THE aiORXISTG- OltEGOICIAIT, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915,
SIEGE OF PRZEMYSL
IS GIGANTIC I
Mere Investment of 75-Mile
Line of Fortresses Im
mobilizes Big Army.
END NOT YET IN SIGHT
Russians Have Xo Guns to Compare
With Those or Beleaguered Garri
son, Hence Arc Compelled to
"Sit Tight" and Wait.
PETROGIUD. ilar. 2. (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.) Some
Idea of the magnitude of the under
taking involved in the investment of
Przemvsl may be formed from the
statement that the circumference of
the fortress amounts to 75 mile3. The
portion of the Russian army which is
necessary for the mere operation of
"sitting tiht" in this spot is therefore
large enough so that if released it
would have a material influence in field
operations. ' It Is estimated that at
least two full Russian army corps, 10
rAthfr with a. larire force of cavalry
and heavy artillery, are Immobilized
bv the investment of PrzemysL
The arrangements for the investment
f the fortress are similar to those em
ployed for the defense of a river line.
The extent of the front is too great to
admit of continuous lines being oc
cunicd in adeauate strength to resist
attack at every point by means of
troops actually on the spot.
Outpoats . Surround Fortress.
The object of investment is to pre
sent supplies and reinforcements from
reaching the parrison, and to confine
the latter within the outer girdle of
torts. This object ib attained by sur-
soundlng the fortress with a line of
outposts, which remain constantly on
the alert to detect by means of recon
aoJss&nce any offensive movement on
th part of the garrison.
The actual resistance to any offen
sive movements from within the for
tress is offered by reserve bodies of
troops, which are held In readiness at
convenient points in the rear of the
line of investment. By this means the
number of troops absorbed in the in
vestment of the fortress is much re
duced. When contrasted with the speedy fall
of fortresses in Belgium the prolonged
defrnso of Vrzemysl may seem extra
ordinary. Liege. Namur, Jlaubeu.qe and
- Antwerp were subdued by investment.
The Germans brought up artillery of
exceptional power, by which they put
the artillery of the defenders out of
action and destroyed the defenses. The
Russians have no guns capable of be
inir transported in the field that are at
all able to compete with the guns of
the fortresses of Frzcmysl.
Russia. ForceflMta ot flealfrrd.
Hence they have been restricted to
the slow process of investment, and as
Przemysl was well supplied with food
and. ammunition, its- resistance has
been protracted, and the end Is not
yet in sight. The place was originally
invested early in September. It was
'relieved about October 10. but the re
pulse later of the Austrians enabled
he investment to be resumed, and it has
been maintained for ' the past four
months.
Frequent optimistic Russian fore
easts as to the impcr fcling fall of the
fortress havo not beer ! realized, and it
now appears that a regular system of
communication by ueroplane is main
tained between the city and the out
side world, that the supply of meat
has been conserved by the killing of
larjre quantities of wild game and fowl
in the suburban districts, and that the
food supply, augmented by market
produce from the surrounding region,
is adequate for nearly thrco months
more.
TURKS SINK THREE SHIPS
(Continued From First Psr.)
l'arkness intervened. It is under
stood that the bombardment was re
sumed today.
Geoeral Attack Made.
The Admiralty tonight gave out the
following statement regarding opera
tions at the Dardanelles:
"Mine sweeping having been in
progress during the last ten days, a
freneral attack was delivered by the
British and French ships Thursday
morning on the fortresses in the nar
rows. "At 10:35 A. M. the Queen Elizabeth.
Inflexible. Agamemnon and Lord Nel
son, bombarded Forts J. L. T. U and V.
while the Triumph and Prince George
fired at Butteries F, K and H. A heavy
fire . was opened on the ships from
howitzers and field guns.
Four Forts Silenced.
"At 11:20 the French squadron, con
sisting of the iSuffren. Gaulois, Charle
magne and Bouvct. advanced up the
Dardanelles and engaged the forts at
closer range. Forts J, U, F and K re
plied strongly. Their fire was silenced
by the ten battleships Inside the straits,
all the ships being hit several times
during this part of the action.
