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VOL. LY. XO. 17,067. TORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Warsaw finally is TAKEN BY GERMANS Evacuation by Russians Without Dieorder. FORTRESS LIKELY BLOWN UP Teutons Hope to Cut Off Re treat to Second Line. ATTACK IN WEST POSSIBLE COMET DEAD OF OLD AGE COMING BACK METEOR SHOWER PREDICTED im MOXDAY AXD TUESDAY. Bis 31 Hilary Force May Re Released to Open Mammoth Offensive on Belgian-British-French Front. t Cffect It Far-RclUnr. take- ilng I IMPORTANT niASES OP VIC TORIOUS sweep op acs- TRO-CRR.MA ARMIES IX EAST. March 21 Riilltli taka Prxemysl while holding Carpa thian line, th laat Ruaalan vlc tory In th east April IS Antro-Grman take Tarnow, marking; tba beglnn of new Anatro-German offen Jun S Austro-Germans recap tare Prxemysl. June 25 Autro-Cermn re capture Lambert. June 21 Autro-Grmans take Halics and Russian fall back aero the Dnclater. July 15 Germans take Prxa- nysx. July 21 Germane take fortreaa of Pultusk and Rosean. August 5 Capture of Wirnw officially announced. LONDON. Aug. i. Warsaw has been occupied by the German army, but the meager information contained In offi cial report Indicate that the main Russian force made an orderly wvacue- tlou. while the Teuton were stubborn ly restated by rearguards. The entrance of the German fol lowed a two-day assault on the outer forts by the army under command of Prince Leopold of Bavaria. This at tack waa bravely resisted by the Rus sian rearguard, to whom the German official report pay tribute. Pert Believed Destroyed. While no new of the destruction of the fort ha been received, military observer think It probable that the Russians blew up the work before evacuating, as It now seem certain that abandonment of the Polish capital bad been decided several daya ago. The German Emperor and Empress re expected to enter the conquered city In state In a few day, it having; been reported a few weeka ago that urn waa their Intention. The direct assault from the west by the Bavarian prince' army Is not re garded here a tie blow that nad the city untenable. ." Meaaee. at Rtar Pereea Retreat, Pressure of the commands 3t Gen eral Von Schots and Von Gallwltx, northeast of Warsaw, on tbe Lomxa-Ostrov-Wysxkow line, which threat ened the Russian rear, la erJ ted here with being the movement th it forced tbe Czar's chief officer to -'raw back the Warsaw earrison to rei-force tffe defense of tl at front to protect the railroad. This I the aiird atteirot or the Gar ni ins to cjttr War -aw. the two previous cam jalgua p-c r.; r costly failures, although on a n-o-j- smaller scale than tita final and successful action which necessitated a military movement of proportions ait -r before equaled. It involved sorr.e 4.000.000 Aastro-German troops. To Htm waa aaigned the ias of sot, oping the entire Russian army, to pre rDt which the Russian were forced to give up the Polish cap UL lialf ef Pevadatira t ires. Report from Warsaw estimate that more than 500. of the population of O.0OO had d parte-1 from the city after it becami appares: that it cap tare by tbe Carman was probable. The Russian cramarder-ln-chlef bad devoted one rottf to the exclusive use cf the refugee ajvera: daya ago. The fall of Vgrsaw is. the direct result of the maiunoth A astro-German c (Tensive, which, Wgae In April, soon after which the Vivian drive through Uatlcla waa brou.it 't a bolt on th treat of the Carp Man fountain range, ftr they had hajimixid tbe Austrian arar back in dlso-iierljr retreat for sev eral weeks. The movemen .fur ji in th begin ning, became tr re vtc'oi.a a It grew, finally extendi' from Bukowlna. in the southeast, tt the Baltlo provinces. In the northwest of Russia. Seeead Defee Use 0Jettv. Other notable rtlea captured by tbe Plienomenon to Be Visible in Vicin ity or Polar Star Electrical Storms Due Frldny, 13th. ST. LOUIS. Aus. a. Father Martin R. Brennan. Drofeuoi of astronomy at Kenrlck Seminary here, predicted to night that a shower of meteor will be visible Monday and Tuesday nights. Father Brennan said the display Is known aa the Perseids and will last through both nights in the vicinity of Polar tar. The meteors are the rem nants of a comet known as Comet S- 1862 which la thought by clentlsts to be the oldest comet -in the solar sys tem. Thl comet "died of old age." accord ing to Father