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9 Tins MORNING OltEGOXIAN. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 11, 1915. iSmOIIGFORTRESSISp I LOST BY RUSSIANS of road on Jackson Prairie at fSS37.lt. the fourth bit: road contract arded to Speaker at UcKm in the thla yaar. TRAIN HASJH00D00' DAY One Engine Figure In Three Acci dent on Itoand Trip. COTTAGB GROVE. Or.. Aur. 10. (Special.) La I Thursday was hoodoo day on tbe Oregon. Pact lie at Eastern Railway. Thro accidents happaned on that dar during tha trip from hero to Bujada and return. Just the other aide of tha Walden bridge a Greek, who had been working at Bujada and was coral nr Into tha city on a handcar, ran Into tha Oregon. Fa clfle at Eastern engine head-on. He apparently had not seen the train at all. Man and car war thrown off tha track. The man was not Injured and the train did not stop. At -Wild wood a enw d 11 n 1 1 F w4 th Mrffiriniiwi tit Prince Leopold, laptor 01 araw, i the hmndcmrt ana U llf. wa, tha prtca Germans Capture Lomza and Czar's Army Prepares to Evacuate Vilna. Too. MOTHER'S PART Hi GREAT WAR TRAGIC Carolyn Wilson Tells of Be reavemenl Typical of Suf fering of France. LOSS SURPRISES BRITISH Proclaim That Attacks Tpon Troops VIII Cag.se Death of Froralnent Hostage. paid. The train did not stop. Tha third accident was the breaking (of one of the springs on the engine. The train did not atop for this, either. I and the round trip was completed with out further incident. ' rCTItOGRAD, la Load. A. HIKERS LEAVE HOOD RIVER r u.i. n4 ot the Raaalaa Chareh haa directed tha Arrhlblahep ef Gradao Pairry to Make Leisurely Trip Along i the Areablahaa at Vllaa ts resaove SEVEN SONS ARE STRICKEN Six Killed Jn Action. Seventh I Blinded and Driven Insane by Shock. Woman Literally Has Given all to Country. the aae-red rellea froaa tha charrhra Braat-LHank. Km aad ataer places vvlthla (ha aaae of salutary peratleaa, aererdlag ta tha Bmnt Gaaette. ixtxrjov Aus. 1. Lomxs, the strong fortress holding tha same rela Colombia to Portland. HOOD RIVER. OK. Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) Could a pioneer have seen the party of hikers who left thla city early tnis morning-, bound down tha Colum bla Klver Highway, ba might have been made to recall the days of the pralrl tlT position on the northeastern flank I schooner and tha trip acrosa the plains, of Warsaw aa Ivangorod on the south east, fell 'Into German hands today, the outlying defenses having been taken br assault yesterday. Tha Russlana atill hold Ostrow. soma IS miles to tha southward of Lomsa. but their only purpose In holding It la to delay aa Ions; as possible tha ad vance ef the victorious Germans and enable tha Kuaalan armies to net clear ef tha widespread net In which the Teutons are trying; to envelop the forces of the Grand Duke Nicholas. Vllaa Be Evaewated. That tha Russlana are getting ready for a further retreat eeema clear from tha newa that preparations are making for the evacuation of tha Important City of Vllna. a link In the chain of forts of tha second Una of defense. Thla Information was quite unexpected In London, aa the latest official bul letins from Petrograd conveyed the Impression that the German rush In that quarter bad been stemmed. Tha sudden change of front Indicates that developments must have super vened to Induce the Russians to sur render the railroad junction. Gersaaas Cheeked Xear Riga. A dispatch to the Geneva Tribune from Innsbruck. Austria, sara that In the recent fighting alone; the section ef tha eastern front running from the Tlsea raver to Ostrow. northeast of Warsaw, the Germans lost S.oo men ta killed or wounded, but succeeded In rapturing the principal fortified po- itinns of the Russlana. Estea Broslua. seated on , heaped-u baggage In a one-horse wagon, lea the pilgrimage. The following; pedestrians brought up the rear: Air. and Mrs. C U. Hennev and Louis J. Bronaugh, of Portland Misses Kitty and Frances Bragg. Miss Florence Brosius. Ray and Lester Murphy and Jack Stanton, of this city, After a week or two of leisurely hiking they will reach Portland. PORTLAND MEN IN CHARGE General Secretary or V. M. C A. Presides Over Seabcck Meetings. Portland