TITC MORNING OREGOJfTAN, - SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2 T, 1915.
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GERMAN ARTILLERY
FIRING IS VIOLENT
Allies Report Positions Un
changed by Intermittent
Fighting Along Canal.
BELGIANS RETAKE TRENCH
on his return from Yoncalla. Douslaa
County, today, eaid there was a prob
ability that the Yoncalla State Bank.
closed several uays ago by him, would
be reorganized. Mr. Sargent has ap
pointed G. V. Wlraberly, ex-assistant
cashier of the Douglas National Bank,
a deputy superintendent to straighten
out the affairs of the Yoncalla Bank.
The financial trouble of the institu
tion is due to its having: taken land
in Alberta as collateral which has de
preciated in value as a result of poor
crops and other unfavorable conditions.
It had ft capital stock of $10,000. de
posits of about $60,000. and a surplus
of about J1000. M. L. Dungay is presi
dent; G. C. Knott, vice-president, and
Harry Brawn cashier.
The Alberta land was obtained be
fore any of these officers became con
nected. with the institution. Mr. Sar
gent said if It were found not feasible
to reorganize the bank its affairs
would be liquidated as soon as pos
sible.
lYench
Make
Kcport They Continue
Progress in Champagne
Jtcgion . Enemy Abandons
Weapons In Aprcmont.
to
LO.VDOX, Feb. 26. The official in
formation bureau gave out today
Another of the semi-weekiy communi
cations from the iront. It follows:
"The period since the last com
munique has been marked by a thick
mist and rain which culminated on the
24th in a heavy snow storm. Opera
tions consequently have been hindered.
In spite of bud weather, however, our
aircraft carried out their duties. Co
operation between aviators and the
srtillery has been particularly close.
"Near- Yprea intermittent fighting
continued along the canal, without
any change in the relative positions
or the opposing forces. Many gallant
acts have been performed during the
recent ttghtlng in this neighborhood. A
nergeant and a man held a communi
cation trench for a considerable period
unaided and shot down all Germans
who attempted to advance
Machine Hunm' Work Effective.
'Our machine guns were handled
particularly well oi one occasion when
they came into action in the open and
Inflicted a considerable loss on the
enemy.
"Along the remainder of our front
the enemy's artillery lire at times has
oecn somewnat Heavy. .No infantry at-
lacKs d- eitner side have occurred.
The official communication of the
French War Office, issued tonight, says
of recent fighting in Flanders and
France:
"There has been cannonading along
the whole of the front. In the Cham
pagne District our progress has con-
tinued to the north of Mcsnil. After
taking two successive lines of trenches
we reached the crest of the undulating
ground occupied by the Germans-
"Farther to the west we extended our
eperationa by the conquest of an im
portant fraction of the enemy's lines."
The earlier French official report
today said:
"The Belgian army has retaken a
small portion of the trenches which it
Had lost temporarily.
Itrltlsh nepolse Attack.
The British army repulsed in Bel
gium a German attack and also gained
ivv meters on Uo. Kassee road.
"German artillery displayed consider
aoie activity In the Aisno Vulley. Ou
Daticries reduced it to silence in th
afternoon.
in nampacne our procrcss contin
ties. "VV'e won some ground In the wood
northwest of Perthes and north of Ilea
nu-iea-Jiurius. Tho engagement con
tlnues in the valley of the Mouse. A
Jumclles- Dorns, we destroyed nome
machine gun shelters and wrecked the
trenches or the enemy.
ue made fresh progress in Bois
Brule in the Forest ef Aprcmont. The
Germans were driven from several com
munieatlon passages between trenches.
-j ney were subjected to heavy losses,
.anuoning on me neid various ac
coutrements and weapons."
APPEAL DUE TB PICTURE
MRS. SITTO.Y FIGHTS TO ItETAIX
DEAD SOtf'S LIKENESS.
Divorce Won, but Rather Than Give Up
Picture of Late .avl Cadet -Mother
Refuses to Accent Decree.
Mrs. Rosa B. Sutton, to whom a dl
vorce was granted by Circuit Judge
Gantenbein last week, yesterday filed
notice of appeal, refusing to give up a
picture of her son, James B. Sutton, Jr.,
whose mysterious death at the An
napolis Naval Academy in 1907 attract
ed Nation-wide interest. The owner
ship of the son's picture is the only
point of contention in the appeal.
At the time of the death of the young
naval cadet .the mother exerted every
effort to clear his name of the stigma
of suicide. The naval authorities had
pronounced his death due to suicide,
and Mrs. Sutton appealed to the highest
tribunals in attempting to reverse this
decision.
Recently she filed suit for divorce
from her husband, James B. Sutton, a
Southern Pacific agent on the East
Side. Her prayer for a divorce and $40
a. month alimony was granted. In the
trial two weeks ago In Judge Gan
tenbein's court the ownership of two
pictures of the son was brought up in
the discussion over division of personal
effects. One was an oil painting, the
other an enlarged photograph.
Mrs. Sutton refused to give up either
picture to the father. Last week
Judge Gantenbein signed the divorce
decree, in which one of the pictures
was given to Mr. Sutton. Mrs. Sutton
still refused to give up the picture and
filed notice of appeal. If. E. Collier
is her attorney.
