THE MORNING OREGONTAN, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1915.
LETTERS EVIDENCE
OF ROAD'S METHODS
Mr. Mellen Identifies Corre
spondence Showing Attempt
to Crush Competitor.
TRAFFIC PACTS ARE SHOWN
Kew Haven President Explains Text
of Notes Which Tell of Plan
to Keep Business From
New England Line.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25. Letters to and
from Charles S. Mellen, which he iden
tified for the jury today in the trial of
the. 11 New York, New Haven & lart-
ford directors on the charge of manip
ulation of New England's transpor
tation traffic, furnished written evi
dence of the steps taken by the New
Haven road to crush its principal com
petitor, the New York & New England
Kailroad Company.
The letters, dating back to 1893 and
1894, set forth the action taken by the
New Haven to require the prepayment
or freight charges by the New . Lng
land on traffic interchanged between
the two roads at connecting points,
and the steps taken to induce the
trunk line railroads outside of New
Kngland to route their traffic over the
New Haven instead of over the New
Kngland road, which had connected
with them by way of the- Poughkeep
sie bridge over the Hudson Kiver.
: Letter Tut In Evldfme.
"Your whole intention seems to be
to drive us out of . business if you cm"
wrote H. C. Randolph, then general
traffic manager of the New England,
to Mr. Mellen in protesting against
the requirement for the prepayment of
freight charges. . This was at a time
when, the witness had previously tes
tified, the New England's finances were
on the "ragged edge."
"Was that prepayment rule applied
to the other roads?" asked Frank L.
fi wacker, tbe examining attorney for
the Government.
"Well, that was so long ago" that I
don't remember," replied the witness.
"It is the Government's contention that
the rule was devised for the sole pur
pose of injuring the New England.
Traffic Arrangements -Revealed.
The. New Haven, subsequent letters
revealed, had a traffic arrangement
with the Pennsylvania Railroad for
its through freight in and out of New
England and began negotiations with
the L'snigh Valley, the Jersey Central
and Reading and the Baltimore & Ohio
to get their business also, but only on
condition that they should cease send
ing it by the New. England road's
route. To this, it was apparent in one
letter, the Pennsylvania protested,
whereupon Mr. Mellen as vice-president
in charge of traffic, wrote to
, Charles P. Clark, at that time presi
dent of the New Haven, on January
"This business is coming in by the
lines of our bitterest antagonist. The
J'ennsy Ivanla is our favored connec
tion, first, last and all the time, but
we should not be obliged to forego
business that helps, us, weakens our
antagonist and docs no harm to them
(the Pennsylvania)." ,
"The' business referred to," explained
Mr. Mellen in his testimony, '.'was the
New Kngland's business via the
Poughkeepsie bridge. I was trying to
Ret it transferred to our line. That
was what 1. was paid for. and in my
ignorance of the way things ought to
De done that is wnat I did.
Subsequent letters showed that the
roads mentioned agreed to give up
thtir Poughkeepsie bridge route and
that arrangements were made for
1'OTiK Island Sourd steamboat connec
tions with them as well.
GLORY LACKING IN WORK
JT'omlmicd Rom First Page)
These facts serve to emphasize the
marvel of the Captain's appearance,
but do not explain the method by
which he attains it. He seems always
lean shaved. His long gray overcoat
of a kind of broadcloth is never
wrinkled. His boots, which the night
before were caked with mud, are al
ways presentable when he comes forth,
tils gloves always look as if he had
Just drawn on a fresh pair, and his
face Is never oily.
This is the Captain who carries a
French bullet in a ledge of bone above
one eye. and about it the surgeons
don't know Just what to do. We know
that the bullet makes . itself nainfullv
felt at times, for we see him pressing
i wo lingers nara against his torehead.
And it is at such times that we can
lie-ir him muttering: "Wie Kinder!
Donnerwetter. wie Kinder!" when cer
tain correspondents who have not had
the advantage of- growing up under
Prussian discipline get lost and delay
the rest of the party.