"By 1:25 P. M. all the forts had
ceased firing. The Vengeance. Irresisti
ble. Albion. Ocean. Swiftsure and Ma
jestic advanced to relieve the six other
battleships inside the straits.
"As the French squadron, which had
engaged the forts in a most brilliant
fashion, was passing out the Bouvet
was blown up by a. drifting mine. She
sank in 3S fathoms, north of Erenkeui
vllage. in less than three minutes.
"At 2:36 r. M. the relief battleships
Tenewed the attack on the ferts, which
again opened lire. The attack on the
forts was maintained whil ethe opera
tions of the mine sweepers continued.
VrsnelH Sink In Deep Water.
-At 4:09 r. M. the Irresistible quit
the line, listing heavily and at 5:50
o'clock sank, having probably struck a
drifting mine.
"At 6:.i o'clock the ocean, also
having struck a mine, sank.
"Both vessels sank in deep water,
practically the whole of their crews
having been removed safely under a
lx.t tire.
"The Gaulois was damaged by gun
fire. The inflexible had her forward
control position hit by a heavy shell
and requires repairs.
"The bombardment of the forts of
the mine-sweeping operations termi
nated when darkness fell. The damage
to the forts, effected by the prolonged
direct firo of the powerful forces em
ployed, cannot yet be estimated and a
further report will follow.
"Tho loss of the ships was caused by
mines drifting with the current, which
were encountered ' in areas hitherto
swept clear, and tbis danger will re
quire special treatment.
"The British casualties were not
heavy, considering the scale of opera
tions, and practically the whole of the
crew of the Bouvet were lost, an in
ternal explosion having apparently su
pervened on the explosion of tho mine.
Operations Arc Coatlnnlnc
"Tho Queen and Implacable, which
have been dispatched from England to
replace the ships' losses in anticipa
tion of this operation, aro duo .to ar
rive immediately, thus bringing the
British fleet up to its original strengtn
Tha nnaarntlnna a fa onntinuinST With tM
naval and military forces available on
the spot.
"On tho 16th Vice-Admiral Carden
h hii (nfannpltatfUl bV illnCSS
was succeeded in the chief command
by Rear-Admiral John Michael oe no
beck, with tho acting rank of Vice
Admiral."
DARDANELLES IS IX FLAMES
Powder Arsenal Xear Town Is De
stroyed by Fleet.
PARIS, March 19. "The allied fleet
- -i v. .. ; . . n 4y,a Dardanelles
CUICIGU iUV O . - H'.-J w.
at 8 o clock this morning, eaya
based on information received from
Tenedos.
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Ul Ull U J IUG l. I. 1 , ai.uua.v.u, si
non and Lord Nelson and then by the
French warships uauiois, Duuern, tuu
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conditions were excellent. The reports
c . . 1 -1 vA . .1 rAm thA Gulf
VI i. nuiiuii lu urn lc "i "' - - -
of Saros bombarding indirectly Kilid
Bahr.
"The warships stationed at the en-
. . . .. . . .. v. ... 1. .. or Tn.r-
vittiiv-ts ti ma nuoiia
danus and Kilid Bahr. The lino ex
tended from Kum Kale, on tne Asiatic
side at the entrance, to the Straits of
f-.. 1 TVia lina ailvoilN AS far fifl
Cavofonia, where a powder arsenal
situated Deiow tne town ui iiiwiivva
was blown up.
"Forts Tchimenlik, Kilid Bahr and
Tildiz Tabia replied with a heavy hre,
shells falling on all sides of the war
ships and some even on the Ships themselves.
vut; -Til)' dii.cs.vi "
nelles. but was forced to retreat before
a vinlant nsnnnnamn?. KJUO X renvil
ship suffered severe injuries.
