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RUSSIANS CAPTURE SOUVENIRS HE LEAVES BEHIND. Victor and Columbia Talking Machines $1 Down $1 Week Hoover Suction Electric Sweepers $5 Down $5 Month Mail and Telephone Orders Filled by Expert Shoppers 6000 IN GALIGIA man woux u&xjo. Merchariclise cfc? Merit Only4" Many Military Trains and Ma- terial Taken After Battle i in River Is Won. Phone Marshall 5000 Phone A 691 GERMANS SILENCE 2 FORTS Tart of Ossowetz Fortifications Re ported Demolished Czcrnouitz, Bukouina, Is Bombarded by Czar's Heavy Artillery. LONDON. March 3. While the Rus sians have been bombarding with heavy artillery Ciernowltz, capital of ilie crown land of Bukowina, the Ger mans have demolished two forts at Ossowetz. North Poland, at the other extreme of the battle line of several hundred miles, according to reports re ceived here today. The Russians also have checked tho Austrians in East Uallcia. capiunn mm than 6000 prisoners and many ndmiTiiai and division trains with lre nuantities of war material, say the official communication of the retro crad War Office. Furious flchtins continued, with tl: "Russians crossinc the- river Lomnitza. the passages of which were vigorously defended by the Austrians, wno were driven back, by the Czar's forces, who occupied Krasna. The Vienna report Kays the Austrians are holding the! positions in East Uallcia. Tno Forts Silenced. Attark wprn delivered by the Ger mans operating between the Vistula and piemen rivers, in North Poland, only In thA region of Ossowetz. says fetro crad. Two forts have been silenced there, according to an unofficial report from Berlin. The Pctrograd report say th. Rarmam were repulsed. The Ger mans say 1500 Russians were captured. (Jains are continued in the region o nmdno. Petrotrrad reports, while the Russians took Kcricn by assault. Stubborn fighting is reported by both the Petrograd and Vienna head quarters in the Carpathians, the Aus trians contending that they won sev eral local successes. The Russians say. regarding operations in this region "We continue with complete success to renulse formidable attacks of the Aus trian army. The Germans delivered fruitless attacks in the region of Ko Eiouwka and Rojanka. We succeeded in enveloping and annihilating two German companies. Turkish I.tne Is Cat. A dispatch from Tifli.i, Trans-Cau casia, says: "The Russian army of the Caucasus, driving the Turkish forces before it. has reached the River Khopachas. the estuary of the Tchoruk in Armenia This advance by the Russians cuts the route of Turkish reinforcements and supplies from Constantinople to the Caucasian frontier, through Ivhopa Turkish Armenia, and isolates a large section of Turkish territory." ox team qirn jitney in Ezra Meeker, Oregon Trallmaker, to Make Aeroplane night. The ox team has passed and the jitney bus is to take its place. Thia is the belief of Ezra Sleeker, of Oregon Trail and ox team fame, who is to fly in an aeroplane with Aviator l'ow ler over the Washington building at the San Francisco Fair during the dedi catory exercises of that structure March 6. Mr. Meeker expressed the belief that it would be but a short time now when the large cities of the Cast and West would be connected by paved highways, over which jitneys would carry the thousands of travelers. and auto trucks would carry freight. He is 84 years old, but said he expected to live to' see jitneys running between New 3"ork and San Francisco. COURT SITS AT BEDSIDE Countess' Testimony Heard, Despite Disqualifying Illness. i CHICAGO, March 3. Judge Petit to day convened court in a South Side apartment building at the bedside of a w.oman known as '"Countess" Lolita Predosa, who is one of the state's Im portant witnesses in the trial of John Murphy and Leo McQuade. charged with the murder of Robert Koch. . The illness of the woman caused Judge Petit to order the jurors, attor neys and court offiicals into a motor bus and they were taken to the apart ment. For an hour the woman, propped up In bed with pillows, was questioned by attorneys, after which judge, Jury and attorneys returned to the Criminal Court building, where the trial was resumed. TRADE WITH EUROPE GAINS January Balance Favoring United States Is $115,000,000. WASHINGTON. March 3. An analy sis of America's foreign trade for January, issued today by the Depart ment of Commerce, showed in detail the amount of the tremendous increases