Old Wound Still Hurts.
We know then that the old wound is
hurting him.
It is partly this knowledge that
manes us toe the mrkvery morning
in the matter of that fiction about "gut
geschlafen." The truth is nobody has
slept well. Each man gets one of the
two benches in a compartment and on
It he might do well enough If it were
not for the fact that though the
Autumn days in Poland are often very
warm, the Autumn nights are cold a
misty, penetrating, desolating coldness
which is not easily thrown off and
that, irrespective of the weather, the
Tollsh flies work day and night. Peo
ple say that they are on special duty
now and that the war is the cause of
their activity. I can well believe it- -
Yesterday morning, when the captain
gave ma his grave assurances as to
how enormously and colossally he had
slept, 1 said. "But how do you manage
it with these maddening fiiea about?"
"O, 1 put my hands deep in the over
coat pockets and put the undercoat
around my head. It goes very well."
Last night I tried it, but I'm too
fidgety. 1 believe our captain can make
himself do anything. Soldiers get that
way. Often and often when a column
halts I see soldiers throw themselves
face downward in the fields and put
their hands under, their stomachs so
the files can't get at them, and in half
a minute they are sound asleep.
Schedules tue to Smash.
Just now w are on the fifth dav of
a trip that has covered a large part of
the great Irregular square of Polish
Russian territory which lies where
Russia pushes out its extreme western
boundary, an extension it effected by
nobbling the biggest part of the ancient
kingdom of Poland. If you drew a line
straight south from the town of Au
gustow, where the famous Lithuanian
horses clme from, which lies just over
the border of the southeastern tip of
East Prussia, to the little town of San
domierz, which has a great ecclesiasti
cal history, that line would be the east
ern boundary of the region we have
been traversing. And the line would
pass close to the fortress of Ivangorod.
All this territory is now in German or
Austrian bands, and nearly every mile
of it had to be fought for Warsaw, is
lis metropolis.
From Novo Georgievsk and Warsaw
we have been for five days jigsawing
southeast toward the corner of the ir
regular square where the boundaries of
three empires meet. From Warsaw to
that corner is only about 150 miles, but
the region has been so desperately
fought over and devastated and its
railway lines are so crowded with troop
trains that all schedules have long since
gone to smash. We travel by train, and
auto, and motorboat, and on foot.- .We
back and turn out and crawl forward
and then lie for hours in the middle of
nowhere. Suddenly we develop a burst
of speed and cover as much as 30 miles
in 20 hours.
Aftermath of Mar Is Wearisome.
- Up at Novo Georgievsk we had war
in one of its fleeting aspects of splen
dor had it in the hour of victory and
with its parade and circumstance, and
we stood in the presence of the superb
personalities whose deeds are shaking
Europe. But down here it is the sweat
and grime and the weary aftermath of
war, and the long days of guarding a
region which is going to be perhaps
the principal factor in the adjustment
oi terms wnen the great peace is made.
Often in the last five davs 1 have
made the experiment of looking out
over the wide landscape to see if 1
could una an unscathed tract of coun
try. Always the experiment is a fail
ure. Always a shattered church tower
notcnes Itself against the sky or a
battered village lies crumpled at the
edge of fields.
I don't believe that appalling state-
Went can be better emphasized than by
Bivmg a list or some or the towns and
villages which we have seen, and they
are perhaps a tenth of the total we
have seen since we left Warsaw:
Grodztek
Zyrardow
Sklerniewlce
Radom
Klelce
Ludynia
Wolszczowa
Kouiepol-
Ivangorod
Potak Zloty
Nove Aleksandrja Czentstochowa
Once 1 thought I had come into a
region which war had spared. A care
ful survey disclosed no ruin on the
plain. But a few paces further on a
railway bridge that had been blown
up lay In the soft ground at the foot
of an embankment and Just around a
bend of woods was another bombarded
village.
Ail Is Waste and Wreckage.