BELL-SHAPED CAP GOES
British Find Headgear Copied
American Ann Is Impracticable.
by
LONDON", Feb. 8 (Correspondence
or the Associated Press.) The bell
shaped cup adopted hy the American
army from th British during the
Roosevelt Administration has been
abHndoned by the War Office.
The bell hhape lias proved to be as
foolish a piece of headsrear as the old
timo pih box. Its flat top reflected
light mill made a mark for the enemy.
It protected the head from neither
ivere cold nor extreme heat. Owing
to ilH stiff and flaring sliipe the men
could not wear it when sleeping in the
open. Moreover It did not stick on
well in battle. As a result the boys
In the trenches substituted knitted
sleeping caps and mufflers, which have
the advantages of staying on the head
and kci-plng It warm.
The War Office hag now adopted a
new cap with a soft, warm top and
r flaps which, when not in use, can
he buttoned on top like a motor cap.
The Belgian army Fome months ago
was equipped with a new cap. much
like those worn by New England farm
ers, with a double up-standing side
piece, which may be turned down as a
protection for the back of the head
and ears.
WOMEN WANT POLL JOBS
Ousted by Election Officials, They
Demand Reinstatement.
DIXON, 111., Feb. 22. Women selected
to serve as Judges and clerks of elec
tion at the primary on March 9 have
been asked by the City Commissioners
not to appear for service on that day.
The first objection to the women serv
ing was the labor law, and tho second
that a police magistrate was to be nom
inated and elected. Both of these ob
jections .have been eliminated by an
opinion by Attorney-General Luoey,
but In the meantime men have been
appointed to serve in the place of the
women.
The legal objections having been re
moved, the women now expect to ap
pear for service and a legal tangle will
result. .
WOMAN PIONEER 1848 DIES
Mrs, Elizabeth A. SJattuon Passes at
Home Near Walla Walla.
WALA WALLA. AVash., Feb. 26.
(Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth A. Mattoon,
aged 77, who crossed the plains with
her parents, Daniel and Elizabeth Trul-
linger. to Oregon Territory 67 years
ago, died today at the homo of her only
son. A. R. Mattoon, three miles south
of here.
She lived here 18 years. Mrs. Mat
toon was born In Indiana In 1838. with
her parents crossed the plains by ox.
team in 1848, and in 1852 married Runa
Mattoon. In addition to her son two
grandsons, Arthur R. Mattoon, of Port
and, and Fred V. Mattoon, of Seattle,
survive. A brother, r. P. Trullinger,
lives at Yamhill, Or. Mrs. Mattoon will
be buried Sunday.
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Latest German Bombardment
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HEAVY BATTERY REVEALED
Workman Kurnlshes Drawings of
location, llritisli "aal ' Guns
May Be Called Into Play Mis
siles lfurlcd Nine Miles.
AMERICAN SHIP RECALLED
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POOR AIM IS DUE TO SKY
Marksmen Shoot High, Is E.tplana
tiim of yew Hits In Battle.
PARIS. Feb. . (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) The relatively
small proportion of men hit by in
fantry fire has been explained by the
fact that the blue sky iraws the aim
higrh. La Illustration maintains that
this position is untenable because high
fire is often more deadly than low by
reason of the fact that it reaches the
reserves, who are often assembled in
far more compact masses than tho men
on the firms lines,
an charging position an infantry
man s rifle barrel forms an angle of
about 12 degrees above the horizon. At
from 16 to 60 degrees the I.ebel rifle
with the "D" bullet has a range of
about 440) yards maximum. Suppos
Ins that a considerable part of the
fire were drawn high by the blue sky,
there would be a zone of 150 yards. Just
within the maximum range that would
be particularly dangerous for the
reserves.
AVO.VAIOUTH. Kngland. via London,
Feb. 26. The United States naval col
Her Jason, which brought Christmas
presents from American children to tho
children in countries suffering from
the war, sailed today with exhibit
from England and other European
countries for the Panama-Pacific Ex
position at San Francisco.
Some of. the exhibits were left on
the dock, as the captain of the Jason
had received orders from the Navy
Department at Washington to expe
dite his departure.
HARRIMAN IS OPERATED ON
Improvement Is Kcportcd Following
Removal of Appendix.
NEW TORK. Feb. 26. (Special.) E.
Roland N. Harrlman. a younger son of
Mrs. L. II. Harrlman. it was learned to
day, underwetn an operation for appen
dicitis last Wednesday in the home of
his mother. No. 1 East Sixty-ninth
street.
Toons Harrlman bore up -well under
the ordeal, and It was said today at the
Harrlman residence Yin Is Improving.
BANK MAY REORGANIZE
Yoncalla Institution, Clooed Few
Da jn A jo, I.ojics on Land.
SALEM. Or,, Fh, 26. (Special.)
Stiert Blendes t ef Banks Sargent, up-
WIRELESS SETS OFF BOMB
Austria Has 'cw . War Invention
Whieb Proves Efficient.