"A shell exploded on tne eritisn oai
tle cruiser Inflexible, wounding several
men, who were immediately transported
to the hospital ship.
"The town of Dardanelles is in
flames.
1 C .'.Innlr in th. HWtlineT the
action had concluded but was, partly re
sumed auring tae jugiiu majut'
the forts suffered severely."
ATTACK IS TO EE COXTIXITED
French. Order Henry IV to Tteplace
Destroyed Battleship.
PARIS. March 19. The Ministry of
Marine tonight, gave out the following
communication:
"In the course of the operations in
tho Dardanelles March 18 the allied
naval force3 were subjected to an in
tense fire and warships ran against
floating mines in the straits. French
and English battleships violently bom
barded Forts Kilid Bahr, Chanak Ka
Iessi and also Forts Souain Dere, Dar
danus and Kephez Point.
"The results during the course of
this hot day were acquired at the cost
of a considerable loss. The Bouvet was
sunk following the explosion of a mine.
Th,e Gaulois was momentarily put out
of action by reason of damage caused
by the fire of tho enemy. The ingnsn
fleet suffered equally, two of its battle
shios being sunk by mines. These
losses, painful as they are, will not stop
the course of the operations.
"As soon as the news of the accident
to the Bouvet was received the Minister
of Marine sent a dispatch to the battle
ship Henri IV. which was on the
Syrian Coast, to replace the Bouvet.
Information as to the fate of tho crew
of the Bouvet has not yet been re
ceived. A certain communication per
mits the statement that part of the
crew, the exact number is unknown.
has been saved."
CABLE IS CUT BV AMETHYST
Casualties Incurred in liunning
Gauntlet on Important Duty.
LONDON. March 16. The casualties
reported sustained on the British cruiser
Amethyst were the resujt of a smart
piece of work which she performed in
the Dardanelles when, it is said, she
was entrusted with the difficult task
of cutting the telegraph cable connect
ing Kilid Bahr with Chanak." says the
Malta correspondent of Router's Tele
gram Company. The correspondent con
tinues:
rihe succeeded in lifting and cutting
the cable undetected, and had started
her return journey when she was dis
covered. She then had to run the
gauntlet of forts on both sides of the
Narrows, becoming the target of a
veritable hail of fire. Going at full
sDeed. although frequently hit, she suc
ceeded in getting beyond the range of
the guns and reaching the entrance to
the straits."
Y British Admiralty report issued on
March 17 said that in the lighting in
the Dardanelles on March 13 the Ame
thyst made a dash into the straits. She
was struck by several shells and had
3 men killed. 19 severely wounded and
18 slightly hurt.
LOST VESSELS OF OLD TYPES
Irresistible Largest of Three Battle
ships Sunk In Dardanelles.
LONDON, March 19. Tho British
battleship Irresistible was commanded
by Captain the Honorable Stanhope
Hawke and in times of peace had a
complement of 780 men. She was the
largest of the three allied battleships
sunk, being of 15,000 tons displacement
and 430 feet long. The chief armament
of the warship consisted of four 12-inch
and 12 6-Inch guns. She also carried
16 12-pounders, six 3-pounders, two
maxims, four submerged torpedo tubes
and was protected by Krupp armor. The
speed of the warship was 18 knots an
hour. She was built in 1898 at a -cost
of Jo.000,000.
The Ocean was commanded by Cap
tain Arthur Hayes-Sadler and had a
crew of 750. She was 418 feet long and
of 11,950 tons displacement. Her arma
ment was composed of four 12-inch and.
12 6-inch guns, 10 12-pounders, six 3
pounders. two maxims, four submerged
torpedo tubes and her armor was of
Harvey-nickel make. She was of 18
knots speed and was built in 189S
Th French battleship Bouvet was a
vessel of 12.000 tons displacement laid
down in 1892, with a complement of
621 men. Her armament consisted of
two 12-inch guns, two 10.8-inch, eight
5.5-inch, eight 3.9-inch, 10 3-pounders
and 10 1-pounders. besides two torpedo
tubes.
