i TTTTC MOinnrXG- ORFGOXIAX TITTJRSDAT. FEBRUARY 2o. 19T5. AUSTRIANS RETREAT ON BUKQWINA FRON T Russian Artillery Forces Foe Back and New Offensive Is Expected Soon. GERMANS FIND OBSTACLES J'urtlicr Invasion of Czar's Country Hay He Prevented, Admits Bcr lin Kaiser's Recent loss 50, 000 and Austria's 17,000. LONDON", Feb. 14. Austrian troops and artillery have evacuated the posi Hons thev occupied on the Bukowina frontier across the Pruth Kiver from Mamornita, Kuniania, says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Mamornlta, dated Monday. The retiring forces are said to have moved back to Czernowitz becauso of the accurate Russian ami lerv fire. The Austrians" fear, the Mail's corre spondent says, is that tlie Russians are preparing a new offensive in me aircc tion of Czernowitz and there aro no signs of an attempt by the Austrians to make a further advance. The roads am deeD in slush and mud because of a thaw. 47,010 Austrians Captured. Mamornita is situated almost at tho point where tho frontier of Rumania iolns those of Galacia, Bukowina and T'odolia, a government of Southern Russia. "Between January II and February 10 our army in the Carpathians cap tured 6'Jl officers. 47.641) men, J 7 can non and 118 mitrailleuses1 fays a Tetrograd dispatch. The following Austrian official com munication was Issued tonifrht: "On tho Polish Galician front quiet sonerally prevails, apart from isolated violent artillery duels and skirmishes. "The situation in the Carpathians is i-enerallv unchanged. "In yesterday's fight on the Upper San River, we stormed a neiftni, cap turing five officers and 1D8 men. "To the north of the ridge of Vol ovecx the enemy under the protection rr a stnnxr storm made an obstinate at tack and attempted to break through nn. nnsitlons- but was repulsed with severe losses. We captured 300 Rus ' sians. Berlin Itepor Obstacles. The fighting- south of the Dniester River is expanding." A Berlin dispatch says: "Reports are heard in Influential circles here that further obstacles have arisen to prevent the invasion of Rus sia. Tho feeding of the population in the part of East Prussia which had been occupied by the Russians Is pro ceeding with difficulty." "A dispatch from Vienna quotes the war correspondent of the Fremdenblatt as saying the fighting in the Carpath ians has resolved itself into a series of bitter and stubbornly contested en gagements. The Russians are showing desperate courage. "It Is quieter in tho Lukla. Pass, whera both sides have entrenched themselves. An Important engagement is raging to the southward of Stanislau. in rlsHs whera the Russians for the third time have opposed the advance of the Austrian right flank. .- Gfmia I.osa Is 50,000. A new Russian advance from Grodno was easily repulsed. Southeast of Au gustowo the Russians crossed the Bobr Pivr in two Dlaces. Near Sztabin they liar nleen rtv been driven back. Near Krasnyborg the engagement continues. "Near Prezasnyss 1200 Russians were made prisoners and two cannon were taken. "A Russian night attack east of Skl erniewice was repulsed." At least 50.000 men were lost by the Germans In their attack on the Rus sian positions along the Rawka. River ond In the regions of Borjimow and Gumbinnen. according to Ludovic Nau rieau. the Paris Journal's correspondent, who witnessed the operations. He con fers the general situation highly favorable to the Russians. The desperate resistance offered by the Twentieth Corps of the Russian army to the advance of the Germans in Kast Prussia after it had been cut off from tho Tenth Army is described in an official communication issued at 1'etrograd. The report is based upon information received from individuals belonging to this corps who Aianaged to escape. The Russians say that although these troops were surrounded by a German army In the territory by Goldap and Suwalkl. they inflicted heavy losses upon their antagonists. They repelled attacks on four fronts "until their strength was completely exhausted." checked up by the State Engineer's of fice and the project has been pro nounced feasible from an engineering standpoint. The question of finance has absorbed the attention of the dt rectors for the last few weeks. Now that this Important detail has been sat isfactorily arranged Mr. Thomson be lieves that the work can proceed with out much further interruption. This will be one of the biggest pri vate irrigation projects launched in this state in recent years. The land is in a country of demonstrated worth. The Hermiston project, completed five years ago under Government supervi sion, has proved successful and the di rectors of the Teel district land are confident that they can operate their project with equal success. Payment System Attractive. "The land is in excellent condition," said Mr. Thomson yesterday. "All that It needs to make it a big producer is the water. According to our plans we will be able to deliver .water at 140 an acre. The cost of maintenance will be slight Our system of payments ought to enable every land owner under the project to develop his property to the fullest possible extent. "This will not be a speculative scheme. Less than 3000 acres In ths tract will be offered for sale, and that has been acquired by the directors themselves. We expect to place it on the market at the lowest possible fig ure. Every owner in the tract is ready to develop his land as soon as he gets the water on it. "The property can be used for all kinds of agricultural purposes. It is MILLIONS LEVIED IN TAXES MEXICO Carranza Commander at Capi tal Threatens Imprisonment and Confiscation. YAQU! INDIANS IN MUTINY Cnrisins Asalnst Maytorena in Xorth. Reported Priests Exiled by Carranza for Failure to Pay $100,000 at Vera Cruz. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Imposition of sDecial taxes amounting to millions of dollars on business nouses anq prop SCENE OF CRUSHING RUSSIAN DEFEAT IN EASTERN THEATER i Ur WAK. errrjsxrrrar- j P rcf - r I ' ( I f r i V. sokozka SgpuAw MZrRI.V LAKKS ANIJ SURROUNDING REGION, SHOWING TOWNS MEN TION ED IN DISPATCHES CONCERNING FIGHTING. GOVERNOR TO STOP RIDERS Tennessee Troops AVI II Ho Used Against Jfigntrlders, if Xecessary. NASirVH-LE. Term, Feb. 24. A ma jority of the able-bodied men of Lake i'ounty have been appointed deputies under Sheriff Hall and authorized to make arrests in the nightrider outbreak in that section. If that plan fails. Gov ernor Rye. it is said, will order tho tnititia company at Union City to pro ceed to Tiptonvillo and place itself at the disposal of Sheriff Hall. For tho past week nlghtriders have directed tholr acts against tho negro population In the neighborhood of Titan and Phllippi, where many have been ordered to leave tho country. A lead ing planter in tho vicinity, it is said, has been told to dismiss all of his negro tenants. Tho object of the nightrlders seems to be an effort to drive negroes from that section in which tho renting ol lands to negroes is carried on. COLD KILLS WHEAT SEED Many Umatilla Farmers 'Go Over Land Sown in Full. PENDLETON. OrlTVcb. 24. (Special.) Several thousand acres of Fall-sown grain are being reseeded by Umatilla County farmers. This is due to the ex , tended period of cold, dry weather ex perienced during Iccember and Janu ary. It was thought at first that little. If any. damage had been done, but later developments show that the plants in many places were so badly injured that they were unablo to stand the warm weather and wilted. Tho greater part of the damage seems to have been within a radius of 12 miles of Pendleton. At least two farmers have been compelled to reseed os much as 500 acres. While seed wheat is now quoted at J I. J0 a bushel, the growers have been compelled to buy little. 19,000 ACRES GET WATER f rnttnn1 from Flirt !;.' o. p. Teel. Frank Sloan and W. H. Boyd, all well-known Eastern Oregon irrfgatlonlsU. Plans for the work hare been excellent alfalfa land and also can be developed for grain, fruit and garden produce. We hope soon to let a contract end aid in solving the problem of the un employed.' mumS code LEGISLATURE AT OLYIWPIA MAKES PROMISE OF AMENDMENT. Forty Tribesmen Descend on Urr. makers. Armed With Indorse ment of Commerce Chamber. t OLTMPIA, Wash., Feb. 24. (Special) Forty hostile Indians, bent on the extermination of certain provisions of the proposed new fish code that would interfere with their tribal fishing rights, invaded the .Washington Leg islative halls yesterday. Their whirl wind attack on the backers of the fish code won for the redskins promises that the amendments they desired would be made. An alleged "joker" in the fiish code which would interfere with their right to catch smelt was shown one delega tion. This clique first secured the in dorsement of the Olympia Chamber of Commerce for the amendment they were after. Another delegation from Snohomish was headed by Tom Bishop, president of the Federation of Northwest Fish eatlnpr Indians. When Representative Hartley, of Snohomish, who is ac credited with gubernatorial ambitions, saw the 40 and recognized among thein number several of his own constitu ents, he was confronted with the prob lem of either securing the amendments they desired or dining the entire group, lodging them for the night ani providing fish breakfasts in the morn ing. The redmen departed well satis fled with their visit to the Big Council of White Chiefs. erty owners of Mexico City by General Obregon, the Carranza commander, was reported to the State Department to dftv. Under the General's decree payments must be made before 6 o'clock next Fri day, on pain of imprisonment and con liseatioh of property. The tax amounts to three-fourths of 1 per cent on all banks, business con cerns, stock companies, mortgage hold ers and individual operators in the Fed eral district. Foreign companies are subject to the tax on the amount of capital invested in the republic. Private Taxpayers Assessed. Private taxpayers must pay addition al amounts on the basis of one-third their annual payments. ' Ambassador 13a Gama, of