T. M. C A. secretaries were practically In charge of the dellbera tiona of the Conference of Employed Officers of the Pacific Northwest, at Beaoeva. ash. 1L W. stone, general secretary, presided over the meetings oi the convention, while A, M. Grllley, physical director, led tha Institute held by the physical directors of tha dis trict. Mr. Stone returned with several of tha Portland secretaries yesterday from the meeting. Plana war discussed to emphasise tha church extension work that tha associations have been conducting, and to take more decided steps to meet the needs of the Indus trial man la commercial centers. TRa proclamation or i rince jeoporaif VMDIA war-1 ul i mr in f Bavaria to the Inhabitants of saw Is teztually reproduced In the rolorae Gaaetta from the Lodier Zeltun of Loda. Poland, according; to the Amsterdam correspondent of Ren ter's Newa Acancy. who transmits it as fcljows: ltaatases Are Takeaw "Inhabitants of Warsaw: Tour city la ta German bands, but wa Wage war only against hostile troops, not against peaceful citlsena. Peace and order shall be preserved and rlshts protected. "I expect the citlsena of Warsaw to undertake no hostile action, to trust German aensa and Justice and obey the Instructions of German command- era. It has. however, come to the knowledge of tha German military commanders that the enemy haa pre pared attacka against the safety of our troops In Warsaw. Therefore. 1 am compelled to take aa hostages lead era and moat prominent citlsena of the toarn. who will be pledged for the ee curlty of our troops. -With you It rests to protect the Uvea of those fellow-cltlsena of yours. It ia tha duty, therefore, of anyone who haa any knowledge of a design to make attacka of any kind promptly to notify tha German autborltiea la tha interests of his fellow-cltlsena. aa well as tba peace and safety of Warsaw. Whoever la guilty of negligence In thla respect or gives assistance to attacks must expect ta pay tha death penalty." "HATE SONG" DEPLORED LIGHTED AGAIN Power Supplied Free Until Economy Measure's Time limit Expire. - OLTMPIA, Wash.. Aug. 10. (Spe cial. Citizens of Olympla sat up. rubbed their eyes and blinked last night, when they observed tha sputter Ing of newly lighted street lights, which have been turned off alnca the Legislature adjourned laat March, but which were ordered turned on again beptcmDer l. last week by the City council. People had resigned themselves to put up with the City Council's economy meaaure for another three weeks, but they learned that the Olympia Light at Power Company had decided to give the city free power for the remainder of this month. BIG TIME IS EXPECTED Cottage Grove Arranges for High Jinks August IS. Elks CAVrAJGX AGAIS3T USSACER PRO Dl'CTIOX IS BEG I'M. COTTAGE GROVE. Or- Aug. 10It is expected that there will be nearly 1000 members of the Elks here next Sunday for the annual high jinks. Members of tbe antlered herd are ex pected from aa far north aa Portland and as far south as Ashland. Arrangements have been made for a barbecue and big feed. There will be sports and amuaementa of every kind to make what may ba the last cel ebration or its kind one long to be re member ed. ad lalaeatlal Ceraaaai newspapers Beau Eaelaelea Wees Baaka late ad ed " fee Child rva. RERUN, via London. Aug. 10. A campaign against Ernest Lissauer's "song of hate" against England has been atarted by the Cologne Volka seltung. a Cathotle organ, which de mands the asclustoa of tha song from bok a Intended for tha young. Tha paper declares It would ba a portentous condition If. at a time of international bitterness, even tbe youth of a nation were taught to cherish hatred. The Berllnger Tageblatt and other Influential aawspapera have Indorsed . the demand voiced by tha Volksieltung. Herr IJssauer was decorated by Era ' swror William with the order of the Red Eagle, tha fourth class, after his song waa published la a Munich lllus trated weekly. Insurance Men Arrested. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 10. (Special.) Prank Keller. Sr. and his son. prank, were arrested In Seattle to day on a charge of rebating on Ufa ln surance premiums paid a Texaa com pany. Tbe complaint was made here by r. T. Houghton, of the State In surance . Department. Mr. Houghton left tonight to confer with tbe head of tha department regarding further charges against prominent men who are said to have assisted the Kellers la getting buainess for a share of tha premiums. . COACH CASERULING NEAR Coos Court Soon to Pass on Heir's Plea to Keroove Gaardlan. MAR3HFIELD. Or, Aug. 10 (8pe ' rial.) A decision by Judge Watson, of tbe Couaty Court. Is expected soon in the suit of Artnur Cosch In which Mr. Coach, one of Colonel Joseph Coach's hairs, asks to be relieved from tba - guardianship of his sister. Mrs. Leo J. Cary. of Coquille. Tbe guardianship waa obtained on representation that Artnur Coach waa a spendthrift and was squandering his patrimony, to the amount of !: monthly for a con 'eeeutlve period of 40 months, aad waa aa Incompetent. The Coach estate con sists of tlmberlanda estimated to be worth from tl.t ta lUe.soo. Ar thur Coach has been engaged la ranch . Ing the laat year. - He denied tbe alle "cations against him and charged the guardianship la profitable to Mr. and Mrs. Cary for their entire support. Accident Fatal to Welding- Worker. CENTRA LI A. Wash, Aug. 10. (Spe cial. Frank Martin, proprietor of the Centralis Mewing works, who was fa tally hurt Sunday whan a latha turned over on him. died la a boepltal hers last night. Pans Road Contract Held Unfair. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash, Aug. 10 (Special.) Yakima County charge! that tbe state did not deal fairly In tbe McClellan Pass road contract. In order that the entire state appropria tion of $57,000 might be used, the county undertook the engineering work, expended nearly $1000 and agreed to spend $10,000 on the high way. The state haa let a contract for only 14 Instead of tha JO miles or more surveyed, costing only 127,000. Aviator to Race Antoist. CH EH A LIS, Wash, Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) At the Southwest Washington Pair grounds. Satuprday afternoon and Sunday afternoon. Herbert Munter, tbe wein-known Northwest aviator, will give an exhibition of flying. Tha en tertainment each day will conclude with a race between Jim Parsons. In an auto, and Munter. In his biplane. Man Trailed 300 Miles Arrested. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash, Aug. 10. (Special.) Benton County Is asked to turn over William Stone, who waa ar rested there on a charge of horse eteal Ing Juat aa a Yakima officer arrived. after trailing tba fugitive mors tbaa too miles. Health Report Criticised. VORTH YAKIMA. Wash, Aug. 10 (Special.) -S lata Health Officer Tuttle has announced that he will correct the report of the death rate for the State of Washington, which ha de clared put the death figures below tbe facts, and the population above. Lewis Road Work Award Made. - CENTRAL! A. Wash, Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) lae Lewis County Commission- era yesterday awarded a contract to Postmaster at Three Pines. Named. OR EG ONI AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. D. C, Aug. 10. Jefferson D. Cook has been appointed postmaster at Three Pines. Or, vice Fred C Par well, removed. SaatUeDtJe Gives Skin Comfort. isuy relieves, ceres see sewests rearee or b-ntated skis. Ceols ssd mpoUm. Toe'll like Its greater McKes for graveling a mile I eisaal, healthy edor. 0c all draggista. BY CAKOLTM WILBON. (Copyright. Ill, by the Chicago Tribune. PubllsBea oy arrangement; PARIS. July 20. This Is a little story of Prance. I suppose it is no more nor less tha storv of a hundred thou sand homes. Grief and sorrow and death are the common denominators of war and tbe mother I am going to tell you about probably has suffered no more than the other million mothers and wives scattered over 'this cruelly tried country. Last September on my way to Italy I stopped off at Clermont-Ferrand after a dreadful 15-hour trip from Paris with nothing to eat the entire time, no sleep and an apartment crowded with refugees. At Clermont I bad no better luck. 1 tried the 10 hotels tba town a really good-slxed one, capital of tbe Puy-le-Dome department afforded, and they were all crowded, not a room to be had. Then I began a house-to-house search, but each