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the aioRxrsc oregomax. sioxdat, jthly . ire, iois. POLAND'S FATE 15 VIEWS IN WARSAW, WHOSE FALL SEEMS NEAR AT HAND. PLANS' -TO ABSORB AUSTRIA ARE LAID NATIONAL THEATER MASTER TRAGEDY TODAY AND BALANCE OF WEEK Country, Ravaged by Contend ing Armies, Worse Off Than. Serbia or Belgium. Spanish Diplomat Quotes Kai ser as Having.Decided on Fate of His Ally. .Jll'll IIIJIIIIIIlll-.;.iHVfrl''VUJ I . JJ,jin.ii.iiiii.iins..,.1iii.i,IKI umisinuisuMiWiSf III TTTT IsslTI II I II n siti . , , v.rfci4u vi,r" ..... - , . , "'V v - "V; r " ' ''v-j-j. -., . ' - j - ' ' r-- 1r um " ' " . - -: - .-- ; ;r . . - . i MILLIONS ARE SUFFERING Teople Who Still Dream of Unified . Ration Now Arrayed Against Each Other In Straggle That Means Their Own Ruin. LONTMDN, July 5. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The des perate fighting now going on around Warsaw and throughout the Kastern zone of operations centers attention on the colossal tragedy of Poland, the second that unhappy country has en dured, the first having stirred Amer ica to Its depths when Kuscluszko went there to tell Poland's own story That flret tragedy was as nothing compared with what Poland is now undergoing. The entire theater of Eastern fighting is within the terri tory of the old kingdom of Poland, with Russian armies tramping over the country from the East, Austrian armies from the South, and German armies from the North and West, all march ing and fighting on a scale of unpre cedented magnitude. and leaving a train of wreck and desolation even greater than that of Belgium or Ser bia. Extent of Tragedy Appalling:. Such telegraphic news -as trickles through from Poland, except the of ficial reports of military operations from the three sides, gives only the picture of fighting, without that of the prostrate country under the rneels of the fighters.' But from eyewitnesses returning, from Polish student refugees., from the scourged district, and from letters to those who have sought asy lum here, there is a mass of informa tion on the real conditions at the scene of these gigantic Eastern opera tions. Much of this information flows into the hands of Miss Laurence Alma Tadema, daughter of the great Eng lish artist, the secretary and directing genius of the Polish relief committee. "Think of the magnitude of this ap palling Polish tragedy," said Miss Alma-Tadema to a representative of the Associated Press. "There are about. 12,000,000 Russian Poles and about the name number of Austrian and Prussian Poles. All of them have an intense longing to see Poland rise again as a unified kingdom. Yet of these 24. 000,000 Poles. 1.009,000 Polish soldiers are fighting in the Russian ranks, and another million are fighting in the Austrian and German ranks literally brother againBt brother. Poland Prays on Battlefield. "One of the reports reaching me tells of a body of Polish Infantry on the Russian side, charging at a body of the enemy, with bayonets raised and the battlecry ringing from both sides only to distinguish as they came to grips that both were shouting the cry of Poland and, on that instant, as If Inspired by a common impulse, every bayonet was lowered and every man In the facing ranks - fell on his knees and in their common language breather the Lord's prayer. That was Poland's prayer on ' the battlefield of this terrible Eastern conflict. "Here is another thoroughly authen ticated case," said Miss Alma-Tadema. "A Polish infantryman raised his rifle and fired point blank at an advancing foe. only to see him pitch forward and hear "him cry out In Polish, "My God, I leave a wife and three chil dren.' This agonizing dying cry In Polish rang in the ears of that broth er Ple who had fired the shot, tor turing him night and day, until he lit erally went mad and was taken from the ranks a raving maniac. Children Starving to Death. "When Mr. Gibson, of the Rockefeller Foundation, returned from Poland- he told Miss Alma-Tadema of the terrible scenes he had witnessed in the stricken regions. One of the scenes he pictured was a Polish village where he passed a cemetery toward dusk and saw a crowd collected. On Inquiry he learned It was the Joint funeral of 12 children who had died that day, and he learned further that this was the normal aver age in this and other stricken villages 12 children a day dying of starva tion. At one point he noted an old woman who had crawled 16 kilometers to get a handful of black bread. The Polish student group here Is also receiving frequent mall advices from their