Brennan. and lost it compact nucleus and finally became at tenuated through the length of Its orbit. Each, year this planet passes through Ita orbit. Brother Hubert, professor of astron omy at Christian Brothera College, on the strength of predictions made from large aun apota now visible, predicted severe electrical and rain storm for Friday, August 13. HEALTH BULLETIN IS KEPT Slayor Declines to End Publication, Health Ofricer Advised. After considering proposed change In tbe conduct of the health depart ment auggested by City Health Offi cer Marcellua. Mayor Albee yesterday ordered the continuance of the Health Bulletin, the discontinuance of which had been ordered by the health offi cer. The Mayor took the position tnat the bulletin, which Is read In the schoola and by othera Interested In the work of the Health Bureau, waa too valuable to discontinue. About 5000 copies are published each month. The Mayor approved the discharging of Dr. I G. 8tlckney, sanitary officer, and Cedrlo Mclntire. dairy Inspector. ANOTHER GHANGE TO BE GIVEN MEXICANS Conference in Fovor o Strong. Warning. FORCE NOT YET CONSIDERED Latin -American Diplomats Consult With Lansing. CARRANZA ONLY OBSTACLE Agreement Is Unanimous That Ex changes Shall Not Be Prolonged. Other Leaders ' Willing to Join In Peace 3Eove. KRUPP STRIKE AVERTED All Demands of Workmen Granted Under Military Pressure. GENEVA, via Pari. Aug. 4. Ad vices from Essen say that all the de mands of tbe employes of tbe Krupp work have been granted and that serious strike has thus been averted. Tbe German military authorities brought great pressure on the Krupp admlnlstrstion to this end. There waa no strike among the en gineer and draughtsmen. The seri ous situation, which was admitted even by the Frankfurter Zeltung, seems now to have passed. Work continues on the production of war munitions night and day in three shifts. GERMANY ADMITS MISTAKE Apology Made to Xorway for Sink ing of Steamer Minerva. LONDON. Aug. $. A Reuter dispatch from Christian! says: "Germany haa Informed Norway that the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Minerva was due to unfor tunate circumstances which led the commander of the submarine to be lieve the vessel waa British. Ger many haa expressed deep regret and a willingness to pay. damages." Tbe Minerva waa aunk late In May biles on her way from Shield to Christian!. Tbe. crew was landed at Newcastle. England. CABLES MUST BE PLAIN Britain to Stop Messages Containing Irregular Compound Words. NEW TORK. Aug. (.Announcement waa made by the cable companies to day that the British government had Issued a renewed notice declaring that cablegrams to or through Great Britain must be In plain language or In au thorised codes. The notice call attention to tbe Ir regular joinings of words and says that thia cannot be considered plain lan guage. Messagea with such Irregular compounds. It Is said, ar liable to de tention by the censor. BRITAIN HUSBANDS GOLD People Asked to Paj Government In Coin, Take Change in Notes. LONDON. Aug. (.To strengthen the gold reserves for exchange purposes, the treasury haa instructed the Post- office and all public departments to use notes tnateed of gold wbenevet possible when making cash payments. The public la requested to co-operate by paying in gold to the postoffice and banks, asking for payment of checks In notes an using the notes for the payment ef wagea and for cash dis bursement generally. INDIA SHOWS ITS LOYALTY IntcrccMi.) Services In Churches, Mo-r,uc and Temples. Teuton forces In -he vast movement were Frseraysl an IV em-"T. In Gali !.. which the R jssTI is ha piously raptured, and Lodx, In Pola id. whl, ta i SIMLA. ladia, Aug. S. Intercession the Baltlo provinces the Germans cs-. . services are being held today In the tored Llbau. an important seaport, a-j churches. mosques and - temples Mitsu. Owlsnd. They also threate J throughout India, all sections of the Riga, which is the most Important Rue- British and Indian eommunitlea par- s:an Bailie spww iw . r 0. . uu. punuua roeci- f Petregrad. Th objective of Vie Ruislan retreat. ceo ; Kno rdirg to military exp rta, It what mown as the sextwl line of do- JBcudeU aa fas Coiuma J. ra also have bean' ornixat h. in. dfi cltixens. f- Is estimated that $5,000,000 has bee, subscribed to the British war lo through Bombay and