family harbored refu geea from the north, from Belgium or from the east. Nancy. Lunevllle and those towns. Everyone bad come to this safe. high, pleasant spot to be out of harm's way. Quite ready, to sit down on the curbstone and weep from fatigue and work. I Inquired again Just as I was boarding a tram to go to tba other end of the town In my quest. Hospitable H externa Paaad. A large, comfortable woman, her face wreathed In smiles, stuttering a llttl In her eagerness to be of service, asked me if I were not English. My know! edge of the love of the French for their allies across tbe channel (at that moment, anyway) and my desire have a room for the night made me say yes at once. "The poor little oner said the woman comfortingly. "So far away, and will she come home with me? I have a house so big. and no one to fill It. All of mine are at the war. She led me home to a large, airy villa half way up the side of one of th mountains near Royat. Two daughters came running at the sound of my voice, large, handsome girls of II and who spoke English as you and apeak It, thanks to an American gov erneaa. There were maids to make me comfortable, all sorts of wonderful foods to make me forget the hardships of that terrible trip and three women who hung on every word I had to aay. aa If the oracle Itself had suddenly happened in. But before I was allowed to go to aleep I must aee tbe pictures of tha aona of tha family aeven of thei the war. las. dear reader, aeven great, tall boys. 'Each ona la over two yards, their mother told me proudly. "Six of them are nghtlng always since the begin ning. Tbe seventh has been helping train the men In the mining, district which I have turned over to the gov ernment for the mineral used In the manufacture of melinite. But he will aoon go off to the front, too." terra Seas la Army. There they were, all aeven. four as souavee' one cuirassier, one chasseur lplne and the seventh taken In his uni form of simple fantaasln. which he waa soon to leave great, strong, husky fellows, enormously tall and handsome, like their mother. Run and get the big picture." she said to her youngest daughter, and 81 mona came running back with a yard or so of the Deranger freres In her and all seven of tnera ' in martial line. Tbe next day I heard their seversl and Indiidual histories. I learned that their mother on the first moment of war had turned over to the government a factory for the manufacture of cloth these Immense mineral works so impor. tant ta the manufacture of melinite, that most deadly of explosives, and two natural springs. "I am willing to give everything to the patrie, she said, with a simple, wide gesture or .largesse. My seven sons and often I have wished that my three girls were boys, that I might give tbem. too. I was silent before a spirit so Imper sonally elevated by loyalty and love ot country that to me- It approached fanaticism. She showed me In a corner a little suitcase all packed, ready for the Jour ney which might come at any moment with a telegram from some baae hoe pltal or another. Everything that might be useful waa there, not only for. her self, but for the boy she daily expected to be called to aee and for other boys she might nnd with him chocolate, cig arettes, books, pussies. "You see," she said to me, "If tha tel egrara should coma In tha night I might become a little confused) getting ready, so tha valise standa ready night and day. Of course I hope nothing will hap pen. I am a good Cathollo and I go to church every day to pray for my bore we all do. my daughtera and L , ' Metaier Beeara la Faith. "When my boys left J said to them, 'you. Pierre, and you. Axmand, and you. Georges, you have been faithful to the church, and I am sure you will come home all right. But .you. Paul and Rob ert, and 4rou. Gustave and Henri, you haven't done your duty aa you should; I shouldn't be surprised if you lost a leg or an arm.' " This Indomitable . souled woman laughed softly at the reminiscence, se cure In her faith. Poor, dear Mme. Deranger! I remem ber now her pale face when a tele gram came for me from a hotel In Mar seilles, but waa addressed In her name. She thought, "Thla Is the first!" But I was not there when tha