BERLIN, via London, Fob. 26.
Reference to a secret Invention sup
plementing minethrowers is ifade by
the National Zeltung's correspondent at
Austrian press headquarters. He says
an explosion Is produced by a system
similar to wireless telegraph.
The precision of the new invention is
Indicated, the correspondent declares.
by the fact that 24 hits were made out
of 25 shots.
Scandinavians Would Buy Snips.
LONDON, Feb. 26. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen
says the Scandinavian shipping con
gress has Issued a report In which it
urges the commencement of diplomatic
negotiations with the purpose of se
curing an agreement under which the
Scandinavian countries will be permit
ted to purchase ships from belligerent
countries.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2. (Special.)
According to a telegram which came
from Chicago today. Hank O'Day. the
former Cincinnati and Chicago manager
and for years an umpire of National
reputation, is anxious to get a chance
to umpire In the Coast League. O'Day
has made no formal application for the
Job. according to President Bautn, who
explains that the staff Is -already
filled.
Quebec Suffers lom Storm,
MONTREAL, FeH. S The province
of Quebec suffered today from the ef
fects of a heavy nw and sleet storm.
Telegraph and telephone communica
tion between many points, notably be
tween this city and Quebec, was Im
possible.
Many ef th Arabian peasant poDulatjon
of PalMtin )iftv recently emigrated to
North and Su:h America, -5
LONDON, Feb. S. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) Furnes, the
hird capital on Bclglal soil since the
war began, has been deserted on ac
count of the latest German bombard
ment which destroyed half of the town.
The Belgian' general headquarters there
for several months has becomo the
most mobile part of the army, and
King Albert, with his staff officers;
hardly know when ' they arise in the
morning where they are going to sleep
that night.
Several weeks, ago, when the Asso
elated Press correspondent visited
Furnes, several shells fell In the town
and one exploded over the railroad
station. The correspondent was In
formed that the attacks came from
heavy guns mounted on armored
trains or motor cars which were
brought as close as possible and then
taken away before they could bo locat
ed by tho allies' artillery, but tho se
verity of the recent bombardment
caused grave doubts of the correctness
of this theory, and information brought
to London by a Belgian workman who
escaped from the German lines has
completely disproved it.
Sheila Hurled Mot Milca.
On his arrival here tho workman
looked up his former employer, a
wealthy Flemish contractor, and fur
nished him with drawings giving the
location of a battery of German guns.
so heavy that ihey have been able to
hurl shells a distance of nine miles
Into Furnes. This information was
transmitted to the British War Office
and immediate steps have been taken
to destroy this battery before its big
guns make the last habitable portion
ot Belgium untenable. It Is believed
that tho guns of the Allies along the
Yser cannot reach the hidden battery,
but it is possible that it is near enough
the seacoast for the long range British
naval guns to put it out of action. J
Furness is a delightful old lemlsn 1
town with a town hall and some
churches of great antiquity and beauty.
In the picturesque square a few months
ago King Albert. King George and
President Poincare met and reviewed
the allied troops. King Albert and his
staff made the town hall their head
quarters, and, in spite of an occasional
German shell from a mysterious source
and bombs dropped now and then by
marauding Taubes, remained there un
til last week, when a heavy and con
tinuous bombardment destroyed half
the town, killing soldiers and civilians,
and compelling the inhabitants to flee.
King: Albert Closely Guarded.
Fortunately, the town hall did not
suffer from the shells, the ancient
buildings clustered about the square
were not rreatly damaged, the resl
dcntlal part of the town, through which
the railroad and military highway
pass, evidently having been the target
of the German gunners.
The nersistent efforts of the German
artillery to locate the headquarters of
the Belgian King have always failed,
but the recent escape of the ruler was
so close that his officers will no longer
permit him to rely upon the charmed
life which he seems to bear and thoy
are taking the most extraordinary pre
cautions to keep his whereabout i
arret from the enemy.
All passes have been cancelled ana It
Is almost Impossible tor anyone not
connected with the army to set within
sound of the firing.
POSTMASTERS ARE NAMED
Conflrmatlotn and Appointments for
Washington Announced,
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OREGON'IAN NEWS BUREAU. 'Wash
ington, Feb. 26 The Senate today con
firmed nominations of Washington post
masters as follows; Hugh A. Nolan,.
Albany Agent Goes to Flavcl.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 26. (Special.)
J. J. Hoydar, who' has been Oregon
Electric agent at Albany since the road
was built to this city in 1912, has been
transferred to Flavel. Or., and will be
agent at the new station being estab
lished there as the terminus of the
Hill lines and steamers. The new
station will be an important one. Mr.
Hoydar is succeeded as agent at Al
bany by H. S. Logan, who - has been
ticket clerk in the local office for sev
eral years and who is an experienced
railroad man.
Ban on Seers and Boxers XTrged.
ASHLAND, Or., Feb. 26 (Special.)
If ordinances pending before the City
Council carry, fortune telling and prize
fighting will be prohibited in this city.
Fortunes must not be told for pay un
der any circumstances, and a recent
boxing contest at the Armory is said
to be the incentive for placing the ban
on fisticuffs.
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