GERMAN MUST FACE TRIAL
Dynamiter of Canadian Bridge to Go
Before I'nlted States Court.
BANGOR, lie, March 19. Werner
Horn, who Is charged with illegal in
terstate transportation of explosives
in connection with his attempt to wreck
tho international railroad bridge at
Vanceboro, will be taken to Boston for
trial at the present term of th United
States Court, as a result of the find
ing of Federal Commissioner Reed here
today.
The Commissioner decided that the
indictment warrant, which was the
only evidence offered by the prosecu
tion, was sufficient basis for holding
the prisoner. The motion of the de
fense for the release of Horn, on the
ground that ho was a belligerent en
gaged in an act of war. and not amen
able to the courts of this country, was
denied. .
Bond was set at Jl 0,000. and Horn
was ordered to the county Jail In Port
land, pending his removal to Boston.
It is expected that he will be taken to
Massachusetts early next week.
WOMEN OVERWORK
ON TENANT FARMS
Physician Says Health Often
Is Ruined, Unborn Children
Are Made to Suffer.
SPECULATIVE FEVER RIFE
Migratory Character or Many Ten
ants Ascribed to Desire to Buy
and Sell Rather Than Im
prove Crop Conditions.
DALLAS. Tex., March 19. Tho effect
on the health t -rhite women on tenant
farms from dragging cotton sacks in
the fields at cotton picking season was
investigated by Mrs. J. Borden iiarri
man. of the Federal commission on
industrial relations at today's hearing
on land nroblcms. It was one of many
aspects of land tenancy considered. W.
L. Thurman, of Sulphur, Okla., who
said he had practiced medicine in tho
Southwest, and is now a lecturer in
Oklahoma, was on the witness-stano.
"Do women," askfc- Mrs. Harrlman,
"drag cotton sacks?"
"Thev reneralv do."
"As a physician, what do you think
is tho effect on the women s neaun r
Effect Unborn Children Bad.
"I nositlvvlv know that the health
of many women has been ruined by
it," replied Mr. Thurman, adding that
women sometimes did such work until
near the time for children to be Born.
"What is the effect on tho child?"
asked Mrs. Harrlman.
"Detrimental." ,
W. B. Yeary. of Farmorsvllle, Tex.,
who farms 20u0 acres and has banking
Interests, said it was a mistaken Idea
that tenant farmers are shiftless aa a
class. He said they were highly skilled
in cotton raising.
A witness ascribed some or the mi
gratory tendency of tenants to specula
tive fever of farmers. This, he said,
caused them to be more interested In
chances to buy and sell land than in
imDroving crops and farm conditions.
His reports Indicated, he said, that
about one-third of the farmers woo
borrow money in Texas pay more tnan
tho legal rate of interest.
One-'Jrop System Condemned.
The one-crop system was scored by
George W. Simon, of Chicago. Western
agent of the Jewish Agricultural and
Industrial Aid Society. He said there
could not be a successful credit system
for farmers so long as the ono crop
idea is practiced.
Consideration of big farms, covering
a county in area, was not reached by
the commission today. It will be taken
up at the closing session of the hear-
ngs tomorrow.
CANAL WORKERS OBJECT
DISMAL OF FJU.13 RENT, LIGHT ASTD
Fl'IiL IS PROTESTED.
rreaident Informed Order Reduces Pay.
Violating Agreement Mot to Do So
I'ntll Canal Wi Finished.
WASHINGTON. March 19. C. O.
Simmons and J. J. Bridges, represent
ing Panama Canal employes, protested
at the White House today against a
recent executive .order requiring tne
employes to pay for their rent, light
and coal, previously furnished them
free of charge. Secretary Tumulty
acted for the President at the hearing.
The committee said the order would
decrease the pay of employes in the
canal zone by from 10 to 20 per cent,
in violation of an agreement that the
wage scales would not be changed un
til the canal was completed.