friends in the various parts of Poland. One of the last posted of these student letters summed up recent ad vices which got through as follows: . "Out of 127,000 square kilometers In Old Poland, 84,000 square kilometers have now been occupied by the Austro German armies. The departments which have suffered most are Kallska, Piotrowska, Kielecka, Badowska, Su wolsVa, and Plocka; also four districts of the government of Lonisynsky, ten districts of Warsaw, which is a depart ment half the size of Wales, In addi tion to the City of Warsaw: four dis tricts of Lubelsklcj and five In Chelms kly. Out of 12.000.000 Inhabitants of this region, ,OOO.00O have suffered." Millions Are Out of Work. The peasantry are pictured as mov ing about like great tribes of gypsies over the blackened fields, carrying and pushing their scant belongings In small carts. -iviiss Alma-Tadema gives a graphic picture of this wholesale deso lation: "Industry is at a standstill: milions are out of work: the meadows and arable lands are furrowed by deep trenches, riddled with shellholes: the came tracts have been swept over and over by Immense battle waves; nothing remains. The barns and ricks are burned: the horses and cattle all stolen or slain; ruin everywhere. The women and children have been driven out into the open. They cower in the woods. The manse, the manor-house, the old castle in the park, all are destroyed. There is no one to help, there is no where to fly to, nothing to do but to bide in ruins, in woods or in hollows, gnawing roots and the bark of trees, while the children shiver and starve to death." The Anglo-Russian entente creates many political obstacles to getting de tails of conditions in the Eastern field for publication, and even in telling the truth. For example. Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, made a remarkable address recently to a gath ering of Poles and Polish adherents. It was presumed that such an address would be printed in all its details, but when the text appeared in the Universe it was w-ith frequent parenthetical phrases, "Deleted by the censor." Even one of the appeals for relief of Polish victims had fallen under the ban and Jaad to be withdrawn. Old Friends Reraemhered. ' London Tit Bits. One of the chief characteristics of Sir John Jelllcoe Is that he never forgets old friends. When he was shot through the neck In China, he was carried to safety by a man named Adams; and Adams, thanks to Sir John, is now carpenter of the King's royal yacht. m tat I ! J - IR"'. - , ' - .- .-.-,-,..,..-.'.:.., ' . . . ' r:. T 1 I ' W v." . .Y TOP, 8CEXE OX A PRIX CIPAL STREET BELOW. ALEIAXDKOWK BRIDGE. GROWTH IS SHOWN Statistician Predicts German Will Be World Tongue. FIGURES ARE ANALYZED Xumerlcal Preponderance of Those Speaking English Declared Xot to Represent Aetna 1 Rela tive Infuence. HAirBURQ, Germany. June 20 Cor respondence of 'the Associated Press.) In an effort to show that German is rapidly Becoming the "world's lan guage." David Trietseh has compiled statistics and made elaborate studies of the use of the three principal tongues English. French and German. The first presents the figures compiled tor me year iuu regarding the three language!, which are as follows, cover ing the number of Darinm whn n u - and understood; In Europe .3u.o0S.O0O J0.US.lRK H,54i,0J0 In U. S, ,. 2IU.0OO 230,000 .260,0O0 EIewher . 35,00 0 1. 0 6 4.00 0 7 30.UW Totals . .2o,20,ooo (1.4&0.000 to.sao.ooo Ninety years later statisticians es timated that the lingual ability of the world, In 1890, was divided up as fol lows: Grmn. French. English. Ia Europe, C7.6UO.uoo 4a.20O,0uo S8.io.ouo In V. 8. .. 7,100.000 1.1UU.00O 6S.OUO.000 Elsewhere . 000.000 4.9UO.00O 14.ouO.000 Totals ..75,200.000- Sl.20O.00O 111.104.000 BiUuaval ,Talets Coasted. Trietseh found fault with these fig ures, maintaining they were unfair to the German language. They did not include, he insisted, those persons who speak two languages, and who had been counted in only one list. For 1914, therefore, he prepared the following table: 191 German. French. English In Europe. 90.600. ooo- 4,ooo,wx 4.ooo.oo In U. 8. 13.000.000 l.uoo.ouo so. into. ooo lsewhre. 1. 