67 Present at Rink.
"The Slippery Place Rag" was the
most popular piece played by Prasp's
Band at ttie Ice Hippodrome last niirht.
Watch for
DODGE BROTHERS'
Announcement
Soon
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At 9:30 o'clock 2367 people had paid
admission to the hippodrome.
Clara Carter, of Grand Junction. Colo.,
an Invalid, predicted the hour of her own
d"wth a wk in advance.
YOUR, SICK CHILD
IS CONSTIPATED !
MJHONGUE
If Cross, Feverish or Bilious
Give "California Syrup
of Figs."
No matter what ails your child, a
gentle thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out-of -sorts, half
sick, isn't restine. eating and actinsr
naturally look. Mother! see if tongue
is coated This is a sure sign that its
little stomach, liver and bowels are
clogged with waste. When cross, irri
table, feverish, stomach sour, breath
bad or has stomach-ache, diarrhoea,
sore throat, full of cold, give a tea
spoonful of "California Syrup of Figs.'
and in a few hours all the constipated
poison, undigested food and sour bile
gently moves out of Its little bowels
without griping, and you have a well,
playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless "fruit la.xative," because
It never fails to cleanse the little one's
liver and bowels and jvveelen the
stomach and they dearly love its
pleasant taste. Full directions for
babies, children of all ages and for
grown-ups printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your drugcrlst for a 50-cent bottle
of "California Syrup of Flits": then seo
that it Is made by the "California Fig
Syrup Company." Adv. '
NEVER RECOVER
AFTER TAPPING
A father, whose child has Brlght's
Disease, had been tapped three times
and was believed to be on her death
bed, wrote that his physician said
"they never recover after being
tapped."
That is probably true so far as Digi
talis, Basham's mixture and the ordi
nary treatment are concerned, but It Is
not true in cases of Fulton's Renal
Compound.
At 1S4 Lagutia St, San Francisco,
lives G. W. Klrkpatrick who was
tapped twice by Dr. I. M. Proctor, 34
pounds of water being taken at first
tapping. This was in 1905, and he Is
now at above address, a robust mart.
The little son of A. C. Dean, Ninth ave,
Oakland, supposed to be in the last
throes of Brlght's Disease In 1907. was
tapped eight times. He is now going to
school In Oakland. And there are many
others.
The father first referred to above
now reports, notwithstanding the three
tappings, that the dropsy and critical
symptoms have disappeared and his
daughter is up and around again.
How can these facts be overlooked
by physicians who have patients fac
ing certain death under Digitalis and
Basham's mixture, when, with the aid
of Fulton's Renal Compound, there Is
hope for many of these critical cases?
The ability of this Compound to dimin
ish albumenuria in many cases of
Bright's Disease is a FACT IN PHY
SICS established by thousands of
urinalysis. Adv.
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