Calcutta, WASHINGTON. Aug. (.Armed fae tions in Mexico are to have one more opportunity to say whether they are ready to make an honest effort among themselves to compose their difference. A message expressing tbe concerted demand of North and South America that there must be peace and restore' tion of constitutional government, ad dressed to all the Mexican political and military leaders, probably will be, dis patched within a few days as one of the first results of a conference at the State Department today. In which the six ranking diplomats of the Pan-Amer ican legation corps participated with Secretary Lansing at the invitation of President Wllspn. " Appeal Made to All Leaders. While the appeal will ie made to all the Mexican leaders, it will be intended especially for General Carranza and his followers, who ar opposed to another peace convention. It waa learned President Wilson haa been In correspondence with the ex ecutives of the Latin-American lega tions, who have urged that the United States take the lead in a strong posi tion toward Mexico, and In this infor mal way have pledged their support to a Pan-American concert of action. Today' conference waa given over almost entirely to hearing a report of conditions by Paul Fuller, Sr.. of New York, who spent several months in Mexico as President Wilson's personal representative. It waa understood the groundwork was laid for further action tomorrow, when the conference will be resumed, which will constitute the first of a succession of moves to end three years of revolution and chaos. Armed Intervention Net Mentioned. No action was agreed on today and it was understood that armed inter vention waa not mentioned. Plainly it waa the intention of the conference to exhaust peaceful means to bring the Mexican factions together, following cIoselywhat"haa beenthe A'dmlnlstra tton's policy from tbe first, and to make it clear to the world -that there is no object other than the preservation of the sovereignty of Mexico. The Latin-American diplomats unl- INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, SO dasreee; minimum. 58 TODAY'S Fair, eoelar, westerly winds. War. Polish cspltal beautiful and Important city, face i. Warsaw often prize of war. Pace S. Warsaw captured by Germans. Face 1. Panic is avoided In evacuation of Warsaw Pace 6. Mexico. Final warning to be sent to Mexican leaders as result ot conference In Washington. Faje 1. National. Haltlea rebels promise to disband. Page Wilson to - consult committee chairman in formulating defense plans. Page 3. Domestic German contributions to Amsrican advance ment reviewed. Page 4. Mme. Monteasort makes deep Impression at Ban francisco. race a- Loss to property In Pennsylvania flood Deary, face a. ' Sports, Pacifle Coaat League resulta: Los An' geles ?, Portland 1; Venice 4. Oakland S ban Francisco 13-3. Salt Lake 8-7. Page 10. Cuba check Braves' winning streak. Page 10- Only three Pacific Jsorthw.it athletes ea- tered in today's Junior events, page n. - Pacifle Northwest. Oregon Naval Militia has exciting cruise up coast, page z. College president expounds new psychology or appeute Being guiae to an numaa needs. Page 1L . Commercial and Marine. Wheat again sells at dollar mark In local market. Page 10. Clearing weather in Middle West weakens wheat at Chicago, page J3. Two more grain carriers are chartered, while lumoer cargoes await ifiupvrwuvu. page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Cashier official testifies la own behsll. Page 1. . . Woman stirs np slsotlon contest in osteo paths' convention. Pag 1. Portland women divide on question of school frills. Psge 8. Weather report, data and forecast. Psge IS. Jewelers elect, end choose Albsny for next convention, psge 1Z. Programme is completed for Joint bar as sociation gathering. Page . Dr. John R. Robinson accused of wife de ration 10 years ago. page u. Consul for Th Netherlands issues call to arina for subjects In Oregon, rage la. Osteopathic - clinics visited by 1300 appu canta. Page . Miss Virginia Burns, popular society glrL dies after rail irom swing, rage i. Other states also to honor Mr. Benson at fair. Faze . Friends to fight attempted recall of District . Attorney J. K. Biarr. page Committee on unemployment problem to be named today. Page lo. Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.) MAN KILLED IN THRESHER Brothers of Benjamin Barrns at Burlej, Idaho, See Tragedy. TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Aug. (. (Spe cial.) Benjamin Barrus, of BurJey, was killed when be was drawn into ts threshing machine near Burley to day. tie attempted to dislodge a bun dle of grain caught In the self-feeder and was drawn into tbe machine before it could be stopped. The machine had to be taken apart before his body could be extricated. Barrus' two brothers and other work men witnessed the tragedy. 500 BURNED TO DEATH Shells From Italian Guns Set Fire to Austrian Troop Train. GENEVA, via Paris, Aug. 5. A dis patch to the Tribune from Lalbach says: "Shells from the Italian artillery set fire, to two trains on the Borgo-Levlco railroad while they were on their way to Rovereto. The first train was filled with troops, of whom S00 were burned to death. , The second was carrying ammunition and .eight cars of it ex ploded." CASHIER rilAGHINES SHOWN IN GOUR I i Inventor Testifies' Thursday s War Moves HE Germans are in possession of nn 1 1 riii in ue fet LONG EXPERIMENTS DESCRIBED Thomas Bilyeu Is First De fendant on Witness Stand. COMPANY OWES HIM CASH Testimony Presented by Govern ment, in Trial on Charge of Con spiring to Use Malls Fraud ulently, Is Contradicted. the third largest city In the Russian empire ''bavarian troops entered th cl-: VXiay, having taken succes j .1.. -- rf uionje lines kou iuo uuwi c v -ner fortresses of the city.. It C-f. the Russians only fighting rear guard actions to allow their main army to make its escape. While to the Bavarlans.r commanded by Prince Leopold, has faXen the honor of taking over Warsaw.n the name of the German Emperor and his consort. who are expected to make a state entry within a few days, the real conquerors are the troops fighting under Field Marshal von HIndenburg, along the Narew River to the northeast: the Aus- tro-Germans, who crossed the Vistula to the south of the city, and the armies of the Austrian Archduke. Joseph Ferdinand, and the German field mar shal. Von Mackensen. which are ad vancing northward between the Vis tula and Bug Rivers. The Russians are fighting desper ately and stubbornly to check the prog ress of these four armies and have had several successes. Inflicting heavy losses on their pty-suers; but they are being steadily pressed back, wnicn made the longer occupation of the Warsaw Polish salient a hazardous undertaking. Even now, although the steadiness of the Russian troops and their fierce counter-attacks have gained much val uable time for them, it is problematical whether the whole Russian army will Thomas Bilyeu. one of the seven de fendant officials and salesmen of the United States Cashier Company, on trial before Federal Judge Bean on I succeed In reaching the new positions charges of conspiring to use the malls I chosen for It, or whether. If it should In a fraudulent stck-selling scheme. I get there, it will not find those posl testified in his own behalf yesterday. He was the first of the defendants to take the stand. Before he testified, however, two other witnesses had been called by the defense, which opened its case in the morning. It was Mr. Bilyeu who invented the original models on which the coin ma chines promoted by the United States Cashier Company, and those manufac tured now by its successor, the Inter national Money Machine Company, of Terre Haute, Ind., are based. Attorney William M. Cake, who conducted the direct examination, began by question lng Mr. Bilyeu about his age and his technical preparation and experience. Engineering Long Studied. Mr. Bilyeu testified that he was born In Oregon, is 36 years old, and a me chanlcal engineer by profession. He told of graduating In engineering from Oregon Agricultural College In 1898, and of working about a year for the United Railways Company in San Fran. Cisco, prior to going to Cornell for post-graduate course in engineering. tions turned by the Austrians who have crossed the Bug southeast of Chelm, and the Germans under Generals von Scbolz and von Gallwitz, who have crossed tbe Narew. . At the northeastern end of the line. the Russian communications are threatened further by General von Bue low. who is advancing toward Dvinsk, on the Vilna-Petrograd railway. In deed, the Austro-Germans have set three traps to catch and destroy the Russian