Protest was also made against a
permanent wage scale on the Panama
Canal zone, which the committee said
Major-General Goethals was now put
ting into effect.
The President has promised to give
the protests careful consideration.
Secretary Garrison will oppose re
scinding of the order.
NEW YORK, March 19. Civil em
ployes on the Panama Canal, accord
ing to ex-Congressman George J. Kin
del, of Colorado, who returned today
on the steamer Panama from the canal
zone, feel keenly tho failure of Con
gress to give them even a vote of
thanks for their work in connection
with the digging of the canal. They
received with pleasure the news of
the honors bestowed on ' General
Goethals and other officers, but they
thought the civil employes should
have been mentioned in some way.
Mr. Kindel said he would lay the
matter before President Wilson.
PARIS STATESMAN KILLED
Henri CoIIingnon Refuses Officer's
Commission to Die as Private.
PARIS. March 19. The death of
Henri Collingnon, counsellor of state,
on the field of battle In Eastern France
was announced today. M. Collingnon, al
though 58 years old, volunteered as a
private soldier and used nis great in
fluence in public affairs to secure an
assignment in active service.
He had been fighting for months in
the trenches, according to his officers,
showing remarkable coolness and brav
ery. He was recommended several
times for promotion to the rank of
second lieutenant, which he refused,
preferring to serve as a private.
BLOCKADE VIEWED LEGAL
(Continued From First Page.)
sessing all modern means of defense.
There would be no question in the lat
ter case of applying a rule such as that
which formerly required that ships
should be stationary and sufficiently
close to the bloojtaded places: the po
sition would be too dangerous for the
ships of the blockading force which,
besides, now possesses more powerful
means of enabling them to watch ef
fectively a much wider zone than for
merly. "The radius of action of a blockading
naval force may extend somewhat far,
but as it depends on the number of
ships contributing to the effectiveness
of the blockade and is always limited
by the condition of effectiveness, it will
never reach remote seas upon which
merchant vessels sail which are, per
haps, destined for blockaded ports, but
whose destination may be contingent
on the changes which circumstances
may produce in tho blockade during the
voyage.
Neutrals Saved From Risk.
"To sum up, the idea of radius of
action, joined to that of effectiveness,
that is to say, including the zone of
operations of the blockading forces, al
lows the belligerent to exercise in an
effective manner the right of blockade
which is admitted to be his and, on the
other hand, it saves neutrals from ex
posure to the Inconvenience of block
ade at a great distance, while it
leaves them free to run the risks to
which they knowingly expose them
selves by approaching points to which
access is forbidden by the belligerents."
Tho United States Naval War College
authorities point out that, while orig
inally, under American doctrine, the
area of blockade was not limited, the
definition of the area of operations of
a blockade, even if In sifch a manner as
to include a large range of high sea, is
regarded as a legitimate act of war.
and tho belligerent right is respected;
tho principle which is recognized is
that the belligerent has the right to
put pressure upon his opponent with
out interference by neutrals and. while
it is undoubtedly an Inconvenience and
may be a loss to neutral commerce to
be excluded from the blockaded area, it
is a recognized consequence of war.
Specific Developments Awaited.
The declaration of London and all
previous expositions of International
law specifically ruled, however, that
"the blockading forces must not bar
access to the ports or coasts of neu
trals."
It is on this point which the British
order in council, if intended to bo a
notification of blockade, would be, in
view of officials here, a violation of
previous rules. For that reason fur
ther development or tne unusn policy
In specific cases is awaited with keen
Interest.
UPRISING NOT CREDITED
MISSIONARIES HAVE NO WOBD OF
TROUBLE IN SUDAN.
PARIS POLICE HAVE
LITTLEWORK IN WAR
Turbulent Elements Vie With
Peaceful Citizens in Main
taining Good Order.
