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..
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