in exports to many European nations find the decreases in shipments to the principal countries of Latin America, as compared with January, 1914. No American products reached Austria during the month, the report showed, but shipments to Germatny showed in creases as compared with the first months of the war. The total, trade balance in favor of the United States for the month was S145.506.996. most of which was created by products of American granaries and farms. The value of American horses bought for the armies in Europe dur ing January was J7.S65.793. and mules exported were worth $1,312,195. LIQUOR CHARGES IGNORED National Association Will Xot Argue Villi Kansas Legislature. CINCINNATI, March 3. The execu tive committer of the National Whole sale IJquor Dealers' Association, at its quarterly session here aaopted res olutions declining to engage in an ex change of charges with the Kansas legislature an to the moral and eco nomic benefit of prohibition in that state. This action followed the recent adop tion of a resolution by the Kansas Leg islature declaring that "the greater part of the- information distributed by the liquor tateresta Is fabrication." GRIME IS EXPLAINED Death of Banker and Wife Laid to Robber by Companion. MAN NURSE ALSO INVOLVED Confession of Knowledge of Fruit- Talc, Cal., Crime Delayed by Al leged Slayer's Tlireat to Kill ex-Convict Informer. LOS ANGELES, March 3. Alfred Anil rnnfptiHnl train robber, tra holdup and ex-convict, was connected directly today with the robbery and murier or jacoD vogei, a ohumi. " ..... n-ifa ar h'rniTva asi r 1 1 1 1 r i m . u statement elicited by police official from Charles E. Sligh, whom Sells ad mitted he had threatened to kilL Sell! hi 1 n.r!al.n-Ant a CPV.r. P V 1 111 1 H H. tion by W. J. Petersen, Oakland chief of police, and a Los Angeles oeiecuve but refused to say anything until h had seen an attorney. Cllh .mAWAflt- f 1-111 Y- hfllirs Of (I U 05- tioning and at the end Peterson said the prisoner had declared that Sells j c T,"- rnv a trainpii nurse now mm -it . j - . - - - under arrest in Oakland, had planned to rob the vogei nouse. rcierecn de clared bloody clothes had been found in Cox s room. s.rl.a of Confessions Made. ciifrrh vafuaasl hefrire todav to say definitely that it was the vogei resi dence he had in mind in accusing Sells. "Sells told me 01 tne pian ana want ed me to help him, but I refused," Pe . -.,;.! oiio-vi tniri b im "Sells then .- 4n lh lirrtinn of Cox 3 if: i l, Kunib " . - - - - - room. He said Cox had wornea in ine Vntrei house and Knew wnere tneir . irant " --.. tika SnnriHV Slich and Sells have been making a series of confes sions involving eacn oiner in cruniuu exploits, one of which was the holding r. n snnthprn Pacific train near c.rhonv- last September. To clear himself of connection nn tno vKt-- (L' 1 ; 1, caJ fha rnnTprSfltion With L Villi . 1 1 i " - - , , n a nn 'Pebruarv 7 in Oakland, and that he came to Los Angeles Feb ruary 9, two days peioro me were murdered. v.nr DelaTB Confession. cith u hA wnnlH have made this confession long peiore naa na nui uocn - ;j cn wnnlH kill him. Sells is aiittn. wvi.u .- i i . i friv aitmH to this in- Baia tv i"1 ' j - 7, . , - tention, declaring xnat ongn was 'weak sister wno naa uecn m me pc.n- . ; . .1 Hm nn1 was sure to tell I : ii i m i j - , ,, things the next time he was arrested, ii? u iiniA he talked. Pet jr son said. Sligh held a Bible tightly clasped in his hands. v,. ii.v Soils are now held in the r, . i.ii In default of S10.000 bail on the charge of committing a jewel robbery In Los Angeiea. - marks, which must be plainly visible at night (namely, large printed letters on the ship's sides and a white flag with the same marks in red letters). "German submarines have received the requisite order to this effect. It must be understood that every means will be taken to guard against misuse of the Relief Commission's special mark?. "The German government will at once ask the American Ambassador at Berlin to explain to the British govern ment that only such ships as are really engaged in this service may carry the Commission's marks. "Germany regrets that, having re gard for the existing mine danger in the war zone, it cannot grant safe con ducts for the Commission's ships to and from England." In the light of dispatches from The Hague yesterday it is possible that Germany's refusal to grant safe con ducts