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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, 3IARC1I 3, 1915. FRENCH ADVANCE DESPITE STORMS Paris War Office Tells of Gains Near Perthes; Says Foe z Suffered Much. BRITISH STAND GROUND erman Attack Near Vprcs Said to Jfave Bern Repulsed Enemy's Strength, In 'ttes-t Estimated at 17 Army Corps. PARIS, via Ixmdon. March 2. The follow inff official statement was is sued by the War Office tonight: "From the sea to the Aisue there have been artillery duels, often fairly spirited, in which we have had the ad vantage. "On the whole front of the sector of Kheims. especially at the Alger farm, near Fompelfe Fort, the enemy deliv ered attacks which were easily re pulsed. "Between Souain and Keausejour our progress continued at several points, where we gained a footing in the woods which had been fortified by the enemy and we have progressed beyond the rrest of the hills In that region. In the course of the last few days strong counter-attacks have been repulsed. Orouad Held la Arsons. "In the Argonne, in the region of Vauquois. all our gains of yesterday were maintained, and we captured about 100 prisoners. Near Point-a-Moufson a night attack by the Ger mans at the forest of Le Petre failed." The earlier official report today said: "Between the sea and the Aisne the iay was fairly quiet. The enemy at tacked only to the southeast of St. Eloi, south of Ypres. lie was repulsed by British forces. "In Champagne, Kheims was again bombarded, about 69 shells falling in the town. "In. spite of the storm our progress continued between Perthes and Beause jour during the whole day. notably northwest of Perthes. Northeast of Mesnil, north of Beausejour, we hold the chief positions parallel to our at tacking line. It is confirmed that the contingents of guards which made eounter-attacks on our forces during Sunday night sustained heavy losses. Fijretlnc Over Trtocfara (ion On. "In the Argonne in the Bagatelle Marie Therese sector there has been mine and infantry fighting in an ad vance trench we occupied after hav ing momentarily abandoned it. In the region of Vauquois we have pro gressed and held ground captured by two counter attacks and made some prisoners. "In the Vosges at La Chapelotte we have captured trenches and gained 300 meters of ground." An official note was issued today dealing with, the distribution of German forces on the eastern and western fronts. It declares there is no truth in the supposition that the Germans had fewer men on the allies' front now than they had in January: "Only one German army crops was taken from the allies' front and this was replaced later by other forma tions. It is true that Field Marshal von llindenburg's offensive was carried out with strong reinforcements, but these were made up of new formations and those taken from sections along the eastern front. Germans Have 47 Corpn In Writ. "The German army fought the battle of the Masurian lakes with reinforce ments of six army corps. The total number of German corps on the eastern front is 30. to which should be added Austrian forces numbering 22. "On the French front the Germans have 47 army corps. . These figures have not varied since December." BERLIN. March 2. The German War Office today gave out the following: "Renewed French attacks in the 4'hampagne district have in most cases already been repulsed. The French were In strong force. "Before the German fire their losses were enormous. At some places -there were hand-to-hand encounters, but in all of them we were victorious. We hold firmly our positions. "In the Argonne district we have taken several trenches, capturing 80 prisoners and five mine throwers. "French attacks on Vauquois have been driven back. "The advantages won by us in the Vosges during the last few days have been maintained in spite of violent counter attacks on the part of the en emy. The French losses were especial ly heavy during an attack yesterday evening at a point east of Celles." PLOT TO PILLAGE FOILED (Continued Krom FlrM Tage. today they were held without bail for examination Thursday. Abarno and Carbone are said to be' members of the Bresci group of an archists in this city who take their name from Graetano Bresci, assassin of King Humbert of Italy. According to the police, the plot to blow up the cathedral and follow this with attacks on wealthy men was con ceived early in February. Sleuth rat I'mder Arren. The plans of the conspirators mis carried because a young policeman, Kmilio Polignani, joined in the plot as an avowed anarchist and for several weeks kept the police informed of the movements of his companions. Polig nani was arrested in the cathedral to day with the men who placed the bomb, but this was only in accordance with the prearranged plan