first news came. She pressed me to etay with them all Summer In that high, cool spot, but I left, and after an exchange of two notea I heard of her no more. At New Year's I sent her a little note and got no reply. But yesterday, as I went by a hospital on tha Rue de RlvolL I saw a womsn in black coming out or the door, and X looked twice be fore 1 could recognise Mme. Deranger. I hurried to her and called ber by name "Comment ca vr I asked, proffer ing the phrase with the customary carelessness of tha usual "Good day." "How doea everything goT" she re peated alowly after me. "With me, bad. ly. But I believe the country will be saved. One must always have faith, that ia tbe most Important thing. 1 suppose things could be worse. 1 can hardly Imagine It. "I received your note, dear child, but It was the day we buried Armand. He died la the hospital at Chalons New Year'a day. And then the f Irat of Feb ruary I got word of Pierre and Paul. They were in the same company, you know. Pierre was lying wounded be tween the lines aad Paul went out to get him and was killed immediately, though Pierre lived three hours, so Roger Berault wrote me." I tried to I murmur, whisper word, some sound. But my thro tight. I qpuldn't say a word for ror. FaaaUy Traglealty Bereaved. "They are all gone." ahe said quietly. at the same time making that simple wide gesture she had made long ago in September, when aha said, "I am wil ling to give everything to the Patrie.' "Not all." I cried, not aU those seven sons oh, not all?" and my voice plead' ed with ber. All but Henri, and he Is hers," and she pointed to the building from which we had not stirred: "he Is here, yea, but one leg is gone And be Is blind. KAnd, too." she continued with difficul ty, "he is not quite right yet; the strain, you know. He had been made Lieutenant and when his Captain was killed be took command and waa in a trench for six hours sunder that high shell fire. Besides taking his body it haa taken hisTnind. too. But that will be cured 'In time, they say, and then I can nave one boy borne. I was mute, what are words In the face of a grief like this? I tried so hard to say something, but she leaned toward me and patted my hand sooth ingly as If I were the one to be com forted. Perhaps some day later you will cdrae to Clermont again," she said, and. kissing me on both -cheeks, went on her sturdy way. In her hand the same little yellow valise which had lain waiting in the corner filled with choco lates and cigarettes and goodies for the boys she meant to nurse back to rhealth again. fJEWGROUfJDGAINED BY ALLIES III TURKEY 'Substantial Progress" and Landings at Two Further Points Reported. OTTOMANS BEATEN OFF French Co-operate Heartily British in Renewed OffensiTe. Many Prisoners, Much Material Captured. . With CHINESE BLAMES LAW EXCLUSION ACT IX 'AMERICA CONDEMNED BY SPEAKER. IS Credit Ia Given Called States as Only Great. Power Which Haa Not Abused-China. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. The United States was declared to be the only one of the great nations which as not abused China by Kee Owyang, Chinese Commissioner to the Panama' Pacific Exposition, in an address to night before the International Immi gration Commission. 1 He condemned, however, the Chinese exclusion act aa an unjust law, a breach of treaty and the only possible cause of friction be tween the two countries. "Tbe United States Is the only power ful nation." Mr. Owyang said, "that haa not. at any time, resorted to methods of bullying, coercion or browbeating China for commercial gain. Discussing the excluaion act, he said It was "an. act which Justice cannot defend." "Early political leaders and other agitators instilled In tha people at large hatred and prejudice which unwarranted and unreasonable. exclusion law la the outcome of series of unwise legislation. It inflicts tremendous hardships upon Chinese ot exemption classes, merchants, travelers. students, teachers, and even officials at tlmea. It seems that It is easier for them to enter heaven than to set foot on the American continent.' NEW SERUM PROVES VALUE Remarkable Cures Effected Among French Soldiers Badly Hart. LONDON. Aur. 10. Troops of the entente allies