500,000 s, 000, 000 is. 000, 00 Totals ..105,000,000 03,000,000 152.OO0.000 To these figures he subjoins the fol lowing observations: Firstly. French is not spoken anywhere in the world outside of France -and its environs. Secondly. English really counts only in jngiana, tne united states and in Eng lish oolonies. Canada, South Africa and Australia, and its to be counted as a "world language only as English colo nlzation has carried it to the far cor ners of the earth. German, on the other hand, has increased to the point or having, in turopo. almost as many users as French and English. Ha ore- diets that In four years it will have more, uerman, furthermore, is in uni versa! use in Austria, much of Hun gary and Switzerland, In the German colonies, and is on the increase in va rlous parts of Europe. CoBtlae4 Spread Predicted. Estimating that "German Is an eco nomic and political sense has an en tirely different uniformity or coher ence than English." Trietseh believes that after the war its use will continue to spread, and he feels sure that even today, if the number of persons who speak it as well as some other ln , . ... . .. - m 1111 JJJ.I I ' ' VvvX : ;.- -. guage could be gauged correctly, the "elight discrepancy" between 105.000, 000 and 152.000.000 would be overcome and German would be found to lead the world. Even if this is not the case,' he finds that "the importance of a language does not depend on the number of per sons who use it, but increases or de creases, according to the importance of the motherland in politics, economy and technique. With the extraordinary rise of Germany in this respect. German as a world language has Increased far beyond the number who use it." FRANK M. SCHEBLE DEAD Ex-Mayor of Wcnatchee Is Suddenly Stricken lYhlle Walking Home. W'ENATCHEE. Wish.. Julv 2B (Special.) Frank M. Scheble. ex-Mavor of Wenatchee. died at. his home here last night of heart disease and harden ing or the arteries. He had Just left the office of the Wenatchee Lumber Company, of which he was president. ror nis noma, when he complained of a pain In his heart. A physician was summoned and Mr. Scheble was re moved to his home. He died at 9 o'clock. He leaves two sons. Percy and Bert. and one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Wade, be sides his widow. He was the pioneer hardware mer chant of Waterville. leaving that city for Wenatchee about 20 years ago. where he was continuously In the hard ware ana lumber business. He leaves considerable real estate in the city and a big Irrigation project in Moses Cou lee. For the past two years ha mint most of his time in Seattle. He was always prominent In the affairs of the city and - the Commercial Club. He served two terms as Mayor of the city, and for a time was In the Council. He was an Elk and an Oddfellow, and the funeral services Tuesday will be under the auspices of these orders. POMEROY HAS HAY FIRE Brother of M. H. Ilonser Loses Hay and Barn Valued at 93000. POMEROY, Wash., July IS. (Spe cial.) Spontaneous combustion In a loft of new hay caused total destruc tion this morning of a large barn and warehouse owned by W. J. Houser, brother of M. 1L Houser, grain ex porter, of Portland, three miles east of Pomeroy, with a loss of 33000. The blase started at 2:30 A. M., and before it could e checked the ware house, valued at $1500, 100 tons of hay, worth $1000, several sets of harness, two buggies and miscelleanous ar ticles were burned. Mr. Houser car ried practically no insurance. Mr. Houser is well known In Port land, having won the Rose Festival trophy at the Northwest trap meet held in June. The prized gun with which he shot his high scores was los$ In the Are. Mills Xear Kelso to Kesunie. KELSO, Wash.. July 25. (Special.) The J. N. Moore shingle mill here and the Ostrander Railway & Timber Com pany sawmill at Ostrander will resume operations soon after August 1. follow ing a month's shutdown. The Crescent shingle mill, at the mouth of the Cow lits. which has been shut down on ac count of lack of logs, will start again early in the week. Snnbnru, Tan and Freckles ltd by tllnelr Da of tinntliroilf. lnntnntlv rrlitves KUiihu-n fiil. Hfxjll;? ku bcaU k!n. 64c. All oi-Tvc't". Take it on jour outiDKS. -.;. ' . . . . , -.. v .. - - ; ,. t , - , "... - ,- s4"' .t.r.V. - r - - - ry. VOL Jr. GRUNT TUXES ASKED Southern Oregon Company De mands $156,924 Held. TOTAL INVOLVED $350,000 Salt Follows Judge Wolverton's De cision and Coos County Paper Ia Affected by Possible With drawal of Treasury Funds. COQUILLE. Or- July 55. (Special.) As a result of Judge Wolverton's decision involving the lands of the Southern Oregon Company, most of which are in Coos County, In which he followed the United States Supreme Court in the Oregon & California land grant case, the attorneys for the South ern Oregon Company Saturday filed suit In the Circuit Court of Coos County to recover the $156,924 on de posit with the County Treasurer for taxes for 1911. 