of his su periors. The two men were taken to police headquarters, where shortly they were joined by Carbone, who had been ar rested meantime. Then the two plot ters and Polignani were put through a searching examination. So far as Abarno and Carbone knew Polignani was as deeply involved as they and they had no suspicion as to his real identity. Through the clever replies of Polignani. who assumed the role of a surly prisoner. Abarno was led into making his confession, according to the police, and later Carbone corroborated his partner's story. Plotter la Printer. Abarno's story to the police was told later by officers, as follows: "I was in this job. but never in any other. I put these bombs in there. I had been told that Archbishop Corri- gan and Archbishop Hughes and other big men in ine cnurtu wcie uunw un der the floor where I put the bombs, and it was my hope that the explo aion would open their graves. "I am 24 years old and came to this country with my parents 16 years ago. 1 nm a. nrinter. "About five years ago I began to study anarchy. That. I decided, was the proper means of settling the wrongs of the poor. This was a terri ble Winter for the poor. Our group i..irii to do something. We decided to open a campaign against the Cath olic and Protestant churches, then to terrorise and perhaps destroy the homes of the Rockefellers. Carnegie and some of the Vanderbilts, and finally, when we had the city terror ized, to invade the banks at the head of an army of tho poor and help our selves to the hoards'of the rich. Book Has Bomb Recipe. "We fixed on St. Patrick's Cathedral as the place to start because it is the biggest Catholic church and our dem- . . i --....1.1 ..(tr.rt an trlUCh unsirauun incur " w u i n - ---- attention. Carbone was selected to make the bomb anu nc oougui '" - terial up-town. "He made the bomb according to di- i i I. i .a in Italian recuons in a. uooi r,,M,t" and circulated by the anarchists. This ... . i . 1 . V. r tO book tells now io mane place them and how to got away. "Carbone made the bomb in a room in Third avenue." "You helped him make it, snarled Polignani. "1 helped some." admitted Abarno. ...... . . ... . : i ,. n tUe runm 111 v c lOOK ine maicnoio " - ----- .. . - i (Viapo H ;i H we a trunK wnu-n wu ivn- i..aw. - succeeded today we would have useu i i it., rtaro fnr thai room as our m.'aiM'" -bomb-makingr. Nobody suspected us. I'ollrrmrn Join Anarch. t. . i z... h h had no part oarnu niBiaiuu - - , in the bomb explosions of last tall in t utri,-u-'. Cathedral and in front of St. Alphonsus" Church. It was after one ui -- . . tinaf W'nnna le- tnat I'once lunimi"!'" .. cided to make a determined effort to run down those rcsponsiuie outrages. He started in by examining a number of Italian policemen, and tinallv selected folignani, who was just out of the school of recruits, to join the Anarchist camp. It had been decided by the police that the Bresci group of anarchists was the most dangerous in the city and .. i j! 1 rrAllTl SO Well did he act his part that he was consid ered to be one of the most fearless members. He picKea Aoaniu bone as the most dangerous spirits in this group, the members of which called . i..i:.,;Blira " not being tnemseivea mm - - -bound by any action of the entire body. . i i a Mr n a thAV but being privnegeu w pleased, cither singly or in groups or two or three. . . , - i i. .i nn ii -i rM-t in make ex- t OIlgllHIU "OU - " " . tended reports to the police, for each one of his anarchistic companions was watching the others with suspicion, fearing possiDie ireacnei. he did keep his chiefs informed of what was going on through brief reports. Polignani. Carbone and Abarno kept very much together and on one of these occasions, the policeman reported. Car , : i, - i, .,,.- y.nW to manufacture oone am - bombs and said iron knobs were desir able in the construction. The police state that the bombs exploded at the churches last October contained such knobs. , . . When it was decided to place bombs. . . . ..:.,... PHtuimi t aH n v Polier- nani became a part of every detail of the plot, even ,io vne i')"'6 share of the cost of the explosives. i a i. .. wont to the . ., i i ; .. 1 - .1 ..nt th nlncet in uaineurai unu i i v r. - vw - which the bombs would do the most damage. Ail mis .. . . , i : . Dfil I i.mi n i wnn Polignani io ine unutc. - ..e,- selected to accompany Abarno on the - , . . .. v. , . V, ii il fulfilled mission loaay. v . l-.i 1 ' his duty in the construction of the ex plosives. Cigar Vaed o Light Bomb. j T- i : . . ; t.t ii i-f i thir ADarno anu runsiiaHi way to the cathedral at the time -when worshippers were anenums . 