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TITR MORXIXfl OREGOMAX. FRIDAY, MAT 28, 1915. " 3 LOSSES BY TURKS EXCEED ESTIMATE Extremely Heavy Punishment of Enemy Indicated in Brit ish Official Report. GROUND HOTLY CONTESTED Terrible Kxccutlon Done by Austral ian Guns When Corps Is Driven Buck on Kirst Lines Ghur V. kas l'ight Under Cliffs. LONDON, May 27. A statement riven out tonight by the official press bureau Says that the losses of the Turks in the recent fighting at the Dardanelles are considerably heavier than had been supposed. The state ment was in the form of a report from Major-General William R. Birdwood, transmitted today from Cairo. It fol lows: "tieneral Birdwood reports today that duriiiR the suspension of fight ing, in order that the Turks might bury their dead, much larger losses than 3000 dead already reported came to light. Two areas in front of one of our sections, where heavy punish ment to the enemy had not been pre viously reported, were covered with the dead. Four hundred corpses were counted In an area 80 yards by 100 yards. Burial rartlrn Work Quickly. "Turkish burying parties worked quietly and quickly. They were all supplied with cotton wool prepared with some solution to deaden the stench a most necessary precaution. "More than 1200 Turkish rifles were picked up on our side of the dividing line during the suspension of hostili ties "On May 25 an advanced trench 150 yards in front of General Cox's brigade was rushed and occupied by our men." Official narratives of the military operations on the Galllpoli Peninsula from May 6 to May 19 were given out In London today. They set forth that on May 6. after the arrival of fresh troops which included part of the ter ritorial division, a general advance of the allied troops took place. A heavy covering fire was maintained by the allied fleets. During the night of May 5-6 a por tion of the Australian and New Zea land Army Corps had been transferred from Kalehtepe to take part in the attack. Severe fighting took place all day long and by nightfall the allied line had been advanced from 1000 to 1500 yards. The left of the advance was checked by a strong Turkish re doubt manned with machine guns. French Capture Important Point. Just at dusk French troops obtained possession of an important tactical point which was thoroughly fortified during the night to serve as a pivot for further operations. Oa May 7 the attack continued, the French troops again improving their position, while on the left the Twenty ninth Division succeeded Just before sunset in driving the enemy back near ly into the "Village of Krithia. The attack was resumed on May 8 and an advance in the face of a heavy fire was begun. French troops attacked the Turkish trenches with the bayonet and the whole line, except on the ex treme left, advanced steadily. In the night the Turks attempted a counter attack, but this was everywhere re pulsed with heavy loss. Indiana Position Extabllnlied. "On May 13 and 14 the left of the allied line was again advanced farther and the position of the Indian brigade made secure. "On May 17 the Twenty-ninth Di vision worked farther forward and established themselves in trenches 200 yards in advance. "On this day General Bridges, com manding the Australian division, was mortally wounded during an attack on the Australian position. Hia subsequent death caused an irreparable loss to his command. "A further advance was made on the night of May IS by the French troops, supported by the royal naval division." 'CRIBBING' LAID TO MIDDIES Re-examination Ordered at TJnited Slates Xaval Academy. ANNAFOL.1S, Md.. May 27. The en tire membership of the first and sec ond classes at the naval academy un derwent a re-examination in Spanish today because of the suspicions of the academy authorities that the questions prepared for the test had been sur reptitiously obtained and made use of by some of the midshipmen. The suspicions of the officials were aroused through indications that the office of the head of the department of languages where the questions were kept had been robbed. Officials are investigating the case. AMERICAN OUT UNDER BOND Citizenship Proved at Trial on Allen Enemy Charge. DUBLIN, May 27. "Waldemar Kracke, who was charged with being .