112, 113 and 1914. Pending the final disposition of their lands the company had deposited these taxes with the condjtlon that it It lost possession of the lands the taxes should be returned. Since the company cannot collect more than $2.50 per acre for the land. It seeks to have the entire tax for the past four years returned. - Dis trict Attorney Liljequlst Intends to carry the case through to the united States Bupreme Court if necessary. In addition to this $158,000 there are three more large companies whose taxes are delinquent. The Oregon California delinquent taxes amount to another $100. 000 and the Kinney prop erties on .oos Bay ana tne uouun timber tract add another $90,000. mak ing nearly $250,000 In delinquent taxes charged against four companies. About half of this is county taxes and. according to the County Clerk's report Just published, there is out standing $175,000 of unpaid warrants for which no other provision has been made except in the assessments against these four delinquents. This has low ered the value of county paper to 95 cents on the dollar. Russia's Electric Stations. Indianapolis News. Russia has 137 central electric sta tions, serving 15.000.000 persona The best criterion of sound business judgment U a policy in the Neu England Mutual Life Insurance Co. Horace bfcclcleTn 5f w.rBankBuiiding. HUNGARY NOT INCLUDED Germans Weary of Xatlon That lias Contributed Little to Victory. Belgium May B Yielded for Compensation. BT CAROLTK WTL60N. (Copyrlrht. IBIS, by the Chieaco Tribune. Published by arrangement.) PARIS. June 30. Wben I was In Italy I met a woman who has the name of being the most Influential woman In Rome. It was under this title tnat I was Invited to meet her and I was told by various people that on her de cisions and orders the diplomats of Italy hung. She is English and loves pontics tor its on sake after the fashion of many of her countrywomen. For while the Ignorant may think that the English man is a born diplomat, the surmise is wrong he Is a trained one. but the English woman la the born one. This woman In Italy is Intimately acquainted with every crowned head In Europe. She has visitea at ill tne large and minor courts, she Is In con stant correspondence now with the sis ter of the Kaiser, with the princesses of the houses of Bavaria and Wurtem- berg. and with the lesser royalty of Austria, who wish her to come and visit them, assuring her of perfect safety even though ah Is English. Abservtloa ( Austria Predicted. I tell you-all this for the sake of an Interesting theory she advanced to me. based on her correspondence with these personages who should .be versed In what they write about. 'I only give you this as a theory. she said. "It had been deduced rather than ststed from the letters tht I have received from every side. Because, after all. It Is not only from the Ger man side that news comes. "As I say. I put forward no Irrefu table proof, but I will tell you that everything which I have prophesied up to now has come true, rrora the let ters which I have received from mem bers of the royal families of Bavaria and Wurtemberg I have every reason to believe that Germany Is about to annex and absorb Austria. But that does not mean Hungary. "Something Important is going on In Hungary now. but with all my corre spondence I am not absolutely sure what it is. I should advise you to go back through Swltxerland and I will give you letters to some people who may be able to give you Information on this point. "whether It Is for autonomy under German protection, or for absolute In dependence, I don't know. There are even those who hint at revolutions and republics. That is illogical and Incon sistentabsolutely Impossible for the sort of people who make up Hungary. But that Germany means to take over Austria there can be no doubt. Eulasc May Be DtsapstelatesL "There was an attack on the life of the Archduke Heir-Apparent two weeks ago (this made the date about June 1) by a German officer. Because the at tempt did not succeed 'it was called Insanity on the part of an officer whose health had been undermined by the strain of war. "With such a large and profitable slice of Europe definitely belonging to her. Germany will be much less re luctant about ceding Belgium to the allies, in return for a compensation. At which I gasped. "A compensation! Do you mean that seriously?" I asked. "It isn't my thought but theirs which I am giving you," was the re ply. "Natuarally. that ia not my belief, though I am less blinded with English pride than most of my countrymen. "I often wonder." she continued, musingly, "how much of a part Eng land will play In the peace treaties. She expects to be, as you Americans say. 