1 tnmn HtflPf. mass. Aireaay a mis" lul u " , tives had been scattered throughout the edifice in various disguises. Two, made up as scrubwomen, were working in the vestibule, another was disguised as an usher of the church, and many detectives were sitting in pews in dif ferent pans ui mo .iim... Arriving at the cathedral Abarno, who had just lighted a cigar, entered ... . i hie pnmnnnloil. WlinOUl a vyuiu u 1 --- When left alone Tolignani gave a quick signal to the two detectives in the vestibule and the sign - was passed along that the man approaching the . . I . V. . .r , u norm aisie naa-uo . . ,i 9 ;..,. A nun' nonr The ADarno siippeu " back of the church, placed a bomb un der the seat and then made his way . - ,i ka olclp fownrd the aOOUl 13 1 ' L uuw" - . . . 1. n nlacprl fllS altar. finipnns , , . . , second bomb and applied the lighted . i - T 1, .... Via icliiinoH out cigar to ine iuk. - - and turned toward the rear of the church, intending io ngm. bomb as he passed out It was at this moment that the dra . aof.hoH In the ex- matlC Climax -- tinguishing of the lighted fuse and the arrest of the anarchist and his com panion. ri..,iM a. Perkins said today that under the recently re vised section 1895 of the penal code the alleged maker ana pmcci m were liable to 25 years' imprisonment n n.hlA in indictment and were junuri ......- under "the Sullivan concealed weapon act. XITRO SHIPPERS DISAPPEAR Federal Authorities Seeking Group Who nousht. Explosive. ... , . t-r Ai.mh f Chirairo offici- als of the Federal Department of Jus tice are searching for a group of men who. it is said, received a large sh'P" . - i,.prln from the Kast meni oi niuu-ftij""- -- - -several days ago. . Kfforts to ascertain what disposition was mime m - ,j v i .i truliv when the plosive were New ork dynamite plot was made public. It IS SaiU IU iitwv-e..? shipped to Chicago from an Eastern city in full compliance with the law. but that the persons who received the di-nmrnt mysteriously disappeared a short time afterward. . ' Federal officials aecnnca io aiscuss .. 1.1 . .4 fnrthnr t h SI n to nil. ine SUUJCLl luuo,' mit that an investigation was being Diane. LISTER DELAYS BRIDGE YKTO OF EMERGENCY CLAUSE 1HI. US VP INTERNATIONAL SPAN". Work Cannot Begin. Clarke County Kepreitentative Saya, Vntil June 1 Because of Action. OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 2. fSpe cial.) Governor Lister, while signing substitute House bill 56, today vetoed the emergency clause affixed to it, which declared the act necessary for immediate preservation of public peace and safety and support of the state government, basing this act on his previously stated opposition to the emergency clause unless conditions actually meet the requirements of its language. I According to Representative Mar shall, of Clarke County, who also is secretary of the Portland-Vancouver Interstate Bridge Commission, this action on the part of the Governor will delay work on the bridge contract until June 10, when acts of the Legis lature not bearing emergency clauses go into effect. The bill eliminates money borrowed by a contractor as one of the con ditions to be covered by a surety bond. Mr. Marshall says that until this con dition is removed the successful bridge bidder will be unable to secure & bond. The bill originally did not carry the emergency clause. this amendment being added by the Senate to meet the Portland condition. The bill probably will be sent to the rules committee of the House, where the vetoed Tax Commission bill now is waiting, to allow an attempt later to pass these measures and any others that may be disapproved later over the gubernatorial objections. RUSSIANS DELIVER DESPERATE ATTACK Heavy Reinforcements Enable Foe to Take Offensive, Berlin Office Says. ALL REPORT ADVANTAGES Austrian Dead Strew Mountain Sides After Violent Fruitless Assault, Says Pelrograd Vienna Com munication Different. LONDON. March 2. With all sides agreeing that fighting of the most des perate character is in progress along practically the entire line from North Poland to Kastern Galicia, reports from i ? -1 ; viunmi (J ti A Ppfrnerail conflict in regard to the effect of the battles. each contending tnai us jki";'-"" force has gained advantages. Berlin also gives out the information that the Russians have been greatly reinforced north of the Vistula and K-arour lino and in Southern Galicia. The communication adds: "These reinforcements are so exten sive that the Russians have been able , .aaiim. th ntrvnsive at different places. Whether, after taking Prza-s- nysx. the Russians nave ciraienicu themselves with holding it, or are ad vancing, is not yet known here. Russians Reported Checked. 