The whole country has a dragged
out, fagged-out look. It is flyblown
and sodden and a "nobody cares" at
mosphere envelops it. All is temporary
and at loose ends. From Novo Geor
gievsk to the corner where the three
empires meet all is waste and wreck
age, wreckage and waste, a land of
grime and ruin and sour smells, of
silent fields and slatternly women, of
weary sentries and bronzed mechani
cians. A traveler coming from another
planet would know at a glance that the
war had run into months. The Aus
trian and German nags fiyinsr from the
ruins of railway stations are faded now.
Uniforms that used to fit so trimly
are shrunken and many of them have
turned the color of the soil. But some
how the Austrians, who predominate
in this region, always manage to wear
them nattily. They have a style about
mem, tnese courteous, merry lads!
The German sollder is patient in a
grim sort of way; the Austrian sol
dier is positively buoyant.
The German soldier never seems
thoroughly content with life until he
is singing: the Austrian soldier seems
always contented, especially if he has
a chance to extend a little hospitality,
to do a friendly, spontaneous act. After
fine experiences with them under try
ing conditions. Carr, of the Los Angeles
Times, burst out with, "By George, 1
hope these fellows win every war they
ever fight."
SUFFRAGE PLEA HEARD
SALEM WOM !;- ASK AID OK" REP
RESENTATIVE HAWI.EV.
Assurance Given That Vote Will Be
for Amendment Again, and Gov
ernor Convert of 38 Team.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 25. (Special.) On
the west portico of the State Capitol
today a delegation of Salem suffragists,
led by Miss Virginia Arnold, of Wash
ington, D. C, were reecived by W. C
Hawley, Representative In Congress for
this district, and Governor Withycombe,
Miss Arnold is organizer for the Con
gressional Union for National Woman's
Suffrage.
The women came to ask Representa
tive Hawley's aid in obtaining the pas
sage through Congress of the Susan
B. Anthony amendment to the Federal
Constitution giving women the right
of suffrage. They carried flags of
purple, white and yellow and a large
banner hearing the words "We demand
an amendment to the United States
Constitution enfranchising women."
Following brief talks by Mrs. Mamie
M. Hayden. Mrs. Florence Cartwright
and Mrs. Alice Dodd. of Salein, and
Miss Arnold, Representative Hawle,y
assured the women that he had voted
for the amendment at the last session
of Congress and always would do so.
His assurance evoked cheers from the
women.
"You are wasting your time a far
as 1 am concerned," Governor Withy
combe told the delegation, "for 1 was
converted to woman suffrage 3S years
ago after I had heard an address by
the late Mrs. Duniway. 1 am proud
I have the honor of being the first
Governor of Oregon to be elected by
the votes of women."
AVIATOR'S NOSE IS BROKEN.
Plane Topples Over With Charles
Niles at Exposition.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 25. Charles
Nlles, an aviator at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, had his nose broken
today when he made a bad landing in
the presence of 20.000 school children
who were given a half-holiday from
the city schools to see Thomas A Edi
son. Niles aeroplane toppled over and
Nlles fell out when ne unstrapped him
self. NEVADA MAKES TRIAL TRIP
New Dreadnought to Be Tuned V'p
at New York in Official Test.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25. The new
dreadnought Nevada, recently built at
Quincy, Mass.. arrived here today, hav
ing successfully completed her build
er's trial in the trip from Boston.
She will be tuned up at the New
York Navy-yard for her official trials
at sea on which she will have to de
velop 20.5 knots to meet the require
ments. 100.000 Bales or Carpet on Auction.
NEW YORK. Oct. 25. A carnet auc
tion of 100.000 bales and rolls of rugs
and carpetings opened today and will
continue during the week. The bidding
"ua ttiruta .uu prices were wnnin 5 to
7 Per cent of the Fall list. Cotton
goods, steady; yarns, firm; raw silk
advanced 15 cents a pound.
President Patron or Memorial.
WASHINGTON n.. . 9-. r i j .