for relief ships to and from Eng lish ports may have an important bear ing upon tho work of the American Commission. It was explained in these dispatches that the Commission's work J would be hampered if its ships were not permitted to touch at English ports for coal on the homeward voyage. FOE'S GOODS NECESSARY GERMANY' MAY EXPORT MATERIAL ' WEEDED BY BRITAIN. RELIEF SHIPS E GERMAN SUBMARINES HAVE OR DERS NOT TO ATTACK. Berlin, However, Still Decline to Grant Safe Conduct to and From Ports on Engllak Coast. THE HAGUE, via London, March 3. i . nn irnvArnnient todav in formed Dr. Henry van Dyke. American Inlster to Tne iseinermnua. iuiuus" - r MinlatAr. V VflTl MllPllOr. LIIO UCmiau " J '-' , ' that arrangements had been made to m. -t,cA thrmicrh the naval grant ,7 , , , war zone to American relief ships bear ing supplies for the people of Belgium. The German communication was in . t ffnm nr. van Dvke response m i ii 14 u ' . , 7 , ' concerning restrictions which Germany said to nave impuou v r. conduct to relief ships, which, it was ieareo. w wmu - . . . work difficult, if not almost impossible. 1 ne ufniun tuiuiiiiiiiiv.nii - - ..mi.. nv.rnmAnt naturallV striving to give every possible sup- v. A Vinmanitflrlan wnrlc of the American Relief Commission. It will permit relief vessels to pass tnrougn . , u.k -.1 1 IIKH,nlll.t.ll i th.v .nguaa i 1 1 1 1 1 uiiiiiwii.iiii . " - rendered recognizable by the usual was safe is port the are BELLIGERENTS' ATTITUDE ADDS TO INSURANCE PROBLEMS. Blockade Mould Absolve Government, but Present Plan of Allies May Compel Bureau to Pay, WASHINGTON. March 3. Although the Government war risk insurance bu reau is expected to continue for the present the writing of insurance on American ships and cargoes destined for belligerent ports, the attitude of the warring nations toward neutral com merce Is giving much concern to both the Treasury and State Departments. The war risk bureau already has felt compelled to raise its rates on in surance to German ports because of the sinking of the American ships Carib and Evelyn and it is now confronted with the problem of how to meet the situation resulting from the declaration of the allies that commercial inter course by sea between Germany and the outside world will be stopped. Experts in international law pointed out tonight that If a blockade actually had been declared the bureau would not be in an embarrassing position, for its policies contain the clause designed to relieve the Government of risk where a vessel or cargo carrying insurance Is seized in attempting to run a block ade. Under the announced plan of the allies, however, it was said that if an American cargo of cotton or other non contraband articles should be seized and detained, the Government might be held liable for the insurance. $50,000 IS LEFT WHITMAN Homer X. Lockwood, Who Made Be quest, Xot Known Of at College. WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla, Wash., March 3. (Special.) The Whit man College officials were pleasantly surprised today, when a letter was re ceived bv Dorsey Hill, bursar of the college, from the American Surety & Trust Company, of Washington, D. C, stating that $5000, which had been left to Whitman College by the will of Homer N. Lockwood, of that city, would be forwarded to the college as soon as the necessary legal arrangements could be made. Just who Homer N. Lockwood was or why he was so interested in Whitman is a puzzle to the college officials, as no one about the Institution seems to know anything about him. It is thought that the money was left in the hands of the American Surety & Trust Company to deliver. WATER PROJECT IS CARRIED Oregon City and West Linn Vote $375,000 Bonds for Line. OREGON CITT. Or., March 3. (Spe cial.) Oregon City and West Linn to day voted a $375,000 bond issue for the construction of a 2o-mlie water pipe line for the benefit of the two cities. West Linn agreeing to stand one-third of the expense of the contract to get one-third of the water available. The vote was as follows: Oregon City. 1176 for, 170 against; West Linn, 214 for, 7 against. - If Explosives Made In Kaiser's Country Are- Available They Will Be Acquired, Commons Is Told. LONDON. March 3. Exportation from Germany of such goods as Great Britain desires and is able to obtain from that country will be permitted by the Brit ish government, notwithstanding the declaration of Premier Asquith that Great Britain and her allies would pre vent .commodities of all kinds" from reaching or leaving Germany. This point was made clear in a statement respecting the blockade policy which was addressed by Walter Kunciman, president of the Board of Trade. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford asked whether aniline dyes from Ger many would be admitted to England. Mr. Rimciman replied that persons li censed by the government to import aniline dyes would be permitted to con tinue to bring them in, since these dyes were necessary for the purposes of the War Office, the Admiralty and civil industry It was suggested that if German goods continued to be brought in it would be impossible for Great Britain to prevent Germany from exporting goods to America Mr. Runciman declined to discuss this point. He added: "If it is necessary that we should get and if we can get some goods from Germany, for Instance, if we require explosives and can get them from Ger many, we. certainly shall do so." SIGHT OP HUSBAND I.V PRISON ERS' DOCK IS CAUSE. Man Charged Wltb Desertion Declares His Arrest Is -Act of Revenge on Part of 9atc. SAN FRANCISCO, March 3. (Spe cial.) Shrieking at the sight of her husband in the prisoners' dock Mrs. Sarlna F. Storey, the Egyptian woman who became notorious for her criti cism of Roosevelt, collapsed in Judge Oppenhelm's court and was carried from the crowded room in a swoon. With her attorneys Mrs. Storey sat in the courtroom. She fainted just as the door of the prisoners' dock clanged behind her husband. Mrs. Storey, who caused the arrest of her husband on a wife abandonment charee. in answer to his suit for di vorce stood within four feet of Storey when he was arraigned. Not once dur inar the reading of the complaint did Storey glance at his weeping wife, and when bail of $100 had been furnished he left the courtroom without a back ward glance. Storey denies that mere 13 anotner woman and brands his arrest as an act of revenge on the part of his wife. Preliminary examination will be held Friday. USE OF FLAG EXPLAINED British Captain Answers Query of Portland Woman. You are an American: therefore, do you not feel in sympathy with my judg ment in using the American flag to protect your fellow-countrymen?" re plied Captain Dow, master of the At lantic liner Lusltanla, to Mrs. C. E. Hol- liday, of 4735 Sixtieth street southeast, when she asked an explanation of the use of the American flag In the Eng lish Channel to protect his ship from German destroyers, reported to be in the vicinity. Upon the arrival of the Lusitaaia in New York, about feDruary 21, irs. rHoIliday pressed through the crowd to meet Captain Dow, only to be disap pointed, as he had closed his cabin door following a number of interviews with newspapermen. - Mrs. Holliday then sought the aid of H. M. Smith, a former reporter on The Oregoman, and, wnn his assistance, an appointment with Captain Dow was arranged for the fol lowing Sunday. This Important Sale of Fashionable Silks Presents the Finest Offering of the Season in Yard-Wide Chiffon Taffeta and Messaline At 89c For New Silks That Would Sell Regularly at $1.25 Just 20 pieces of the very silks now most in demand for Spring and Summer wear, in the new soft chiffon taffetas and messalines, featuring new hairline stripes of different widths and colors, on bael ground of Belgian blue, navy blue, copper, new green, brown, gray, wistaria, plum, black and white. These silks have but just arrived and will be shown Thursday for the first time. Second Floor Another Great Petticoat Event Offering $4.50 Silk Petticoats With Elastic Fitted Tops of Silk Jersey with Messaline Flounce Special $2.95 With the return of the wide flaring skirts an equally full silk petticoat is an absolute necessity. In this sale you will fin4 silk petticoats of a superior quality, full enough for the fullest of new skirts. The silk jersey used in their making is the fine quality that will give and give and yet remain durable. The accordion plaited and knife plaited flounces of .these petticoats are of fine quality messaline to match the jersey. And the elastic belt at the tops assures a perfect fit. Black, Navy, Emerald, Hunter's Green, Belgian Blue, Battleship Cray and Copenhagen. Third Floor s' i A Sale of Neckwear That Is a Real Ex- Q C c position of the Newest Modes, Sped Regular Prices Would Be $1.25 to $3.00 Every fashion