MISERY IS AT MINIMUM
fleet, was tho subject of much discus
sion at the International Naval Con
ference at London in 1909 and the dee.
laration which followed contained the
following rule:
"The seizure of neutral vessels for
violation of blockade may be made only
within the radius of action of the ships
of war assigned to maintain an effec
tive blockade."
An explanation of this was given
at the conference which recent publi
cation o' the United States wax col
lege states "has been universally ac
cepted" as interpreting the rule. Tho
commentary which Is pointed to as ex
plaining the American attitude fol
lows in part:
"It does not seem possible to assigif
limits to the radius of action in definite
and unvarying figures, any more thad
it is possible to fix beforehand invari
ably the number of ships necessary to
assure the effectiveness of any block
ade. These points must be determined
according to circumstances in each par
ticular case of a blockade.
"It is evident that a blockade will not
be established in tho same way on a
defenseless coast and on a coast pos-
Reference to Fashoda Said to Betray
Fact Tfcat Bearer of Tale Had
Been Long Oat of Country.
DES MOINES, March 19. No uprising
among the Dervishes of Egyptian Su
rfan hid occurred ud to December 27
last, according to Rev. D. S. Oyler, of
Atlantic, Iowa, a missionary of the
United Presbyterian Church, who left
his mission at Bolelb Hill, aDout ou
miles from Fashoda on that date.
Oyler said tho report General Hawley
and his British command had been
killed by Dervishes near Fashoda De
cember 13 was untrue.
Official circles of the United Presby
terian Church in this city whose mis
sionaries are active in the Sudan are
skeptical of the Berlin story of massa
cre and Moslem uprisings. It is pointed
out by men who havo worked in the
mission field3 of the Sudan that the
discrepancies and Inaccuracies in the
description geography as recited in
the Berlin story support the doubt3 ex
pressed. Letters are being received in this
city every week from the points men
tioned in the Berlin story. Mr. Mc-
Creary points out that the town of
Nasser, mentioned as being in the
Senaar provlnce.is on the Sobat River,
a tributary of the White Nile in the
Blue Nile province, and five or six
hundred miles from the Senaar district.
It is not an important military post.
The use of tho name Fashoda, Mr. lie
Crearv savs. would indicate that the
hearer of the massacre tale had not
been in the Sudan in some years, as
there has been no such place since the
days of the French occupation.
PHILADELPHIA, March 19. Dr.
Charles R. Watson, corresponding sec
retary of the board of foreign missions
of the United Presbyterian cnurcn.
said here today that letters from the
Egyptian Sudan do not contirm tne
wireless reports from Berlin that
dervishes aro in possession of Nubia
and, the region about Khartoum.
A letter from one or the missionaries
of the board dated at Kartum. as late
as February 5, made no mention of the
war or of any trouDie. -rne unitea
Presbyterian Church, Dr. Watson saia,
has 200 stations in the territory re
ported to be in the hands cf dervishes.
All missionaries in that region. Dr.
Watson adds, received instructions at
the beginning of the war to report all
unusual happenings by cable, if pos
sible, and by mail.
IS. ANGLE ACQUITTED
AUDIENCE CHEERS VERDICT AND
WOMAN COLLAPSES IN COURT.
Charge of Having Caused Death of
Elderly Suitor Falls Crowds
Line Street for Blocks.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn., March 19.
Mrs. Helen M. Angle was found not
guilty of man-slaughter by a Jury in
the criminal Superior Court here late
today. She was accused of having
caused the death of Waldo B. Ballou,
her aged suitor, at Stanford on the
night of June 23 last Ballou fell down
stairs leading from her apartments.
The announcement of the verdict was
greeted with cheers by the courtroom
ii - x ... inirlA cnl 1 ansed and
ttUUlCII- ' n '
would have fallen had she not been
caught by her fatner, leonaro. oionuen,
who was beside her as he had been
throughout the 12 days of the trial. "
When Mrs. Angle had revived suf
ficiently she left for Stamford. Out
side the courthouse crowds lined the
streets for two blocks waiting for her
appearance. Mrs. Anglo was arrested
shortly after Ballou had been found
unconscious and dying at the street en
trance to the building. Owing to her
nervous condition her trial had been
postponed several times.