Wilson today consented to become a
natron nf hp t .
------- - ' v- jurcnase
the birthplace of the poet Henry W.
. . i. ruruano, Ale. He al-
j ' j ificaiticm or tne in
ternational Longfellow Association,
ALL NOW IN ACCORD
ON DEFENSE PLANS
Representative Hay, of House
Committee, Declares for
Army Increase.
MR. GARRISON HEARTENED
Administration Forces Non Solid
Behind Project, Senator Cham
berlain Having Agreed to
6 -Year Programme.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. Mobilization
of the full strength of Administration
forces In support of- the National de
fense programme apparently was as
sured today when Representative Hay
of Virginia, chairman of the House Mil
itary Affairs committee, after a confer
ence with President Wilson announced
himself In favor of the Army increase
plans. - - . .
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the
Senate Military Committee, already has
approved the proposal to build up a
regular and continental army of more
than 1,000.000 men In six years. Formal
publication of the plans in detail will
follow Senator Chamberlain's confer
ence with the President next week. The
Navy $500,000,000 five-year building
programme already has been approved
by both House and Senate leaders.
Sir. Garrison Breaks Silence.
The importance of Representative
Hay's announcement was indicated by
the fact that soon after it was made
Secretary Garrison broke the silence
he had maintained as to Army plans
ever since he received President Wil
son's letter directing him to have post
poned a comprehensive review of the
National military needs and recom
mendations for strengthening the Na
tional defense. Mr. Garrison issued
this statement:
"I am. of course, delighted. This
will insure the best possible results.
With the aid of Mr. Hay's experience
and skill in formulating the measures
and his powerful advocacy in support
iiiereui success in the 'House is as
sured. I understand that Senator
Chamberlain, of the Senate military
committee, takes a pecisely similar at
titude, so that there will be hearty co
operation and united effort all along
the line. This situation should
hearten all those who are interested
in seeing this vital subject properly
considered and properly settled."
Little Opposition Expected.
Representative Hay said 'he believed
the necessary Army bills to provide
for the proposed increase of the tegu
lar establishment, the organization of
the continental Army and the increase
of present coast defenses and building
up of an adequate reserve of cannon,
small arms and ammunition, would
Pass the House without serious oppo
sition. To him will be entrusted tne
task of drawing up measures which
are to shape a new military policy
for the country. The programme
mapped out by Secretary Garrison and
his advisers will be the basis of the
bills, but the details of the laws to l
enacted must be prepared by the Ad
ministration s legislative representa
tives. .
Senator Chamberlain and Represen
tative Hay were not in harmony with
Secretary Garrison's proposals for the
Army last year, which con temnlat frt
some . increases in the Coast Artillery
Corps, but no general programme.
MILITARISM IS 0PP0SE0
CONGREGATIONAL.-CHIHCH TO GO
0. RECORD WITH RESOLUTION.
Action Follow All-Day Discussion by
National Council at New Haven
in Annual Session.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Oct. 25. A
olution to place the National Council
of Congregational Churches on record
against a militaristic policy in the
united states was referred to a sne-
cial committee tonight before the coun
cil adjourned until Wednesday, when
a report Is expected. The annual meet
ing is in cession here.
This action followed an all-dav dis
cussion of the wording of the proposed
resolution. When finally a draft, pre
pared by Rev. C. F. Carter, of Hart-
xoro, conn., seemed assured of adop
tion. Rev. F. N. White, of Walla WaHi,
Wash., proposed that it be sent to the
Dusiness conv.nittee.
President S. B. L. Penrose, of Whit
man College, Washington, preferred a
special committee, and his point was
carried, 153 to 50. Moderator Beards
ley named Dr. -Carter. Rev. G. G. At
kins, of Providence, R. I.; Dr. Penrose
and Rev. A. N. Armstrong, of St. Louis,
and James Lyman, of Illinois.
The proceedings of the day included
the biennial, meeting of the American
Missionary Association. President H.