'The Russian advances southeast and south of the Augustowo forest have resulted in failure. Russian night at tacks northeast of Lomza and to the east of Plock have been repulsed." Regarding operations in the region Przasnysz ihe Petrograd communica tion says: ..'i' u . . i , - nPAccH li v- iiR is retir- J 11 I.IH 1 1 . I t-' l .l J , Ing precipitately on Janow and Mlawa. Our troops are also carrying out suc cessful operations in the sections near est the Vistula in the region south of Radzanow." The dispatch also says: v.n'ffnnt hptwApn the Niemen and Vistula, our troops continued their offensive on Jiarcn i. xo me numi west of Grodno our troops are making successful progress. The enemy, offer ing stubborn resistance, have fallen back behind tne line iormeu vy me villages of Markowce, Ratiezl and Rakowicze. OMMowetz Bombardment Goes On. "The enemy is continuing the bom bardment of Ossowetz with shells of large caliber. "Between the Pissa. ana itosoga riv n I. n ii .. frnnnq are develoDing an of fensive campaign and are approaching the road between Jiyszmeu anu x.u.i.u. An official report from Vienna says: .. i . .. coftnr of the Cama- 1 II IUC v I 1.1. ' . . - . - thlans several Russian counter attacks have been repulsea. vvo nave ira.u tained the positions which we had pre viously gained. . "South of the Dneister the fighting continued yesterday, the attack of the ki- ,-oniiised. We still hold our ground against attacks which are ,i - v. Yinmirirallv SU- Olten maue uy " 1 -J perior to ours." v i: ciinniinn nn the fronts above described, the Petrograd report sas: .. . ....! "In the Carpatnians mo Lr : inrirc forces of artillery. essayed a vigorous attack, but without result, between tne rivers unuama San. Austrian Louses Enormons. "On the day'before columns of Aus trian infantry were concentrating i nt mir nnsitiohs. Their W 1 1 1 1 1 1 L line " ' s- ' . , . first attacks were directed on the night of February 28 and at aawn the region of Tworilne, where, how ever the Austrians suffered enormous losses. In the center, in me ub"""' hood of Raba and Radzeiouw, an ex- .i;,.riiv Etnhhnrn and furious bat tle raged during the entire day of the 2Stn the desperate attacks of the enemy often ending in hand-to-hand fighting The losses of the enemy were great. All the slopes of the mountains and the ravines were strewn with Aus trian dead. Many of tne enemy s uuu were exterminated to the last man. "In the district north of Stropko the enemy on the night of March 1 de- a attacks in massed forma tion, but these on very occasion were dispersed by our rifle and machine gun fire. After having repulsed the sixth attack our infantry charged with bavonet and finally overthrew the Aus trians. who aisappeareu imm uu. Sl"A"new attack upon Hill No. 392, near Koziouwka. was repulsed and the enemv. who invaded Eastern Galicia, checked. "On the roads leading irom nanc. . - .i,..;.u tho Austrians suffered a considerable defeat, after which they fell back." PREMATURE BLAST FATAL Adolph Poiley Killed Xcar Salem; Son, Standing Nearby, TTnliarmed. SALEM, Or.. March 2. (Special.) Adolph Polley. 55 years old, was killed today1 near South Liberty by the pre mature explosion of dynamite. He was blasting holes for fruit trees. His right hand was dismembered and his skull i r,. n i Miles, of this was c i uoiicu. j ' - ' ' city, was summoned, but yie man died Ut ! UI C llio mil'"" , . . Mr. Polley had bored holes in which to insert the dynamite sticks when there was a terrific explosion, and his 17-year-old son, who was near, was thrown from his feet. The cause of the explosion is not known but it is believed a fuse beeame ignited. Mr. Polley lived in Salem Heights, where he owned a small acre age. ' He is survived by his widow and four children, the children ranging in ages from 8 to 17 years. His two younger children attend school at Lib erty, and were playing in the school yard when an automobile containing their father's mangled body passed. STUDENTS NOW ENLISTING Premier Asquith Terms Response of Universities "Magnificent." LONDON, March. 2 Earl Kitchen er's call on Oxford and Cambridge Universities for recruits has met- what Premier Asquith. in the House of Com mons today, termed a "magnificent re sponse." Mr. Asquith's remarks were vutif. in suoDort of a bill granting to the universities special powers in financial matters to enable tnem io tide over the period of war. Two-thirds of the undergraduates of the two universities have joined the armv. the total being close to 6000. All undergraduates who are physically fit for service and are still in residence at the universities have joined an of ficers' training corps. Eighty of the 89 members of the athletic team at the two universities have joined the army. Eighty-nine members of the staff of the college at Oxford have gone into active serv ice. . Men's Ik DEM IHOSIHSM DETAILS OF" TRAGEDY OK PORT LAND WOMEN GIVEN Ol'T. Great Northern Steamship Excursion Party Reaches San Francisco From Hawaiian