Brazil, whose government is caring for Ameri can diplomatic Interests In Mexico City, conferred today with Secretary Bryan. It was reiterated that the United States contemplated no general move in the Mexican situation. The Carranza agency in Washington announced that it had been informed that Yaqui Indians had mutinied against Maytorena, the Villa com mander in Sonora, killed 34 men, in cluding four officers. Prleafs Reach Vera Cms. The aerency made public a dispatch saying Juan Cabral, the Villa com mander who has retired to private life, had left .Nogales for San Francisco. KL. PASO, Tex., Feb. 24. The Roman Catholic priests whose detention at .Mexico City by the Carranza officials has occasioned diplomatic solicitations by the American State Department, ar rived today at Vera Cruz, according to official Carranza advices received here. The news bulletin conveyed the fol lowing version of the affair: "The priests were expelled' from Mexico City for failure to contribute 600,000 pesos for the relief of the poor. "They are being criticised for not making this contribution, though they gave Huerta 40,000,000 pesos." 0 F COURSE, you young men are beginning to think about ' Spring clothes Well, we're ready for you . let your thoughts turn toward this store. Our exhibit of Spring suits may be viewed from all sides fabric, pattern, style, workmanship. You'll approve it, for it shows the best skill of weaver and tailor. Look us dress up ! up come up $15 to $30 -Second Floor Ben Selling Morrison at Fourth. v v r a, us k.- mkl: :i nttwa. . l-. t- rtvrf rsr m m i um t iz mr s m-x mine . BOWLBY MAY STAY State Highway Commision Would Retain Engineer. ACTION DUE TO S. BENSON Immigration figures 6lven out by the Department of Labor show that thD num ber o( aliens arrivlne at all ports In th United States on September 17 was 1003, while on tho same date one year ago the number reached 94S3, thus illustrating the effect of tlie war. CLUB CONSOLIDATION IS PRAISED BY C. C. COLT Reinforced Organization Expected to Be Power for Good and United Effort of Public-Spirited Citizens Is Enlisted. ralka on Consolidation. Xo. -. OR the past several years there has been a certain amount of talk annually suggesting and recommending the consul Wation of the public organizations of the city, believ ing that greater efficiency could there, by be accomplished," said C. C. Colt, president of the Commercial Club and chairman of the committee on consoli dation, yesterday. "Some three months ago the board of governors of the Commercial Club appointed a special committee of three to act with a like committee appointed by tho Chamber of Commerce, looking toward taking definite steps for such a consolidation. .After careful consideration of the topicr . involved, covering a consider able time, it was believed that such a consolidation could be brought about similar to organizations in Spokane, Cleveland and some of the ' Eastern cities. , "Unquestionably there Is a public de. raand for such a move, and in seeking a definite plan the committee got in touch with the Town Development Com pany, of New York, which has done similar work successfully in something like 65 of the important cities of the United States. 'After rigid investigation It was de cided to employ the Town Development Company to undertake the details of this work, and the accomplishment of this long-desired move seems now as sured. 'I believe that one strong body em bracing the public activities of this community will be a power for good which cannot be realized at this time. We. have come to the parting of the ways of the former methods of doing business in a more or lees haphazard way. and it is my desire that an insti tution will bs established here in Port, land the Influence of which will be ' If J V, I i 1 $ 4 Is! - II t hi ' '4 f I ; s4- Tv I i it y vi C. C. Colt. President of Commer cial Club. Who Believes Club Mercer "Will Prove Highly Beneficial. strongly felt not only in our immedi ate vicinity, but throughout the entire Pacific Coast. We have the men here who can do wonders when properly aroused, and I have never questioned their desire or the ability to help, and I ask the earnest consideration and co operation of every citizen of our city who has tho welfare of his home town at heart, to assist in this movement in a broad-minded way, as all are needed by each one." Official AVho Resigned by Request Says Legislators' Fight on Him Was Due to His Insistence) on Having "Work Well Done. su. fir Feb. 24. (Special.) Tho Ktatn Wlehwav Commision. upon the request of S. Benson, today decided to continue Henry Lt Bowl by as totate rzi; u vtj( iwoi ... -. J TT TP PnnnaFt nvnl if n in the lJCllUU. JJ. J. VrfUU.W.b Commission it was the desire of Mr. Benson that Major eowiny remain u i . : 1 .t. , linger f h AU- eilgliieer u ii c 1 1 luu rr ji . . ...... . perviaion of the office in Hood River and Columma counties oa uccu -uui-pleted. T'l, nAan4 Via nnt nlded UDOn a successor to Major Bowlby, although he has announced, ne win iki "-uc when desired. His resignation was i i m i, rLmrnvnn withvombft and 2 " . . , . - - State Treasurer Kay, of the Board, when it Decame eviaeni mac n5s' i . tit t j nn hlcrhwav legisla tion unless assured that another engi neer would be appointed. Major tsowiDy sawi uwaj nidi. not worried over tne action oi u Board in asking for bis resignation, and that he had an offer of a more at tractive position, which ho probably would accept. However, he said, if the Board desired ne would remain as Stats Highway Engineer until the work In Hood River and Columbia Counties was finished. He says the fight was made against him because of his TUle to make contractors live up to their agreements and his charges that coun ties had been made to pay exorbitant prices for bridge work. DEMOCRATS MOURN POWER fContinurd from Firt Page.) Lands, an elective officer. Under the old law the Governor's appointees thus controlled the Board. The new law provides for a Board of three, consist ing of the Commissioner of Public Lands,- Secretary of State and State Treasurer. Big Area to Be Opened. Particular interest centers in the Land Board by reason of a pending agreement with the Government for exchange of 600,000 acres of school lands located in the National forests for a body of land of equal area and value on the edges of the forests. The exchange will have the effect of setting back the forest lines and provide an attractive area for sale and settlement. Extensive surveys will be required.. for which purpose the Legislature is ex pected to appropriate $50,000 to be ex pended bv the Land Board. The Gov ernment "is expected to appropriate an equal sum. It is an interesting sidelight that the Forester and Tax Commissioners are combatting this law on the ground that it carries an emergency clause. It is alleged that an emergency does not in fact exist. Supreme Courts in three states, of which Oregon is one, havo ruled that the Legislature is the sole judge of the existence of an emerg ency. In two or three other states the courts have held that the emergency may be reviewed' by the courts. Control Taken From Governor. The third bill in the McArdle group has also been passed over the Gov ernor's veto. It removes the Tax Com missioners from the State Board of Equalization, where they have been three out of five members, the other two being the elective officers the Commissioner of Public Lands and the State Auditor. The law puts a mem ber of the Public Service Commission, to be selected by the Governor, on the Board in place of the Tax Commis sioners. In Oregon, It will be remembered, a bill abolishing the State Tax Commis sion was one of the group of ten or more consolidation measures presented in the Senate. This particular bill was n kv olttiAr hnnAA Tn IIU. I' VI, " J w. Washington there has undeniably been some aisNiiisiiuu w. j missiorv As to economy I am told that that was one of the arguments used in behalf of the Legislature's hill to abolish. Probably a feeling that it n ,iiiTi0iMMrv hnnrri anri A dp.sirt for economy combined with politics, the, latter predominating, accomplished the passage of the bill. It should be understood that the Washington Legislature is . organized along political lines, with the Republi cans it control and caucusing on im portant legislation. The House and Senate rules and the incidents of legis lation promote an organization more effective than is possible in Oregon. A rules committee not only has control, but exercises it ruthlessly, especially in the House, over the calendar. The bills the leaders want considered ar.e the ones that are considered. The tax levy for state highways produces nearly $2,000,000. which must be ap portioned. Here is pork legitimate pork, but pork nevertheless and lots of it. Pork will hold a combination together better than any other in fluence. The general appropriations also have a bearing on the situation, and more so than in Oregon, for the institutions are not so well centralized. Numerous members thu3 have local in terests to protect. Governor Lister, I think, is personal ly popular. He is not a graudstander nor a trouble maker. With at least three of the leaders he is definitely at outs, but he also has many friends in both branches who are voting against the things he wants because conditions lend themselves to organiza. tion. There is organization and they can't well keep out of it- The New CASE Is Here See This Car of Hidden Values At Our Show Rooms CASE cars are endowed with a ready-orgnnlJtrd selling fon-e. All over America, and beyond, it handles this cur in conjiuirtloii with our other products. Hence we save thousands where others muat anrnH In oolllng And so we spend in many ways for better muteriais and workmaiiKhlp. There are ways whrre otltrrn must bhvo. 