army. None of them was sprung, but one was near to closing, and Grand Duke Nicholas now is fight ing with all his might to prevent the others from cutting off his retreat. This far. he seemingly has been suc cessful, for, although the Germans as sert the capture of a large number of prisoners, the aggregate is small when compared with the Immense forces engaged. In addition, the Russian guns apparently are well on their way to the rear. From refugees who left Warsaw some After Jinishinsr at Cornell he returned days ago and have arrived-at Moscow, to Oregon. Agricultural College. There " na8 Deen ioaea mat Warsaw, even for nearly two vr he tnuirht 4 tnttt early date, had been denuded member of the lacultv In engineering of virtually everything that might be he said. useful to the Teutons. Factories had "When did you first begin working been "tripped of their machinery and on the idea of coin handling and deliv ery machines?" questioned Mr. Cake. ' ' Progress of Work Told. "Ir the Spring of 1898, while I was still attending Oregon Agricultural Col lege," said the witness, "I began to plan then a machine worked out on the decimal system." "What did it develop into?" "It developed Into a number of dif ferent machines embodying the decimal system." And when did you start the practical work leading up to applications for patents?" The working out of the machine into practical purposes began In the latter parr of July, 1909," replied Mr. Bilyeu. The witness then showed to the jury all war stores moved Into the Interior of Russia and the government of the city left to the Polish population. (Concluded oh Page 2. Column 4.) FINDS AN OLD FRIEND AT THE SAN FRANCISCO FAIR. - The Russians also are preparing to evacuate Riga, the port on the gulf, of that name in the north. The arrival of the Germans ten miles south of that city already has led the civilian pop ulation to depart. While expressing the fullest con fidence in the future, the British mil itary critics make no attempt to be little the achievements of the Teutons or the effect their success is likely to have in the near east and the west. Since early in May, when they started their great counter offensive in West ern Galicia against the Russians, who were debouching tnrougn tne t-ar pathians on the plains of Hungary, the troops of the Germanic powers have cleared the Russians out of Galicia, with tbe exception of a narrow strip of territory in the southwest, have re captured Przemysl and Lemberg. taken Lublin, Chela and Warsaw, and are in military occupation of virtually tbe whole of Poland. Ill SIS UP I CONVENTION FIGHl Osteopaths Elect 'Man by 3-Vote Margin. $11,000 RAISED FOR SCHOOL Operators Exhausted by Hi Who Seek Treatment. DR. STILL'S WORD CHEERS Founder Advises Firm Stand for Principles and Calls for Aid for Institutes Denver Strong .! for Xext Meeting. NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN OSTEOP ATHIC ASSOCIATION. President, Dr. O. J. Snyder, of Philadelphia. First vice-president. Dr. Ro berta Wimer-Ford, of Seattle. Second vice-president. Dr. F. Sinden, of Ontario, Canada. Secretary, Dr. H. L. Chiles, of Orange, X. J. Treasurer, Dr. J. R. McDougall, of Chicago. Trustees, Dr. E. J. Heist, of Berlin, Ontario; Dr. Mary Lyles Sims, of Columbia, S. C; Dr. Paul M. Peck, of San Antonio, Tex.; Dr. Richard Wanless, of New Tork. and Dr. E. C. Crow, of Elkhart, Ind. Assistant secretary. Dr. J. Ivan Dufur, of Philadelphia. ' What their next move will be is a matter of conjecture. Some military observers believe they will continue to attack the Russians in the hope of finally crushing them, a task which it is considered is made difficult by the fact that the Russians in their retreat lay the country waste, making it neces sary for the invaders to bring up every ounce of food required for their army. Other observers think Serbia will be attacked, so as to impress tbe Balkan states which remain neutral, while still another group looks for a. big offensive against the Franco-British-Belgian line in the west. All of the observers are of the opinion that wherever the new operation is begun it will be on a big j scale. jaa-a-t-ijsuLS.s.sJL.sj The Germans also have had local suc cesses in the west, recapturing on the crest of the line in the Vosges a por tion of the trenches which the French took from them some time ago. SALT IS GROWING CHEAPER Per Capita Consumption in United States Nearly 100 Pounds. WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. Salt con sumed in the United States amounted to 9,998,520,560 pounds during 1914. an increase of 41,575,800 pounds over that consumed in 1913. That amount, an nounced today by the Geological Sur vey, would mean a per capita consump tion of almost 100 pounds for the year. Sugar's per capita consumption during 1914 was 89.14 pounds. Salt production in the United States was 9. 