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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, SATUgJPAY, FEBRUARY 37, 1915. 1 4 a I j I t r ! 3 t 2 t I i I s ENGAGE 'HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT Heven.Thousand Are Killed or Wounded With Rifle Butts in Carpathians. CZAR GAINS AT PRZASNYSZ Germans Retreat on That Front, Abandoning Material Following Hear? tosses, Says Fetrograd. Russians Lose In Bukowina. LONDON'. Feb. 26. Hand-to-hand fighting in which 200.000 men have been engaged has been going on for several days in the Carpathian Moun tains, according to a dispatch received here from Geneva. The Austr.ana picked up more than 8000 wounded and r.000 dead, the heads of most of whom had been crushed by blows from rifle butts, on one field alone, during a re cent lull in the battle. Terrific fighting also is in Progress in the regioD of rrzasnysz. which the Germans yesterday reported having captured. The Russians today declare that the Germans are in retreat all along "that front, following heavy The Russian official communication ' "According to supplementary infor- 1 K PrvuqnVSZ rr.ation our snreew - - , " jr -region (Northern Russian Poland) during February 24. 25 and the night of February 2fi were extremely im portant Germans Are Retiring. The Russians, courageously shatter ing the resistance of the Germans with rifle fire and bayonets, progressed vig orously. The enemy is retiring alonar the whole front, abandoning prisoners, cannon, machine guns and commis sariat. . "Our success was supported by tne self-denying work of our armored mo torcars, which noured their machine gun fire into the Germans at constant ly decreasing distances, in somo in stances only a few score yards. The enemy's losses were very great. "Cp to the present it has been as certained that during February 24 and 25 we captured 30 officers. 2600 men, teven cannon. 11 machine guns, a huge quantity of equipment and commis sariat supplies." " The military critic of the Berlin Morgen Po.-t again points out today that a strong Russian force apparently is still to the northward of the Rawka River and around Bolimow and that It is evident those troops have no pres ent intention of abandoning their po sitions and retiring behind the Vis tula River. Anntrian Take Captives. - The official communication from the Austrian war office follows: . "Violent artillery engagements are proceeding in the sectors west of J'rzedbors. in Russian Poland. Along the rest of the front, north of the Vistula, and In East Galicia, compara tive calm prevails. The enemy's .-Hacks. In the Carpa thians on our position ' north of the Velovec ridge and in the Ondava Val ev were unsuccessful. "In storming heights during battles 1n Southeast Galicia 1240 Russians were captured." .' After several days' artillery fighting nnd in spite of great numerical supe riority, the Russians were driven from liojan (Bukowina), which they har strongly fortified. according to a Bucharest dispatch to the Cologne ........... Thai, rstti-nt HM Tint end un- ' til they had reached a point 20 kilo mcters (12 miles) north of the Pruth -Kiver. With this reverse, the corre spondent says, the final Russian oppo sition in Bukowina Is shattered and the province cleared of Invaders. Warsaw Again la Goal. Members of the staff of the Russian rmy. commenting on the recent mil itary developments in Northern Poland, agree that from Praasnysz and Nov gorod the Germans hope to develop a movement upon Warsaw. (Prazasnysz s the town north of Warsaw, and about 15 miles south of the Kast Prussian frontier, which Berlin declared yester day had been captured by Germans.) Tliis movement is being assisted, in their opinion, by the recommencement of an energetic offensive in the vicinity of Moghely. Against this powerful German ad vance, which evidently has assumed larger proportions than any previous movement in Russian Poland, the Rus sians had three strong lines of defense. . The first runs from Kovne to Olita, the last named town being on the Niemen River. SO miles south of Kovno. The second runs from Olita, to Grodno and the ,hlrd line Is known as the Bobr-Narew line. v STOCK DIVIDEND UNTAXED Declarations Made In Good Faitb Held Xot Part of Income. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Cash divi dends, paid after March 1, 1913, 'con stitute taxable income when received, mid should be included in the' income tax returns of Individuals whoso total income is more than $20,000. according to a ruling today by Commissioner of internal Revenue Osborn. Stock dividends declared in good faith and not to evade the income tax law, are held not to be subject to the tax. i FIELD IS VAST CEMETERY (Continued From First paste.) of fallen trees, interspersed with shell craters. Attackers Deep In Mad. To add to the hardships of such fighting the troops have been attack ing on ground in which the men sink tip to their knees in mud. "Despite all these drawbacks." con tinues the observer, "counter-attacks have been carried out with such reso lution that in nearly all cases the orig inal line has been regained." Quoting from letters, which he says were found on the bodies of German soldiers, in support of his statement, the rvewitness says: "There is no doubt that the feeling in Germany towards tne war is chang ing.. They probably are as determined as ever to fight to the last, but the earlv optimism and confidence are van ishing. It would appear also that the drain on the enemy a mannooa is nav ing a depressing effect. . rnrrslnert Landstirsi Called. "It Is reported that even the ersatz reservists, vlio are sutienng irom ail ments wiiich would render them unfit for military service, are being called up and that the supply of sound ersatz reservists has been exhausted in some districts. -Some letters speak of the calling up of the untrained landsturm, which rep resents a large reserve still available to make good the wastage or war. " KnesarNi Fire Dmhlngly Met.' . 200.000 "On tsje nisht of February 15, as our troops were advancing to drive the enemy out of one of these trenches, his guns suddenly opened a tremendous fire," the eyewitness says. "Our men were In the open at some distance from the Germans at the time and being thus taken at a disadvan tage their chance of success looked small. Without a moment's hesitation, however, the attacking line broke into a double quick, and pounding through the mud, burst into the German trench. "A counter-attack on the 17th also was a most dashing piece of work. Trenches occupied by the enemy had been subjected to such a heavy fire that they would not await our onset. As our men charged forward cheering, the Germans were observed to be leav ing the trenches and hurrying to the rear. , "In one trench, which became in the course of the fighting more or less isolated, 40 of our men continued to hold firm until every one of -them had been either killed or wounded. Event ually there were only three left who were capable of firing and these three continued to hold the enemy at bay. Three Men Hold to Last. "In the meantime, word was brought to those in the rear that their ammuni tion was nearly exhausted and seven men, the strongest available, were se lected to bring up as much ammuni tion as they could carry. These latter found the three wounded survivors still standing amid the bodies of their dead and disabled comrades and still B,,4iiv ThA minnort. slender as it was. came in the nick of time, for .i MAmmt th Germans launched another assault, which, like the previ ous ones, was oeaien on ui tion was saved. - "Our howitzers did especially MAP SHROWIXG wnrlc on the trenches captured by the Germans at one point. Observers conld see 'one Lyddite shall alter anotner bursting in the trenches and hurling the defenders into the air." 'HARMLESS DISEASES KILL Pennsylvania Kecords Show Many Children Die !From Congli. M4T1RISRI7RG. Pa.. Feb. 21. Penn- slyvania's unusual excess of births over .ii,, which prevailed during most of the' months of 1914, continued dur inr tc fissures is sued by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Department oi neanu. ni. .MmKar tt rie&thS that month was 8856 and the total number of births was 18,812, consiaeraoiy muio .. inn in Of the man xuv i ' 1 - ... r - - deaths. The figures do not include still births, which totaled 778. a low figure. The favorable showing was due to a high number of births rather , l .1... Iin ,i.r than to a low nuniucr l uemo, the