OFFICER LOSS IS GROWING
British Casualties From March 1 0 to
13 Total More Than 8(10.
LONDON, March 19. A casualty list
of officers received from the headquar
ters in the field, under date of March
Vim nam of S3 officers, in
cluding Hindus, who were killed or have
died from wounaB, ana oi -io wuunucu
or missing.
Tkia K in cat nn the total casualties
among officers since March 10, as offi
cially reportea. ID LVO tvuieu ur uvau
from wounds and, 31S wounded or mUa-
in. ' . i
Sentiment Elevated by Tragic Crisis
and Examples of Heroic Sacri
fice Are ' Emulated by Peo
ple of Every Class.
PARIS. March 4. (Correspondent of
the Associated. Press.) Never has
Paris seen so little frivolity and dis
order as during the first six months
of war. Only two criminal acts were
committed. In that period and only ono
of them was of capital importance a
divorce murder.
"The police have little to do," says
Prefect of Police Laurent to the Asso
ciated Press. "The public itself main
tains order. For instance, the other
night a moving-picture show produced
a Chinese dance resembling the tango.
which had. escaped the notice of the
police censor: the audience repaired
our omission by roundly hissing the
film. Even on Mardi-Gras. an occasion
which generally gives rise to hundreds
of arrests, everyone docilely accepted
tho prohibition of masks and confetti;
the police had no occasion to intervene.
High Sentiment Preelndes Crime.
"The absence of crime is due pri
marily, of course, to the elevation of
sentiment by the tragic crisis of war.
There's no place in our minds for
things that are base and vile while
we have before us so many examples
of heroism and sacrifice, and. this ap
plies to classes whose state of mind
is not always fit for close analysis.
When a man is flattered that he
possesses an admirable quality that he
knows he totally lacks, he immediately
burns to possess it. Thus the turbu
lent elements of the population took to
their account part of the praise that
was bestowed upon Paris for its bear
ing at the outbreak of the war, and
they seem to be really taking too little
prido in helping to justify it.
"Secondary causes are the elimina
tion of the crime-producing elements
misery and vice and the turning of
passion from its usual object to the
frontier. There was never less misery
in Paris. In normal times many un
fortunates are out of the reacli of
charity; at present charity, in the name
of relief, acts automatically, and these
people find it far simpler to be good
than to be wicked.
F.arly Closing Is Aid to Order.
"The early closing of cafes and the
elimination of night, restaurants havo
forced ordorly habits, diminished temp
tation and vice. Many people thus for
cibly introduced to a way of living
that has done them good will never
again return to their old night life."
Tho suppression of the sale of
absinthe. Monsieur Laurent thinks, has
not yet had time to produce its effect,
and he does not attribute the decrease
in (..rim, in anv degree to this cause.
One of the most conspicuous cases of
swindling since the war began was
that of an ex-Captain, ruined by ab
sintlie he had not been able to get a
drink for three months. The ultimate
effect of tho reform he expects will
bo considerable, but the man whose
mural nature has been debased by
absinthe has not yet naa time iu i
cover.
"Apaches" Redeeming Themselves.
"As for the 'Apaches.' the street ruf'
flans who give us so much trouble
ordinarily, they have disappeared." he
says. "Many of them are at the front,
where they are redeeming many a
fault: others are employed, on tne ae
fense works of the entrenched camp;
the rest seem to lack inspiration for
their customary misdeeds, for we hear
nothing of them.
"I am no prophet," Monsieur Laurent
concluded, "and I can't say what per
manent effect the war may have on
crime, but I am hopeful. I think that
France will be so busy with serious
things that the task of the police will
be lighter than before. After tho scars
of war have begun to disappear I think
the eaietv and animation of Paris will
come into their own, but I look for the
elimination for years to come of many
frivolities and different forms of folly."