736,911. 160 pounds and imports were 261.609,320 pounds during 1914. That produced in this country was val ued at 110,271,358. Production was greater than in 1913, keeping pace with the increase of population. There has been a steady downward trend in the cost of salt owing to the abundant sources of supply and also the great advances made In the last few decades in methods of manufac ture, the Geological Survey's experts declared- The "great day" of the convention of the American Osteopathic Association, yesterday, was marked by a series of notable events on the convention floor and by an almost unbelleveable pres sure upon the various clinics from peo ple seeking treatment. In the convention today will be trans acted the business that could not be handled yesterday because of the tlmi spent in the long contest that sprang up on the floor in the election of offi cers. Many of the delegates will leave this morning, and the official closing of clinics and meetings will be at noon. Woman' Near-Election Upsets. The election contest, which almost upset the whole work of the nomina tion committee and arrayed the Eastern and Northwestern delegations against each other, resulted in the election of Dr. Roberta Wimer-Ford, of Seattle. first vice-president, after she had come within three votes of defeating Dr. J. Snyder, of Philadelphia, who was proposed by the nominating committee for president. It was the culmination of a series of important events that followed one another rapidly in the business session of the morning. "SlOOO-a-Mlnute" Campaign Started. A "thousand-dollars-a-mlnute" cam paign for funds for the A. T. Still Re search Institute Just preceded the elec tion, and roused the delegates to the highest possible pitch of enthusiasm. It came lmmedlatetly after the reading of the personal message of Dr. A. T. Still, the founder of osteopathy, urging the followers of the profession to dedi cate themselves and their energy to the preservation and development of the doctrines of osteopathy in the face of the opposition of other schools of heal ing. While these events were taking place on the main convention floor, the oper ators In the clinics were working con tinually in their efforts to handle a growing flood of patients that poured In upon them clamoring for attention before the convention should close. Clinic Operator Nearly Exhausted. Although the election contest called many of the delegates to the exciting business in the main hall, the clinics continued without cessation, not only j through the morning hours, but tnrougn tne juncneon nours ana rignt up to the evening, the operators work ing almost to the point of utter ex haustion. Indications of the impending elec tion contest were beginning to be ap parent at the reunions Wednesday night,- but the alignment waa not drawn until after the report of the nomination committee was made. The report of the nominating com mittee placed Dr. C. J. Snyder, of Phila delphia, for president Report Inspire Opposition. Immediately Dr. F. D. Teeter, of Davenport. Wash., arose and proposed the name of Dr. Roberta Wimer-Ford, first vice-president of the association, and the one person who had 'jeen chief ly responsible for the handling of the entire programme of the convention. Through the sessions she had presided over most of the meetings. President Upton being obliged to devote most of his time to trustee meetings. Dr. Ada Achorn, of Boston, seconded the nomination, declaring that her sec ond was not because Dr. Wimer-Ford is a woman, but because of the great ability she had displayed in her serv ices in the association In the past. California Defeat Candidate. The convention split into two great factions, the Northwestern delegates standing for Dr. Wimer-Ford and those of the East, who maintained that It AConuluded ou Page 9, Column LI ft