death total was utile, it any, ueiuw the usual number. TnHAn,a u-ill hA Interested to know that the so-called "harmless" diseases of childhood carried away dozens of Thiriv.uiv . fl'Om 111,'flSlPS litljl.ll III. i ill. . j " ' - - and 46 from whooping cough. There were also 261 deaths from the more dreaded disease, diphtheria. JAMES JEFFREYS DEAD Pioneer of Weiser Valley Passes at i . Xearly 80 Years of Age. WEISER. Idaho, Feb. 26. (Special.) James Jeffreys, one of the best known pioneers of Southwestern Idaho and Eastern Oregon, died at the Weiser General Hospital last night, after a brief illness from general deDinty. "Uncle Jimmy." as he was more gen erallv known, has resided in this valley since boyhood and was nearly 80 years of age. Mr. Jeffreys was born in In dependence. Mo., and is survived by a number of relatives in laano u-nu Ore gon. - ' 1 MERCHANTMEN DESTROYED FROM AUGUST 1, 1914, TO DATE IN WAR OPERATIONS. Grois Tonnase. 210 .... 4.2X1 7.393 13.9.-.2 2.1:i Sunk by - Crathie. B Holmwood, B. , . . . Kntpara, B Kaloer Wilhelm tier Gro&ae, G... Konisln Lulne, Q.. Xyanga, B Thomas W. Irvin. Tubal Cain.- B... ... Bathori. Aust..... Bowes Castle. B.. Hyadrs. B Imperialist, B nevlso. B San Wilfrldo, B. . 8etl, B Mlriill 1 T . . - Mine tier, cruiser Ger. cruiser Brit, croisrr Brit, cruiser Ger. cruiser Mine Oer. cruiser Brit, cruiser tier, cruiser . Ger. cruiser Mine Mine Mine tier, warship Mine t Ger. warship Ger. cruleer Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Mine Ger. cruiser Mine Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Mine Ger. cruiser Ger. warship Mine Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Mine Ger. cruiser Mine Ger. cruiser Ger.'cruiser Mine Brit, cruiser ' Ger.warship Mine Mine Ger. warship Ger. cruiser Mine Ger. warship Ger.su b. Oor. warship Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. cruiser Mine 8.060 201 1.524 . ... 4.H.10 .... 3,332 . . . .. 34G . . . . 2Ht 6.4.-.S 160 27: Valiant. B 1S City of 'Winchester, B.. 6.8ik Clan Matheson, B 4-TJ5 Diplomat. B ".' Indiun Prima:, B 2.846 Indus, B 3i1 Kamma. D 1.2il Klllin, B 3,.,44 Kilmarnock. B King L-ud. B S.B..0 l.ovat. B .!!; Kebona, B I,S Ribera. B 3.500 St. Cuthbert, B ISO St. Paul. Swed 2...S4 Trabboch, B 4.02S Tymerlc. B 3.314 Ardmount. B 3.olO Bankflelds. B 8,i:t Dawdon, B 1,310 Klsinore. B 6,o42 Koyle. B 4,147 Houtdijik. Dutch 2.S3H Markomannia, G 4,I0.- Mersey. B 1'"? Kelby, B NieuuMand, Dutch. Arsonaut, B Beumohr, B Cormorant, B... .. Flavian. B I... Glltra. B Indian, B Julian. B Kesteven, B.. I.tndwy. B Porpoise. B Rideo, B Sklrbeck, B Walrus, B Wiutoft, B .. Clillkana. B Alice, Swed 2.137 027 4.800 J,50r. ISO 385 3S5 150 144 lr.M 230 171 ir.o IS. - B.14 1.4B1 VESSELS Japanese French Danish . Swedish Swedish ........,.. V I Austrian 1 A Urge number of unidentified merchant Turk In the BlttcK BC IS noi Jnnuuro hi Many German merchantmen Lave ben practically ail othura away frou? German BRYGE ANALYZES AMERICAN FEELING Assumption That All With German Names Are Pro Germans Called Error. : ADOPTED FLAG IS FIRST United States Declared Right In Xot Weakening Influence by Taking Position Adverse to Either Early In War. LONDON, Feb. 26. Viscount James in an article which is to be pub lished in the Daily Chronicle tomor row on 'The Position of the United States in the War," says it is a "com plete error to assume that those who bear a German name or who own to HOW DARDANELLES IS KEY TO German blood belong to the pro-German party." "The children of Europeans who are born in America," Viscount Bryce con tinues, "grow up normal American citizens for all practical purposes. Their loyalty is to the Stars and Stripes and their feelings for the land of their parents is comparatively weak. What is called the German vote is in some few cities a force to be reckoned with. But when those who lead try to use it as a means for applying political pressure in such cases as this the na tive Americans resent such an attempt, for with them it is a fundamental prin ciple that Americans must have no loyalty save to the United States, and the great bulft of even hyphenated German-Americans would refuse to re spond." Blame Is Proof of Impartiality. As to the neutrality of the American