idea for the new season is represented in this wonderful assortment of Spring neckwear. Made of fine organdies, batiste, voiles, linens, also the new Venise lace and Irish lace collars. In plain white and white with dainty colored edges, or trimmed with embroidered designs, picot edges, hemstitched and lace edged. Veslces Military effects Collar and Cuff sets Flat Collars High Collars Flare Collars Rolling Collars Pleated back style Wired Collars First Floor Sale Toilet Goods 6 Cakes of Ivory Soap for 18c In the Small Size Only six cakes to a cus tomer, and delivered only with other purchases made at the Drug Department. No Telephone or C. O. D. Orders Taken $1 Imported Castile Soap. .69c 15c Stearns' Bath Tablets. .7c Odors, violet, verbena and san dalwood. 25c Crown English Bath Tab lets 16c 50c Flickers' Cerate. .... .39c 25c Violet Almond Meal. .16c 25c Tooth Brushes 10c $1.50 Hair Brushes 98c Ebony back, genuine hand-drawn bristles. 35c Ivory Dressing Combs 25c Coarse, or coarse and fine teeth. 75c Po m p e i a n Massage Cream 49c 25c Spiro Powder 16c 50c Imported Concrete Face Powder for 25c 25c Tetlow's Gossamer Face Powder for 15c 25c Sanitol Shaving Cream. 14c 25c Sanitol Shaving Powd.4c 75c Manicure Scissors. . . .59c 65c Manicure Scissors .... 49c SOME OF THE NEWEST AND MOST ATTRACTIVE SPRING WASH FABRICS AT SALE PRICES 25c Floral and Stripe Voile 19c A soft, sheer, voile. 38 inches wide, in white grounds with colored floral designs; also stripes in various sizes in blue and white, pink and white, lavender and white, navy and white, black and white. 60c Printed and Plain Silk Mixed Crepe 49c Beautiful, soft-finish silk and cotton crepe de chine. 36 inches wide, in neat colored floral patterns, black and white effects in floral and stripes, Belgian stripes in various colors. 25c Printed Lace Cloth 18c 38 inches wide. A new weave in lace designs, on which are printed neat buds and sprigs in blue, pink, lavender and yellow. 12 l-2c Standard Percale 10c 36 inches wide, in dark and light colors, in dots, stripes, neat figures on white, cadet and navy grounds. An excellent quality percale. Basement 'Eclipse Manicure Prep arations for the perfect care of the nails. Bleach, tint, cuticle food and enamel, 25c each. Klrst Floor. CASTLETON SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES CUT LOWER IN PRICE THAN EVER BEFORE Castleton sheets are made of linen-finished sheeting, and will positively stand more hard usage than any other sheets and cases on the market. Are full bleached, and correctly made. Sheets 68c, 73c, 83c Reg. 75c. size 2VL'x2J4 yards. 68c. Reg. 80c. ize 11a yards. 73c. Reg. 90c sheets, size 3x2 Vi yards. 83c. Pillow Cases 15c and 16c Each Size 42x382 inches. 15c. Size 45x382 inches, 16c. $1.25 Extra Size Hemstitched Sheets 98c These are the tamous J numpti nemsiucnea snccis. yaras long. Launder Deauuruiiy, sou ana tnow Basement wide and 5 yards white. AGENTS FOR FREE SEWING MACHINES GPiUISERS SAILING NORTH TWO FOUR-STACK WARSHIPS I.EXT IN PACIFIC XIGHT. SI- One Thou8lt to Be Mysterious Japan- ese Two - Funnel Vessel Is Set Down as Rainbow. SAX FRAXCISCO. March 3. An un identified four-funneled cruiser steam ing north was passed off Crescent City, which lies in the extreme northwestern corner of California, at 10 P. M. Mon day by the steamer Henry T. Scott, which arrived today from Nanaimo. British Columbia, according to a report made to the marine department of the Chamber of Commerce. Officers of the Henry T. Scott said it appeared to be a Japanese warship and it is believed to be the mysterious craft sighted Sunday off the Golden Gate. Twenty-four hours later another four-stack cruiser was passed, slipping . i -w rh nfc-hi- with its lights out and following the first cruiser north. In neither case were ouiren i i" Henry T. Scott able, to distincuish the nationality of the warships. The steamer Admiral Dewey, which comes in from Seattle today, reported passing a two-stack cruiser off Cape Blanco vesterday. Officers of the Dewey said they thought it naa th British cruiser Kalnbow. Anolher Invaxlon whkh I" ciinc tr'Mihl in Krno Is that ft hordfi ol 1M h"r. which riav" appeared alonr the ptMrn frontier from t?t Oerm" fnrrt.. The oil that's all oil all lubrication I EWE II dp Standard Oii Tr 'Motor Cars Dealer! everywhere, n at an our agencies or Service Stations. Or ask u about delivery in bulk. Standard Oil Co. Portland