in the Dardanelles made a gain of 200 yards on a front ot ivv yards east of the Krithia road on the Qallinoli Peninsula, it was officially announced here today. A footing also has been gained on Cbunuk Bahr and another landing effected elsewhere. the statement adds.' The official re port says: Sir Ian Hamilton reports that iignz- Ing at several points on the Galllpoli Peninsula has taken place during the last few days. Substantial progress has been made. Gala Made oa Southern Lime. "In the -southern zone 200 yards on a front of 30 yards has Deen gainea east of the Krithia road, and has been held In spite of determined counter attacks, which have been repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. Re peated attacks by tbe Turks elsewhere in this zone were beaten off. Several attacks by . French corps have been made and their whole' herated co-operation has proved of the greatest assistance. In the Ansae zone a footing in tne Chunuk Balr portion of Sari Bair also has been gained, and the crest occu pied after fierce fighting, and the successful storming of strongly held positions. , Turkish Loss Is Large. Here, too. the enemy's loss has been considerable. The advance ' was begun at night under cover of a searchlight from a desroyer. Elsewhere a fresh landing has been successfully made. . and considerable progress made. Six hundred and thirty prisoners have been taken, together with one Nordenfeldt, two bomb mortars, nine machine guns and a large number of bombs. Scattered about are quantities of the enemy s rifles, ammunition and equipment." !S YALE BOOSTERS GOESTS IMPROVEMENT CLUB TRIP TAKEN OVER PACIFIC HIGHWAY. ' Eathaslaats Eager for Similar Road Opening Up Sceale Wonders of Lewis River Country. trip o betwee YALE. Wash., Aug. 10. (Special.) The Yale Improvement Club, together with the good roads boosters along the north fork of the Lewis River, were guests of the Woodland Commercial Club Saturday night. An automobile over the new Pacific Highway en Woodland and La Center in creased the visitors' enthusiasm for a similar highway up the Lewis River, renowned for Its scenuery, hunting and fishing. Tba present road Is destined to be the tourists' route to the famous lava beds of Mount St. Helens, and Lake Merrell, which is well known for Its wonderful trout fishing. A banquet was given the guests. Dr. C. j. Horrmari, tne president or the Commercial Club, was toastmaster and called attention to a few of -the good road Improvements brought about by the influence of the Commercial Club, including the steel bridge across the Lewis River at woodland, tne bridge across Johnson Creek, ellmlnat Ing a bad hill; the elimination of the notorious Gabrielson hill and the one n4lA anil a half of hard surface now RUSSIANS PIIRSIIF TURK'S being constructed up the Lewis River. part in the programme were Messrs. Griffith, MeClure, Snitzler and Ed wards, representing Yale, Dart and Ellis, pioneer boosters from Ariel, and Blum and Keating, from the Reno dis: PETROGRAD, via London. Aug. 10. trict. County Commissioner Lane and county ourveyur weaiwitA sve inter esting talks. The woodland Band helped make .merry. PARIS. Aug. 10. What are described aa remarkable curea of wounded French soldiers have been effected by the new polyvalent serum, discovery of which waa announced last Marsh. Complete recovery Is announced of men who were terribly mutilated and for whom all hope had been abandoned. Doctors L Clalncbe and Vallee, the discoverers of tbe aerum, have been un- ble up to tbe present to make more than 2000 flasks of It dally, most of which goes where the worst cases are to be found. When It can be made in sufficient quantities to supply. the fir ing line, where It could be used pre ventively, aa an anti-tetanus serum is now used. It Is believed that thousands of lives can be saved. The new eeurm, which may be rough ly described as a combination of sev eral serums against different varieties of bacteria, has been put to practical use only recently. POSITIVELY LAST DAY TO SEE 1 Mary Pickford In One of Her Greatest Characterizations 66 Rags" Owing: to the Limited Engagements, Hundreds Are Turned Away Nightly. We Suggest Coming in the Afternoon, So You Won't