C. King, of Oberlin College, was re
elected president.
A list of 60 corporate members was
adopted under changes in the constitu
tion, 20 to serve each six, four and two
years. An incident was the declina
tion of Rev. G. G. Atkins, of Provi
dence, to serve, so that - Rev. H. H.
Proctor, of Atlanta, could be named, the
first negro, it is thought.-to be a cor
porate member of the body. '
HYPHENS TO BE DROPPED
SOCIETY OK FOREIGN-BORN AJIKlt
ICANS BEING FORMED.
Many of German Birth Respond to Call
to Join Ranks of Out-and-Out
Americans.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25. Steps toward
formation of a National organization of
American citizens of foreign birth or
parentage to discourage "hyphenated
Americanism" were taken here today.
Twenty-four persons, who responded
to a circular distributed by a commit
tee headed by William Lustgarten.
formed themselves into a provisional
committee to encourage the fight on
dual citizenship.
Mr. Lustgarten said that about 150)
persons had signified their desire to
become affiliated with the movement.
ninety per cent of the responses. Mr.
Lustgarten declared, came from Ger
mans of foreign birth or parentage.
A letter from Colonel Roosevelt to
Mr. Lustgarten was read at today's,
meeting. It said in part:
"I welcome the work of your society
in working against the most sinistrfr
and evil of all movements which would
tend to destroy our National untty and
to split us into a tangle of warring
German-Americans, Irish - Americans.
English-Americans. French-Americans
and Scandinavian-Americans. You and
I are fellow Americans just plain,
straight-out, ordinary Americans."
FORD CUTS BIG MELON
Stock Dividend of 600 Per Cent Is
Given Canadian Holders.
WALKERVILLE. Ontario, Oct. 25.
Distribution of . a 600 per cent stock
dividend to shareholders of the Ford
Motor Company of Canada, equivalent,
at the present price of tne stock, to
$18,000,000, was rocemmended by the
company's stockholders at their annual
meeting today.
This action follows payment ' of a
50 per cent cash dividend, which wan
made by the company to its stock
holders within the last two weeks.
The stock dividend is recommended
as part of the plan approved by the
stockholders for increasing the com
pany's capital stock from 1 1.000,000 to
$10,000,000.
The directors of the company are ex
pected to approve the action' of thd
stockholders within a few days.
There are only about 150 stockhold
ers in the company.
STEAMSHIP BURNS AT SEA
Vessel, Ablaze From Stem to Stern.
Beaches; Engineer Is Missing. '
DEAL. England, Oct. 25. The British
steamer Ilaro, from East African ports,
is a total wreck on the beach near here
as a result of a fire which started yes
terday in her hold. The vessel was im
mediately beached after the fire was
discovered, and it was. believed- early
today that the flames were under con
trol. Later, however, an explosion re
kindled the fire and shortly the vessel
with its inflammable cargo was ablaze
from stem to stern, the flames reaching
mast-high.
The chief engineer is missing, but the
remainder of the crew, several of whom
are injured, have been landed here.
The llaro was a vessel of 2799 tons
gross. She was owned by the African
Steamship Company.
PROSSER HOG SHOW ENDS
Diversified Crops of Benton Countj
Exhibit at Successful Event.
KENNEWICK, Wash.. Oct. 25. (Spe
cial.) After tnree highly successful
days of the exhibition of tne diversified
crops of Benton County, during which
corn and hogs were featured, the sec
ond annual Corn and Hog Show of
Prosser, county seat of Benton, was
brought to a close Saturday night.
That the corn, hog and dairy in
dustry of the county well merited a
celebration is shown by the figures
submitted by Lee M. Lampson, County
Agriculturist. Within the past two
years, the number of dairy cows in the
county has increased from 500 to near
2500, and the number of silos from 1
to 60.