Government, Mr. Bryce adds, both sides have blamed it and the Government points to this as the best proof of its impartiality. One party, he says; moved by the tragic fate of Belgium, cen sures the Government for having failed to protest "against the violation of Belgium territory and the flagrant breaches of the rules of warfare pre scribed by The Hague convention." "But," says Viscount Bryce, "it is right that neither side of the case should be put to the United States, the greatest of the neutral powers. The Administration might conceive that manv questions will arise djuring the war in which the rights of all the neu trals will be involved, and it might think that the authority with which the-United States-can speak would be weakened if at the outset its Gov ernment takes up a position adverse to one or the other party to the struggle. However high the motive, its impar tiality would thereafter be questioned." . Ground for Caution Conceded. Arguing that the attack on Belgium was a clear breach, not only of the convention of 1907, but of the funda mental principles of international law. Viscount Bryce says the breaches which followed rested at first on statements which needed confirmation, and that "any government might feel that be fore protesting against the , treatment of non-combatants it needed further Gross Tonnage. Punk by 284 Mine Calpum'ia, B Cervantes. B Cornish City. B Glanton. B Highland Hope, B. Hurstdale, B Lynrowan, B. Manchester Com.. B. Map!e Branch, B... Maria, Dutch Man', B Pruth. B Rio Iguassu, B Rosella, B Ado. G Atle. Swed La Correntina, B... Pluton, Nor , Andrea. Swed Ch areas.. B Khartoum. B Malachite, B Primo, B BIterwater. B Kverllda, B Gem, B Mary, J5 North Wales, B.... Tritonla. B Buresk, B Ocana, B Durward, B Drott. Swed Ben Cruachen. B... . . 4.::5 . . 3.816 . . S.021 .. 5.1.V) 2 7T2 .' 3!:S4 . 5.3fi:s ..'4.338 . 3.S04 2.", .. 4.408 . . 3.M7 243 3KS . . 1.1N3 . . 8..V-H .. 1.S07 .. 1.413 .' 5.0ii7 . . 3,020 Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Mino tier, cruiser Ger. cruiser Mine Ger. cruiser Ger. cruiser Mine Brit, cruiser Mine Ger. cruiser Mine Mine Ger. cruiser Mine IS Ger. sub. 1.3H6 Ger. sub. 1.228 Mine . . 3,076 . . 464 ."SO. .. 8.6111 .. 4.272 .. 4.350 . . - 260 .. 1.300 .. 1,760 y 1,978 4.10 .. S.M2 Mine Mine v Mine Ger. cruiser Mine Cap., sunk Mine tier. sub. Mine Ger. sub. Ger. sub. Ger. sub. Ger. sub. Ger. sub. Ger. sub. Mine Mine Submarine Ger. warship Ger. warship .Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. warship Ger. sub. Ger. sub. Ger. sub. tier. sub. Mine or tor. Mine or tor. Ger. sub. Mine Ger. sub. Mine Mine Ger. sub. Mino or tor. Linda Blanche. B....'. Kllcoon, B Tokomaru, Jap Ikaria, B Admiral Ganteaume, F Wavelet. B Dulwieh, B ViHe de Lille, F Highland Brea, B Hemisphere, B Potaro. B Sumatra, B Wilfred, B. Beldridge. Nor Dinora. , French Devonshire. B Cambunk. B Branksoine Chine, B-. . 4,335 . 2.992 . 3.280 007 . 7.6:14 . . 3.S46 . 4.378 .. 8,830 . 1,121 1!2 365 . 3.112 . 2.026 .. 3.244 . 1.S44 . 1.976 Nordkyn. isor Regin. Nor Oakby. B Rio Parano. B Harpalion. B -V Evelyn, American Oarih. American Depford. B Western Coast, B :. 5.867 3,140 2 OS!) 1,208 SCJiK. American . Dutch Norwegian V - . 9 British , vessels reported sunk by the Russians and German ". , r , ,k TjrfH.h vessels while captured by th9r'Vn e, "Ybors ports have been interned in neutral narbors. &ereJM.jesr f -vT Y r evidence which would carry certainty to every fair mind. "Add to this ground for caution the fact that the United States has always, following the -advice of Washington, endeavored to keep itself clear of Eu ropean entanglements in Old World diplomacy." Regarding the questions of interna tional law and usage which have arisen between the JJnited States and the bel ligerents Viscount Bryce says: "When a- neutral is urged by its citi zens to remonstrate with belligerents upon the exercise of any rights which the belligerents claim, it cannot un less convinced that there is ,no sub stance in the grievance." THIRD OF AUSTRIANS LOST Rifle Deficiency Exists, Shotguns Be ing Used by Some Troops. PETROGRAD, Feb. 6. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Austria has from the beginning of the war mobilized between 3,000,000 -and 3,600, 000 men, including all men liable, to military' service up to 42 years of age and also the drilled recruits of the class of 1915, says the Budapest corre spondent of the Novoe Vremya. Semi official information places the losses up to December 3 0 at 900,000 killed and wounded, exclusive of missing and prisoners. The Austrian army is now suffering from a deficiency of rifles, according to the correspondent. At the begin ning of the war the landstrum were armed with rifles of the 1870 pattern, a part receiving even shotguns. Ger- BLACK SEA. TressTZOtrj? ITS KAL'- i. afclUOASE HI'S- many sent: 1.000,000 modern pieces to the Austrians, but a deficiency, has1 again arisen. It is said that the gen darmes have had to turn their rifles over to the soldiers, receiving pistols Instead. Work of manufacturing a new sup ply is proceeding night and day at Steyr and other arsenals witn an. out put of 30,000 arms weekly, which will be Increased to ou.uou Dy raarcn. BRIDE FLEES BY WINDOW Stern Fatlicr Frustrates Plans Once but Second Time Failed. , WASHINGTON, Fa.. Feb. 21. An elopement, a secret marriage, an an gry parent taking home the sobbing bride, a second elopement with all the accompaniments of, true romance, gun play, court trial and final reconcilia tion here in a few words is told the story of the brief and stormy romance of Lillian Groseck, the pretty 17-year-old daughter of Ignatz Groseck, of Cokeburg-. and Richard Burger, a de voted and determined and finally suc cessful sweetheart. The details of the strange-case came to light when Burger had his father-in-law haled into court on charges of surety of the peace. In the hearing of the case it developed that Burger's suit was opposed by the stern father of Lillian. Nothing daunted, the young people ran away and were married in JIcKeesport, securing their license through Lillian's ability to convince the clerk she was of age. The father appeared on the scene and took his daughter home quite promptly and locked her up in her room. The same night Burger, securing a long lad der, repaired to Lillian's house and res cued the bride by way of the window of her room. Soon,, however, father again sought out the young people and made all manner of dire threats, in which a revolver .figured, prominently. Then Burger had his father-in-law arrested. The case was making good progress in court here, when Burger and his father-in-law suddenly saw chances for a compromise and this was effected by Burger paying the elder Groseck $150 on condition that father-in-law would forgive and forget. There was shaking of hands, smiles and .happiness and the two men divided the costs. DOG GIVES FIRE ALARM Canine Attracts Master to Tenement Pasement on Fire. NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Ptetro, the brindle bulldog owned by. Peter Krem predio, of 432 West Fifty-sixth street, began barking furiously- shortly after 3 o'clock the other morning and aroused the whole house. Krempredio went down into the cellar to silence the dog and found a lively blaze. Patrolman Schubert, of the West ..... nn,.,.ntl.ctrnjit olntlnn. turned In an alarm and when the flrmen arrived , . i i f . - tne names naa spread up an ttir oumi to the third floor. The building, which is a' five-story tenement house, is oc cupied by only nine families. When Krempredio discovered the fire he informed the other tenants, who went to the fire escapes and crossed to the next building and then down the stairs to the street. The origin of the fire is unknown. The damage is estimated at $2000. ENGLISH SPARROWS WORRY Commissioners Plan to Frighten ' Pests With Stuffed Owls. WILKES-BARRE,' Pa., Feb. 21. English sparrows, which flock in the trees of Public Square Park and make it decidedly unpleasant for people who pet on and off trolley cars, are the cause of worry to the City Commis sioners, who have undertaken various means of ridding the central city of the birds. . ' Many plans have been tried out in tryinp; to drive sparrows to other quarters. Stuffed owls are now to be placed in the trees because the Com missioners think this deadly enemy of the English sparrow may drive the birds to other haunts,. If this method fuils, the Commissioners will probably givQ; tip the task. CHANGE OF AIDING II Federal Grand Jury Takes Up Cases of Four Steamships Used as Auxiliaries. AGREEMENT IS PRODUCED Director of Hamburg - American Said to Have Arranged for Sup plies for Cruisers Operating in Atlantic Ocean." xriT-Trr vadl Trh 26 Investigation of alleged violations of customs laws and of American neutrality "s"" today by the Federal grand Jury in . l. .. ,hn stonTnAhina Lorenzo. Berwind. Fram and Sommerstad, which, it is alleged, carried supplies from American ports to German men-of-war in the Atlantic early in the war. It Is understood mat tne gmim i i i ..