Forest botanists recognize only one cypresr
In the United States. Its range fxtendB from
htt-rd around the coaBt into
Texas and up the Mississippi Valley to
Illinois and TTidtana.
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New Spring Top Coats
Have Just Come In
and have gone into the cabinets marked at $20.00,
$25.00,-$30.00 and $35.00. Such coats as these
appreciably elevate the standards of cutting and tailor
ing. They are distinctive and finely tailored in every
instance.
Those at $20.00 are of medium weight fancy tweeds in
the new gray and brown mixtures. Featuring the soft, rolling
collar and cut in a semi-box style.
At $25.00 are some extremely handsome dark style Oxford
Top Coats made, of a new knitted cloth, light in weight and
non-creasable.
At $30.00 we offer the latest English Covert Top Coats
a style of coat that can be worn for dress affairs, as well as
street wear. In semi-box style with English patch pockets. 7 hese
covert coats are now worn by the best dressed men on Fifth
Ave. A week ago we presented the new Covert Cloth Coats
for the first time, our shop being the first to show these coats to
the men of Portland, and today we again announce another new
shipment of the same advanced and exclusive styles.
At $35.00 you will find the highest grade Balmacaans for
men from the house of Kenneth Durward, of London
all are made from handsome English cloths in the latest mixtures
and stripe effects easy fitting coats, with raglan sleeves and deep
pockets.
Introducing Men's New Golf SuUs
A very clever designer and equally clever cutter and tailor has
produced an ideal Golf Suit which we now present at $20.00.
Coat cut with easy fitting front, pockets patched, necessary
fullness at back, pleated gracefully with stitched straps, which
contradict once and for all the notion that looseness and com
fort imply ugliness. The trousers are full length. These suits are
made from brown, gray and green homespuns.
The New Cloth Hats Can Be Had or $2.00
matching the tweed suits having stitched brims and shown in
browns, rays and green mixtures.
first Floor, Washington St. Entrance.
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who are languid, sleepless and
physically run-down get im
mediate relief and lasting bene
fits from the regular use of
Scott's Emulsion after meals.
Its chief constrtwtt is nature's
greatest body-btrilding foe to
franvtAOl I lie Dnnun
nerve centers, gratn by
grain, to retouua pnyi
snd mental energy.
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Sale of Gloves
Offering Fresh New
Stock at the
Greatest Economies
French Kid Gloves
A new impor
tation Oversea m
sewn, shown in
black, white and tan shades, all sizes
(2-clasp style.)
Special
$1.25
Guaranteed Washable Doeskin Gloves
(S-bution length.) j Special
Pique sewn, three clasps at wrist, guaran--- rf v r C
teec" washable. Sizes b' to 7 J ' O
First Quality German Lambskin Gloves
(I -clasp style.) ' 1 Special
Extra fine quality lambskin, pique style, I O Q
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I'lrat Floor
fancy contrasting embroidery on backs
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For Sprains
and Bruises
The first thing to do for a sprain o
a bruise is to cover the hurt with a
piece of flannel soaked with Omeg-a
Oil Quick relief usually follows thi
ample treatment. Trial bottle ioc
TO STOP HEADACHE j
i-ieadache usually comes from m. slug
gish liver and bowels. It you feel
bilious, dizzy or tongue is coated and
stomach sour, just get a 10-cent box cf
Cascareta to start your liver and
bowels and your headaches will end.
Adv.
More Advance Fashions in
Spring Neckwear
(Shown for the first time)
Styles That Would Sell Regularly 75c and $ 1
Today 50c
Vestees, collars, collar and cuff sets, of fine nets, organdie
and voile, in entirely new styles, in high neck, military flare and
soft roll effects, in every conceivable shape and style. Both
wired and soft effects, trimmed with hemstitching and lace. At
this price you will be able to find a collar or vestee that you can
wear with any dress or waist or suit, and at about half the
price usually asked for the same style. First Floor
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