Islands. SAN FRANCISCO, March 2. Details of the death in an automobile ac cident near Glenwood. Hawaii, of Mrs. M. F. Rule and Mrs. Iiles Bell, Port land members of the party making the excursion on the Pacific Coast liner Great Northern, have been brought here bv others of the passengers. The bodies were aDoara ine ureauwi ura n, which arrived here tonight. A native dr ver of the automobile aiso was killed. Dr. C. A. Bell, of Anderson, Cal.. met the steamer and took charge of his mother's body. The accident occurred when the driver attempted to pass another car .1.. .no,i wini1inT around the Oil IIIC . c . mountain from the summt of which the party was to view tne volcano in eruption. Besides Urs. Bell and Mrs. Rule there were in the car Mrs. George T. u nf Pnrtlan and Seattle, and vt t'.iiia Hunt Miss Gertie Groover and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCarty, of Los . . . j . . I I T T "1 . . .i . . Angeles, ana ivir. ana ivirs. n.. wuurh, of Tucson, Ariz. The embankment gave way under the weight of the automobile, sending the maenme roiling aown m mo bu.u. p..u oviri Afr Rpll were on the front seat with the driver, all three being instantly Kiuea. ine uuicis wcic ; : .. -j i.mi mi iti thA par alcn but were released by persons who witnessed the accident from other machines. The neck of each woman was proKen, .. - v. 1 1 V, n u- U r-. . hnrrlhlv crushed otherwise and their bodies could not be recovered until ropes ana unuunr machine were used to pull the capsized car from them. Dr. .T. H. Montgomery, of Portland, and Miss Julia Williams, a nurse of Albany, attended tne otners wno were in the wreck. There are four cases of suspected l.-nv.v,Altj nn hAflrH the Great Northern. Passengers who are supposed to have diphtheria ana who were held on the steamer tonight are: Mrs. H. C. Emory, of this city; B. H. Gilman, son of President L. C. Gilman, of the Great Northern company or i onianu, aim n it r Piiirortr nf T-f n nnl n 1 11 All were ill when the steamer reached San Pedro, but even now tne pon puy simians are not sure that they are suffering from that disease. Tha r I r Vnrthprn' stea.meri from San Pedro at 11 o'clock Monday night and made fast to pier 2 here at 7:15 this evening. JETTY FUND NOT FIXED Compromise Harbor 'Bill Is lleport ccl to Senate. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 2. The compromise River arid harbor, bill. . reported, to the Senate today, carrying a. lump appro priation of $23,000,000, does not make specific appropriations for any - proj ects and. this year, as last, whatever money is devoted to improvement at the mouth of the Columbia River and to all other projects also must be ap portioned by the Secretary of War. In view of the faet that Army engineers have declared "Jl, 250,000 to be all they would require for work at the mouth REDUCING RISK TO A INCREASING PROFITS It is said that there has never been greater than 5 failure in banks. Commercial businesses many times that much. Both deal in the same things. The mer chant in the things themselves. The banker in their representation on paper. The reason is plain. The business transaction of the bank must be approved by from three to seven experienced business men. This feature of brains in combination means not alone safety, but honesty. It would be impossible for-seven men to simultaneously turn dishonest. Therefore, there is formed an automatic check, which makes it safer to have your money invested under the direction of a board of experienced business men who act as directors and officers. This also supplies the direct cause of success. (The judgment of one or even two men might be faulty.) That is why The Oregon Home Builders stands today as the best investment in the West. Its fundamental plan is right; its field of operation unlimited ; its success has already been estab-' lished ; and it is as a whole directed by a NUMBER of competent, dependable and practical business men. You may invest as you save. 20 down; balance in monthly payments. , But do it NOW. Shares 36d. The Oregon Home Builders OLIVER K- JEFFERY, President H. L. Keats. Thomas Prince. M. Peterson. . M. C. Holbrook. Spring Clothes Showing here the newest fabrics, tailored according to the fashions for this Spring. Mixtures, tartans, GlenUrquharts, overplaids, in pleasing colors. You've a cordial invitation to look them over; priced moderately. $15 to $35 Men, Main Floor; Young Men, Second Floor Ben Selling Morrison at Fourth of the Columbia, it is not likely that more than that amount will be al lotted for the north jetty and the al lotment may be less, possibly a flat tl. 000,000. The bill, as it probably will be-passed, authorizes several surveys to develop plans and estimates for new projects. Among them are the following: Ump qua River bar and entrance: Coos Bay harbor, from entrance to Smith's mills; Coquille bar and harbor to Bandon; Coqullle River, from entrance to Co quille City; Nehalem Bay and river tq City of Nehalem, with view to co-operative improvement. Port Orford harbor; Vaquina Bay and harbor; Rogue River; Clatskanie River, from Clatskanie to Columbia River; Columbia River at Hood River; Columbia Slough, with a view to co-operative improvement; Columbia River at Kennewick; Olympia harbor; Stiliguamish River: Liberty River; Poulsby Bay; Lake Washington ship canal: Fletcher Bay; Edison Slough; Sammamtsh River, from Lake Washington to Bothel; Port Gamble harbor; Clarks Fork River, between Albany Falls and Pend d'Oreille, Idaho. WILSON STIRS SENATE EXTRA SESSION TO COME IF COM MISSION IS PASSED BY. Agreement to Coo firm Democratic ' Senators and Reject Parry and Rubles Is Reported. WASHINGTON", March 2. President Wilson told callers today that he ex pected to call aii extra session of the Senate after March 4, unless his nom inations for the Federal Trade Com mission were confirmed before ad journment. Administration leaders in the Sen ate wero considerably exercised over the situation tonight. No executive session to consider the nominations, which were held up last night, had been arranged up to a late hour, but Majority Leader Kern said he expected one would be held early Wednesday morning. Another development concerned a report that some Democrats had agreed to stand with the Republican leaders in a plan to confirm the three Demo cratic nominees, Messrs. Davies, Hur ley and Harris, and refused to confirm Mr. Parry, of Washington, Progressive-Republican, or Mr. Rublee. of New Hampshire, Progressive. It would be urged, it was said, that the intent of the law was to recognize on the com mission the dominant' minority party as shown in the last election, and that the last election demonstrated that the Progressive party was negligible. Rockpile for 'on-Support Is IJrsed. TtnSEBURG. Or.. March 2. (Special.) Belevlng that non-support violations are altogether too numerous in Douglas Countv, the grand jury nas reuomiiienu ed the establishment of a rockpile, where persons convicted of failing to support their families may find em ployment. In the event the officers find that a rockpile is not feasible, tho grand jury recommends that non-support violators be made to work on the streets. Mrs. Wilson's Anti-Slum Bill Pusscd. WASHINGTON, March 2. The Senate bill corporating the Ellen Wilson Home's Association, proposing to build a block of model houses to replace slums, which Mrs. A oodrow u uson worked to eliminate, was passed today by the House. MINIMUM and V. A. King. If. S. Gaylord. E. .1. Jefferv. W. B, Shively. ONLY ONE OF CREW LOSI AMERICAN CONSUL REPORTS MEN OF EVELYN SAFE. German Embassy Lara Sinking of lulled State Milps by Mines to Disregard for Warnings. WASHINGTON, March 2. American Consul Fee, at Bremen, reports all mpmhrra nf tliA crew of the American steamer Evelyn,' sunk by a mine in the I North Sea, are safe except one nreman. There were fears that Captain Smith and a boatload had been lost. Mr. Fee's cable was sent by Amer ican Consul-General Listo, at Kotter dam, and says: "All members of the Evelyn are safe and well except A. Garcia, fireman, who died from exposure. John Mor gan, Jr., sailod yesterday with four others of the Evelyn's crew on the steamer Malar,zac." The cablegram is undated, so it is uncertain here when it started. A statement issued by the German embassy here today announced that the American steamers Evelyn and t'arib. recently sunk by mines in the North Sea, were lost because they failed to heed "advice contained in notices to mariners." Fake Oi'fleer Takes Man's Liquor. ROSEBUKO, Or.. Marcn 2. (Special.) Representing that he was an officer and had been assigned to the task fir enforcing the local option laws in Douglas County, a stranger caused William Stapleton, of this city, to part with a gallon jug of whisky. Stu pleton was walking along the street when the bogus officer accosted him and inquired regarding the contents of the Jug. Stapleton admitted it con tained whisky, whereupon the impos tor said he was an officer. To enforce his bluff he displayed a tin star. Sta pleton readily parted with the liquor and later reported the incident to the officers. Former Albany Man Gets Prison Job ALBANY. Or., March 2. (Special.) Rev. Itiley M. Little, for four years pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of Albany and well known In this section of the state, has been ap pointed warden of tho big Federal u-m i ihiii j win imi iti i m iHmT . t w i ' i ir m'mtmi i. ir I "Just what I want!" Yes. And it is also just what she needs. 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