-. German and neglecting to register a an alien enemy, today proved his American cit izenship In a magistrate's court. The magistrate Held. however, that, al though Kracke was an American, he was bound to register as an elien. Kracke was ordered to find bail to the sum of $50 and to come up before the magistrate for Judgment if such action were required of him. .'Cith erto most Americans in Ireland have not considered registry obligatory on them. AUSTRIAN CONSULS HELD ; ifeta liation by Italy for Similar Ac tion of Vienna Is Intimated. BOL.OUNA. via Paris. May 27. The police today arrested the Austrian con suls at Genoa, Bologna, Barl, Leghorn and other.vplaces while they were on their way to Switzerland. The con suls are receiving accommodations in a hotel at 1'iacenza, where they are kept under observation by the police. This unusual measure is said to have been the outgrowth of an allegation that Austria has not permitted the Italian consuls in her territory to cross the frontier to Italian soil. SCIENTIST CLIMBS LASSEN 'Continued Krom First Pagre.) developed at the Island of Martinique, in the West Indies. N6 such lava was seen, however. "The southerly edge of the uplifted mass shows plainly. Outside of it lies an almost Impassable mass of rock and volcanic ash. With it is found the snow. Oreen Meadow Laid Waste. "The crag upon which the forest lookout used to stand remains un changed, as does the southerly rim of the old crater, except that it is deeply covered by volcanic ash and atones. The northerly rim of the old crater is broken and greatly changed. "From the site of the old lookout station one can look down into the headwaters of Hat Creek. The green meadows used for Summer grazing are wastes of volcanic mud, made appar ently by the ashes and melting snow. The pine trees on the edge of the mead ows have their needles turned brown by the steam-heated ashes. "No mud was found ejected by the volcano. All the rocks around the rim are covered with dry, powdered ashes nd rock fragments. Where the ashes struck snow there is mud. "The vast quantities of steam in the recent explosion is suflicient indication that the ashes were hot when ejected." FRANK BRIEF FINISHED DOUBTS OF JUDGES I.N THREE COURTS BASIS OF APPEAU by lava pressure from underneath. "We saw here the first state in the formation of a pelespine such as was Cirorre Prison Commission to Hear Pe tition for Commutation Monday. Clemency Asked by Thousands. ATLANTA, Ga., May 27. Counsel for Leo M. Frank today practically com pleted the brief they will present to the Georgia Prison Commission when the hearing on Frank's petition for com mutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment is opened before that body here Monday. The attorneys said the brief would assign three basic reasons for Frank's appeal : "First The doubt of Judge L. & Roan, trial Judge, as to Frank's guilt, as expressed when he denied the first motion for a new trial, several months after the original verdict. "Second The dissenting opinion by Chief Justice Fish and Justice Beck, of the Georgia Supreme Court, when Frank's motion for a new trial was denied. "Third The dissenting opinion of Justices Hughes and Holmes, of the United States Supreme Court, in Frank's habeas corpus proceeding be fore that body." CHICAGO, May 27. Twenty thousand petitions asking clemency for Leo M. Frank were mailed from Chicago last night to the Governor of Georgia. The petitions, said to bear between 300,000 and 400,000 names, were gathered in all parts of the country by the Frank com mittee and the Anti-Capital Punish ment Society. Representatives of the Leo M. Frank committee and the Anti-Capital Pun ishment Society today appointed a com mittee to wait upon the Governor of Georgia in the interest of clemency for Frank. The committee will leave to morrow night. " HUNDREDS DIE ON SHIP WORK M EX AND CREW KILLED BY EXPLOSION ON MINELAYER, BritlNh Steamer Princess Irene Is Demolished Many on Vessels in Vicinity Are Wounded. SHEERNESS, May 27. It is feared that more than 300 persons lost their lives here today when an explosion oc curred on board the steamer Princess Irene, a mine laying vessel which was lying in the Medway off Port Victoria undergoing repairs. In addition to her crew, which is said to have numbered 250, there were 78 shipwrights on board the steamer when at 11:15 o'clock a terrific ex plosion which shook the whole town of Sheerness, was heard from the ship, followed by a high burst of flames and a. column of dense smoke. When the smoke had cleared away the steamer had completely disap peared. Only some floating wreckage marked the spot where she had been lying. Flying debris was scattered for great distances. Many men on ships in, the vicinity of the Princess Irene were injured by this and