-. . t .-.. i .. t u tnmo n f a. COID- 111 v oauaiiun ,o v..v v . -- -- i J .. ..... ,1 In Knvpmhpr lRSt bV bir Courtney Bennett, British Consul-Gen eral here, alleging a violation oi I,.- Koflc ,.r v,A vH I revised stat utes, which makes it a crime to aug ment the forces or a Deiugerenv wim which the United States is at peace. Alleged Agrreemeot Submitted. rr.1. jAn,,nl.nta Hmt nilhmiited bV Consul-General Bennett allege that the Hamburg-American line naa h.ijiufi.o, m use the neutral steamships Sommer stad and Fram as auxiliaries to the German navy by having them supply fresh water, coal and provisions to the converted cruisers Kaiser Wilherm der Grosse and the German cruiser Karls ruhe. Among the documents submitted to' the grand jury was an agreement purported to be signed' by Carl Bunz, described as a director oi me burg-American line.' It was announced that the investiga tion would embrace all the alleged vio lations of the customs laws complained of by the various European govern ments since the outbreak o the war. The chief phases of the investigation concern the possibility of conspiracies to defraud the United States through false clearances as to ports of destina tion and the false manifesting of con traband cargoes. foal Conveyed to Germans. It was the firm of Wessels, Kulen katnpft & Co.. of New York, which shipped o9TJ tons of coal out of New York on the American steamer Lo renzo, which was owned by the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Com pany. The Lorenzo was surprised and captured while coaling the German cruiser in West Indian waters. The same concern cleared the steam ship Berwind, of the name line, August 5, with 2737 tons of coal. The Ber wind arrived at Rio Janeiro Septem ber 8, more than two weeks overdue-. Tho Berwind cleared for Buenos Aires. There was much speculation among maratime men here as to why she had gone into a port other than the one she had cleared for. 'The Norwegian steamers Sommer stad and Fram were held up for some time at Philadelphia before they were allowed to sail with cargo and coal that was believed at the time to be destined for German warships. CANADA LETTING GOLD GO Total " of $8,500,000 Transferred Across Border in Few AVeeks. NEW TORK. Feb. 26 Announce ment today of another gold importation from Canada of 3. 250.000 making a total of about $8,500,000 received from across the border in the last few weeks directed renewed attention to the ab normal conditions now existing in all the markets for foreign exchange. All the gold thus far received from Canada has been taken from the vast sum sent to Ottawa by American bank ers in the early stages of the war and placed to tho credit of tho. Bank of England. That institution nnuwcu loss of $8,300,000 gold in its last weekly statement and its holdings of the metal at this time are less by $43,500,000 than they were three months ago. Virtually all the gold reimported from Canada has been taken by one of , .--. hanlrlnO-.nnllRM. whidl haS tne lettuius - - : close relations with the Bank of B ranee. WAR PLEA WINS FREEDOM CTiarge of Defrauding Innkeepers Dismissed Against Dr. Woerner. On his declaration that the Multno mah Hotel willingly had extended him credit at all times, and that he had spent thousands of dollars there, Dr. Paul C. Woerner, well-known bac . : t t-t ,r,,rflv secured & dtsmis- LCI HJU'f, J ........ j sal of the charge of defrauding an inn keeper. District judge uayion uio missed the charge. Dr. Woerner, who was represented ny William P. Lord, declared that his in ability to pay a bill of $143.50 incurred Hue to the fact tkat i ii. r l .'L. I"....... - - the European war had shut oft his re mittances from his home in Germany. He was arrested in' Astoria Thursday nl broueht to Portland by Deputy Sheriff Ward. SHRAPNEL ORDER COMING Russia Negotiating in Pittsburg for $10,000,000 of. Munitions. r i i louui.vj, . I.. . ---o . are in progress between the Russian government ana a large matiuuu pany here which will likely result in a contract for $10,000,000 worth of war munitions. Shrapnel shells form tne principal . n,rior n,i H no crteclal ma. pun wi vwJ ' . ' chinery is required to make some sizes. the company nas asaea ivussm m uc- a. mi nnn nun In honlc tn Inrlemnifv it POSlt A,VUV,vw " should the machines become useless by reason of a sudden termination of hos tilities. The company is now wormns on several large orders of similar char acter. FARMER NOT CONSIDERED (Continued From First Page.) the hands of gamblers, who would ex- act a real toll Irom tne people. When fcsked if it were possible to control or corner the wheat crop, Mr. Leiter said: "Certainly. I tried it once, but you lose so much burying the corpse that ihor, la nothing in running corners. The man who buys for points in the rise or fall might as wen Det nis money in. a faro bank; but you can't stop le gi t imata ' sp aculation." . l. - nA..n.. i--Ar, in Mill J 111 ClrK Ol l'l nmiui uoi ... ...... Valley. Cal., recently filed the following Tir..l.lnRin. m riiHilnnhn, case: uboirb ,n.,,.,ft. ...... Columbus landlord's action to recover rent." GERMANS PROBED kindly naturalness The Peoples unusually fortunate next week William H. Crane in David Harum. This is another of those remarkable photoplay productions by the Famous Players Film Co. Lovable old Dave Harum will live in our memory forever, and quite the best way of immortalizing his memory, I (eel, will be to see him in photoplay. "The Warrens of Virginia" closes its remarkable run at the Peoples Theater tonight, while "The Country Boy." a successful story and pl.iy. draws to a close at the Star. Next week at the Star there will be an unusual feature relating the love of a man and a woman each of whom were unhappily married to others. My next chat will be in Tuesday's Orefonlan. AID OF BLACKS SCORNED BOER REBELS AD l.ttlTO'NS l lvl WAR WHITE MKVS CONFLICT. Insurgent Leader rromlneil . Not Molest Native If Thry Would Rental Quirt. . chief. BIjOEMFONTKIX, iuuth AtiKa. Feb. 1. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) German leaders in South Africa guidinar th rebellion there against British rule a rebellion now almost completely crushed hoped to make it a "white man's war," botli sides eliminating1 the. native. That this was the desire ot the Germans In Orange Free State was revealed by recent testimony at the court-martial of the rebel Boer General Wessel Wes sels, wild surrendered fit December and was placed on trial for high treason. Karly in the trial one of tho chiefs of the Mopcll tribe In UratiK" i'reo .State called as a witness, produced a letter he waid lie hud received from Wessels. The letter follow: "Wo wish to wage a war of white against white, and, only In case the British should arm the coolies, would we count upon your then welcome aid. as wc are confident of vh-tory over the British. We guarantee you jour Independence and the undisturbed pos session of your country on condition that you remain quiet until we ex press a wish to the contrary. 'Tnder.stand us well. We wish to leave you and your people unmolested and in return we desire you to main tain the same attitude toward our peo ple. Disseminate these farts ss far us possible in Basutoland. especially the fact that we stand on the side of the German government and Krnperor Will iam, whose troops are advancing with artillery to meet us and to Join hands with us." Submarines Salute Dutch 1'lng. LONDON. Feb. 26. Hen tor's corre spondent at The Hague telegraphs that a mail steamer of the Zt-elinii! line, which arrived at Flushing today, met two German submarine on the ihsh- ig SATURDAY ONLY lOO Green Trading Stamps FREE With All Purchases of $4.00 and Over " Week-End Specials Ladies' patent eolt, luce and button, welt holes, Cuban, French and roncavo leather heels, Mack, jrray and fawn cloth tops. 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