LOOP ROAD SURVEY MADE
Government Engineers to Start New
Work Near Hood Kiver Soon.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Oct. 25. (Spe
cial.) A crew of Government engi
neers has completed the survey for the
proposed loop highway from the Upper
Hood Kiver alley to the Barlow road.
the route emerging from the forest
reserve on the East Fork of Hood River
a few miles south of Parkdale. A crew
will run another line this week, cut
ting out the East Fork Canyon and
passing around the base of the moun
tain through Elk Meadows.
. The main road will pass down the
East Side gorge, but It is proposed to
run another survey with the view
eventually of building a road through
Elk Meadows.
EXCHANGE FOILS ACTION
Foreigners Not to Be Allowed to Ef
fect Cotton Market.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25. Members of
the New York Cotton Exchange today
at a meeting called to consider pro
posed amendments to the bylaws cur
tailing the privileges of aliens elected
to membership after November 1. 1915.
decided to vote on the proposal on Oc
tober 27.
The purpose of the proposed change,
it was said by the officials, was to
make the exchange a distinctly Amer
ican institution. The change would
prevent activity in the cotton market
during present international compli
cations, which are said to be contem
plated by foreign agents.
TOLEDO HEARS W. L. FINLEY
Citizens Reprimanded, for Allowlnsr
Hatchery Discontinuance.
TOLEDO. Or.. Oct. 25 (Special.)
btale Ulologist W. L. Finley left here
last night after a series of lectures on
the habits and propagation of the fish
and game of Oregon. Mr. Finley Used
moving pictures of the capture and
transportation of the herd of elk that
was brought from the Jackson Hole
country in Montana to Wallowa County.
Mr. Finley was greeted with packed
houses at Waldport. Newport and
Toledo. He reprimanded the citizens of
the county for allowing the state to
discontinue the Big Elk fish hatchery.
$25,000 Suit Heard at St. Helens.
ST. HELENS, Or, Oct. 25. (Special.)
The damage suit of A. L. Sukenis
against the Benson Lumber Company
to recover $25,000 damages, occupied
the time of the Circuit Court Friday
and. Saturday. While engaged in mend
ing a cable of a monkey engine, a
strand of the wire flew, up and struck
Mr. Sukenis in the face causing the
loss of his left eye.
Insurance Man Sent to Prison.
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 25. F. R. Emery,
former head of the insurance depart
ment of the Los Angeles Investment
Company, who is alleged to have mis
appropriated $13,000. was sentenced to
day to four years in San Quentin
prison. Emory pleaded guilty to a
charge of having taken $1200, and
asked probation, which was denied.
Liberian Minister Named.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. James I
Curtis, of New York, a negro, was to
day appointed Minister and Consul
General to Liberia. He succeeds Georgo
W. Buckner. of Evansville, Ind , wh-j
resigned.
Rubber Plant Increases Wages.
AKRON. O., Oct. 25. All machinists
employed by Akron rubber companies,
about 1500 in all. today were notified
that their wages would be increased 15
per cent.
Gonzales Kills Major Garcia.
LAREDO. Tex., Oct. 25 Major Gar
cia, of the Carranza garrison at Neuva
Laredo, was accidentally killed by Colo
nel Gonzales last night.
CJ
An Event of
25 Women's
At the Extraordinary Price $ 1 5
That Should Be $25.00 and $27.50
This will be the fashion and economy event in all of Portland today. Why are
we so positive? Because
. .1
Every suit is of the finest material, such as wool
Ppplins and English Serges. Every suit is finely
tailored, having been made especially for us
by one of the best tailors in New York.
And because these suits are typical of those now worn by the best-dressed women
in New York City. .
The beautifully tailored jackets are 32 inches long, semi-fitting, have mannish
notched collars and revers, lined throughout with Peau de Cygne silk. Skirts in
both plaited and flaring styles.
Your choice of black, navy blue,
MOORE CASE DEFERRED
FBOMOTER'S ATTORNEY ALLOWED
TIME TO DISPROVE CHARGES. .