fragments of the wreckage were picked up as far away as Maidstone, 15 miles distant from the scene of the explosion. Only one body thus far has been re covered from the Irene. LONDON. May 28. The estimates of the fatalities on board the Princess Irene as made by the morning news papers vary from 303 to more than 400. The Daily Mail says that in ad dition, tp the 78 shipwrights there also were on board 100 workmen from Chatham, as well as 240 members of the crew, which would give a totaj of 418 persons on the steamer. HALF OF JITNEYS QUIT SAN FRANCISCO ORDINANCE PUTS MOKE THAN 10O0 OUT. Bond of "lino Required of Each Driver Troves Too Much for Many Asso ciation Expresses Satisfaction. SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. (Spe cial.) The Jitney bus ordinance be came city law today, and with its en forcement half the Jitney machines have disappeared from the streets of San Francisco, according to Thomas Doyle, secretary of the San Francisco Jitney Bus Association. Tho ordinance provides that every jitney driver shall provide a bond of $1100 against injury to passengers or pedestrians. Strict traffic regulations for all automobiles are provided in the ordinance. "There were 2500 jitney cars operat ing all or part of the time in San Francisco yesterday," said Doyle today, "and less than half of them are in the streets today Those who operate only during the rush hours schoolboys, men in other trades, private owners, taxi drivers and such cannot afford to be regulated thus. We welcome the ordinance for that reason. It will put the business on a more substantial basis." Helix Fugitive Held at Pasco. PASCO. Wash., May 27. (Special.) U-pon Instructions from the 'Sheriff at Pendleton. Or., John Putman was ar rested and taken from the Pendle ton train and is now being held await ing extradition papers. He Is said to have confessed to having robbed a rancher at Helix, Or., for whom he had worked, of 90. He had the entire sum on his person. BRITISH WARSHIP : SUNK OFF TURKEY Majestic, of 14,900 Tons, Vic N tim of Submarine in Dar danelles Campaign. MOST OF CREW ARE SAVED Battleship Is Firth Lost in Dar danelles by British, and Second Torpedoed by Hostile Un derwater Craft. LONDON, May 27. The torpedoing ana sinking of the British battleship Majestic was announced today by the Admiralty in the following statement: An enemy submarine torpedoed and sank H. M. S. Majestic. Captain H. F. G. Talbot, today while It was support ing the army on the Galllpoli Peninsula. "Nearly all the officers and men were saved. The battleship Majestic was a vessel or 14.900 tons and of 10.000 horseDower. Her officers and crew on a peace foot ing aggregated 7o7. The Majestic, which was built in 1895, carried four 12-inch, 12 6-inch and IS 3-inch guns and 12 3-pounder tuna. In addition the vessel was armed with rive 18-inch torpedo tubes. The sinking of the Majestic makes the fifth British battleship lost in the uaraaneues campaign and the second by a, hostile submarine, the Triumrh having been sent to the bottom in the Gulf of Saros last Wednesday. The French also have lost one battleship in me uurmsn campaign, the Bouvet. TRANSPORT TAKEN, SAY TURKS Constantinople Reports Capture Un der Guns of Cruiser. CONSTANTINOPLE, via Amsterdam and London, May 27. Official announce ment was made here tooay that a trans port ship, escorted by the French cruiser Jules Michelet attempted a landing at Boudronn under protection of the ship's guns. We killed one enemy officer and IS men, the announcement declares, "and wounded others. We also captured the transport. CORN SEIZURE PROTESTED Carranza Officer Said to Have Taken Grain Meant for Destitute. WASHINGTON. May 27. The Brazil. iai Minister in Mexico City forwarded to the Stele Department today a com plaint from the international com mittee, thai a Carrani commander hud seized oOO tons of corn bought for the aestitute civil population of the capi tal. The fHste Department at once in structed Consul .Sill i man at Vera Cruz to make representations to General Carranza. The food situation in Mexico City is desperate and the international committee has been making efforts to relieve it. Officials assume that the seizure was at Puebla. A dispatch to the Car ranza agency here today said General Gonzales had established headquarters at Puebla for the campaign to reoccupy .uexico tiiy. Stoltmanu Requisition Honored. SALEM, Or., May 27." (Special.) Governor w ltnycombe today honored a requisition of the Governor of Mas sachusetts for Frederick Stoltman, wanted in Boston on a charge of em bezzling about $13,000. While employed as manager of a German restaurant, Stoltman is said to have taken the money. He was recently arrested In Portland, where be was employed as a waiter. Silas F. Waite, an inspector of police in Boston, will take the prisoner to that city. Coast Artillery to Sail. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 27. Company 33, Coast Artillery, stationed at Fort Columbia, with four companies from Eastern posts, will sail from San Francisco for the Philippines on the transport Logan September 5. It Is probable one of the tompanies returning from the Philip pines will be sent to Fort Columbia. THE PAIN OF NEURALGIA Feople think of neuralgia as a pain in the head or face, but neuralgia may affect any nerve of, the body. Different names are given to it when it affects certain nerves. Thus neuralgia of the sciatic nerve is called sciatica, but the character of the pain and th- nature of the disease is the same, the cause is the same and the remedy to be effective must be the same. The pain neuralgia is caused by starved nerves. The blood, which nor mally carries nourishment to the nerves, for some reason no longer does so and the pain that you feel is the cry of the nerves for food. The reason why the blood falls to properly nour ish the nerves is often because the blood itself is weak and thin. Anemia, or thin blood. Is the most common cause of neuralgia- Build up the thin blood with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and you are attacking neuralgia at Its root. These tonic pills also have a peculiar and direct action on the nerves so that they are probably the very best possible remedy for the treatment of neuralgia. Your own druggist cells Dr. Will iams' Pink Pills. Get a box today and write to the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, N. Y., for the free book. "Nervous Disorders, A Method of Home Treatement. TO BRING BACK HEALTH OF SKIN Poslam will do all that you can ex pect of an efficient remedy for the skin, and usually much more. Stops itching with first application, readily removes Pimples, Blackheads and Blemishes; clears inflamed skin over night; controls and eradicates virulent, itching Kczenia, Assuredly Poslam is the remedy for your use whenever the skin ails. Every day sees its success ful work repealed in hundreds of cases. Your druggist sells Poslam. For free sample write to Emergency Labora tories, 32 West 25th St.. New York. Poslam Soap, for daily use, toilet and bath, medicated with Poslam; 15 cents and 15 cents. Tl at T" FT V sa - xtraordmary Month-hnd Sales! The Economy Basement Store Now at Its Very Best These Offerings Do Not Tell Half the Story of Friday's Opportunities ALWAYS MORE THAN ADVERTISED 139 New Sample Trimmed Hats In Genuine Hemp and Milan Hemp In Black, White and All Colors Small, Medium and Large Shapes Styles to Suit Every Taste Regular to $5.00 Correct Hats for Midsummer Wear A Wonderful Sale Special $1 ON SALE FRIDAY ECONOMY BASEMENT New Novelty Bordered Handkerchiefs Regular price 10c, sale Sc Fine, sheer lawn, with colored stitched or striped borders, in pink, blue or lilac. Basemcnt NO PHONE OR MAIL ORDERS FOR ECONOMY SALES Only" All Goods Bought Friday and Saturday Charged on Your July 1st Bill CLUSTER ROSES The Neivest Summer Hat Trimming . Sale 15c Regular Price Is 35c Each cluster contains eight double roses and plenty of glossy foliage. They are made especial ly for the latest flat trimming and can be used in many different effects. Colors are pink, rose, tea and jacque. Basement Boys' New Oliver Wash Suits .... 50c - Of gingham, percale and linene, in tan, white and blue, also with plain trousers and striped blouse, collars and cuffs of contrasting ma ' terial. - Sixes 2Yz to 8 years. Basement A Wonderful Sale of SUMMER SHAPES IN Untrimmed Hats OF BELGIAN SPLIT BRAID Selling Regularly to $1.50 $1.00 Sterletine Picture Frames 68 C Exact reproductions of sterling in every way, war ranted not to tarnish. Size 5x7 inches, with velvet easel back and ball feet. On. sale Friday only. Basement Of Great Interest to Men Boss of the Road Overalls 75c The Regular Price Is $1.00 This well-known make needs no introduction nor description every man knows their good wearing qualities. Made with bib and shoulder straps. 50c Blue Jay Chambray Shirts 35c Very Special, 3 for $1.00 Another well-known Shirt offered for Friday only. Splendid shirts for everyday wear. Of blue chambray, with soft attached collar. Sold everywhere for 50c. Men's Initial Soft Finished Handkerchiefs 5c All initials, regular size, hemstitched hems. . 