Be Disappointed PEOPLES COMING TOMORROW Pauline Frederick in SOLD The story relates a wife of a poor artist, who poses nude for his successful rival, in order to aid her husband financially, who detects and misjudges her. DO YOU KNOW THE n OOTTTaO CURSE OFTODAYxIS . SEE BETTY NANSEN In the Gripping Photo-Drama The Celebrated Scandal Denounce the Scandal Mongers Interesting Feature for Visiting Buyers CELILO CANAL CELEBRATION From Lewiston to the Ocean by Water TODAY STAIR ONLY ATTRACTIONS FOR BALANCE OF WEEK : . THURSDAY THEDA BARA, NANCE O'NEIL, KREUTZER SONATA BETTY NANSEN- FRIDAY -"WOMAN'S RESURRECTION" SATURDAY- WM. FARNUM "THE NIGGER" Petrograd Reports I Lout of dine my 'Forces Along Euphrates. A communication concerning the fight ng in the Caucasus was made public by the War Office tonight. It says in the Caucasus, in the direction of the Kuphrates our cavalry charged the Turks and aabered many of them and eaptured eight officers and 800 men and convoy camels, a herd of cattle. telegrapbio station arma and provisions. pursuing tne tutks without cessa tion. Fighting developed Saturday and Sunday along the whole of the front Coquille Bond Issue Attached. MAR8HKIELD. Or.. Aug. 10. (Spe- and munitions. I cial.) Tbe J30.000 municipal bond ls- Our forces are ue of the City of Coquille. voted for the purpose or retiring a warrant in debtedness, was attached In Deijver at tne united states national nanx, oi that city, by J. M. Wright & Co., of from the River Tortum to the Eu- Denver. The bonds were sold finally, phrates. We attacked the Carlandag ridge and occupied a portion of the north double pasa of Merghemlr.' Skokomish Bridge Contract let. OLTMPIA, Wash. .Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) The contract for a bridge over the Skokomish River for the Olympic Highway in Mason County haa been awarded by the State Highway Com mission to relverton As Wolfe, of Olym pia, who underbid the Beers Building Company, of Portland, and R. E. Mieth, of Portland. The three low bids were: Yelverton Jb Wolfe, tll.2S3.31: Beers Building Company, $11,777; R. E. Mieth. 11.I7S. to Sweet. Caney & Foster, of Denver. J. M. Wright Sc Co. had purchased the bonds a year ago, but insisted on so many technicalities the city withdrew from the sale and afterwards issued the bonds to the other company. The J. M. Wright company made a claim of $800 for legal services and $1800 for dam ages against the city for not selling the bonds to It. as agreed. BEND FRANCHISE LOS EFFORT AT LIGHT POWER COMPE TITION IS VOTED DOWN. People Uphold Action Taken by Mayor on Measure That Was Passed Over Ills Veto. BEND, Or., Aug. 10. (Special.) By a vote of 238 to 310 the people of Bend yesterday defeated the electric Iran chise sought by Steidl & Tweet in competitioin with the Bend Water, Light & Power Company. The fran chise first was passed by the City Council in March by a vote of five to one. The franchise was vetoed by Mayor Miller and later passed over his veto.. The referendum then was invoked with the defeat resulting at the count ing of the ballots. At the Council meeting last night to canvass the vote, Charles R. Brown, of Chicago, president of the Bend Water, Light A Power Company, declared that his company was ready to purchase from Steidl & Tweet all the power they could produce at their plant at a price they bad declared sufficient. Mr. Brown also said that as a result of the defeat of the franchise his com pany now felt ita way clear to proceed with extensions and improvements re quired by the future development of the town. Interest In the election ran high. Aside from its bearing on imme dlate development plans, the result ia considered a vindication of Councilman Caldwell, who voted against the fran chise In the Council, and of Mayor Mil ler, -who vetoed It. .!- L-rls Power Franchise Refnsed. CENTRALIA, Wash- Aug. 10. -(Boe cial.) The Lewis County Commission ers have denied the petition of H. G. 000-Ton Steamer Contract Let. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 10. The con tract for the construction of a (000-ton steel steamship for the New York at Cuba Mail Steamship Company, gener- lly known as the Ward line, was warded today to the Seattle Construcr tlon Drydock Company, and the ship will be built In the yards here. The vessel will be 36S feet long, and will ply between New York and the West Indies. t Summer Foods As Cause of Dyspepsia Ship Sails With Rails for Alaska. SEATTLE. Aug. 10. The steamship Seward sailed for Anchorage. Cook Inlet, today, with $00 tons of heavy steel rails and 1.600,000 feet of lumber for the Government railroad. The rails wlll.be used for construction of four miles of Lyard tracks at Anchorage. Tbe lumber will construct bridges along tba Matanuska River. Germans to Increase Food Portions. BERLIN. Aug. 10. by wireless to Tuckerton. N. J "The Minister of the Interior of the Grand Duchy of Baden," says a message from Karlsruhe to the Overseaa News Agency, "on conferring with the Socialist deputies, announced that good crops soon would permit of an Increase In bread portions and of decreases in prlcea" Effect on Digestive Or gans Responsible for Many Ills. Summer should' be the season of most perfect health but. Impure water and milk, unripe fruit and a tendency to over-indulge In acid fooda and Iced drinks results 1" a contrary con dition In many people. , , Tba effect ' of the average' summer diet is to constipate even normally regular bowels, and disturb the di gestion. This condition can best be corrected by the -use of a mild laxa tive the has combin with" it the ele ments of a digestive tonic. The com bination cf simple laxatiye herbs with pepsin that Is sold In drug stores un der the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is gentle, yet positive In Its action and brings relief in an easy, natural manner, without griping or other discomfort. A dose of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin on retiring each night will reg- ulate the digestive organs and Insure healthy activity, irrespective of one's diet. A bottle of this splendid remedy should be In every household. It is not expensive and can be purchased for only fifty cents In drug stores everywhere. A free trial bottle can be obtained by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 46$ Washington SU Monti cello. 111. Fleischhauer. of Portland, former manager of the Washington-Oregon Corporation, for a franchise to con struct and maintain power lines over certain county roads from the south limits of Centralla to the town of Vader. Mr. Fleischhauer had posted a $10,000 bond with Centralla as a guarantee of service by October 1. Soldiers' Home Fund $15,315. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) The State of Washington has received $16.216. 0 from the National Home for Volunteer Soldiers as a con tribution toward the support of the two Washington soldiers' homes for the . current quarter. The National Home remits a contribution every quarter. The money will be divided between the Veterans' Home at Port Orchard and the Soldiers' Home at Orting. Venice this year Imported 60O0 tons of American coal and ordered 25,000 tons for next year. Your Kidneys Need Toning. IJfJ That's what makes Mr you feel so like a down -and -outer. If there's anything under the sun that will make a person feel like a has-been if is sluggish kidneys and itsaccompanyingsymptoms, faulty digestion, bladder trouble, etc. You can restore yourself to good health by taking a course of drinking BUFFAD LITHIA Springs Water One or two bottles will help you, but it is the cumulative effect of drinking it regularly six or eight glasses a day for five or six weeks that produces 'best results. ' One. of the most eminent physicians in the country, the late HUNTER McGUIRE,M.D.,LL.D.,of Richmond, Va., Ex-President American Medi cal Association said of Buffalo Lithia Water: "I know from con stant use of it personally and in prac tice that the results obtained from its use are far beyond those which would be warranted by the analysis given. I am of the opinion that it either contains some wonderful remedial agent as yet undiscovered by medical science or its elements are to delicately combined in Nature's laboratory that they defy the utmost skill of the chemist to solve the secret of their power." Phonm your tfruffigt for m c today. Thm foitotainM mr local dimtribator Blumauer Frank Drug Co. J