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Launching its campaign fur funds for the construction of the proposed trail to Larch Mountain from the Co lumbia Highway and for the estab lishment of a resthouso at the foot of Multnomah Falla. as well as an ob servatory and lookout on the summit of the mountain, the Progressive Busi ness Men's Club at the Multnomah Hotel today at noon will auction 22 box seats for the Hellig Theater per formance Tuesday night. The Progressive Business Men's Club has bought the house for that night's performance of "The Whirl of the "World." The club will turn tho pro ceeds into the fund, for the Larch Mountain trail. The committee in charge has found the demand for tick eta already strong. It Is expected that the sale of boxes at the meeting today will aid materially. The United States Government will furnish J1000 from the Forest Service for construction of the trail and o00 for the erection of the observatory on the summit of Larch Mountain. S. Benson has agreed to pay for tho con struction of the trail through his prop erty, which will represent about a third of the cost, and the Mazamas will con tribute 250. The Progressive Business Men's Club ERUPTION ON SCALP FOR FIVE YEARS Itching Almost Unbearable. Hair Cams Out. Feared Baldness. Used Cuticura Soap and Oint ment. Now Scalp Entirely Well. Nnnn, Colo. "1 had been troubled for flve years with an eruption on my scalp. Sometimes the itching was almost unbear able. My hair was coming out and I didn't know at one time but what I would be bald beaded. My hair was lifeless. "1 tried everything that I could possibly And but nothing gave relief only for a short time. My husband suggested that I try Cuticura Soap and Ointment. 1 washed my bead with the Soap and used the Ointment. Now my scalp is entirely well." (Signed) Mrs. A. B. Hill. Sept. 10. 1914. CUTICURA SOAP r To cleanse and purify and Cuticura Oint ment to soothe and heal have been very successful in clearing the skin and scalp of itching, burning eczemas, rashes and Irritations besides rurnishlng to discrimi nating people delicate, super-creamy emol lients and prophylactics for maintaining the natural purity and beauty of the skin, scalp, hair and hands. Sample Each Free by Mall With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad dress post-card "Cuticurs. Dept. T. Bos ton." Sold throughout the world. Stories and Songs of the Southland" Mrs. Hogan is locally known as the Tortlund Tress Club protege, be cause of the tremendous hits the lady scored at two recent club jinks. Her appearance at the Orpheum will bo her reintroduction to the pro fessional stage, and will introduce her famous pickaninny, Mary Kllcn 'Lizo Lee Jackson Other favorites of the week are: Cressy and Payne, Maria Lo and Her rosins Girls, Melville and HiRRins, Cervo, Bertish and Harry Watkins A GREATER BILL THAN ON SUNDAY expects to raise from the show about 11000. Other clubs will arrange as soon as possible to assist in raising funds. Arthur Lanpreuth at the meeting to day will review the work of the recent session of the Legislature. S. B. Hus ton also will speak, ond VT. M. Cake will be chairman. The trustees will recommend participation In the cele bration of tho openins of the Celilo Canal in the first week -of May. 3 IN WHEAT THEFT NET Complaints Cliarg tliijliis Oratn Stolen From North llank Yards. Wheat has become so valuable thst tt is now the legitimate prey of bur- a i.iAvoa Three nersons were arrested yesterday by neputy ( onsta- bles McCuliouKii anu urumn i v-ceiving- stolen wheat. The complaints were sworn to by Special Anrcnt McKinnuy. of tho Spo kane, Fortlana e neaiue j.nnr..nU . - t in Ihn Xnrth Kink Pttliy. IH'Aini. ... yards had been looted, ho said, by thieves who piinen.il iwirj in nmi sacks and let tho golden yellow grsln run out Into buckets. Ausust nd Fi nest Hjorlund and Mrs. Fdward Mun ger were arrested for buying the stolen wheat. Their cases will bo heurd In District Court. SEAMEN'S BILL REPORTED Supporter of MruMiri? r.ivt Vf lory Before March I. WArilll.NGTON. Feb. 21.--Formal re ports of conferences on the long d. putod seamen's I'ill tn nbollrh arrs t ami imprisonment a a penalty for de sertions nnd to promote, cafrty at have been submitted lo t'oncrefn. It . proponents will urpi adoption t'f I h-j rrnort In both houe. ami believe their efforts extending over period of In years will bo rewarded beforo M;irrli 4. Tlie hill would direet tlie rrnni.lent to terminate treaty iiridnKenic nl pro viding for llio lirrest of ol fleers anil seHmnn charnc.l with desertion from merrhant vriels of the I'nited Stater In forelsn countries and from mer chant vessel f furclisn munlrles In the Fnlted Slste.-v Rudolph Ganz Says of the Steinway Piano J RUDOLPH GANZ, the famous Swiss Pianist, who will play at the Heilig Theater, Monday, March 1st, says of the Steinway Piano: "I cannot think of any greater and more 110 ble inspiration to the artist than a perfect instrument to express the thoughts of his musical andas it has to betechnical am bitions. The Steinway Piano has both sing ing tone and piano action in an unapproach able degree that has made of it the world's piano. That's why I love it and admire it." 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