39c In Black Only A large assortment of popu lar shapes for Summer wear. Shapes suitable for girls, for misses and for women. They only require a simple trimming to convert them into hats that would sell for much more than the regular price of these shapes. Basement 5000 Yards 10c White Outing Flannel ... 6c 15c Famous-Red Seal Ginghams 9c 40c Silk Mixed Wash Fabrics . . 25c 15c Hemmed 42x36 Bleached- Pillow Cases 7c Basement SOAPS At Economy Prices 10c Kirk's Hard Water Pure Cocoanut Oil Soap, cake 5c 10c Armour's Soap, oat meal, glycerine, butter milk, large bath size . . .5c 10c box Unwrapped Hand Soap, 3 cakes for. . .10c Basement HOUSE DRESS and APRON SALE 25c Bib Apron, 15c Of blue and white check ging ham, bib fastening at back of neck, finished with white band ing. 45c Coverall Aprons, 25c Of bhie and white check ging ham, coverall style, with cap sleeve. Trimmed with white pip ings. 50c Coverall Aprons, 39c Percale aprons, in light and dark colors, full size, extra well made and finished. $1.25 House Dresses, 79c Gingham and percale dresses, in light and dark colors, in a va riety of styles. Basement JUST IN GIRLS' NEW MIDDY BLOUSES 1000 to go on Sale Friday NEW SUMMER SILKS Regular $1.00, $1.25 Sale 59c A new arrival of the latest dress silks, in taffetas, messaline. foulards and imported pongee, on sale Fri day for the first time. Very spe cial at o9c yard. Ils.cmc Bt. 59c Four New Styles, Very Special. . . . In white with navy, cadet or white collars. Laced fronts, and braid-trimmed middies, long sleeves, pocket ana cuffs to match. Some with emblems on sleeves. Sizes 6 to 20 years. llaarrarnt 42-P1ECE DINNER SET OF FIRST SELECTED QUALITY Just the right size for apartments and small families. Decorated in dain ty gold lace border. Taken from open stock, may be replaced any time. In latest shapes and designs. Set Sale 98c New Models Just Received IN DAINTY SUMMER WAISTS Reg. $1.50, $1.35, $1.25 Attractive, new waists, showing all the latest Summer styles, in plain and embroi dered voiles, and crisp, sheer organdies, in white, sand and flesh color. Tailored and fancy models, tucked and lace trimmed. 'in the greatest variety. All well made on lines that fit. Basement Basement Sale Envelope Chemise, Gowns, Corset Covers 75c Longcloth Envelope Chemise (two styles), 59c Trimmed with yoke of embroidery, torchon lace and insertion, lace edging and ribbons. 50c Corset Covers, of Longcloth, Sale, 29c Lace, embroidery, beading and ribbon trimming. $1.00 New Crepe Gowns (just received), 69c An unusual bargain. Made of fine quality plisse crepe, slip-over style, kimono sleeves, with lace edging, beading and ribbon trimmings. 50c Outing Flannel, Knee-Length Petticoats, 29c Basement Women's Summer Weight Underwear ELASTIC COTTON VESTS, SALE, 17c; 3 FOR 50c lummer weight. Jow neck, sleeveless, full sizes. SUMMER STYLE. LISLE VESTS, 39c Fancy crochet top, new patterns. Extra long and elastic, low-neck, sleeveless style. $1.00 RICHELIEU LISLE UNION SUITS, 69c Band top or trimmed yokes. Of fine lisle thread, form-fitting. Sum mer style, lace-trimmed knee. Medium and extra large sizes. . 50c FORM-FITTING UNION SUITS, 39c Special, three suits for $1.00 Low-neck, sleeveless style, neatly trimmed yoke. Summer weight. -Basement $1.50, $1.75 NADIA & W. B. CORSETS $1.19 -New models for all figures, with low and medium bust, straight and curve waistline, made of excellent quality batiste, embroidery and lace trimmed. Several new models, 19 to' 28 sizes. Supporters attached. Discontinued Models of W. B. Corsets Regular $2.00 to $3.00 Sale $1.19 Cambric Brassieres 29c Excellent grade cambric, in hook front style, embroidery trimmed, ex tra well fitting. Sizes 34 to 46. Basement HOUSECLEANING Economy Specials LIQUID VENEER 25c size, sale .17c 50c size, sale 34c $1.50 WIZARD POLISH MOPS, Sale 3gc Largest size made in this well known mop. Triangle shape, with long, adjustable handle. 25c Wizard Polish . . .18c 50c Wizard Polish . . .39c $1.00 Wizard Polish. .84c Basemeat A GREAT SEWING MACHINE BARGAIN The Best Machine Ever Offered at the Special Price of $20.00 Sold on Easy Terms $1 Down $1 a Week This machine has drophead, au tomatic lift, steel pitman, full ball bearing, French legs and many oth ers of the latest improvements gen erally found only in high-priced ma chines. Quarter-sawed oak, piano finish. A full set of attachments with every machine. On Sale Friday only in Ecoomy Basement Store.