'the whole show,' but I think she is going to be badly disappointed. France can do the dictating this time." This conversation recurred to me when, after my return from Italy. I saw in the Matin of the 21st an article by Rodrlgues de Sagrador. the well- known Spanish diplomat. In which was quoted a letter from the Kaiser to a member of the royal family of Bavaria. In this he said: If the Austrlans help us to win the victory, w shall thank them, but If they continue as weak as they are we shall absorb them." Gtruir W r ry of Her Ally. And later: "Their attitude dictates my conduct: I shall make of Austria a Uerman province. "This theory, said my English woman, "receives but another proof In the fact that there are no Germans fighting against the Italians and pre sumably will be none. "Oh. yes. I know you read In the papers that five German soldiers In Austrian uniforms were taken pris oners. And even granting It to be so. which I don't, that does not mean that Germany Is sending organized aid to Austria. .She Is going to let her take care of herself. "The Germans are sick of the Aus trlans, who can never be counted on for anything. Did you know that It was only Germans who retook Prxemysl? "Do you think If Germany had really meant to enter against Italy that the spanking wouldn't already have begun? Germany still has men and energy and Incentive enough left to administer a terrible whipping to the Italians If It were not against her ar ranged policy." Teachers Normal Closes. OREGON AORiaXTURAL COLLEGE, Corvaills. July 25. (Special.) Sum mer school at the Oregon Agricultural College closed Saturday, and the 230 teachers have returned to their hnmes or proceeded with their vacation plans. Instructors will be kept busy for sev eral days cxr.mlnini . papers, making grades, adjusting credits and complet ing records. Thls Is the actual end of resident college work for the year, and. with the exception of th experiment Supreme for over Seventy Years PROGRAMME FIRST: Scenic Picturesque France Picturesque Spain On the Banks of the Crcusc SECOND: Prologue on Hypocrites Delivered by C. H. Starr THIRD: "HYPOCRITES" With Music Especially Arranged.) FOURTH: MUTUAL WEEKLY Harry Thaw Pronounced Sane Golden PotlatcJt-Races, Tacoma, Wash. Ex-Secretary of State Bryan Delivers Peace Oration Liberty Bell in Chicago Many Other Interesting Events Shown in Weekly Y P 0 C R I T E S NOTE Prologue Will Only Be Delivered Four Times Daily 2, 5, S, 9:30. Doors Open 11 A. M. to 11 P M. 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A volunteer llfesavlng crew has been ortrsnlsed here irnln this Rummer Straight Tour Round Trp Chicago to New York Circle Tour Wide choice of routes includ ing both rail and water $34 Rd Latt frpes of mocfero Uciric-lifhlJ tt train EjKmOmmt Jinina car asi nice TVa WiisiIi Spsrisl tas bans faatar kMuIs.Ustm Gticaso 104S a. am. Arrives Washington, ( AS a, m i New York, US p. m. Motfora coaches. Drawiag-foco and eepnpsrtmant slosstnc cars sad beervstioa alaeptnc care. The New Yerfc Lbsntad fbanvea CWsse S4S p. . Modern roaches: drawtar room alaaptnc car Chieaco to Ptttburs.Waab4n-ton aed Now York, and observe tdoo ears Pittsburg to Now York. The WsstiiaisAin Wis Yerfc Exproa .Liwn Catca S a. . Drewtnceooi eiaeping cars to Pittsburg. Washington sad New York. Ceecbas ta WasJuatrtea. Nient Ena ssi Lsasa Oitcaso fi3o a. am. Prawtna-rncna aleacHns cars to twtta bnrc. Wtaaaitoc Waahtoctoa end dear Yatfc. Ceeakae ta Wbaottna and Waalf lastaev AU trains leave Oraad Centre Station, t, MELVTLI.E. 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The boat Is perfectly seaworthy and Is built to withstand the buffeting of the breakers. l'rofesor Ludwlg. who will be captain of the volunteers, plans to hold two drills a week, and on Sun day afternoon the crew will give an exhibition of llfesavlng and of driving the boat through the surf. Guards will watch bathers at all times. The gift of the boat and of the sta tion was mnde by J. E. Ostes. Save money -improved service 'stopover everywhere Correspondingly low far round trips to Boston, also Jersey Coast Resorts choice of routes long return limits tickets on sale June 1st to September 50th. Every American should the moat beautiful of all moving pictures from the trains of the Balumore A Ohio the scenic route of Eastern America. Fifth Ave. sad Harriot rsltU, Cel. WaH. mx Aim, Ma raariare. err gaesra - - fr- t r f