Forfeitenre of Lease and Probably of
10,0OO Deposit Hinges on Mat.
ter Before State Board.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.) Ac
tion with reference to the lease of Ja
son Moore, of New York, on Summer
and Abert lakes was again deferred
today by the State Land Board, fol
lowing a conference with C. A. Shep
pard, of Portland, attorney for Moore.
The Board members advised Mr. &hep
pard of evidence which they had in
their possession reflecting on the past
career of the lake's promoter, and he
will be given opportunity to get in
touch with Moore, who will be asked
to disprove the charges. iSheppard
says be is confident the charges are
unfounded. .
Securities submitted by Moore in the
sum of S15.000, to complete the $25,000
bond required by the Board to insure
that Moore will faithfully carry out
the terms of the lease, were turned
down last week, and Moore was noti
fied that other and satisfactory secur
ities must be furnished. Moore al
ready has $10,000 on deposit with the
Stale Treasurer, which he put up Ue
cember 16, 1914, when granted the lease.
Under the terms of .his lease, Moore
was to give a $25,000 bond within HO
days after the lease was ratified by
the Legislature or forfeit the $10,000.
The time has twice been extended.
In September the Board gave the
New Yorker eight months within
which to -commence actual development
work on the lakes' mineral salts de
posits. The Board for the present will say
nothing concerning the nature of the
charges, except that they reflect upon
Moore's past career, and unless dis
proved would justify It in canceling
the lease. If the lease should be can
celed, in all probability the $10,000 on
deposit with the state would be de
clared forfeited.
ANOTHER ARMY INVADES
GERMANS CROSS INTO SERBIA NEAR
ROUMANIA.
Farther Advances by All Teuton Forces
and Also by Bulgarians Re
ported by Berlin.
BERLIN. Oct. 25. (By wireless to
Sayvilie. N. Y.) Further advances for
the Austro-German troops on the Ser
bian front, including a successful for
ward movement by the new force
which has crossed the Danube near the
Roumanian frontier, were announced
today by the War Office. The Bulga
rians have advanced 12 miles north of
Pirot, near the center of the Serbo
Bulgarian frontier.
German troops occupied the Tamnaba
passages northwest of Ub. The army
of General von Koevess reached the
Lazarevac-Rebrovac line. The army
of General von Gallwitz stormed the
heights east of Baniciana, took
Blwivica Zabari and further eastward
reached the Presdna height, south of
Petrovac. The left wing of the Austro
German forces, after crossing the Dan
ube near Orsova, reached Sip.
The Bulgarian army of General
Boyadjieff captured the passage be
tween Prenoyaglava and Mikrovac, 20
kilometers (12 miles) north of Pierot.
Paving Assessment Protested.
ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 25.--(Speclal.)
Public meetings are being held here
over the alleged inequality of paving
assessments, which, in instances,
amount to confiscation of individual
property. The agitation is directed to
ward an effort in a general way to
have half or more of the cost assumed
by the city instead of the total as
sessed against abutting property. Komi
SYMBOL OF HEALTH AND HAP
PINESS. The ancient Greeks used the five point
ed star as a symbol of health and happi
ness. It still fulfills this ancient mission
as you -will find it imprinted on each
package of Chamberlain's Tablets.
These tablets have restored to health
and happiness hundreds who were af
flicted with indigestion, biliousness or
constipation. Give them a trial when
in need of such a medicine and you are
certain to be pleaded with the prompt
ipmaitwol!! Ss (So-
fier chan ense cl c. fieri! AJniy
Quality, Rather Than Quantity '
as there are just exactly
Newest Tailor-Made Suits
brown and green.
Third
argue that the city should stand three
fourths of the expense. A committee
has been appointed to investigate the
legal phase of the question and report
at length, submitting recommendations.
SIRE AND SON BAG 2 DEER
Baker Hunters Bring Down Game
With One Shot Each.
BAKER. Or.. Oct. 25. (Special.)
Father and son each bagged a deer
with one shot apiece In the hunting
trip of George Dyke and his son. J. S.
Dyke, which ended last night. The
two went to the Webfoot Basin in the
Burnt River district yesterday. After
a few hours' hunting, the son sighted
a five-point buck and one shot landed
the beautiful specimen.
Soon after, the father sighted a live
point buck and with a single shot
bagged the prize. Both deer were
brought to the city. The hunt did not
last more than 12 hours. . They report
that deer in that district is scarce and
other hunters agree that there are few
in this vicinity.
REFUGEES ORDERED TO GO
Russians Forced From Cities, Says
German Report.
BERLIN. Oct. 25. by wireless to
Tuckertown. N. J. "It is reported from
Petrograd that the Russian authorities
have ordered all refugees in Moscow
and Kiev to depart." says the Overseas
News Agency.
"The Moscow authorities, who had
taken relief measures, opposed this
action, urging that the 100.000 refu
gees be not exposed to new misery.
Nevertheless, the order was issued."
Junction City Women's Lodge Fleets.
JUNCTION CITY, Or., Oct. 25. (Spe
cial.) The Women of Woodcraft met
in the Oddfellows- hall and elected the
following officers: Past guardian
neighbor, Anna Pitney: guardian
neighbor, Mrs. J. Nichols; advisor.
Janette Moorhead; clerk, -Nellie Mc
Fadden; banker, W. C. Washburne:
manager, F. W. Moorhead; magician.
Mrs. Mark Montgomery: attendant.
Mary Milliorn; inner sentinel. Kather
Ine Belknap; outer sentinel, Nancy
Rann; captain of the guard, Georgia
Nielson: musician, Mrs. H. V. Belknap;
installation officer, Mrs. Clara Jackson.
Slieeks Named for Supreme Bench.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Oct. 25. (Spe
cial.) Judge Ben Slieeks. present Su
perior Court Judge of Grays Harbor
County, is being suggested by many
Grays Harbor people as the logical
successor to the late Justice M. D.
Crow. Some telegrams asking that
Sheeks receive the position have been
sent to Governor Ernest Lister. Sheeks
is known as an able jurist and has
many friends throughout Southwestern
Washington.
German Ambassador to Turkey Dies.
CONSTANTINOPLE, via London. Oct.
25. Baron von Wangenheim, German
Ambassador to Turkey, died today.
Wallowa Forms Fire Companips.j
WALLOWA. Or.. Oct. 25. (Special.)
Two volunteer fire companies,' con
sisting of 12 men" each, have Just been
organized in this city. The companies
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Suitable rewards for the discovery
9m
Floor
The
Sheffield Plate
In This
Annual Sale
are examples of the best Shef
field reproductions made. Every
thing for the dining table will
be found here, as well as vases
.and other useful and orna
mental pieces. In a most com
prehensive collection at
Lowest Prices I
$ 17.00 Chop Dishes $12 JS
$ 9.00 Water Pitcher:,, n
sale at $ 6.75
$11.00 Trays .... 8.25
$ 8.00 Vases $ 6.25
$ 4.00 Va&es ; . 3.25
$ 7.00 Sugar and Creamer
Sets .$ 5.50
$ 9.00 Syrup Jugs.. $ 6.75
$17.00 Botols .... .$13.75
$11.00 Vegetable D i s hes
on sale at $ 8.25
$19.00 Well and Tree
Platters $14.50
$ 4.50 Bread Trays$ 3.50
$ 6.00 Sandwich Trays on
sale at $ 4.75
$ 6.50 Gravy Boats.$ 4.95
$ 3.50 Bon Bon Dishes on
sale at . .$ 2.75
$ 9.00 Vegetable Dishes
on sale at $ 6.75
$ 6.00 Mayonnaise Bowls
on sale at $ 4.75
Sixth Floor.
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ELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25c at all druggists.
are practicing with great rivalry tn
coupling hose and getting the water
turned on. Ross Hood has been elected
captain of company No. 1, and Leo
Pfeffer. captain of company No. 2
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